The Seven Fold Spirit of God

Reading the opening Chapters of Revelation we find the 'Seven-fold Spirit of God' mentioned.   Note that this is not the 'Seven Spirits of God.'  It is the seven fold nature of the one Spirit.  If we open Isaiah at chapter 11:2 we find seven elements of the workings of the Holy Spirit.  These are:

1. LORD (The Spirit Himself)


2. WISDOM


3. UNDERSTANDING


4. COUNSEL


5. MIGHT


6. KNOWLEDGE


7. FEAR OF THE LORD

These are things the Lord wants us to operate in having been filled with the Holy Spirit and walking in Grace. I think they are self explanatory but it's interesting to list the 9 Gifts of the Spirit from 1 Corinthians Chapters 11 and 12 also:

1) Word of Wisdom 2) Word of Knowledge 3) Faith 4) Gifts of Healing 5) Working of Miracles 6) Prophecy 7) Discerning of Spirits 8) Diverse (or different) kinds of Tongues 9) Interpretation of (different) Tongues

A useful study from this is to see how these two lists work together.  There is some parity, Wisdom and Knowledge for example.  When we observe the Fruits of the Spirit:

Gal 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

The way I use these descriptions is by no means exhaustive or conclusive but just one way of seeing Isaiah 11:2  1 Corinthians 11/12 and Galatians 5:22/23:

The fruit of the Spirit is how He is and how we can grow to be in our temperament, disposition 

The Gifts of the Spirit are what is distributed through someone for someone else in ekklesia

The 7 Fold Spirit is the One Holy Spirit who will engender all seven through a person's character

Thats my shot at this difficult matter.  Any good?

Gary Ward