1. Ignorance Is Amiss 1 Cor 12:1-11
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant

2. 1 Cor 12:1-11
Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

3. 1 Cor 12:1-11
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

4. 1 Cor 12:1-11
To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

5. 12:6 the same God works all of them
Physical Results/Signs of Spiritual Workings
12:6 the same God works all of them
1 John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

6. Physical Results/Signs of Spiritual Workings
Exodus 7:10-12, 22; 8:7
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake. Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake.

7. Physical Results/Signs of Spiritual Workings
12:7 the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
14:39 be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues
1 Thes 5: Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good

8. Proper Perspective 12:1 Now about spiritual (things)
3:1 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly
12:4 - gifts/graces – motivational gifts Rom 12 12:5 - service – ministry gifts :27-31, Eph 4 12:6 – workings – manifestation gifts :7-11; 14

9. Proper Perspective 12:1 Now about spiritual (things)
12: gifts : unity
12: gifts : love
14: gifts : order
12:7 – the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good

10. 12:2 somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols
Agree With The Word
12:2 somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols
2 Cor 11: For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
1 John 4:1 do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God

11. Agree With The Word
1 Tim 4:1 in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
2 Thes 2: in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

12. Agree With The Word
Gal 1:9 If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse
2 Tim 4:2-4 Preach the word… For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth

13. Agree With The Word
Acts 20: And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. 23 I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me.

14. Agree With The Word
Acts 21:4, We sought out the disciples there and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem...
a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

15. Bring Glory To God
12:3 no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
10:31 whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God
John 16:8

16. to avoid ignorance in regards to the works of the Spirit, recognize:
Physical Results/Signs of Spiritual Workings
Proper Perspective
Agreement With The Word
Glory To God