聖靈的恩賜
哥林多前書十二章1至12節
1弟兄們，論到屬靈的恩賜，我不願意你們不明白。
2你們作外邦人的時候，隨事被牽引，受迷惑，去服事那啞吧偶像，這是你們知道的。
3所以我告訴你們，被神的靈感動的，沒有說耶穌是可咒詛的；若不是被聖靈感動的，也沒有能說耶穌是主的。
4恩賜原有分別，聖靈卻是一位。
5職事也有分別，主卻是一位。
6功用也有分別，神卻是一位，在眾人裡面運行一切的事。
7聖靈顯在各人身上，是叫人得益處。
8這人蒙聖靈賜他智慧的言語，那人也蒙這位聖靈賜他知識的言語，
9又有一人蒙這位聖靈賜他信心，還有一人蒙這位聖靈賜他醫病的恩賜，
10又叫一人能行異能，又叫一人能作先知，又叫一人能辨別諸靈，又叫一人能說方言，又叫一人能繙方言。
11這一切都是這位聖靈所運行、隨己意分給各人的。
12就如身子是一個，卻有許多肢體；而且肢體雖多，仍是一個身子；基督也是這樣。
信息分享
神在五旬節建立了教會。祂差遣聖靈臨到基督的身體──即教會──以及每個信徒的心中。此外，祂還將不同的才幹給予每位信徒，讓他們可以用來事奉教會；這些才幹，就是聖經所言的「聖靈的恩賜」。
在今天所讀的經文中，保羅指出聖靈是按照祂的心意，將不同的恩賜分給每位信徒。
恩賜雖各有不同，但聖靈賜下恩賜的目的卻只有一個，就是為了榮耀基督和建立基督的身體。每個信徒至少必有一種恩賜。它們就像一種工具，為的是要幫助我們去服侍教會；但我們並非擁有它們，它們仍然是屬於聖靈的，聖靈只是藉著我們去運用它們。
恩賜的配搭，就像身體的不同器官配合在一起，各自發揮不同作用。每個器官都有其本身的作用；某一器官若然失去功能，身體就不再完全和健康。同樣道理，教會中的信徒各有不同的恩賜，有教導的恩賜，有佈道的恩賜，有憐憫人的恩賜，有信心的恩賜…當每位信徒都各盡其職，發揮本身的作用，教會就能成就神的心意和計劃。
反思：
作為基督身體中的一個肢體，你有甚麼恩賜呢？你是否容讓聖靈藉著你去運用你的恩賜，服侍基督呢？
THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT
1 Corinthians 12:1-12
1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant:
2 You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led.
3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
4 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:
8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,
10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
Message
God commenced the church at Pentecost. He sent the Holy Spirit to be the power of God living in the Church. The Holy Spirit adds to the Church, the body of Christ, everyone who believes. Then he does more. He gives to every one of those believers a special ability to serve Christ within the Church. These abilities are known as the gifts of the Spirit.
In our reading today, Paul points out that it is the Holy Spirit who gives these gifts. He does it himself according to his own sovereign will.
These gifts are different, but all are to be used for the glory of Christ and for the building up of the body of Christ. Every believer has at least one gift. They are like tools which men use in (heir work, only it is not really us who use them. It is the Holy Spirit who both gives them to us and uses them through us.
This is like the parts of the body, too. Each part has its own work to do and without each part we are incomplete. Some have the gift of teaching. Some have the gift of evangelism. Others have the gift of mercy. Still others have the gift of faith. When every part of our physical body is working as it should, we are strong and healthy. When every part of the body of Christ is working, the Church is accomplishing what God has planned.
A QUESTION:
As a member of the body of Christ, what is your gift? Are you allowing the Holy Spirit to use that gift for Christ?