Hello, friends, and welcome
to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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We're in the middle
of the third quarter,
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Making Friends for God.
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This lesson, lesson number six
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is titled
Unlimited Possibilities.
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I want to invite
you to grab your friends
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and your family,
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pick up your Bible
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and your Sabbath
School Quarterly,
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and join us for this study.
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If you don't have a
quarterly for yourself,
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I encourage you to go
to the following website,
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absg.adventist.org.
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That stands for Adult
Bible Study Guide.adventist.org.
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You can download the study guide
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and follow along with us
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on this edition of
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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Hello, Friends, Welcome
to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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Lesson number six,
Unlimited Possibilities.
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What an incredible
blessing this lesson has been
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and this study has
been, and we're so glad
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that you have
tuned in week by week
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as we journey
through the Word of God
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and learn how we
can better witness
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for the Lord Jesus Christ.
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I want to introduce
our panel at this time.
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To my left, pastor John Dinzey,
privileged to have you here.
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We have prayed and asked
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for the blessing
of the Holy Spirit,
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and we can expect the blessing.
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Amen. That's right.
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To your left our
evangelist preacher
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Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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Thank you for being here.
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It's always a pleasure
to study the Word of God.
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I'm looking
forward to this lesson,
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it's a good one.
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Amen. Absolutely.
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To your left,
Pastor Ryan Day. Amen.
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Always passionate
about the Word of God.
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Hey, Word of God
is the bread of life,
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and I'm certainly happy
to be here to talk about it.
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Amen.
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And last but not least,
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my pastor, Pastor John Lomacang.
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Thank you, Pastor
John, for being here.
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Amen.
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Looking forward to the lesson,
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I have about
growing in our gifts.
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Amen.
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I know it's all
gonna be a blessing
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all the way down the line,
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so I'm waiting
for the last catch.
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That's right.
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That's the blessing of Thursday.
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Before we go any further,
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we want to go to
the Lord in prayer.
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Pastor Ryan,
would you pray for us?
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Sure, absolutely.
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Our Father in heaven, Lord,
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we place this time of
study into your hands, Lord,
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and we simply ask
for the outpouring
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of the Holy Spirit
on each and every one
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of these panel members right now
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that You are best represented,
that Your Word is made clear,
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and that each and
every person at home
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also will
receive the Holy Spirit
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and receive Your Word
in their heart and mind.
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May this be a blessing to
us, may it be a blessing to all,
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and may You be glorified today
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on this Sabbath
School Panel lesson,
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we ask in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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So on lesson number six,
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the title is
Unlimited Possibilities,
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but we're really
discussing spiritual gifts
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and the spiritual gifts
given to the body of Christ,
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to the church,
to you, and to me.
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You know, we're all called
to be witnesses for Christ.
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As soon as we accept the
Lord Jesus into our heart,
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we become His witness.
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Isaiah 43:10 says,
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"'You are my
witnesses,' says the Lord,
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'And my servant
whom I have chosen,
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that you may know and believe Me
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and understand that I am He.'"
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Acts 1:8,
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we've quoted this verse
many times on this panel,
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"But you shall receive power
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when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you.
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And you shall be
witnesses to me in Jerusalem,
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and in Judea, and Samaria,
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and to the
uttermost parts of the earth."
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We are called to be His witness.
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Now in the Word of God,
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there's different
words meaning the same thing.
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Sometimes Jesus
says we are called
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as we just
referenced to be His witness.
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Sometimes He
calls us His ambassador,
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I like that, 2 Corinthians 5.
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Sometimes we're
called His royal priesthood,
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1 Peter 2:9.
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We are the light of
the world, Matthew 5.
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We are the salt of
the earth, Matthew 5.
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We are fishers
of men, Matthew 4.
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We are His aroma or
fragrance, the sweet perfume,
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2 Corinthians 5.
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There is a quote in the
lesson which I also have written
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in the flyleaf of my Bible.
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This Bible I use now
I've had it few years,
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Greg gave it to me, my husband.
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But the Bible before I had this,
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quote written in as well
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because I just love
it and each Bible I use,
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I transfer it.
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It is a quote from
Ministry of Healing
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page 159.
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It says, "There is no
limit to the usefulness of one
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who, putting self aside,
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makes room for the
working of the Holy Spirit
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upon his heart,
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and lives a life
wholly consecrated to God."
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Did you catch that?
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There is no limit
to your usefulness
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if you give your
heart wholly to God
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and live a life
consecrated to Him.
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If we put ourselves aside,
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the Holy Spirit wants
to use us as His witness.
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Let us read our memory text
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that is found in
1 Corinthians 12.
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1 Corinthians 12:11.
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This week we look specifically
at the spiritual gifts
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that are given to the
members of the church.
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We look at how
the gifts are given,
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what the purposes of the gifts?
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How do we identify the gifts,
and how do we grow those gifts?
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So our memory text
1 Corinthians 12:11,
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"But one and the same
Spirit works all these things,
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distributing to
each one individually
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as He will."
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Sunday, we look
at differing gifts
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but united in service.
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The lesson
brought out a great point
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that we are all different
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and God created us
to all be different.
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You think about
Peter, he was impetuous,
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and enthusiastic.
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Yeah, he possessed
natural leadership abilities.
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Think about John,
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he was given to
anger and defensiveness,
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yet he loved deeply
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and that anger and defensiveness
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dissipated with the conversion
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and the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit.
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Matthew was very
precise and accurate, right,
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as a tax collector.
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Andrew was a people person
aware of his surroundings,
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sensitive to
the needs of others.
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You see, God uses us
all as the body of Christ,
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different gifts,
different abilities,
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they all come together
to help build up the body
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and to witness to those,
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the lost and dying world.
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1 Corinthians 12 is about
authentic Christian unity.
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It's not just
unity in diversity,
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certainly not
unity despite diversity,
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but it is unity
through diversity.
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So we're going to
look at the body of Christ
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in that analogy.
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But before we get there, I
want to do a quick preface.
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We're in 1 Corinthians
12, let's look at verse four.
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Paul says,
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"There are diversities of gifts,
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but the same spirit."
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That word diversities
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is used three times
in the New Testament,
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and it's used in
the next three verses.
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It means diversities or
differences, distinction.
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The next verse, verse 5,
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"There are
differences of ministries,
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but the same Lord."
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Now that is the same
word so diversities of gifts,
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differences of ministries,
it's the same word used there.
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The word
ministries literally means
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to wait at tables.
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It's a service so we are called,
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there's a difference
in the gifts of grace,
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there's a difference
in how you and I serve.
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Verse 6.
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"There are
diversities of activities,"
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that's the same
word again diversities.
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"But is the same God
who works all and in all."
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There are differences
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in the gifts of grace were given
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and how we
operate in that grace.
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There are
differences in the ministry
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that were given
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and how we choose to serve.
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There are differences
in the task we are given,
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and how we function
within that operation,
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but the differences are divine
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because they are
given by the Holy Spirit.
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1 Corinthians 12:11,
that was our memory text.
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It says the Holy Spirit
gives the different gifts
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to whomever He will,
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meaning these differences
came from the Holy Spirit,
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those differences are divine.
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Now we won't go over
the list of spiritual gifts
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'cause I'm pretty sure
someone's going to cover it
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on this panel.
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So we're going to
go down to verse 12.
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1 Corinthians 12:12.
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I want to give you six lessons
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that we learn from
this analogy of the church
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as the body of Christ.
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Lesson number one, unity
does not mean uniformity.
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Lesson one, unity
does not mean uniformity.
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Verse 12,
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"For as the body is
one and has many members,
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but all the members of
that one body, being many,
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are one body,
so also is Christ."
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And verse 14 says,
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"For in fact the body is
not one member but many."
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So we are all
united into one body,
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but we have different parts,
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we have different elements,
we have different pieces.
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Unity does not mean uniformity.
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Number two,
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our differences
don't have to divide us.
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They can unite us as
long as we are in Christ.
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Verse 13,
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"For by one spirit,
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we were all
baptized into one body,
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whether Jews or
Greeks, slaves or free,
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have all been made to
drink into one spirit."
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So that means race,
ethnicity, class, origin,
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the differences
that we naturally
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were born with or created with,
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we all can be
made one in Christ.
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And those differences
don't have to separate us.
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They don't have
to push us apart.
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We don't have to say,
"Oh, you're different than me,
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I'm going to operate,
I'm going to function,
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I'm going to go to a
church with people like me,"
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those differences
don't have to divide us,
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they can unite us.
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Number three,
lesson number three,
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jealousy cannot
exist in the body.
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In fact, the way Paul puts it,
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it's almost humorous if
jealousy exists in the body.
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Let's read that.
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Verse 15,
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"If the foot should say,
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'Because I am not a
hand, I am not of the body,'
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is it therefore not of the body?
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And if the ear should
say, 'Because I am not an eye,
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I am not of the body,'
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is it therefore not of the body?
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If the whole body were an
eye, where would be the hearing?
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If the whole were hearing,
where would be the smelling?
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But now God has set the members,
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each one of them, in
the body just as He pleased.
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And if they were all one member,
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where would the body be?"
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You see, it is almost
humorous if you were to think,
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"Oh, I really
wish I were the eye,
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I really want, I
covet," have you ever done that?
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I wish I could
sing like pastor John
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or like Ryan,
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I wish I could
preach like so and so,
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I wish I had the gift of
whatever the gift is that
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you happen to be jealous
over or you happen to covet
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or say, "I wish I
had this gift but yet,"
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if we were all
the eye or the hand,
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the body would be
hideous, the body, right?
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Really literally.
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The body would not look good
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because we need the eyes,
and the ears, and the hands
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because we are all
function as part of the body
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so jealousy
cannot exist in the body.
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Lesson number four,
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all are essential to the work.
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All are equally important.
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Verse 20,
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"But now indeed
there are many members,
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yet one body.
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And the eye
cannot say to the hand,
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'I have no need of you,'
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nor again the head to the
feet, 'I have no need of you.'
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No, much rather,
those members of the body
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which seem to be
weaker are necessary."
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You know, the
story is told of a man
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who was out in the wilderness
and he was cutting down trees,
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perhaps you've heard the story.
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And he, in the process
of cutting down a tree,
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a tree limb came
down, and it pinned his leg.
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Now he was out in the wilderness
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and his cell
phone was in his pickup
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and he couldn't get
to it and he's there
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and he couldn't
move, and he thought,
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surely someone's going
to notice that I'm missing.
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Someone's going
to come and find me,
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but he waited and he
waited and hours passed
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and his leg was pinned.
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And he made the
incredibly difficult decision.
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I don't even like
to think about it.
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And he sawed off his leg.
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Oh, my, my.
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Wow.
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Now that's extreme.
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When you hear that story,
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you think that is
incredibly extreme.
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Nobody would want
to cut off their leg,
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yet how often we
willingly cut off
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a part of the body of Christ
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because we think
you are not important,
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your gift doesn't really
even matter in the church,
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we don't need the toe,
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and we clearly don't
need the ear on this side,
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we're going to
function without you.
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All are
essential to do the work.
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All are equally important.
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Lesson number five,
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exercise care
instead of competition.
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Don't criticize,
don't judge harshly,
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instead we are
called to build up,
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to take care, to have compassion
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on the weaker parts of the body.
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Verses 23 to 25.
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"And those members of the body
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which we think to
be less honorable,
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on these we
bestow greater honor,
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and our unpresentable
parts have greater modesty,
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but our
presentable parts have no need.
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But God composed the body,
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having given greater honor
to that part which lacks it,
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that there should be
no schism in the body,
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but that the members
should have the same care
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for one another."
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And finally, lesson number six,
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all should suffer equally.
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If one member suffers
the rest suffer as well.
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Whoever stubbed your
toe, pretty soon what happens
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if he stubbed it real
hard not just your toe hurts
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your whole leg can
throb, is that true?
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Oh, yeah.
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And my mom once broke her foot,
and she actually got a fever,
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the whole body suffered.
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Verse 26,
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"If one member suffers,
all the members suffer with it,
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or if one member is honored,
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all the members
rejoice with it."
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So we are called as Christians
to be the body of Christ.
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Pastor John. Amen.
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What a blessing.
Thank you so much.
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Well, we move on
to Monday's part,
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which has the title
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God, The Giver
of All Good Gifts.
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And this is a wonderful lesson,
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and we are going to
start with Mark 13:34.
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And Mark 13:34,
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we have this scripture.
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"It is like a man
going to a far country,
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who left his house
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and gave
authority to his servants,
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and to each his work,
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and commanded the
doorkeeper to watch.
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So we have this scripture
that helps us understand that
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to each and every person,
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God gives a task
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something that person can do.
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Unique in such a way
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that the job is done and says,
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"This is your
mission," let's say.
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But, you know, the
wonderful thing is that
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as we make use of the
gifts that God gives us,
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He gives us more. So we
praise the Lord for that.
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Now I would like to
point to a scripture
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that is just marvelous.
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Another one,
another marvelous scripture
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is Psalms 145:9,
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Psalms 145:9,
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we have this message for us.
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It says, "The
Lord is good to all.
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And His tender mercies
are over all His works."
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You know,
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this is a message
for us to remember
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the Lord is good to all.
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And so we should take time
to consider the great things
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that God has done for
us, how good He's been to us,
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and we will be blessed.
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You may sit back and say,
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"Let me think
what good things..."
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And you can spend
some time rejoicing
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that the Lord is good
to all, He's good to us.
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And so sometimes we
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as Christians
meet one another says,
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"The Lord is good."
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And everybody answers what?
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All the time. All the time.
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James 1:17,
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"Every good gift
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and every perfect
gift is from above,
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and comes down from
the Father of lights,
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with whom there is no
variation or shadow of turning."
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So every good gift,
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and every perfect
gift is from above.
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And, you know,
sometimes we think
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it came from another source,
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but God is the giver
of every single good gift.
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And if you think,
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oh, I can't think of anything
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that God has done for me lately,
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I have news for you.
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Because God gives us gifts
every day, every single day.
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That's why we're
going to read Psalm 68,
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Psalm 68:19.
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And listen to these words,
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"Blessed be the
Lord, Who daily,"
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how often did I say it,
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"daily loads us with benefits,
the God of our salvation!
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Selah.
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Our God is the God of salvation
and to God the Lord belong
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escapes from death even."
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So praise be to His name.
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And so when you
understand that God is good,
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and He's the
giver of good gifts,
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you're going to
realize that you have so little
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to complain about.
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And so perhaps
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what we should
be complaining is,
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"Boy, I'm not suffering enough."
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So let's go to Luke 11:13,
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another message for us,
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because we have to
understand that God is good.
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And He daily
loads us with benefits
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and every perfect gift
comes from our heavenly Father.
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Luke 11:13,
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"If you then, being evil,
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know how to give good
gifts onto your children,
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how much more shall
your heavenly Father
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give the Holy Spirit
to them that ask Him!"
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Now please
understand that there's a reason
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for sharing this
scripture is that
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there are some gifts
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that the Lord is willing to give
00:18:58.63\00:19:00.74
that we must ask for.
00:19:00.77\00:19:02.70
And Jesus, more than
once said to His disciples,
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"Ask that ye may receive."
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And so the door is open,
00:19:09.21\00:19:11.75
the heaven
doesn't have a closed,
00:19:11.78\00:19:14.98
for inventory sign,
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closed until
such and such a time.
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The door is open for you to come
00:19:18.62\00:19:21.16
before the throne of
grace, present your needs,
00:19:21.19\00:19:24.53
and God will bless you.
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And so let's consider this,
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you know, God
gives each one His work,
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and sometimes people focus
on, oh, singing or speaking
00:19:32.83\00:19:38.21
but there are the diversities
of gifts like Sister Jill said.
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And to each one God has
given at least one talent.
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And so there are some
wonderful people in church,
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and I...
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This sister has the
gift of hospitality.
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I know some of
you may speak on this,
00:19:53.59\00:19:55.52
but God gives to
every single person
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the blessing of a
gift to make use of it
00:19:58.86\00:20:04.00
multiplies more.
00:20:04.03\00:20:05.40
And so make use of the
gifts that God gives to you.
00:20:05.43\00:20:09.04
Now 1 Corinthians 12:11.
00:20:09.07\00:20:12.04
Again, the Bible tells us,
00:20:12.07\00:20:14.44
"But one and the same Spirit
00:20:14.48\00:20:17.68
works all these things,
00:20:17.71\00:20:20.75
distributing to each one
individually as He will."
00:20:20.78\00:20:24.72
So to each one,
the Lord gives a gift,
00:20:24.75\00:20:29.02
a lot of scriptures to share.
00:20:29.06\00:20:30.39
Now I'm going to 1 Peter 4,
00:20:30.43\00:20:32.76
1 Peter 4:7-11.
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And I like the way this
begins because this is true.
00:20:37.33\00:20:40.00
"But the end of
all things is at hand,
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therefore be serious and
watchful in your prayers."
00:20:43.34\00:20:48.04
We need to be serious
and watchful in our prayers,
00:20:48.08\00:20:50.38
especially in these
times that we're living in,
00:20:50.41\00:20:53.45
perilous times, perilous times.
00:20:53.48\00:20:55.95
Now verse 8.
00:20:55.98\00:20:57.32
"And above all things have
fervent love for one another."
00:20:57.35\00:21:00.19
Oh, we need this
fervent love for another.
00:21:00.22\00:21:04.16
"For love will
cover a multitude of sins.
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Be hospitable to one
another without grumbling."
00:21:06.26\00:21:10.97
I don't know if you
had any grumbling today
00:21:11.00\00:21:13.40
or yesterday or
sometime in your life,
00:21:13.44\00:21:15.54
but it's time to
put that stuff away
00:21:15.57\00:21:17.97
and be serious and
watchful in your prayers.
00:21:18.01\00:21:21.88
Notice, verse 10,
00:21:21.91\00:21:23.35
"As each one
has received a gift,
00:21:23.38\00:21:26.31
minister it to one another,
00:21:26.35\00:21:29.35
as good stewards of
the manifold grace of God.
00:21:29.38\00:21:33.62
If anyone speaks, let him
speak as the oracles of God.
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If anyone ministers..."
00:21:37.33\00:21:39.16
They are
different areas of ministry.
00:21:39.19\00:21:41.10
"Let him do it
00:21:41.13\00:21:42.46
as with the ability
which God supplies."
00:21:42.50\00:21:46.03
God supplies ability.
00:21:46.07\00:21:47.90
"That in all things
God may be glorified
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through Jesus Christ,
to whom belong the glory
00:21:51.44\00:21:54.84
and the dominion
forever and ever.
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Amen."
00:21:57.75\00:21:59.08
So the lesson
brings out very clear
00:21:59.11\00:22:01.92
that God has a
special assignment
00:22:01.95\00:22:04.99
for each one of us
00:22:05.02\00:22:06.35
and sharing the
gospel with others.
00:22:06.39\00:22:08.79
And I want to
encourage you to ask the Lord,
00:22:08.82\00:22:12.69
"Lord, what would
you have me to do?
00:22:12.73\00:22:16.10
What do you want me to do?"
00:22:16.13\00:22:17.47
You know, when
you pray that prayer,
00:22:17.50\00:22:19.80
you'll be surprised at
how God gives opportunities.
00:22:19.83\00:22:23.24
And at first, you
might not recognize it
00:22:23.27\00:22:24.77
as an opportunity,
00:22:24.81\00:22:26.14
you may naturally see the need
00:22:26.17\00:22:27.91
and start doing
what you're doing
00:22:27.94\00:22:30.71
and somehow,
someway somebody will say,
00:22:30.75\00:22:33.08
you know, I
really want to thank you
00:22:33.11\00:22:34.45
because you did
such and such and such.
00:22:34.48\00:22:36.38
And then is when you realize,
hey, God did something here.
00:22:36.42\00:22:40.26
And, you know,
00:22:40.29\00:22:41.62
it's interesting how as
we get close to the Lord,
00:22:41.66\00:22:43.86
we will naturally do things
00:22:43.89\00:22:46.53
that the Lord
would have us to do.
00:22:46.56\00:22:49.43
Your life can be one
blessing after another
00:22:49.46\00:22:52.43
as you come to the Lord.
00:22:52.47\00:22:54.47
In the lesson, there is a
quote that I like to read,
00:22:54.50\00:22:57.81
it's a letter number
260 from December 2, 1903,
00:22:57.84\00:23:03.68
and this is what it says.
00:23:03.71\00:23:05.11
"We are all
members of God's family,
00:23:05.15\00:23:08.72
all in a
greater or lesser degree
00:23:08.75\00:23:11.32
entrusted with
God-given talents,
00:23:11.35\00:23:14.06
for the use of which
we are held responsible,
00:23:14.09\00:23:18.39
whether our
talent be great or small
00:23:18.43\00:23:20.43
we are to use
it in God's service
00:23:20.46\00:23:22.36
and we are to recognize
the right of everyone else
00:23:22.40\00:23:26.57
to use the gifts
entrusted to them.
00:23:26.60\00:23:29.24
Never should we
disparage the smallest physical,
00:23:29.27\00:23:32.64
intellectual, or
spiritual capital."
00:23:32.67\00:23:34.84
So each one has
been given a gift
00:23:34.88\00:23:38.61
and then there's the
aspect of responsibility
00:23:38.65\00:23:42.12
to use that gift
00:23:42.15\00:23:43.99
for the honor
and glory of the Lord
00:23:44.02\00:23:45.35
and for the
benefit of the church
00:23:45.39\00:23:47.86
to edify one another.
00:23:47.89\00:23:50.29
And so there's a lot here
00:23:50.33\00:23:51.89
that we could
spend more time on,
00:23:51.93\00:23:53.46
but we have to keep going,
00:23:53.50\00:23:55.06
you know, through
this and limit ourselves
00:23:55.10\00:23:59.07
what we should share
because time is essential here.
00:23:59.10\00:24:03.14
Oh, boy. Let's see which one.
00:24:03.17\00:24:04.84
Let's go to Acts 2:38-42.
00:24:04.87\00:24:11.11
"Then Peter said
to them, 'Repent,
00:24:11.15\00:24:13.42
and let every one
of you be baptized
00:24:13.45\00:24:15.52
in the name of Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins."
00:24:15.55\00:24:19.05
Then what happens?
00:24:19.09\00:24:20.42
"And you shall receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit.
00:24:20.46\00:24:23.32
For the promise is to
you and to your children,
00:24:23.36\00:24:26.29
and to all who are afar off,
00:24:26.33\00:24:28.60
as many as the
Lord our God will call."
00:24:28.63\00:24:32.07
I have to stop there.
00:24:32.10\00:24:33.44
But this is an opportunity
00:24:33.47\00:24:36.00
for each and
every single one of us.
00:24:36.04\00:24:38.61
What do we have to do? Repent.
00:24:38.64\00:24:41.38
Repent is
something we need to do.
00:24:41.41\00:24:44.25
Make ourselves
available to the Lord
00:24:44.28\00:24:46.72
and wonderful
things will happen.
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Amen.
00:24:48.12\00:24:49.45
Thank you so
much, pastor Johnny.
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I love that
because when we repent,
00:24:50.92\00:24:53.52
the gift of the Holy
Spirit is given to us.
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That's one of the
greatest gifts of all.
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Welcome back to our
study, Unlimited Possibilities,
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the gifts that god
has given to the church.
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We pick it up with
Tuesday, Pastor Kenny.
00:25:42.24\00:25:44.27
Praise the Lord.
00:25:44.31\00:25:45.64
I like this, The
Purpose of Spiritual Gifts
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for Tuesday's lesson.
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Now not going to go
through all of the gifts,
00:25:49.34\00:25:51.38
but I'm going to encourage you
00:25:51.41\00:25:52.75
where to look in the Word of God
00:25:52.78\00:25:54.12
and spend some time.
00:25:54.15\00:25:55.48
So is it okay to
give you some homework?
00:25:55.52\00:25:56.85
Oh, I'm sure it is. I'm
sure you want to do that.
00:25:56.89\00:25:59.02
The Bible gives us
example of spiritual gifts,
00:25:59.05\00:26:01.19
there's no doubt about it.
00:26:01.22\00:26:02.62
It's the Holy Spirit
in parts, to us people so,
00:26:02.66\00:26:04.66
you know, actually,
00:26:04.69\00:26:06.03
you can pick
some up in Romans 12.
00:26:06.06\00:26:07.43
You can do it in
1 Corinthians 12,
00:26:07.46\00:26:08.93
1 Corinthians 14,
00:26:08.96\00:26:10.60
you know, Ephesians 4.
00:26:10.63\00:26:11.97
So just jot those
whole chapters down
00:26:12.00\00:26:13.47
and, boy, when you have time
00:26:13.50\00:26:14.84
just sit down and
read all of those,
00:26:14.87\00:26:16.20
but we'll go
through just some things,
00:26:16.24\00:26:17.57
the purpose
00:26:17.61\00:26:18.94
because that's the
title of this lesson
00:26:18.97\00:26:20.31
is The Purpose of
the Spiritual Gifts.
00:26:20.34\00:26:22.91
And if you had to,
00:26:22.94\00:26:24.28
someone challenged you and said,
00:26:24.31\00:26:25.65
"What is the
purpose of spiritual gifts?"
00:26:25.68\00:26:27.35
I just want to break it down
just three little lines here.
00:26:27.38\00:26:30.02
Number one is to
edify the body of Christ.
00:26:30.05\00:26:33.59
Number two advance
the cause of Christ.
00:26:33.62\00:26:37.13
And number three,
00:26:37.16\00:26:38.49
so that we all can
become one in Christ.
00:26:38.53\00:26:42.30
I want to read
Christ's Object Lesson
00:26:42.33\00:26:44.00
page 328.
00:26:44.03\00:26:46.13
It actually talks about
the talents in Matthew 25,
00:26:46.17\00:26:49.97
I think maybe 14 and on.
00:26:50.01\00:26:51.57
So it says here,
00:26:51.61\00:26:52.94
"The special gifts of the Spirit
00:26:52.97\00:26:54.58
are not the only talents
represented in this parable."
00:26:54.61\00:26:59.21
Matthew 25 and 14 and on.
00:26:59.25\00:27:01.38
"It includes all gifts
00:27:01.42\00:27:03.79
and endowments,
whether original or acquired."
00:27:03.82\00:27:08.66
Would that be but some people
seem to be born with gifts.
00:27:08.69\00:27:11.53
And then you have
others who work on gifts,
00:27:11.56\00:27:14.03
you know, we often
said about my brother Tommy,
00:27:14.06\00:27:16.80
he's learned to
play the piano very well.
00:27:16.83\00:27:18.97
Well, he spent his time.
00:27:19.00\00:27:20.77
I think he had that
natural gift in the ear,
00:27:20.80\00:27:23.97
but he had to work at it.
00:27:24.01\00:27:25.34
Of course.
00:27:25.37\00:27:26.71
And so while he
was working hard at it,
00:27:26.74\00:27:28.18
I was, well, I was working,
00:27:28.21\00:27:30.48
playing ball and doing
things and look what it...
00:27:30.51\00:27:33.92
Well, anyway,
we'll go on with that.
00:27:33.95\00:27:35.45
So anyway,
"Original and acquired,
00:27:35.48\00:27:37.52
natural or spiritual."
00:27:37.55\00:27:39.95
If I had to do over again,
00:27:39.99\00:27:41.32
I'd be out there trying to pick
on the instruments, the pianos,
00:27:41.36\00:27:43.39
doing string and
whatever else too,
00:27:43.43\00:27:44.86
but can't always do that.
00:27:44.89\00:27:46.46
"All are to be
employed in Christ's service."
00:27:46.49\00:27:48.83
Now I like this part.
00:27:48.86\00:27:50.37
"In becoming His disciples,
we surrender ourselves to Him
00:27:50.40\00:27:55.74
and all that we are
and all that we have.
00:27:55.77\00:27:59.87
Sometimes we think,
00:27:59.91\00:28:01.24
"Oh, but we've got
this, we've got this,
00:28:01.28\00:28:02.61
we've got this
gift, we have this."
00:28:02.64\00:28:03.98
But notice how
this goes on here.
00:28:04.01\00:28:06.45
"These gifts He returns
to us purified and ennobled."
00:28:06.48\00:28:12.42
So this is my thought,
00:28:12.45\00:28:14.16
here is evidently
they're not so pure
00:28:14.19\00:28:16.49
and not so ennobled
as they're given to us
00:28:16.52\00:28:19.23
unless the
Spirit of the living God
00:28:19.26\00:28:21.40
gets a hold of these gifts,
00:28:21.43\00:28:23.13
then He returns them pure
00:28:23.16\00:28:25.03
because we have so much yourself
00:28:25.07\00:28:26.80
and all these things
that needs to be gone.
00:28:26.84\00:28:30.47
"These gifts He returns
to us, uses for His glory
00:28:30.51\00:28:33.84
and in blessing of
certainly of our fellow man."
00:28:33.88\00:28:36.98
I mean, after all,
isn't that the duty?
00:28:37.01\00:28:39.55
Our duty we have we're
saying hangs on all these two,
00:28:39.58\00:28:42.25
our duty to God and
our duty to our fellow man.
00:28:42.28\00:28:44.79
So we know number one the
God or through the Holy Spirit,
00:28:44.82\00:28:47.12
the Holy Spirit gives us gifts
00:28:47.16\00:28:49.99
according to the several ability
00:28:50.03\00:28:52.53
in Acts 11:29.
00:28:52.56\00:28:56.00
This means that what?
00:28:56.03\00:28:57.37
That God gives
00:28:57.40\00:28:58.73
as is in the
Parable of the Talents
00:28:58.77\00:29:00.77
that everybody knows.
00:29:00.80\00:29:02.14
I've often wondered
as a young person, so on,
00:29:02.17\00:29:04.11
it said this one got five
00:29:04.14\00:29:05.81
and then the other one got
two, and the other one got one.
00:29:05.84\00:29:09.28
I mean, I'm saying
"Man somebody got cheated.
00:29:09.31\00:29:11.48
Someone got cheated."
00:29:11.51\00:29:12.85
As you're
younger, you're thinking
00:29:12.88\00:29:14.22
of why did he get five
00:29:14.25\00:29:15.58
and why did I end up
with one, that's selfishness,
00:29:15.62\00:29:17.12
you know, we think.
00:29:17.15\00:29:18.49
But that's the
way the parable went.
00:29:18.52\00:29:19.85
And you think now
why did it go this way?
00:29:19.89\00:29:23.06
They received
00:29:23.09\00:29:24.49
what they could use and improve.
00:29:24.53\00:29:28.96
So if some could receive five
00:29:29.00\00:29:30.33
if they didn't
use them properly,
00:29:30.37\00:29:31.70
they have to improve
for the cause of Christ.
00:29:31.73\00:29:33.07
Why have the five?
00:29:33.10\00:29:34.47
Good news, God only
holds us accountable
00:29:34.50\00:29:37.07
for what He's given.
00:29:37.11\00:29:38.57
So I can say here seriously,
and I do it often, praise God,
00:29:38.61\00:29:41.94
you see, that you only
hold me accountable God
00:29:41.98\00:29:44.15
for what you've
given me up here.
00:29:44.18\00:29:46.01
I don't have to worry about
00:29:46.05\00:29:47.38
what my
brothers and sisters have
00:29:47.42\00:29:48.75
here on the panel
00:29:48.78\00:29:50.12
or what somebody
else may have out there.
00:29:50.15\00:29:51.59
I'm not accountable for that,
00:29:51.62\00:29:53.02
only what God has given me
00:29:53.05\00:29:54.96
and certainly, we
want to improve that.
00:29:54.99\00:29:56.59
So sometimes I say, you
know, God's given me one talent,
00:29:56.62\00:29:59.09
but I want to improve that
00:29:59.13\00:30:00.46
and He will
certainly give us more.
00:30:00.50\00:30:01.83
Good news. Praise God.
00:30:01.86\00:30:03.23
2 Corinthians 8:12.
00:30:03.26\00:30:05.50
Notice this, He says, "He
gives according to a man hath,
00:30:05.53\00:30:08.74
and not according to
what he," what, "Hath not."
00:30:08.77\00:30:11.81
So that's it.
00:30:11.84\00:30:13.17
That's how God
is going to judge us
00:30:13.21\00:30:14.54
and look at us.
00:30:14.58\00:30:15.91
This is what I've
given you, and He expects...
00:30:15.94\00:30:17.28
I want to say dividend,
00:30:17.31\00:30:18.68
he expects a return of
the gifts He's given us.
00:30:18.71\00:30:21.38
1 Corinthians
12:7, the Bible says,
00:30:21.42\00:30:24.72
"But the
manifestation of the Spirit."
00:30:24.75\00:30:27.72
That word's an interesting word,
00:30:27.76\00:30:29.09
the manifestation of the Spirit
00:30:29.12\00:30:30.46
means the
elevation of the Spirit.
00:30:30.49\00:30:32.46
That means the
altitude of the spirit,
00:30:32.49\00:30:36.77
of the dignity of the spirit
00:30:36.80\00:30:38.90
is given to every
man to profit with all.
00:30:38.93\00:30:42.47
So what God has given?
00:30:42.50\00:30:44.21
What you were working
on, what you're improving,
00:30:44.24\00:30:46.27
must be not for sale,
but it must be for the...
00:30:46.31\00:30:49.54
For everybody else,
00:30:49.58\00:30:51.11
it must be for
the cause of Christ.
00:30:51.15\00:30:53.58
In letter 19, written in 1901.
00:30:53.62\00:30:55.82
Notice these words,
00:30:55.85\00:30:57.19
"The perfection of the church,"
00:30:57.22\00:30:58.69
and it's been mentioned here,
00:30:58.72\00:31:00.06
"does not depend on each
member being fashioned alike."
00:31:00.09\00:31:02.66
Isn't that good?
00:31:02.69\00:31:04.03
God calls for each one of
us to take a proper place.
00:31:04.06\00:31:06.80
As you mentioned, I think
that Sister Jill mentioned
00:31:06.83\00:31:08.56
if everyone else was
just like it, we kind of...
00:31:08.60\00:31:11.40
Can I say born?
00:31:11.43\00:31:13.00
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
00:31:13.03\00:31:14.37
So we're all just
alike. That's true.
00:31:14.40\00:31:15.94
You know, God gives
these different gifts
00:31:15.97\00:31:17.31
to different ones.
00:31:17.34\00:31:18.67
And so He take
access to what He gives us
00:31:18.71\00:31:20.98
to stand in our
place in His lot.
00:31:21.01\00:31:24.78
That reminds me of
Daniel 12, isn't it?
00:31:24.81\00:31:26.75
Where to stand in our place
and where to stand in our lot
00:31:26.78\00:31:29.38
as God has blessed us with
it our appointed work to do.
00:31:29.42\00:31:33.19
The big question,
00:31:33.22\00:31:34.56
maybe that we should ask
00:31:34.59\00:31:36.83
is not how many,
00:31:36.86\00:31:38.26
and I think probably
I've done this in past,
00:31:38.29\00:31:39.66
how many
talents, how many gifts?
00:31:39.69\00:31:41.43
Not how many talents do I have
00:31:41.46\00:31:44.57
but what am I doing
00:31:44.60\00:31:46.23
with the ones
that God has given me?
00:31:46.27\00:31:49.20
That's typical.
00:31:49.24\00:31:50.57
What am I doing
with what God has given
00:31:50.61\00:31:52.01
because we know everyone's
got at least one talent,
00:31:52.04\00:31:53.88
isn't that right?
00:31:53.91\00:31:55.24
One gift.
00:31:55.28\00:31:56.61
Through the parable
it can be seen clearly
00:31:56.64\00:31:58.68
that God uses,
00:31:58.71\00:32:00.05
notice this, He
uses us to develop
00:32:00.08\00:32:02.58
all that He's given to
develop it, develop it.
00:32:02.62\00:32:06.42
And so that would increase
00:32:06.45\00:32:07.79
and break dividends
to the glory of God.
00:32:07.82\00:32:09.59
'Cause I found this
out early in my experience.
00:32:09.62\00:32:12.29
If we're not
growing, then we're dying.
00:32:12.33\00:32:14.53
There's no such thing
in the cause of Christ
00:32:14.56\00:32:16.16
to just a standstill,
00:32:16.20\00:32:17.53
I'm going to take time out,
I'm going to take a year off,
00:32:17.57\00:32:20.04
it's not in the cause of Christ.
00:32:20.07\00:32:21.40
We don't have time
to take a year off,
00:32:21.44\00:32:22.77
my brothers and
sisters, now is the day,
00:32:22.80\00:32:24.34
now is the acceptable time,
00:32:24.37\00:32:25.97
that God wants
us to move forward
00:32:26.01\00:32:27.38
with great power
of the Holy Spirit
00:32:27.41\00:32:29.41
that we've been talking about,
00:32:29.44\00:32:30.78
taking those gifts,
00:32:30.81\00:32:32.15
those things
that God has given us,
00:32:32.18\00:32:33.68
send them back to him,
00:32:33.72\00:32:35.08
and then he's
going to bless them,
00:32:35.12\00:32:36.45
He's going to purify them,
00:32:36.48\00:32:37.82
and send them back
to you for His honor
00:32:37.85\00:32:39.42
and for His glory.
00:32:39.45\00:32:40.92
If we're not
growing, we're dying.
00:32:40.96\00:32:42.72
God wants all
that we can be through,
00:32:42.76\00:32:46.16
be all that we
can be through Him,
00:32:46.19\00:32:47.60
I've heard that advertised.
00:32:47.63\00:32:48.96
Be all that you can be,
00:32:49.00\00:32:50.33
be all that you
can be in the world.
00:32:50.37\00:32:51.80
Why can't we say that here,
00:32:51.83\00:32:53.17
be all that you
can be in the power
00:32:53.20\00:32:55.10
in the name of Jesus Christ?
00:32:55.14\00:32:56.97
Through Him,
00:32:57.01\00:32:58.37
you can do some great
good by the grace of God
00:32:58.41\00:33:00.28
through power and his strength.
00:33:00.31\00:33:02.18
I want to read something
00:33:02.21\00:33:03.55
I think from
Christ's Object lesson
00:33:03.58\00:33:04.91
here in page 330 that
really touched my heart.
00:33:04.95\00:33:07.08
It said, "God
will accept only those
00:33:07.12\00:33:08.62
who are determined to aim high."
00:33:08.65\00:33:10.32
Praise God.
00:33:10.35\00:33:11.69
If we haven't been aiming high,
00:33:11.72\00:33:13.05
now is the time
we need to aim high.
00:33:13.09\00:33:14.42
We need to aim high
because we serve a high God.
00:33:14.46\00:33:16.09
We don't be looking down,
we're looking up right now.
00:33:16.12\00:33:19.03
He places every human agent
00:33:19.06\00:33:21.30
under His
obligation to do his best.
00:33:21.33\00:33:24.50
Notice, moral
perfection is required of all.
00:33:24.53\00:33:30.04
And we need to understand
00:33:30.07\00:33:31.41
that imperfection
of character is sin.
00:33:31.44\00:33:34.54
Wow, it's pretty big, isn't it?
00:33:34.58\00:33:36.04
All righteous attributes
of character dwell in God
00:33:36.08\00:33:40.98
as a perfect, harmonious whole.
00:33:41.02\00:33:43.79
Everyone who receives
Christ as a personal Savior
00:33:43.82\00:33:47.52
is privileged to
possess these attributes.
00:33:47.56\00:33:51.09
It means to be like Jesus,
and then He requires that,
00:33:51.13\00:33:54.43
you know, to those
of us who are saying
00:33:54.46\00:33:56.26
He's our example we're
to strive to be like Him,
00:33:56.30\00:33:59.07
not just do the very...
00:33:59.10\00:34:00.44
"Oh, I'll do the best I
can, and it's gonna be alright."
00:34:00.47\00:34:02.40
That's not what He says. Right.
00:34:02.44\00:34:04.21
He asked us to be like Him,
00:34:04.24\00:34:05.57
and He asked us to
have the mind of Christ,
00:34:05.61\00:34:07.28
not the mind of
anything or anybody else.
00:34:07.31\00:34:09.98
I could hear
someone say right now
00:34:10.01\00:34:11.35
"Oh, well, I can't do,
00:34:11.38\00:34:12.71
I can't gain the
victory over this,
00:34:12.75\00:34:14.52
I can't gain the victory
over my defects of character
00:34:14.55\00:34:17.52
while I've, you know,
00:34:17.55\00:34:18.89
all these things have
been in my life too long,
00:34:18.92\00:34:20.79
knows what Christ's
Object Lesson 331 says,
00:34:20.82\00:34:24.09
Let no one say.
00:34:24.13\00:34:25.46
So if you said...
00:34:25.49\00:34:26.83
Man, I'm sure probably
we've all thought in the past.
00:34:26.86\00:34:30.07
Only by the grace of God
can we do that absolutely.
00:34:30.10\00:34:32.20
But let no man say,
00:34:32.23\00:34:33.57
"I cannot remedy my
defects of character."
00:34:33.60\00:34:36.30
If you come to this decision,
00:34:36.34\00:34:38.34
you will certainly fail
of obtaining eternal life.
00:34:38.37\00:34:42.88
So if we've ever
said, "Lord have mercy."
00:34:42.91\00:34:45.55
I take it back.
00:34:45.58\00:34:46.92
We need to take it back
00:34:46.95\00:34:48.28
and ask God to
forgive us right now
00:34:48.32\00:34:49.65
because we want
heaven to be our home.
00:34:49.68\00:34:51.65
Never say no, you
can't, you can't, you can't,
00:34:51.69\00:34:54.06
you know, do these things.
00:34:54.09\00:34:55.76
You can't gain the
victory by yourself.
00:34:55.79\00:34:57.56
Only through the
power and the might
00:34:57.59\00:34:58.93
of the Holy Spirit.
00:34:58.96\00:35:00.30
But we can certainly obtain
what God has in mind for us.
00:35:00.33\00:35:04.33
Ephesians 4:11-16,
00:35:04.37\00:35:06.37
you know, it just,
it gives us the nature
00:35:06.40\00:35:08.04
and the purpose
of all these gifts.
00:35:08.07\00:35:09.50
If you have time just
read all that when you can.
00:35:09.54\00:35:12.01
Because I thoroughly
believe with all my heart here,
00:35:12.04\00:35:14.74
God has given the
gifts to the church.
00:35:14.78\00:35:16.54
God wants us to be using
these gifts for His honor
00:35:16.58\00:35:18.88
and for His glory,
there's no doubt about it.
00:35:18.91\00:35:21.28
And as God's people
00:35:21.32\00:35:22.65
why not use these
gifts God's given you...
00:35:22.68\00:35:24.39
Don't say, "Oh, we
don't have any gifts."
00:35:24.42\00:35:25.89
And well, we don't have
00:35:25.92\00:35:27.26
God's given every
man several as He will.
00:35:27.29\00:35:30.26
I believe this is the
time that God wants us
00:35:30.29\00:35:32.66
to put those things
into action right now
00:35:32.69\00:35:35.03
is for the good of others,
for the good of the church,
00:35:35.06\00:35:37.10
to win souls to
the kingdom of God.
00:35:37.13\00:35:39.07
We need to be ready right now
00:35:39.10\00:35:41.30
just saying,
"Lord, by your grace,
00:35:41.34\00:35:43.20
by your strength, by your power,
00:35:43.24\00:35:45.37
I commit myself into
your care and keep me
00:35:45.41\00:35:47.48
and, Lord, use me
where You see fit.
00:35:47.51\00:35:51.18
Amen. Amen.
00:35:51.21\00:35:53.01
That was
awesome. Praise the Lord.
00:35:53.05\00:35:55.38
I always enjoy
listening to everyone else.
00:35:55.42\00:35:58.35
I'm on Wednesday's
lesson, Discovering Your Gifts.
00:35:58.39\00:36:01.62
So if you're watching right now,
00:36:01.66\00:36:02.99
and you're
wondering, "You know what,
00:36:03.02\00:36:04.36
you've been talking a
whole lot about these gifts,
00:36:04.39\00:36:05.73
but I want to know
how can I get this gift?
00:36:05.76\00:36:08.06
And how can I
discover which gift is mine
00:36:08.10\00:36:10.47
that God wants to give me?"
00:36:10.50\00:36:11.97
And so I want to start
off with a couple of promises
00:36:12.00\00:36:15.37
first, from the
book of 1 Corinthians,
00:36:15.40\00:36:17.04
and then we're going to
jump over to 2 Corinthians.
00:36:17.07\00:36:18.71
So first reference,
00:36:18.74\00:36:20.11
we want to read from
is 1 Corinthians 1:4-9,
00:36:20.14\00:36:25.38
and notice what the Bible says.
00:36:25.41\00:36:27.78
Again, this is coming
from 1 Corinthians 1:4-9.
00:36:27.82\00:36:31.85
The Bible says, "I thank
my God always concerning you
00:36:31.89\00:36:35.46
for the grace of God
which was given to you
00:36:35.49\00:36:37.79
by Christ Jesus,
00:36:37.83\00:36:39.66
that you were
enriched in everything by Him
00:36:39.69\00:36:42.60
in all utterance
and all knowledge,
00:36:42.63\00:36:46.10
even as the testimony of Christ
00:36:46.13\00:36:47.70
was confirmed in you,
00:36:47.74\00:36:49.10
so that you come
short in no gift."
00:36:49.14\00:36:51.57
Okay, God doesn't want us
to come short in any gift.
00:36:51.61\00:36:54.38
"Eagerly waiting
for the revelation
00:36:54.41\00:36:56.18
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
00:36:56.21\00:36:57.91
who will also
confirm you to the end,
00:36:57.95\00:37:01.18
that you may be
blameless in the day
00:37:01.22\00:37:03.28
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:37:03.32\00:37:05.05
God is faithful,
00:37:05.09\00:37:06.92
by whom you were called
into the fellowship of His Son,
00:37:06.96\00:37:09.96
Jesus Christ our Lord.
00:37:09.99\00:37:11.79
So we have the promise
00:37:11.83\00:37:13.40
that God wants to
gift us with special gifts,
00:37:13.43\00:37:16.80
and for the
purpose of using these
00:37:16.83\00:37:19.03
for God's kingdom
00:37:19.07\00:37:20.40
as brother Kenny
beautifully brought out.
00:37:20.44\00:37:22.20
Now let's jump over
to 2 Corinthians 1:20-22,
00:37:22.24\00:37:25.94
again, these are
beautiful promises
00:37:25.97\00:37:27.61
that we can hang on
to in reference to God,
00:37:27.64\00:37:29.88
desiring to equip us
with these special gifts.
00:37:29.91\00:37:32.98
So 2 Corinthians 1
beginning in verse 20.
00:37:33.01\00:37:36.28
The Bible says, "For
all the promises of God
00:37:36.32\00:37:38.55
in Him are Yes."
00:37:38.59\00:37:42.66
I saw a sermon years ago,
00:37:42.69\00:37:44.03
I think it was
by David Asscherick
00:37:44.06\00:37:45.39
for someone who said,
00:37:45.43\00:37:46.76
you know, God has always,
00:37:46.80\00:37:48.13
you know, He's
always given 1,000 yeses
00:37:48.16\00:37:49.80
to maybe one no in the sense
00:37:49.83\00:37:51.33
he was talking
about the Garden of Eden,
00:37:51.37\00:37:52.70
you know, got 1,000 trees,
00:37:52.73\00:37:54.14
there were 1,000
trees in the garden.
00:37:54.17\00:37:55.57
It was 999 yeses to
one no, and I love that.
00:37:55.60\00:38:00.18
It says here in verse 20,
00:38:00.21\00:38:01.54
"All the promises
of God in him are yes,
00:38:01.58\00:38:04.31
and in Him amen, to the
glory of God through us.
00:38:04.35\00:38:07.68
Now He who establishes
us with you in Christ
00:38:07.72\00:38:10.85
and has anointed us is God,
00:38:10.89\00:38:12.89
who also has sealed us
00:38:12.92\00:38:14.79
and given us the
Spirit in our hearts
00:38:14.82\00:38:18.13
as a guarantee."
00:38:18.16\00:38:20.03
Praise God for
that promise, amen.
00:38:20.06\00:38:22.16
God has promised to
bestow upon us, His people,
00:38:22.20\00:38:26.67
special gifts from the Spirit,
00:38:26.70\00:38:28.77
He wants to give us these gifts
00:38:28.80\00:38:31.11
for the
functionality of His church
00:38:31.14\00:38:33.71
and the
advancement of His kingdom.
00:38:33.74\00:38:35.68
And I praise God for it.
00:38:35.71\00:38:37.11
So the ultimate question is,
00:38:37.15\00:38:38.48
brother, how do we
obtain these gifts?
00:38:38.51\00:38:40.62
How can I know
which gift is mine?
00:38:40.65\00:38:42.28
How can we obtain these gifts?
00:38:42.32\00:38:44.35
Well, the simple,
00:38:44.39\00:38:45.72
very biblical, correct answer is
00:38:45.75\00:38:47.42
you have to
receive the Holy Spirit.
00:38:47.46\00:38:49.59
You can't receive
a gift of the Spirit
00:38:49.62\00:38:52.09
if you don't have
the Holy Spirit, right,
00:38:52.13\00:38:53.83
if you haven't
received the Holy Spirit.
00:38:53.86\00:38:55.76
So the simple answer,
00:38:55.80\00:38:57.13
you must receive the Holy Spirit
00:38:57.17\00:38:58.93
and with that
reception of the Holy Spirit,
00:38:58.97\00:39:01.54
God bestows upon you
a special gift from Him.
00:39:01.57\00:39:05.04
But how can I make sure
00:39:05.07\00:39:06.57
that I can
receive the Holy Spirit
00:39:06.61\00:39:08.24
that I can get this gift?
00:39:08.28\00:39:09.61
Luke 11:13.
00:39:09.64\00:39:11.98
Again, this is Luke 11:13.
00:39:12.01\00:39:14.22
The Bible says, "If
you then, being evil,"
00:39:14.25\00:39:16.69
and I think we've read
this a couple of times,
00:39:16.72\00:39:18.59
"know how to give good
gifts to your children,
00:39:18.62\00:39:21.39
how much more will
your heavenly Father
00:39:21.42\00:39:23.49
give the Holy
Spirit to those who,"
00:39:23.53\00:39:26.76
and what does it say there?"
00:39:26.80\00:39:28.13
Ask. Ask Him!
00:39:28.16\00:39:29.50
So we have to
receive the Holy Spirit
00:39:29.53\00:39:31.33
in order to receive the gifts
00:39:31.37\00:39:32.93
but in order to
receive the Holy Spirit,
00:39:32.97\00:39:34.50
we have to say, "Father, I
desire to have that Spirit.
00:39:34.54\00:39:38.27
Lord, give me your Holy Spirit."
00:39:38.31\00:39:39.67
We must ask Him
genuinely and desire it.
00:39:39.71\00:39:43.14
And pastor, I want you
to just take a moment here
00:39:43.18\00:39:45.25
because when people think of,
00:39:45.28\00:39:46.92
you know,
receiving the Holy Spirit,
00:39:46.95\00:39:48.28
will I have to
receive the Holy Spirit?
00:39:48.32\00:39:50.45
But, you know, they're saying
that I can't have this gift
00:39:50.49\00:39:52.49
or, you know, what
does it mean for God
00:39:52.52\00:39:54.96
to give you the Holy Spirit
00:39:54.99\00:39:56.36
to work on you, in
you, and through you?
00:39:56.39\00:39:59.03
Because we know the
Holy Spirit works on us
00:39:59.06\00:40:00.90
but that doesn't
necessarily mean that
00:40:00.93\00:40:02.26
we have received it
or that is working on us.
00:40:02.30\00:40:03.83
So tell us a little bit of that.
00:40:03.87\00:40:05.20
Right.
00:40:05.23\00:40:06.57
When the Holy
Spirit works on us,
00:40:06.60\00:40:07.94
He brings conviction. Right.
00:40:07.97\00:40:09.30
When we accept the conviction,
00:40:09.34\00:40:10.67
He works in us
to bring conversion.
00:40:10.71\00:40:12.04
Right.
00:40:12.07\00:40:13.41
When He brings
conversion, He works through us
00:40:13.44\00:40:15.44
to accomplish commission.
00:40:15.48\00:40:17.58
So beautifully worded.
00:40:17.61\00:40:18.95
That's why I just
gave it over to him,
00:40:18.98\00:40:20.32
'cause he
explains it so eloquently.
00:40:20.35\00:40:21.75
That's beautiful.
00:40:21.78\00:40:23.12
So the Holy Spirit
is always working on us.
00:40:23.15\00:40:25.75
But we have to receive
the Holy Spirit to work in us
00:40:25.79\00:40:28.86
and through us for
His divine mission.
00:40:28.89\00:40:31.76
James 1:5-8,
00:40:31.79\00:40:33.56
again, we're confirming
how can I receive this gift.
00:40:33.60\00:40:36.33
How can I
receive the Holy Spirit?
00:40:36.36\00:40:37.77
James 1:5-8, I love this.
00:40:37.80\00:40:41.20
It says, "If any
of you lack wisdom,
00:40:41.24\00:40:43.30
let him ask of God."
00:40:43.34\00:40:45.11
Lord, give me wisdom.
00:40:45.14\00:40:46.47
That's what we should be asking.
00:40:46.51\00:40:47.84
"Who gives to all
liberally and without reproach,
00:40:47.88\00:40:50.98
and it will be given to him.
00:40:51.01\00:40:52.68
But let him ask in
faith, and no doubting,
00:40:52.71\00:40:55.62
for he who doubts is
like a wave of the sea driven
00:40:55.65\00:40:57.99
and tossed by the wind."
00:40:58.02\00:41:00.06
Verse 7 says, "For
let not that man suppose
00:41:00.09\00:41:03.02
that he will receive
anything from the Lord,
00:41:03.06\00:41:05.23
he is a double-minded
man, unstable in all his ways."
00:41:05.26\00:41:08.26
When you ask the
Lord and you believe
00:41:08.30\00:41:10.13
that the Lord
can give it to you,
00:41:10.17\00:41:11.70
and that He will give it to you,
00:41:11.73\00:41:13.07
believe that He will.
00:41:13.10\00:41:14.44
Do not suppose,
00:41:14.47\00:41:15.80
"Well, I might
have received this gift,
00:41:15.84\00:41:17.17
but I'm not sure."
00:41:17.21\00:41:18.54
The Holy Spirit is surely going
to be given to those who ask.
00:41:18.57\00:41:21.64
Matthew 7:7, 8. I love this.
00:41:21.68\00:41:24.71
That famous
verse where Jesus says
00:41:24.75\00:41:26.31
in the Sermon on the Mount here,
00:41:26.35\00:41:28.02
"Ask, and it
will be given to you,
00:41:28.05\00:41:30.02
seek, and you will find,
00:41:30.05\00:41:31.39
knock, and it
will be opened to you.
00:41:31.42\00:41:33.39
For everyone who asks receives,
and he who seeks finds,
00:41:33.42\00:41:36.93
and to him who
knocks it will be opened."
00:41:36.96\00:41:39.59
And I love just
bringing this out
00:41:39.63\00:41:41.20
because right there
in the original Greek,
00:41:41.23\00:41:43.16
it doesn't just
mean to ask once,
00:41:43.20\00:41:44.67
you know, I've heard people say,
00:41:44.70\00:41:46.03
"Well, you know, I
asked for the Holy Spirit
00:41:46.07\00:41:47.87
back in 1979.
00:41:47.90\00:41:49.87
And I just never received it."
00:41:49.90\00:41:51.24
Well, but in the
original language
00:41:51.27\00:41:52.94
here it says keep
asking, keep knocking,
00:41:52.97\00:41:56.08
you know, keep seeking
00:41:56.11\00:41:57.45
because the Lord
wants that perseverance.
00:41:57.48\00:41:59.11
He wants us to
persevere in pleading.
00:41:59.15\00:42:01.28
That's why Paul said,
"Pray without ceasing.
00:42:01.32\00:42:03.49
Seek the Lord constantly."
00:42:03.52\00:42:04.85
So, you know what,
00:42:04.89\00:42:06.22
if I've pleaded
for the Holy Spirit,
00:42:06.25\00:42:07.59
but it doesn't seem like
there's much of a change,
00:42:07.62\00:42:09.02
do I just give up and
say, "Well, I've asked."
00:42:09.06\00:42:11.29
Eventually, He'll give
it. You keep persevering.
00:42:11.33\00:42:13.76
Keep asking, keep
knocking, keep seeking,
00:42:13.80\00:42:16.46
and the Lord will
give you the Holy Spirit.
00:42:16.50\00:42:18.93
And with that comes His gift.
00:42:18.97\00:42:20.74
We receive the
gifts of the Spirit
00:42:20.77\00:42:22.54
as we
consecrate ourselves to God
00:42:22.57\00:42:24.77
and ask Him to
reveal to us the gifts,
00:42:24.81\00:42:28.01
He has given us.
00:42:28.04\00:42:29.84
When our hearts are
emptied of self-glory,
00:42:29.88\00:42:33.31
and our priority
is to serve Jesus,
00:42:33.35\00:42:36.82
His spirit will impress us
00:42:36.85\00:42:38.55
with the spiritual
gifts he has for us.
00:42:38.59\00:42:41.49
So once we
received the Holy Spirit,
00:42:41.52\00:42:43.22
you know, it may not
be very clear at first,
00:42:43.26\00:42:45.23
you know, you might be
asking, Lord, what are my gifts?
00:42:45.26\00:42:47.40
What have You bestowed upon me?
00:42:47.43\00:42:48.76
What can I use
for the advancement
00:42:48.80\00:42:50.33
of Your kingdom
00:42:50.37\00:42:51.70
and for the
functionality of Your church?
00:42:51.73\00:42:53.74
I love this quote
from Ellen G. White.
00:42:53.77\00:42:55.60
Christ's Object
Lessons page 327.
00:42:55.64\00:42:59.01
It says here, "Not
until through faith
00:42:59.04\00:43:02.18
and prayer,
00:43:02.21\00:43:03.55
the disciples had
surrendered themselves fully."
00:43:03.58\00:43:07.08
Excuse me, not until, I
mean, let me start over.
00:43:07.12\00:43:09.88
"Not until
through faith and prayer,
00:43:09.92\00:43:11.89
the disciples had
surrendered themselves fully.
00:43:11.92\00:43:14.22
For his working
was the outpouring
00:43:14.26\00:43:16.56
of the Spirit received,
00:43:16.59\00:43:18.69
then in a special
sense the goods of heaven
00:43:18.73\00:43:21.40
were committed to
the followers of Christ.
00:43:21.43\00:43:23.43
The gifts are
already ours in Christ,
00:43:23.47\00:43:26.43
but their actual possessions
depend upon our reception
00:43:26.47\00:43:30.34
of the Spirit of God.
00:43:30.37\00:43:32.17
I love that. It's
very, very, very clear.
00:43:32.21\00:43:34.44
And of course, when we
receive the Holy Spirit,
00:43:34.48\00:43:36.88
it's just automatic.
00:43:36.91\00:43:38.28
We automatically receive power
00:43:38.31\00:43:40.82
to be a witness unto
Him according to Acts 1:8,
00:43:40.85\00:43:44.12
one good way you can tell
if you have the Holy Spirit,
00:43:44.15\00:43:46.89
that you can't keep
your mouth shut about Jesus,
00:43:46.92\00:43:49.16
you want to tell
everyone about Jesus,
00:43:49.19\00:43:50.73
you usually can't help.
00:43:50.76\00:43:52.09
It's just like,
it's just natural.
00:43:52.13\00:43:53.70
It's like, it's like breathing.
It's as constant as breathing.
00:43:53.73\00:43:56.13
You just want to
tell people about Jesus
00:43:56.16\00:43:58.07
when you're around them.
00:43:58.10\00:43:59.43
And that is one indication
that you have received
00:43:59.47\00:44:01.27
the Holy Spirit.
00:44:01.30\00:44:02.64
But back to these gifts.
00:44:02.67\00:44:04.01
Now, pastor,
you're going to read to us
00:44:04.04\00:44:05.41
this list of
gifts in just a moment.
00:44:05.44\00:44:08.28
But I just want
to cover something
00:44:08.31\00:44:09.64
in the closing minute
and a half that I have here.
00:44:09.68\00:44:11.95
You know, I was
taught growing up that,
00:44:11.98\00:44:13.88
you know, all must
receive a certain gift
00:44:13.92\00:44:15.95
in order to make sure
that you have the Holy Spirit.
00:44:15.98\00:44:18.59
In other words, the
evidence of the Holy Spirit,
00:44:18.62\00:44:21.12
some teach is
the gift of tongues.
00:44:21.16\00:44:23.39
And I just want to slide
in here to make this clear,
00:44:23.43\00:44:25.26
the evidence that
you have the Holy Spirit
00:44:25.29\00:44:27.76
is not the gifts
of the Spirit, okay?
00:44:27.80\00:44:29.96
The evidence that
you have the Holy Spirit
00:44:30.00\00:44:31.70
are the fruits of the Spirit,
00:44:31.73\00:44:33.50
which is in a
different place in the Bible,
00:44:33.54\00:44:35.50
but we want to be clear on that,
00:44:35.54\00:44:36.97
you know, if
you go out to a tree
00:44:37.01\00:44:38.47
and someone says,
"Hey, that's an apple tree."
00:44:38.51\00:44:40.61
And there's no ultimate evidence
00:44:40.64\00:44:42.64
that there's an
apple on that tree
00:44:42.68\00:44:45.25
you're going to wonder
00:44:45.28\00:44:46.92
and, you know, kind of
be a little skeptical that
00:44:46.95\00:44:49.02
that's an apple tree.
00:44:49.05\00:44:50.39
You know that
that's an apple tree
00:44:50.42\00:44:51.75
when you see the
fruit of an apple hanging
00:44:51.79\00:44:53.36
on that tree, right?
00:44:53.39\00:44:54.72
The same thing of a Christian.
00:44:54.76\00:44:56.09
And I just want to clarify this.
00:44:56.12\00:44:57.59
You do not confirm
00:44:57.63\00:44:59.09
whether or not you
have the Holy Spirit
00:44:59.13\00:45:01.30
on exercising some
spiritual gift, right?
00:45:01.33\00:45:04.43
It's the fruits of the
spirit that are the evidence
00:45:04.47\00:45:06.57
that you have the Holy Spirit.
00:45:06.60\00:45:07.94
And as brought out
clearly in 1 Corinthians 12
00:45:07.97\00:45:11.21
and more specifically,
00:45:11.24\00:45:12.57
we've read some of
these verses already,
00:45:12.61\00:45:14.01
verse 11.
00:45:14.04\00:45:15.38
And then you
can read all the way
00:45:15.41\00:45:16.75
through to verse
29 and 30, do all...
00:45:16.78\00:45:18.41
Verse 30 says, "Do all
have gifts of healings?
00:45:18.45\00:45:20.68
Do all speak with
tongues? Do all interpret?"
00:45:20.72\00:45:23.25
The answer is no, not everyone,
00:45:23.28\00:45:25.05
God is not going to
give everyone the same gift.
00:45:25.09\00:45:28.42
So indeed, the spiritual
gift of speaking in tongues
00:45:28.46\00:45:31.19
is a real gift.
00:45:31.23\00:45:32.56
And it is used for the purpose
of communicating the gospel
00:45:32.59\00:45:35.46
to those people of
different languages
00:45:35.50\00:45:37.20
on earth.
00:45:37.23\00:45:38.57
But not everyone
is going to speak
00:45:38.60\00:45:39.93
in the gift of tongues
00:45:39.97\00:45:41.30
or manifest the gift of tongues.
00:45:41.34\00:45:42.80
I just wanted to clarify that
00:45:42.84\00:45:44.17
'cause I have a lot
of people questioning me
00:45:44.21\00:45:45.64
and asking me today, you know,
I haven't spoken in tongues
00:45:45.67\00:45:47.88
and someone's
told me that I must
00:45:47.91\00:45:49.41
in order to
receive the Holy Spirit.
00:45:49.44\00:45:50.78
Hey, you just ask the
Lord for the Holy Spirit
00:45:50.81\00:45:53.11
as we've clearly just read,
believe you have received it.
00:45:53.15\00:45:56.12
And the Lord in time
will reveal that gift to you.
00:45:56.15\00:45:59.42
Amen. Amen.
00:45:59.45\00:46:00.79
That's right.
00:46:00.82\00:46:02.16
Just to recap what Ryan asked me
00:46:02.19\00:46:03.53
to point out, you know,
when the Holy Spirit works,
00:46:03.56\00:46:04.89
He works first on
us to bring conviction,
00:46:04.93\00:46:07.83
then in us to bring conversion,
00:46:07.86\00:46:10.50
then through us to
accomplish commission.
00:46:10.53\00:46:13.23
When He works to
bring conviction,
00:46:13.27\00:46:14.74
that's the
transmission of the gospel.
00:46:14.77\00:46:16.94
When He works to
bring conversion,
00:46:16.97\00:46:18.44
that's the
transformation of the gospel.
00:46:18.47\00:46:20.98
And when He works to
accomplish commission,
00:46:21.01\00:46:22.74
that's the
transportation of the gospel.
00:46:22.78\00:46:25.25
So you have to remember that.
00:46:25.28\00:46:26.85
So when people say, "Well,
Holy Spirit spoke to me today."
00:46:26.88\00:46:29.88
Well, the question
is, did you respond?
00:46:29.92\00:46:32.15
Because until you respond,
00:46:32.19\00:46:33.89
you will never be
worked on, worked in,
00:46:33.92\00:46:36.02
and definitely
not worked through.
00:46:36.06\00:46:38.09
And the amazing
part is the last part,
00:46:38.13\00:46:41.06
He works through.
00:46:41.10\00:46:42.73
The Bible made it
clear, the apostle says,
00:46:42.76\00:46:45.47
"He gives His Holy
Spirit to those who obey."
00:46:45.50\00:46:48.77
That's right. Amen.
00:46:48.80\00:46:50.31
Now very quickly
in Matthew 25:14-30,
00:46:50.34\00:46:52.91
I'm not going to read it,
but I'm going to summarize it
00:46:52.94\00:46:54.54
because pastor
Kenny alluded to it.
00:46:54.58\00:46:56.64
Talents were given,
00:46:56.68\00:46:58.01
five what else, two, and one.
00:46:58.05\00:47:02.38
And the one who chose
00:47:02.42\00:47:04.49
not to use the
single talent he had was
00:47:04.52\00:47:06.89
he thought, "Well, if
I lose this only talent,
00:47:06.92\00:47:10.63
then the master is
going to be upset with me.
00:47:10.66\00:47:13.60
Well, you know,
that's not the case.
00:47:13.63\00:47:14.96
I remember a
number of years ago,
00:47:15.00\00:47:16.67
Pastor T Marshall
Kelly, from Oakwood,
00:47:16.70\00:47:19.00
I just always admire his,
00:47:19.03\00:47:21.10
he's to me, one of
the last of the best,
00:47:21.14\00:47:25.17
what a man of God.
00:47:25.21\00:47:26.54
And when he came to 3ABN
00:47:26.57\00:47:27.91
when I first came
to 3ABN years ago,
00:47:27.94\00:47:30.05
he said, he pulled
me aside on the floor.
00:47:30.08\00:47:32.08
He said, "Young man,
I've been following you
00:47:32.11\00:47:34.15
throughout your ministry.
00:47:34.18\00:47:35.72
And I want you to know
by God bringing you here,
00:47:35.75\00:47:37.39
He gave you one more gift,
00:47:37.42\00:47:40.06
but you're still
responsible for all the rest."
00:47:40.09\00:47:43.16
So that's an amazing thing.
00:47:43.19\00:47:44.53
And here's what the
Bible says in Luke 12:48.
00:47:44.56\00:47:47.50
Luke 12:48,
00:47:47.53\00:47:49.10
"But he who did not know,
00:47:49.13\00:47:50.87
yet committed things
deserving of stripes,
00:47:50.90\00:47:53.60
shall be beaten with few.
00:47:53.64\00:47:55.44
For everyone to
whom much is given,
00:47:55.47\00:47:58.57
from him much will be required,
00:47:58.61\00:48:01.11
and to whom much
has been committed,
00:48:01.14\00:48:03.51
of him they will ask the more."
00:48:03.55\00:48:05.91
So the more
gifts God gives to you
00:48:05.95\00:48:08.48
and, you know, what
Ryan brought this out.
00:48:08.52\00:48:11.02
He doesn't give you a
gift that you don't need.
00:48:11.05\00:48:13.59
This gift of
tongues is not needed
00:48:13.62\00:48:15.52
in an
English-speaking congregation.
00:48:15.56\00:48:18.33
Just make it very clear
that some people teach you
00:48:18.36\00:48:20.20
that is somehow
a spirit language
00:48:20.23\00:48:21.56
or a prayer language
00:48:21.60\00:48:22.93
or you talking to God
without the devil knowing,
00:48:22.96\00:48:25.27
that's deception.
00:48:25.30\00:48:26.94
There's nothing you can say
that the devil doesn't know.
00:48:26.97\00:48:29.87
Well, all right.
00:48:29.90\00:48:31.24
Since when you thought
00:48:31.27\00:48:32.61
you were smarter than the devil.
00:48:32.64\00:48:33.98
That's right.
00:48:34.01\00:48:35.34
So the only one that
could wrap your prayers up
00:48:35.38\00:48:37.21
where the devil
can't affect them
00:48:37.25\00:48:39.31
or infect them
is the Holy Spirit.
00:48:39.35\00:48:41.85
Romans 8: 26-28,
00:48:41.88\00:48:43.75
the Spirit of God
00:48:43.79\00:48:45.39
intercedes with
groanings you can't even utter
00:48:45.42\00:48:47.82
so don't try to look
for some arterial language.
00:48:47.86\00:48:50.13
That's the word
there in the Greek
00:48:50.16\00:48:51.49
called glossolalia.
00:48:51.53\00:48:52.86
Meaning simply confusion.
00:48:52.89\00:48:54.70
And just in the
interest of time,
00:48:54.73\00:48:56.56
I might communicate this
at a different time and again,
00:48:56.60\00:48:59.37
but God does not give
gifts to create confusions,
00:48:59.40\00:49:03.17
He gives gifts
to create cohesion.
00:49:03.20\00:49:05.71
That's right.
00:49:05.74\00:49:07.21
1 Corinthians 14:33,
00:49:07.24\00:49:09.21
I'm jumping down
to my sixth point
00:49:09.24\00:49:10.65
which I have now
made my first point.
00:49:10.68\00:49:13.01
- Okay? - Okay.
00:49:13.05\00:49:14.38
"For God is not
the author of confusion
00:49:14.42\00:49:18.29
but of peace,
00:49:18.32\00:49:19.65
as in all the
churches of the saints.
00:49:19.69\00:49:23.53
He does not give
gifts to create confusion,
00:49:23.56\00:49:26.63
He gives gifts
to create cohesion
00:49:26.66\00:49:28.93
until we all come to
the unity of the faith.
00:49:28.96\00:49:32.07
And if I don't
know what you're saying,
00:49:32.10\00:49:33.87
how can I be unified with you.
00:49:33.90\00:49:36.24
Absolutely not.
00:49:36.27\00:49:37.87
But Let's go on further.
00:49:37.91\00:49:39.54
The first one, the Holy
Spirit gave gifts to the church
00:49:39.57\00:49:41.68
so that the church
would be able to flourish.
00:49:41.71\00:49:44.41
1 Corinthians 12:4-6.
00:49:44.45\00:49:46.65
"There are diversities of gifts,
00:49:46.68\00:49:49.32
but the same Spirit.
00:49:49.35\00:49:51.59
There are
differences of ministries,
00:49:51.62\00:49:53.15
but the same Lord.
00:49:53.19\00:49:54.52
And there are
diversities of activities,
00:49:54.56\00:49:57.79
but it is the same
God who works all in all."
00:49:57.83\00:50:00.50
Now I'm not with any
intention to diminish,
00:50:00.53\00:50:03.67
but somebody once said I heard
the most wonderful illustration
00:50:03.70\00:50:06.00
of different gifts.
00:50:06.03\00:50:07.37
Some gifts are
not seen in public.
00:50:07.40\00:50:09.77
But if the custodian decides
not to operate in his gift,
00:50:09.80\00:50:14.04
the church will know.
00:50:14.08\00:50:15.41
That's right.
00:50:15.44\00:50:16.78
It'll be clear.
00:50:16.81\00:50:18.15
If the custodian or the person
who cleans the church decides
00:50:18.18\00:50:21.05
I'm not using
this gift this week,
00:50:21.08\00:50:23.69
everybody would know.
00:50:23.72\00:50:25.85
So the gifts offer
the benefit of everyone.
00:50:25.89\00:50:28.49
Some gifts are not
displayed publicly,
00:50:28.52\00:50:31.33
but the public benefits
from that gifts nonetheless.
00:50:31.36\00:50:35.10
Secondly,
00:50:35.13\00:50:36.87
1 Corinthians 12:7,
00:50:36.90\00:50:38.57
"None of the
gifts have been given
00:50:38.60\00:50:40.74
for personal benefit alone.
00:50:40.77\00:50:44.01
But the
manifestation of the Spirit
00:50:44.04\00:50:45.71
is given to each one
for the profit of all."
00:50:45.74\00:50:49.31
I add this one more time.
00:50:49.34\00:50:50.85
How can Ryan profit if I
start sitting next to him
00:50:50.88\00:50:54.02
saying things that he
didn't even understand?
00:50:54.05\00:50:56.15
That's why Paul says it's
better to speak five words
00:50:56.18\00:50:58.62
in my understanding
00:50:58.65\00:51:00.16
than 10,000 words
in an unknown tongue,
00:51:00.19\00:51:02.72
by the way, the
word unknown was added
00:51:02.76\00:51:05.16
it meant in a tongue.
00:51:05.19\00:51:07.00
So there was no such
thing as an unknown tongue.
00:51:07.03\00:51:09.46
It simply meant
unknown to the hearer.
00:51:09.50\00:51:12.73
Kenny decided
to speak in German,
00:51:12.77\00:51:14.34
I have no idea what he's saying
because it's unknown to me.
00:51:14.37\00:51:17.77
But it's known to him
and to God until Ryan says,
00:51:17.81\00:51:21.01
"Hey, that's German,"
and then Ryan interprets it.
00:51:21.04\00:51:23.48
But this was never a language
that was to create confusion
00:51:23.51\00:51:26.92
but the gifts always
were to create cohesion.
00:51:26.95\00:51:29.62
Third point,
00:51:29.65\00:51:31.22
all gifts work in harmony
to accomplish a complete work.
00:51:31.25\00:51:34.86
1 Corinthians 12:8-11,
00:51:34.89\00:51:37.23
"For to one is given the word
of wisdom through the Spirit,
00:51:37.26\00:51:39.66
to another the word of knowledge
00:51:39.69\00:51:41.03
through the same Spirit,
00:51:41.06\00:51:42.40
to another faith
by the same Spirit,
00:51:42.43\00:51:43.83
to another gifts of
healings by the same Spirit,
00:51:43.87\00:51:45.83
to another the
works of miracles,
00:51:45.87\00:51:47.24
to another prophecy,
00:51:47.27\00:51:48.60
to another
discerning of spirits,
00:51:48.64\00:51:49.97
to another
different kinds of tongues,
00:51:50.01\00:51:51.84
to another the
interpretation of tongues.
00:51:51.87\00:51:54.28
But one and the same
Spirit works all these things,
00:51:54.31\00:51:58.05
distributing to
each one individually
00:51:58.08\00:52:00.85
as He wills."
00:52:00.88\00:52:02.38
He decides what you get.
00:52:02.42\00:52:04.55
Here's the point.
00:52:04.59\00:52:05.92
I know that kids have done this.
00:52:05.95\00:52:08.82
But they decide which one
they're going to give you.
00:52:08.86\00:52:11.39
You might put the list
together what gift you want.
00:52:11.43\00:52:13.76
But the Lord said,
this is the one you need.
00:52:13.80\00:52:15.50
And they might say,
00:52:15.53\00:52:16.87
"Mom, you didn't
give me what I want."
00:52:16.90\00:52:18.23
She said, "Because
you didn't need that."
00:52:18.27\00:52:19.60
See, that's the key.
00:52:19.63\00:52:20.97
The Spirit of God
doesn't give you what you want.
00:52:21.00\00:52:24.07
He gives you what you need.
00:52:24.11\00:52:25.84
He looks at your
situation and says,
00:52:25.87\00:52:27.64
"You know, you're
about to build a house.
00:52:27.68\00:52:29.38
You don't need a model airplane,
00:52:29.41\00:52:31.71
he needs some
hammers and some saws
00:52:31.75\00:52:33.55
and some paint and some wood.
00:52:33.58\00:52:35.45
So if you're about to
speak to English people,
00:52:35.48\00:52:37.39
you don't need
to gift of tongues,
00:52:37.42\00:52:39.35
not to beat that up
00:52:39.39\00:52:40.72
but that's the one that
Satan has used to deceive most.
00:52:40.76\00:52:43.66
But here's the way
it says in the NIV,
00:52:43.69\00:52:45.66
just the last part,
00:52:45.69\00:52:47.56
New King James,
00:52:47.60\00:52:48.93
"He gives
individually as He wills."
00:52:48.96\00:52:51.07
NIV says, "He
gives them to each one,
00:52:51.10\00:52:53.80
just as He determines.
00:52:53.84\00:52:56.04
He decided it, not us.
00:52:56.07\00:52:57.51
So don't ask for what the Lord
00:52:57.54\00:52:58.87
doesn't see that
you have need of.
00:52:58.91\00:53:00.24
Number four,
00:53:00.28\00:53:01.84
none of the church
have all the same gifts.
00:53:01.88\00:53:04.71
Ryan just with it, are
we... Do we all have work...
00:53:04.75\00:53:07.92
Are we all work as miracles? No.
00:53:07.95\00:53:09.95
Are we all
prophets, teachers? No.
00:53:09.98\00:53:12.09
Do we all have
administrative gifts?
00:53:12.12\00:53:14.22
No. Are we all...
00:53:14.26\00:53:15.59
Do we have all
the gifts of health?
00:53:15.62\00:53:16.96
No. The gifts of healing? No.
00:53:16.99\00:53:20.53
Now I want to say this,
you're going to get this,
00:53:20.56\00:53:22.06
you will never forget it.
00:53:22.10\00:53:23.77
If all I was ears, my
body will be in trouble.
00:53:23.80\00:53:27.37
Okay?
00:53:27.40\00:53:28.74
If my whole body was an ear,
00:53:28.77\00:53:30.37
my rest of my body
would be in trouble, okay?
00:53:30.41\00:53:32.24
That's the point.
00:53:32.27\00:53:33.61
We don't all
need the same heart.
00:53:33.64\00:53:35.81
We must all...
00:53:35.84\00:53:37.18
The parts must
all work harmoniously
00:53:37.21\00:53:38.55
so that the
entire body can benefit.
00:53:38.58\00:53:41.28
What an illustration. I like it.
00:53:41.32\00:53:44.12
Number five.
00:53:44.15\00:53:45.75
The church functions
00:53:45.79\00:53:47.12
as God provides each
component of ministry
00:53:47.16\00:53:49.99
by qualifying the membership.
00:53:50.03\00:53:52.36
Romans 12:4-8.
00:53:52.39\00:53:54.93
"For as we have
many members in one body,
00:53:54.96\00:53:57.40
but all the members do
not have the same function,
00:53:57.43\00:54:00.37
so we, being many,
are one body in Christ,
00:54:00.40\00:54:04.11
and individually
members of one another.
00:54:04.14\00:54:06.24
Having then gifts
differing according to the grace
00:54:06.27\00:54:09.34
that is given to us,
00:54:09.38\00:54:10.71
let us use them if prophecy,
00:54:10.75\00:54:12.38
let us prophesy in proportion
to our faith or ministry,
00:54:12.41\00:54:16.48
let us use it
in our ministering,
00:54:16.52\00:54:18.85
he who teaches, in teaching,
he who exhorts, in exhortation,
00:54:18.89\00:54:21.72
he who gives, with liberality,
he who leads, with diligence,
00:54:21.76\00:54:25.33
he who shows
mercy, with cheerfulness."
00:54:25.36\00:54:27.60
All of this is
making it very clear.
00:54:27.63\00:54:29.10
Don't use these
things inadvertently,
00:54:29.13\00:54:32.37
use them intentionally
00:54:32.40\00:54:34.70
and always one
other avenue of counsel,
00:54:34.74\00:54:38.67
never use your gift
to glorify yourself.
00:54:38.71\00:54:42.24
That's right.
00:54:42.28\00:54:43.61
'Cause some people,
00:54:43.65\00:54:44.98
I'm not talking
about Ryan at all,
00:54:45.01\00:54:46.35
but some people
sing for themselves.
00:54:46.38\00:54:49.65
Now we loved it in Australia.
00:54:49.68\00:54:51.59
Ryan serenaded us every
morning when he was vocalizing,
00:54:51.62\00:54:55.39
we love they said,
"Hey, the singer in Israel."
00:54:55.42\00:54:58.39
But we were blessed by it
and that's the whole thing.
00:54:58.43\00:55:01.20
When God gives you any
gift, the gift of preaching,
00:55:01.23\00:55:03.23
teaching, administration,
whatever the gift is,
00:55:03.26\00:55:06.13
it's for the benefit of
those who are given to you
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to minister to.
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Number seven, oh, number six,
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God does not take away the
gift that He imparts to us.
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We're the only
one that could lose
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the use of the gift.
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Romans 11:29,
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"For the gifts
and the calling of God
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are irrevocable."
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But here's the caution.
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The only way that the
gift can be a blessing,
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efficiency grows
through exercise.
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Together, efficiency
grows through exercise.
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Hebrews 5:12 says it this way,
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"But solid food belongs to those
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who are of full age, that is,
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those who by reason of use
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have their senses exercised
to discern both good and evil."
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Use your gifts, exercise
them so that everyone benefits
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and God receives all the glory.
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Amen. What an incredible study.
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This has been an amazing lesson.
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I want to give
each one of you a moment
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to share something
about your day or the week?
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Well, I am going to
read from Matthew 20,
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and you'll pick up the parable
that I'm talking about here
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and about the
11th hour he went out
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and found others
standing idle, and said to them,
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why have you been
standing here idle all day?
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So I will say to you,
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if you've been
standing there idle,
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not using the gift
that God has given you,
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use it for God's glory.
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Amen.
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Desire of Ages 658, I like this
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'cause it gives evidence
that You are my disciple.
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It says right here,
"As you administer to Me,"
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Jesus say, "and as
you administer to Me,
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so you are to minister to them.
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This is evidence that
you are My disciples."
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Amen.
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Paul says,
desire the best gifts.
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But I think the
appropriate prayer
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would be for us to pray,
Lord, not my will but Yours.
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He knows which gift,
00:56:56.08\00:56:57.41
as Pastor Lomacang
brought up beautifully.
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He knows exactly the gift
00:56:59.08\00:57:00.65
that you would use
best for His kingdom
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and the agenda of His kingdom.
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And here's the last
one, don't desire commission
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if you don't want conversion
until you get conviction.
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Amen.
00:57:13.40\00:57:14.73
That's powerful.
Thank you so much.
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I got to write
that down. Drop the mic.
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Pastor John, Ryan,
Pastor Kenny, Pastor Johnny,
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thank you all so much
for sharing your study
00:57:20.74\00:57:23.41
and your hearts with
Jesus with you at home.
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Thank you for
joining us as well.
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I want to leave
you with this quote
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and you might say
00:57:29.98\00:57:31.31
what does this
have to do with gifts?
00:57:31.35\00:57:32.68
This is Desire of Ages page 224,
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"Of all the gifts
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that heaven can bestow upon men
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fellowship with
Christ in His sufferings
00:57:40.42\00:57:44.03
is the most weighty
trust and the highest honor."
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Think about that for a bit
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as we contemplate
the gifts of the Spirit
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that God has given
to us as the church.
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Join us next
week for lesson seven,
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Sharing the Word.
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