“paul further taught that spiritual gifts are given to believers for the benefit of the whole church. these are supernatural, spirit-given abilities that are addressed in 1 corinthians 12:1-11. although there are a variety of gifts, they are given by one spirit for the common good, the spirit of jesus christ. these include wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, the discernment of spirits, tongues, interpretation of tongues, service, teaching, encouragement, sharing, leadership and showing mercy.”
i offer for consideration that god instantiates gifts as linguistic neural codes within memory accessed and applied by a believing, ‘sealed’ individual when following the leading of the holy spirit. this concept is derived through the research discussed in detail in both of my books. the proposal reflects concordance between applicable scripture and current findings of neuroscience.