Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site burdvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!bellcore!ulysses!burl!clyde!cbosgd!ukma!psuvm.bitnet!psuvax1!burdvax!devonst From: devonst@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht) Newsgroups: net.religion.christian Subject: Re: "spiritual gifts" (Taken from "Hearing God's Voice") Message-ID: <2405@burdvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 12:38:42 EST Article-I.D.: burdvax.2405 Posted: Tue Mar 18 12:38:42 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Mar-86 06:25:30 EST References: <2322@burdvax.UUCP> <2326@burdvax.UUCP> <2380@burdvax.UUCP> <2454@sdcc6.UUCP> <26@cal-asd.flu Reply-To: devonst@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht) Distribution: na Organization: Burroughs Corp. - SDG/Devon Lines: 50 In article purtell@reed.UUCP (Lady Godiva) writes: >In article <2398@burdvax.UUCP> devonst@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht) writes: >>In article homeier@aero.UUCP (Peter Homeier) writes: >>> >>>I was really interested when you mentioned empathy. This is a gift that the >>>Lord has given me, beginning late last year. > >>An interesting observation. One question, though; where does God speak of >>this so-called gift in the Bible? Is this a manifestation of the Spirit's >>work in a way not discussed in Scripture? What kind of healing are you >>talking about here? Is this physical healings like Jesus making the blind >>see and the lame walk? > > I can't answer for Peter, but I can for myself. The healing can be >physical or emotional, although it's more often the latter. (At least in >my case.) I don't know offhand if there is a scripture that talks about >empathy directly or indirectly, although I can't believe that Christ >wasn't an empath. I can't believe that Christ wasn't a Rotarian, but I can't find anything in the Bible that says He was :-). We can project all sort of ideas as to what kind of person Jesus Christ is. The only ones that are valid, however, are those that are plainly taught in His Word. Otherwise you have a God made in the image of man. > >>>This gift, I am absolutely certain, comes from God the Holy Spirit. > >>How do you know that? Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. >>If it's not based entirely on the Bible, how do you know it's from God? > > Why does everything have to be based entirely on the Bible? I >don't mean that as an attack, but I have really never understood why >some Christians reject anything that is not specifically mentioned in >scripture. What other standard would you suggest the church use for determining what constitutes orthodoxy? We could use the Roman Catholic standard of tradition and the Bible, or we could use the Anabaptist method of relying on the Spirit to enlighten each one possibly apart from the Bible. Those churches that came out of the Reformation have chosen to use the Bible alone as the infallible guide to faith and practice. Generally, they believe II Timothy 3:16 speaks to the uniqueness of Scripture as a guide in Christian living. > Share and enjoy - > > elizabeth g. purtell > > (Lady Godiva)