The Holy Spirit, The Gifts, 1Cor 12:4-7 The gift of Faith:

The Holy Spirit, The Gifts, 1Cor 12:4-7 The gift of Faith: We have covered the revelation gifts of the Holy Spirit: the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, and the word of the discerning of spirits. Now it's time to study the three power gifts of the Holy Spirit: the gift of faith, the working of miracles, and the gift of healings. 

The gift of faith is also called special faith. Every believer has general faith or saving faith, which is also a gift. Ephesians 2:8 says, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." The faith you are save by is a gift of God, but it is not the gift of faith Paul talks about here in the 1Cor.12. The faith which we are talking about here - special faith , is something other than general faith or saving faith. It is the supernatural manifestation of the Holy Spirit whereby a believer is enpowered with special faith or wonder-working faith. The gift of faith is a gift of the Spirit to the believer in order that he or she might receive miracles. Miracles in areas that seem impossible with man, and only possible with God through the Holy Spirit. The working of miracles, on the other hand , is a gift of the Spirit given to the believer that he might work miracles. One gift receives and the other does something. It is important that we also note that we all have faith, because all of the gifts operate by faith. The gift of faith, one of the nine gifts of the Spirit, is separate and distinct from the simple gift of saving faith. The gift of faith or special faith is also distinct from the faith that is a fruit of the Spirit (Gal.5:22). We read about the fruit of the Spirit, one of which is faith, in Galatians chapter 5. In the Greek, the word "faith" could be translated faithfulness. The fruit of the Spirit are for charcter, the gifts of the Spirit are for power. Fruit is something that grows your faith or faithfulness, to establish you in Godly character. But the gift of faith is a special gift whish is given supernaturally by the Spirit of God, as He wills. Those who operate in special faith, the gift of the Spirit, can believe God in such a way that God honors their word as His own, and miraculously brings to pass the desired result. "More on this in the next lesson."