Maturity in the use of gifts
Dr. Roberto Miranda
SUMMARY: Spiritual leaders should not suppress teaching about spiritual gifts as it robs people of a valuable resource. However, there needs to be a balanced approach to their use and we need mature leaders who can guide believers in their proper use. There is much abuse of the gifts, and we need apostolic correction to establish a nuanced framework for their healthy functioning. Gifts are not an end in themselves and need a framework of love and wisdom to function properly. We should not be dazzled by the gifts but subject them to the principles of Scripture and the understanding of God within us.
A serious mistake a spiritual leader can make is to suppress teaching about spiritual gifts, or to teach his congregation that gifts are not for our time. This robs them of the greatest resource that God has provided for the effectiveness and vitality of his people.
It is urgently required, however, that God's people rescue the biblical, balanced use of the gifts, and lift them out of the extremes of both fanaticism and denial in which we have now plunged them.
It is urgently required, however, that God's people rescue the biblical, balanced use of the gifts, and lift them out of the extremes of both fanaticism and denial in which we have now plunged them.
