Don't Be Ignorant of Spiritual Gifts
Paul said by the Holy Spirit to the Church at Corinth, "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I
WOULD NOT HAVE YOU IGNORANT" (1 Cor. 12:1). If the Spirit of God through Paul said that
He didn't want the Church at Corinth to be ignorant concerning spiritual gifts, then I certainly do
not believe He wants the Church today to be ignorant concerning spiritual gifts.
However, a gross ignorance does exist concerning these things. In some places people know
nothing at
all about the gifts of the Holy Spirit, or even that such gifts exist. They think these gifts have
been done away with. In other places people know something about the gifts of the Spirit, but
their knowledge is very limited.
Spiritual Gifts Will Exalt Jesus
Paul also said to the Church at Corinth, "Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto
these dumb idols, even as ye were led" (1 Cor. 12:2). These folks had previously worshipped
idols and in this idol worship, motivated by the wrong spirit, they would say a lot of things that
were in error.
For instance, Church history tells us that some of these folks would come into the Christian
assembly and when the Spirit of God began to manifest Himself, these people would yield to a
wrong spirit and say things under the influence of the wrong spirit.
In fact, some of them would even rise up in the services when the gifts of utterance were in
operation and they would say that Jesus was accursed. And the Bible says that no one
speaking by the Spirit of God would call Jesus accursed.
1 CORINTHIANS 12:3
3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that NO MAN SPEAKING BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD
CALLETH JESUS ACCURSED: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by
the Holy Ghost.
No, Paul said that when the Holy Spirit is in manifestati