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In listing the spiritual gifts the Bible speaks about the gift of the word of knowledge.To another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:8).Know Facts Supernaturally
Nathaniel said to Him: "How do you know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you" (John 1:48).When Jesus met the woman at the well, He exercised the word of knowledge:
Jesus said to her, "Go, and call your husband, and come here." The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have well said, I have no husband, for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband" (John 4:16-18).Simon Peters confession of Jesus as the Messiah was another example of this gift. Jesus said to Peter:
Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven (Matthew 16:17).Spirit Of God
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