GOD'S GOOD GIFTS

I looked up all the references which contain the words "God." and gift; surprisingly, there were on fourteen verse which contained both words.  As born again believers, we have been given one or more Spiritual gifts to minister to others.  James 1:17 confirms that God's gifts to believers originate in heaven.  It says,  "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with Whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."

Ecclesiastes 3:13 - The Ability to Earn a Living - "And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God."

Ecclesiastes 5:19 - Great Success in Business - "Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God."

Ezekiel 46:16 - The Father's Provision for His Children - "Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance."

John 4:10 - Jesus Christ Himself - "Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the Gift of God, and Who it is that saith to thee, Give Me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water."

Acts 8:20 - The Power of "Laying on of Hands" -  "But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the Gift of God may be purchased with money."

Acts 11:17 - The Filling of the Holy Spirit - "Forasmuch then as God gave them the like Gift as He did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?"

Romans 5:15 - Eternal Life - "But not as the offence, so also is the free gift.  For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the Gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many."

Romans 6:23 - Eternal Life - "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

1 Corinthians 7:7 - Celibacy in order to Focus upon Ministry - "For I would that all men were even as I myself.  But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that."

2 Corinthians 9:15 - God's Awesome Ability to Provide is Beyond Words - "Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift."

Ephesians 2:8-9 - Salvation - "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.  Not of works, lest any man should boast."

Ephesians 3:7 - A Specific Ministry - "Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of His power."

2 Timothy 1:6 - Ability to Anoint for Ministry - "Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands."

1 Peter 4:10 - One or More Spiritual Gifts to Minister to the Body of Christ - "As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God."

 

Thanks be to Almighty God for demonstrating His love for us in so many ways!