Paul's letters on spiritual gifts contain a hidden Trinitarian pattern: Spirit-Lord-God. The speaker argues gifts work best when exercised in church unity, mirroring how the Trinity operates, and that the Trinity itself determines who gets which gifts.
Pay close attention to these Bible verses and see if you can spot the subtle message. When writing about how God gives spiritual gifts to believers, Paul makes a subtle reference, and in that subtle reference, we find an important truth. Watch this. There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us. A spiritual gift is given to each of us So we can help each other. Now, comment if you saw it. Same Spirit, same Lord, God works. Spirit, Lord, God. Spirit, Son, Father. There we see the Trinity. I think there are a couple of reasons for this subtle mention. One, the spiritual gifts are most effective when they're used in church unity. There's no greater example of unity than the Trinity. Try unity. And 2, the Trinity together decides which gifts you get. To learn more about the gifts of the Holy Spirit, get Holy Spirit: God Within You at encounterthespirit.com.
