Lesson 4811

 (Lesson 4811) (04-04-25) 1st Corinthians 12:8-12 

   “For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.” 

 

  In today’s quote, Paul detailed various spiritual gifts bestowed by the Holy Spirit upon believers. He emphasized that all these gifts are activated by one and the same Spirit, who distributes them individually as He wills. He used the analogy of the human body to illustrate unity in diversity: just as the body has many parts but is one, so too is the body of Christ, His church. ~