Testing the Gifts

• Many false ____ are in the world. 1 John 4:1—20 Across

• To many who have ____ the Lord will say, I never knew you. Matthew 7:22, 23—7 Across

• Jesus said, there will arise ____ prophets. Matthew 24:24—8 Down

• We must not ____ prophesyings. 1 Thess. 5:19-21—10 Across

• The Bible says, “If they speak not according to this ____, there is no light in them. Isaiah 8:20—16 Across

Note:    The first and most important test of a prophet is that his message is in harmony with the law of God and the testimony of earlier prophets.

• False prophets are compared to ____. Matthew 7:15—1 Down

• We may know the prophets by their ____. Matthew 7:16-20—18 Across

• ____ strengthen the hands of the wicked. Ezekiel 13:22—5 Down

Note:    The second test of a prophet is the fruit of his ministry. Does his own life reveal God’s character? Does his work bear the marks of the high and holy calling of God. Are people’s lives elevated through his influence?

• When the prophet’s word is fulfilled, then we can know that the Lord hath ____ him. Jeremiah 28:9— 14 Across

• When a prophet speaks in the ____ of the Lord and the thing does not come to pass, the thing was not of the Lord. Deuteronomy 18:21, 22— 26 Across

• If a prophet leads away from God’s commandments, he shall be put to ____, even if his words are fulfilled. Deuteronomy 13:1-5—25 Across

Note:    The third test of a prophet is the accuracy of his predictions. Predicting, however, is not the primary function of a prophet. A prophet’s work is to bear the messages which God gives, and those messages may or may not contain information about the future. But when God does reveal future events, we may be sure that it will happen just as He has foretold.

        Sometimes God gives conditional prophecies. Jonah’s message of the fall of Nineveh, for example, was conditioned upon the response of the people.

        Because Satan can also foretell certain events before they happen, fulfilled predictions cannot be considered conclusive evidence of the genuine gift of prophecy. (See 1 Samuel 28:6- 19) But Satan cannot predict with 100% accuracy as God does. For this reason, when a prophet’s predictions are consistently fulfilled throughout his entire career, we may take it as evidence of his authenticity. We should then look for the other tests to be met as well.

• Every spirit that does not confess that Jesus is come in the ____ is not of God. 1 John 4:3—12 Down

• In vision, Daniel said that there remained no strength or ____ in him. Daniel 10:17—19 Down

Note:    The effects of Daniel’s vision are described in detail in Daniel 10:7-19. a) Daniel alone saw the vision. The men with him did not see it, but were afraid. b) He lost all his own strength. c) When he heard a voice he was in a deep sleep. d) A hand touched him, which set him on his hands and knees. e) He then arose to his feet. f) He became dumb. g) His lips were touched; he was able to speak. h) There was no breath in him. i) He was given strength.

• Balaam in vision fell into a trance, but his eyes remained ____. Numbers 24:4—6 Across

Note:    Although never a conclusive test of divine inspiration, supernatural phenomena accompanying a vision do lend credibility to a prophet’s message. But because Satan can counterfeit such signs, we cannot base our confidence in a prophet solely upon physical manifestations.

        Physical signs are not always present when a prophet receives a revelation. God has often spoken to His prophets in dreams while they were sleeping.

• We are members in one body, but not all members have the same ____. Romans 12:4—2 Down

• The ____ differ according to the grace given. Romans 12:6—17 Down

Note:    Please also read 1 Corinthians Chapter 12, especially verses 4-11, 14-19, 28-30. The Bible does not say that a true believer has to have any one particular gift. Neither does it say that the believer may choose his gift. The Holy Spirit gives different gifts to different people, “dividing them severally as He will.”

• Christ said that those that believe will cast out devils and ____ with new tongues. Mark 16:17—24 Across

Note:    The word “tongue” (glossa) means “language.”

• The multitude was confounded because every man heard the disciples speaking in his own ____. Acts 2:6— 9 Down

Note:    A second manifestation of the gift of tongues took place at the house of Cornelius, a Roman centurion. (Acts 10:46)

• Peter declared that God ____ the gift of tongues to Cornelius in the same manner as He had at Pentecost. Acts 11:17—23 Down

Note:    The only other recorded instance of tongues in the Bible is Acts 19:6. And there is nothing in the passage to indicate that its manifestation was any different.

• Though I speak with tongues of men and of angels and have not charity, I am become as ____ brass. 1 Corinthians 13:1—4 Down

• If any man speak in an unknown tongue let one ____. 1 Corinthians 14:27—11 Down

• If there be no interpreter, let him keep ____ in the church. 1 Corinthians 14:28—13 Across

• When you come together, let all things be done unto ____. 1 Corinthians 14:26—15 Across

Note:    “Except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? For ye shall speak into the air.” (1 Corinthians 14:9) “Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.” (1 Corinthians 14:11) “If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?” (1 Corinthians 14:23)

• God is not the author of ____ . 1 Corinthians 14:33—3 Down

• Tongues are for a ____ to them that believe not. 1 Corinthians 14:22— 21 Down

• Let all things be done decently and in ____. 1 Corinthians 14:40—22 Down

   

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