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Seventh-Day Adventist's Fundamental Beliefs
17. Spiritual Gifts and Ministries
God bestows upon all members of His church in every age spiritual
gifts which each member is to employ in loving ministry for the common
good of the church and of humanity. Given by the agency of the Holy
Spirit, who apportions to each member as He wills, the gifts
provide all abilities and ministries needed by the church to
fulfill its divinely ordained functions. According to the Scriptures,
these gifts include such ministries as faith, healing, prophecy,
proclamation, teaching, administration, reconciliation, compassion,
and self-sacrificing service and charity for the help and encouragement
of people. Some members are called of God and endowed by the
Spirit for functions recognized by the church in pastoral, evangelistic,
apostolic, and teaching ministries particularly needed to equip
the members for service, to build up the church to spiritual
maturity, and to foster unity of the faith and knowledge of God.
When members employ these spiritual gifts as faithful stewards
of God's varied grace, the church is protected from the destructive
influence of false doctrine, grows with a growth that is from
God, and is built up in faith and love.
Romans 12:
4-8
1 Corinthians 12:
9-11,
27-28
Ephesians 4:
8,
11-16
Acts 6:
1-7
1 Timothy 3:
1-13
1 Peter 4:
10-11
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