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 Well, let's pray and ask for the Holy Spirit's help as we look at this together.

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 Father, we thank you for your word.

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 Lord, we thank you for this letter of 1 Corinthians and all that it teaches us about the gathering of your people.

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 We pray that we today, as a local church here, as believers meeting together,

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 we would know your help so that we may better become the church that you call us to be.

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 That we would be a people who serve one another, filled with the power of your Spirit,

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 all for the glory and all for the honour of the Lord Jesus.

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 So please help us now, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being not so good and 10 being excellent,

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 how spiritual would you say you are between 1 and 10?

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 What would you rate yourself?

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 Well, let's put it another way.

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 What is the sign of a spiritual church?

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 Is Carigoline Baptist Church a spiritual church?

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 Well, the church in Corinth thought themselves to be very spiritual.

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 And it seems that the way to decide who is more spiritual than another,

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 or which church was more spiritual than another, was by their particular gift.

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 So the more spectacular the gift, well, the more spiritual that you are.

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 So if I have the gift of healing, well, then I'm far more spiritual than you if you just welcome at the door.

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 Or if you have the gift of miraculous powers,

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 then you're more spiritual than the person who's just served tea or coffee.

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 You see, the church in Corinth had confused spiritual gifts with true spirituality.

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 And the particular issue, it seems, over chapters 12 and 14,

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 is the issue of speaking in tongues.

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 And if you could speak in tongues, you were super spiritual.

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 Speaking in tongues, as we see in chapter 13.

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 Verse 1, if I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,

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 is it the gift of an unlearned language or another kind of language,

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 like French or Spanish or Japanese or something like that?

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 Well, if you could speak in tongues, you were part of the spiritual elite.

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 And obviously, if you couldn't, well, then you were spiritually inferior.

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 You were a second-class kind of citizen.

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 And all of this was causing great confusion and division as the church in Corinth gathered together.

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 And I'm sure if we were to ask each one of us here,

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 there would be a variety of opinions and no doubt confusion about gifts.

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 And it seems, therefore, that this all needs to be corrected.

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 So, in chapter 12, verse 1, starting, if you like, a new topic in his letter,

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 chapter 12, verse 1, he says,

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 Now, about spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters.

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 Now, some of your Bibles, if you're using an ESV,

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 you might have a little small letter beside spiritual gift,

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 and at the bottom of the page it might say spiritual persons.

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 So, it can actually be translated both ways.

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 So, about spiritual gifts, or about those who think themselves to be spiritual people.

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 Or we could group it all together and say,

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 Now, about spiritual matters, brothers and sisters.

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 I do not want you to be ignorant.

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 So, let me show you, he goes on to say,

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 let me show you then what true spirituality is all about.

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 It's not how spectacular your gifts are,

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 but how you are using your gifts.

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 So, chapter 13, verse 1,

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 as he deals with this issue of speaking in tongues,

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 he says,

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 If I speak in tongues of men and of angels,

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 but if I don't have the gift of love,

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 well, I'm only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

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 I'm just making a whole lot of noise,

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 and nobody understands what I'm saying.

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 Or chapter 14, verse 2,

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 For if anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men,

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 but to God,

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 indeed no one understands him,

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 he utters mysteries with his spirit.

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 Verse 4,

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 But he who speaks in a tongue edifies himself,

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 but he who prophesies edifies the church.

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 Verse 18,

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 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,

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 but in the church,

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 so when the church gathers together,

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 I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others

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 than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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 So you see,

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 true spirituality isn't so much about the particular gift,

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 or how spectacular it may seem to other people,

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 it's about how you use your gift to build up the church.

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 That's the measure of true spirituality.

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 So chapters 12 to 14 are not so much about gifts,

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 and how do I figure out what my particular gift is,

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 but how we use our gifts in the context of the local church.

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 So this morning we're going to look at three marks of a spiritual church,

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 as chapter 12 through verses 1 to 11 are like a foundation

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 to the remaining verses up to chapter 14 and the end.

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 So here's the first mark.

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 A spiritual church submits to Jesus as Lord.

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 Verse 1 of chapter 12.

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 Now about spiritual matters,

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 spiritual things,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 I do not want you to be ignorant.

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 For you know that when you were pagans,

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 when you were not believers in Christ,

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 somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.

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 You were off down at the pagan temple,

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 worshipping other gods.

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 Rather than Jesus being your Lord and Saviour,

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 you had turned entrusted to idols.

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 Idols, mute idols,

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 those that couldn't even talk or do anything for you.

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 They can't even save you,

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 but yet he says you followed them.

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 Of course we today mightn't go to our pagan temple,

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 but we've all got our idols and our gods that we follow.

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 We look to our work,

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 we look to our children or our family,

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 we look to money as things that are most important,

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 as things that can save us.

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 But in reality,

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 they are like a mute idol.

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 They can do nothing for us.

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 But then,

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 for these people,

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 everything changed, didn't it?

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 Look at verse 3.

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 Therefore I tell you that no one

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 who is speaking by the Spirit of God says,

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 Jesus be cursed.

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 And no one can say,

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 Jesus is Lord,

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 except by the Holy Spirit.

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 In other words,

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 these pagan people,

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 who had been down at the local temple,

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 who perhaps as part of their so-called worship,

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 used to curse Jesus,

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 have now been radically changed,

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 and now rather than saying,

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 Jesus be cursed,

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 they can now say,

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 Jesus is Lord.

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 We submit to Jesus.

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 And how did that change all come about?

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 Well, look at the end of verse 3.

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 No one can say,

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 Jesus is Lord,

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 except by the Holy Spirit.

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 Do you remember how Paul described his visit

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 when he first came to Corinth?

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 Have a look back to chapter 2,

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 verses 4 to 5.

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 Chapter 2, verses 4 to 5.

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 He describes here how it was

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 when he first arrived in the city of Corinth,

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 chapter 2, verse 4.

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 And he tells us there,

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 he says,

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 my message,

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 and my preaching,

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 so as he explained the cross of Jesus Christ,

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 he says,

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 we're not with wise and persuasive words,

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 but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,

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 so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom,

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 but on God's power.

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 You see,

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 it is the Holy Spirit

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 that enables people

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 and causes people

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 to turn and accept Jesus Christ as Lord.

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 And if you accept Jesus Christ as Lord,

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 the only reason you can

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 is because of the Spirit's work in your life.

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 So look at chapter 2, verse 14.

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 The person without the Spirit

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 does not accept the things

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 that come from the Spirit of God,

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 for they are foolishness to him,

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 and he cannot understand them

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 because they are spiritually discerned.

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 You see,

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 it is the work of the Spirit

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 that causes us

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 to cry out and submit to Jesus as Lord.

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 Go back with me to chapter 12.

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 So you see,

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 if you are a Christian here this morning,

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 you are a spiritual person.

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 The Holy Spirit has changed you.

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 So your spirituality

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 is not dependent on the gift you might have,

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 but that the fact that you have been changed

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 and you are now convinced

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 that Jesus Christ is Lord of your life,

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 that he now rules your life.

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 So true spirituality

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 isn't about your ability to speak in tongues

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 or give a message of wisdom

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 or heal the sick.

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 It is about Christ being Lord of your life.

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 Now, if Jesus is Lord of our lives

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 and if Jesus is Lord of this church,

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 then we will bow in humble submission

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 to the authority of the Lord's Word.

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 So have a look at chapter 14, verse 37.

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 Chapter 14, verse 37.

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 This is as he comes to a conclusion

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 of his whole argument

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 and his whole correcting

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 of what had been going on in the church.

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 So verse 37, he says,

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 if anybody thinks he is a prophet

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 or spiritually gifted,

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 if any of you think you are

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 a super spiritual person,

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 well then let him acknowledge

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 that what I am writing to you

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 is the Lord's command.

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 If he ignores this,

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 in other words,

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 if he ignores the Lord's word,

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 he himself will be ignored.

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 So you see,

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 to say the words,

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 Jesus is Lord,

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 is not just a verbal consent.

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 It is to live your life

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 under the authority

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 of the Lord's command

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 to live under his word,

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 under scripture.

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 So that means as we step

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 into this whole subject

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 and topic of spiritual gifts,

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 well we need to submit

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 our own personal experience

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 and our own church traditions,

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 whatever they may be,

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 we must submit them

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 to the authority

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 of the Lord's command,

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 scripture itself.

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 We are to let God's word

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 shape our understanding

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 and practice of God's gifts

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 to us.

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 It's not what I think

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 or what you think,

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 but what does God say?

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 So first,

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 a spiritual church

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 will submit to Jesus

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 as Lord.

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 Second mark

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 of a spiritual church

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 is that the spiritual church

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 will celebrate

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 a diversity of gifts.

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 So chapter 12, verse 4.

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 Chapter 12, verse 4.

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 There are different kinds of gifts,

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 but the same spirit.

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 There are different kinds

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 of service,

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 but the same Lord.

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 There are different kinds

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 of working,

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 but the same God

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 works all of them

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 in all people.

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 God in his goodness

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 has given to his church

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 gifts,

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 services,

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 workings.

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 In other words,

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 we're not all clones

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 sitting here together

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 doing the same thing.

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 there is a vast variety

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 within the body

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 of the church.

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 And an example

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 is provided for us,

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 isn't it,

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 in verses 8 to 10.

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 And we can get very fixated

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 with this list

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 and look at all these

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 various gifts

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 and wonder,

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 well, what do they all mean?

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 Well, as I've been reading

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 and thinking afresh

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 about this through the week,

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 it seems that we don't know

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 what all of them

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 actually do mean

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 because some of them

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 only appear here

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 and they're not even explained

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 and we're not even told

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 what they are.

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 So it's sometimes hard

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 to discern exactly

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 what each gift is.

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 However, having said that,

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 let me just go through the list

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 and look at each

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 of these gifts

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 and suggest a few things

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 with caution.

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 So, verse 8,

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 to one there is given

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 the Spirit,

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 sorry, verse 8,

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 to one there is given

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 through the Spirit

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 the message of wisdom.

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 So what's the message

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 of wisdom?

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 Is it a word

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 about the wisdom

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 of the cross

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 which saves people

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 that he was talking about

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 back in chapter 1?

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 The wisdom,

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 the power of God

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 to save people?

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 To another,

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 verse 8,

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 there is the message

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 of knowledge.

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 Is it a word

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 of knowledge

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 whereby someone

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 can give us

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 an understanding

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 from the Word of God

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 as to who God is

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 and how he works?

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 Verse 9,

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 to another faith

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 by the same Spirit.

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 Is it the conviction

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 or the confidence

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 that God's purposes

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 are going to be

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 worked out

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 in a certain way

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 and so in faith

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 we step out

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 trusting God?

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 To another,

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 gifts of healing

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 by that one Spirit.

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 I think that is

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 straightforward

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 to some extent,

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 healing those

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 who are sick.

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 But let me make

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 just one comment

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 on that.

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 The emphasis

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 here is on

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 the person

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 who does

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 the healing.

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 Not the person

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 who is receiving

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 the healing.

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 So sometimes

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 we say,

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 oh well the reason

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 you're not healed

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 is because of your faith.

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 You don't have

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 enough faith.

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 Well no,

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 actually the emphasis

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 is on the healer.

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 So if you're not healed

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 it's not your fault,

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 it's the person,

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 well they don't have

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 the gift.

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 Working on.

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 Verse 10,

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 to another,

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 miraculous powers.

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 Supernatural events

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 or workings

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 to fulfill

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 the purposes of God.

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 Perhaps to provide

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 something

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 or to change

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 a certain circumstance.

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 To another,

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 prophecy.

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 We'll come across

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 this more so

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 in chapter 14

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 which I think

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 is clear.

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 It's speaking

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 God's word

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 into the context

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 of our lives

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 to build up

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 and encourage.

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 To another,

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 verse 10,

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 distinguishing

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 between the spirits.

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 Is it the ability

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 to discern

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 what is from God

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 so that it protects

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 the church family

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 from those

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 who do not

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 speak the truth?

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 And then to another,

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 speaking in different

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 kinds of tongues.

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 Well,

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 what is tongues?

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 Is it,

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 chapter 13,

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 verse 1,

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 if I speak

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 in the tongues

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 of men?

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 Is that a known

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 language,

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 as we said earlier,

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 like French

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 or Spanish

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 or sign language?

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 Or is it

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 the language

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 of angels?

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 So something

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 that is unlearned

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 and something

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 we just don't know

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 what it is.

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 And then finally,

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 to still another,

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 the interpretation

00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:44.680
 interpretation

00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:45.860
 of tongues.

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 Interpreting

00:18:48.320 --> 00:18:49.019
 what somebody

00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.860
 has spoken

00:18:49.860 --> 00:18:51.100
 in tongues

00:18:51.100 --> 00:18:52.100
 to encourage

00:18:52.100 --> 00:18:52.900
 and build up

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 the church.

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 Now,

00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:55.900
 having gone

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 through that,

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 part of it

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 is just an exercise

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 to think about

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 these gifts.

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 But I think

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 the reason why

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 they're listed here

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 is not so much

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 to get us bogged

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 down into

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 what is the meaning

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 of each one,

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 but to help us

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 see that,

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 look,

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 look at the gifts here.

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 There is a huge

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 diversity of gifts

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 within the church.

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 In fact,

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 some of you

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 may know

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 that within

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 the New Testament

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 there are four

00:19:23.340 --> 00:19:24.120
 other places

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 where we have

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 a list

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 of different gifts.

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 One of them

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 being 1 Corinthians

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 12 verse 28.

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 We have a few

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 more gifts.

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 Or in Romans 12

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 and Ephesians 4

00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:37.740
 and 1 Peter 4.

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 And if we had time

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 to compare

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 all of these,

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 we would see

00:19:41.100 --> 00:19:41.580
 that, well,

00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:42.139
 they're actually

00:19:42.139 --> 00:19:43.559
 all generally

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 different.

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 Each list

00:19:45.919 --> 00:19:46.859
 is somewhat

00:19:46.859 --> 00:19:47.500
 different.

00:19:49.139 --> 00:19:49.799
 Let's have a look

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.619
 at one of these lists.

00:19:50.699 --> 00:19:52.099
 Go back to Romans 12.

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 It's the book

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.579
 just before

00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:55.500
 1 Corinthians.

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 Romans chapter 12

00:19:57.639 --> 00:19:59.919
 verses 6 to 8.

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 Romans 12

00:20:05.159 --> 00:20:06.159
 6 to 8.

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 1 Corinthians 12

00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:07.660
 1 Corinthians 12

00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:11.740
 1 Corinthians 12

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.160
 Same author,

00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:13.740
 but writing

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.860
 to a different

00:20:14.860 --> 00:20:15.880
 church.

00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:17.680
 Here's what he says.

00:20:18.540 --> 00:20:19.400
 Verse 6,

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:19.900
 We have

00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:21.279
 different gifts

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:22.759
 according to

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.279
 the grace

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.860
 given us.

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.960
 If a person's

00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.380
 gift is

00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:26.240
 prophesying,

00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:27.320
 well,

00:20:27.360 --> 00:20:28.040
 let him use it

00:20:28.040 --> 00:20:28.580
 in proportion

00:20:28.580 --> 00:20:29.900
 to his faith

00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:32.279
 or according

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:33.880
 to the faith.

00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:35.620
 If it is

00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.280
 serving,

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.320
 let him serve.

00:20:37.540 --> 00:20:38.080
 If it is

00:20:38.080 --> 00:20:38.480
 teaching,

00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:39.340
 let him teach.

00:20:39.540 --> 00:20:40.060
 If it is

00:20:40.060 --> 00:20:40.680
 encouraging,

00:20:41.100 --> 00:20:41.780
 let him encourage.

00:20:42.120 --> 00:20:42.660
 If it is

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.680
 contributing to

00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.440
 the needs of

00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:44.780
 others,

00:20:45.620 --> 00:20:46.280
 let him give

00:20:46.280 --> 00:20:46.920
 generously.

00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:47.920
 If it's

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.440
 leadership,

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.220
 well,

00:20:49.300 --> 00:20:49.860
 let him govern

00:20:49.860 --> 00:20:50.540
 diligently.

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.340
 If it is

00:20:51.340 --> 00:20:52.260
 showing mercy,

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.760
 let him do it

00:20:53.760 --> 00:20:54.600
 cheerfully.

00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:54.719
 prophecy.

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.379
 Now,

00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:59.619
 I wonder if

00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:00.159
 you noticed

00:21:00.159 --> 00:21:00.619
 what was

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.419
 common between

00:21:01.419 --> 00:21:02.299
 the list in

00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:03.139
 1 Corinthians

00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:03.879
 and the list

00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:04.980
 in Romans.

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:05.919
 Did you see

00:21:05.919 --> 00:21:06.419
 anything that

00:21:06.419 --> 00:21:06.899
 was common?

00:21:08.659 --> 00:21:09.199
 There's actually

00:21:09.199 --> 00:21:09.839
 only one.

00:21:11.139 --> 00:21:11.740
 That is the

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.179
 gift of

00:21:12.179 --> 00:21:12.699
 prophecy.

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:13.879
 The rest are

00:21:13.879 --> 00:21:14.439
 all different.

00:21:15.199 --> 00:21:15.899
 So what are we

00:21:15.899 --> 00:21:16.619
 to say when we

00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:17.480
 compare the two?

00:21:17.939 --> 00:21:18.679
 Does that mean

00:21:18.679 --> 00:21:19.519
 to say that the

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.639
 church in Corinth

00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:22.099
 is far more

00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:23.019
 spiritual than

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.740
 the church in

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.039
 Rome?

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.319
 Or is the

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:26.980
 church in Rome

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.719
 more spiritual

00:21:27.719 --> 00:21:28.379
 than the church

00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:28.879
 in Corinth?

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:31.899
 Does that mean

00:21:31.899 --> 00:21:32.579
 to say that the

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.319
 church in Corinth

00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:34.599
 didn't have the

00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:35.259
 gift of healing?

00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:36.899
 Or that the

00:21:36.899 --> 00:21:37.699
 church in Corinth

00:21:37.699 --> 00:21:38.819
 didn't have the

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.679
 gift of leadership?

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:43.000
 In fact,

00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:43.919
 as we go through

00:21:43.919 --> 00:21:44.759
 Scripture and look

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.439
 at all these lists,

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.759
 some gifts are not

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.399
 even mentioned.

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.539
 So in all of the

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.000
 lists when we

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.539
 compare them,

00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:50.279
 there isn't the

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.000
 gift of music.

00:21:51.199 --> 00:21:52.339
 Is music a gift?

00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:55.059
 Is singing a gift?

00:21:55.939 --> 00:21:56.980
 Quite clearly, I know

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.779
 some are better than

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.179
 others.

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:59.299
 We know that.

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:01.079
 What about DIY?

00:22:01.679 --> 00:22:02.779
 Fixing the wheels on

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.319
 the screens.

00:22:03.439 --> 00:22:04.439
 Can you all do that?

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.559
 What about art?

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.919
 What about IT when it

00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:10.759
 comes to computers?

00:22:11.139 --> 00:22:11.939
 Are these not all

00:22:11.939 --> 00:22:13.099
 different kinds of

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:13.379
 gifts?

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:13.660
 gifts?

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.600
 So I think when we're

00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:17.820
 looking at 1 Corinthians

00:22:17.820 --> 00:22:19.080
 12, if we go back

00:22:19.080 --> 00:22:20.540
 there, this is not an

00:22:20.540 --> 00:22:23.040
 exhaustive list of the

00:22:23.040 --> 00:22:23.260
 gifts.

00:22:23.340 --> 00:22:24.460
 This is not the one

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:26.040
 master list that we

00:22:26.040 --> 00:22:27.540
 shape our whole life

00:22:27.540 --> 00:22:28.500
 and our whole church

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:28.900
 by.

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:31.280
 It's representative of

00:22:31.280 --> 00:22:32.600
 the kinds of gifts that

00:22:32.600 --> 00:22:34.180
 there are within the

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.720
 church.

00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:36.580
 Does each church have

00:22:36.580 --> 00:22:37.180
 every gift?

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:38.680
 I don't think it does.

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:40.020
 Does each person have

00:22:40.020 --> 00:22:40.760
 the same gift?

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.960
 I don't think they do.

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:43.120
 Does each church have

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:44.160
 the same gift all of

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:44.600
 the time?

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:45.880
 No, they don't.

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:47.120
 I think it changes.

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:55.440
 The point is, there is

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:57.460
 a diversity of gifts.

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.500
 Even when we look at

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:01.120
 1 Peter 4, he doesn't

00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:02.340
 even go into a big list.

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.720
 He just says, gifts of

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:05.519
 speaking, gifts of

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:05.940
 serving.

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:13.320
 Now, this diversity of

00:23:13.320 --> 00:23:15.320
 gifts is all part of

00:23:15.320 --> 00:23:17.259
 God's good design for

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:18.320
 the local church.

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:20.039
 Have a look at 1

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:22.000
 Corinthians 12, verse

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.759
 11.

00:23:23.580 --> 00:23:25.160
 1 Corinthians 12, verse

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.539
 11.

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:29.039
 All these, all these

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:30.299
 gifts, these diversity

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:31.759
 of gifts, are the work

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.740
 of the one and the same

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.160
 spirit.

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 And he gives them

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:37.519
 to each one

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.980
 just as

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:40.900
 God

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:42.140
 determines.

00:23:43.320 --> 00:23:44.440
 Or just as

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:44.920
 God

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:46.160
 wills.

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.779
 So you see,

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:49.160
 within this diversity

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:49.900
 of gifts,

00:23:50.320 --> 00:23:51.940
 I don't get to decide

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:53.420
 what gift I might have.

00:23:54.300 --> 00:23:55.540
 It's not like we all

00:23:55.540 --> 00:23:56.580
 go walking into

00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:57.600
 the sweetie shop

00:23:57.600 --> 00:23:58.160
 and we're all

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:59.360
 there to pick out

00:23:59.360 --> 00:23:59.900
 our favourite

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.920
 sweeties down in

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.880
 Antinelli's.

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.840
 That we kind of go

00:24:02.840 --> 00:24:04.100
 into the gift shop

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:05.420
 and we come before

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.200
 God and we go,

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:08.380
 mmm, healing.

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.920
 I think I'd like

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.380
 that one.

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.500
 But you know what?

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.920
 Hold off on the gift

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.920
 of financial giving.

00:24:14.040 --> 00:24:15.280
 I don't really like

00:24:15.280 --> 00:24:15.740
 that one.

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.800
 Gift of miraculous

00:24:18.800 --> 00:24:19.340
 powers.

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.820
 I'll take that,

00:24:22.320 --> 00:24:24.160
 but don't want the

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.740
 gift of cleaning

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.300
 the loose.

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.860
 Hold on that one

00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:27.160
 too.

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 You see,

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.560
 it's not up to us

00:24:32.560 --> 00:24:33.200
 to decide

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:34.580
 what gift I have

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:36.380
 or what gifts

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.080
 this church

00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:37.700
 should have.

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.800
 It's not for me

00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:39.360
 to determine

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:39.900
 or for you

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.540
 to determine.

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.100
 God gives

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:43.140
 to his church

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:44.420
 different kind

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.920
 of gifts,

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:46.120
 end of verse 11,

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.279
 as he

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.300
 determines.

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:52.680
 We can't

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.599
 manipulate God

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.159
 into getting

00:24:54.159 --> 00:24:54.839
 what we want.

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.659
 It doesn't matter

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.759
 how hard I pray

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.659
 or what I do.

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 This is God's

00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:00.019
 church and he is

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:01.319
 Lord over the

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.819
 church.

00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:04.879
 So that means

00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.399
 as a church

00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:05.940
 we should not

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.599
 be thinking,

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:07.899
 you know,

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:09.039
 am I lacking

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.919
 some spiritual

00:25:09.919 --> 00:25:10.299
 gift?

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.139
 Is there something

00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:12.039
 wrong with me?

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.700
 We should never

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.659
 think that God

00:25:14.659 --> 00:25:15.680
 gets it wrong.

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.139
 Do you think

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:17.119
 God has designed

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.720
 his church

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.279
 wrong?

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.839
 Just as he

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.399
 has given us

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:23.039
 the gift of

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.639
 salvation,

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.399
 God determines

00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:26.379
 and gives the

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:28.200
 gift of these

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:29.940
 diverse gifts.

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.740
 So second,

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.539
 the spiritual

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:34.279
 church celebrates

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:35.879
 a diversity

00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.619
 of gifts

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:38.079
 as God

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.799
 chooses to

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.099
 give.

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.980
 The third

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.399
 mark,

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:43.619
 a spiritual

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.240
 church

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.980
 builds up

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.680
 the church

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.440
 body.

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.799
 Now while we

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.720
 have a diversity

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.420
 of gifts,

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.379
 they all come

00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:54.500
 from the same

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.559
 source.

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.659
 Look at verses

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:57.440
 four and five

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.779
 again.

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.019
 Diversity

00:25:59.019 --> 00:26:00.460
 but yet

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.200
 unity

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:02.480
 all from the

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.200
 same source.

00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:05.299
 Let's read

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:05.779
 verse four

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.039
 again.

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:07.019
 There's different

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.940
 kinds of

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.319
 gifts

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:10.220
 but the

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.920
 same

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.619
 spirit.

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:13.180
 there are

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.460
 different

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:13.960
 kinds of

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.480
 service

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:17.259
 but it's

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.940
 the same

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.399
 Lord.

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.420
 There are

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.000
 different kinds

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.639
 of working

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:23.339
 but the

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:24.659
 same God

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:26.180
 works all

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.599
 of them

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.819
 in all

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.299
 men.

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.159
 So do you

00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:29.559
 see there?

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.720
 Same spirit,

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.559
 same Lord,

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:34.579
 same God.

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.500
 Father,

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.839
 Son and

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.240
 Spirit.

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.299
 Spirit.

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.420
 It's the

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:39.839
 Trinity.

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.380
 There's a

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.140
 diversity

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.839
 within the

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.160
 Trinity.

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.620
 Isn't there

00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:43.000
 Father,

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.579
 Son and

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:43.980
 Spirit?

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.940
 But yet

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:47.059
 they're united

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.759
 together

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:50.099
 in one's

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.660
 purpose.

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:51.839
 They are of

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.359
 the one

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.120
 source.

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:54.980
 So the

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.859
 same point

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.599
 is underlined

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.120
 as we go

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.480
 through

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.680
 verses eight

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.079
 through to

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.299
 ten.

00:26:59.400 --> 00:26:59.759
 It's about

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.599
 the same

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.220
 spirit,

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.339
 the one

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.940
 spirit.

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.120
 All gifts

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:04.720
 come from

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.600
 the one

00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:06.440
 Godhead.

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.480
 Now if our

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:08.960
 gifts all

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.460
 come from

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.920
 the one

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.539
 source,

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.400
 then they

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:11.980
 must also

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.880
 have the

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.900
 one purpose.

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.620
 For God

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.279
 is united

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.120
 in his

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:17.700
 one purpose.

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.600
 Verse

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:19.039
 seven.

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.420
 Now to

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.319
 each one

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.259
 the

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.059
 manifestation

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.819
 of the

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.420
 Spirit is

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.500
 given for

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.279
 the common

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.140
 good.

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.339
 So the

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:30.400
 purpose of

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.180
 our gifts

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:32.799
 is not to

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.600
 gain promotion

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.599
 or popularity.

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.659
 They are

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.059
 for the

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.519
 common

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.939
 good.

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:37.659
 They are

00:27:37.659 --> 00:27:38.119
 for the

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:39.179
 building up

00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:40.159
 of God's

00:27:40.159 --> 00:27:40.619
 church.

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.240
 And he

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.839
 gets on to

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.740
 this again

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.419
 in chapter

00:27:44.419 --> 00:27:44.939
 14.

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.419
 Just have

00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:45.980
 a sneak

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:47.099
 look ahead.

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.480
 Chapter

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.099
 14,

00:27:48.219 --> 00:27:48.959
 verse 12.

00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:51.399
 In the

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:51.759
 middle of

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.359
 verse 12,

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.539
 he says,

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.139
 since you

00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:54.759
 are eager

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.219
 to have

00:27:55.219 --> 00:27:55.939
 spiritual

00:27:55.939 --> 00:27:56.559
 gifts,

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.319
 try to

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:58.939
 excel in

00:27:58.939 --> 00:27:59.539
 gifts that

00:27:59.539 --> 00:27:59.879
 what?

00:28:00.679 --> 00:28:01.319
 Build up

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:02.039
 the church.

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:03.619
 Or

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.680
 verse 26,

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.639
 as he

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:06.019
 gets to

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.180
 the

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:06.680
 conclusion

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:06.940
 of

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.279
 talking

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.500
 all

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.779
 about

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:07.940
 it.

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.480
 What

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:08.779
 shall

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:08.980
 we

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.240
 say

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.519
 then,

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:09.799
 brothers

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.079
 and

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.379
 sisters,

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.859
 when we

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.079
 come

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.500
 together,

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.119
 everyone

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.599
 has a

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:12.859
 hymn,

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.619
 one word

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:13.759
 of

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.359
 instruction,

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:14.859
 a

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.359
 revelation,

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:15.759
 a

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.019
 tongue,

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.319
 or an

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:17.019
 interpretation.

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.819
 All of

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.680
 these must

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.240
 be done

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:21.359
 for the

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:23.159
 strengthening

00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:24.220
 of the

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.720
 church.

00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:26.000
 So the

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.779
 purpose of

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.879
 these diverse

00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.299
 gifts,

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.240
 which come

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.680
 from the

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.480
 one source,

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.019
 God

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.659
 himself,

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:33.659
 is so

00:28:33.659 --> 00:28:34.000
 that we

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.980
 would serve

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.659
 one another

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.559
 for the

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.480
 common good,

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.220
 for the

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.879
 building up

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:39.180
 and the

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:40.420
 growing of

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.319
 his church.

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.799
 And there's

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.740
 no escape

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.899
 in this

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.639
 work either.

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.899
 This isn't

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.519
 just for a

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.279
 select few.

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.700
 Back at

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.379
 verse 7 of

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:52.139
 chapter 12,

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.220
 to each

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:54.079
 one,

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.599
 the Spirit

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.019
 is given

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.379
 for the

00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:58.019
 common good.

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.720
 Down at

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.420
 verse 11,

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:02.700
 all these

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:02.940
 are the

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.519
 work of

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:03.920
 the one

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.200
 and the

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.420
 same

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.800
 Spirit,

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.279
 and he

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.960
 gives to

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.820
 each

00:29:06.820 --> 00:29:08.279
 one,

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.779
 just as

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.000
 he

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.539
 determines.

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.600
 So there's

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.500
 no exclusion

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.140
 or no

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:15.000
 discrimination.

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.840
 Each one

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:17.180
 has been

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.720
 given a

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.120
 gift,

00:29:18.300 --> 00:29:19.039
 or gifts

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.900
 from God

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.480
 by his

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:20.860
 Spirit,

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 for the

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:23.140
 common good,

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.560
 for the

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 building up

00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:24.620
 and the

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 growing of

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 his

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 church.

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 So it

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.419
 seems that

00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:30.740
 as he

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.339
 sets out

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.639
 his

00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:32.740
 argument,

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.039
 he's saying

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 to the

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:34.659
 church,

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 and we're

00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:36.500
 learning for

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 ourselves

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 here,

00:29:37.399 --> 00:29:37.779
 there should

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.199
 be no

00:29:38.199 --> 00:29:39.059
 arguing and

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.919
 no fighting

00:29:39.919 --> 00:29:40.939
 over gifts,

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.699
 but there

00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:43.240
 should be a

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.939
 celebration

00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:45.139
 of the

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:46.279
 diversity of

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.539
 gifts,

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.740
 and together

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:49.240
 working for

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.740
 the building

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:51.099
 up of

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:51.559
 his

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.359
 church.

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:52.479
 church.

00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.599
 So let

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.059
 me ask the

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.579
 question that

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.099
 we started

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 with at the

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:58.899
 beginning.

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 Are you a

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.759
 spiritual

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.359
 person?

00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:05.059
 Well, if

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.659
 you have the

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.279
 Holy Spirit

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.819
 within you,

00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:07.619
 you are a

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.000
 spiritual

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.579
 person.

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 And what's

00:30:10.439 --> 00:30:11.559
 most important

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.319
 is that we

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.219
 can cry from

00:30:13.219 --> 00:30:13.679
 our heart,

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.740
 Jesus is

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.059
 Lord,

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:15.779
 he is

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.859
 Lord over

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.719
 our lives,

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.740
 and I am

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.639
 submitting to

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:20.439
 his authority.

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.559
 That is the

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:21.899
 sign.

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:23.319
 of a

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:23.839
 spiritual

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.479
 person.

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.839
 Are we a

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.299
 spiritual

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.000
 church?

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.859
 Do we

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.639
 recognize

00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:32.500
 amongst each

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.279
 other the

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.479
 variety and

00:30:34.479 --> 00:30:35.339
 the diversity

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:36.159
 of gifts

00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:37.000
 that God

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.459
 has given?

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.919
 Or do we

00:30:38.919 --> 00:30:39.659
 look down in

00:30:39.659 --> 00:30:41.299
 inferiority and

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:42.219
 in superiority

00:30:42.219 --> 00:30:43.259
 over one

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.679
 another and

00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:43.819
 go,

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.419
 hmm,

00:30:44.699 --> 00:30:45.279
 mine is

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.740
 better than

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.259
 yours?

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:50.279
 Or do we

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:51.079
 recognize that

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.579
 God is

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.339
 determined to

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:53.000
 give just

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.339
 as he

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:55.500
 planned to

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.039
 one another

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.459
 for the

00:30:56.459 --> 00:30:57.079
 building up

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.339
 and the

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.939
 growing up

00:30:57.939 --> 00:30:58.939
 of each

00:30:58.939 --> 00:30:59.339
 one of

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:02.039
 us and

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.359
 for the

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:02.879
 growing of

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.679
 his church?

00:31:05.439 --> 00:31:06.159
 What's all

00:31:06.159 --> 00:31:06.839
 these gifts

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.519
 going to look

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:07.959
 like in

00:31:07.959 --> 00:31:08.579
 practice as

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.199
 we seek to

00:31:09.199 --> 00:31:09.959
 gather together

00:31:09.959 --> 00:31:10.619
 as church and

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.199
 live out as

00:31:11.199 --> 00:31:11.599
 church?

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:13.879
 Well, you'll

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.359
 need to come

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:16.000
 next week and

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:17.179
 discover what

00:31:17.179 --> 00:31:17.839
 Ralph has to

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.139
 say.

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:19.480
 well, let's

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.780
 pray.

00:31:19.780 --> 00:31:20.140
 Let's

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.300
 pray.

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:30.940
 God, we

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.839
 will be

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:33.940
 together as

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.899
 the

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:35.180
 Lord.

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:36.000
 Our

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.700
 Father God,

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:38.619
 we come

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:39.500
 before you

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:41.220
 as Father,

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:42.119
 Son, and

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.899
 Holy Spirit.

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.759
 And we

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.919
 submit ourselves

00:31:45.919 --> 00:31:46.899
 afresh before

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:47.159
 you,

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:48.360
 acknowledging that you