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1-12節--聖靈的恩賜

哥林多前書 第12章

我們經常聽見別人評論教會，例如指出教會應該做些甚麼工作，和如何發揮其作用等。要作出種種的評論並不困難，甚至要作出尖銳的批評也不困難，但我們有時卻應靜下來細想：「神對教會究竟有何計劃？這計劃又當如何去進行？」

神在五旬節建立了教會。祂差遣聖靈臨到基督的身體──即教會──以及每個信徒的心中。此外，祂還將不同的才幹給予每位信徒，讓他們可以用來事奉教會；這些才幹，就是聖經所言的「聖靈的恩賜」。

在今天所讀的經文中，保羅指出聖靈是按照祂的心意，將不同的恩賜分給每位信徒。

恩賜雖各有不同，但聖靈賜下恩賜的目的卻只有一個，就是為了榮耀基督和建立基督的身體。每個信徒至少必有一種恩賜。它們就像一種工具，為的是要幫助我們去服侍教會；但我們並非擁有它們，它們仍然是屬於聖靈的，聖靈只是藉著我們去運用它們。

恩賜的配搭，就像身體的不同器官配合在一起，各自發揮不同作用。每個器官都有其本身的作用；某一器官若然失去功能，身體就不再完全和健康。同樣道理，教會中的信徒各有不同的恩賜，有教導的恩賜，有佈道的恩賜，有憐憫人的恩賜，有信心的恩賜…當每位信徒都各盡其職，發揮本身的作用，教會就能成就神的心意和計劃。

反思：

作為基督身體中的一個肢體，你有甚麼恩賜呢？你是否容讓聖靈藉著你去運用你的恩賜，去服侍基督呢？

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THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT

We hear so much about the Church-what it ought to do and how it ought to do it. It is easy to say these things, even to say them critically. But sometimes we need to stop and ask, What has God said about the Church? How has he planned that it should be carried on?

God commenced the church at Pentecost. He sent the Holy Spirit to be the power of God living in the Church. The Holy Spirit adds to the Church, the body of Christ, everyone who believes. Then he does more. He gives to every one of those believers a special ability to serve Christ within the Church. These abilities are known as the gifts of the Spirit.

In our reading today, Paul points out that it is the Holy Spirit who gives these gifts. He does it himself according to his own sovereign will.

These gifts are different, but all are to be used for the glory of Christ and for the building up of the body of Christ. Every believer has at least one gift. They are like tools which men use in (heir work, only it is not really us who use them. It is the Holy Spirit who both gives them to us and uses them through us.

This is like the parts of the body, too. Each part has its own work to do and without each part we are incomplete. Some have the gift of teaching. Some have the gift of evangelism. Others have the gift of mercy. Still others have the gift of faith. When every part of our physical body is working as it should, we are strong and healthy. When every part of the body of Christ is working, the Church is accomplishing what God has planned.

A QUESTION:

As a member of the body of Christ, what is your gift? Are you allowing the Holy Spirit to use that gift for Christ?

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