THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD Part IV “Grace be unto you, and ...

are A-L-L IN PART! The secret of the ministry of Jesus, then, was that
it was not in part, NOT IN LIMITATION! In the realm of that which is
in part, in limitation, one cannot meet every need that arises. “Are ALL
apostles? are ALL prophets? are ALL teachers? are ALL workers of
miracles? have ALL the gifts of healing? do ALL speak with tongues?
do ALL interpret? But covet earnestly the best gifts” (I Cor. 12:29-31).
Does it say in I Cor. 12:8: “To the WHOLE CHURCH is given the word
of wisdom?” No, it says, “To ONE,” to one member of the body of
Christ. “To ANOTHER the word of knowledge,” or faith, healing,
prophecy, etc. In other words, there is a distribution here, a selection, so
that everyone does not have all the gifts. How can you meet every need
if you don’t possess all the gifts? And how can you meet every need,
even in the area of the gift you do possess, if your gift is IN PART? You
can’t! You can try, you can fast and pray, you can think positively, you
can boast of your faith and inheritance in Christ, but you can’t meet
every need, solve every problem, in the gift realm which is in part! In
that realm it is always just a word here, a miracle there, a failure there, a
success here, a failure there. But the ministry of Jesus was not in the gift
realm, nor in the realm of New Testament Church economy, but His was
the ministry of a SON OF GOD in all the power and glory of the Father!
For many years now there has been a great moving of the Spirit of
God across the land and around the world. It has manifested itself
through many movements on various levels. We have witnessed great
evangelistic ministries, the divine healing ministry, the restoration of the
New Testament Church order with its five-fold ministry of apostles,
prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, the nine gifts of the Spirit,
and confirmation of the ministries through prophecy with the laying on
of hands. But I can testify to you that none of these ministries have come
within the range of the ministry of Jesus Christ. No matter which of the
healing evangelists you watched, no matter what prophets you heard, no
matter what miracle, sign or wonder, it did not measure up to the
ministry of THE SON OF GOD. We kept saying, “We have the same
anointing, the same Holy Ghost, the same power, and we can do all the
works Jesus did!” And as hard as we tried, and as much as we wanted to
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