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00:01 The Bible tells us, in the beginning was the word,
00:03 and the word was with God, and the word was God. 00:07 It says to receive with meekness 00:09 the implanted word, 00:11 which is able to save your souls, 00:13 and to be diligent to present yourself approved to God, 00:17 rightly dividing the word of truth. 00:20 Join us now for the 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 00:24 Our study today is 00:25 "The Holy Spirit and Spirituality." 00:30 Hello, and welcome to 3ABN's Sabbath school. 00:33 We are so excited to be here, and so excited about our 00:38 quarterly for the first quarter of 2017. 00:42 We're glad that you're joining us. 00:44 And if you would like to follow along, 00:46 if you don't have a Sabbath school quarterly, 00:48 this quarter is the Holy Spirit in Spirituality, 00:52 an incredible study. 00:54 But if you don't have that, 00:56 you can go and download that 00:58 by going to absg that stands for 01:01 Adult Bible Study Guide 01:03 absg.adventist.org 01:08 and follow along with us. 01:10 Thank you for joining us. 01:12 We encourage you to get your Bible, 01:13 get a pen, and let's delve into the word of God. 01:17 Joining me today on this illustrious panel, 01:19 and I say that because they're all stars 01:22 in the Kingdom of God. 01:23 They shine for the Lord, are some dear friends, 01:26 and people who each and every one 01:28 are teachers of the Word of God 01:30 so, I can't wait to hear what they have to talk 01:33 about during this. 01:35 We've got with me here is Brian Hamilton. 01:38 And, Brian, you are going to do Monday's lesson, 01:41 then we have Mollie Sue Steenson 01:43 who will be doing Tuesday's lesson, 01:46 Jill Morikone will be doing Wednesday's lesson, 01:48 and Pastor John Lomacang will do Thursday's lesson. 01:52 I'm Shelley Quinn and I'll be kicking it off 01:55 for Sunday's lesson. 01:56 But before we begin, let's go to the Lord in prayer. 02:01 Pastor John, would you like to pray? 02:03 Loving Father in heaven, 02:04 it is so important that heaven pours into us 02:07 before we can even attempt 02:10 to pour into someone else's life. 02:12 And so, Lord, come now near to us 02:13 and speak to our hearts. 02:15 We've written down notes, but, Lord, 02:18 shed your light upon them that they may be food in the hearts 02:22 and minds of those who are watching 02:23 and listening to the program, 02:25 and anoint each of us that Jesus may be exalted 02:28 we pray in Jesus' name, amen. 02:31 Amen. 02:33 Well, if you have your study guide, 02:35 today is lesson eight. 02:36 It is the Holy Spirit and the Gifts of the Spirit. 02:41 You know there's some confusion in the world 02:43 about that, in the church, 02:44 about the Gifts of the Spirit, 02:46 so I'm so glad that we are doing this study today. 02:48 And let's look at our memory text 02:52 which is found in 1 Corinthians 12:4-6. 02:58 It's 1 Corinthians 12:4-6. 03:02 Why don't we just say that together? 03:04 "There are diversities of gifts, 03:06 but the same Spirit. 03:09 There are differences of ministries, 03:11 but the same Lord. 03:13 And there are diversities of activities, 03:17 but it is the same God who works all in all." 03:22 If someone asks you to build a home, 03:27 let, John, I will just ask you, if I tell you, John, 03:31 I want you to build a home while I'm gone. 03:34 And it's out in the country, 03:35 but I leave you no instructions, 03:38 no tools to work with, 03:40 how successful are you going to be? 03:42 I wouldn't want you to see what I've built, 03:44 put it that way. 03:45 I don't think you want to, 03:47 I think you'd want your money back. 03:48 Amen. 03:49 Put it that way, I'll be terribly a failure. 03:52 Or you know when you think of it. 03:53 Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of the church, is He not? 03:56 He is the foundation, but when He went to heaven, 04:00 what He left a specific task for us to do. 04:03 And that was to build God's house, 04:07 which is the church. 04:09 But what He commands us to do or commissions us to do, 04:12 He enables us to do. 04:14 So that is where both the fruit and the gifts of the Spirit, 04:18 I believe come into play. 04:20 I'm going to read to you, 04:22 if you'd like to turn their 1 Corinthians 1, 04:27 and these are verses 4-7. 04:29 I'm kind of a let a little bit out here, 04:33 but Paul is giving thanks for the grace of God 04:38 which was given to you. 04:39 Everything comes to us by God's grace. 04:42 Grace is the unearned, 04:44 undeserved gifts of God or favor of God. 04:48 He says, "For the grace of God 04:49 which was given to you in Christ Jesus, 04:51 that in everything you were enriched in Him 04:53 so that you are not lacking in any gift." 04:58 And when you think of this, 05:00 that is what this week study is all about. 05:03 We're going to be looking 05:04 at the Holy Spirit as the sovereign giver 05:08 of his remarkable gifts 05:11 and it will be looking at the difference 05:13 between the fruit and the gifts of the Spirit. 05:17 So in Sunday's lesson, we have fruit. 05:20 We have gifts. 05:23 Who's the author? 05:25 One and the same. One and the same author. 05:28 The fruit comes from the Spirit, 05:29 the gifts come from the Spirit, but they're all, 05:32 we will look in moment that the Godhead is included. 05:36 Have you ever noticed is there any specific commandment 05:40 for any one of us to manifest one of the gifts of the Spirit? 05:46 Actually, no. 05:47 No. There's not really any. 05:48 There is not a single commandment. 05:52 That is the gift that is given by the Holy Spirit 05:55 according to his will, 05:57 but all Christians are supposed 06:00 to manifest the fruit of the Spirit. 06:04 Amen. 06:05 Because this is the essence of Christ's nature, 06:07 of God's nature and when the Spirit is in us, 06:10 that love, joy, peace, patience, 06:13 kindness, goodness, gentleness, 06:14 faithfulness, and self-control, 06:16 is something that's to be in us. 06:19 So that is something that grows out of relationship 06:23 with divine, does it not? 06:24 But let's take a little closer look then now at the gifts, 06:29 because this is something the Holy Spirit is going to, 06:33 it's up to him who receives those gifts. 06:36 Let's go back to 1 Corinthians 12, 06:39 our memory verse, verses 4-7. 06:42 All three members of the Godhead 06:44 are shown in this scripture passage 06:47 1 Corinthians 12:4-7. 06:49 And I want you to notice, Paul is so good at wordplay. 06:54 I want you to notice his play on diversities and difference 06:59 and the same Spirit, the same Lord Jesus Christ, 07:04 the same God. 07:06 So, Mollie, read verse 4. 07:11 "There are diversities of gifts, 07:13 but the same Spirit." 07:14 Okay, so we've got on one hand the diversities of gifts, 07:17 the same spirit. 07:19 The gifts there in the Greek that's charismata, 07:22 these are gifts of grace is what the literal meaning is. 07:27 So when the Holy Spirit dwells in us, 07:30 and if he gifts us, 07:32 then he is working in a very special way 07:35 in each individual 07:38 but all operation is controlled by him. 07:41 So there is no room for pride. 07:43 Brian, why don't you take verse 5? 07:44 Okay. 07:46 "There are differences of ministries, 07:50 but the same Lord." 07:51 All right, and when we use the word Lord 07:53 in the New Testament who are they referring to? 07:55 Jesus. Lord, Jesus Christ. 07:57 So here, again, we've got differences but the same. 08:02 So we've got the same Spirit, the same Lord. 08:05 So there is different ministries or services 08:07 and they're all originated 08:09 and controlled by one Lord Jesus Christ 08:11 and then verse 6, Jill? 08:14 "And there are diversities of activities, 08:16 but it is the same God who works all in all." 08:20 So here we see once again all three. 08:23 We've got the same Spirit, the same Lord, the same God. 08:29 So we see that the Godhead is all wrapped up here, 08:34 but then these diversities of activities 08:37 are worked out by the divine energy of God. 08:42 And, you know, all of these gifts 08:46 reflect the essential unity of the Holy Spirit 08:51 and it is all unified, 08:54 it's the unified work of the Spirit, 08:56 the Father and Jesus Christ. 08:59 The Holy Spirit gives us these gifts, 09:01 he uses them and powers them for what purpose? 09:04 What is the purpose of the gifts? 09:07 To build up the church. 09:08 To build up the church. 09:10 The purpose of the fruit 09:12 is that we develop the character of Jesus Christ, 09:16 but the purpose of the gifts is to build up the church. 09:21 And there's no room for pride 09:23 when you have any one of these gifts 09:26 because it is given by, controlled by, 09:30 and employed by the Holy Spirit. 09:32 So if God is giving His gifts... 09:38 Let me put it this way, God is love, 09:40 He gives us gifts to build up His house, His temple. 09:45 What is the motivation that we should have 09:48 to use these gifts? 09:50 Love. Love. 09:51 Amen. 09:53 To serve God and to serve His people. 09:55 Now, look at verse 7. 09:56 John, would you take verse 7? 09:58 "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given 10:01 to each one for the profit of all." 10:05 Okay, so these gifts that are given by the Spirit 10:09 are to reveal the true nature of God, 10:13 but for what purpose are they given? 10:15 Everybody should profit from it. 10:17 Yes, for the common benefit, so this isn't something that 10:20 when God chooses, you know, the way I look at this, well, 10:23 let me reserve this comment, let's look at verse 11 10:27 and, Brian, would you read verse 11? 10:29 Okay, "But one and the same Spirit 10:32 works all these things, 10:35 distributing to each one individually as He wills." 10:40 So all the gifts of the Spirit work 10:43 in harmony with the plan 10:46 that God has to build His church, 10:48 but He gives him to surrendered souls 10:51 to equip them to do His work, doesn't He? 10:52 That's right. 10:54 And see, what I love about this is 10:56 that verse shows the personality 10:57 of the Holy Spirit. 10:59 It shows him as the sovereign, his sovereignty, 11:02 he distributes these as he wills. 11:05 But he chooses. 11:07 So we see the person of the Holy Spirit 11:09 and we see his sovereignty. 11:13 Now, one thing that I've noticed 11:14 and we're not going to have time to get to this, 11:17 I don't think, 11:18 is that we have a list of the gifts 11:22 in 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, 11:24 Ephesians 4, and then they're touched on in 11:26 1 Peter 4, 11:28 but they're always mentioned in the context of love. 11:33 In 1 Corinthians 12:8 it talks about the word of wisdom, 11:37 word of knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, 11:39 miracles, prophecy, 11:41 distinguishing between Spirits of discernment, 11:44 the tongues, interpretation of tongues. 11:46 But immediately after comes the supreme description of love 11:52 and he says that, 11:53 if we operate any of these gifts without love, 11:56 we're like a clanging cymbal, are we not? 12:00 Now, in Romans 12:6-8 it lists prophecy, 12:05 ministry or serving, teaching, exhortation, 12:08 giving, leadership, and mercy, 12:10 but immediately following he says, 12:13 "Let love be without hypocrisy. 12:16 Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good. 12:19 So, and be kindly affectionate to one another 12:22 with brotherly love." 12:24 And when we think of this then what we see is that 12:29 everywhere that it's listed, 12:31 the gifts of grace are listed 12:35 in the context of being motivated by love, 12:38 being surrounded by love, 12:40 and they are given to accomplish 12:43 what God has commissioned His people to do. 12:47 It's good. 12:48 We serve the God of love in reaching others 12:51 and the gifts are really practically worthless 12:54 without love. 12:56 That's right. True. 12:57 Any comments? 12:59 You know I noticed... Go ahead. 13:01 What I noticed is, 13:02 and I'm glad you brought this out. 13:04 There's personal benefit from the fruits. 13:06 Absolutely. 13:08 You know this personal benefit. 13:09 So don't ask for gifts for personal benefit. 13:12 That's true. That's good. 13:13 To ask for gifts to personal benefit is, 13:15 is contrary to the whole purpose of gifts, 13:19 is for the building up of the church. 13:20 So when people say, well, I want the gift of... 13:24 I want the gift of and whatever they follow with. 13:26 It's never intended for you to be the personal benefactor. 13:29 It's always intended, the gift is given through you 13:32 for the benefit of the church. 13:33 Absolutely. 13:35 Not for your own personal benefit, 13:36 so to brag that you have a certain gift 13:38 is contrary to the spirit, 13:40 and secondly, 13:42 you can't brag that you have a gift 13:45 unless the Spirit has given you that gift. 13:46 Yes. 13:48 See so, it's all that he decides, well, Jill, 13:51 you needed particular gift because of the circumstance 13:53 I allowed you to be in, and I would also say this, 13:57 while the gift, while the list is given there 13:59 and you know Romans has other list 14:01 and we have other... 14:03 Ephesians have other list of other gifts. 14:06 They're all given to the, 14:08 to the position that God has chosen for you to be in. 14:11 For example, if Brian's on the basketball court, 14:14 he doesn't need, 14:15 he doesn't need the gift of administration. 14:18 But the position he's in, 14:20 he does need the gift of administration. 14:22 And while it's a skill... 14:23 If I was a coach, maybe I would. 14:25 See, that's true. Okay. 14:26 That's a good application. Yeah. 14:28 So it's a given for, 14:30 the benefit is the fruits personally. 14:32 Yeah, but, you know, I do think of one scripture 14:34 that's coming to mind, I don't know where it's, 14:36 where it is but I know Paul wrote it. 14:37 He said, "Eagerly desire the greater gifts." 14:40 Yeah. 14:42 And I think this is something that we should pray 14:46 and ask God, what is my job? 14:49 Everybody in the body of Christ, 14:52 it doesn't matter if you are the janitor of the church 14:55 or you're mowing the lawn, 14:57 everybody's got something to do. 15:00 That's a, you know, gift of helps 15:02 I think of that people help, 15:04 but what we need to do is pray and say, Lord, 15:07 use me in the greatest way You can. 15:10 1 Corinthians 12:31 in the Scripture. 15:12 1 Corinthians 12:31. 15:13 Okay, Brian, why don't you tell us about Monday? 15:17 Okay. 15:18 The title for Monday's lesson, 15:22 "God the Sovereign Giver of the Spiritual Gifts." 15:26 Amen. Okay. 15:28 Just in summary a bit. 15:29 What Shelley has covered for us in Sunday 15:33 was contrasting the fruits versus the gifts. 15:38 Two different emphases there, same spirit but two emphases. 15:44 We've learned by looking at 1 Corinthians 12:4-11. 15:50 Yes. 15:51 We learned that really all three of the Godhead 15:54 are involved in this gift, gifts of the Spirit. 15:59 Because we had the spirit in verse 4, 16:03 the Lord in verse 5, 16:05 and God, the Father we're speaking in verse 6. 16:09 And there was an interesting wordplay, Shelley, 16:12 about gifts, ministries, and activities. 16:16 That's a neat poetic, 16:17 or the Hebrew way of doing things I think, okay. 16:21 We learned it is for the profit of all, 16:25 this is not for us individually like pastor, 16:27 it's for the profit of all. 16:29 And then lastly the point was in verse 11 that, 16:36 "But one in the same Spirit works all these things, 16:39 distributing to each one individually as He wills." 16:44 So this something that is the will of the Spirit, 16:48 the will of God, to be doing. 16:50 I don't sit down and say, 16:52 "Oh, I think I'm gonna have the gift of prophecy. 16:55 Lord, would you give me..." 16:56 No, the Lord sits down, He decides. 16:59 Brian, I will give you, you know, such and such. 17:04 Now, so He is the sovereign. 17:08 In the center part of our study, 17:13 the main point that the author brings out 17:17 is contrasting a bit of, well, let me just read it. 17:21 It's in the paragraph that starts, 17:23 innate ability as such is not spiritual gift. 17:30 I stopped and thought about that a bit. 17:32 And I'm going to say maybe at least I have thoughts 17:36 that differ with the author. 17:38 I hope I'm not introducing heresy, okay. 17:42 Innate ability as such is not a spiritual gifts. 17:45 Spiritual gifts are not the same as natural talents. 17:51 Let me give you an example, say, 17:54 I have given my heart to the Lord. 17:57 I have been baptized, I joined the family of God. 18:03 Now, I don't have any inherent abilities or talents 18:07 really for music, okay. 18:11 I am not good at rhythm. 18:13 I can hold a tune in a bucket, 18:15 but it can't go much farther than that, all right. 18:18 So all of a sudden now the Holy Spirit decides, 18:21 "Brian, I want to give you the gift of music." 18:23 So now, I can sing like Pastor Lomacang, Reggie, 18:28 I can play the piano like Tim Parton. 18:31 You know, because the Holy Spirit 18:33 is gonna give this to me 18:35 so that I can be a blessing to his body. 18:39 Can that happen? 18:41 Yes, it can happen. 18:43 It is possible to happen. 18:46 I think of the early church. 18:47 There are, the apostles spoke in different languages 18:51 that they didn't have the ability to do beforehand, 18:55 and I would guess they spoke it fluently. 18:58 But is that normally how the Spirit acts or works? 19:05 In, in my thought it's more like 19:08 Brian had certain innate abilities 19:12 and talents 19:14 and the Lord has taken those innate abilities 19:17 and talents that He created me with... 19:19 I was going to say, God given talents he got. 19:22 He created me with them, 19:24 and now he gives those to the church, as a gift. 19:30 He takes those innate talents that he originally inherited, 19:35 he created me with, he gives them to the church 19:39 and he multiplies them 19:40 and he adds to them and he blesses them, 19:43 to me that's, that's more 19:47 in keeping with how I see the practice 19:50 of the Spirit giving the church gifts. 19:55 Every time he gives a new person 19:59 coming into the body as a gift to the church, 20:03 that person brings in all kinds of gifts in his train 20:08 that he inherently was born with. 20:11 Now, if he uses those gifts for himself, 20:16 then they're no blessing to the church, in fact, 20:18 they often become a curse to the church. 20:21 You know? 20:22 So, I'm just suggesting forethought. 20:26 I'm not saying this is absolute truth. 20:29 I'm suggesting forethought 20:31 that maybe the lists of the gifts, 20:35 as you see in scripture apostles, teachers, 20:38 you know, administrators, 20:40 along with the myriad of other talents 20:43 that people have when they come to the Lord 20:48 and they join the family of God, 20:51 those are gifts of the spirit to the church. 20:55 And so there's a wider body of gifts 20:59 more than just the ones listed in scripture. 21:01 What do you think of that? 21:03 I'm just, I got two minutes left so... 21:05 What, if you come in, let's say that 21:06 you can play the piano like Jill Morikone. 21:09 Okay. 21:10 And you've got pride in that, 21:12 you're such a good piano player then can God use that? 21:16 But if you come in with these gifts 21:17 and abilities and you surrender them to God, 21:21 maybe what God, 21:22 the gifting God has graced you with, 21:24 it says an intercessor but you can never, 21:26 you don't even know what an intercessor is, 21:28 but as you surrender your life, 21:30 and you surrender your talents, 21:32 you surrender your abilities to God, 21:34 then God will draw you. 21:36 And it might be to play the piano like Jill, 21:38 but it might be that he's going to take you 21:40 in another direction as well. 21:43 And you know I'm thinking too like when you 21:45 what he says here in the lesson that 21:47 innate ability is not a spiritual gift 21:50 if you develop that, you know, 21:52 just because something has been developed by intense education. 21:55 What thought comes to my mind, 21:56 is there are people who actually go through seminary 22:00 and have studied, studied, studied, 22:02 and I have a lady that used to come 22:03 when I was in Texas. 22:04 She had her ThD 22:07 and she knew a lot about the Bible. 22:10 She did not know the Lord, 22:11 she thought she was a good teacher, 22:13 drives Auburn, drives the hills of Gilboa, 22:18 but the point that I'm saying is that she never surrendered, 22:24 controlled and yielded 22:26 to the Lord to be filled with the spirit so... 22:30 Then it wasn't really gift... 22:31 It wasn't really gift but she had an innate ability 22:34 because she had studied quite a lot so little, in a way. 22:39 In another point, the Lord brought to my mind 22:41 even when the gift is given, Philippians 2:13, 22:45 "For it is God who works in you both to will 22:49 and to do of His good pleasure." 22:51 Only when you recognize that this gift is given of God 22:56 and the gift is controlled by God. 22:59 Can you recognize that right now, 23:01 I'm just a vessel, 23:03 I'm just a vessel that God is using. 23:05 I can't take any credit on my own. 23:06 That's why he says in the very next verse in Philippians 2:14, 23:10 "Do all things without complaining 23:12 and with and disputing." 23:14 When you recognize it's not you, 23:16 why do you complain how that gift is used 23:18 because God is the one using it. 23:19 Yeah. 23:21 So let me just summarize in a few seconds I have left. 23:24 I think that the Bible does list a number of gifts, 23:29 but I don't think they're all the gifts, okay. 23:33 And certainly I think those gifts even our innate talents 23:38 that we are born with 23:39 can be given as gifts to his body. 23:42 That's the point I think I'm making. 23:43 That's absolutely true. 23:45 Mollie, why don't you take us on to Tuesday? 23:48 For the purpose of the spiritual gifts. 23:51 Spiritual gifts are certain capacities 23:54 given supernaturally by God, through the Holy Spirit. 23:58 These gifts fit the person for special type of service 24:03 that will build up the church. 24:05 Now what are the gifts given to us for? 24:08 To build up the church. 24:09 To build up the church, 24:11 that's what we have to keep in mind. 24:12 All the gifting that God through the Holy Spirit 24:16 gives are to build up the church. 24:18 Now I wanted to share this, 24:20 our Sabbath school superintendent Irish Eger 24:24 few weeks, several weeks ago, 24:26 shared something with us in just before Sabbath school, 24:31 she said, "A pastor was talking to his congregation 24:35 and he told the congregation every one of you have a gift." 24:39 Okay. 24:40 Everybody has a gift and this little lady says, 24:43 "I don't have any gifts. 24:45 I can't sing like Pastor Lomacang, 24:47 I can't play the piano like Jill. 24:49 I can't teach like Shelley and I don't know anything 24:53 about accounting like Brian." 24:56 "I can't, I don't have any gifts." 24:59 And the pastor says, "Everybody's got a gift, 25:02 if you don't know what your gift is, 25:04 go home and pray about it, the Lord will show you." 25:07 So she went home a bit discouraged 25:09 and she said, "Well, I'm going to pray." 25:12 And so she prayed and she asked God, 25:14 "God, show me what my gifting is." 25:17 And she really didn't think that the Lord spoke to her, 25:20 but she kinda had an impression to look in the phonebook 25:24 and so here is what she did. 25:26 She looked in the phone book, 25:28 at random she picked out 100 names, 25:33 and she started praying for those 100 people, 25:37 and she prayed for two years, she prayed. 25:42 She was faithful to that, 25:43 remember one of the fruit of the Spirit is faithfulness, 25:47 we looked at that. 25:49 She prayed for two years now after two years, 25:53 I might be getting a bit discouraged 25:54 not this lady, two years. 25:56 One Sabbath she was in church and a lady was being baptized. 26:01 And she thought, boy, that name is familiar. 26:04 She pulls out her list and that name is on the list. 26:08 And she goes to her pastor and says, pastor, 26:11 and she told about how this, 26:13 what you preached and I went home and prayed, 26:15 and I made my list of 100 people. 26:17 And the pastor said, "Let me see that list." 26:20 And he looked at the list and here's what he told her. 26:23 Let me read this, "When he looked at the list, 26:28 he realized that 96 out of the 100 26:32 had been baptized in the past two years." 26:34 Glory to God. We're getting goose bumps. 26:36 Me too. 26:38 What I wanted to encourage all of this with, 26:40 we're gonna look at the purpose of the gifts, 26:42 again is to edify the body of Christ it says 26:44 what is it for, but every one of us are graced, 26:48 we are gifted, 26:49 we may not have the abilities 26:52 that we see around us that are so easily 26:55 and readily identifiable as the gift of the Spirit. 26:58 We can't preach like, Pastor Lomacang, 27:01 I keep using you as an example, 27:03 but you're the one in that pulpit. 27:05 So you're the one that we can use, 27:07 but you are graced and you're gifted. 27:09 So I want us to now look at Romans, 27:12 we're going to look in Romans the 12 Chapter at the gifts, 27:15 we're going to look in Ephesians the 4 Chapter. 27:18 And again what we're looking at is 27:21 the purpose of the spiritual gifts. 27:23 Romans 12:3-8. 27:27 And I kinda identify these, 27:29 this might be my personal identification, 27:32 is the grace gifts and I'll explain to you why. 27:36 "For I say, through the grace given to me, 27:38 to everyone who is among you, 27:40 not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, 27:44 but to think soberly, 27:45 as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. 27:49 For as we have many members in one body, 27:52 but all the members do not have the same function, 27:55 so we have many, 27:57 so we being many are one body in Christ, 28:00 and individually members of one another having then gifts." 28:04 There we're talking about gifts, 28:06 "Having then gifts differing according to the grace." 28:10 That's why I call these the grace gifts. 28:13 "According to the grace that is given to us, 28:16 let us use them and prophesying, 28:18 let us prophesy in the proportion of our faith, 28:20 or ministry, let us use it in our ministering, 28:23 he who teaches, in teaching, he who exhorts, 28:25 in exhortation, he who gives with liberality, 28:29 he who leads, with diligence, he who shows mercy, 28:32 with cheerfulness." 28:34 So, these grace gifts that are mentioned, 28:36 these gifts are all acts that we do for others. 28:39 We always, the purpose of the edifying, 28:42 the lifting, the building up of the body of Christ, 28:45 they are things that we do that minister and help others. 28:48 Now, let's look at the Ephesians 4, 28:52 we're going to look at verses 8-13. 28:54 And I identify these as the ascension gifts 28:57 and I'll show you why in a minute. 29:00 Ephesians 4:8-13, 29:03 "Therefore, he says, 29:06 when He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, 29:10 and gave gifts to men." 29:11 Now this, "He ascended" 29:13 what does it mean but that He also first descended 29:16 into the lower parts of the earth?" 29:18 So who are we talking about? 29:19 Jesus Christ. The Lord, Jesus Christ. 29:22 "He who descended is also the One 29:25 who ascended far above all the heavens, 29:28 that He might fill all things." 29:30 Now this is what this scripture is saying 29:32 about the Lord Jesus Christ, 29:35 "And He himself gave some to be apostles, 29:40 some prophets, some evangelists, 29:43 and some pastors, and teachers, 29:45 the one who ascended gave these gifts the Lord Jesus Christ." 29:50 And here is the reason that he gave them, Shelley, 29:53 "For the equipping of the saints 29:55 for the work of ministry," 29:57 Now, Pastor Lomacang, you, 30:00 God graced you, 30:02 he gifted you with this office of a pastor 30:06 not so that you can go out and do all the work, 30:09 it's so that you can equip the saints, 30:12 for the saints to go out and do out there. 30:14 I don't know how many people 30:16 we have here in the Thompsonville 30:17 Seventh-day Adventist Church 30:19 200 or 300 people, 30:20 I would say something around that, 30:22 200 or 300 people can accomplish 30:24 a whole lot more than that one man in the pulpit. 30:26 Except we want that one man in pulpit to do it all. 30:29 Do it all. 30:30 And that's the sad reality 30:31 because that's what Jesus meant when He says, 30:33 "Greater works than these will you do." 30:36 He was talking about the exponential, 30:38 the coverage when He said, 30:40 "To go unto all the world," 30:41 He said, "I'll give you the power to do that, 30:42 I'll equip you with the Holy Spirit, 30:44 and I'll give you the gifts and the abilities," 30:46 but I'm only, Jesus never took a vehicle anywhere, 30:50 I mean, he never took any major transportation, 30:53 they didn't really have it then like cars and all, 30:55 everywhere He went He practically walked. 30:58 So He remained in a particular vicinity, 31:00 but He said, I'll go to all the world, 31:01 that's what He meant, go to all the world. 31:03 So, yes, we could do much more collectively 31:06 than we can individually. 31:07 So this apostle, prophets, evangelist, 31:10 pastor and teacher, now what do I call that, Jill? 31:12 The five fold ministry. The five fold ministry. 31:14 These aren't things that you do the ministering, 31:18 these are offices, 31:20 and the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, 31:22 you know, I could say, you know, 31:23 I think I want to be a teacher 31:25 or I think I want to be an apostle. 31:27 The Lord Jesus Christ makes those determinations. 31:30 And He places that office on the man 31:32 and the purpose for it again, I'll read it again, 31:35 for the equipment of the saints, 31:36 for the work of the ministry, 31:37 for the edifying of the body of Christ, 31:41 till we all come into the unity of the faith. 31:43 And I wanted to share that 31:44 till we all come into the unity of the faith that until, 31:47 that's a time space word, until. 31:50 So here's my question, 31:51 have we come into the unity of the faith? 31:54 Brian, is the church in unity? 31:56 Not always, no Not at all. 31:59 So are these gifts still given to the church 32:01 is the apostle, prophets, evangelist, 32:03 pastor and teacher still at work in the church. 32:05 Of course, they are because 32:07 we haven't accomplished all that he says, 32:09 that we are going to accomplish 32:11 and I wanted to say this, 32:12 I think we've touched on this before. 32:14 We must remember that all the gifts and gracings 32:17 that God blesses us with is not self-centered, 32:21 it is Christ-centered, it's for the edifying 32:24 and the building up of the body of Christ. 32:26 If ever we start looking at it like God has graced you 32:31 or you're gifted to sing, to play the piano, 32:34 whatever that grace gifting may be, 32:37 if that kind of goes to your head. 32:39 Oh, God, by the power of his Holy Spirit 32:41 has the ability to let that air out of your head. 32:45 I must say, I like that. 32:48 And, and, Brian, 32:50 again it's I think the crux and the bottom line 32:54 of the grace and the giftings of God 32:56 is that you're surrendered. 32:58 Shelley, you teach on surrender so much. 33:00 If you're surrendered and give it to, 33:02 there is no end of what God can accomplish through 33:05 any servant of His that is surrendered into His hands. 33:09 And let me encourage you also pray, 33:11 if you don't know what your grace gifting is, 33:13 if you because God has a work for you to do 33:16 that only you can do. 33:18 I can't do it, Jill can't do it. 33:20 Only you can do it. 33:21 Pray and ask God and He will show you. 33:23 That's right. 33:24 And I just, you know, you made me think of something. 33:26 I think we all need to be careful 33:28 how we compliment someone. 33:31 If your pastor gives an exceptionally good, 33:35 has an exceptionally good sermon, 33:37 be careful and don't go and say, 33:39 "Oh, that was the best sermon you did." 33:44 If it was led by the Spirit what you should be say is, 33:47 "Glory to God for the sermon, he gave you." 33:50 Because I think that the tripwire of the devil 33:54 for across the board is to get us into pride, 33:58 and if he could get us to feeling a little like 34:01 we're wanted and we're puffed up a little bit 34:04 about you know, 34:05 "Oh, boy, I did, that was good." 34:07 Then that's when God can't use you anymore 34:10 because that is absolutely antithetical to humility. 34:15 You go out of being led by the Spirit to in the flesh. 34:18 Yes. That's right. 34:20 Yes. Jill? 34:21 On Wednesday, we look at, "The Gift Then and Now." 34:24 And really the purpose of Wednesday's lesson 34:26 is do the spiritual gifts still exist today. 34:29 Are they still in existence? 34:30 Some people say, "They were given for the early church 34:33 for the early believers" 34:35 and then maybe not so much now, we're at the end of time. 34:37 So that's what we're looking at. 34:39 But before we jump into that 34:40 and we'll have a couple of scriptures, 34:42 we'll look at that. 34:43 I want to go to another scripture 34:44 which was actually not in Wednesday's lesson. 34:46 We're going back to Isaiah. 34:48 If you want to turn there with me Isaiah Chapter 6, 34:52 I love what each one of you have been sharing 34:54 because talking about the purpose of the gifts 34:56 and what the gifts are in the meaning, 34:58 but I think that prior to receiving the spiritual gifts 35:03 for the edification of the church for the unity 35:06 and I agree with you, Brian. 35:07 Sometimes God gives a natural talent. 35:10 It's inborn and then God wants to develop that 35:13 into a spiritual gift. 35:15 I agree with that. 35:16 But prior to that I think 35:18 we all have to go through a certain process, 35:21 a certain experience in order to effectively use the gifts, 35:26 in order to effectively minister 35:28 and I'm thinking of the calling of Isaiah. 35:30 I just wanted to look at that briefly, 35:32 Isaiah Chapter 6. 35:35 Now, Isaiah had been in ministry prior 35:38 to the calling in Isaiah Chapter 6. 35:40 So it's not like all of a sudden God gave this 35:43 and Isaiah 6, and the vision, and all of that, 35:46 and then all of a sudden Isaiah said, 35:48 "Okay, now I'm stepping out of ministry." 35:49 He was already serving God, he was already in ministry, 35:53 but this to me is a special anointing 35:56 and calling from God. 35:57 And what I see take place here in Isaiah, 36:00 I think God wants you and I would experience. 36:02 Each one of us to experience in order to effectively 36:05 build up the ministry in the body of Christ. 36:08 Verse 1, it says, he had the vision, 36:11 we know that vision, 36:12 "I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, 36:14 high and lifted up, 36:15 and his train filled the temple." 36:17 I think the first principle as Isaiah saw a picture of 36:19 who God truly is. 36:21 Yes. 36:22 So before we can utilize the spiritual gifts 36:24 and before we step out into ministry, 36:26 we have to have a sense of who God really is. 36:30 The second thing, in contrast to who God is, 36:33 Isaiah realized who he was. 36:35 We see that in verse 5, "So I said: 36:37 "Woe is me, I am undone! 36:40 I am a man of unclean lips. 36:42 I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips. 36:44 My eyes have seen the King, The Lord of hosts." 36:47 Anytime we begin to think, I got this, 36:51 I got this spiritual gift. 36:53 I got this work in ministry, 36:56 and I think each one of us here 36:58 at this table serve in ministry. 36:59 I know many of you at home serve in ministry. 37:02 And I think there's a danger when you serve in ministry. 37:05 Yes. 37:06 "I have this gift," people say "God has given me", 37:09 and so it's always from God 37:14 and we have to look at that 37:16 in the sense of who God is high and lifted up, Holy. 37:22 And then who am I? 37:23 I am but dust, I am nothing, 37:28 I am unclean, 37:30 Isaiah repented and confessed his sin, 37:32 I am unclean, 37:33 I'm in the midst of an unclean people. 37:35 And then the seraphim verse 6, 37:37 "Flew to him, having in his hand a live coal 37:40 which he took from the tongs of the altar. 37:42 And he touched his mouth and said, 37:44 "This has touched your lips, your iniquity is taken away, 37:47 your sin is purged." 37:48 And then he heard the voice of the Lord saying, 37:51 "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" 37:53 Then I said, "Here am I! Send me." 37:55 So I think before any equipping with a gifts, 37:58 before any work has to be done at any time in the church, 38:03 we need to sit before the feet of Jesus. 38:04 Yes. 38:06 Spend time in His word, 38:07 asked to be emptied of ourselves, 38:09 asked to be cleansed and forgiven and covered 38:12 and then God says, "You're ready. 38:15 I can use you." 38:17 And I don't think this is, I know, 38:18 an Isaiah situation it's a one time, 38:20 but I think it's a daily sitting at the feet of Jesus-- 38:23 Sometimes hour by hour. 38:24 Yes, looking and new to him and being filled. 38:27 So Wednesday's lessons 38:28 we're looking at the gift then and now. 38:30 And the three scriptures particularly 38:32 we want to look at, let's go to 1 Corinthians 1. 38:35 We're looking at does the spiritual gifts 38:38 still exist in the church today? 38:41 Do they still exist in the church? 38:42 And you all have done a great job 38:44 of discussing the spiritual gifts. 38:46 I think 1 Corinthians 12 38:48 we talk about the word of wisdom, 38:50 the gift of that wisdom internally and sharing it. 38:54 We have the word of knowledge, 38:56 the gift of clear explanation. 38:58 We have the gift of faith. 39:00 I think Brother Danny Shelton has a gift of faith 39:03 like no person I have ever met. 39:05 It's not, everyone is giving a mustard seed of faith, 39:08 a small measure of faith, but in a special sense, 39:11 God has gifted him with the gift of faith. 39:14 We have the gift of healing, supernatural. 39:17 We have the gift of miracles, the gift of prophecy, 39:21 that's mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12, 39:22 in Ephesians 4 and Romans 12, all three books, 39:27 it's mentioned the gift of prophecy. 39:28 We have the gift of discernment and I know, 39:30 Pastor John, you're going to talk about that, 39:32 the gift of tongues, both speaking other languages 39:35 and the interpretation or the hearing. 39:37 God gives us ears to hear the tongues. 39:40 And the gift of apostles, the gift of helps, 39:43 administration, leadership, evangelist, pastors, 39:47 ministry, exportation, 39:48 the gift of financially blessing 39:51 and giving to other people, the gift of mercy. 39:53 Those gifts are mentioned, 39:55 but as you mentioned I think it was you, 39:56 Brian, there's more than one, 39:58 there is more than just listed here or you, Mollie, 40:01 there's many gifts that are mentioned. 40:03 So we're in 1 Corinthians 1. 40:05 Let's look at verse 6-8. 40:06 Someone want to read that, 40:09 1 Corinthians 1:6-8? 40:11 "Even as the testimony of Christ 40:13 was confirmed in you, 40:15 so that you come short in no gift, 40:18 eagerly waiting for the revelation 40:20 of our Lord Jesus Christ, 40:22 who will also confirm you to the end, 40:25 that you may be blameless 40:27 in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." 40:29 So we're talking about the revelation of our Lord. 40:32 We're talking about the second coming, right? 40:35 We're talking about when Jesus comes again 40:37 and He's saying, don't fall short in any gift 40:40 as you look for the coming of Jesus Christ. 40:43 So if we're at the end time 40:45 waiting for the coming of Jesus Christ, 40:47 and Paul says, 40:48 "Don't fall short in any spiritual gifts" 40:50 then that tells you what? 40:51 Yeah. 40:52 We're going to have spiritual gifts at the end of time 40:55 for the edification and unity of the church 40:57 at the end of time, the gifts will be manifest. 40:59 When you think about it, it's even more necessary 41:02 at the end of time 41:04 than it would be in any other time, it was, 41:08 to be able to bring the harvest in if you have those. 41:10 Yes. 41:11 The gospel has to be preached. Go ahead. 41:13 You know, could I add this, 41:14 I think it says necessary at the end of time 41:16 as it was in the very beginning 41:17 because in the beginning, the Christians, 41:19 the church there were many educated people, 41:22 Bibles weren't very available 41:24 so they didn't have people to as Paul's going around 41:28 planting churches 41:29 and they're all going around among these gentiles, 41:31 these people didn't know that much 41:33 the gifting was poured out abundantly. 41:36 Yes. 41:37 You know, in the early, but again 41:39 which you just said is absolutely, 41:41 we've always needed them 41:42 and we're going to need them to a greater degree. 41:44 And you think about the early rain, 41:45 the plowing of our hearts, preparation for 41:48 I think in the special sense the latter rain. 41:50 I believe will include a special outpouring 41:53 of the spiritual gifts at the last day 41:54 of course, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit filling us 41:57 but outpouring of spiritual gifts. 41:59 And the other verse I want to look at is Ephesians 4 42:01 and you read this, Mollie. 42:03 Ephesians 4, we'll look at verse 11-13. 42:08 Now, you already talked about the five fold ministry, 42:10 the prophet, apostles, prophets, evangelists, 42:12 pastors, and teachers. 42:14 And the purpose of the gifts you, 42:15 you touched on that, 42:16 the equipping of the saints, the work of ministry, 42:18 the edifying of the body of Christ. 42:20 But the verse I wanna look at is 13. 42:22 "Till we all come to the unity of the faith 42:25 and of the knowledge of the Son of God, 42:27 to a perfect man, 42:28 to the measure the stature of the fullness of Christ." 42:31 You know what that tells me? 42:32 Not only are the spiritual gifts 42:34 poured out for us at a special way, 42:36 before the end of time, you know, 42:37 for the edifying of the work the body of Christ. 42:40 But in a special way there's, 42:41 I think, it's for us to grow up. 42:44 Do you see that? Amen. 42:46 "To a perfect man 42:47 to the measure of the stature of Christ." 42:48 So then the gifts have something to do, 42:51 and I don't even fully understand this 42:52 just being honest with you as a panel, 42:54 but they must have something to do with me 42:56 growing up into the fullness of Christ, 43:00 into the measure of the stature of Christ. 43:02 Well, part of the work of the church is to nurture. 43:05 Yes. 43:07 That's one of the main functions. 43:08 I mean it's evangelism, it's worship, 43:11 but it's also nurture and nurture is growing people 43:15 but it takes the Spirit to grow up people. 43:17 Yes. 43:18 And so I believe the Holy Spirit 43:22 uses the leadership of the church 43:24 to nurture its people. 43:26 So they grow up to the full stature. 43:28 Well said. It's good. 43:29 Amen. Very good. 43:31 Pastor John? 43:33 Well, discerning of spirits, 43:35 one of the things that came out to me very carefully 43:37 when I talked about this 43:39 was the, was the very prayer 43:41 that David prayed in 1 Kings 3:7 he said, 43:45 "Now, O Lord my God, 43:48 you have made your servant king," 43:51 I mean, not David but, yeah, 43:54 you made your servant... 43:55 Your where 1 Kings? 1 Kings 3:7. 43:57 All right. 43:58 "Now, O Lord my God, 44:01 you have made your servant king 44:04 instead of my father, David." 44:06 But notice the discernment where he was asking, 44:09 "But I am a little child, 44:12 I do not know how to go out or to come in." 44:16 And what I want to emphasize as far as discernment, 44:18 one of the first things we need 44:19 as far as discernment is concerned 44:21 is the wisdom to know how to move in God. 44:23 It's good. 44:24 Lot of times we are gifted, we talked about gifts 44:27 and spiritual gifts and abilities. 44:30 But to be an effective administrator, a pastor, 44:33 a teacher, an evangelist, the gift of helps, 44:36 the gift of healings, 44:37 the gift of interpreting tongue. 44:39 The first thing I think we need the most to say, Lord, 44:42 I don't even know what to do with these things. 44:44 I don't know how to go out. 44:46 I don't know how to come in." 44:48 And so if we say because the Bible says, 44:50 "The steps of a righteous man are ordered by the Lord." 44:53 We have to ask God to first guide us 44:55 what do we do with this and sometimes, 44:58 you know, I think of Uzziah became king 45:00 when he was 16 years old. 45:02 How many of us would put any of our departments 45:03 in the 16 years old hands, come on, Mollie? 45:06 If a 16 years old came and said, 45:08 I like to be in charge of production. 45:09 You say, "Did God tell you that?" 45:12 He's not telling me that. 45:14 We wouldn't do it, but what we're seeing is 45:17 when God gives the gift, it is not age-preventive 45:24 because it's led by the wisdom 45:25 and the direction of God's Spirit, this discernment. 45:28 But the biggest portion of this... 45:31 the other thing I bring out is, 45:32 is when you look at the failure in the crucifixion of Jesus. 45:36 The failure? 45:38 The failure following, the failure in the crucifixion, 45:40 I know you... 45:41 No, the failure in the crucifixion. 45:44 Jesus' head didn't fail him, his body did. 45:48 His body gave way 45:50 to the punishment of the crucifixion, 45:52 his body is what He sacrificed. 45:55 He didn't sacrificed His head, 45:57 and when Paul says, 45:58 "Christ is the head of the church." 46:00 Discernment is all right here, you think, you hear, 46:04 you speak, you listen, 46:06 all these are the discerning gavenues. 46:08 You don't discern in your hands, 46:10 your mind discerns what your hands must do. 46:12 Your eyes discern where your feet must go. 46:15 So when Christ is the head of the church 46:17 all the discerning gifts are His 46:19 and He imparts those to us. 46:21 So when we talk about discernment, 46:24 it's so vitally important. 46:25 One of the things I wanna also bring out is that, 46:27 discernment is needed today. 46:29 Discernment never leads to disunity. 46:32 Discernment never leads to disunity, 46:34 it always leads to unity. 46:36 And one of the reasons why 46:38 discernment is so vitally important 46:39 is because we are living in a different day and age. 46:41 The Bible says, "The devil has come down having great wrath." 46:45 Because he knows he has a short time. 46:47 Why do we need discernment? 46:49 Matthew 16:3. 46:53 And I'm going to read this is how it says, 46:56 "It will be foul weather today, 46:58 and in the morning it will be foul weather today, 47:02 for the sky is red and threatening." 47:04 But Jesus says, "Hypocrites! 47:06 You know how to discern the face of the sky, 47:10 but you cannot discern the signs of the times." 47:15 We've got people that can tell you the weather, 47:16 the position of the sun in five more months, 47:18 the position of the stars 47:20 but they can't see the position of our world. 47:22 Yeah. 47:23 And so what we need more than anything else, 47:25 and this is the work of the Spirit of God also, 47:27 is to have men and women 47:29 who understand the times that we should know what to do. 47:33 So, yes, we're discerning all the gifts, 47:35 but I want to put this 47:36 in a completely different package. 47:38 We need discernment of the urgency of the hour. 47:42 Discernment of the responsibilities 47:45 placed on us, 47:47 not just what responsibility, 47:49 but how grave and how important 47:52 and the voracity of our dedication 47:54 to this responsibility. 47:55 So if I get, if the Lord gives you a gift, 47:57 if the Lord says, "Brian, you're the coach." 47:59 No team. 48:01 No city is going to pay you millions of dollars 48:03 for your team to keep losing. 48:05 So you take it seriously 48:06 because you recognize your position is on the line 48:08 in the very same way 48:10 and I've had a readjustment as I've walked into 2017, 48:13 the Lord has said, "John, okay this has been 30 years, 48:16 we've been, we've been working together, 48:18 but I want you to go to another level." 48:20 And I said, "Lord, I can't go to another level 48:22 lest you get me there." 48:23 Yes. 48:24 Not for my glory, but for His. 48:26 So give me the wisdom to discern the times. 48:28 The other thing about discernment is, 48:30 discernment of the importance of the word of God. 48:33 You know, we talk about all the other gifts, miracles, 48:36 healings, all the other gifts that we talked about, 48:38 and so many people put emphasis on that. 48:41 We talk about the gift of music, 48:43 but the Lord when he was in the moment of temptation, 48:45 he didn't sing to the devil. 48:46 That's right. He said, it is written. 48:48 Now, here's my point. 48:49 Music is a great part of Christianity, 48:52 but if we think that music is the instrument 48:54 by which we're gonna become righteous, 48:55 we are mistaken. 48:56 That's right. 48:58 Jesus honors above music He honors His word. 49:00 Matter of fact, He honors His word above His name. 49:02 That's right. 49:04 And in the moments of temptation even one-to-one 49:07 Christ against the antichrist, Satan himself, 49:11 he said over it is written, it is written, it is written. 49:13 Here's my point. 49:15 We've got to discern the importance 49:16 of the word of God in our lives, 49:18 not just the operation of the gifts. 49:20 If the word of God is not planted in our lives, 49:23 we cannot discern error 49:25 because error is only distinguished 49:27 by an understanding of the truth. 49:29 We've got to be able to understand. 49:31 And here's a point I made. 49:32 We cannot recognize error 49:36 if we don't acknowledge and embrace truth. 49:39 That's right. 49:40 And what's going to happen in these last days 49:41 as the Bible says, 49:43 "Because they did not receive a love of the truth 49:45 that they might be saved, 49:47 God will send them strong delusion." 49:49 Now, God is not into sending you a lie, but He says, 49:52 "What else can I give you, 49:53 if you choose to reject My word." 49:56 Finally, this is an appeal to the entire Christian world. 49:59 Whatever your denomination, I pray that your desire 50:01 would be not just to have these gifts operational in your life, 50:05 but start where Jesus did in the word. 50:08 If you are in the word, if God's word abides in you 50:11 and you abide in His word, then these gifts 50:13 and all these abilities have a place in a context. 50:17 Amen. 50:18 The word of God is what we need. 50:19 It is the only, 50:21 it is the only discerning factor against error. 50:25 It is the only discerning factor 50:27 against our inability to accomplish anything. 50:31 It gives us the wisdom we need 50:33 to operate in all the other gifts, 50:35 and without discernment 50:37 and the word of God being the foundation, 50:39 we cannot see light from darkness, 50:41 truth from error, 50:43 and righteousness from unrighteousness. 50:46 So I'm praying for discernment first by God's word entering in 50:49 to make me all that the Lord knows that we can be. 50:51 That's the discernment I want. 50:53 Thank you, John. 50:54 What a wonderful lesson we've had today. 50:56 We want to once again thank you for joining us 50:58 as we have studied the Holy Spirit 51:00 and the Gifts of the Spirit. 51:01 We want to encourage you, that you can look for, 51:05 if you're not already enrolled in a Sabbath school class, 51:08 then you can actually look 51:10 for a Seventh-day Adventist Church in your local area 51:13 and go join that Sabbath school class, 51:15 'cause it's so wonderful to study 51:17 with your brothers and sisters. 51:18 But thank you so much for being with us today. 51:20 Join us again next time. 51:22 Our prayer for you is that the grace of our Lord Jesus, 51:25 the love of the Father 51:27 and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit 51:28 was with you always. |
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