What Is the Gift of Faith?

Apostolic Life in the 21st Century

David K. Bernard

Theology, Oneness Pentecostal, Religion & Spirituality, Apostolic Pentecostal, United Pentecostal Church International, Upci, Christianity, David K. Bernard

5 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In 1 Corinthians 12:9, Paul lists faith as one of the gifts of the Spirit. In this podcast episode, Dr. David K. Bernard explains the difference between the "gift of faith" and the faith that is a prerequisite for salvation.For more on this topic, see Dr. Bernard's book Spiritual Gifts, available at PentecostalPublishing.com. Enter promo code DKB10 at checkout to save 10 percent on your order.If you enjoy this podcast, leave a five-star rating and a review on iTunes or your preferred podcast ...

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of Apostolic Life in the 21st Century, a podcast with Dr. David K. Bernard, the UPCI General Superintendent, and a Bible teacher of great renown.
0:19.0	You can read his books, check out his teachings on his
0:22.7	YouTube channel or at Pentecostal Publishing.com. We're so glad to have Dr. Bernard with us again today.
0:28.9	We've been over the course of the last couple of years. We've been trying to cover all nine of the
0:34.1	gifts of the Spirit, and we are going to be talking about another one of those gifts today. We're going to be talking about the gift of faith. So stay tuned to hear more about
0:42.1	that. Dr. Bernard, in 1 Corinthians chapter 12, the Apostle Paul, obviously most of our listeners
0:48.5	probably aware, he outlines nine gifts of the Spirit. Now, one of the interesting things in that
0:53.0	list is that he mentions faith
0:54.9	specifically. Now the question is if we read the rest of scripture we know that everybody has faith.
1:03.2	In fact, Paul have said in another place that to every man is given the measure of faith. We also
1:07.6	know that he says in the gifts of the spirit that not every person is going to
1:11.8	operate in all those gifts. So how do we explain this? How does this gift of faith differ from
1:18.8	the faith that it takes to be saved? How do we explain this? Well, that's a good question. To answer it,
1:25.1	it appears to me that we can look at these nine gifts of spirit
1:29.6	and actually see that there are what you might call natural counterparts.
1:37.0	Actually, I think there seem to be three levels.
1:40.1	So let's take wisdom, for example.
1:41.8	The word of wisdom is one of the other gifts.
1:46.1	Well, there can be natural human wisdom. So an atheist or a Buddhist or a Muslim can become a wise person and things of
1:53.2	life. But then if someone is born again and they're living for God, studying the word of God,
1:58.9	they get wisdom that comes from the scriptures,
2:04.9	from their relationship with God, which goes beyond natural human wisdom. But I think we would agree, every Christian can and actually should acquire spiritual wisdom in your daily life.
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