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[3261.24 --> 3262.36] You are so gentle. |
[3263.44 --> 3264.12] And we ask, Lord, |
[3264.16 --> 3265.76] that You give us more and more |
[3265.76 --> 3267.52] a hunger for freedom |
[3267.52 --> 3269.40] that comes through the work of the Spirit. |
[3269.98 --> 3271.54] Allow us to receive the conviction. |
[3272.28 --> 3273.94] Allow us to respond to the prompting |
[3273.94 --> 3275.28] so that we would put to death |
[3275.28 --> 3276.36] the misdeeds of the body |
[3276.36 --> 3277.68] and experience the freedom |
[3277.68 --> 3278.54] that comes in Jesus. |
[3279.16 --> 3279.98] And to this we say, |
[3280.10 --> 3280.88] come Lord Jesus, |
[3281.44 --> 3282.58] take hold of our lives |
[3282.58 --> 3284.42] and allow us to experience blessing |
[3284.42 --> 3287.16] and share that with the world around us. |
[3287.48 --> 3288.92] We pray this in Christ's name. |
[3289.48 --> 3289.72] Amen. |
[3291.14 --> 3292.80] Would you stand and sing with me a song? |
• Discussing spiritual gifts and their importance |
• Introducing the passage from First Corinthians 12, which talks about various gifts given by the Holy Spirit |
• Sharing a personal experience of recognizing and affirming students' gifts during graduation |
• Defining spiritual gifts as divine abilities distributed by the Holy Spirit to every believer |
• Explaining how the Spirit gives different gifts to people for diverse purposes and benefits others when used |
• Describing three effects of using one's gifts: bringing delight, leading to blessings, and glorifying God |
• Mentioning that few churches understand or use their spiritual gifts effectively, like the Corinthian church in the passage |
• Spiritual gifts mentioned: love, mercy, generosity, hospitality, encouragement, power gifts (miracles, faith, speaking in tongues), healing, word gifts (exhortation, wisdom, discernment, words of knowledge, leadership) |
• Ephesians 4 and the role of apostles, evangelists, pastors, teachers |
• Corinthian church's immature use of spiritual gifts causing chaos |
• Paul's correction on proper order and structure in worship |
• Comparison of different churches: Corinth vs. Galatia and Thessalonica |
• Importance of spiritual experiences being driven by the Holy Spirit and leading to the exaltation of Jesus |
• Balance between expression in worship and avoiding disorderliness |
• Concern about elevating certain gifts over others in the Corinthian church |
• The importance of using spiritual gifts to serve others, as mentioned in Romans 12 and First Corinthians 12 |
• David Fairchild's story about being introduced to charismatic gifts and feeling discouraged when they didn't manifest for him |
• Appreciation Sunday celebrating the diverse gifts within the church community |
• Honoring specific individuals with their respective gifts, such as hospitality, mercy, intercession, leadership, and teaching/preaching |
• The value of each spiritual gift in building up and blessing the community |
• The issue of platformsing some gifts over others, as seen in the Corinthian church, and its potential application to the current church |
• The danger of a "T-Rex church" with only loud voices and no action |
• Neglecting certain gifts in the church, such as healing, prophecy, and miraculous powers |
• Comparing this to the Corinthian church's problem, where they considered administrative and leadership gifts unspiritual |
• Celebrating and nurturing specific spiritual gifts, including knowledge, faith, healing, prophecy, tongues, and interpretation of tongues |
• Emphasizing that all gifts are needed in the church, as seen in the global church and scripture |
• Warning against being overly suspicious of certain gifts due to abuse or misuse by some individuals |
• The importance of using all one's gifts in service for the body of Christ to be healthy and grow |
• Worshiping mute idols, such as concerts or sports teams, as a substitute for spiritual experience |
• The need for people to see community serving and following Jesus Christ |
• Naming and recognizing individual gifts, which is necessary for serving and growing in them |
• Encouraging others to take hold of their gifts, allowing God to use them as conduits to encourage others. |
• The speaker prays for the congregation to use their gifts and serve with confidence, humility, and joy. |
• The speaker introduces a song called "Your Labor is Not in Vain" that reassures listeners that God sees and values their efforts, even when they feel discouraged or unappreciated. |
• The song's lyrics emphasize God's presence and support for those who labor in service to Him. |
• The speaker notes the importance of using all gifts, including music, in serving the church and community. |
• He mentions two practical items: inviting congregants to practice generosity with their treasure and encouraging them to stay after the service to break bread together. |
• Thanking hospitality team for their gifts |
• Reading a blessing from Ephesians 3 |
• Theme verse of the series on the Holy Spirit |
• A prayer for being rooted in love and understanding the depth of Christ's love |
• Recognizing God's ability to do more than what is asked or imagined |
[0.00 --> 12.18] well good morning everyone it's a gift to be together it's a gift to be in worship and also |
[12.18 --> 18.68] have some meals together afterwards we are coming near to the end of our sermon series on the holy |
[18.68 --> 23.22] spirit and i thought it would be fitting for us to focus our attention this sunday where we're |
[23.22 --> 29.90] giving great thanks for all the ways people serve to talk and preach on spiritual gifts and so this |
[29.90 --> 33.64] morning we're going to look at a book that speaks and teaches a lot on that and that is the book of |
[33.64 --> 38.58] first corinthians if you have your bible turn with me to first corinthians 12 i'm going to read the |
[38.58 --> 50.56] first 11 verses first corinthians 12 now about the gifts of the spirit brothers and sisters i do not |
[50.56 --> 57.54] want you to be uninformed you know that when you were pagans somehow or other you were influenced |
[57.54 --> 63.60] and led astray to mute idols therefore i want you to know that no one who is speaking by the spirit |
[63.60 --> 71.12] of god says jesus be cursed and no one can say jesus is lord except by the holy spirit there are |
[71.12 --> 76.00] different kinds of gifts but the same spirit distributes them there are different kinds of |
[76.00 --> 82.96] service but the same lord there are different kinds of working but in all of them and in everyone it is |
[82.96 --> 88.96] the same god at work now to each one the manifestation of the spirit is given for the common good |
[88.96 --> 94.96] to one there is given through the spirit a message of wisdom to another a message of knowledge by means |
[94.96 --> 102.00] of the same spirit to another faith by the same spirit to another gifts of healing by that one spirit |
[102.00 --> 108.54] to another miraculous powers to another prophecy to another distinguishing between spirits to another |
[108.54 --> 115.32] speaking in different kinds of tongues and still to another the interpretation of tongues all these |
[115.32 --> 124.36] are the works of the one and same spirit and he distributes them to each one just as he determines this is god's word |
[124.36 --> 133.40] now this is uh for many people in our church many students it's a graduation week i know we have a number of |
[133.40 --> 139.24] grade 12 and grade 8 students who have just walked across the stage and it brings me back to when i was a youth |
[139.24 --> 145.50] pastor we had this practice with grade 12 students and our practice was we'd invite all the grade 12s graduating to our home |
[145.50 --> 150.32] we'd have a meal and then we did this thing i don't even know who started it but it was called hot seat where we'd sit in the |
[150.32 --> 155.52] living room around a circle and we'd put one of the students in the middle and then for five to ten minutes with each |
[155.52 --> 162.22] student we would tell them how much we love them the ways that we've grown to appreciate them and then the gifts that they had |
[162.22 --> 167.50] and it was always you know very meaningful to have leaders speak and for britney and i to speak but there's something about |
[167.50 --> 173.62] peers who some of them you know they were in school together from kindergarten right to grade 12 and they'd look at each other |
[173.62 --> 180.70] and say like this is what i appreciate about you these are the gifts that god has given you whether it's encouragement |
[180.70 --> 187.62] or prayer or teaching and they would just sort of speak to each other these words and you know it was so wonderful to watch these |
[187.62 --> 192.20] students like squirm sheepishly you know how that goes when you get a compliment you don't know what to do with it |
[192.20 --> 197.36] or you know shed a few tears realizing like god is good he's given these students gifts they've got |
[197.36 --> 203.68] their whole life to unpack and serve with that gift but that time with grade 12 students in my living room |
[203.68 --> 210.10] year after year was my annual reminder that when people are in the church and they serve jesus they not |
[210.10 --> 217.28] only get the gift of the spirit but the spirit gives gifts for the church to use for service and blessing |
[217.28 --> 225.44] now our passage starts with paul just saying now about the gifts of the spirit and we need to know |
[225.44 --> 230.06] is he's been in conversation with this church in corinth about the spirit about spiritual gifts but he |
[230.06 --> 235.52] doesn't stop here and say hey this is what i mean by spiritual gifts paul speaks in many different |
[235.52 --> 240.48] places about different giftings not exhaustively but i want to share with you one definition of spiritual |
[240.48 --> 246.56] gifts that comes from a writer named bruce bugby and yes that is an amazing last name bruce bugby |
[246.56 --> 254.58] describes spiritual gifts as such spiritual gifts are divine abilities that are distributed by the |
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