MSJ 14:2 (Fall 2003) p. 152 to be spiritual or divine abilities. Many writers have concluded, that this means “that the whole idea of spiritual gifts necessitates a supernatural work of God quite distinct from the natural powers of man, or even from any spiritual qualities which are universal among the saved.”54 In doing so, the term supernatural is used to designate the miraculous in contrast to normal divine activity in which God makes use of natural means. Such a connotation differs from referring