Fruits and Gifts of the Holy

Spirit

from THE 114 –Introduction to Pentecostal Doctrine

Chapter 7

Mnemonic for AoG’s 16 Fundamental Truths

•God-related

•1 - Scriptures are inspired and revealed by God

•2 -The One True God : trinity, godhead

•3 - Deity of Jesus

•Man-related

•4 - Fall of Man

•5 - Salvation of Man

•6 - Ordinances of the church: water baptism & communion

Mnemonic for AoG’s 16 Fundamental Truths

•Works of the Holy Spirit

•7 - Baptism of the Holy Spirit

•8 - Evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit

•9 - Sanctification

•Church functions

•10 - Church & its mission

•11 - Ministry: evangelism, worship, and building of the body of Christ

•12 - Divine healing

Mnemonic for AoG’s 16 Fundamental Truths

•Future events

•13 - Blessed Hope: rapture & 2nd coming

•14 - Millennial reign of Christ

•15 - Final judgement

•16 - New heaven and new earth

Fruits and gifts of the Spirit

•“Once saved, always saved” – some Pentecostals believe in this

•One of the true evidences of a spiritual life is initial baptism of the

Holy Spirit then frequent fillings

•Peter in Acts 4:8

•We will have ups and downs, highs and lows, peaks and valleys, but

meanwhile we all guard our hearts from temptations and apostasy by

nurturing our relationship with the Holy Spirit

•Galatians 5:22-23 - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,

patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control;

against such things there is no law.

Fruits and gifts of the Spirit

•Galatians 5:19-21 - Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual

immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife,

jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy,

drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned

you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the

kingdom of God.

Love

•Some scholars suggest that Galatians 5:22–23 can be translated: “But

the fruit of the Spirit is love: that is, joy, peace, long-suffering,

kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self-control.”

•Read 1 Corinthians 13

•Love undergirds the rest of the fruits of the Spirit

Joy

•Exists even in the midst of sorrow and disappointment

•Not the same has happiness which is tied to circumstances

•Birthed in suffering

•John 16:20-21 - Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament,

but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will

turn into joy. When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because

her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no

longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been

born into the world.

Peace

•John 14:27 - Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the

world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither

let them be afraid.

Patience

•Tribulation develops perseverance or patience through the work of

the Holy Spirit

•Romans 5:3-5 - Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings,

knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces

character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to

shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through

the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Kindness

•Kindness is an attribute of God, but it is not a consistent human trait.

This fruit is related to mercy and grace—unmerited or undeserved

kindness. We are even to love our enemies by showing kindnesses to

them. The Spirit wants to develop this Godlike fruit in us.

•Luke 6:35 - But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting

nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons

of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

•God’s goodness is a major theme of Scripture. In a world that

epitomizes just the opposite, the Spirit seeks to produce integrity,

morality, and deeds of goodness and generosity.

•Titus 3:4-5 - But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our

Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in

righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of

regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

Goodness

Faithfulness

•Christ is our faithful High Priest and notice what compassion and

sacrifice He demonstrated. The Spirit seeks to develop the same fruit

in us. We should be faithful to our word and obligations. Faithfulness

is also a primary virtue of marriage.

•Hebrews 2:17 - Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every

respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in

the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

Meekness

•“The patient and hopeful endurance of undesirable circumstances

identifies the person as externally vulnerable and weak but inwardly

resilient and strong. Meekness does not identify the weak but more

precisely the strong who have been placed in a position of weakness

where they persevere without giving up” (Meier 1996, 519).

•Colossians 3:12 - Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and

beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and

patience…

Self control

•Proverbs 25:28 - A man without self-control is like a city broken into and

left without walls.

•Regulates and binds together all of the other fruit

•Love without restraint becomes passion

•Joy without moderation becomes mirth and hilarity

•Peace without temperance becomes idleness

•Patience without balance is apathy

•Gentleness without temperance is weakness

•Goodness without control becomes fawning

•Faith without the moderation of reason becomes blind superstitition

•Meekness without temperance is timidity

Gifts of the Spirit –divine power for edifying

the body of Christ

•Just because you have special manifestations from the Holy Spirit

doesn’t mean everything in your personal life is approved

•Just because you can focus on all the fruits of the Spirit doesn’t mean

you can’t have gifts of the Spirit

•Both fruit and gifts of the Holy Spirit go hand in hand… one can’t

function without the other

Gifts of the Spirit

•1 Corinthians 12:7-10 - To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit

for the common good. For to one is given through the Spirit the

utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge

according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to

another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of

miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish

between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the

interpretation of tongues.

Gifts of the Spirit –1 Corinthians 12:7-10

•Word/Message of Wisdom

•Word/Message of Knowledge

•Faith

•Gifts of Healing

•Miraculous Powers

•Prophecy

•Discerning/distinguishing spirits

•Different Kinds of Tongues

•Interpretation of Tongues

Gifts of the Spirit

•1 Corinthians 12:28-31 - And God has appointed in the church first

apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of

healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues. Are all

apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do

all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all

interpret? But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a

still more excellent way.

Gifts of the Spirit –1 Corinthians 12:28-31

•Apostles

•Teachers

•Gifts of Healing

•Workers of Miracles

•Prophets

•Different Kind of Tongues

•Interpretation of Tongues

•Help Others

•Gift of Administration

Gifts of the Spirit

•Romans 12:4-8 - For as in one body we have many members, and the

members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are

one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having

gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if

prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one

who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation;

the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal;

the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Gifts of the Spirit –Romans 12:4-8

•Teaching

•Prophesying

•Serving

•Leadership

•Encouraging

•Giving generously

•Showing mercy

•Cheerfully

Gifts of the Spirit

•Ephesians 4:11-12 - And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the

evangelists, the shepherds and teachers to equip the saints for the

work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ…

•Apostles

•Prophets

•Evangelists

•Pastors

•Teachers

Gifts of the Spirit

•Not exhaustive list

•4 sets of gifts have all one thing in common: prophets/prophecy

•3 sets of gifts have all one thing in common: teachers/teaching

Balancing fruits and gifts of the Spirit

•Every believer should have at least one gift… but every believer

should manifest ALL fruits of the Spirit

•Fruits of the Spirit

•matters of moral and ethical obligation that should mark the Christlike

character of every believer

•Gifts of the Spirit

•anointed ministries that edify the body of Christ

•Each member of the body has something to contribute to the spiritual

health and well-being of the church (1 Corinthians 12:20-21, 24-25,

27)

Balancing fruits and gifts of the Spirit

•1 Corinthians 14:1-5 - Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual

gifts, especially that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a

tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him,

but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand, the one who

prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement

and consolation. The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself,

but the one who prophesies builds up the church. Now I want you all

to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who

prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless

someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.

Balancing fruits and gifts of the Spirit

•1 Corinthians 12:31 - But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will

show you a still more excellent way.

•Gifts of the Spirit are to be shared with others

•1 Corinthians 14:26 - What then, brothers? When you come together, each

one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all

things be done for building up.

•Gift of tongues… usually to build up the believer, but with

interpretation builds up the entire church

Balancing fruits and gifts of the Spirit

•Some gifts are permanent in nature

•Some gifts are given and used only once

•Spirit of unity and love should ALWAYS guide the operation of spiritual

gifts

•1 Peter 2: 9 –edifying the church

5 categories of spiritual gifts

•Leadership

•Apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers, helps, administration, leadership

•Practical assistance

•Generous giving, serving, showing mercy

•Revelation

•Word of wisdom, word of knowledge

•Power

•Healing, faith, workings of miracles

•Worship

•Speaking in tongues, interpretation of tongues, prophecy, spiritual discernment

1 Corinthians 12:8-10

•Word of Wisdom

•Supernatural inspiration for speaking the right words at the right time

(“utterance of divine wisdom”)

•Word of Knowledge

•Supernaturally inspired utterance of facts that could only be known by God

and revealed to the believer by the Holy Spirit

•Faith

•Special granting of faith to meet an emergency or a critical circumstance with

the confidence that miraculous intervention will follow

1 Corinthians 12:8-10

•Healing

•Special surge of divine power that results in the healing of disease, illness, or

physical infirmity

•Working of Miracles (miraculous powers)

•Works of divine power, other than healing, that demonstrate God’s

intervention in the natural order of things

•Prophecy

•Utterance of divine truth in a person’s own language as prompted by the Holy

Spirit

•Be cautious with this as there’s no supernatural physical evidence

1 Corinthians 12:8-10

•Spiritual discernment or discerning of spirits

•Discernment to detect difference between words/acts of God and that of Satan

and/or the human spirit

•One can discern one’s spiritual character as well – be careful of a faultfinding spirit or

natural insight into human nature

•Different kinds of tongues

•Speaker never learns human or heavenly language spoken

•Tongues delivered as praise and worship to God or as a definite message for the

church must be followed by the supernatural gift of interpretation

•It should be distinguished from tongues as the initial evidence of the Baptism and

from private tongues as inspired praise or intercessory prayer addressed to God

alone. Only the gift of tongues in the public worship service requires inspired

interpretation

1 Corinthians 12:8-10

•Interpretation of tongues

•Interpretation comes from the Spirit, not human intellect

•Tongues plus interpretation == prophecy (1 Corinthians 14:5)

•Tongues can serve as a sign to the unbeliever (1 Corinthians 14:22)

Manifestations of the Spirit

•Must be regulated according to God-ordained controls so they edify

the body of Christ.

•1 Corinthians 14 contains guidelines to assure that the gifts

accomplish God’s purpose for which they are given.

•(1) All things should be done in a fitting and orderly way

•(2) For edification and strengthening the church (v. 26, 40).

•(3) Balance of emphasis (vv. 12–15), use of common sense or mature

understanding (v. 20), self-control by the Spirit-filled believer (v. 32), and

maturing in humility and a teachable spirit (v. 37)