The Holy Spirit and His Gifts - Kenneth E Hagin - Razor Planet

The Holy Spirit and His Gifts

By

Kenneth E Hagin

Chapter 1 My Pentecostal Experience ................................................................................... 6 Raised From the Bed of Sickness.......................................................................................... 6 MARK 11:23,24 .................................................................................................................. 7 God Is Not Nervous! .............................................................................................................. 7 The Baptism in the Holy Spirit................................................................................................ 8 The Work of the Holy Spirit in the New Birth .......................................................................... 9 The Work of the Holy Spirit In the Baptism of the Holy Spirit ............................................... 10 `Tarrying' Is Not a Formula For Receiving the Holy Spirit..................................................... 10 Any Believer Can Receive the Holy Spirit ............................................................................ 11 Biblical Example of Believers Receiving The Holy Spirit Without Tarrying........................... 11 Why Wait To Receive a Gift? ............................................................................................... 12 The Ephesian Disciples........................................................................................................ 14 The Samaritan Christians..................................................................................................... 14 Saul of Tarsus...................................................................................................................... 14 The Sending End or the Receiving End? ............................................................................. 15 The Holy Spirit Gives the Utterance ..................................................................................... 16

Chapter 2 The Holy Spirit in the Denominational Church .................................................. 17 Denominational Differences Don't Matter............................................................................. 20 The Holy Spirit: God's Promise to You................................................................................. 20 The Holy Spirit Is a Person .................................................................................................. 21 Extreme Teachings in the Church........................................................................................ 22 Does One Receive the Fullness of the Holy Spirit in the New Birth? ................................... 22 The Baptism in the Holy Spirit: Rivers of Living Waters ....................................................... 23 The Same Holy Spirit in the New Birth As in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit ......................... 23 Speaking in Tongues Is Not The Evidence of the New Birth................................................ 24 New Wine: A Type of the Holy Spirit .................................................................................... 25 Born-Again Samaritans Were Filled With the Holy Spirit...................................................... 25 The Holy Spirit: God's Giving vs. People's Receiving .......................................................... 26 The Ministry of Laying On of Hands..................................................................................... 26 Did the Baptism in the Holy Spirit 'Pass Away' With the Last Apostle? ................................ 27

Chapter 3: Two Separate Experiences: Salvation and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit .... 28 The Samaritans Born Again Under Philip's Ministry............................................................. 29 First Scriptural Witness ........................................................................................................ 30 Second Scriptural Witness ................................................................................................... 30 Third Scriptural Witness ....................................................................................................... 30 The Samaritans Received the Holy Spirit............................................................................. 31 Evidence the Samaritans Received The Holy Spirit ............................................................. 31 Two Separate Experiences: Saul's Conversion and Baptism in the Holy Spirit ................... 32 Saul's Conversion ................................................................................................................ 32

Chapter 4 The Holy Spirit Within: His Indwelling Presence............................................... 35 God For Us, With Us, and In Us........................................................................................... 36

Believers Are the Temple of the Holy Spirit.......................................................................... 36 The Holy Spirit and His Gifts ................................................................................................ 37 Greater Is He That Is in You ................................................................................................ 38 A Thousand Times Bigger on the Inside! ............................................................................. 39 Dare to act on that scripture!................................................................................................ 40 The Role of the Holy Spirit Within ........................................................................................ 40 The Holy Spirit Within: Our Helper and Comforter ............................................................... 41 The Holy Spirit Within: Our Guide in the Affairs of Life ........................................................ 41 Knowing on the Inside of You What To Do .......................................................................... 42

2 CORINTHIANS 5:17...................................................................................................... 42

Chapter 5 The Holy Spirit Upon: His Infilling Power .......................................................... 44 The Holy Spirit Upon ............................................................................................................ 45 When the Church Began...................................................................................................... 46 Born Again, but Waiting for the Outpouring.......................................................................... 47 There Is More To Receive of the Holy Spirit After the New Birth ......................................... 47 Wigglesworth's Testimony Of Being Filled With the Holy Spirit............................................ 48 Speaking in Tongues Is Not Evidence Of the New Birth ...................................................... 49 The Holy Spirit Upon: The Gateway Into the Supernatural .................................................. 50 My Own Experiences in Prayer............................................................................................ 53 Cooperating With the Holy Spirit, The Power Source .......................................................... 55 'Something More' ................................................................................................................. 55 Basing Our Faith on the Word, Not on Our Feelings............................................................ 56

Chapter 6 Is It Scriptural To Tarry for the Holy Ghost?...................................................... 57 Tarrying Is Not a Formula For Receiving the Holy Spirit ...................................................... 58 Bible Examples of Receiving the Holy Ghost ....................................................................... 59 The Samaritan Believers...................................................................................................... 59 Cornelius and His Household............................................................................................... 60 Is It Scriptural To Tarry for the Holy Ghost?......................................................................... 61 Saul of Tarsus...................................................................................................................... 61 The Ephesian Disciples........................................................................................................ 61 JOHN 7:37-39 .................................................................................................................. 62 The Holy Spirit Is a Gift ........................................................................................................ 64 Possessing What Is Yours ................................................................................................... 64 Take the Direct Route! ......................................................................................................... 65

Chapter 7 How Important Is Speaking in Tongues? ........................................................... 66 Have Tongues Been Done Away With? ............................................................................... 67 Are Tongues Available for All Believers? ............................................................................. 68 1 CORINTHIANS 12:27-30............................................................................................... 68 Ministry Gifts vs. Spiritual Gifts ............................................................................................ 69 EPHESIANS 4:11,12 ........................................................................................................ 69 Miracles and Gifts of Healings ............................................................................................. 70 Helps.................................................................................................................................... 71 Governments ....................................................................................................................... 71 Diversities of Tongues.......................................................................................................... 71 Tongues and Interpretation in Public Ministry ...................................................................... 72 The Value of Speaking in Tongues ...................................................................................... 72 Speaking in Tongues: The Door Into the Supernatural ........................................................ 76

Chapter 8 The Bible Evidence of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit....................................... 77 Scriptural Witnesses for Tongues As the Evidence of the Baptism of The Holy Spirit ......... 77

First Witness: The One Hundred and Twenty ...................................................................... 77 Second Witness: Cornelius and His Household................................................................... 78 Third Witness: The Ephesian Disciples................................................................................ 78 Fourth Witness: The Samaritan Believers............................................................................ 79 Fifth Witness: Saul ............................................................................................................... 80 The Baptism of the Holy Spirit And Speaking in Tongues Go Hand in Hand ....................... 80 The Ephesian Disciples: Speaking in Tongues and Prophesying ........................................ 81 The Fruit of the Spirit Is Not the Evidence Of Receiving the Holy Spirit ............................... 82 The Ministry of the Laying On of Hands ............................................................................... 83 The Bible Evidence of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit ........................................................... 84 Misconceptions About Receiving The Holy Spirit................................................................. 86 Magnify the Word, Not Your Experience .............................................................................. 86

ROMANS 10:9,10............................................................................................................. 87 Don't Seek Experiences To Receive the Holy Spirit............................................................. 87 An Example of Wrong Instruction For Receiving the Holy Spirit .......................................... 88 Falling Into a Trance Is Not Biblical Evidence For Receiving the Holy Spirit........................ 88 Experiencing Joy Is Not Biblical Evidence For Receiving the Holy Spirit ............................. 89 Not What You Feel, But What You Do ................................................................................. 89

Chapter 9: Ten Reasons Why Every Believer Should Speak in Tongues......................... 91 Reason Number 1................................................................................................................ 92 Reason Number 2................................................................................................................ 92 Reason Number 3................................................................................................................ 93 Reason Number 4................................................................................................................ 94 Reason Number 5................................................................................................................ 95 Reason Number 6................................................................................................................ 95 Reason Number 7................................................................................................................ 95 Reason Number 8................................................................................................................ 97 Reason Number 9................................................................................................................ 98 1 CORINTHIANS 14:15-17............................................................................................... 98 Reason Number 10 .............................................................................................................. 98

Chapter 10 Seven Steps To Receiving the Holy Ghost ...................................................... 99 Step Number 1................................................................................................................... 100 Step Number 2................................................................................................................... 101 PHILIPPIANS 3:12,13 .................................................................................................... 102 Step Number 3................................................................................................................... 103 Step Number 4................................................................................................................... 103 Step Number 5................................................................................................................... 104 Step Number 6................................................................................................................... 106 Step Number 7................................................................................................................... 107

Chapter 11 The Gift of the Word of Knowledge Part1 ...................................................... 108 Don't Be Ignorant of Spiritual Gifts ..................................................................................... 109 Spiritual Gifts Will Exalt Jesus............................................................................................ 109 Gifts, Administrations, and Operations............................................................................... 110 The Nine Gifts Categorized................................................................................................ 111 Three revelation gifts ......................................................................................................... 111 Spiritual gifts that reveal something: .................................................................................. 111 Three power gifts Spiritual gifts that do something: ........................................................... 111 Three utterance or inspirational gifts Spiritual gifts that say something: ............................ 111 The Gift of the Word of Knowledge .................................................................................... 112

The Word of Knowledge Is Not Natural Knowledge ........................................................... 112 The Word of Knowledge Is Not A Profound Knowledge of the Bible.................................. 113 The Word of Knowledge Is Not Knowledge of God Through Close Communion With Him 113 Biblical Examples of the Word of Knowledge..................................................................... 114 The Word of Knowledge to John........................................................................................ 114 Word of Knowledge to Ananias.......................................................................................... 114 Modern Examples of the Word of Knowledge .................................................................... 116

Chapter 12 The Gift of the Word of Knowledge Part 2 ..................................................... 117 As the Spirit Wills ............................................................................................................... 118 The Word of Knowledge To Samuel Regarding Saul......................................................... 120 The Word of Knowledge Manifested To Locate a Lost Daughter....................................... 120 The Word of Knowledge to Elijah....................................................................................... 121 The Word of Knowledge To Elisha Regarding Syria .......................................................... 122

Chapter 13 The Gift of the Word of Wisdom ..................................................................... 130 The Word of Knowledge vs. The Word of Wisdom ............................................................ 132 The Word of Knowledge and the Word of Wisdom Can Operate Together........................ 132 The prophet of the Old Testament had to have.................................................................. 132 The Gift of the Word of Wisdom......................................................................................... 133 The Word of Knowledge and the Word of Wisdom Operating Together in The New Testament .......................................................................................................................... 133 Philip .................................................................................................................................. 135 Old Testament Examples of The Word of Wisdom ............................................................ 137 The Word of Wisdom to Joseph......................................................................................... 137 The Word of Wisdom in the New Testament...................................................................... 137 The Word of Wisdom to Paul ............................................................................................. 138 Conditional Words of Wisdom............................................................................................ 139 Jonah ................................................................................................................................. 140

Chapter 14 The Discerning of Spirits................................................................................. 141 What the Discerning of Spirits Is Not ................................................................................. 142 Discerning of Spirits Is Not Simply Discerning of Devils..................................................... 142 Maintain Balance In Dealing With Demons ........................................................................ 143 GALATIANS 5:19-21 ...................................................................................................... 143 Discerning the Similitude of God........................................................................................ 144 Discerning the Risen Christ................................................................................................ 145 Discerning the Holy Spirit................................................................................................... 145 Discerning the Spirit Behind an Operation ......................................................................... 145 The Inward Witness As Our Guide..................................................................................... 146 The Word of Knowledge vs. The Discerning of Spirits ....................................................... 147

Chapter 15 The Gift of Faith................................................................................................ 149 Gifts of the Spirit Are Supernatural .................................................................................... 150 The Gift of Special Faith..................................................................................................... 151 The Gift of Special Faith Is Not the Same as Saving Faith ................................................ 151 The Gift of Faith vs. The Gift of the Working of Miracles.................................................... 153 Wigglesworth and the Gift of Faith ..................................................................................... 154 Wigglesworth related his experience: ................................................................................ 155 The Power Gifts Often Work Together ............................................................................... 155 Casting Out Demons.......................................................................................................... 155 GALATIANS 3 ................................................................................................................ 156

Chapter 16 The Gift of the Working of Miracles................................................................ 158

Find Your Place of Ministry ................................................................................................ 158 The Working of Miracles Defined ....................................................................................... 159 Old Testament Examples Of the Working of Miracles........................................................ 161 Moses and the Israelites .................................................................................................... 161 Elijah and the Widow.......................................................................................................... 161 Working of Miracles in the New Testament........................................................................ 161 Jesus and the Feeding of the Five Thousand .................................................................... 162 Ananias and Sapphira........................................................................................................ 162 Paul and Elymas ................................................................................................................ 163 The Gift of Faith vs. the Working of Miracles To Deliver From Danger .............................. 163 Gifts of Healings More Prevalent In the New Testament ................................................... 164

ACTS 6:8........................................................................................................................ 165 The Importance of the Working of Miracles........................................................................ 165 Desire Earnestly Spiritual Gifts .......................................................................................... 167 Gifts of Healings: Not Medical Science .............................................................................. 168 Gifts of Healings Prominent in The New Testament .......................................................... 169 Jesus Ministered as a Man Anointed by the Holy Spirit ..................................................... 170 The Gifts of Healings.......................................................................................................... 171 Gifts of Healings vs. Receiving by Faith............................................................................. 172 Ministering by the Gifts of Healings.................................................................................... 172

Chapter 18 Gift of Prophecy ............................................................................................... 175 Divers kinds of tongues is supernatural utterance in an unknown tongue. ........................ 176 The Gift of Prophecy vs. The Office of the Prophet............................................................ 177 New Testament Example Of the Gift of Prophecy.............................................................. 178 New Testament Example of The Prophet's Ministry........................................................... 178 Misuses of the Gift of Prophecy ......................................................................................... 179 The Simple Gift of Prophecy Is Not Prediction ................................................................... 180 Manifestations of the Holy Spirit In Corporate Worship...................................................... 181 The Holy Spirit Manifests Himself As We Seek the Lord ................................................... 181 Caution Needed With Personal Prophecies ....................................................................... 182 Simple Prophecy Edifies, Exhorts, and Comforts............................................................... 182 1 CORINTHIANS 14:3.................................................................................................... 182 Prophecy in One's Prayer Life............................................................................................ 183 Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs By the Gift of Prophecy ........................................... 185

Chapter 19 The Gift of Divers Kinds of Tongues .............................................................. 187 Tongues: The Most Prominent Gift .................................................................................... 187 The Gift of Tongues Is a Supernatural Sign ....................................................................... 188 The Gift of Tongues Is Unique To This Dispensation......................................................... 188 Tongues Is the Evidence Of Being Filled With the Spirit .................................................... 189 Purposes of Speaking in Tongues ..................................................................................... 190 Initial Evidence of Receiving the Holy Spirit ....................................................................... 190 Speaking Mysteries Supernaturally to God ........................................................................ 190 Magnifying God.................................................................................................................. 191 ACTS 10:45,46............................................................................................................... 191 Edifying Ourselves ............................................................................................................. 191 JUDE 20 ......................................................................................................................... 191 Praying in the Spirit ............................................................................................................ 191 Be Being Filled With the Spirit............................................................................................ 192 Spiritual Refreshing............................................................................................................ 193

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