Our word charisma comes out
of Greek antiquity and in 1 Corinthians Paul uses the word when explaining the gifts
of the Spirit.
When using the word “gift”
he uses the word charismata the plural of charisma, which is derived from the
word charis, which means grace which means Devine gratuity or unmerited favor. Ma means man so adding Ma to charis we
get our word charisma. This word
in English can mean “a spiritual power or personal
quality that gives an individual influence or authority over large numbers of
people.”
Having explained this to the
Corinthians Paul then immediately pens 1 Corinthians 13 or the love
chapter.
So it is easy to see the greatest “charisma”
the Christian has to influence people is love and that love is a Devine gift of
unmerited favor.
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