Spiritual Gifts
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Your spiritual gifts do not determine WHAT you do but HOW you do it
Your spiritual gifts do not determine WHAT you do but HOW you do it
What does it mean to be the body of Christ? (Ephesians 4:1-16)
What does it mean to be the body of Christ? (Ephesians 4:1-16)
1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” 9 (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? 10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
Ephesians 4:1-
Key words: walk, character, one, unity, grace, equip, truth, love, body
3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
Ephesians 4:
7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
(1) Jesus possessed all of the Spirit and all of the gifts
(1) Jesus possessed all of the Spirit and all of the gifts
Ephesians 4:
11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
Jesus possessed the power of the Spirit, the fruit of the Spirit, the gifts of the Spirit
(2) Jesus continues his work through gifted men
(2) Jesus continues his work through gifted men
12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
(3) We are to be a church of equipped, serving saints
(3) We are to be a church of equipped, serving saints
(3) We are to be a church of equipped, serving saints
(3) We are to be a church of equipped, serving saints
A church of 100 ministers
10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: 11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
(4) You have a gift: it fits into one of two categories
(4) You have a gift: it fits into one of two categories
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10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
(5) Does anyone have all of the gifts?
(5) Does anyone have all of the gifts?
1 Corinthians 12:
28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
(6) What are the various gifts?
(6) What are the various gifts?
Romans 12:
6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
1 Corinthians 12:
4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
A painters palate. From primary colors come a multitude of colors
Snowflakes - no two are alike. All my friends are flakes.
1 Corinthians 12:8-
8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12
11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.