The Holy Spirit, God, and the Lord [Jesus Christ] are all mentioned in this passage. Their
involvement in spiritual gifts is shown in the following chart:
verse four verse five verse six
Spirit Lord God
Diverse Gifts Diverse Administrations Diverse Operations
(different gifts) (different ministries) (different ways gifts are used)
SPIRITUAL WEAPONS
The gifts of the Spirit are also given to the Church as weapons of spiritual warfare to conquer the
spiritual forces of Satan:*
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places. (Ephesians 6:12)Since the battle in which believers are engaged is spiritual, then spiritual rather than natural
weapons must be used. Believers sometimes go into spiritual warfare without knowledge of
these weapons. Anytime you go to battle without your weapons you cannot expect to win the
fight. This is why it is important to understand spiritual gifts. They are part of the spiritual
weapons God has provided.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE GIFTS
Each believer has at least one spiritual gift:
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to
another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. (I Peter 4:10)But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man
severally as He will. (I Corinthians 12:7,11)__
- Harvestime offers a separate course on the subject of spiritual warfare entitled "Spiritual Strategies: A Manual Of
Spiritual Warfare.”