The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: - Vital Christianity

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Examples
John Wimber, who is the founding Pastor of Vineyard Fellowships, testifies:
“We’ve had numerous occasions where God has revealed sins of people either through
a word of knowledge or a combination of that and a word of wisdom and prophecy.
For example, I was once on an airplane when I turned and looked at a passenger
across the aisle to see the word ‘adultery’ written across his face in big letters. The
letters, of course, were only perceptible to spiritual eyes. He caught me looking at
him (gaping might be more descriptive) and said, ‘What do you want?’ As he asked
that, a woman’s name clearly into my mind. I leaned over the aisle and asked if the
name meant anything to him. His face turned pale and he asked if he could talk to me.
“It was a large plane with a bar so we went there to talk. On the way the Lord spoke
to me again, saying, ‘Tell him to turn from this adulterous affair or I am going to
take him.’ When we got to the bar I told him that God had told me he was committing
adultery with the woman whose name God had revealed to me and that God would
take him if he did not repent. He melted on the spot, and asked what he should do. I
led him through a prayer for repentance and he received Christ. This was in front of a
stewardess and two other passengers, who were shocked, but then also began to cry.”
“Then he said that his wife was downstairs in the seat next to his. I told him to go and
tell her the entire story which he did. He led her to Christ.” 10
Pat Robertson tells the following story:
“During a telecast, as we were praying God showed me that there was a person whose
right forearm had been broken and was in a cast. God was healing it. As I was leaving
the studio at the end of the program, I was approached by two women in their middle
years. The older of the two had her forearm in a cast. When I saw her, I was asked
to pray for them. I replied, ‘The work has already been done.’
“Sure enough. The lady returned to her doctor who x-rayed the arm and found that
the bone, which had been crushed, was mended with almost two inches of new
bone tissue. The arm had healed and he removed the cast. This is a fairly frequent
occurrence for Pat Robertson who apparently has the gift.” 11