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137Prov. 13 :4 "The soul of thesluggard desireth, and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligentshall be made fat ."Gifts Bestowed on ChristianCongregation ForeshadowedGen. 24 :22, 53 "And it came topass, as the camels had donedrinking, that the man took agolden ring of half a shekelweight, and two bracelets for herhands of ten shekels weight ofgold . And the servant broughtforth jewels of silver, and jewelsof gold, and raiment, and gavethem to Rebekah : he gave alsoto her brother and to her motherprecious things ."Miraculous Gifts to EarlyChristian Congregation1 Cor . 12:4-10, 28-30 "Now thereare varieties of gifts, but there isthe same spirit ; . . . to one thereis given through the spirit speechof wisdom, to another speech ofknowledge according to the samespirit, to another faith by thesame spirit, to another gifts ofhealings by that one spirit, to yetanother operations of powerfulworks, to another prophesying, toanother discernment of inspiredutterances, to another differenttongues, and to another interpretationof tongues . And God hasset the respective ones in thecongregation, first, apostles ; second,prophets ; third, teachers ;then powerful works ; then giftsof healings ; helpful services, abilitiesto direct, different tongues. . . translators ."Acts 21 :8, 9 "Philip the missionary. . . . This man had fourdaughters, virgins, that prophesied."1 Cor . 14 :18 "I thank God, Ispeak in more tongues than allof you do ."Gifts from GodPurpose of Miraculous Gifts toEstablish and Mature the Congregationand Show Change fromDealing with the Old Systems ofThings to the New ChristianSystemActs 2 :22 "Men of Israel, hearthese words : Jesus the Nazarene,a man publicly shown by God toyou through powerful works andwonders and signs which Goddid through him in your midst,just as you yourselves know ."Heb . 2 :4 "God joined in bearingwitness with signs as well as wondersand various powerful worksand with distributions of holyspirit according to his will ."Eph . 4 :11-16 "And he gave someas apostles, some as prophets,some as missionaries, some asshepherds and teachers, with aview to the training of the holyones for ministerial work, for thebuilding up of the body of theChrist, until we all attain to theoneness in the faith and in theaccurate knowledge of the Sonof God, to a full-grown man, tothe measure of growth that belongsto the fullness of the Christ ;in order that we should no longerbe babes, tossed about as bywaves and carried hither andthither by every wind of teachingby means of the trickery of men,by means of craftiness in contrivingerror. But speaking the truth,let us by love grow up in allthings into him who is the head,Christ . From him all the body,by being harmoniously joined togetherand being made to cooperatethrough every joint whichgives what is needed, accordingto the functioning of each respectivemember in due measure,makes for the growth of the bodyfor the building up of itself inlove."1 Cor . 14 :21-25 "In the law it iswritten : `With the tongues offoreigners and with the lips ofstrangers I will speak to thispeople, and yet not even thenwill they give heed to me,' saysJehovah . Consequently, tongues