Through the Holy Spirit, God gives special spiritual gifts to each true Christian. God intends that just as each part of a human body fulfills a specific function, each member of His spiritual body will also fulfill a specific function through exercising the spiritual gifts He has given.
The Holy Spirit chooses what spiritual gifts each Christian receives. Some of these gifts are most useful for building up the body of Christ---that is, for ministering to those already in the church. Others are designed primarily for reaching out to win others to Christ and His church. If each member fully exercises his or her gifts, the church will be growing and vigorous. Some spiritual gifts mentioned in the Bible include wisdom, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, evangelism, teaching and pastoring.
One of the gifts which the Bible says will be present in the church just before Christ's second coming is the gift of prophecy. This gift often includes a special ability to publicly expound the Scriptures. But it also may include the ability to predict future events and to deliver special messages from God to His people.
Seventh-day Adventists believe that the gift of prophecy in a ll its fullness was evident in the life and work of one of its founding pioneers---Mrs. Ellen G. White. Through scores of books and magazine articles, as well as through public speaking, Ellen White faithfully shared God;s messages to our young and growing church.
Though Adventists do not believe that Mrs' White's writings in anyway take the place of the Bible or add to it, we are convinced that she enjoyed God;s special guidance and inspiration as she wrote. Her books such as Steps to Christ and The Desire of Ages have led thousands to see the character of Jesus more clearly.
Eph. 4:4-16 1 Cor, 1:4-7 Amos 3:7
1 Cor. 12:1-11 Joel 2:27, 28 2 Chron. 20:20
Rom. 12:4-8 Rev. 12:17 Jer. 28:9
1 Pet. 4:10, 11 Rev. 19:10 1 John 4:1-3, 6
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