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00:35 >>WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. 00:37 WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE TUNING IN. 00:39 WE WANT TO ESPECIALLY WELCOME OUR INTERNATIONAL FAMILY, 00:43 WHETHER YOU'RE LISTENING ON THE RADIO, WATCHING LIVE ON OUR 00:47 WEBSITE OR ON THE VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS, WE'RE JUST 00:50 GLAD THAT YOU ARE JOINING US AGAIN FOR ANOTHER SABBATH SCHOOL 00:54 PROGRAM COMING TO YOU FROM THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY 00:56 ADVENTIST CHURCH HERE IN ROCKLIN, CALIFORNIA. 00:59 WE ARE STUDYING ON THE HOLY SPIRIT AND, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR 01:04 MUSIC LIKE WE DO EVERY WEEK, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR 01:06 SPECIAL OFFER FOR TODAY. IT IS CALLED THE PURPOSE 01:09 OF THE PENTECOST . CALL IN TO 866-788-3966 01:16 AND IT'S EASY TO REMEMBER - 866-STUDY-MORE. 01:20 SO, OF COURSE, BEFORE WE HAVE OUR LESSON STUDY, WE ALWAYS HAVE 01:25 MUSIC. AND THIS WEEK IT'S MY JOB TO 01:28 INVITE THE SINGERS TO COME OUT AND SING ONE SONG FOR US, AND 01:33 THEN WE HAVE A SPECIAL THAT I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT - ACTUALLY, 01:35 I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW. 01:37 IT IS A GROUP CALLED 4 HIS GLORY AND THEY'RE VISITING WITH US 01:41 FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI, WHICH IS ABOUT 30 HOURS AWAY FROM 01:44 SACRAMENTO, SO THEY HAVE COME A LONG WAY TO BE WITH US TODAY. 01:48 AND THEY ARE CALLED, LIKE I SAID, 4 HIS GLORY , AND THEY'RE 01:51 MADE UP OF THREE YOUNG PEOPLE - VERY NICE - I'VE BEEN TALKING TO 01:54 THEM - LOGAN, SHALYNN, AND MICHAEL AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE 01:59 SINGING FOR US A SONG CALLED HEAVEN IS CHEAP ENOUGH . 02:02 THEY'RE ON TOUR RIGHT NOW. THEY STARTED THEIR GROUP IN 02:05 AUGUST OF 2014 AND THEY HAVE THREE CDS AND YOU CAN GO TO 02:10 THEIR WEBSITE - LEARN ALL ABOUT THEM - AND THAT IS 02:13 4HISGLORYMUSIC.ORG AND 'FOR' IS THE NUMERAL '4' IF YOU'RE 02:18 LISTENING ON THE RADIO - SO, 4HISGLORYMUSIC.ORG . 02:22 SO, SINGERS, LEAD US IN SOME MUSIC THIS MORNING. 02:28 >>WE'RE GOING TO BE SINGING TRUST AND OBEY - #590 IN YOUR 02:31 ADVENTIST HYMNAL. PLEASE SING WITH US - WE'LL SING 02:34 ALL FIVE VERSES OF TRUST AND OBEY . (PIANO MUSIC) 06:21 (SOFT PIANO MUSIC) >>HE'S COMING SOON, JUST A 06:40 LITTLE LONGER. DON'T BE IMPATIENT, USE YOUR TIME WISELY, 06:51 STAND FIRM IN YOUR FAITH, ENDURE THE SMALL THINGS 'CAUSE WHEN 06:59 IT'S OVER YOU'LL BE MUCH STRONGER. 07:06 IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT O HALLELUJAH HEAVEN IS CHEAP 07:14 ENOUGH O HALLELUJAH IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT O HALLELUJAH HEAVEN 07:25 IS CHEAP ENOUGH O HALLELUJAH SO WHEN THE DOORS ARE SHUT IN YOUR 07:37 FACE, GO TO ANOTHER SOMEONE IS WAITING TO BE INVITED TO 07:48 HEAVEN'S BANQUET SO THEY CAN MEET THEIR ETERNAL FAMILY. 07:57 IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT O HALLELUJAH HEAVEN IS CHEAP 08:05 ENOUGH O HALLELUJAH IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT O HALLELUJAH HEAVEN 08:16 IS CHEAP ENOUGH O HALLELUJAH THEN UP IN HEAVEN JESUS WILL 08:26 GREET US, HE'LL SAY TO EACH ONE, 'WELL DONE, GOOD SERVANT'. 08:33 AND THEN WE'LL MEET THOSE FAMILIAR FACES WE HELPED DIRECT 08:41 TO OUR PRECIOUS SAVIOR. IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT O 08:48 HALLELUJAH HEAVEN IS CHEAP ENOUGH O HALLELUJAH IT'S WORTH 08:58 THE EFFORT O HALLELUJAH HEAVEN IS CHEAP ENOUGH O HALLELUJAH 09:10 HALLELUJAH (SOFT PIANO MUSIC) >>AMEN. 09:38 >>THANK YOU SO MUCH, 4 HIS GLORY , THAT WAS A GORGEOUS SONG. 09:42 I WANT TO LISTEN TO THAT AGAIN, SO I'M GOING TO GO TO THEIR 09:45 WEBSITE TO DO THAT - 4HISGLORYMUSIC.ORG - SO I INVITE 09:52 YOU TO DO THAT. BEFORE WE HAVE OUR LESSON STUDY, 09:55 LET'S HAVE A WORD OF PRAYER. FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU SO 09:59 MUCH FOR LOVING US, FOR BEING HERE WITH US, AND BEING WITH 10:05 EACH PERSON AROUND THE WORLD WHO IS JOINING WITH US. 10:09 WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE, FOR WATCHING OVER US, FOR 10:15 GIVING US THE ASSURANCE OF CHRISTIANS THAT IT IS CHEAP 10:19 ENOUGH AND, GLORY HALLELUJAH, ONE DAY IT'S COMING VERY, VERY 10:24 SOON, AND I PRAY THAT YOU'LL BE WITH US AS WE OPEN UP YOUR WORD 10:28 AND WE STUDY TOGETHER - THAT YOU WOULD SPEAK TO OUR HEARTS. 10:31 IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. OUR LESSON STUDY IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO 10:36 US BY MARSHALL MCKENZIE, WHO IS THE PUBLISHING DIRECTOR AT 10:40 AMAZING FACTS. YOU'VE SEEN HIM DOING SABBATH SCHOOL A FEW TIMES 10:43 BEFORE - HE IS NOT A STRANGER TO OUR PROGRAM - BUT HE IS BRINGING 10:47 US OUR LESSON STUDY TODAY. THANK YOU, MARSHALL. 10:51 >>GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY SABBATH. 10:53 >>GOOD MORNING. >>HAVE YOU BEEN BLESSED 10:55 BY THIS LESSON STUDY? >>YES. 10:58 >>DEALING WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT - THIS MORNING WE'RE GOING TO 11:01 GET INTO A TOPIC THAT'S, IN SOME CHRISTIAN CIRCLES, A HOT TOPIC. 11:04 WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPIRITUAL GIFTS AND THE GIFTS 11:08 THAT THE SPIRIT GIVES FOR A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND REASON. 11:14 IT'S LESSON #8 IN OUR STUDY - THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE GIFTS OF 11:19 THE SPIRIT - AND I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THIS LESSON THIS 11:24 WEEK, ESPECIALLY THE MEMORY VERSE AS WE GET STARTED. 11:27 NOW, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET, 11:30 SPECIFICALLY IN THIS LESSON, INTO EACH INDIVIDUAL GIFT AND 11:34 HOW THAT GIFT FUNCTIONS OR WORKS IN SCRIPTURE, BUT THE LESSON 11:39 DOES LAY A PRETTY SOLID FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY OF 11:44 GIFTS AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THESE GIFTS WORK. 11:48 THOUGH WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO THAT IN DETAIL, WE ARE 11:50 GOING TO SET THE FOUNDATION. AND I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THE 11:54 MEMORY VERSE FOR THIS WEEK. I APPRECIATE IT FOR EACH WEEK 11:58 BUT, SPECIFICALLY THIS WEEK, I REALLY BELIEVE THIS MEMORY 12:01 VERSE KIND OF SETS THE TONE FOR THIS LESSON. 12:06 SOMETIMES WE JUST LIKE TO DIVE INTO THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS AND WE 12:10 WANT TO GET INTO EACH GIFT AND HOW EACH GIFT FUNCTIONS AND SO 12:13 FORTH, BUT THIS VERSE IN 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12 REALLY 12:18 LAYS A FOUNDATION THAT'S IMPORTANT, BEFORE WE JUST DIVE 12:21 INTO THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS. SO, IF YOU HAVE YOUR LESSONS, 12:25 I'M GOING TO READ IT RIGHT OUT OF THE LESSON AND WE ARE GOING 12:28 TO READ SEVERAL PASSAGES FROM SCRIPTURE THIS MORNING, BUT I 12:32 WANT TO READ THIS RIGHT OUT OF THE LESSON STUDY AS WE BEGIN - 12:36 THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT . 12:41 THE MEMORY VERSE IS TAKEN FROM 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4 - OR 12:45 CHAPTER 12, EXCUSE ME, VERSES 4 THROUGH 6. 12:48 IT SAYS, "THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF GIFTS, BUT THE SAME SPIRIT 12:54 THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF MINISTRIES, BUT THE SAME LORD. 12:58 AND THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF ACTIVITIES, BUT IT IS THE SAME 13:03 GOD WHO WORKS ALL IN ALL." IN THE MIDST OF DIVERSITIES AND 13:10 DIFFERENCES, WHICH ARE CLEARLY STATED HERE BY THE APOSTLE PAUL, 13:15 WHETHER OF GIFTS, MINISTRIES, OR ACTIVITIES, THE APOSTLE PAUL 13:20 EMPHASIZES SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC. 13:23 GO BACK TO THE VERSE - WE'RE GOING TO READ IT AGAIN - AND I 13:25 WANT YOU TO NOTICE SOMETHING THAT REALLY KIND OF HELPS US LAY 13:29 THE FOUNDATION. IT SAYS, "THERE ARE DIVERSITIES 13:33 OF GIFTS, BUT" - HE GOES ON - "THE SAME" - WHAT? 13:38 >>SPIRIT. >>SPIRIT. 13:39 HE SAYS, "THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF MINISTRIES BUT THE SAME LORD. 13:45 AND THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF ACTIVITIES, BUT IT IS THE SAME" 13:50 - WHAT? >>GOD. 13:51 >>"GOD WHO WORKS ALL IN ALL." THIS WORD 'SAME' IS VERY 13:58 IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT IT'S DOING IS IT'S EMPHATICALLY 14:01 PUTTING GOD AND THE GODHEAD AS THE PRE-EMINENT FACTOR IN THIS 14:08 ISSUE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS. THAT'S WHAT PAUL'S DOING WHEN HE 14:13 SAYS 'THE SAME SPIRIT, THE SAME LORD, AND THE SAME GOD.' NOW, 14:18 THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE, WE READ ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS. 14:21 SPECIFICALLY, THOUGH, PAUL MENTIONS THEM IN ROMANS CHAPTER 14:23 12, 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12, EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, AND WE'RE 14:29 GOING TO BOUNCE AROUND IN THOSE CHAPTERS, BUT I WANT YOU TO 14:32 NOTICE THIS FIRST ISSUE THAT PAUL RAISES UP, OR THE ISSUE OF 14:37 GOD AND THE GODHEAD IN RELATIONSHIP TO SPIRITUAL GIFTS. 14:41 NOTICE, WITH ME, ONE OF THOSE VERSES - IT'S IN EPHESIANS 4 - 14:45 I'M GOING TO READ IT TO YOU RIGHT FROM THE BIBLE - EPHESIANS 14:47 CHAPTER 4. ONE OF THE OTHER PLACES WHERE 14:50 THE APOSTLE PAUL SPEAKS ABOUT SPIRITUAL GIFTS - EPHESIANS 14:54 CHAPTER 4 - AND BEFORE, EVEN HERE, BEFORE HE EVEN DIVES INTO 14:59 THE ISSUE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS, HE MAKES THE PROMINENCE HERE 15:06 FOCUS ON THE GODHEAD. SEE, IN OUR WORLD, THERE - IN 15:11 CHRISTENDOM, MANY RAISE, IN PROMINENCE, THE GIFTS. 15:16 BUT WHAT PAUL DOES IS HE RAISES THE PROMINENCE OF GOD AND THEN 15:20 HE BEGINS TO TALK ABOUT THE GIFTS SO THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT 15:24 PERSPECTIVE WHEN LOOKING AT THESE GIFTS. 15:29 WHEN WE SWITCH OR REVERSE THAT, WHERE WE FOCUS ON THE GIFTS, 15:35 WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS IS WE MINIMIZE THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT 15:40 IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE WORK OF THE GODHEAD IN GIVING OUT THOSE 15:45 GIFTS, APPROPRIATING THOSE GIFTS, AND THE PURPOSE OF THOSE 15:51 GIFTS. NOTICE, WITH ME, JOHN 15:54 CHAPTER 16, OKAY? THIS IS, BY THE WAY, A VERSE 15:58 THAT WE STUDIED BACK IN LESSON 4. 16:00 IT KIND OF BROUGHT THIS VERSE TO OUR ATTENTION WHEN TALKING ABOUT 16:03 THE PERSONALITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 16:06 JOHN CHAPTER 16, VERSES 12 THROUGH 15 - JOHN CHAPTER 16, 16:13 VERSES 12 THROUGH 15 - JESUS SPEAKING JUST 16:18 - TO THE DISCIPLES JUST BEFORE HE'S ABOUT TO LEAVE THIS EARTH 16:23 TO MINISTER IN THE SANCTUARY IN HEAVEN. 16:25 HE SAYS, "I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU, BUT YOU 16:28 CANNOT BEAR THEM NOW." SO HE SAYS, "HOWEVER, WHEN HE, 16:33 THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, HAS COME, HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL 16:37 TRUTH; FOR HE WILL NOT SPEAK ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY, BUT WHATEVER 16:42 HE HEARS HE WILL" - WHAT? >>SPEAK. 16:44 >>SPEAK - WHATEVER HE HEARS - "AND HE WILL TELL YOU THINGS TO 16:48 COME. HE WILL GLORIFY ME, FOR HE WILL 16:51 TAKE OF WHAT IS MINE AND DECLARE IT TO YOU." 16:56 AND THEN JESUS GOES ON AND HE SAYS, "ALL THINGS THAT THE 16:58 FATHER HAS ARE" - WHAT? >>MINE. 17:01 >>ARE MINE. SO YOU SEE THIS RELATIONSHIP 17:06 THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE GODHEAD. THE SPIRIT SPEAKS OF WHAT HE'S 17:11 BEEN GIVEN OR WHAT HE'S TAKEN FROM CHRIST. 17:13 CHRIST SPEAKS OF WHAT HE HAS TAKEN FROM THE FATHER AND SO YOU 17:18 SEE THIS RELATIONSHIP OF THE GODHEAD AND SO PAUL EXALTS THE 17:23 GODHEAD IN DEALING WITH SPIRITUAL GIFTS FIRST, SO THAT 17:27 WE HAVE THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE WHEN WE BEGIN TO STUDY MORE 17:32 ABOUT SPIRITUAL GIFTS. THIS RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE 17:35 GODHEAD IS CENTRAL TO EVERYTHING THAT FOLLOWS AFTER THE GODHEAD. 17:42 EVEN THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. IN OTHER WORDS, KNOWING THE 17:47 AUTHOR OF THE GIFTS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN JUST HAVING 17:53 THE GIFTS THEMSELVES. SUNDAY'S LESSON MAKES REFERENCE 18:00 TO THIS, IN A MANNER, WHEN IN SUNDAY'S LESSON IT SEPARATES THE 18:05 FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT FROM THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. 18:11 EVERYBODY WHO KNOWS GOD SHOULD EXHIBIT, IN THEIR LIFE, ALL OF 18:16 THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT. BUT, WHEN YOU STUDY ABOUT 18:20 SPIRITUAL GIFTS, NOT EVERYBODY HAS ALL THE GIFTS AND NOT 18:25 EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME GIFT. HAVING THESE THINGS CLEARLY IN 18:33 MIND AS WE KIND OF DIVE INTO THE LESSON, IT'LL HELP US KEEP IN 18:38 PERSPECTIVE WHAT IS REALLY BEING SPOKEN ABOUT WHEN WE DEAL WITH 18:44 GIFTS AND THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 18:46 NOW, I WANT YOU TO NOTICE SOMETHING WITH ME. 18:48 NOTICE, WITH ME, 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12 - WE READ THE MEMORY 18:53 VERSE, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT SO THAT WE 18:57 CAN SEE HOW PAUL IS ESTABLISHING THE PROMINENCE, OKAY, OF THE 19:03 GODHEAD EMPHATICALLY, BEFORE HE EVEN DIVES INTO GIFTS. 19:08 NOTICE, WITH ME, 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12, VERSE 1 - PAUL SAYS 19:12 HERE, IN 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12, VERSE 1, HE SAYS, "NOW 19:16 CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS." NOW, IT'S INTERESTING, IF YOU 19:20 GO BACK A LITTLE WAYS TO 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 8, YOU SEE 19:27 HIM USE THESE SAME WORDS, OKAY? HE SAYS IN 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 19:33 8, VERSE 1, HE SAYS, "NOW CONCERNING THINGS OFFERED TO 19:37 IDOLS:" - AND THEN IF YOU GO BACK A LITTLE FARTHER, OKAY? 19:42 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 7 - I KNOW I'M KIND OF MOVING QUICKLY, BUT 19:47 I WANT YOU TO ABSORB THIS - HE SAYS, "NOW CONCERNING THE THINGS 19:51 OF WHICH YOU WROTE TO ME:" - OKAY? SO, 1 CORINTHIANS - THE 19:56 CONTEXT OF 1 CORINTHIANS IS THAT THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH - THE 20:01 CHURCH IN CORINTH - WROTE TO PAUL A SPECIFIC LETTER IN 20:05 RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUES THEY WERE FACING. AND ONE OF THOSE ISSUES 20:09 JUST HAPPENED TO BE DEALING WITH SPIRITUAL GIFTS. 20:14 SO, WHEN WE GET TO 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12, PAUL'S GOING TO DEAL 20:19 WITH THE ISSUE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS. 20:21 NOTICE, WITH ME, 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 14, OKAY? 20:25 HE SAYS, "PURSUE LOVE, AND DESIRE" - WHAT? - "SPIRITUAL 20:32 GIFTS, BUT ESPECIALLY THAT YOU MAY PROPHESY." 20:36 AND THEN HE DIVES INTO THIS ISSUE OF TONGUES AND PROPHECY. 20:39 THIS IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THE CHURCH WAS FACING AND THEY 20:43 WRITE PAUL ABOUT IT AND PAUL WRITES THIS LETTER BACK TO THEM. 20:47 BUT, BEFORE HE EVEN GETS INTO GIFTS, HE TALKS ABOUT THE 20:50 PROMINENCE OF GOD. NOW, IT'S INTERESTING THAT HE 20:54 THEN MOVES FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 12 TO 1 CORINTHIANS 20:58 13, WHICH IS WHAT? IT'S THE LOVE CHAPTER. 21:03 WHY WOULD HE TALK ABOUT LOVE WHEN HE HAS TO BE TALKING ABOUT 21:06 SPIRITUAL GIFTS? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO EXALT 21:11 GOD, HOW DOES THE BIBLE DEFINE WHO GOD IS? 21:14 >>LOVE. >>GOD IS LOVE. 21:17 SO IT'S NATURAL FOR PAUL - IF I'M GOING TO RAISE UP GOD, OKAY? 21:21 THE PROMINENCE OF GOD, BEFORE I DIVE INTO GIFTS, I NEED TO TALK 21:25 TO YOU ABOUT LOVE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVE IN THIS 21:28 PROCESS. AND THEN HE BEGINS TO 21:30 DIVE INTO THE GIFTS. BUT HE DOESN'T DO IT INDEPENDENT 21:36 OF THE GODHEAD AND WHO GOD IS AND HOW GOD FUNCTIONS AND 21:43 WHAT GOD'S PURPOSES ARE. THE GIFTS ARE KIND OF ENTWINED 21:49 IN ALL THAT, NOT SEPARATE FROM ALL OF THAT. 21:54 MATTER OF FACT, MONDAY'S LESSON - MONDAY'S LESSON TALKS ABOUT 21:59 GOD AS THE SOVEREIGN GIVER OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS. 22:05 AND IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE DEAL WITH THIS RIGHT FROM THE 22:08 VERY BEGINNING, AS WE GET INTO THE ISSUE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS. 22:14 NOTICE, WITH ME, EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSES 7 AND 8 - 22:19 EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4 - ONE OF THOSE PASSAGES, AGAIN, THAT THE 22:23 APOSTLE PAUL SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT GIFTS - EPHESIANS CHAPTER 22:29 4, VERSES 7 AND 8. BY THE WAY, PAUL'S GOING TO 22:34 UNPACK FOR US THAT IT'S NOT ONLY THE HOLY SPIRIT 22:38 THAT GIVES GIFTS. MANY TIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 22:41 SPIRITUAL GIFTS, WE TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, 22:44 WHILE, BIBLICALLY SPEAKING, THE SPIRIT ISN'T THE ONLY 22:48 ONE WHO GIVES GIFTS. IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSES 7 22:53 AND 8, PAUL OUTLINES THAT EVEN CHRIST IS A GIVER OF GIFTS. 22:59 "BUT TO EACH ONE OF US" - VERSE 7 - "GRACE WAS GIVEN ACCORDING 23:05 TO THE MEASURE OF CHRIST'S GIFT. THEREFORE HE SAYS: 'WHEN HE 23:12 ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE, 23:16 AND" - HE - HE WHAT? "AND GAVE GIFTS TO MEN." 23:21 SO NOT ONLY DOES PAUL DESCRIBE THE HOLY SPIRIT AS GIVING GIFTS, 23:26 BUT HE DESCRIBES WHO ELSE AS GIVING GIFTS AS WELL? 23:29 HE DESCRIBES CHRIST AS GIVING GIFTS ALSO. AND THEN WHEN YOU 23:33 GO, AND I'LL READ IT FOR YOU, BUT YOU CAN WRITE IT DOWN. 23:36 IN JAMES CHAPTER 1, VERSE 17, WE READ THIS: EVERY GOOD GIFT - 23:43 "...EVERY PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE, AND COMES DOWN FROM THE 23:48 FATHER OF LIGHTS, WITH WHOM THERE IS NO VARIATION OR SHADOW 23:54 OF TURNING." SO WHO ELSE GIVES GIFTS? THE FATHER GIVES GIFTS. 24:00 BUT THEY'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 24:05 GIFTS. THOUGH THE PRIMARY INDIVIDUAL, 24:08 AS SCRIPTURE POINTS OUT, IS THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE CANNOT SEPARATE 24:13 THE HOLY SPIRIT FROM THE FATHER AND THE SON, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL 24:16 ACTIVE IN THE PROCESS OF GIVING GIFTS AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND 24:20 GOD FIRST, THAT HE HAS THE PROMINENCE IN RELATIONSHIP TO 24:25 THE ISSUE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS. NOW, I HAVE A FEW THAT'LL BE 24:31 READING A COUPLE PASSAGES, IN JUST A MINUTE, THAT I'VE PICKED 24:34 OUT FOR YOU, BUT I - THIS HELPS US BETTER UNDERSTAND, OKAY? 24:40 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12, VERSE 11 - NOTICE, WITH ME, 1 24:44 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12, VERSE 11 - I KNOW I'M THROWING A LOT OF 24:50 VERSES OUT AT YOU, BUT I HOPE YOU'RE TRACKING WITH ME - 1 24:54 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12, VERSE 11 - HERE PAUL WRITES, "BUT ONE AND 25:06 THE SAME SPIRIT WORKS ALL THESE THINGS, DISTRIBUTING TO EACH ONE 25:13 INDIVIDUALLY" - WHAT? - "AS HE WILLS." 25:17 IS THE HOLY SPIRIT, BASED ON WHAT WE JUST FINISHED TALKING 25:20 ABOUT, IS THE HOLY SPIRIT DOING THIS INDEPENDENT OF THE FATHER 25:25 AND THE SON? NO. 25:28 IS HE - IS THIS DESCRIBING, IN SOME WAY, THE HOLY SPIRIT GOING 25:31 ROGUE? OKAY? AS HE WILLS - NO. MATTER OF FACT, THE BEGINNING 25:39 GIVES US CONTEXT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT HE'S DOING, AS HE 25:43 WILLS, IS STILL IN CONTEXT TO WHAT THE FATHER AND SON 25:47 APPROVE OF AND AGREE WITH IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE GIFTS. 25:52 THIS, BY NO MEANS, SHOWS THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ANY WAY DOING 25:57 SOMETHING INDEPENDENT OF THE FATHER AND THE SON. 26:01 IT'S TRUE THAT HE'S MAKING AN AUTHORITATIVE DECISION - 26:05 AS HE WILLS - AS A MEMBER OF THE GODHEAD, BUT IT IS IN 26:11 AGREEMENT WITH THE FATHER AND THE SON. 26:14 THE BESTOWER OF THE GIFTS IS GOD'S SOVEREIGN DECISION. 26:20 THIS IS GOD'S DECISION, IT'S NOT OURS. 26:23 WE DON'T JUST USE THE GIFTS HOWEVER WE WANT THEM. 26:27 GOD IS IN CONTROL OF THIS PROCESS - FROM THE FATHER TO THE 26:31 SON TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, GOD IS THE ONE THAT HAS THE PROMINENCE 26:35 IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE GIFTS, WHICH HELP US GET A BETTER 26:38 PERSPECTIVE OF HOW THE GIFTS ARE APPROPRIATED, DISTRIBUTED, AND 26:42 EVEN USED IN MANY DIFFERENT CASES. SO, WE HAVE THE SPIRIT'S 26:49 WISDOM AND WILL, WHICH IS ACCORDING TO THE DIVINE WILL AS 26:55 GOD SEES FIT AS A WHOLE. SO WE CAN'T - WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 26:59 SPIRITUAL GIFTS, WE CAN'T JUST TALK ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT; 27:03 WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT GOD THE FATHER, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT 27:07 GOD THE SON, BECAUSE THEY'RE INVOLVED - ALL OF THEM ARE 27:12 INVOLVED IN DISTRIBUTING THE GIFTS, THOUGH SCRIPTURE POINTS 27:16 OUT THE HOLY SPIRIT, KIND OF, AS THE MAIN INDIVIDUAL, THEY'RE 27:20 ALL A PART OF THIS PROCESS. AND WHAT THEY ALL AGREE ON 27:26 IS WHAT IS DONE, NOT ONE INDEPENDENT OF ANOTHER. 27:31 AND THIS IS WHERE WE BEGIN SPEAKING ABOUT SPIRITUAL GIFTS. 27:36 THIS IS, KIND OF, THE FOUNDATION THAT SCRIPTURE HELPS US GRASP 27:40 BEFORE WE DIVE INTO SPIRITUAL GIFTS - WHEN WE SEE THROUGH 27:43 GOD'S EYES THEY ARE ALL OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE THOUGH, IN SOME 27:51 CASES, OTHERS MAY HAVE MORE PROMINENCE BASED ON THE 27:55 SITUATION SURROUNDING THE GIVING OF THEM. 27:57 SOMETIMES WE LIKE TO KIND OF SEPARATE THE GIFTS AND WE KIND 28:01 OF LIKE TO SAY, 'WELL, THIS ONE'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THIS 28:04 ONE.' YOU KNOW, WE DO THIS IN LIFE, MANY TIMES. 28:07 YOU KNOW? WE KIND OF STAND ON OUR SOAP 28:09 BOXES AND WE HAVE ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT SOMETHING, AND 28:12 GOD SAYS, 'WAIT A SECOND. LOOK THROUGH MY EYES. 28:15 LOOK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THAT EACH OF 28:19 THESE ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THEY'RE ALL EQUAL, ALSO, IN IMPORTANCE 28:23 BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES WHO ARE DISTRIBUTING THEM TO YOU. 28:30 SO THEIR INDIVIDUAL IMPORTANCE AND EQUALITY IS NOT UP TO US TO 28:36 DECIDE - THAT'S WHAT PAUL IS SAYING. AND IN 1 CORINTHIANS 28:39 CHAPTER 14, HE HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ISSUE 28:44 IN THE CHURCH WHERE SOME WERE RAISING UP THE GIFT OF TONGUES 28:47 OVER THE GIFT OF PROPHECY AND THE GIFT OF PROPHECY OVER THE 28:50 GIFT OF TONGUES, AND SO PAUL HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION IN 28:54 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 14, BUT HE SETS THE STAGE IN 1 CORINTHIANS 29:00 CHAPTER 12 - AND IT'S WHERE ALL OF US SHOULD BEGIN. 29:05 NOW THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSES 4 29:09 THROUGH 6 AND I'VE ASKED SOMEBODY TO READ THAT FOR US - 29:12 ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSES 4 THROUGH 6 - FROM THE BOOK OF ACTS. 29:16 >>"AND THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BEGAN TO 29:19 SPEAK WITH OTHER TONGUES, AS THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM UTTERANCE. 29:23 AND THERE WERE DWELLING IN JERUSALEM JEWS, DEVOUT MEN, 29:27 FROM EVERY NATION UNDER HEAVEN. 29:30 AND WHEN THIS SOUND OCCURRED, THE MULTITUDE CAME TOGETHER, AND 29:34 WERE CONFUSED, BECAUSE EVERYONE HEARD THEM SPEAK IN HIS OWN 29:39 LANGUAGE." >>NOW I LOVE THIS VERSE. 29:41 HERE, THERE'S THE NEED FOR THE GIFT OF TONGUES. 29:45 IN THE CONTEXT OF ACTS CHAPTER 2 YOU HAVE DEVOUT JEWS - AND THANK 29:49 YOU FOR READING THAT SO CLEARLY - YOU HAVE DEVOUT JEWS THAT ARE 29:53 COMING TOGETHER FROM EVERYWHERE TO JERUSALEM. 29:57 AND SO GOD POURS OUT HIS SPIRIT AND THERE IS THIS NEED. 30:00 THE SITUATION ARISES AND GOD SEES FIT - THE GODHEAD SEES FIT 30:07 TO DISTRIBUTE THE GIFT OF TONGUES. WHY? 30:10 SO THAT EVERYBODY THERE CAN HEAR THE MESSAGE OF JESUS AND 30:17 EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE. 30:21 NOW, IT'S INTERESTING, IN THIS PASSAGE, THAT HE SAYS, "AND THEY 30:24 WERE CONFUSED". I STOPPED THERE FOR A MINUTE; 30:27 THEY WEREN'T CONFUSED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, THEY 30:33 WERE CONFUSED, IN A SENSE, BECAUSE THEY COULD UNDERSTAND. 30:38 LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THIS: I SPENT A YEAR AS A 30:41 MISSIONARY - STUDENT MISSIONARY - IN INDIA. 30:44 AND WHILE I WAS THERE FOR A YEAR, I WAS IN A LITTLE TOWN 30:46 CALLED MIRZAPUR, AND MANY PEOPLE IN THAT TOWN - WELL, ALL OF THEM 30:51 - REALLY DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH. AND SO, I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO 30:57 READ, WRITE, AND SPEAK HINDI, OKAY? 31:01 AND I ENJOYED THE PROCESS; IT WAS VERY CHALLENGING AND I 31:04 PRAYED, 'LORD, PLEASE GIVE ME THE GIFT OF TONGUES. 31:06 I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS LANGUAGE.' AND SO, I LEARNED THE 31:11 LANGUAGE. NOW, OVER TIME, I'VE LOST A LOT 31:13 OF IT, BUT I ENJOY GOING TO INDIAN RESTAURANTS AND I ENJOY 31:18 SITTING THERE AND EATING INDIAN FOOD. 31:21 AND WHEN PEOPLE COME UP TO ME AND THEY - AND I ASK THEM IF 31:25 THEY CAN SPEAK HINDI, ALL OF A SUDDEN - I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, 'OP 31:28 KINOM KEYA HAY' - YOU KNOW? OR I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, 'OB KI 31:33 SEHAY', WHICH IS 'HOW ARE YOU?' AND 'WHAT IS YOUR NAME?' 31:35 AND THEY LOOK AT ME LIKE THEY'RE CONFUSED. 31:38 (LAUGHTER) BECAUSE THEY CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD ME, NOT BECAUSE THEY 31:44 DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ME. THEY'RE CONFUSED, IN A SENSE, 31:48 BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEING THIS WHITE GUY (LAUGHTER) 31:53 SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE. THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. 31:58 SO HERE, IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, YOU HAVE THE SAME SITUATION. 32:02 THEY HEAR, IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, THE WORD OF GOD AND 32:08 THEY'RE CONFUSED - THEY'RE STUNNED FOR A MOMENT - AND THE 32:10 REST OF THE PASSAGE KIND OF BRINGS THIS OUT - IT BEARS THIS 32:14 FACT OUT. I HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE READING 32:17 ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSES 7, 8, AND 11. 32:21 >>"THEN THEY WERE ALL AMAZED AND MARVELED, SAYING TO ONE 32:23 ANOTHER, 'LOOK, ARE NOT ALL THESE WHO SPEAK GALILEANS? 32:29 AND HOW IS IT THAT WE HEAR, EACH IN OUR OWN LANGUAGE IN WHICH WE 32:32 WERE BORN?...CRETANS AND ARABS - WE HEAR THEM 32:36 SPEAKING IN OUR OWN TONGUES THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD." 32:39 >>NOW NOTICE THIS: THEY WERE CONFUSED AND YET, RIGHT AFTER 32:43 THAT, IT SAYS, 'THEN THEY WERE ALL AMAZED AND MARVELED.' IN THE 32:48 PROC - IN THE ASPECT OF CONFUSION, THEY ACTUALLY 32:51 UNDERSTOOD, BUT THEY WERE AMAZED AND THEY MARVELED BECAUSE THEY 32:54 HEARD THESE PEOPLE SPEAKING IN THEIR BIRTH LANGUAGE. 33:00 NOT JUST ANY LANGUAGE - YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO DIFFERENT 33:02 COUNTRIES AND YOU GET DIFFERENT DIALECTS OF A MAIN LANGUAGE - 33:06 AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEIR BIRTH LANGUAGE. THESE GUYS WERE 33:10 TALKING IN THEIR BIRTH LANGUAGE - THIS GOES WAY BACK TO WHEN 33:14 THEY WERE BORN - BUT GOD KNEW THIS GIFT WAS NEEDED. 33:17 AND, NOTICE HOW THIS VERSE ENDS, BY THE WAY: IT STARTS WITH THE 33:20 SPIRIT WHO GIVES THEM UTTERANCE, BUT IT ENDS BY SAYING, WHAT? 33:27 THEY WERE COMMUNICATING THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD - 33:32 THE GODHEAD. >>AMEN. 33:35 >>THE PURPOSES OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT - 33:40 THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM UTTERANCE BUT THEY TESTIFIED TO THE WORK 33:44 OF GOD. AND THIS IS WHAT THE SPIRIT 33:46 DOES IN GIVING THESE GIFTS. THIS IS WHY IT'S NEEDED THAT WE 33:50 UNDERSTAND FIRST THE PROMINENCE OF GOD IN THIS PROCESS. 33:55 NOW, THERE'S A FEW OTHER EXAMPLES OF THIS, DEALING WITH 33:58 OTHER GIFTS THAT WERE ACTUALLY GIVEN IN THE BOOK OF ACTS. 34:01 MATTER OF FACT, IN ACTS CHAPTER 7, VERSES 54 THROUGH 56 - AND WE 34:05 DON'T HAVE TIME, REALLY, TO RUN THERE, BUT IT'S TALKING ABOUT 34:08 STEPHEN THE DEACON. AND IN THESE PASSAGES, IT'S 34:12 INTERESTING THAT STEPHEN IS THE PROPHET AT THE END OF A MAJOR 34:19 PROPHECY GIVEN BY DANIEL. AND SO, THERE WAS THE NEED FOR 34:22 GOD TO GIVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY TO STEPHEN BEFORE HIS DEATH. 34:30 AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT GOD DOES FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON. 34:33 AND THEN YOU SEE THIS IN ACTS CHAPTER 21, VERSE 8, IN 34:36 RELATIONSHIP TO THE DEACON, PHILIP. 34:40 LATER, WE FIND OUT THAT THE DEACON PHILIP HAS BEEN GIVEN THE 34:44 GIFT OF EVANGELISM - THE GIFT OF AN EVANGELIST - AND IN ACTS 34:49 CHAPTER 21, VERSE 8, IT IDENTIFIES PHILIP AS THE 34:55 EVANGELIST. HE WAS LIKE THE CHURCH EVANGELIST. 34:59 HE STARTED AS A DEACON BUT GOD GAVE HIM THIS GIFT - AND YOU SEE 35:02 IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, THE SPIRIT OF GOD TAKING HIM FROM PLACE TO 35:05 PLACE TO PLACE TO PREACH THE MESSAGE THAT GOD SO LONGED FOR 35:11 HIM TO PREACH. I'VE ASKED ANOTHER READER, AS 35:15 WELL, TO READ ANOTHER PASSAGE AND, IN A MINUTE, WE'RE GOING TO 35:18 TURN TO THAT PASSAGE, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE TAKE A TRANSITION 35:22 INTO THE LESSON, BECAUSE, FROM HERE, NOW WE START TO TALK ABOUT 35:26 THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GIFTS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT GOD NEEDS TO 35:31 BE THE FOCUS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SPIRITUAL GIFTS - AND GOD'S 35:35 PURPOSES AND GOD'S WORKS AND GOD'S PLANS. 35:39 AND, WHEN WE GRASP THAT, THEN WE MOVE TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 35:43 GIFTS. AND THIS IS VERY INTENTIONAL. THROUGHOUT GOD'S 35:50 CHURCH, HIS BODY, WHICH IS MADE UP OF JUST ONE MEMBER? 35:56 NO, GOD'S - GOD'S CHURCH IS MADE UP OF MANY MEMBERS AND WE ALL 36:02 ARE DISTINCTIVE AND WE ALL ARE DIFFERENT, OKAY? WHAT WOULD THE 36:07 WORLD BE IF WE WERE ALL THE SAME? WHAT WOULD HEAVEN BE LIKE 36:11 IF WE WERE ALL THE SAME? BUT HERE, PAUL GOES ON TO TALK 36:15 ABOUT DISTRIBUTION OF GIFTS IN THE CONTEXT OF TALKING ABOUT THE 36:19 MANY MEMBERS THAT MAKE UP THE CHURCH IN WHICH THE GIFTS ARE 36:25 GIVEN TO - AND FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON. 36:29 THIS IS WHERE THE APOSTLE PAUL BREAKS DOWN DIVERSITY AND 36:33 DIFFERENCES THAT EXIST IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE GIFTS. 36:37 BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY OF THE MEMBERS - MEMBERS LIVE ALL OVER 36:43 THE WORLD - AND THEY ALL LIVE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND THEY 36:47 ALL FACE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES AT DIFFERENT TIMES - I CAN 36:52 GUARANTEE YOU, WHAT I FACE HERE IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT 36:55 SOMEBODY IN INDIA FACES. AND THOSE GIFTS ARE GIVEN AND 37:00 APPROPRIATED TO DIFFERENT MEMBERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT 37:04 TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME GOAL AND SAME PURPOSE. 37:10 IT'S NOT FOR US, IT'S FOR GOD'S HONOR AND GLORY. 37:13 NOTICE, WITH ME, ROMANS CHAPTER 12 - I'VE ASKED SOMEONE TO READ 37:15 VERSES 4 AND 5 - ROMANS CHAPTER 12, VERSES 4 AND 5. 37:19 >>"FOR AS WE HAVE MANY MEMBERS IN ONE BODY, BUT ALL THE MEMBERS 37:24 DO NOT HAVE THE SAME FUNCTION, SO WE, BEING MANY, ARE ONE BODY 37:31 IN CHRIST, AND INDIVIDUALLY MEMBERS OF ONE ANOTHER." 37:37 >>HMM. I'M SO GLAD WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT. I AM SO GLAD. 37:43 SOMETIMES THAT POSES CHALLENGES, RIGHT? 37:47 BECAUSE WE'RE SO DIFFERENT, SOMETIMES WE HAVE CHALLENGES. 37:51 BUT PRAISE GOD FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HIS WORK. 37:54 AND I PRAISE GOD THAT HE'S WILLING TO GIVE GIFTS TO THIS 37:57 BODY FOR A VERY SPECIFIC GOAL AND VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE. 38:03 OUR PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES MAKE RELATIONSHIPS, IN MANY CASES, 38:08 UNPREDICTABLE YET FUN AND ENJOYABLE - AND YET, FOR SURE, 38:14 AT TIMES CHALLENGING. YOU KNOW, I HAVE THREE CHILDREN 38:17 AND MANY TIMES, WHEN I TALK TO PARENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS 38:20 TALK ABOUT, 'MAN, I WISH MY CHILD WOULD STAY' - YOU KNOW - 38:23 'THIS SIZE.' AND I'M BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT. 38:28 SOMETIMES THE DAY JUST DOESN'T GO AS IT SHOULD AND I SIT BACK 38:33 AND THINK, 'I JUST WISH YOU WERE THIS SMALL AGAIN.' BUT THEN WHEN 38:37 I STOP BACK - STOP AND ACTUALLY PROCESS AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT, 38:41 I'M JUST SO THANKFUL BECAUSE I SEE THEIR PERSONALITIES COMING 38:45 OUT AND HOW THEY'RE RELATING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND HOW THEY'RE 38:48 EVEN RELATING TO THEIR PARENTS AND I'M JUST LIKE, 'THIS IS WHAT 38:51 HOME IS ALL ABOUT.' THIS IS WHAT MAKES HOME VERY SPECIAL. 38:56 AND THIS IS WHY I TRULY BELIEVE THAT GOD LONGS TO COME AND HE 39:01 LONGS TO TAKE US HOME BECAUSE HOME IS JUST NOT THE SAME 39:05 WITHOUT US - WITHOUT OUR PERSONALITIES. 39:08 AND YOU SEE THIS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS - SURE, THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS 39:11 POURED OUT AND SURE THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS DOING GREAT THINGS, 39:15 BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, PETER WAS STILL VERY DIFFERENT 39:18 THAN PAUL. AND SOMETIMES THERE WERE CHALLENGES THERE, BUT IT 39:25 MADE THE CHURCH STRONGER. >>AMEN. 39:28 >>IT MADE THE CHURCH STRONGER AS GOD WAS, ULTIMATELY, IN CONTROL. 39:33 PAUL SPEAKS ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY IN 1 39:36 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12. NOTICE, WITH ME, 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 39:40 12, VERSES 15 THROUGH 20 - 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12, VERSES 39:46 15 THROUGH 20 - HE SAYS, "IF THE FOOT SHOULD SAY, 39:52 'BECAUSE I AM NOT A HAND, I AM NOT OF THE BODY,' IS IT 39:57 THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY?" - OF COURSE NOT - "AND IF THE EAR 40:02 SHOULD SAY, 'BECAUSE I AM NOT AN EYE, I AM NOT OF THE BODY,' IS 40:07 IT THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY? IF THE WHOLE BODY WERE AN EYE, 40:13 WHERE WOULD BE THE HEARING? IF THE WHOLE WERE HEARING, 40:18 WHERE WOULD BE THE SMELLING? BUT NOW GOD HAS SET THE MEMBERS, 40:21 EACH ONE OF THEM, IN THE BODY JUST AS HE PLEASED." 40:25 - FRIENDS, WHEN A PART OF THE BODY LEAVES THE BODY, THE BODY 40:31 FEELS IT. WHETHER WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 40:35 IT OR NOT, IT FEELS IT. IT UNDERSTANDS BECAUSE THEY'RE 40:40 ALL ONE BUT, YET, THEY'RE DIFFERENT MEMBERS. 40:44 VERSE 19 - "AND IF THEY WERE ALL ONE MEMBER, WHERE WOULD THE BODY 40:48 BE? BUT NOW INDEED THERE ARE 40:51 MANY MEMBERS, YET ONE BODY." AND TO THAT BODY GOD GIVES 41:00 SPECIFIC GIFTS FOR HIS PURPOSES, FOR HIS PLANS. 41:06 NOTICE, WITH ME, EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSES 12 AND 13 - I 41:09 TOLD YOU WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF BOUNCE AROUND A LITTLE BIT - 41:11 NOTICE, WITH ME, EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSES 12 AND 13 - 41:20 EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSES 12 AND 13 - IT SAYS HERE - 41:25 I'LL GO BACK TO VERSE 11 SO WE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND: 41:29 "AND HE HIMSELF GAVE SOME TO BE APOSTLES, SOME 41:33 PROPHETS, SOME EVANGELISTS, AND SOME PASTORS AND TEACHERS," - 41:38 AND THEN HE SAYS EXACTLY WHY - HE SAYS, "FOR THE EQUIPPING OF 41:43 THE SAINTS FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY, FOR THE EDIFYING OF 41:47 THE BODY OF CHRIST," - VERSE 13 - "TILL WE ALL COME TO THE UNITY 41:53 OF THE" - WHAT? - I LOVE THIS - 41:56 "TO THE UNITY OF THE FAITH" - THE SAME UNITY THAT 42:00 EXISTS BETWEEN THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. 42:04 THAT SAME UNITY IS THE UNITY GOD WANTS HIS CHURCH TO ENJOY AND IT 42:11 HAPPENS TO BE BUILT OFF OF THE ISSUE OF FAITH - WHAT THEY 42:15 BELIEVE, WHAT THEY HOLD, HOW THEY FUNCTION, WHAT THEIR 42:19 PURPOSES ARE. - "THE UNITY OF THE FAITH AND OF 42:23 THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD, TO A PERFECT MAN TO THE MEASURE 42:27 AND STATURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST;" I WANT TO START 42:30 WITH THIS WORD 'EQUIPPING'. HE GIVES THE GIFTS FOR THE 42:35 EQUIPPING OF THE SAINTS. HAVE YOU EVER FELT, IN YOUR 42:38 LIFE, AT SOME POINT, THAT YOU JUST WERE INADEQUATE? 42:41 YOU JUST DIDN'T QUITE MEASURE UP AND SO, IN YOUR MIND, YOU JUST 42:46 THOUGHT, 'OH, I CAN'T DO THAT.' YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER, I'VE ASKED 42:50 IN THE PAST AND IN OTHER CHURCHES, I'VE ASKED CHURCH 42:53 MEMBERS, 'COULD YOU PLEASE - WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO A 42:56 BIBLE STUDY?' AND THEY'RE JUST LIKE, 'I JUST DON'T KNOW. 43:00 I JUST - YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T FEEL ADEQUATE. PASTOR, THAT'S 43:03 JUST NOT FOR ME.' AND REALLY, THEY FEEL INADEQUATE. 43:08 AND YET, THIS WORD 'EQUIPPING' ACTUALLY MEANS 'COMPLETELY 43:13 ADEQUATE' OR 'SUFFICIENT FOR SOMETHING'. 43:18 SO, WHEN GOD GIVES THE GIFTS, HE GIVES THEM FOR THE EQUIPPING OF 43:22 THE SAINTS, SO THAT THE SAINTS - THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH - MAY 43:25 NEVER FEEL INADEQUATE. >>AMEN. 43:29 >>THAT THEY CAN GO FORWARD AND DO WHAT GOD HAS ASKED THEM TO DO 43:33 WITHOUT FEELING INADEQUATE OR THAT YOU'RE JUST NOT SUFFICIENT 43:38 ENOUGH. GOD MAKES UP THOSE DIFFERENCES 43:42 WHEN HE GIVES TO THE CHURCH GIFTS. 43:46 AND HIS SPIRIT IS WORKING TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE GIFTS AMONG US. 43:52 SO WE NEVER NEED TO FEEL INADEQUATE - WE SHOULD NEVER 43:55 FEEL INADEQUATE BECAUSE GOD HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE US ADEQUATE. 44:00 YOU KNOW, I WAS TELLING YOU EARLIER I WAS A STUDENT 44:02 MISSIONARY IN INDIA. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING: THE 44:05 PEOPLE THAT I WAS STAYING WITH AT THAT TIME WERE REALLY 44:09 PRECIOUS INDIVIDUALS, BUT AFTER THREE MONTHS OF BEING THERE - 44:14 THREE MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS - THEY HAD TO LEAVE. 44:17 ONE, THE WIFE OF THE HUSBAND HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE SHE WAS 44:20 PREGNANT AND SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE THE BABY IN THE NORTHERN 44:24 SECTION OF INDIA. AND HER HUSBAND HAD TO LEAVE 44:27 BECAUSE HE WAS TAKING CLASSES IN SPICER COLLEGE. 44:30 AND NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M LEFT THERE BY MYSELF AND THERE 44:36 ARE SOME PEOPLE COMING FROM THE UNITED STATES AND THEY'RE 44:39 SUPPOSED TO BE STAYING WITH ME AND NOW I WAS IN CHARGE OF THE 44:42 PROJECT. I WAS IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING 44:44 THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, AND I WAS OVERWHELMED. 44:49 YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT FEELING INADEQUATE? 44:53 BUT IT'S AMAZING HOW GOD MAKES UP THE DIFFERENCE. 44:56 >>AMEN. >>AND WHAT GOD IS ABLE TO DO. 44:59 YOU KNOW, HE MEANS IT WHEN HE SAYS HE CAN DO ABUNDANTLY ABOVE 45:03 MORE THAN WE COULD ASK OR EVER THINK. 45:06 AND SO, HE - THE SPIRIT GIVES GIFTS FOR THE EQUIPPING OF THE 45:11 SAINTS. AND THIS EQUIPPING IS FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY. 45:16 NOT JUST MINISTRY WITHIN, BUT HE'S TALKING ABOUT MINISTRY 45:21 OUTSIDE OF THE BODY, BECAUSE HE WANTS THE BODY TO CONTINUE TO 45:27 GROW. HE WANTS THE BODY TO CONTINUE 45:31 TO EXPAND ITS BORDERS, SO TO SPEAK. 45:35 WE WEREN'T TALKING HERE ABOUT MINISTRY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 45:38 DIVINE COMMISSION - A MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH. 45:45 THAT IS REACHING OUTSIDE OF US. AND THEN, FINALLY, HE SAYS, 'NOT 45:49 ONLY FOR THE EQUIPPING OF THE SAINTS, BUT IT'S ALSO GIVEN 45:52 FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY AND, FINALLY, FOR THE EDIFYING OF THE 45:56 BODY OF CHRIST - OR THE BUILDING UP. 46:01 IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSE 47, WE SEE THIS ILLUSTRATED. 46:06 WHEN IT SAYS AFTER PENTECOST, AFTER THE SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT, 46:10 AFTER THEY HAD THE SPECIFIC GIFT THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM, IT SAYS 46:13 AT THE VERY END, IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, VERSE 47, "...AND THE LORD 46:17 ADDED TO THE CHURCH DAILY" - I LOVE THAT - "...THE LORD ADDED 46:23 TO THE CHURCH DAILY THOSE WHO WERE BEING SAVED." 46:26 GOD WANTS TO BUILD UP HIS BODY. HE WANTS HIS BODY TO GROW. WHY? 46:32 BECAUSE HE WANTS AS MANY WHO ARE WILLING TO COME HOME, TO ENJOY 46:38 FACE-TO-FACE TIME WITH HIM FOR ETERNITY. 46:42 THE FOCUS, BIBLICALLY, IN RELATIONSHIP TO GIFTS, IS FOR 46:46 GOD'S PURPOSES AND DESIRES. IT'S NOT FOR US IN RELATIONSHIP 46:51 TO, 'WELL, I GOT THIS GIFT. YOU GOT' - 'WELL, I'M MORE 46:53 IMPORTANT THAN YOU ARE.' THAT'S NOT THE PURPOSE OF THESE GIFTS. 46:59 GOD HAS A GREATER PURPOSE IN GIVING THESE GIFTS - THE WORK OF 47:02 MINISTRY - THE BUILDING UP OF THE BODY OF CHRIST. 47:06 TO REACH THAT GOAL, DIVERSE GIFTS ARE NEEDED. 47:09 AND FRIENDS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE NEEDED UNTIL CHRIST RETURNS. 47:15 IN WEDNESDAY'S LESSON IT GETS INTO THIS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME 47:21 THAT JUST KIND OF THINK WELL, THE GIFTS WERE GIVEN DURING THAT 47:23 NEW TESTAMENT PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN, KIND OF, THE GIFTS AREN'T 47:26 GIVEN ANY MORE. BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT THE CASE. 47:32 GOD WANTS TO CONTINUE TO GIVE THE GIFTS TO HIS CHURCH BECAUSE 47:37 THEY ARE NEEDED. THERE'S NO DOUBT - THEY ARE NEEDED. 47:42 MATTER OF FACT, IN HEBREWS CHAPTER 10, VERSE 25, THE 47:45 APOSTLE PAUL SAYS, 'WE NEED TO GATHER OURSELVES TOGETHER, EVEN 47:50 MORE SO AS WE SEE THE DAY APPROACHING.' NOT LESS AND LESS 47:54 - HE SAYS WE NEED TO BUILD UP THE BODY AND IN BUILDING UP THE 47:57 BODY WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER, COME TOGETHER, COME TOGETHER. 48:00 >>AMEN. >>TO EDIFY THE BODY 48:03 - TO DO THAT WHY? GIFTS HELP US TO DO THAT. 48:07 THE CHURCH IS GOING TO CONTINUALLY NEED THE SPIRIT'S 48:10 GIFTS BECAUSE THE CHURCH IS GOING TO NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT 48:15 AND HIS WORK UNTIL JESUS COMES. QUICKLY, I WANT TO 48:22 TURN TO THURSDAY. AND THIS POINT ACTUALLY IS KIND 48:25 OF WOVEN INTO THURSDAY'S LESSON A LITTLE BIT - WEDNESDAY AND 48:28 THURSDAY REALLY COME TOGETHER IN RELATIONSHIP TO THIS POINT. 48:34 AND THIS IS WHY, BY THE WAY, THE APOSTLE PAUL WRITES IN 1 48:37 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 14 - NOTICE WITH ME 1 CORINTHIANS 14 - 1 48:44 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 14, VERSE 1, HE SAYS, "PURSUE LOVE, AND 48:56 DESIRE" - WHAT? - "SPIRITUAL GIFTS," - PAUL KNEW 49:00 THAT THESE GIFTS WERE VITAL AND VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CHURCH. 49:06 AND SO HE ENCOURAGES THE CHURCH TO DESIRE THESE GIFTS AND THE 49:09 CHURCH IS NO DIFFERENT THAN TODAY. 49:12 WE SHOULD STILL DESIRE THOSE GIFTS - HE'S JUST AS WILLING TO 49:15 GIVE THEM OUT AS HE ALWAYS WAS BECAUSE HE WANTS THE CHURCH TO 49:20 CONTINUALLY BE BUILT UP - FOR PERSONAL BENEFIT? 49:27 NO. FOR PROOF THAT GOD IS DOING SOMETHING IN US? NO. 49:33 IT WAS FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY, FOR THE EQUIPPING OF THE SAINTS 49:36 FOR THE EDIFYING OF THE BODY. IN THURSDAY'S LESSON IT SAYS 49:41 'THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT'. 49:45 WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT? THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT - YOU 49:49 KNOW, WE'RE TOLD IN MATTHEW 24 THAT IN THE LAST DAYS OF EARTH'S 49:53 HISTORY, FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE CHRISTS WILL ARISE. 49:59 MATTER OF FACT, JESUS SAID THAT THEY WOULD DECEIVE MANY. 50:03 SO IF THERE ARE FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE CHRISTS IN THE LAST 50:08 DAYS OF EARTH'S HISTORY, THEN THERE ALSO MUST BE WHAT? 50:14 TRUE PROPHETS. IN OTHER WORDS, THE GIFT OF 50:16 PROPHECY MUST STILL BE GIVEN OUT. 50:21 GOD'S STILL WORKING AND HE'S STILL DISTRIBUTING THE GIFTS. 50:25 BUT NOTICE WHEN PAUL TALKS ABOUT THE GIFT OF PROPHECY, HE TALKS 50:29 ABOUT IT IN LINE WITH THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT. 50:33 NOTICE WITH ME, 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12 - 1 CORINTHIANS 50:36 CHAPTER 12 AND IN VERSE 10 HE SAYS, "TO ANOTHER THE WORKING OF 50:44 MIRACLES, TO ANOTHER PROPHECY, TO ANOTHER DISCERNING OF 50:50 SPIRITS" - IN LINE WITH MIRACLES AND THE GIFT OF PROPHECY IS THE 50:55 GIFT OF WHAT? DISCERNMENT. GOD KNEW THAT THERE 51:00 WOULD BE FALSE PROPHETS. GOD KNEW THERE WOULD BE FALSE 51:04 CHRISTS - THERE WOULD BE FALSE WORKERS THAT EVEN WORK MIRACLES 51:09 - AND SO PAUL, IN LINE WITH THESE GIFTS, SAYS WE ALSO NEED 51:13 THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT IN OUR MIDST. 51:17 1 JOHN TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO TEST EVERY SPIRIT 51:22 BECAUSE THERE ARE FALSE PROPHETS THAT HAVE GONE OUT INTO THE 51:26 WORLD AND SO, RIGHT ALONG WITH THE GIFT OF PROPHECY AND THE 51:30 GIFT OF MIRACLES, IS THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT. 51:33 AND WE NEED DISCERNMENT, BUT THAT DISCERNMENT COMES, AND IS 51:38 IN LINE, WITH THE WORD OF GOD. 51:42 IT'S NOT A GIFT THAT IS SEPARATE, JUST AS THE SPIRIT 51:45 ISN'T SEPARATE FROM THE FATHER AND SON WHEN HE GIVES THE GIFTS, 51:49 THOSE WHO RECEIVE THE GIFTS AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE GIFTS 51:52 ARE ALSO IN LINE WITH THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT. 51:58 THEY'RE IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS WILL AS IT IS RECEIVED IN HIS 52:03 WORD. AND I PRAISE GOD THAT HE'S GIVEN US HIS WORD. 52:09 I PRAISE GOD THAT HE'S GIVEN US THESE GIFTS. 52:13 AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT HE'S WITH US AND WORKING WITH US EACH 52:18 AND EVERY DAY. IN CLOSING, I WANT TO READ A 52:21 STATEMENT HERE ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 69 IN YOUR LESSON 52:25 - IN THURSDAY'S LESSON. IT SAYS, "THE MAN WHO MAKES THE 52:28 WORKING OF MIRACLES THE TEST OF HIS FAITH WILL FIND THAT SATAN 52:32 CAN, THROUGH A SPECIES OF DECEPTIONS, PERFORM WONDERS 52:39 THAT WILL APPEAR TO BE GENUINE MIRACLES. LET NOT THE DAYS PASS 52:44 BY AND PRECIOUS OPPORTUNITIES BE LOST OF SEEKING THE LORD WITH 52:50 ALL THE HEART, WITH ALL YOUR MIND AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL. 52:54 IF WE ACCEPT NOT THE TRUTH AND THE LOVE OF IT, WE MAY BE AMONG 52:58 THE NUMBER WHO WILL SEE THE MIRACLES WROUGHT BY SATAN IN 53:01 THESE LAST DAYS AND BELIEVE THEM. 53:05 MANY STRANGE THINGS WILL APPEAR AS WONDERFUL MIRACLES, WHICH 53:09 SHOULD BE REGARDED AS DECEPTIONS MANUFACTURED BY THE FATHER OF 53:15 LIES." MEN, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF EVIL 53:19 SPIRITS, WILL WORK MIRACLES. WE NEED TO BE ON OUR GUARD. 53:24 WE NEED TO BE STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD. 53:27 WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND SPIRITUAL GIFTS AND HOW GOD GIVES THOSE 53:32 GIFTS - WHY HE GIVES THOSE GIFTS - SO THAT WE'RE NOT DECEIVED IN 53:35 THE LAST DAYS OF EARTH'S HISTORY WHEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE OF 53:40 GIFTS AND GOD'S WORK IN DISTRIBUTING THEM TO EACH OF US 53:45 FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY, FOR THE EQUIPPING OF THE SAINTS, AND 53:48 FOR BUILDING UP THE CHURCH. IT'S A POWERFUL LESSON. 53:54 I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU AND OUR VIEWERS OF OUR FREE OFFER TODAY, 53:59 THE PURPOSE OF PENTECOST - PASTOR DOUG'S SERMON - YOU WANT 54:02 TO GET AHOLD OF THIS AND TO DO SO, IT'S #824, YOU CAN CALL 54:07 866-788-3966 OR JUST 866- STUDY-MORE. YOU CAN ALSO WATCH IT 54:15 ONLINE AND EVEN DOWNLOAD IT. IT'S THE PURPOSE OF PENTECOST . 54:21 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS. 54:25 LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO US. 54:28 WE THANK YOU FOR THE TRUTH IN JUST HOW YOU'VE UNPACKED FOR US 54:32 THESE SPIRITUAL GIFTS - HOW NEEDED THEY ARE IN - AT HOW WE 54:36 SHOULD VIEW THEM SO THAT WE MAY GLORIFY YOU IN ALL THAT WE DO 54:42 AND SAY AND THINK. LORD, WE KNOW WE'RE LIVING IN 54:46 THE LAST DAYS OF EARTH'S HISTORY AND WE KNOW MANY DIFFERENT 54:49 THINGS ARE BEING SAID AND SHARED, BUT WE THANK YOU FOR 54:53 YOUR WORD THAT BRINGS US BACK TO TRUTH AND HELPS US TO CUT 54:56 THROUGH IT ALL SO THAT WE KNOW THE RIGHT PATH TO BE WALKING ON. 55:02 WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE AND YOUR GOODNESS TO US AND 55:06 CONTINUE TO BLESS US THIS SABBATH DAY AND EACH DAY, AS WE 55:10 SERVE YOU. MAY EACH OF US EXPERIENCE, IN 55:12 OUR LIVES, YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS FOR YOUR HONOR AND GLORY. 55:17 IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. (MUSIC) 55:29 >>SO WHAT IS THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN THE WORLD? 55:32 WELL, NATURALLY, YOU'D SAY THE SUN, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 55:35 THE BRIGHTEST MAN-MADE LIGHT IN THE WORLD. 55:37 IT'S THE LIGHT THAT SHINES OUT OF THE ROOF OF THAT 55:40 PYRAMID-SHAPED HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS CALLED THE LUXOR. 55:44 THERE, IN THE CAP OF THAT HOTEL, THERE'S A ROOM THAT CONTAINS 39 55:47 WASHING-MACHINE SIZED XENON BULBS; AND EACH OF THOSE BULBS 55:52 REQUIRES ABOUT 7,000 WATTS. ALTOGETHER, THEY PRODUCE ABOUT 55:56 40 BILLION CANDLE POWER OF LIGHT. 55:59 CAN YOU IMAGINE GETTING THAT ELECTRIC BILL AT THE LUXOR HOTEL 56:02 EVERY MONTH? THAT LIGHT IS SO BRIGHT THAT 56:05 PLANES CAN SEE IT 250 MILES AWAY. 56:09 THEY'RE SHOOTING LIGHT TEN MILES UP INTO SPACE, MEANING, IF YOU 56:13 HAPPEN TO BE FLOATING BY, YOU COULD READ A NEWSPAPER UP THERE. 56:16 AND, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED, THAT BRIGHT LIGHT HAS BECOME THE 56:19 WORLD'S BEST BUG ATTRACTOR, BRINGING IN MOTHS, BATS, AND 56:23 OWLS - CREATING ITS OWN ECOSYSTEM THERE AT NIGHT, ABOVE 56:26 THE HOTEL. BUT THE SAD THING ABOUT THE 56:28 BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN THE WORLD IS ESPECIALLY WHEN THE NIGHT AIR IS 56:32 CLEAR - WITHOUT ANY PARTICLES - THE LIGHT DOESN'T HIT 56:35 ANYTHING AND IT'S INVISIBLE. IT SHOOTS UP INTO EMPTY SPACE. 56:40 THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN THE WORLD ILLUMINATES NOTHING. 56:44 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT 56:46 WASTED LIGHT, AND THAT'S THE LIGHT OF GOD'S WORD. 56:49 IT SAYS IN PSALM 119, VERSE 105, "THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET 56:55 AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.' AND YET, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE WALKING 56:58 IN DARKNESS. FURTHERMORE, JESUS SAID, IF YOU 57:01 DO HAVE THAT LIGHT, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PUT IT UNDER A BUSHEL, 57:04 BUT YOU LET IT SHINE AND ILLUMINATE THE LIVES OF OTHERS. 57:07 JESUS SAID, IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 5, 'SET YOUR LIGHT UP ON A HILL, 57:11 LIKE A CITY, SO THAT ALL MIGHT SEE IT.' LIGHT ONLY BENEFITS 57:15 OTHERS WHEN IT REFLECTS OFF OF SOMETHING. 57:18 GOD WANTS OUR LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE THE LIVES OF OTHERS. 57:22 SO, ARE YOU GLOWING FOR GOD? REMEMBER, JESUS SAID, 57:24 'LET THERE BE LIGHT.' (MUSIC) 57:34 >>CAN'T GET ENOUGH AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY? 57:37 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY MORE 57:40 TRUTH-FILLED PROGRAMMING, VISIT THE AMAZING FACTS MEDIA LIBRARY 57:44 AT 'AFTV.ORG'. AT 'AFTV.ORG' YOU CAN ENJOY VIDEO AND AUDIO 57:51 PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS PRINTED MATERIAL ALL FREE OF CHARGE, 24 57:55 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK, RIGHT FROM YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE 57:59 DEVICE. 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