I shared this on my facebook and realized I have not shared anything on here in quite a while and thought to share it here, as well. Holy Spirit bring this to my rememberence every moment of every day. I will always remember these truths that I have learned from God!
A wonderful article from a fellow seeker who talks about how the
translation is not actually 'gifts' of the spirit. And what the
translation actually is, if you do the research. I did the research and
found his findings to be accurate. http://www.wiebefamily.org/spiritual_gifts.htm
This leads me to the next conclusion, that when it talks about in 1
Peter 1:2-3 that we will have grace and peace from our knowledge of
God...then you take what the effects of grace are, you can look at 1 Cor. 12 and also all other times grace is used it bestows
kindness, love, mercy...the core of who God is...and put them back into
that verse, 1 Peter 1:2...and you have something even bigger...when you
have a knowledge of God you have mercy, kindness, the ability to work
miracles, words of wisdom, prophecy, speaking in diverse tongues,
discerning of spirits, love, charity, and anything else that falls into
the grace of God. Because knowing what God has, and that He's in you,
means all that God is...all that yummy goodness is within you, too!
