1 Corinthians 14

There are at least four distinct approaches to spiritual gifts:

1. Studious or ignorant neglect-the subject of spiritual gifts is avoided or simply unknown. 2. Rejection by historical limitation (Cessationists )-the teaching that spiritual gifts only functioned during the apostolic age and ended with the writing of the New Testament. 3. Emphatic approval-spiritual gifts are central to Christian experience, sometimes even insisting the presence of a single gift (i.e. tongues) as the mark of genuine belief. 4. Cautious acceptance-seeking to avoid the problems described in Scripture while at the same time acknowledging the Holy Spirit’s freedom and power to act within the church and through Christians. Life Application Bible Commentary: 1 & 2 Corinthians Copyright