Here we learn with what the Spirit now fills us--"The word of Christ". During the

Acts the Spirit filled men with supernatural gifts, now He fills men with the word of

Christ. This takes the place of the "gifts" and enables them to speak with wisdom and

profit.  The "gifts" of the Acts period were visible.  They could be possessed in

abundance by a carnal and divided Church, like that at Corinth. These gifts were for a

sign while Israel as a people remained. They have no place in the Dispensation of the

Mystery and the Church of the One Body.