"Are our Spiritual Gifts given for use outside the church?"

I Corinthians 8-10


The Gifts, given by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit upon confession, are for building a consistency in the church that supports its belief in Jesus, unity, and glorifies the Kingdom. (The Church should be looked at as all believers in Christ in the local church and all Christian denominations.) Jesus wanted His Church unified in all ways,becoming one body. The lists contained in Romans 12:6-8; 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, 27-30; Ephesians 4:11 give a non-exhaustive set of examples of the 'parts' of the Body.


Although the gifts are given for use in the Church some will naturally be used in the Believers walk in the world. We must be very careful in creating an argument that this is the ultimate purpose for the Gifts. As I said above the Gifts are given by God to support and bind together all the parts of the the Body of Christ.