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carol v:
I can claim no spiritual gifts and it somehow makes me feel comforted knowing that I have company.

The prophets in scripture were always stating things that would happen at a future time and God tells us that if this thing doesn't come true then that man wasn't a prophet. I don't think Ray is a prophet but a very insightful, God-inspired teacher which is all Ray claims to be. I don't think Ray is infallible in his teaching which is a definite requirement for being a prophet.

Frankly, I don't believe there have been any latter-day prophets and there is a scriptural reason for my opinion:

Heb 1:1  God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Heb 1:2  Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

frecklegirl417:
I can't say I have any spiritual gifts either. I think and its only IMO we know the things better then most people at the time it is needed, others are better when we need to be reminded we are not smarter then the one who gave us life. Dave in Tennessee ICor. with faith, hope, love it is one of my favorite verses in the bible. I believe and its only the way I see the verse... You have to have FAITH to have LOVE and you need FAITH and LOVE to have HOPE. I am probally a little off on this but again its only my opinion.

                                                             With God's Love & Understanding,
                                                                      Pam

OBrenda:
Hey Darren,

I once had a close friendship with a women whom claimed to be a prophet of God, I still question allot of weird things that happened associated with her, but I'm pretty confident she was a deceived Wolf. I don't have a good understanding of what a prophet is.  Sometimes people have different meanings for words.  I certainly think Ray is Special and an Anointed Teacher, and a great blessing to the body of Christ.

I follow your thinking, about the "Revelational" knowledge concerning our Past that Ray is teaching on in the conference! I'm just unsure of a title or label that fits. ???

I think like minded with the others in that "Spiritual Gifts" come and go, and don't really take residence in us.  They operated according to Gods will, and I have even seen them operated through an unbeliever!  But I also see people who have personality traits that are teachers, musicians, writers, actors, homemakers, bankers, etc.  These are also gifts from God, but somewhat different.

Dave has a gift for music, Beloved has a gift for healing.  These gifts are unique from person to person, and are part of the purpose that God has for their lives.  When they are Spiritual Gifts I refer back to Dave's comments about the peeking out of the package. ;)

From what I know of you through this forum, I would guess you have a gift of kindness and humility, which I would like to possess more of.  That is worth more than knowledge.  Knowledge may be power, but it is a tool also of the wicked!

Blessings,
Brenda

P.S.  Pam..thanks for pointing that faith to love to hope...never saw it that way  ;D

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