Impartation: You Can Only Give What You Have!

First of all, let see what the dictionary says about the word impart: The verb impart has 4 senses: 1. tell or deposit (information) knowledge; 2. bestow a quality on; 3. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; 4. make known; pass on, of information. Now let's see what Paul told the Romans about impartation: Romans 1:11. Here Paul is talking about his desire to see the roman brothers and sisters and PASS ON or SHARE some spiritual gifts he had. Impartation mostly happens through the "laying on of hands", as in Paul's case when he was filled with the Holy Spirit: Acts 9:17. As i always write: Spiritually speaking, you cannot give what you don't have. You can see that Paul could only "give" spiritual gifts to others because he received before, some through the hands of Ananias. Another example is Timothy: 1 Timothy 4:14. The same happened to me, God used His servant (Marco Barrientos) to deliver and anoint me, when Marco laid his hands on me i was filled with the Holy Spirit and received some gifts, like the gift of discernment of spirits. Jesus Christ says that His disciples would lay their hands on the sick person and the person would be healed: Mark 16:17-19. See that Jesus says that "those who believe" would heal the sick. The problem with us today is that we think Jesus is only saying "those who believe that He is God", but He is also saying those who believe that in His name they could heal the sick. It goes back to the beginning: Hebrews 11:6. Do you understand it? It's not enough just believe that He is, we must believe that He is a rewarder. So, SPIRITUAL GIFTS ARE REWARDS to the ones who believe and diligently seek Him! Do you remember this passage? Mark 5:22-23. That's Impartation! Another aspect of impartation is to transfer authority: Deuteronomy 34:9. God chose Joshua to replace Moses, so Moses had to transfer his authority to Joshua. God chose Elisha to replace Elijah: 2 Kings 2:15. This is not "replacement theology". We also must be careful when laying hands on people: 1 Timothy 5:22.