HOLY SPIRIT | P3 | VALUE YOUR GIFT

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Gift P3 | HOLY SPIRIT | VALUE YOUR GIFT

     Spiritual Gifts are abilities given to a Christian by Christ through the Holy Spirit and controlled by the Spirit for spiritual service and growth. God the Holy Spirit has given us all we ever need for the abundant Christian life and for ministry.  It’s important that you discover your gift, value your gift, develop your gift, and then employ your gift.

1 Corinthians 12:1-11 (NIV2011)
1 Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. 3 Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. 4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. 7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

Spiritual Gift: An ability given to a Christian by Christ through the Holy Spirit and controlled by the Spirit for spiritual service and growth

About 20 different gifts listed in 5 different lists:
Rom. 12:3-8
Prophecy Ministry
Teaching
Exhortation
Giving
Leadership
Showing mercy

1 Cor. 12:4-11
Wisdom
Knowledge
Faith
Healings
Miracles
Prophecy
Discernment of spirits
Speaking in tongues
Interpretation of tongues

1 Cor. 12:28-30
Apostles
Prophets
Teachers
Healings
Miracles
Helps
Administration
Speaking in tongues
Interpretation of tongues

Eph. 4:7-16
Apostles
Prophets
Evangelists
Pastor-teachers
1 Pet. 4:10-11
Speaking
Ministering


Are all gifts in operation today?

“Inasmuch as we have (1) the Scriptures of God before us, (2) the Spirit of God within us, and (3) the Son of God interceding for us, then what possible need would there be for the sign gifts?”
H. Willmington


The purpose of spiritual gifts:

To edify the saints

1 Cor. 12:7
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

Ephesians 4:11-13 (NIV2011)
11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,
12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

To magnify the Son

Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV2011)
20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen

Proper stewardship of spiritual gifts
Discover your gift

1 Corinthians 12:1 (NIV2011)
1 Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

Application: PLACE

Value your gift

The Holy Spirit distributes gifts

1 Corinthians 12:11 (NIV2011)
All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

Every gift is vital to the body

1 Corinthians 12:15-20 (NIV2011)
15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.
16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be?
20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.


Develop your gift

Employ your gift

Example: Stroke

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