The 27 spiritual gifts: In 1 Corinthians 12, we learn that spiritual gifts are given to God's people by the Holy Spirit for "the common good." Verse 11 says the gifts are given according to God's sovereign will ("as he determines"). Ephesians 4:12 tells us these gifts are given to prepare God's people for service and for building up the body of Christ. The term "spiritual gifts" comes from the Greek words charismata (gifts) and pneumatika (spirits). They are the plural forms of charisma, meaning "expression of grace," and pneumatikon meaning "expression of Spirit." While there are different kinds of gifts (1 Corinthians 12:4), generally speaking, spiritual gifts are God-given graces (special abilities, offices, or manifestations) meant for works of service, to benefit and build up the body of Christ as a whole. Romans 12:3-8 and 1 Corinthians chapter 12 make it clear that each Christian is given spiritual gifts according to the Lord's choice. Spiritual gifts are given for the edification of the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:7,14:12). The exact timing of the giving of these gifts is not specifically mentioned. Most assume that spiritual gifts are given at the time of spiritual birth (the moment of salvation). However, there are some verses that may indicate God gives spiritual gifts later as well. Both 1 Timothy 4:14 and 2 Timothy 1:6 refer to a gift that Timothy had received at the time of his ordination "by prophecy." This likely indicates that one of the elders at Timothy's ordination spoke about a spiritual gift that Timothy would have to enable his future ministry.We are also told in 1 Corinthians 12:28-31and in 1 Corinthians 14:12-13 that it is God (not us) who chooses the gifts. These passages also indicate that not everyone will have a particular gift. Paul tells the Corinthian believers that if they are going to covet or long after spiritual gifts, they should strive after the more edifying gifts, such as prophesying (speaking forth the word of God for the building up of others). Now, why would Paul tell them to strongly desire the "greater" gifts if they already had been given all they would be given, and there was no further opportunity of gaining these greater gifts? It may lead one to believe that even as Solomon sought wisdom from God in order to be a good ruler over God's people, so God will grant to us those gifts we need in order to be of greater benefit to His church. Ethically speaking, we constantly miss out of the many things of God because of out misunderstanding, it's not that we have been lied to from the pulpit, it's that, there have been so much teaching that is divinely incomplete, that it is now destroying the Church at Large. Having said this, it still remains that these gifts are distributed according to God's choosing, not our own. If every Corinthian strongly desired a particular gift, such as prophesying, God would not give everyone that gift simply because they strongly desired it. If He did, then who would serve in all of the other functions of the body of Christ?The spiritual gifts can be found in the following passages of Scripture: In finding out all that I have found out, I have found four spiritual houses or Prophetic houses that coincide with these spiritual gifts and abilities, so now, I'm constructing ideals on placing the two together in four to five different works
About the Author: Greetings, and thank you for reading this book, my name is Ollie Fobbs, some call me Reverend, because I am an Ordained Minister, some called Doctor, because I have an Honorary Doctors Degree, others call me Evangelist, because I travel all over telling about the Lord, while still some others call me the Prophet, Because I have and anointing that reveals certain thins about others at specific times, while on the other hand, many others call me the Apostle, these are titles, my name actually means apostle, but anyway, that's another story. For me, my life has not been a big bowl of cherries and ice cream, no, I've had some good days, and I've had some bad days, but, I do thank God, that He allowed me to still be here to write books, even if the Church never comes, I'm satisfied with life. At the present, I live in Winston Salem North Carolina with my wife LaVonia, who is a blessing right out of the hand of God, from the word go, she has been a real doll of a blessing, I do believe that if it had not been for the anointing on her life, I would have never wrote the first book, now I'm somewhere between 33 and 35 published books. I have one son, Drucyde Graves, who lives in Richmond Virginia, my Mom, Jennie Melton, my brothers Michael, Tommy, and Robert, all live in Richmond Virginia, my sister, father, and step father and god father all have gone on before me, my sister, Sherry Fleming, my father, Elder Ollie Fobbs, my step father, Leon Melton, and my godfather Fred Bates of Henrico Virginia, have all danced with the Lord. I was Ordained as a minister to teach the will of God in 1986, my first wife was divorced from me by then, her name is Robinette General, my son came along during the same year that I was ordained. My second wife Joyce Smith came along the following year, we were married in 1988. by now it was time for me to enter the new world of responsibility, so I joined the military in 1988, was sent to Germany, and two years later, I was on my way home to Virginia, ready to be divorced, that's all I'm saying. By now, many of the troubles in my body had already come forth to hinder my life, but what was getting ready to happen was totally unexpected. Life got hard fast, and my health went down hill fast, work was done on an as could basis, so, I constantly jumped from temp company to temp company, until I finally went homeless, this was the second time, this lasted until the winter hit, and my mother told me to come stay with her.