Spiritual Gifts in the Bible Are the spiritual gifts in the Bible operative today? We must offer caution as we answer this question. First, we must define what we mean by operative. If by operative we mean can believers today perform miracles the we may get one answer. If we mean are the miracles in the Bible operative today, we may get another answer. So, let us be more specific. Are Spiritual Gifts Performed by Believers Today? Depending on who you ask that question, obviously, you'll get different answers. So, we want to ask, whether the Bible addresses the question of whether believers can ...

We continue to receive questions on the subject of spiritual gifts. This one came in today. "If Spiritual Gifts Are Not For Today, Then How Do You Explain Acts 2:17-18? Let's place the text before us before we delve into our comments. "And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams. And on my menservants and on my maidservants I will pour out my Spirit in those days ...

I can remember the first time ever I was exposed to a Pentecostal church where people claimed to speak in tongues. After the charismatic preacher worked everyone into a frenzy, several men and women in the congregation began chanting ecstatically with an unrecognizable language. I felt weird, not knowing what to do. I was about 20 years old at the time and saw young and old engaging in this practice. They explained they were speaking in tongues and had the “Holy Ghost” and said that if a person did not speak in tongues they were not saved. Further, they claimed to have other gifts of the Spirit which enabled them to exorcise demons and ...