The Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Exercising our faith for miracles is a development of the spiritual man.Faith grows from level to level. As we meditate on God’s Word we canbelieve God for miracles in our lives. Believing God for miracles taps on thebeliever’s anointing that God has given to all those who are born again. Thequality and essence of the miracles produced by exercising our faith areequal to that of the working of miracles. However, usually the miraclescome gradually as we hold fast to the Word of God whereas in the workingof miracles, it is instantaneous.The Gifts of HealingsThe gifts of healings are the supernatural ability imparted by God to worka healing on a human being. Man is a tripartite being. He is a spirit being,has a soul and lives in a body. The spirit man does not need healing but itneeds to be born again. It is the soul and the body of man that needs healing.There is the healing of the soul and the healing of the body. The pluralwords for ‘gifts’ and for ‘healings’ are used because of three operations ofthe gifts of healings.The first operation is in the two realms of healings. There are healings ofthe soul and healings of the body. The spirit man does not need healing butrather needs to be born again. Jesus said that the Holy Spirit is upon Him toheal the brokenhearted (Lk. 4:18). There are many people with woundedsouls that need healing. Unless they are healed in their souls, they maynever ever receive healing in their physical bodies. People need to be madewhole both in their souls and in their bodies.The second operation of the gifts of healings is in the application of God’spower to the three different causes of physical sickness. Physical sicknesscan be caused either organically, by microscopic invasions - that is bygerms, viruses, bacteria, etc. - or by demonic oppression. Sicknesses causedorganically are those that result out of a deformity in the physical organs orby a chemical imbalance. A host of other sickness are caused bymicroscopic invasions. Some sickness is caused directly by demons. Eachtype of sickness needs a different application of the healing gifts of the HolySpirit.The third operation of the gifts of healings is in the specialization that Godgrants to different ministers. Some ministers are gifted in ministering tothose who are deaf and dumb while others are more successful in prayingfor those with cancerous growths. Others may be good at ministering tothose with bone and back problems. Philip the evangelist seems to beespecially gifted in ministering to those are paralysed and lame (Acts 8:7).© Copyright 2008 Peter Tan Evangelism. All rights reserved. 19