(MUSIC)
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>>WELCOME TO
SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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WE'RE SO GLAD
THAT YOU ARE TUNING IN.
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WE WANT TO ESPECIALLY WELCOME
OUR INTERNATIONAL FAMILY,
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WHETHER YOU'RE LISTENING ON
THE RADIO, WATCHING LIVE ON OUR
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WEBSITE OR ON THE VARIOUS
TELEVISION NETWORKS, WE'RE JUST
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GLAD THAT YOU ARE JOINING US
AGAIN FOR ANOTHER SABBATH SCHOOL
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PROGRAM COMING TO YOU FROM
THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH HERE
IN ROCKLIN, CALIFORNIA.
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WE ARE STUDYING ON THE HOLY
SPIRIT AND, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR
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MUSIC LIKE WE DO EVERY WEEK,
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR
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SPECIAL OFFER FOR
TODAY. IT IS CALLED THE PURPOSE
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OF THE PENTECOST .
CALL IN TO 866-788-3966
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AND IT'S EASY TO
REMEMBER - 866-STUDY-MORE.
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SO, OF COURSE, BEFORE WE HAVE
OUR LESSON STUDY, WE ALWAYS HAVE
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MUSIC. AND THIS
WEEK IT'S MY JOB TO
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INVITE THE SINGERS TO COME OUT
AND SING ONE SONG FOR US, AND
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THEN WE HAVE A SPECIAL THAT I
WILL TELL YOU ABOUT - ACTUALLY,
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I'LL TELL YOU
ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
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IT IS A GROUP CALLED 4 HIS GLORY
AND THEY'RE VISITING WITH US
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FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI, WHICH
IS ABOUT 30 HOURS AWAY FROM
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SACRAMENTO, SO THEY HAVE COME
A LONG WAY TO BE WITH US TODAY.
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AND THEY ARE CALLED, LIKE I
SAID, 4 HIS GLORY , AND THEY'RE
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MADE UP OF THREE YOUNG PEOPLE -
VERY NICE - I'VE BEEN TALKING TO
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THEM - LOGAN, SHALYNN, AND
MICHAEL AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE
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SINGING FOR US A SONG
CALLED HEAVEN IS CHEAP ENOUGH .
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THEY'RE ON TOUR RIGHT NOW.
THEY STARTED THEIR GROUP IN
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AUGUST OF 2014 AND THEY
HAVE THREE CDS AND YOU CAN GO TO
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THEIR WEBSITE - LEARN
ALL ABOUT THEM - AND THAT IS
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4HISGLORYMUSIC.ORG AND 'FOR'
IS THE NUMERAL '4' IF YOU'RE
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LISTENING ON THE RADIO
- SO, 4HISGLORYMUSIC.ORG .
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SO, SINGERS, LEAD US IN
SOME MUSIC THIS MORNING.
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>>WE'RE GOING TO BE SINGING
TRUST AND OBEY - #590 IN YOUR
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ADVENTIST HYMNAL. PLEASE
SING WITH US - WE'LL SING
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ALL FIVE VERSES OF
TRUST AND OBEY . (PIANO MUSIC)
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(SOFT PIANO MUSIC)
>>HE'S COMING SOON, JUST A
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LITTLE LONGER. DON'T BE
IMPATIENT, USE YOUR TIME WISELY,
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STAND FIRM IN YOUR FAITH, ENDURE
THE SMALL THINGS 'CAUSE WHEN
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IT'S OVER YOU'LL
BE MUCH STRONGER.
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IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT O
HALLELUJAH HEAVEN IS CHEAP
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ENOUGH O HALLELUJAH IT'S WORTH
THE EFFORT O HALLELUJAH HEAVEN
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IS CHEAP ENOUGH O HALLELUJAH SO
WHEN THE DOORS ARE SHUT IN YOUR
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FACE, GO TO ANOTHER SOMEONE
IS WAITING TO BE INVITED TO
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HEAVEN'S BANQUET SO THEY
CAN MEET THEIR ETERNAL FAMILY.
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IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT O
HALLELUJAH HEAVEN IS CHEAP
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ENOUGH O HALLELUJAH IT'S WORTH
THE EFFORT O HALLELUJAH HEAVEN
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IS CHEAP ENOUGH O HALLELUJAH
THEN UP IN HEAVEN JESUS WILL
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GREET US, HE'LL SAY TO EACH
ONE, 'WELL DONE, GOOD SERVANT'.
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AND THEN WE'LL MEET THOSE
FAMILIAR FACES WE HELPED DIRECT
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TO OUR PRECIOUS
SAVIOR. IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT O
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HALLELUJAH HEAVEN IS CHEAP
ENOUGH O HALLELUJAH IT'S WORTH
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THE EFFORT O HALLELUJAH HEAVEN
IS CHEAP ENOUGH O HALLELUJAH
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HALLELUJAH (SOFT
PIANO MUSIC) >>AMEN.
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH, 4 HIS GLORY
, THAT WAS A GORGEOUS SONG.
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I WANT TO LISTEN TO THAT AGAIN,
SO I'M GOING TO GO TO THEIR
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WEBSITE TO DO THAT -
4HISGLORYMUSIC.ORG - SO I INVITE
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YOU TO DO THAT. BEFORE
WE HAVE OUR LESSON STUDY,
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LET'S HAVE A WORD OF PRAYER.
FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU SO
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MUCH FOR LOVING US, FOR BEING
HERE WITH US, AND BEING WITH
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EACH PERSON AROUND THE
WORLD WHO IS JOINING WITH US.
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WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
LOVE, FOR WATCHING OVER US, FOR
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GIVING US THE ASSURANCE OF
CHRISTIANS THAT IT IS CHEAP
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ENOUGH AND, GLORY HALLELUJAH,
ONE DAY IT'S COMING VERY, VERY
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SOON, AND I PRAY THAT YOU'LL BE
WITH US AS WE OPEN UP YOUR WORD
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AND WE STUDY TOGETHER - THAT
YOU WOULD SPEAK TO OUR HEARTS.
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IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. OUR LESSON
STUDY IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO
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US BY MARSHALL MCKENZIE, WHO
IS THE PUBLISHING DIRECTOR AT
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AMAZING FACTS. YOU'VE SEEN HIM
DOING SABBATH SCHOOL A FEW TIMES
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BEFORE - HE IS NOT A STRANGER TO
OUR PROGRAM - BUT HE IS BRINGING
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US OUR LESSON STUDY
TODAY. THANK YOU, MARSHALL.
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>>GOOD MORNING
AND HAPPY SABBATH.
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>>GOOD MORNING.
>>HAVE YOU BEEN BLESSED
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BY THIS LESSON STUDY? >>YES.
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>>DEALING WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
- THIS MORNING WE'RE GOING TO
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GET INTO A TOPIC THAT'S, IN SOME
CHRISTIAN CIRCLES, A HOT TOPIC.
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WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
SPIRITUAL GIFTS AND THE GIFTS
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THAT THE SPIRIT GIVES FOR A VERY
SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND REASON.
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IT'S LESSON #8 IN OUR STUDY -
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE GIFTS OF
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THE SPIRIT - AND I'VE REALLY
APPRECIATED THIS LESSON THIS
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WEEK, ESPECIALLY THE
MEMORY VERSE AS WE GET STARTED.
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NOW, I WANT TO SHARE WITH
YOU THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET,
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SPECIFICALLY IN THIS LESSON,
INTO EACH INDIVIDUAL GIFT AND
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HOW THAT GIFT FUNCTIONS OR WORKS
IN SCRIPTURE, BUT THE LESSON
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DOES LAY A PRETTY SOLID
FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY OF
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GIFTS AND THE UNDERSTANDING
OF HOW THESE GIFTS WORK.
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THOUGH WE'RE NOT GOING TO
GET INTO THAT IN DETAIL, WE ARE
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GOING TO SET THE FOUNDATION.
AND I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THE
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MEMORY VERSE FOR THIS WEEK.
I APPRECIATE IT FOR EACH WEEK
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BUT, SPECIFICALLY THIS WEEK,
I REALLY BELIEVE THIS MEMORY
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VERSE KIND OF SETS
THE TONE FOR THIS LESSON.
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SOMETIMES WE JUST LIKE TO DIVE
INTO THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS AND WE
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WANT TO GET INTO EACH GIFT AND
HOW EACH GIFT FUNCTIONS AND SO
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FORTH, BUT THIS VERSE IN 1
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12 REALLY
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LAYS A FOUNDATION THAT'S
IMPORTANT, BEFORE WE JUST DIVE
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INTO THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
SO, IF YOU HAVE YOUR LESSONS,
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I'M GOING TO READ IT RIGHT OUT
OF THE LESSON AND WE ARE GOING
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TO READ SEVERAL PASSAGES FROM
SCRIPTURE THIS MORNING, BUT I
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WANT TO READ THIS RIGHT OUT OF
THE LESSON STUDY AS WE BEGIN -
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THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT .
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THE MEMORY VERSE IS TAKEN FROM
1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4 - OR
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CHAPTER 12, EXCUSE
ME, VERSES 4 THROUGH 6.
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IT SAYS, "THERE ARE DIVERSITIES
OF GIFTS, BUT THE SAME SPIRIT
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THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF
MINISTRIES, BUT THE SAME LORD.
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AND THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF
ACTIVITIES, BUT IT IS THE SAME
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GOD WHO WORKS ALL IN ALL."
IN THE MIDST OF DIVERSITIES AND
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DIFFERENCES, WHICH ARE CLEARLY
STATED HERE BY THE APOSTLE PAUL,
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WHETHER OF GIFTS, MINISTRIES,
OR ACTIVITIES, THE APOSTLE PAUL
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EMPHASIZES
SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC.
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GO BACK TO THE VERSE - WE'RE
GOING TO READ IT AGAIN - AND I
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WANT YOU TO NOTICE SOMETHING
THAT REALLY KIND OF HELPS US LAY
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THE FOUNDATION. IT
SAYS, "THERE ARE DIVERSITIES
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OF GIFTS, BUT" - HE
GOES ON - "THE SAME" - WHAT?
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>>SPIRIT. >>SPIRIT.
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HE SAYS, "THERE ARE DIFFERENCES
OF MINISTRIES BUT THE SAME LORD.
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AND THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF
ACTIVITIES, BUT IT IS THE SAME"
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- WHAT? >>GOD.
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>>"GOD WHO WORKS ALL IN
ALL." THIS WORD 'SAME' IS VERY
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IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT
IT'S DOING IS IT'S EMPHATICALLY
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PUTTING GOD AND THE GODHEAD AS
THE PRE-EMINENT FACTOR IN THIS
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ISSUE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
THAT'S WHAT PAUL'S DOING WHEN HE
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SAYS 'THE SAME SPIRIT, THE SAME
LORD, AND THE SAME GOD.' NOW,
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THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE, WE
READ ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
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SPECIFICALLY, THOUGH, PAUL
MENTIONS THEM IN ROMANS CHAPTER
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12, 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12,
EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, AND WE'RE
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GOING TO BOUNCE AROUND IN THOSE
CHAPTERS, BUT I WANT YOU TO
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NOTICE THIS FIRST ISSUE THAT
PAUL RAISES UP, OR THE ISSUE OF
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GOD AND THE GODHEAD IN
RELATIONSHIP TO SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
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NOTICE, WITH ME, ONE OF THOSE
VERSES - IT'S IN EPHESIANS 4 -
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I'M GOING TO READ IT TO YOU
RIGHT FROM THE BIBLE - EPHESIANS
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CHAPTER 4. ONE OF
THE OTHER PLACES WHERE
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THE APOSTLE PAUL SPEAKS ABOUT
SPIRITUAL GIFTS - EPHESIANS
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CHAPTER 4 - AND BEFORE, EVEN
HERE, BEFORE HE EVEN DIVES INTO
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THE ISSUE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS,
HE MAKES THE PROMINENCE HERE
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FOCUS ON THE GODHEAD.
SEE, IN OUR WORLD, THERE - IN
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CHRISTENDOM, MANY RAISE,
IN PROMINENCE, THE GIFTS.
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BUT WHAT PAUL DOES IS HE RAISES
THE PROMINENCE OF GOD AND THEN
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HE BEGINS TO TALK ABOUT THE
GIFTS SO THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT
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PERSPECTIVE WHEN
LOOKING AT THESE GIFTS.
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WHEN WE SWITCH OR REVERSE THAT,
WHERE WE FOCUS ON THE GIFTS,
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WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS IS WE
MINIMIZE THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT
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IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE WORK OF
THE GODHEAD IN GIVING OUT THOSE
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GIFTS, APPROPRIATING THOSE
GIFTS, AND THE PURPOSE OF THOSE
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GIFTS. NOTICE, WITH ME, JOHN
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CHAPTER 16, OKAY? THIS
IS, BY THE WAY, A VERSE
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THAT WE STUDIED
BACK IN LESSON 4.
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IT KIND OF BROUGHT THIS VERSE TO
OUR ATTENTION WHEN TALKING ABOUT
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THE PERSONALITY
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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JOHN CHAPTER 16, VERSES 12
THROUGH 15 - JOHN CHAPTER 16,
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VERSES 12 THROUGH 15
- JESUS SPEAKING JUST
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- TO THE DISCIPLES JUST BEFORE
HE'S ABOUT TO LEAVE THIS EARTH
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TO MINISTER IN THE
SANCTUARY IN HEAVEN.
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HE SAYS, "I STILL HAVE MANY
THINGS TO SAY TO YOU, BUT YOU
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CANNOT BEAR THEM NOW." SO
HE SAYS, "HOWEVER, WHEN HE,
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THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, HAS
COME, HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL
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TRUTH; FOR HE WILL NOT SPEAK ON
HIS OWN AUTHORITY, BUT WHATEVER
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HE HEARS HE
WILL" - WHAT? >>SPEAK.
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>>SPEAK - WHATEVER HE HEARS -
"AND HE WILL TELL YOU THINGS TO
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COME. HE WILL
GLORIFY ME, FOR HE WILL
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TAKE OF WHAT IS MINE
AND DECLARE IT TO YOU."
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AND THEN JESUS GOES ON AND
HE SAYS, "ALL THINGS THAT THE
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FATHER HAS ARE" - WHAT? >>MINE.
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>>ARE MINE. SO YOU
SEE THIS RELATIONSHIP
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THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE GODHEAD.
THE SPIRIT SPEAKS OF WHAT HE'S
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BEEN GIVEN OR WHAT
HE'S TAKEN FROM CHRIST.
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CHRIST SPEAKS OF WHAT HE HAS
TAKEN FROM THE FATHER AND SO YOU
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SEE THIS RELATIONSHIP OF THE
GODHEAD AND SO PAUL EXALTS THE
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GODHEAD IN DEALING WITH
SPIRITUAL GIFTS FIRST, SO THAT
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WE HAVE THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
WHEN WE BEGIN TO STUDY MORE
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ABOUT SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
THIS RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE
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GODHEAD IS CENTRAL TO EVERYTHING
THAT FOLLOWS AFTER THE GODHEAD.
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EVEN THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.
IN OTHER WORDS, KNOWING THE
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AUTHOR OF THE GIFTS IS
MORE IMPORTANT THAN JUST HAVING
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THE GIFTS THEMSELVES.
SUNDAY'S LESSON MAKES REFERENCE
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TO THIS, IN A MANNER, WHEN IN
SUNDAY'S LESSON IT SEPARATES THE
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FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
FROM THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.
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EVERYBODY WHO KNOWS GOD SHOULD
EXHIBIT, IN THEIR LIFE, ALL OF
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THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
BUT, WHEN YOU STUDY ABOUT
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SPIRITUAL GIFTS, NOT EVERYBODY
HAS ALL THE GIFTS AND NOT
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EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME GIFT.
HAVING THESE THINGS CLEARLY IN
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MIND AS WE KIND OF DIVE INTO THE
LESSON, IT'LL HELP US KEEP IN
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PERSPECTIVE WHAT IS REALLY BEING
SPOKEN ABOUT WHEN WE DEAL WITH
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GIFTS AND THE
GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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NOW, I WANT YOU TO
NOTICE SOMETHING WITH ME.
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NOTICE, WITH ME, 1 CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER 12 - WE READ THE MEMORY
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VERSE, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A
LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT SO THAT WE
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CAN SEE HOW PAUL IS ESTABLISHING
THE PROMINENCE, OKAY, OF THE
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GODHEAD EMPHATICALLY,
BEFORE HE EVEN DIVES INTO GIFTS.
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NOTICE, WITH ME, 1 CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER 12, VERSE 1 - PAUL SAYS
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HERE, IN 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER
12, VERSE 1, HE SAYS, "NOW
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CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS."
NOW, IT'S INTERESTING, IF YOU
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GO BACK A LITTLE WAYS TO 1
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 8, YOU SEE
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HIM USE THESE SAME WORDS, OKAY?
HE SAYS IN 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER
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8, VERSE 1, HE SAYS, "NOW
CONCERNING THINGS OFFERED TO
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IDOLS:" - AND THEN IF YOU
GO BACK A LITTLE FARTHER, OKAY?
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1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 7 - I KNOW
I'M KIND OF MOVING QUICKLY, BUT
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I WANT YOU TO ABSORB THIS - HE
SAYS, "NOW CONCERNING THE THINGS
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OF WHICH YOU WROTE TO ME:" -
OKAY? SO, 1 CORINTHIANS - THE
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CONTEXT OF 1 CORINTHIANS IS
THAT THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH - THE
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CHURCH IN CORINTH - WROTE
TO PAUL A SPECIFIC LETTER IN
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RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUES THEY WERE
FACING. AND ONE OF THOSE ISSUES
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JUST HAPPENED TO BE
DEALING WITH SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
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SO, WHEN WE GET TO 1 CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER 12, PAUL'S GOING TO DEAL
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WITH THE ISSUE
OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
00:20:19.81\00:20:21.58
NOTICE, WITH ME, 1
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 14, OKAY?
00:20:21.58\00:20:25.89
HE SAYS, "PURSUE LOVE, AND
DESIRE" - WHAT? - "SPIRITUAL
00:20:25.89\00:20:32.16
GIFTS, BUT ESPECIALLY
THAT YOU MAY PROPHESY."
00:20:32.16\00:20:36.43
AND THEN HE DIVES INTO THIS
ISSUE OF TONGUES AND PROPHECY.
00:20:36.43\00:20:39.97
THIS IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES
THE CHURCH WAS FACING AND THEY
00:20:39.97\00:20:43.17
WRITE PAUL ABOUT IT AND PAUL
WRITES THIS LETTER BACK TO THEM.
00:20:43.17\00:20:47.08
BUT, BEFORE HE EVEN GETS
INTO GIFTS, HE TALKS ABOUT THE
00:20:47.08\00:20:50.28
PROMINENCE OF GOD. NOW,
IT'S INTERESTING THAT HE
00:20:50.28\00:20:54.38
THEN MOVES FROM 1
CORINTHIANS 12 TO 1 CORINTHIANS
00:20:54.38\00:20:58.52
13, WHICH IS WHAT?
IT'S THE LOVE CHAPTER.
00:20:58.52\00:21:03.02
WHY WOULD HE TALK ABOUT LOVE
WHEN HE HAS TO BE TALKING ABOUT
00:21:03.02\00:21:06.19
SPIRITUAL GIFTS?
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO EXALT
00:21:06.19\00:21:11.10
GOD, HOW DOES THE
BIBLE DEFINE WHO GOD IS?
00:21:11.10\00:21:14.84
>>LOVE. >>GOD IS LOVE.
00:21:14.84\00:21:17.07
SO IT'S NATURAL FOR PAUL - IF
I'M GOING TO RAISE UP GOD, OKAY?
00:21:17.07\00:21:21.51
THE PROMINENCE OF GOD, BEFORE I
DIVE INTO GIFTS, I NEED TO TALK
00:21:21.51\00:21:25.21
TO YOU ABOUT LOVE AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF LOVE IN THIS
00:21:25.21\00:21:28.18
PROCESS. AND THEN HE BEGINS TO
00:21:28.18\00:21:30.52
DIVE INTO THE GIFTS. BUT
HE DOESN'T DO IT INDEPENDENT
00:21:30.52\00:21:36.79
OF THE GODHEAD AND WHO GOD
IS AND HOW GOD FUNCTIONS AND
00:21:36.79\00:21:43.33
WHAT GOD'S PURPOSES ARE.
THE GIFTS ARE KIND OF ENTWINED
00:21:43.33\00:21:49.04
IN ALL THAT, NOT
SEPARATE FROM ALL OF THAT.
00:21:49.04\00:21:54.28
MATTER OF FACT, MONDAY'S LESSON
- MONDAY'S LESSON TALKS ABOUT
00:21:54.28\00:21:59.31
GOD AS THE SOVEREIGN
GIVER OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
00:21:59.31\00:22:05.42
AND IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE
DEAL WITH THIS RIGHT FROM THE
00:22:05.42\00:22:08.72
VERY BEGINNING, AS WE GET INTO
THE ISSUE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
00:22:08.72\00:22:14.36
NOTICE, WITH ME, EPHESIANS
CHAPTER 4, VERSES 7 AND 8 -
00:22:14.36\00:22:19.23
EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4 - ONE OF
THOSE PASSAGES, AGAIN, THAT THE
00:22:19.23\00:22:23.84
APOSTLE PAUL SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT GIFTS - EPHESIANS CHAPTER
00:22:23.84\00:22:29.21
4, VERSES 7 AND 8. BY
THE WAY, PAUL'S GOING TO
00:22:29.21\00:22:34.08
UNPACK FOR US THAT IT'S
NOT ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:22:34.08\00:22:38.25
THAT GIVES GIFTS. MANY
TIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
00:22:38.25\00:22:41.16
SPIRITUAL GIFTS, WE TALK ABOUT
THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
00:22:41.16\00:22:44.83
WHILE, BIBLICALLY SPEAKING,
THE SPIRIT ISN'T THE ONLY
00:22:44.83\00:22:48.63
ONE WHO GIVES GIFTS. IN
EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSES 7
00:22:48.63\00:22:53.40
AND 8, PAUL OUTLINES THAT
EVEN CHRIST IS A GIVER OF GIFTS.
00:22:53.40\00:22:59.64
"BUT TO EACH ONE OF US" - VERSE
7 - "GRACE WAS GIVEN ACCORDING
00:22:59.64\00:23:05.55
TO THE MEASURE OF CHRIST'S GIFT.
THEREFORE HE SAYS: 'WHEN HE
00:23:05.55\00:23:12.95
ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE
LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE,
00:23:12.95\00:23:16.22
AND" - HE - HE WHAT?
"AND GAVE GIFTS TO MEN."
00:23:16.22\00:23:21.76
SO NOT ONLY DOES PAUL DESCRIBE
THE HOLY SPIRIT AS GIVING GIFTS,
00:23:21.76\00:23:26.50
BUT HE DESCRIBES WHO
ELSE AS GIVING GIFTS AS WELL?
00:23:26.50\00:23:29.90
HE DESCRIBES CHRIST AS GIVING
GIFTS ALSO. AND THEN WHEN YOU
00:23:29.90\00:23:33.88
GO, AND I'LL READ IT FOR
YOU, BUT YOU CAN WRITE IT DOWN.
00:23:33.88\00:23:36.28
IN JAMES CHAPTER 1, VERSE 17,
WE READ THIS: EVERY GOOD GIFT -
00:23:36.28\00:23:43.05
"...EVERY PERFECT GIFT IS FROM
ABOVE, AND COMES DOWN FROM THE
00:23:43.05\00:23:48.49
FATHER OF LIGHTS, WITH WHOM
THERE IS NO VARIATION OR SHADOW
00:23:48.49\00:23:54.73
OF TURNING." SO WHO ELSE GIVES
GIFTS? THE FATHER GIVES GIFTS.
00:23:54.73\00:24:00.77
BUT THEY'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER
IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE
00:24:00.77\00:24:05.04
GIFTS. THOUGH THE
PRIMARY INDIVIDUAL,
00:24:05.04\00:24:08.18
AS SCRIPTURE POINTS OUT, IS THE
HOLY SPIRIT, WE CANNOT SEPARATE
00:24:08.18\00:24:13.01
THE HOLY SPIRIT FROM THE FATHER
AND THE SON, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL
00:24:13.01\00:24:16.42
ACTIVE IN THE PROCESS OF GIVING
GIFTS AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
00:24:16.42\00:24:20.22
GOD FIRST, THAT HE HAS THE
PROMINENCE IN RELATIONSHIP TO
00:24:20.22\00:24:25.86
THE ISSUE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
NOW, I HAVE A FEW THAT'LL BE
00:24:25.86\00:24:31.57
READING A COUPLE PASSAGES, IN
JUST A MINUTE, THAT I'VE PICKED
00:24:31.57\00:24:34.84
OUT FOR YOU, BUT I - THIS HELPS
US BETTER UNDERSTAND, OKAY?
00:24:34.84\00:24:40.41
1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12,
VERSE 11 - NOTICE, WITH ME, 1
00:24:40.41\00:24:44.35
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12, VERSE 11
- I KNOW I'M THROWING A LOT OF
00:24:44.35\00:24:50.25
VERSES OUT AT YOU, BUT I
HOPE YOU'RE TRACKING WITH ME - 1
00:24:50.25\00:24:54.36
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12, VERSE 11
- HERE PAUL WRITES, "BUT ONE AND
00:24:54.36\00:25:06.03
THE SAME SPIRIT WORKS ALL THESE
THINGS, DISTRIBUTING TO EACH ONE
00:25:06.03\00:25:13.94
INDIVIDUALLY" -
WHAT? - "AS HE WILLS."
00:25:13.94\00:25:17.81
IS THE HOLY SPIRIT, BASED ON
WHAT WE JUST FINISHED TALKING
00:25:17.81\00:25:20.92
ABOUT, IS THE HOLY SPIRIT DOING
THIS INDEPENDENT OF THE FATHER
00:25:20.92\00:25:25.09
AND THE SON? NO.
00:25:25.09\00:25:28.29
IS HE - IS THIS DESCRIBING, IN
SOME WAY, THE HOLY SPIRIT GOING
00:25:28.29\00:25:31.19
ROGUE? OKAY? AS HE WILLS - NO.
MATTER OF FACT, THE BEGINNING
00:25:31.19\00:25:39.57
GIVES US CONTEXT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT WHAT HE'S DOING, AS HE
00:25:39.57\00:25:43.20
WILLS, IS STILL IN CONTEXT
TO WHAT THE FATHER AND SON
00:25:43.20\00:25:47.38
APPROVE OF AND AGREE WITH
IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE GIFTS.
00:25:47.38\00:25:52.61
THIS, BY NO MEANS, SHOWS
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ANY WAY DOING
00:25:52.61\00:25:57.29
SOMETHING INDEPENDENT
OF THE FATHER AND THE SON.
00:25:57.29\00:26:01.86
IT'S TRUE THAT HE'S MAKING
AN AUTHORITATIVE DECISION -
00:26:01.86\00:26:05.43
AS HE WILLS - AS A MEMBER
OF THE GODHEAD, BUT IT IS IN
00:26:05.43\00:26:11.20
AGREEMENT WITH THE
FATHER AND THE SON.
00:26:11.20\00:26:14.87
THE BESTOWER OF THE GIFTS
IS GOD'S SOVEREIGN DECISION.
00:26:14.87\00:26:20.31
THIS IS GOD'S
DECISION, IT'S NOT OURS.
00:26:20.31\00:26:23.91
WE DON'T JUST USE THE
GIFTS HOWEVER WE WANT THEM.
00:26:23.91\00:26:27.92
GOD IS IN CONTROL OF THIS
PROCESS - FROM THE FATHER TO THE
00:26:27.92\00:26:31.62
SON TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, GOD IS
THE ONE THAT HAS THE PROMINENCE
00:26:31.62\00:26:35.52
IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE GIFTS,
WHICH HELP US GET A BETTER
00:26:35.52\00:26:38.73
PERSPECTIVE OF HOW THE GIFTS ARE
APPROPRIATED, DISTRIBUTED, AND
00:26:38.73\00:26:42.70
EVEN USED IN MANY DIFFERENT
CASES. SO, WE HAVE THE SPIRIT'S
00:26:42.70\00:26:49.64
WISDOM AND WILL, WHICH IS
ACCORDING TO THE DIVINE WILL AS
00:26:49.64\00:26:55.24
GOD SEES FIT AS A WHOLE. SO
WE CAN'T - WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
00:26:55.24\00:26:59.85
SPIRITUAL GIFTS, WE CAN'T
JUST TALK ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT;
00:26:59.85\00:27:03.89
WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT GOD THE
FATHER, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
00:27:03.89\00:27:07.86
GOD THE SON, BECAUSE THEY'RE
INVOLVED - ALL OF THEM ARE
00:27:07.86\00:27:12.13
INVOLVED IN DISTRIBUTING THE
GIFTS, THOUGH SCRIPTURE POINTS
00:27:12.13\00:27:16.63
OUT THE HOLY SPIRIT, KIND OF,
AS THE MAIN INDIVIDUAL, THEY'RE
00:27:16.63\00:27:20.74
ALL A PART OF THIS PROCESS.
AND WHAT THEY ALL AGREE ON
00:27:20.74\00:27:26.34
IS WHAT IS DONE, NOT
ONE INDEPENDENT OF ANOTHER.
00:27:26.34\00:27:31.68
AND THIS IS WHERE WE BEGIN
SPEAKING ABOUT SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
00:27:31.68\00:27:36.12
THIS IS, KIND OF, THE FOUNDATION
THAT SCRIPTURE HELPS US GRASP
00:27:36.12\00:27:40.69
BEFORE WE DIVE INTO SPIRITUAL
GIFTS - WHEN WE SEE THROUGH
00:27:40.69\00:27:43.56
GOD'S EYES THEY ARE ALL OF
EQUAL IMPORTANCE THOUGH, IN SOME
00:27:43.56\00:27:51.27
CASES, OTHERS MAY HAVE
MORE PROMINENCE BASED ON THE
00:27:51.27\00:27:55.20
SITUATION
SURROUNDING THE GIVING OF THEM.
00:27:55.20\00:27:57.57
SOMETIMES WE LIKE TO KIND OF
SEPARATE THE GIFTS AND WE KIND
00:27:57.57\00:28:01.01
OF LIKE TO SAY, 'WELL, THIS
ONE'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THIS
00:28:01.01\00:28:04.38
ONE.' YOU KNOW, WE DO
THIS IN LIFE, MANY TIMES.
00:28:04.38\00:28:07.55
YOU KNOW? WE KIND
OF STAND ON OUR SOAP
00:28:07.55\00:28:09.32
BOXES AND WE HAVE ONE WAY
OF LOOKING AT SOMETHING, AND
00:28:09.32\00:28:12.79
GOD SAYS, 'WAIT A
SECOND. LOOK THROUGH MY EYES.
00:28:12.79\00:28:15.66
LOOK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND
YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THAT EACH OF
00:28:15.66\00:28:19.53
THESE ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THEY'RE
ALL EQUAL, ALSO, IN IMPORTANCE
00:28:19.53\00:28:23.53
BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES WHO
ARE DISTRIBUTING THEM TO YOU.
00:28:23.53\00:28:30.07
SO THEIR INDIVIDUAL IMPORTANCE
AND EQUALITY IS NOT UP TO US TO
00:28:30.07\00:28:36.04
DECIDE - THAT'S WHAT PAUL
IS SAYING. AND IN 1 CORINTHIANS
00:28:36.04\00:28:39.45
CHAPTER 14, HE HAS TO DEAL WITH
THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ISSUE
00:28:39.45\00:28:44.35
IN THE CHURCH WHERE SOME WERE
RAISING UP THE GIFT OF TONGUES
00:28:44.35\00:28:47.09
OVER THE GIFT OF PROPHECY AND
THE GIFT OF PROPHECY OVER THE
00:28:47.09\00:28:50.33
GIFT OF TONGUES, AND SO PAUL HAS
TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION IN
00:28:50.33\00:28:54.63
1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 14, BUT HE
SETS THE STAGE IN 1 CORINTHIANS
00:28:54.63\00:29:00.20
CHAPTER 12 - AND IT'S
WHERE ALL OF US SHOULD BEGIN.
00:29:00.20\00:29:05.41
NOW THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF
THIS IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSES 4
00:29:05.41\00:29:09.11
THROUGH 6 AND I'VE ASKED
SOMEBODY TO READ THAT FOR US -
00:29:09.11\00:29:12.15
ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSES 4 THROUGH
6 - FROM THE BOOK OF ACTS.
00:29:12.15\00:29:16.38
>>"AND THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BEGAN TO
00:29:16.38\00:29:19.89
SPEAK WITH OTHER TONGUES, AS
THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM UTTERANCE.
00:29:19.89\00:29:23.86
AND THERE WERE DWELLING IN
JERUSALEM JEWS, DEVOUT MEN,
00:29:23.86\00:29:27.60
FROM EVERY NATION UNDER HEAVEN.
00:29:27.60\00:29:30.23
AND WHEN THIS SOUND OCCURRED,
THE MULTITUDE CAME TOGETHER, AND
00:29:30.23\00:29:34.90
WERE CONFUSED, BECAUSE EVERYONE
HEARD THEM SPEAK IN HIS OWN
00:29:34.90\00:29:39.17
LANGUAGE." >>NOW
I LOVE THIS VERSE.
00:29:39.17\00:29:41.91
HERE, THERE'S THE NEED
FOR THE GIFT OF TONGUES.
00:29:41.91\00:29:45.58
IN THE CONTEXT OF ACTS CHAPTER 2
YOU HAVE DEVOUT JEWS - AND THANK
00:29:45.58\00:29:49.68
YOU FOR READING THAT SO CLEARLY
- YOU HAVE DEVOUT JEWS THAT ARE
00:29:49.68\00:29:53.46
COMING TOGETHER FROM
EVERYWHERE TO JERUSALEM.
00:29:53.46\00:29:57.33
AND SO GOD POURS OUT HIS
SPIRIT AND THERE IS THIS NEED.
00:29:57.33\00:30:00.20
THE SITUATION ARISES AND GOD
SEES FIT - THE GODHEAD SEES FIT
00:30:00.20\00:30:07.10
TO DISTRIBUTE THE
GIFT OF TONGUES. WHY?
00:30:07.10\00:30:10.17
SO THAT EVERYBODY THERE CAN
HEAR THE MESSAGE OF JESUS AND
00:30:10.17\00:30:17.05
EVERYBODY CAN
UNDERSTAND IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE.
00:30:17.05\00:30:21.62
NOW, IT'S INTERESTING, IN THIS
PASSAGE, THAT HE SAYS, "AND THEY
00:30:21.62\00:30:24.09
WERE CONFUSED". I
STOPPED THERE FOR A MINUTE;
00:30:24.09\00:30:27.52
THEY WEREN'T CONFUSED BECAUSE
THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, THEY
00:30:27.52\00:30:33.80
WERE CONFUSED, IN A SENSE,
BECAUSE THEY COULD UNDERSTAND.
00:30:33.80\00:30:38.17
LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE
OF THIS: I SPENT A YEAR AS A
00:30:38.17\00:30:41.47
MISSIONARY - STUDENT
MISSIONARY - IN INDIA.
00:30:41.47\00:30:44.21
AND WHILE I WAS THERE FOR A
YEAR, I WAS IN A LITTLE TOWN
00:30:44.21\00:30:46.78
CALLED MIRZAPUR, AND MANY PEOPLE
IN THAT TOWN - WELL, ALL OF THEM
00:30:46.78\00:30:51.68
- REALLY DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH.
AND SO, I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO
00:30:51.68\00:30:57.15
READ, WRITE, AND
SPEAK HINDI, OKAY?
00:30:57.15\00:31:01.56
AND I ENJOYED THE PROCESS;
IT WAS VERY CHALLENGING AND I
00:31:01.56\00:31:04.49
PRAYED, 'LORD, PLEASE
GIVE ME THE GIFT OF TONGUES.
00:31:04.49\00:31:06.83
I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS
LANGUAGE.' AND SO, I LEARNED THE
00:31:06.83\00:31:11.17
LANGUAGE. NOW, OVER
TIME, I'VE LOST A LOT
00:31:11.17\00:31:13.54
OF IT, BUT I ENJOY GOING TO
INDIAN RESTAURANTS AND I ENJOY
00:31:13.54\00:31:18.07
SITTING THERE AND
EATING INDIAN FOOD.
00:31:18.07\00:31:21.71
AND WHEN PEOPLE COME UP TO
ME AND THEY - AND I ASK THEM IF
00:31:21.71\00:31:25.05
THEY CAN SPEAK HINDI, ALL OF A
SUDDEN - I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, 'OP
00:31:25.05\00:31:28.62
KINOM KEYA HAY' - YOU KNOW?
OR I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, 'OB KI
00:31:28.62\00:31:33.02
SEHAY', WHICH IS 'HOW ARE
YOU?' AND 'WHAT IS YOUR NAME?'
00:31:33.02\00:31:35.46
AND THEY LOOK AT ME
LIKE THEY'RE CONFUSED.
00:31:35.46\00:31:38.86
(LAUGHTER) BECAUSE THEY CLEARLY
UNDERSTOOD ME, NOT BECAUSE THEY
00:31:38.86\00:31:44.43
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ME.
THEY'RE CONFUSED, IN A SENSE,
00:31:44.43\00:31:48.00
BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEING
THIS WHITE GUY (LAUGHTER)
00:31:48.00\00:31:53.01
SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE.
THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.
00:31:53.01\00:31:58.21
SO HERE, IN THE BOOK OF ACTS,
YOU HAVE THE SAME SITUATION.
00:31:58.21\00:32:02.42
THEY HEAR, IN THEIR OWN
LANGUAGE, THE WORD OF GOD AND
00:32:02.42\00:32:08.22
THEY'RE CONFUSED - THEY'RE
STUNNED FOR A MOMENT - AND THE
00:32:08.22\00:32:10.76
REST OF THE PASSAGE KIND OF
BRINGS THIS OUT - IT BEARS THIS
00:32:10.76\00:32:14.20
FACT OUT. I HAVE
SOMEBODY ELSE READING
00:32:14.20\00:32:17.07
ACTS CHAPTER 2,
VERSES 7, 8, AND 11.
00:32:17.07\00:32:21.60
>>"THEN THEY WERE ALL AMAZED
AND MARVELED, SAYING TO ONE
00:32:21.60\00:32:23.84
ANOTHER, 'LOOK, ARE NOT
ALL THESE WHO SPEAK GALILEANS?
00:32:23.84\00:32:29.11
AND HOW IS IT THAT WE HEAR, EACH
IN OUR OWN LANGUAGE IN WHICH WE
00:32:29.11\00:32:32.85
WERE BORN?...CRETANS
AND ARABS - WE HEAR THEM
00:32:32.85\00:32:36.18
SPEAKING IN OUR OWN TONGUES
THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD."
00:32:36.18\00:32:39.75
>>NOW NOTICE THIS: THEY WERE
CONFUSED AND YET, RIGHT AFTER
00:32:39.75\00:32:43.46
THAT, IT SAYS, 'THEN THEY WERE
ALL AMAZED AND MARVELED.' IN THE
00:32:43.46\00:32:48.36
PROC - IN THE ASPECT OF
CONFUSION, THEY ACTUALLY
00:32:48.36\00:32:51.10
UNDERSTOOD, BUT THEY WERE AMAZED
AND THEY MARVELED BECAUSE THEY
00:32:51.10\00:32:54.94
HEARD THESE PEOPLE SPEAKING
IN THEIR BIRTH LANGUAGE.
00:32:54.94\00:33:00.08
NOT JUST ANY LANGUAGE -
YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO DIFFERENT
00:33:00.08\00:33:02.04
COUNTRIES AND YOU GET DIFFERENT
DIALECTS OF A MAIN LANGUAGE -
00:33:02.04\00:33:06.18
AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEIR
BIRTH LANGUAGE. THESE GUYS WERE
00:33:06.18\00:33:10.25
TALKING IN THEIR BIRTH LANGUAGE
- THIS GOES WAY BACK TO WHEN
00:33:10.25\00:33:14.02
THEY WERE BORN - BUT GOD
KNEW THIS GIFT WAS NEEDED.
00:33:14.02\00:33:17.19
AND, NOTICE HOW THIS VERSE ENDS,
BY THE WAY: IT STARTS WITH THE
00:33:17.19\00:33:20.73
SPIRIT WHO GIVES THEM UTTERANCE,
BUT IT ENDS BY SAYING, WHAT?
00:33:20.73\00:33:27.90
THEY WERE COMMUNICATING
THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD -
00:33:27.90\00:33:32.64
THE GODHEAD. >>AMEN.
00:33:32.64\00:33:35.48
>>THE PURPOSES OF THE FATHER AND
THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT -
00:33:35.48\00:33:40.72
THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM UTTERANCE
BUT THEY TESTIFIED TO THE WORK
00:33:40.72\00:33:44.12
OF GOD. AND THIS
IS WHAT THE SPIRIT
00:33:44.12\00:33:46.32
DOES IN GIVING THESE GIFTS.
THIS IS WHY IT'S NEEDED THAT WE
00:33:46.32\00:33:50.73
UNDERSTAND FIRST THE PROMINENCE
OF GOD IN THIS PROCESS.
00:33:50.73\00:33:55.60
NOW, THERE'S A FEW OTHER
EXAMPLES OF THIS, DEALING WITH
00:33:55.60\00:33:58.20
OTHER GIFTS THAT WERE ACTUALLY
GIVEN IN THE BOOK OF ACTS.
00:33:58.20\00:34:01.10
MATTER OF FACT, IN ACTS CHAPTER
7, VERSES 54 THROUGH 56 - AND WE
00:34:01.10\00:34:05.24
DON'T HAVE TIME, REALLY, TO RUN
THERE, BUT IT'S TALKING ABOUT
00:34:05.24\00:34:08.88
STEPHEN THE DEACON.
AND IN THESE PASSAGES, IT'S
00:34:08.88\00:34:12.95
INTERESTING THAT STEPHEN IS THE
PROPHET AT THE END OF A MAJOR
00:34:12.95\00:34:19.32
PROPHECY GIVEN BY DANIEL.
AND SO, THERE WAS THE NEED FOR
00:34:19.32\00:34:22.89
GOD TO GIVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY
TO STEPHEN BEFORE HIS DEATH.
00:34:22.89\00:34:30.37
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT GOD
DOES FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON.
00:34:30.37\00:34:33.77
AND THEN YOU SEE THIS IN
ACTS CHAPTER 21, VERSE 8, IN
00:34:33.77\00:34:36.77
RELATIONSHIP TO
THE DEACON, PHILIP.
00:34:36.77\00:34:40.34
LATER, WE FIND OUT THAT THE
DEACON PHILIP HAS BEEN GIVEN THE
00:34:40.34\00:34:44.38
GIFT OF EVANGELISM - THE GIFT
OF AN EVANGELIST - AND IN ACTS
00:34:44.38\00:34:49.35
CHAPTER 21, VERSE 8, IT
IDENTIFIES PHILIP AS THE
00:34:49.35\00:34:55.79
EVANGELIST. HE WAS
LIKE THE CHURCH EVANGELIST.
00:34:55.79\00:34:59.33
HE STARTED AS A DEACON BUT GOD
GAVE HIM THIS GIFT - AND YOU SEE
00:34:59.33\00:35:02.76
IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, THE SPIRIT
OF GOD TAKING HIM FROM PLACE TO
00:35:02.76\00:35:05.43
PLACE TO PLACE TO PREACH THE
MESSAGE THAT GOD SO LONGED FOR
00:35:05.43\00:35:11.07
HIM TO PREACH. I'VE
ASKED ANOTHER READER, AS
00:35:11.07\00:35:15.34
WELL, TO READ ANOTHER PASSAGE
AND, IN A MINUTE, WE'RE GOING TO
00:35:15.34\00:35:18.08
TURN TO THAT PASSAGE, BUT THIS
IS WHERE WE TAKE A TRANSITION
00:35:18.08\00:35:22.12
INTO THE LESSON, BECAUSE, FROM
HERE, NOW WE START TO TALK ABOUT
00:35:22.12\00:35:26.39
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GIFTS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT GOD NEEDS TO
00:35:26.39\00:35:31.23
BE THE FOCUS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
SPIRITUAL GIFTS - AND GOD'S
00:35:31.23\00:35:35.33
PURPOSES AND GOD'S
WORKS AND GOD'S PLANS.
00:35:35.33\00:35:39.57
AND, WHEN WE GRASP THAT, THEN WE
MOVE TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE
00:35:39.57\00:35:43.97
GIFTS. AND THIS IS VERY
INTENTIONAL. THROUGHOUT GOD'S
00:35:43.97\00:35:50.65
CHURCH, HIS BODY, WHICH IS
MADE UP OF JUST ONE MEMBER?
00:35:50.65\00:35:56.12
NO, GOD'S - GOD'S CHURCH IS MADE
UP OF MANY MEMBERS AND WE ALL
00:35:56.12\00:36:02.89
ARE DISTINCTIVE AND WE ALL ARE
DIFFERENT, OKAY? WHAT WOULD THE
00:36:02.89\00:36:07.96
WORLD BE IF WE WERE ALL THE
SAME? WHAT WOULD HEAVEN BE LIKE
00:36:07.96\00:36:11.27
IF WE WERE ALL THE SAME?
BUT HERE, PAUL GOES ON TO TALK
00:36:11.27\00:36:15.87
ABOUT DISTRIBUTION OF GIFTS IN
THE CONTEXT OF TALKING ABOUT THE
00:36:15.87\00:36:19.91
MANY MEMBERS THAT MAKE UP THE
CHURCH IN WHICH THE GIFTS ARE
00:36:19.91\00:36:25.11
GIVEN TO - AND FOR A
VERY SPECIFIC REASON.
00:36:25.11\00:36:29.42
THIS IS WHERE THE APOSTLE
PAUL BREAKS DOWN DIVERSITY AND
00:36:29.42\00:36:33.12
DIFFERENCES THAT EXIST IN
RELATIONSHIP TO THE GIFTS.
00:36:33.12\00:36:37.33
BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY OF THE
MEMBERS - MEMBERS LIVE ALL OVER
00:36:37.33\00:36:43.23
THE WORLD - AND THEY ALL LIVE
IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND THEY
00:36:43.23\00:36:47.87
ALL FACE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES
AT DIFFERENT TIMES - I CAN
00:36:47.87\00:36:52.24
GUARANTEE YOU, WHAT I FACE
HERE IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT
00:36:52.24\00:36:55.91
SOMEBODY IN INDIA FACES.
AND THOSE GIFTS ARE GIVEN AND
00:36:55.91\00:37:00.48
APPROPRIATED TO DIFFERENT
MEMBERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT
00:37:00.48\00:37:04.29
TO ACCOMPLISH THE
SAME GOAL AND SAME PURPOSE.
00:37:04.29\00:37:10.46
IT'S NOT FOR US, IT'S
FOR GOD'S HONOR AND GLORY.
00:37:10.46\00:37:13.33
NOTICE, WITH ME, ROMANS CHAPTER
12 - I'VE ASKED SOMEONE TO READ
00:37:13.33\00:37:15.56
VERSES 4 AND 5 - ROMANS
CHAPTER 12, VERSES 4 AND 5.
00:37:15.56\00:37:19.73
>>"FOR AS WE HAVE MANY MEMBERS
IN ONE BODY, BUT ALL THE MEMBERS
00:37:19.73\00:37:24.94
DO NOT HAVE THE SAME FUNCTION,
SO WE, BEING MANY, ARE ONE BODY
00:37:24.94\00:37:31.48
IN CHRIST, AND INDIVIDUALLY
MEMBERS OF ONE ANOTHER."
00:37:31.48\00:37:37.29
>>HMM. I'M SO GLAD WE'RE
ALL DIFFERENT. I AM SO GLAD.
00:37:37.29\00:37:43.76
SOMETIMES THAT
POSES CHALLENGES, RIGHT?
00:37:43.76\00:37:47.60
BECAUSE WE'RE SO DIFFERENT,
SOMETIMES WE HAVE CHALLENGES.
00:37:47.60\00:37:51.00
BUT PRAISE GOD FOR THE
HOLY SPIRIT AND HIS WORK.
00:37:51.00\00:37:54.80
AND I PRAISE GOD THAT HE'S
WILLING TO GIVE GIFTS TO THIS
00:37:54.80\00:37:57.74
BODY FOR A VERY SPECIFIC
GOAL AND VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
00:37:57.74\00:38:03.98
OUR PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES MAKE
RELATIONSHIPS, IN MANY CASES,
00:38:03.98\00:38:08.78
UNPREDICTABLE YET FUN AND
ENJOYABLE - AND YET, FOR SURE,
00:38:08.78\00:38:14.12
AT TIMES CHALLENGING. YOU
KNOW, I HAVE THREE CHILDREN
00:38:14.12\00:38:17.73
AND MANY TIMES, WHEN I TALK TO
PARENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS
00:38:17.73\00:38:20.96
TALK ABOUT, 'MAN, I WISH MY
CHILD WOULD STAY' - YOU KNOW -
00:38:20.96\00:38:23.40
'THIS SIZE.' AND I'M
BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
00:38:23.40\00:38:28.94
SOMETIMES THE DAY JUST DOESN'T
GO AS IT SHOULD AND I SIT BACK
00:38:28.94\00:38:33.01
AND THINK, 'I JUST WISH YOU WERE
THIS SMALL AGAIN.' BUT THEN WHEN
00:38:33.01\00:38:37.28
I STOP BACK - STOP AND ACTUALLY
PROCESS AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT,
00:38:37.28\00:38:41.85
I'M JUST SO THANKFUL BECAUSE
I SEE THEIR PERSONALITIES COMING
00:38:41.85\00:38:45.32
OUT AND HOW THEY'RE RELATING TO
DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND HOW THEY'RE
00:38:45.32\00:38:48.32
EVEN RELATING TO THEIR PARENTS
AND I'M JUST LIKE, 'THIS IS WHAT
00:38:48.32\00:38:51.59
HOME IS ALL ABOUT.' THIS IS
WHAT MAKES HOME VERY SPECIAL.
00:38:51.59\00:38:56.53
AND THIS IS WHY I TRULY BELIEVE
THAT GOD LONGS TO COME AND HE
00:38:56.53\00:39:01.27
LONGS TO TAKE US HOME BECAUSE
HOME IS JUST NOT THE SAME
00:39:01.27\00:39:05.87
WITHOUT US -
WITHOUT OUR PERSONALITIES.
00:39:05.87\00:39:08.71
AND YOU SEE THIS IN THE BOOK OF
ACTS - SURE, THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS
00:39:08.71\00:39:11.55
POURED OUT AND SURE THE HOLY
SPIRIT WAS DOING GREAT THINGS,
00:39:11.55\00:39:15.08
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
PETER WAS STILL VERY DIFFERENT
00:39:15.08\00:39:18.49
THAN PAUL. AND SOMETIMES THERE
WERE CHALLENGES THERE, BUT IT
00:39:18.49\00:39:25.59
MADE THE CHURCH
STRONGER. >>AMEN.
00:39:25.59\00:39:28.30
>>IT MADE THE CHURCH STRONGER AS
GOD WAS, ULTIMATELY, IN CONTROL.
00:39:28.30\00:39:33.34
PAUL SPEAKS ABOUT THESE
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY IN 1
00:39:33.34\00:39:36.97
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12. NOTICE,
WITH ME, 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER
00:39:36.97\00:39:40.58
12, VERSES 15 THROUGH 20 - 1
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12, VERSES
00:39:40.58\00:39:46.85
15 THROUGH 20 - HE
SAYS, "IF THE FOOT SHOULD SAY,
00:39:46.85\00:39:52.02
'BECAUSE I AM NOT A HAND,
I AM NOT OF THE BODY,' IS IT
00:39:52.02\00:39:57.19
THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY?" -
OF COURSE NOT - "AND IF THE EAR
00:39:57.19\00:40:02.26
SHOULD SAY, 'BECAUSE I AM NOT AN
EYE, I AM NOT OF THE BODY,' IS
00:40:02.26\00:40:07.90
IT THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY?
IF THE WHOLE BODY WERE AN EYE,
00:40:07.90\00:40:13.91
WHERE WOULD BE THE HEARING?
IF THE WHOLE WERE HEARING,
00:40:13.91\00:40:18.38
WHERE WOULD BE THE SMELLING?
BUT NOW GOD HAS SET THE MEMBERS,
00:40:18.38\00:40:21.95
EACH ONE OF THEM, IN THE
BODY JUST AS HE PLEASED."
00:40:21.95\00:40:25.45
- FRIENDS, WHEN A PART OF THE
BODY LEAVES THE BODY, THE BODY
00:40:25.45\00:40:31.69
FEELS IT. WHETHER
WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
00:40:31.69\00:40:35.23
IT OR NOT, IT FEELS IT. IT
UNDERSTANDS BECAUSE THEY'RE
00:40:35.23\00:40:40.44
ALL ONE BUT, YET,
THEY'RE DIFFERENT MEMBERS.
00:40:40.44\00:40:44.04
VERSE 19 - "AND IF THEY WERE ALL
ONE MEMBER, WHERE WOULD THE BODY
00:40:44.04\00:40:48.14
BE? BUT NOW INDEED THERE ARE
00:40:48.14\00:40:51.15
MANY MEMBERS, YET ONE BODY."
AND TO THAT BODY GOD GIVES
00:40:51.15\00:41:00.06
SPECIFIC GIFTS FOR HIS
PURPOSES, FOR HIS PLANS.
00:41:00.06\00:41:06.56
NOTICE, WITH ME, EPHESIANS
CHAPTER 4, VERSES 12 AND 13 - I
00:41:06.56\00:41:09.80
TOLD YOU WE'RE GOING TO KIND
OF BOUNCE AROUND A LITTLE BIT -
00:41:09.80\00:41:11.73
NOTICE, WITH ME, EPHESIANS
CHAPTER 4, VERSES 12 AND 13 -
00:41:11.73\00:41:20.08
EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSES
12 AND 13 - IT SAYS HERE -
00:41:20.08\00:41:25.05
I'LL GO BACK TO VERSE 11
SO WE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND:
00:41:25.05\00:41:29.72
"AND HE HIMSELF GAVE
SOME TO BE APOSTLES, SOME
00:41:29.72\00:41:33.59
PROPHETS, SOME EVANGELISTS, AND
SOME PASTORS AND TEACHERS," -
00:41:33.59\00:41:38.76
AND THEN HE SAYS EXACTLY WHY
- HE SAYS, "FOR THE EQUIPPING OF
00:41:38.76\00:41:43.26
THE SAINTS FOR THE WORK OF
MINISTRY, FOR THE EDIFYING OF
00:41:43.26\00:41:47.27
THE BODY OF CHRIST," - VERSE 13
- "TILL WE ALL COME TO THE UNITY
00:41:47.27\00:41:53.84
OF THE" - WHAT? - I LOVE THIS -
00:41:53.84\00:41:56.38
"TO THE UNITY OF THE
FAITH" - THE SAME UNITY THAT
00:41:56.38\00:42:00.08
EXISTS BETWEEN THE FATHER,
THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:42:00.08\00:42:04.49
THAT SAME UNITY IS THE UNITY GOD
WANTS HIS CHURCH TO ENJOY AND IT
00:42:04.49\00:42:11.46
HAPPENS TO BE BUILT OFF OF
THE ISSUE OF FAITH - WHAT THEY
00:42:11.46\00:42:15.00
BELIEVE, WHAT THEY HOLD,
HOW THEY FUNCTION, WHAT THEIR
00:42:15.00\00:42:19.30
PURPOSES ARE. - "THE
UNITY OF THE FAITH AND OF
00:42:19.30\00:42:23.00
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD,
TO A PERFECT MAN TO THE MEASURE
00:42:23.00\00:42:27.01
AND STATURE OF THE FULLNESS
OF CHRIST;" I WANT TO START
00:42:27.01\00:42:30.41
WITH THIS WORD 'EQUIPPING'.
HE GIVES THE GIFTS FOR THE
00:42:30.41\00:42:35.42
EQUIPPING OF THE SAINTS.
HAVE YOU EVER FELT, IN YOUR
00:42:35.42\00:42:38.09
LIFE, AT SOME POINT,
THAT YOU JUST WERE INADEQUATE?
00:42:38.09\00:42:41.86
YOU JUST DIDN'T QUITE MEASURE UP
AND SO, IN YOUR MIND, YOU JUST
00:42:41.86\00:42:46.33
THOUGHT, 'OH, I CAN'T DO THAT.'
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER, I'VE ASKED
00:42:46.33\00:42:50.43
IN THE PAST AND IN OTHER
CHURCHES, I'VE ASKED CHURCH
00:42:50.43\00:42:53.57
MEMBERS, 'COULD YOU PLEASE
- WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO A
00:42:53.57\00:42:56.71
BIBLE STUDY?' AND THEY'RE
JUST LIKE, 'I JUST DON'T KNOW.
00:42:56.71\00:43:00.58
I JUST - YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T
FEEL ADEQUATE. PASTOR, THAT'S
00:43:00.58\00:43:03.95
JUST NOT FOR ME.' AND
REALLY, THEY FEEL INADEQUATE.
00:43:03.95\00:43:08.88
AND YET, THIS WORD 'EQUIPPING'
ACTUALLY MEANS 'COMPLETELY
00:43:08.88\00:43:13.56
ADEQUATE' OR
'SUFFICIENT FOR SOMETHING'.
00:43:13.56\00:43:18.86
SO, WHEN GOD GIVES THE GIFTS, HE
GIVES THEM FOR THE EQUIPPING OF
00:43:18.86\00:43:22.93
THE SAINTS, SO THAT THE SAINTS -
THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH - MAY
00:43:22.93\00:43:25.90
NEVER FEEL INADEQUATE. >>AMEN.
00:43:25.90\00:43:29.60
>>THAT THEY CAN GO FORWARD AND
DO WHAT GOD HAS ASKED THEM TO DO
00:43:29.60\00:43:33.88
WITHOUT FEELING INADEQUATE OR
THAT YOU'RE JUST NOT SUFFICIENT
00:43:33.88\00:43:38.41
ENOUGH. GOD MAKES
UP THOSE DIFFERENCES
00:43:38.41\00:43:42.25
WHEN HE GIVES TO
THE CHURCH GIFTS.
00:43:42.25\00:43:46.52
AND HIS SPIRIT IS WORKING TO
DISTRIBUTE THOSE GIFTS AMONG US.
00:43:46.52\00:43:52.56
SO WE NEVER NEED TO FEEL
INADEQUATE - WE SHOULD NEVER
00:43:52.56\00:43:55.16
FEEL INADEQUATE BECAUSE GOD HAS
THE ABILITY TO MAKE US ADEQUATE.
00:43:55.16\00:44:00.44
YOU KNOW, I WAS TELLING
YOU EARLIER I WAS A STUDENT
00:44:00.44\00:44:02.67
MISSIONARY IN INDIA. LET
ME TELL YOU SOMETHING: THE
00:44:02.67\00:44:05.01
PEOPLE THAT I WAS STAYING
WITH AT THAT TIME WERE REALLY
00:44:05.01\00:44:09.48
PRECIOUS INDIVIDUALS, BUT AFTER
THREE MONTHS OF BEING THERE -
00:44:09.48\00:44:14.45
THREE MONTHS, FOUR
MONTHS - THEY HAD TO LEAVE.
00:44:14.45\00:44:17.19
ONE, THE WIFE OF THE HUSBAND
HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE SHE WAS
00:44:17.19\00:44:20.92
PREGNANT AND SHE WAS GOING
TO HAVE THE BABY IN THE NORTHERN
00:44:20.92\00:44:24.33
SECTION OF INDIA. AND
HER HUSBAND HAD TO LEAVE
00:44:24.33\00:44:27.30
BECAUSE HE WAS TAKING
CLASSES IN SPICER COLLEGE.
00:44:27.30\00:44:30.77
AND NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M
LEFT THERE BY MYSELF AND THERE
00:44:30.77\00:44:36.07
ARE SOME PEOPLE COMING FROM
THE UNITED STATES AND THEY'RE
00:44:36.07\00:44:39.14
SUPPOSED TO BE STAYING WITH ME
AND NOW I WAS IN CHARGE OF THE
00:44:39.14\00:44:42.41
PROJECT. I WAS IN
CHARGE OF EVERYTHING
00:44:42.41\00:44:44.91
THAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN, AND I WAS OVERWHELMED.
00:44:44.91\00:44:49.35
YOU WANT TO TALK
ABOUT FEELING INADEQUATE?
00:44:49.35\00:44:53.15
BUT IT'S AMAZING HOW
GOD MAKES UP THE DIFFERENCE.
00:44:53.15\00:44:56.73
>>AMEN. >>AND
WHAT GOD IS ABLE TO DO.
00:44:56.73\00:44:59.79
YOU KNOW, HE MEANS IT WHEN HE
SAYS HE CAN DO ABUNDANTLY ABOVE
00:44:59.79\00:45:03.13
MORE THAN WE
COULD ASK OR EVER THINK.
00:45:03.13\00:45:06.90
AND SO, HE - THE SPIRIT GIVES
GIFTS FOR THE EQUIPPING OF THE
00:45:06.90\00:45:11.31
SAINTS. AND THIS EQUIPPING
IS FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY.
00:45:11.31\00:45:16.78
NOT JUST MINISTRY WITHIN,
BUT HE'S TALKING ABOUT MINISTRY
00:45:16.78\00:45:21.18
OUTSIDE OF THE BODY, BECAUSE
HE WANTS THE BODY TO CONTINUE TO
00:45:21.18\00:45:27.66
GROW. HE WANTS
THE BODY TO CONTINUE
00:45:27.66\00:45:31.19
TO EXPAND ITS
BORDERS, SO TO SPEAK.
00:45:31.19\00:45:35.40
WE WEREN'T TALKING HERE ABOUT
MINISTRY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A
00:45:35.40\00:45:38.73
DIVINE COMMISSION - A
MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH.
00:45:38.73\00:45:45.24
THAT IS REACHING OUTSIDE OF US.
AND THEN, FINALLY, HE SAYS, 'NOT
00:45:45.24\00:45:49.38
ONLY FOR THE EQUIPPING OF
THE SAINTS, BUT IT'S ALSO GIVEN
00:45:49.38\00:45:52.75
FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY AND,
FINALLY, FOR THE EDIFYING OF THE
00:45:52.75\00:45:56.45
BODY OF CHRIST -
OR THE BUILDING UP.
00:45:56.45\00:46:01.96
IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSE
47, WE SEE THIS ILLUSTRATED.
00:46:01.96\00:46:06.59
WHEN IT SAYS AFTER PENTECOST,
AFTER THE SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT,
00:46:06.59\00:46:10.03
AFTER THEY HAD THE SPECIFIC GIFT
THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM, IT SAYS
00:46:10.03\00:46:13.84
AT THE VERY END, IN ACTS CHAPTER
2, VERSE 47, "...AND THE LORD
00:46:13.84\00:46:17.74
ADDED TO THE CHURCH DAILY" -
I LOVE THAT - "...THE LORD ADDED
00:46:17.74\00:46:23.21
TO THE CHURCH DAILY
THOSE WHO WERE BEING SAVED."
00:46:23.21\00:46:26.75
GOD WANTS TO BUILD UP HIS BODY.
HE WANTS HIS BODY TO GROW. WHY?
00:46:26.75\00:46:32.55
BECAUSE HE WANTS AS MANY WHO ARE
WILLING TO COME HOME, TO ENJOY
00:46:32.55\00:46:38.96
FACE-TO-FACE TIME
WITH HIM FOR ETERNITY.
00:46:38.96\00:46:42.93
THE FOCUS, BIBLICALLY, IN
RELATIONSHIP TO GIFTS, IS FOR
00:46:42.93\00:46:46.94
GOD'S PURPOSES AND DESIRES.
IT'S NOT FOR US IN RELATIONSHIP
00:46:46.94\00:46:51.94
TO, 'WELL, I GOT THIS
GIFT. YOU GOT' - 'WELL, I'M MORE
00:46:51.94\00:46:53.91
IMPORTANT THAN YOU ARE.' THAT'S
NOT THE PURPOSE OF THESE GIFTS.
00:46:53.91\00:46:59.55
GOD HAS A GREATER PURPOSE IN
GIVING THESE GIFTS - THE WORK OF
00:46:59.55\00:47:02.85
MINISTRY - THE BUILDING
UP OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.
00:47:02.85\00:47:06.12
TO REACH THAT GOAL,
DIVERSE GIFTS ARE NEEDED.
00:47:06.12\00:47:09.72
AND FRIENDS, THEY'RE GOING TO
BE NEEDED UNTIL CHRIST RETURNS.
00:47:09.72\00:47:15.73
IN WEDNESDAY'S LESSON IT GETS
INTO THIS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME
00:47:15.73\00:47:21.10
THAT JUST KIND OF THINK WELL,
THE GIFTS WERE GIVEN DURING THAT
00:47:21.10\00:47:23.27
NEW TESTAMENT PERIOD OF TIME AND
THEN, KIND OF, THE GIFTS AREN'T
00:47:23.27\00:47:26.64
GIVEN ANY MORE. BUT
THAT'S REALLY NOT THE CASE.
00:47:26.64\00:47:32.78
GOD WANTS TO CONTINUE TO GIVE
THE GIFTS TO HIS CHURCH BECAUSE
00:47:32.78\00:47:37.12
THEY ARE NEEDED. THERE'S
NO DOUBT - THEY ARE NEEDED.
00:47:37.12\00:47:42.19
MATTER OF FACT, IN HEBREWS
CHAPTER 10, VERSE 25, THE
00:47:42.19\00:47:45.16
APOSTLE PAUL SAYS, 'WE NEED TO
GATHER OURSELVES TOGETHER, EVEN
00:47:45.16\00:47:50.10
MORE SO AS WE SEE THE DAY
APPROACHING.' NOT LESS AND LESS
00:47:50.10\00:47:54.67
- HE SAYS WE NEED TO BUILD UP
THE BODY AND IN BUILDING UP THE
00:47:54.67\00:47:57.27
BODY WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER,
COME TOGETHER, COME TOGETHER.
00:47:57.27\00:48:00.21
>>AMEN. >>TO EDIFY THE BODY
00:48:00.21\00:48:03.21
- TO DO THAT WHY?
GIFTS HELP US TO DO THAT.
00:48:03.21\00:48:07.85
THE CHURCH IS GOING TO
CONTINUALLY NEED THE SPIRIT'S
00:48:07.85\00:48:10.79
GIFTS BECAUSE THE CHURCH IS
GOING TO NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:48:10.79\00:48:15.52
AND HIS WORK UNTIL JESUS
COMES. QUICKLY, I WANT TO
00:48:15.52\00:48:22.90
TURN TO THURSDAY. AND
THIS POINT ACTUALLY IS KIND
00:48:22.90\00:48:25.87
OF WOVEN INTO THURSDAY'S LESSON
A LITTLE BIT - WEDNESDAY AND
00:48:25.87\00:48:28.97
THURSDAY REALLY COME TOGETHER
IN RELATIONSHIP TO THIS POINT.
00:48:28.97\00:48:34.28
AND THIS IS WHY, BY THE WAY,
THE APOSTLE PAUL WRITES IN 1
00:48:34.28\00:48:37.05
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 14 - NOTICE
WITH ME 1 CORINTHIANS 14 - 1
00:48:37.05\00:48:44.72
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 14, VERSE
1, HE SAYS, "PURSUE LOVE, AND
00:48:44.72\00:48:56.10
DESIRE" - WHAT? -
"SPIRITUAL GIFTS," - PAUL KNEW
00:48:56.10\00:49:00.30
THAT THESE GIFTS WERE VITAL AND
VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CHURCH.
00:49:00.30\00:49:06.61
AND SO HE ENCOURAGES THE CHURCH
TO DESIRE THESE GIFTS AND THE
00:49:06.61\00:49:09.81
CHURCH IS NO
DIFFERENT THAN TODAY.
00:49:09.81\00:49:12.55
WE SHOULD STILL DESIRE THOSE
GIFTS - HE'S JUST AS WILLING TO
00:49:12.55\00:49:15.42
GIVE THEM OUT AS HE ALWAYS WAS
BECAUSE HE WANTS THE CHURCH TO
00:49:15.42\00:49:20.52
CONTINUALLY BE BUILT
UP - FOR PERSONAL BENEFIT?
00:49:20.52\00:49:27.66
NO. FOR PROOF THAT GOD IS
DOING SOMETHING IN US? NO.
00:49:27.66\00:49:33.17
IT WAS FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY,
FOR THE EQUIPPING OF THE SAINTS
00:49:33.17\00:49:36.57
FOR THE EDIFYING OF THE BODY.
IN THURSDAY'S LESSON IT SAYS
00:49:36.57\00:49:41.54
'THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT'.
00:49:41.54\00:49:45.18
WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT?
THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT - YOU
00:49:45.18\00:49:49.42
KNOW, WE'RE TOLD IN MATTHEW 24
THAT IN THE LAST DAYS OF EARTH'S
00:49:49.42\00:49:53.72
HISTORY, FALSE PROPHETS
AND FALSE CHRISTS WILL ARISE.
00:49:53.72\00:49:59.29
MATTER OF FACT, JESUS SAID
THAT THEY WOULD DECEIVE MANY.
00:49:59.29\00:50:03.47
SO IF THERE ARE FALSE PROPHETS
AND FALSE CHRISTS IN THE LAST
00:50:03.47\00:50:08.27
DAYS OF EARTH'S HISTORY,
THEN THERE ALSO MUST BE WHAT?
00:50:08.27\00:50:14.58
TRUE PROPHETS. IN
OTHER WORDS, THE GIFT OF
00:50:14.58\00:50:16.88
PROPHECY MUST
STILL BE GIVEN OUT.
00:50:16.88\00:50:21.75
GOD'S STILL WORKING AND HE'S
STILL DISTRIBUTING THE GIFTS.
00:50:21.75\00:50:25.35
BUT NOTICE WHEN PAUL TALKS ABOUT
THE GIFT OF PROPHECY, HE TALKS
00:50:25.35\00:50:29.76
ABOUT IT IN LINE WITH
THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT.
00:50:29.76\00:50:33.86
NOTICE WITH ME, 1 CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER 12 - 1 CORINTHIANS
00:50:33.86\00:50:36.97
CHAPTER 12 AND IN VERSE 10 HE
SAYS, "TO ANOTHER THE WORKING OF
00:50:36.97\00:50:44.44
MIRACLES, TO ANOTHER PROPHECY,
TO ANOTHER DISCERNING OF
00:50:44.44\00:50:50.65
SPIRITS" - IN LINE WITH MIRACLES
AND THE GIFT OF PROPHECY IS THE
00:50:50.65\00:50:55.55
GIFT OF WHAT?
DISCERNMENT. GOD KNEW THAT THERE
00:50:55.55\00:51:00.69
WOULD BE FALSE PROPHETS.
GOD KNEW THERE WOULD BE FALSE
00:51:00.69\00:51:04.13
CHRISTS - THERE WOULD BE FALSE
WORKERS THAT EVEN WORK MIRACLES
00:51:04.13\00:51:09.10
- AND SO PAUL, IN LINE WITH
THESE GIFTS, SAYS WE ALSO NEED
00:51:09.10\00:51:13.17
THE GIFT OF
DISCERNMENT IN OUR MIDST.
00:51:13.17\00:51:17.34
1 JOHN TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT
WE NEED TO TEST EVERY SPIRIT
00:51:17.34\00:51:22.98
BECAUSE THERE ARE FALSE PROPHETS
THAT HAVE GONE OUT INTO THE
00:51:22.98\00:51:26.31
WORLD AND SO, RIGHT ALONG WITH
THE GIFT OF PROPHECY AND THE
00:51:26.31\00:51:30.35
GIFT OF MIRACLES, IS
THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT.
00:51:30.35\00:51:33.52
AND WE NEED DISCERNMENT, BUT
THAT DISCERNMENT COMES, AND IS
00:51:33.52\00:51:38.86
IN LINE, WITH THE WORD OF GOD.
00:51:38.86\00:51:42.20
IT'S NOT A GIFT THAT IS
SEPARATE, JUST AS THE SPIRIT
00:51:42.20\00:51:45.93
ISN'T SEPARATE FROM THE FATHER
AND SON WHEN HE GIVES THE GIFTS,
00:51:45.93\00:51:49.17
THOSE WHO RECEIVE THE GIFTS AND
FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE GIFTS
00:51:49.17\00:51:52.81
ARE ALSO IN LINE WITH THE
FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT.
00:51:52.81\00:51:58.61
THEY'RE IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS
WILL AS IT IS RECEIVED IN HIS
00:51:58.61\00:52:03.45
WORD. AND I PRAISE GOD
THAT HE'S GIVEN US HIS WORD.
00:52:03.45\00:52:09.32
I PRAISE GOD THAT
HE'S GIVEN US THESE GIFTS.
00:52:09.32\00:52:13.86
AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT HE'S
WITH US AND WORKING WITH US EACH
00:52:13.86\00:52:18.47
AND EVERY DAY. IN
CLOSING, I WANT TO READ A
00:52:18.47\00:52:21.84
STATEMENT HERE ON THE
BOTTOM OF PAGE 69 IN YOUR LESSON
00:52:21.84\00:52:25.24
- IN THURSDAY'S LESSON. IT
SAYS, "THE MAN WHO MAKES THE
00:52:25.24\00:52:28.41
WORKING OF MIRACLES THE TEST OF
HIS FAITH WILL FIND THAT SATAN
00:52:28.41\00:52:32.58
CAN, THROUGH A SPECIES OF
DECEPTIONS, PERFORM WONDERS
00:52:32.58\00:52:39.45
THAT WILL APPEAR TO BE GENUINE
MIRACLES. LET NOT THE DAYS PASS
00:52:39.45\00:52:44.83
BY AND PRECIOUS OPPORTUNITIES
BE LOST OF SEEKING THE LORD WITH
00:52:44.83\00:52:50.07
ALL THE HEART, WITH ALL YOUR
MIND AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL.
00:52:50.07\00:52:54.04
IF WE ACCEPT NOT THE TRUTH AND
THE LOVE OF IT, WE MAY BE AMONG
00:52:54.04\00:52:58.41
THE NUMBER WHO WILL SEE THE
MIRACLES WROUGHT BY SATAN IN
00:52:58.41\00:53:01.64
THESE LAST DAYS
AND BELIEVE THEM.
00:53:01.64\00:53:05.25
MANY STRANGE THINGS WILL APPEAR
AS WONDERFUL MIRACLES, WHICH
00:53:05.25\00:53:09.92
SHOULD BE REGARDED AS DECEPTIONS
MANUFACTURED BY THE FATHER OF
00:53:09.92\00:53:15.19
LIES." MEN, UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF EVIL
00:53:15.19\00:53:19.13
SPIRITS, WILL WORK MIRACLES.
WE NEED TO BE ON OUR GUARD.
00:53:19.13\00:53:24.87
WE NEED TO BE
STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD.
00:53:24.87\00:53:27.20
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND SPIRITUAL
GIFTS AND HOW GOD GIVES THOSE
00:53:27.20\00:53:32.07
GIFTS - WHY HE GIVES THOSE GIFTS
- SO THAT WE'RE NOT DECEIVED IN
00:53:32.07\00:53:35.81
THE LAST DAYS OF EARTH'S HISTORY
WHEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE OF
00:53:35.81\00:53:40.68
GIFTS AND GOD'S WORK IN
DISTRIBUTING THEM TO EACH OF US
00:53:40.68\00:53:45.49
FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY, FOR
THE EQUIPPING OF THE SAINTS, AND
00:53:45.49\00:53:48.86
FOR BUILDING UP THE
CHURCH. IT'S A POWERFUL LESSON.
00:53:48.86\00:53:54.30
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS.
00:54:21.42\00:54:25.83
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WORD THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO US.
00:54:25.83\00:54:28.80
WE THANK YOU FOR THE TRUTH IN
JUST HOW YOU'VE UNPACKED FOR US
00:54:28.80\00:54:32.23
THESE SPIRITUAL GIFTS - HOW
NEEDED THEY ARE IN - AT HOW WE
00:54:32.23\00:54:36.94
SHOULD VIEW THEM SO THAT WE MAY
GLORIFY YOU IN ALL THAT WE DO
00:54:36.94\00:54:42.41
AND SAY AND THINK.
LORD, WE KNOW WE'RE LIVING IN
00:54:42.41\00:54:46.21
THE LAST DAYS OF EARTH'S HISTORY
AND WE KNOW MANY DIFFERENT
00:54:46.21\00:54:49.32
THINGS ARE BEING SAID AND
SHARED, BUT WE THANK YOU FOR
00:54:49.32\00:54:53.15
YOUR WORD THAT BRINGS US BACK
TO TRUTH AND HELPS US TO CUT
00:54:53.15\00:54:56.99
THROUGH IT ALL SO THAT WE KNOW
THE RIGHT PATH TO BE WALKING ON.
00:54:56.99\00:55:02.36
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
LOVE AND YOUR GOODNESS TO US AND
00:55:02.36\00:55:06.13
CONTINUE TO BLESS US THIS
SABBATH DAY AND EACH DAY, AS WE
00:55:06.13\00:55:10.47
SERVE YOU. MAY EACH
OF US EXPERIENCE, IN
00:55:10.47\00:55:12.64
OUR LIVES, YOUR SPIRITUAL
GIFTS FOR YOUR HONOR AND GLORY.
00:55:12.64\00:55:17.08
IN JESUS' NAME WE
PRAY, AMEN. (MUSIC)
00:55:17.08\00:55:29.89
>>SO WHAT IS THE
BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN THE WORLD?
00:55:29.89\00:55:32.76
WELL, NATURALLY, YOU'D SAY
THE SUN, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
00:55:32.76\00:55:35.03
THE BRIGHTEST
MAN-MADE LIGHT IN THE WORLD.
00:55:35.03\00:55:37.67
IT'S THE LIGHT THAT
SHINES OUT OF THE ROOF OF THAT
00:55:37.67\00:55:40.37
PYRAMID-SHAPED HOTEL IN
LAS VEGAS CALLED THE LUXOR.
00:55:40.37\00:55:44.11
THERE, IN THE CAP OF THAT HOTEL,
THERE'S A ROOM THAT CONTAINS 39
00:55:44.11\00:55:47.84
WASHING-MACHINE SIZED XENON
BULBS; AND EACH OF THOSE BULBS
00:55:47.84\00:55:52.31
REQUIRES ABOUT 7,000 WATTS.
ALTOGETHER, THEY PRODUCE ABOUT
00:55:52.31\00:55:56.35
40 BILLION
CANDLE POWER OF LIGHT.
00:55:56.35\00:55:59.92
CAN YOU IMAGINE GETTING THAT
ELECTRIC BILL AT THE LUXOR HOTEL
00:55:59.92\00:56:02.79
EVERY MONTH? THAT
LIGHT IS SO BRIGHT THAT
00:56:02.79\00:56:05.63
PLANES CAN SEE
IT 250 MILES AWAY.
00:56:05.63\00:56:09.40
THEY'RE SHOOTING LIGHT TEN MILES
UP INTO SPACE, MEANING, IF YOU
00:56:09.40\00:56:13.00
HAPPEN TO BE FLOATING BY, YOU
COULD READ A NEWSPAPER UP THERE.
00:56:13.00\00:56:16.74
AND, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED,
THAT BRIGHT LIGHT HAS BECOME THE
00:56:16.74\00:56:19.84
WORLD'S BEST BUG ATTRACTOR,
BRINGING IN MOTHS, BATS, AND
00:56:19.84\00:56:23.78
OWLS - CREATING ITS OWN
ECOSYSTEM THERE AT NIGHT, ABOVE
00:56:23.78\00:56:26.85
THE HOTEL. BUT THE
SAD THING ABOUT THE
00:56:26.85\00:56:28.78
BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN THE WORLD IS
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE NIGHT AIR IS
00:56:28.78\00:56:32.55
CLEAR - WITHOUT ANY PARTICLES
- THE LIGHT DOESN'T HIT
00:56:32.55\00:56:35.39
ANYTHING AND IT'S INVISIBLE.
IT SHOOTS UP INTO EMPTY SPACE.
00:56:35.39\00:56:40.76
THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN
THE WORLD ILLUMINATES NOTHING.
00:56:40.76\00:56:44.50
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS
US THAT THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT
00:56:44.50\00:56:46.47
WASTED LIGHT, AND
THAT'S THE LIGHT OF GOD'S WORD.
00:56:46.47\00:56:49.94
IT SAYS IN PSALM 119, VERSE 105,
"THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET
00:56:49.94\00:56:55.08
AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.' AND
YET, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE WALKING
00:56:55.08\00:56:58.55
IN DARKNESS.
FURTHERMORE, JESUS SAID, IF YOU
00:56:58.55\00:57:01.48
DO HAVE THAT LIGHT, MAKE SURE
YOU DON'T PUT IT UNDER A BUSHEL,
00:57:01.48\00:57:04.49
BUT YOU LET IT SHINE AND
ILLUMINATE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
00:57:04.49\00:57:07.72
JESUS SAID, IN MATTHEW CHAPTER
5, 'SET YOUR LIGHT UP ON A HILL,
00:57:07.72\00:57:11.43
LIKE A CITY, SO THAT ALL MIGHT
SEE IT.' LIGHT ONLY BENEFITS
00:57:11.43\00:57:15.23
OTHERS WHEN IT
REFLECTS OFF OF SOMETHING.
00:57:15.23\00:57:18.63
GOD WANTS OUR LIGHTS TO
ILLUMINATE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
00:57:18.63\00:57:22.44
SO, ARE YOU GLOWING FOR
GOD? REMEMBER, JESUS SAID,
00:57:22.44\00:57:24.97
'LET THERE BE LIGHT.' (MUSIC)
00:57:24.97\00:57:34.92
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