4 | The Gifts of God

Scripture References:

Luke 7:21-22

At that very time He cured many people of diseases and afflictions and evil spirits; and He gave sight to many who were blind. 22 And He answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: 

the blind receive sight, 

the lame walk, 

the lepers are cleansed, and 

the deaf hear, 

the dead are raised up, 

the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Luke 22:14-15 

When the hour had come, He reclined at the table, and the apostles with Him. 15 And He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; 

1 Corinthians 2:12-13

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may KNOW the things FREELY GIVEN to us by God, 13 which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

Matthew 7:11

If you then, being evil, know how to GIVE good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven GIVE what is good to those who ask Him!

James 1:17 

Every good thing GIVEN and every perfect GIFT is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. 

Romans 11:29 

for the GIFTS and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the GIFT OF GOD. 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 

Acts 4:12

And there is salvation in no one else; for there is noother name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.

Titus 3:5 

He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.

Luke 24:47 

And that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, 

Acts 3:19 

Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; 

Acts 10:43   

everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins. 

Matthew 6:14-15

For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.

Ephesians 4:32

Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.

Colossians 3:12-13

So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.  

Matthew 5:20

For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:48

Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Romans 5:17, 19

For if by transgression of the one (Adam), death reigned through the one (Adam), much more those who RECEIVE the abundance of grace and of the GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. 19 For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made RIGHTEOUS.

2 Corinthians 5:21  

He made Him (Jesus) who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 

Romans 3:23-24 

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God 24 being JUSTIFIED as a GIFT by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and GAVE US the ministry of RECONCILIATION, 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of RECONCILIATION.

John 14:27 

“Peace I leave with you; My peace I GIVE to you; not as the world gives do I GIVE to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.  

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the FREE GIFT of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 John 5:11-13 

And the testimony is this, that God has GIVEN us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that YOU HAVE eternal life.

Romans 12:6

Since we have GIFTS that differ according to the grace GIVEN to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly; 

1 Corinthians 12:8

For to one is GIVEN the word of wisdom 

word of knowledge 

Faith

Healing

Miracles

Prophecy

Distinguishing of spirits

Speaking in tongues

Interpretation of tongues.

Acts 2:38  

Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will RECEIVE the GIFT of the Holy Spirit.  

Acts 5:32 

And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him. 

Luke 11:13 

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father GIVE the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?

Ephesians 1:7 

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.

1 Peter 1:18-19

knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.

Titus 2:14 

who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.

Galatians 3:13 

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.”

John 1:12-13

But as many as RECEIVED Him, to them He GAVE the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Romans 8:15-17

For you have not RECEIVED a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have RECEIVED a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”

Galatians 4:4-7

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, 5 so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might RECEIVE the adoption as sons. 6 Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an HEIR through God. 

Romans 8:16-18

The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

1 John 4:16 

We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

Romans 5:8

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Love is patient, Love is kind and is not jealous; Love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices w/the truth; 7 bear all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails…

Romans 8:35-39

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Just as it is written, “For your sake we are being put to death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. 38 for I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 11:29.

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

John 13:34

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

1 John 4:7-10  

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not have love does not know God, for God is love. 9 By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.