Battle4Freedom - 20231213 - GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT PT. 1 - General Questions about gifts and their presence

GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT PT. 1 - General Questions about gifts and their presence.<br /><br />Website: http://www.battle4freedom.com<br />Network: https://www.mojo50.com<br />Streaming: https://www.rumble.com/Battle4Freedom<br /><br />Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, <br />Ephesians 1:3<br /><br />A. Questions Regarding Spiritual Gifts in General<br /><br />A spiritual gift is any ability that is empowered by the Holy Spirit and used in the ministry of the church.<br /><br /> 1. The Spiritual Gifts in the History of Redemption.<br /> 2. The Purpose of Spiritual Gifts in the New Testament Age.<br /> 3. How Many Gifts Are There?<br /> 4. Gifts May Vary in Strength<br /> 5. Do Christians Posses Gifts Temporarily or Permanent?<br /> 6. Are Gifts Miraculous or Non-Miraculous?<br /> 7. Discovering and Seeking Spiritual Gifts.<br /> 8. Gifts Are Tools for Ministry, and Not Necessarily Related to Christian Maturity.<br /><br />B. Have Some Gifts Ceased? The Cessationist Debate<br /><br />Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.<br />So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. <br />1 Corinthians 13:8-13<br /><br /> 1. Does 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 Tells Us When Miraculous Gifts Will Cease?<br />a. The Purpose of 1 Corinthians 13:8-13:<br />b. 1 Corinthians 13:10: The Cessation of Prophecy When Christ Returns:<br />c. Objections<br /> (1) This Passage Does Not Specify When the Gifts Will Cease:<br /> (2) "When