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 Okay, I'm going to talk to you this morning about recognizing,

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 whoops, start over, recognizing, regarding, and receiving the bodybuilding gifts, okay?

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 The bodybuilding gifts.

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 This is from Ephesians 4, 11, 16, all right, basically the five-fold ministry.

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 We're on the front end of a church plant trying to build a church,

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 co-labor with Christ.

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 Obviously, Jesus builds his church, but we build with him.

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 Paul was clear about that.

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 He said, you know, he talked about the different labors and how you take care how you build.

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 And so what we're trying to do right now is take care how we build,

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 because beginnings are important with building, as you know.

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 If you don't get the foundations right, everything is off.

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 Actually, I have a friend who's a builder, and the first house they ever built,

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 you know, they're new at all this stuff, but very knowledgeable what they're doing.

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 But the guy that did the foundation for the first house they built,

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 there were some things that were a little bit off.

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 And the entire rest of the build, they were plagued with this one mistake,

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 because the foundations affect everything above it.

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 You know, it's like, oh, now the framing is different,

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 because it's not totally the way it was supposed to be.

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 And then because the framing is different, the drywall is different.

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 And then because the drywall is different, this is, you know, it's just,

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 the roof is different.

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 It's just all kind of as it goes up.

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 So these are important times for us to take care how we build, like the Bible says, right?

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 Take care how you build in Ephesians 4.

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 But then the other thing is, I think sometimes we overcomplicate church planting,

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 and just the growing and multiplying of his church.

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 I actually think that if the church would pay more attention to God's ways,

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 it'd just be much simpler.

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 But we've kind of made these kind of modes and operations that we try to do all this weird stuff.

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 And at the end of the day, the Bible speaks very clearly about how to build.

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 The Bible speaks very clearly about how churches multiply.

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 The Bible speaks very clearly about what it looks like to be healthy.

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 Like there's ways, there's certain things put in place.

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 And unfortunately, so many problems are caused in the church by just ignoring those things.

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 It's, I mean, it sounds overly simplistic, but,

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 and some people might say, Josh, you're being overly simplistic.

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 But I just want to submit to you that maybe I'm not.

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 Maybe we've just made it way too complicated sometimes.

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 Maybe we just get back to, you know, do the old Francis chant,

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 I just don't see it in this book, you know?

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 If we just get back to the book and just look at what's in there,

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 it'd be a lot simpler, right?

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 So, add those three things.

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 These three things are important when it comes to all the gifts.

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 But especially if we're talking about gifts that build up the body.

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 Ephesians 4, 11 to 16, I'll read it for you.

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 This is the text that we're getting all this from.

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 It says,

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 He gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and teachers

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 to equip the saints for the work of the ministry

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 for the building up of the body of Christ.

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 Okay?

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 Until we all attain to the unity of the faith

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 and of the knowledge of the Son of God

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 to mature manhood,

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 to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ

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 so that we may no longer be children

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 tossed to and fro

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 by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine,

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 by human cunning,

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 by craftiness and deceitful schemes,

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 rather speaking the truth in love,

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 we are to grow up in every way

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 into him who is the head,

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 into Christ,

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 from whom the whole body,

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 joined and held together

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 by every joint with which it is equipped,

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 when each part is working properly,

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 makes the body grow

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 so that it builds itself up in love.

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 Do you see how simple it lays that out?

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 Basically, it says,

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 hey, if every part is doing its work,

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 the body builds itself.

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 We say, oh, we have to do all this.

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 We have to make sure we do this and this and this.

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 And we gotta,

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 it's like, well, it actually,

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 it builds itself up.

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 Okay?

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 It's a living organism almost

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 because the church is alive with the people of God.

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 And when each part as a body,

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 a living body is doing its part,

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 we just focus on,

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 okay, what's my part?

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 Am I doing it?

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 And then we also focus

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 on recognizing,

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 receiving,

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 and regarding the parts

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 that were not.

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 As each part's doing its work,

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 it's gonna be built up.

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 And if there's certain gifts

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 that are given to equip others

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 to do the work of the ministry,

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 and there's certain gifts,

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 these five are given

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 as bodybuilding gifts

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 to build up the body.

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 Okay?

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 They're the ones

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 who are specifically gifted by God

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 to the church

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 to build up the church.

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 And so,

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 it's important we do these three things.

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 First is to recognize them.

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 Okay?

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 If you're going to be equipped by these gifts,

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 you have to first recognize,

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 number one,

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 that they exist.

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 some people,

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 and it's an atrocity

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 that people actually believe

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 that some of these gifts

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 are not for today.

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 I was at

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 Midwestern Seminary

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 for some conference

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 or something once,

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 and the president of the seminary

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 was talking about

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 what was giving us

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 the spiel for Midwestern

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 and why people should go there

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 and support it

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 and all that kind of stuff.

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 And it's like,

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 our mission is to raise up evangelists,

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 pastors,

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 and teachers.

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 And I'm like,

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 and then he kept going.

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 I'm like,

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 wait a second,

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 he skipped two of them.

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 What are you talking about?

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 He just kept going.

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 I was like,

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 oh,

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 I was so bothered.

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 I wanted to stand up

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 and be like,

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 hey,

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 you forgot to.

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 It's like,

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 this,

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 it says,

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 there's an until in this verse.

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 So it tells us

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 how long these gifts are in play.

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 Okay?

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 There's a shelf life

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 on these gifts

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 in this verse.

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 And people like to say

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 the shelf life is already done.

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 Apostles and prophets,

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 not for today.

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 Okay.

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 Well,

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 this one says,

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 until we all attain

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 to the unity of the faith.

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 Yeah,

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 that's happened.

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 I mean,

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 there's no way that's happened,

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 right?

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 We got some work to do.

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 Okay?

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 Until we're to mature manhood.

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 Has the church reached

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 a point of mature manhood?

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 I don't think so.

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 Okay?

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 Stature of the fullness of Christ,

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 not there yet.

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 We're working on it.

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 We're getting there.

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 So that we're no longer

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 children tossed to and fro

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 by the waves

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 and carried away

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 by every wind of doctrine.

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 Clearly,

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 that hasn't happened yet.

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 These gifts are necessary.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 you have to recognize them,

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 which you're not going to recognize them

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 if you don't even believe they exist.

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 So let's start there.

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 You have to believe they exist.

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 And then you got to be able

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 to recognize them.

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 And if you don't know what they are,

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 how are you going to recognize them?

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 It's like,

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 hey,

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 did you recognize,

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 did you see so-and-star?

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 Did you recognize them?

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 And I'm like,

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 I've never seen that person before.

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 How would I know

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 that it's them?

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 Right?

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 We've had people over before

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 that we've never met,

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 which is always a fun thing.

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 You know,

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 we meet someone,

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 like maybe I meet someone

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 or Gina meets someone

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 and then we invite them over for dinner

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 and it's like,

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 oh,

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 someone's coming over for dinner

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 that I never met before.

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 Or you go to a coffee shop

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 and meet someone

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 that you've never met before.

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 They contacted you

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 via text

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 and it's like,

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 I've done that before

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 where I get there.

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 I'm like,

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 how am I going to know

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 who the person is?

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 I've never met,

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 I'm not going to recognize them

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 because I've never seen

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 a picture of this person

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 and I've never met them in person.

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 If you don't know

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 what you're looking for,

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 how will you ever recognize

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 these gifts?

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 But it's absolutely important

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 that you recognize these gifts

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 because these gifts are given

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 to build up the body.

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 So you have to be able

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 to recognize them.

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 But recognizing them

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 isn't enough.

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 Okay?

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 You also have to regard them.

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 Meaning you have to value them.

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 You have to,

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 there has to be weight

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 attributed to them

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 because of their importance,

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 because of their implications.

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 And there are some people

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 who recognize the gifts

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 but they don't value the gifts.

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 They recognize them

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 but they don't regard them.

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 They kind of dismiss them.

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 They think,

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 oh, that gift isn't important

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 because I'm not gifted that way.

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 Or that gift isn't important

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 because that gift

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 kind of annoys me.

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 You know?

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 And we have to not just

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 recognize them

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 but we have to regard them.

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 Because that's something

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 that you make effort

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 or focus to do.

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 Make sure you're recognizing

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 how people are gifted

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 according to the scriptures

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 because the scriptures

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 tells us how we can recognize them.

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 We're going to look at that.

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 Okay?

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 But then do you regard them?

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 Do you care?

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 You think,

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 oh, it's important

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 for me to value

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 these other gifts.

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 Because essentially

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 regarding them

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 is you saying

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 I need them.

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 Disregarding them

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 is you arrogantly saying

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 I'm good.

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 I don't need you.

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 And the hand cannot say

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 to,

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 what is the,

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 one of the other parts,

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 whoever it says

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 in 1 Corinthians 12,

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 I don't need you.

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 Right?

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 One part of the body

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 can't say to another part

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 I don't need you.

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 And yet,

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 that's what we do sometimes.

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 That's a disregarding

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 of the body.

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 And then lastly,

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 we have to receive

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 those people.

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 Okay?

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 You recognize them,

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 you regard them,

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 and then you receive them.

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 Meaning,

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 you're welcoming them.

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 You're not just saying

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 you value them,

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 they're saying

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 bear upon my

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 church

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 and upon my part

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 of the body.

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 I need your part.

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 Like,

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 I need to receive

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 what your gifting brings.

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 Even if what your gifting brings

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 is sometimes

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 uncomfortable for me.

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 Yeah?

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 Sometimes a prophet

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 might bring a word

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 that you're like,

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 you don't want to hear.

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 Okay?

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 Sometimes,

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 you know,

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 a pastor,

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 very lovingly and kind,

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 because that's what pastors do,

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 says a hard truth to you.

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 And you're like,

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 I don't want to hear that.

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 Right?

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 Okay?

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 Whatever it may be,

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 these different gifts.

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 Sometimes an evangelist

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 is like,

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 you've got to get off your butt

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 and get out there

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 and start preaching the gospel.

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 You're like,

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 I don't want to preach the gospel.

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 And so sometimes

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 those things rub,

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 but you have to receive

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 those things.

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 We need those people.

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 And sometimes you look at it,

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 you're like an evangelist,

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 and you're just thinking,

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 what?

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 Okay,

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 you're like a one-trick pony.

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 You're always talking

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 about evangelism.

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 It's like,

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 can't you think about

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 something else?

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 And in one sense,

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 no.

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 That's how they're,

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 that's the gift

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 they are to us.

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 Like,

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 receive.

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 Receive that gift.

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 Don't be annoyed

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 by that gift.

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 Don't condescend that gift.

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 Don't poo-poo that gift

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 or disregard that gift.

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 You have to embrace the gift,

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 receive the gift,

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 affirm the gift.

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 Tell those people,

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 hey,

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 we value you.

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 Okay?

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 If you're talking to Zemir

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 and he keeps talking

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 about evangelism

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 and you're just like,

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 all right,

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 I get it,

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 all right.

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 You just say,

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 no,

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 this is good.

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 Our church needs guys

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 like this.

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 And then you say,

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 I thank you,

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 Zemir,

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 for emphasizing this.

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 I appreciate

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 this part of the body.

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 Okay?

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 When Seth wants to blow up

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 the whole church

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 after we just got started,

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 you just say,

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 I love you,

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 Seth.

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 I appreciate

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 that you see

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 stuff's off.

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 You know?

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 I love that prophetic

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 part of you.

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 Okay?

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 Do you understand

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 what I'm saying?

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 Like,

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 you have to receive,

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 and part of receiving

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 is affirming.

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 And I think the church

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 doesn't do a good enough job

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 affirming people

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 in their gifts.

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 Hey,

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 you're gifted this way.

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 I receive that.

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 I appreciate that.

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 I recognize it.

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 Like,

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 just speaking those

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 three things out,

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 like,

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 I recognize that

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 you have this gift.

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 Being noticed,

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 being seen in your gifting

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 is encouraging

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 because sometimes

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 you wonder,

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 like,

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 do I really have this gift?

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 And you better be sure

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 the devil wants to tell you

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 that when you do have a gift

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 that you don't

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 because he doesn't want

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 you using it.

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 So when you say,

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 hey,

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 I recognize

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 you have this gift,

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 that's encouraging.

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 It's helpful.

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 When you say,

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 hey,

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 I value your gift.

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 I regard your gift.

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 That's helpful.

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 Because some people

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 know they have a gift,

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 but they don't feel

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 like it's value.

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 And then when you say,

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 I receive what you're saying,

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 I receive that.

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 Like,

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 just saying that phrase

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 sometimes is helpful.

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 Like,

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 hey,

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 just want you to know,

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 I received the word

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 you brought.

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 I receive your input.

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 I receive your gifting.

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 It's valuable.

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 We love it.

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 We need it.

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 I admit sometimes

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 it rubs me the wrong way,

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 but I'm so glad you're here.

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 I'm so glad you're a part

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 of this church.

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 Does that make sense?

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 Do you follow me on that?

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 So,

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 just,

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 can we remember,

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 I think this is really important

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 at the foundational level.

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 We're building foundations

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 into this church.

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 Be careful how you build.

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 Okay?

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 And it's really important

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 that hopefully you can build,

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 again,

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 the things you build now

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 get into the culture

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 and then what's,

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 culture is caught.

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 Okay?

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 And that's,

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 that's a really powerful thing.

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 Eventually,

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 you have to talk about things

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 way less

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 because it's just caught

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 in the culture.

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 What if we build a culture

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 and we all have to work,

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 any kind of cultural thing,

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 we all have to contribute.

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 What if the culture of our church

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 is one of recognizing,

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 regarding,

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 and receiving the spiritual gifts

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 in one another?

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 Wouldn't that be awesome?

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 And especially those

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 five bodybuilding gifts

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 to make sure that the church

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 is built up

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 and make sure that we're equipped

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 to do the work of the ministry.

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 Make sure we're not being

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 tossed to and fro.

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 Make sure that we reach

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 the unity of the faith,

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 the fullness of Christ.

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 That's what it says

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 in Ephesians 4.

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 It's such an important

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 verse when it comes

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 to building God's church

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 with him,

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 collaborating with him.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 I want to look at

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 these five gifts.

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 Okay?

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 I'm going to point,

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 you guys,

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 if you guys want

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 to copy these notes,

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 because I'm going to mention

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 a lot of scriptures.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 I can get you a copy

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 of the good one

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 just to kind of

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 look them up yourself.

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 I'm not even going

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 to read through all of them,

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 but I'll reference them.

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 I'm going to reference

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 a lot of scriptures.

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 A lot,

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 the vast majority of this

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 is going to be scriptures

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 and then a little bit

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 of it is going to be me,

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 just my experience

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 working with building the church

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 and recognizing different people

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 and what I've seen

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 in some of these gifts

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 that could be clues

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 to help you recognize them.

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 Basically,

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 I'm trying to do

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 the best I can

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 to help us recognize,

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 help us regard,

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 and then help us

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 receive these gifts

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 because that's going

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 to build up our church.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 first one,

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 apostles.

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 Definition of an apostle.

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 Okay?

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 An apostle

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 is a father.

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 1 Corinthians 4.15.

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 Okay?

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 You have many,

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 10,000 boy leaders,

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 boy instructors,

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 but you have not many fathers.

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 I became your father

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 in the gospel.

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 One of my favorite verses,

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 1 Corinthians 4.15.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 apostles are fathers

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 who plant

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 and water

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 and or water

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 churches.

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 Okay?

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 You know,

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 I've planted,

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 Paul said,

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 Apollos watered,

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 1 Corinthians 3.5-7.

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 So,

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 they establish and nurture,

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 they plant and water

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 churches,

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 and they possess

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 supernatural skill

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 and mastery

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 to build people together.

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 Paul said

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 in 1 Corinthians 3.10

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 that as a skilled

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 master builder.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 apostles have this

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 unique ability

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 to build

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 like a supernatural

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 gifting

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 or ability

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 to build people together.

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 Okay?

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 An apostle is called

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 by God,

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 1 Corinthians 1.1.

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 Sent by men,

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 Acts 13.3.

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 They laid their hands

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 on them

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 and sent them

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 to specific people

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 or places,

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 Galatians 2.7-8.

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 Paul said

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 he was called

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 to the uncircumcised

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 and Peter was called

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 to the circumcised,

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 Gentiles, Jews.

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 Okay?

00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:34.440
 Apostles are male,

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 Acts 1.22.

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 When they had to choose,

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 when they chose Matthias

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 after Judas had died,

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 one of their requirements

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 was that he was a male.

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 Okay?

00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:45.759
 They're servants,

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 multiple verses

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 that talk about that,

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 workers,

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 1 Corinthians 3.9,

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 whom the church's foundation

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 is built on

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 along with prophets,

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 Ephesians 2.20,

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 the church is built

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 from the foundation

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 of apostles and prophets

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 with Jesus

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 the chief cornerstone.

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 And for those of you

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 might think that

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 that's only

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 the apostles and prophets

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 at the beginning

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 of the church,

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 like at,

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 you know,

00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:09.879
 Pentecost,

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 kind of that kind of time,

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 read on

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 later on in Ephesians

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 and it clearly speaks

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 that it's not referring

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 to the prophets of old

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 and the apostles then.

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 It's speaking of

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 a continual thing

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 if you keep reading.

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 So,

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 the seal of their apostleship

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 is the people

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 they've built together

00:16:28.599 --> 00:16:29.219
 as a church.

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 1 Corinthians 9.1-2,

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 he says,

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 the seal of my apostleship

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 is you.

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 That's what he says.

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 The people are his seal.

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 And they equip the saints

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 for the work of the ministry,

00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:42.279
 Ephesians 4.12.

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 Okay,

00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:43.960
 all these equip the saints.

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 But that's an apostle.

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 That's a kind of a

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 hopefully more fully

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 orbed definition.

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 And then I want to just

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 look at the distinctives.

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 I'm going to do this

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 with each one.

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 I'm going to talk about,

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 I want to talk about,

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 I think it's helpful

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 when you see

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 what these different gifts,

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 what their focus is,

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 what they love,

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 what they hate,

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 and then what they see

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 and what their weaknesses are.

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 And I think it can help you

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 discover if maybe

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 you have this gift

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 and it can help you

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 recognize it in other people.

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 Okay,

00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:14.519
 some of this is

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 right straight from

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 the scriptures.

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 Some of it is

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 stuff I've just seen

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 with people.

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 You can make

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 your own deductions.

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 So,

00:17:23.100 --> 00:17:23.720
 distinctives.

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 Apostles,

00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:26.740
 okay,

00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:27.080
 I started.

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 Apostles focus

00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:29.820
 on the church.

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 Okay,

00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.700
 that's kind of their

00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:33.400
 obsession.

00:17:33.620 --> 00:17:34.680
 That's like their focus,

00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.000
 right?

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.360
 What do they see?

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 Apostles see the big picture

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 and how everything

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 and everyone

00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:40.840
 fits together as a whole.

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 You see this with Paul,

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 like all over

00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:44.320
 the New Testament epistles.

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 He sees the big picture.

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 He sees the kind of

00:17:47.580 --> 00:17:49.660
 overarching plans of God

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 and how things fit together

00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:52.519
 and how the pieces

00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:53.220
 fit together

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 and has this anxiety

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 for the churches,

00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:55.920
 right?

00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:56.519
 That's what you can say.

00:17:56.580 --> 00:17:57.600
 That's what his focus is.

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 Apostles love order.

00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:01.059
 He told Titus,

00:18:01.099 --> 00:18:02.039
 who I believe is an apostle,

00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:03.199
 to put what remains

00:18:03.199 --> 00:18:03.740
 in order

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.639
 and appoint elders.

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 They love building

00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:07.879
 something from nothing.

00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:09.919
 That's what apostolic work is.

00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:10.919
 You're starting from nothing.

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:13.079
 They love family,

00:18:13.379 --> 00:18:14.359
 new frontiers,

00:18:14.619 --> 00:18:15.359
 the macro,

00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:17.959
 balance of appropriate emphasis,

00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.740
 and how people

00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.919
 and things fit together.

00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:21.519
 Okay,

00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:22.579
 you see Paul constantly

00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:23.500
 talking about body,

00:18:23.919 --> 00:18:24.359
 parts,

00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:25.839
 things fitting together.

00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:28.159
 apostles hate disorder,

00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:30.459
 small unholistic vision,

00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:32.240
 unbalanced emphasis,

00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:34.879
 impersonal programmatic church,

00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:37.199
 and devaluing the church.

00:18:37.859 --> 00:18:37.959
 Okay?

00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:40.159
 An apostle's weakness

00:18:40.159 --> 00:18:42.179
 is missing the micro

00:18:42.179 --> 00:18:44.199
 while focusing on the macro.

00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:45.319
 Okay?

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:46.159
 Now,

00:18:46.159 --> 00:18:46.740
 it's important to know

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.220
 their strengths

00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:47.959
 and their weaknesses.

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:49.179
 Everyone has them.

00:18:49.699 --> 00:18:49.879
 Okay?

00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.840
 Because you have to be sensitive

00:18:51.840 --> 00:18:52.160
 of that

00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:53.300
 and sometimes you have

00:18:53.300 --> 00:18:54.180
 to remind them of that.

00:18:54.340 --> 00:18:54.520
 Hey,

00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:56.220
 I love this about you.

00:18:56.560 --> 00:18:58.040
 I appreciate this about you.

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 Just remember,

00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.660
 this maybe isn't

00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:01.800
 as much your strength.

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.440
 Okay?

00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.620
 You need to be sensitive

00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:03.940
 to this.

00:19:04.020 --> 00:19:04.640
 This is why

00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:05.320
 you,

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:05.980
 apostle,

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:06.440
 need

00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:07.720
 profit guy

00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:08.960
 or profit woman

00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:09.560
 because they

00:19:09.560 --> 00:19:10.920
 see that micro.

00:19:11.080 --> 00:19:12.260
 You're Mr. Macro

00:19:12.260 --> 00:19:13.120
 and we need

00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:14.940
 Mr. and Mrs. Micro

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:15.340
 here.

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 It's very important.

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:19.100
 We can't just think macro.

00:19:19.099 --> 00:19:19.740
 Okay?

00:19:20.159 --> 00:19:21.240
 So that's apostles.

00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:22.819
 Prophets.

00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:25.480
 A prophet is

00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.859
 one who speaks

00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.519
 what they see

00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.399
 and hear from God.

00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.259
 Okay?

00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:29.639
 You see that

00:19:29.639 --> 00:19:31.619
 in 2 Chronicles 18, 13

00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:32.379
 that they,

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:32.959
 he says,

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:34.099
 I only speak the words

00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:35.299
 God puts in my mouth.

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:37.399
 2 Peter 1, 21,

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:39.119
 they spoke from God

00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:40.079
 as they were carried along.

00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:41.379
 Prophets spoke from God

00:19:41.379 --> 00:19:42.240
 as they were carried along

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:43.039
 by the Holy Spirit.

00:19:43.659 --> 00:19:43.879
 Okay?

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:45.399
 A prophet is a person

00:19:45.399 --> 00:19:46.639
 with supernatural ability

00:19:46.639 --> 00:19:48.459
 to hear what God is saying

00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:50.700
 and see what is naturally unseen.

00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.039
 Okay?

00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:53.980
 They see,

00:19:54.100 --> 00:19:55.180
 they hear

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:56.120
 and they see.

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.079
 All right?

00:19:58.140 --> 00:19:59.079
 And we're talking about

00:19:59.079 --> 00:19:59.579
 things that aren't

00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:00.440
 naturally seen.

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.579
 They see supernaturally.

00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:02.259
 They see things

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:03.440
 other people don't see.

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:05.940
 They get vision.

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:06.620
 You know,

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.620
 these are the kind of people

00:20:07.620 --> 00:20:08.620
 that are always seeing things

00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:09.000
 and you're just like,

00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.620
 I just don't see

00:20:09.620 --> 00:20:10.200
 what you're saying.

00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:10.559
 It's like,

00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:10.819
 yeah,

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.900
 that's because that's

00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:12.559
 the way they're gifted.

00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.759
 They see things.

00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:14.819
 It doesn't necessarily mean

00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.740
 they can build what they see

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.599
 but they can see it

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.680
 very clearly.

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.859
 Prophets are servants,

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:21.120
 Amos 3 verse 7,

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.599
 whom the church's foundation

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.299
 is built upon

00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:24.079
 along with apostles,

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:25.099
 Ephesians 2.20.

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.440
 They equip the saints

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:27.319
 for the work of ministry,

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.620
 Ephesians 4.12.

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.620
 Prophetic giftings

00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:31.680
 include discernment

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:33.220
 or discerning of spirits,

00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:34.519
 1 Corinthians 12.10.

00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:35.880
 Words of knowledge,

00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:37.359
 1 Corinthians 12.8.

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.440
 Basically knowing things

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:39.220
 you wouldn't know

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:40.559
 on your own.

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.900
 Seeing the future,

00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:45.320
 dreams and visions,

00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:47.060
 Numbers 12.6,

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:48.440
 Isaiah 30 verse 10.

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:50.240
 And then some prophets

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:51.720
 are called seers,

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:53.700
 S-E-E-R-S.

00:20:54.080 --> 00:20:54.240
 Okay?

00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:55.840
 So there's an element

00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:57.300
 of prophetic that hears

00:20:57.300 --> 00:20:58.660
 and there's an element

00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.980
 of the prophetic that sees.

00:21:01.080 --> 00:21:05.480
 And some prophets

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.580
 are called seers.

00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:09.019
 You see that there's

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.600
 multiple verses

00:21:09.600 --> 00:21:10.380
 that talk about these

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:11.560
 and even have verses

00:21:11.560 --> 00:21:13.460
 where one is referred

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.160
 to as a seer,

00:21:14.260 --> 00:21:16.120
 like Gad was referred

00:21:16.120 --> 00:21:17.420
 to as David's seer

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.900
 and Nathan was referred

00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:19.660
 to as a prophet.

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:20.520
 Okay?

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:22.880
 So the seer,

00:21:23.100 --> 00:21:23.760
 there's some people

00:21:23.760 --> 00:21:24.100
 that just,

00:21:24.280 --> 00:21:25.140
 they see things

00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:26.620
 and then there's some people

00:21:26.620 --> 00:21:27.340
 who hear things.

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:27.580
 Okay?

00:21:28.760 --> 00:21:29.320
 Distinctives.

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:31.580
 Prophets focus on God.

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.200
 Their orientation

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:33.360
 is on God.

00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:34.160
 They're constantly

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:36.580
 just like comparing

00:21:36.580 --> 00:21:37.440
 everything to this

00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:38.600
 plumb line to God.

00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:39.819
 If it's off,

00:21:40.199 --> 00:21:40.779
 you're going to hear

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.219
 about it.

00:21:41.379 --> 00:21:41.559
 Okay?

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:44.019
 Prophets see God.

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:46.240
 Isaiah is a perfect example.

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:47.179
 I saw the Lord

00:21:47.179 --> 00:21:48.119
 high and lifted up.

00:21:48.179 --> 00:21:48.399
 Right?

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:50.079
 That's what prophets do.

00:21:50.639 --> 00:21:52.219
 They see right and wrong,

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.359
 black and white.

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.879
 They see the plumb line

00:21:54.879 --> 00:21:55.480
 from heaven.

00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:56.159
 They're constantly

00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:57.480
 looking at that.

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:59.579
 They see small things

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:00.779
 others don't see

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:02.539
 and they see the future.

00:22:03.439 --> 00:22:03.579
 Okay?

00:22:04.139 --> 00:22:05.079
 Prophets love being

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:06.059
 alone with God.

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:08.779
 They love being true,

00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:09.899
 seeing,

00:22:10.159 --> 00:22:10.519
 hearing,

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.500
 discerning,

00:22:11.919 --> 00:22:12.859
 inspecting,

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.799
 and dreaming.

00:22:14.639 --> 00:22:14.839
 Okay?

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.639
 Prophets hate

00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:17.139
 when people

00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:18.500
 aren't focused on God.

00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:20.179
 Prophets hate

00:22:20.179 --> 00:22:20.919
 fleshly,

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:22.220
 independent ministry.

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:24.000
 Prophets hate

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.700
 when people

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.879
 or ministries

00:22:25.879 --> 00:22:26.779
 aren't true.

00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:29.000
 Prophets hate

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:30.220
 misrepresentation,

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.359
 exaggeration,

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.279
 deceit,

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:33.139
 and falsehood.

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.019
 Okay?

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.940
 They can't stand

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.379
 that stuff.

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.119
 That bugs them.

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.420
 A prophet's weakness

00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:39.700
 is thinking that

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.099
 the micro

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:40.920
 is the macro

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:42.079
 and sometimes

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.960
 having a difficult

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:44.119
 time being with people.

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:44.920
 Okay?

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.819
 It's terrible.

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.460
 Oh, I forgot

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.119
 to give examples

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.819
 of apostles.

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:56.160
 Examples of apostles,

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:56.920
 Matthias,

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.819
 Paul and Barnabas,

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.559
 Apollos,

00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.559
 Silvanus,

00:22:59.639 --> 00:23:00.099
 and Timothy,

00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:00.700
 Jesus.

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.480
 Examples of prophets.

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.519
 There's so many

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:03.960
 in the Bible,

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.880
 but Abraham

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.700
 was the first one

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.039
 mentioned.

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:07.700
 Moses was a prophet

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.380
 like none other,

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:08.839
 it says,

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:10.440
 in Exodus.

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.059
 I'm sorry,

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:14.220
 Deuteronomy 3410.

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.559
 In Antioch,

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:16.259
 it says there was

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:17.360
 prophets and teachers.

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:19.019
 Philip's daughters

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.680
 were referred to

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.860
 as prophets.

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.440
 Agabus was referred

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.059
 to as a prophet.

00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.599
 And Jesus is referred

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:25.279
 to as a prophet.

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.839
 Okay?

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.660
 Okay.

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.680
 Thirdly,

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.599
 evangelists.

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:29.980
 All right,

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.839
 what's an evangelist?

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:32.039
 Definition of evangelist,

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:33.700
 is a gospel

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:35.299
 or good news

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.960
 proclaimer.

00:23:36.659 --> 00:23:36.899
 All right?

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:38.279
 Possessing supernatural

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:39.500
 power and wisdom

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.659
 to win souls.

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.440
 Proverbs 11,

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.180
 verse 30 says,

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.940
 he who wins souls

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.500
 is wise.

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.839
 Evangelist has a boldness

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:50.039
 to go where lost people

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:51.279
 are and preach to them.

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.740
 They're always wanting to,

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.619
 this is where an evangelist

00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:55.859
 and apostle are very similar.

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.139
 They're always wanting

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.899
 to go out

00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:59.220
 into new territories.

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.920
 Evangelist is focused

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:03.019
 on winning souls

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:04.900
 and apostles

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.340
 are focused

00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:06.539
 on establishing churches.

00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:07.300
 Okay?

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.880
 But they're very much

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.580
 the more pioneer

00:24:10.580 --> 00:24:11.300
 kind of people,

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.580
 apostles and evangelists.

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.100
 They're always wanting

00:24:13.100 --> 00:24:13.600
 to go out.

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:16.220
 They equip the saints

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.640
 for the work

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.160
 of the ministry.

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:17.980
 Okay?

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.380
 It's important to realize

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:19.880
 that these,

00:24:20.060 --> 00:24:21.279
 oftentimes we think

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.320
 that these gifts

00:24:22.320 --> 00:24:22.660
 are the ones

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.560
 who do the ministry,

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.500
 which they do,

00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.080
 obviously.

00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:27.320
 But hear what it says

00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:27.980
 and sometimes it just

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.840
 kind of goes right

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.380
 over our head

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:30.280
 and we glaze over.

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.620
 They equip the saints

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.320
 for ministry.

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.380
 So an evangelist,

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:33.960
 you may think,

00:24:34.020 --> 00:24:34.640
 oh, an evangelist,

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.020
 they're the ones

00:24:35.020 --> 00:24:36.020
 who do all the evangelism.

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.100
 No.

00:24:38.340 --> 00:24:39.680
 Evangelists do evangelism,

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:41.380
 but they equip others

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:42.360
 to do evangelism.

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:43.860
 Okay?

00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:45.360
 Apostles equip people

00:24:45.360 --> 00:24:46.220
 to build the church.

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.740
 Prophets equip people

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.620
 to hear God

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.540
 and to recognize

00:24:49.540 --> 00:24:50.380
 right and wrong.

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.040
 You know,

00:24:51.300 --> 00:24:52.180
 teachers equip people

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:53.320
 to teach the word of God.

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.640
 Pastors equip people

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.600
 to care for the church

00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.420
 and care for people.

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:58.040
 They don't just do the work,

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.659
 which they do,

00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:00.159
 but they're equipping others.

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.299
 These are equipping gifts.

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:01.639
 Okay?

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.299
 So it's important.

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:03.559
 So,

00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.980
 what are the distinctives

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.799
 of an evangelist?

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.220
 Evangelists focus

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.059
 on the lost.

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.599
 That's their kind of,

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.740
 their focus.

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.779
 It's what they think about,

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.639
 they obsess about.

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.899
 Evangelists,

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.619
 what they see

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.700
 is they see souls

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.659
 and they see harvest.

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:18.619
 Right?

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.740
 That's what they're

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.799
 constantly seeing.

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:22.379
 I see souls out there.

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.920
 I see harvest out there.

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.899
 We got to get out there.

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.480
 Okay?

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:28.099
 Evangelists love unbelievers,

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.220
 soul winning,

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.259
 preaching the gospel

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.360
 and new frontiers.

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.339
 Evangelists hate

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.960
 indifference to the lost.

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:37.079
 They hate people

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:38.360
 not hearing the gospel

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:40.039
 and they hate people

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:41.299
 not preaching the gospel.

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.140
 Okay?

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.660
 An evangelist's weakness

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.839
 is winning souls

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.720
 without value

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.299
 or regard

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.059
 for maturing

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:48.299
 or caring for souls

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:49.640
 after conversion.

00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:50.640
 Okay?

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.440
 It's like,

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.160
 we just got to get,

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.920
 we just got to get souls.

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.759
 We just got to get souls.

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:53.980
 Well,

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:55.299
 you got to care for the souls too.

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.619
 You know?

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.500
 Again,

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:57.839
 it's just,

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.639
 these are good things

00:25:58.639 --> 00:25:59.079
 to recognize.

00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:00.319
 I appreciate this about you

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:01.180
 but let's recognize

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:02.659
 that this might be

00:26:02.659 --> 00:26:03.359
 an area

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.200
 where you're not as strong.

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:04.720
 Okay?

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.259
 Examples in the Bible,

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.859
 Philip in Acts 21,

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:11.079
 he's referred to

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:12.000
 as an evangelist.

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.079
 Jesus is

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:14.879
 an evangelist

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:16.159
 constantly going around

00:26:16.159 --> 00:26:16.519
 and preaching

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.099
 the good news

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.559
 of the kingdom.

00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:18.720
 And

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:20.519
 there are only

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.700
 three verses

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.299
 in the Bible

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:23.180
 about evangelism.

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:24.640
 just three.

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.740
 Not a lot.

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.400
 Okay?

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:26.700
 So,

00:26:27.100 --> 00:26:28.440
 not a lot of material there

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.680
 in one sense

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:31.000
 but we,

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:32.039
 there's other aspects

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:33.060
 of that,

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:34.140
 the meaning of that word

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:34.759
 that would lead us

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.500
 to help understand

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.060
 what it is.

00:26:36.060 --> 00:26:36.340
 Like,

00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:37.600
 evangelist is someone

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.820
 who proclaims good news,

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.880
 preaches the good news.

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.279
 We know that

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.080
 that's the definition.

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.539
 So,

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.019
 it's in Ephesians 4,

00:26:43.080 --> 00:26:43.420
 11.

00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:44.720
 He gave someone

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.519
 to be evangelist.

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.340
 Acts 21, 8

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:46.880
 when it talks about

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:47.880
 Philip the evangelist.

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:49.520
 And then

00:26:49.520 --> 00:26:50.580
 2 Timothy 4, 5

00:26:50.580 --> 00:26:51.680
 and Paul tells Timothy

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:53.100
 to do the work

00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:54.000
 of an evangelist.

00:26:54.280 --> 00:26:54.400
 Okay?

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:54.580
 So,

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.240
 everyone has to do

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.160
 the work of an evangelist

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.420
 even if they're not evangelists.

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.560
 That's a work

00:26:58.560 --> 00:26:59.280
 that we're all called to do

00:26:59.280 --> 00:26:59.880
 because believers

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.420
 are all called

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:01.240
 to preach the gospel.

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:01.840
 But some

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:03.100
 have a unique gifting,

00:27:03.260 --> 00:27:04.220
 a supernatural gifting

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:05.060
 to equip others

00:27:05.060 --> 00:27:05.620
 to do it

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.800
 and to do it themselves.

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.800
 They have an uncanny,

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:10.280
 unnatural,

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.520
 supernatural ability

00:27:11.520 --> 00:27:12.300
 to win souls.

00:27:12.800 --> 00:27:12.900
 Okay?

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.340
 Pastors,

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:15.980
 shepherds,

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:18.380
 definition of a pastor,

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:18.860
 shepherd,

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:21.039
 a faithful steward,

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.000
 Titus 1, 7,

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.440
 a steward,

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.220
 someone who's

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:24.680
 responsible for people,

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.120
 an overseer

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:27.079
 of the flock of God,

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:28.160
 Acts 20, 28,

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.240
 1 Peter 5, 2.

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:29.940
 Okay?

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:31.000
 They oversee the church.

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:31.940
 They oversee people.

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.920
 They care for people.

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:34.400
 They shepherd the people.

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.759
 They're a steward

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.319
 of the people.

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:38.180
 They have a supernatural ability

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:39.860
 to take care of people well.

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.339
 Okay?

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:41.299
 Acts 20, 28

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:42.660
 talks about taking care

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.299
 of the flock

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.519
 that God has given you

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.299
 under your care.

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:45.900
 Okay?

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.599
 They're very good

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.759
 at caring for people.

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:51.440
 Pastor shepherds,

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:54.319
 the office of pastor shepherd,

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.000
 their fathers.

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.519
 Why?

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.599
 Because the Bible says

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:58.519
 in 1 Timothy 3,

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:58.900
 verse 5,

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.640
 and the qualifications

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:01.799
 for an elder shepherd.

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.700
 So,

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.559
 I would use

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.420
 pastor,

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.099
 shepherd,

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:05.680
 elder,

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.460
 overseer,

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.940
 all in the same,

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.160
 like,

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.579
 synonymous.

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.019
 Okay?

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.680
 I believe that's what

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:12.299
 the Bible is getting at.

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.259
 You know,

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.000
 the qualifications

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.819
 for pastor,

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.220
 shepherd,

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.700
 overseer,

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.019
 elder

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:18.099
 is that they must

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.839
 manage their own

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.559
 family well

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.339
 because if they can't

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.819
 manage their own

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.279
 family well,

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.539
 how will they take care

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.779
 of the church of God?

00:28:24.919 --> 00:28:25.319
 Assuming,

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.599
 from the rest of Scripture

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:27.659
 and what it says,

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.599
 that the church is a family.

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.279
 So,

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:30.079
 if you can't take care

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.819
 of your family,

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.180
 how will you take care

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:33.279
 of God's family?

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:35.119
 And the people

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.700
 who take care

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.420
 of God's family,

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:36.779
 I mean,

00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:37.639
 people who take care

00:28:37.639 --> 00:28:38.139
 of a family

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:39.359
 are parents,

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:41.420
 fathers and mothers.

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.099
 Okay?

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.059
 So,

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:45.579
 and although

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.980
 the office of

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.299
 pastor,

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.740
 elder,

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.440
 overseer

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.759
 needs to be a man,

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.339
 we see it in the

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:51.399
 qualifications of an elder,

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.720
 but I definitely believe

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.319
 that there are women

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:54.619
 who have pastoral gifting,

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.399
 who have that motherly

00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:57.639
 care and gifting.

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.240
 Okay?

00:29:00.139 --> 00:29:00.619
 So,

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.039
 pastors,

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.539
 shepherds,

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.200
 and that office

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.819
 are fathers.

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.859
 They're teachers

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.639
 and instructors.

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.639
 It says they must be

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:07.599
 able to teach

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:10.720
 in Titus and Timothy.

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:12.379
 They're exemplars.

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.500
 1 Peter 5,

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.200
 3 talks about

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.899
 being an example

00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:16.079
 to the flock.

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:16.799
 And so,

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.379
 not only do they

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:18.099
 care for them,

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:18.980
 but they're like

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:20.559
 an example of,

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:20.700
 hey,

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:22.200
 this is what

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:24.079
 you should aspire to.

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:24.700
 Okay?

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.700
 They have specific

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.339
 qualifications,

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.460
 1 Timothy 3

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:30.200
 and Titus chapter 1

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:31.339
 speak of specific

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.980
 qualifications,

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:33.360
 which is almost

00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:35.099
 totally explicitly

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:37.460
 character qualifications.

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.440
 Okay?

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.559
 So,

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:38.880
 they have to have

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.240
 a character.

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.460
 Why?

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.420
 Because they're exemplars.

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.160
 They're examples.

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.420
 And they are

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.279
 appointed by men.

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:46.180
 Paul encourages Titus,

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:48.539
 go appoint elders

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.420
 in every town.

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.340
 Titus chapter 1

00:29:50.340 --> 00:29:50.799
 verse 5.

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.500
 And they're made

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.140
 by the Holy Spirit.

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.680
 Acts 20,

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.440
 28 says,

00:29:54.580 --> 00:29:55.320
 the Holy Spirit

00:29:55.320 --> 00:29:56.620
 who has made you

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.360
 overseers.

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.060
 So,

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.400
 made by the Holy Spirit,

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.980
 appointed by men.

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:01.640
 Okay?

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:04.120
 which is kind of

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.960
 similar to apostles

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:06.120
 where it's the God

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.840
 who calls them

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.820
 and then men

00:30:07.820 --> 00:30:08.520
 who send them.

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.220
 Right?

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.420
 Which is kind of

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.240
 a cool way

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.360
 of looking at it.

00:30:13.080 --> 00:30:13.840
 They are leaders

00:30:13.840 --> 00:30:14.680
 who will give account

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.320
 for your souls.

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:15.960
 Hebrews 13,

00:30:16.080 --> 00:30:16.640
 7 says,

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.440
 remember your leaders,

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:19.180
 keep watch over you.

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.380
 Essentially,

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.440
 that's another word

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.120
 for overseer,

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.320
 right?

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.420
 Keep watch over you.

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:26.680
 They are caring

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.180
 for your souls

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.840
 as ones who will

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.700
 have to give an account.

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.400
 Okay?

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:29.540
 So,

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.100
 they're accountable

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:30.840
 for souls.

00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:32.240
 They care about people

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:33.800
 because they know

00:30:33.800 --> 00:30:34.400
 they're accountable

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:34.860
 to them.

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.660
 And lastly,

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.480
 they equip the saints

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.280
 for work and ministry.

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.620
 Ephesians chapter 4

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.040
 verse 12.

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.500
 Distinctives.

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.680
 Pastors focus

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.340
 on Christians.

00:30:42.540 --> 00:30:43.120
 Pastors focus

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:44.019
 on people.

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.440
 They're just,

00:30:44.840 --> 00:30:45.740
 they're focused

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.960
 on the flock of God.

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.400
 Right?

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:49.280
 What do they see?

00:30:49.780 --> 00:30:50.780
 They see individual

00:30:50.780 --> 00:30:51.960
 needs for care,

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:52.900
 comfort,

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:53.720
 healing,

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.500
 and nurturing.

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:56.280
 That's a pastor's heart.

00:30:57.560 --> 00:30:58.320
 What do pastors love?

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.060
 Pastors love

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.679
 caring,

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.639
 comforting,

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:01.839
 listening,

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.000
 counseling,

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.480
 and ministering

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.700
 to individual Christians.

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:06.539
 Okay?

00:31:07.399 --> 00:31:08.279
 Pastors hate

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.740
 when people

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.399
 aren't cared for.

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:11.059
 That's what bugs them,

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.299
 right?

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.500
 They hate when people

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.639
 aren't treated fairly

00:31:13.639 --> 00:31:15.139
 or aren't heard

00:31:15.139 --> 00:31:16.240
 or understood.

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:17.559
 Okay?

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.559
 A pastor's weakness

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:21.059
 is caring for individuals

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:22.200
 at the expense

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.099
 of the whole church.

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.059
 Okay?

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:25.220
 Where they get so focused

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:26.599
 on the individual needs

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.799
 or needy people

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.960
 or the individual

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.980
 counseling needs

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.259
 or whatever

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.240
 that maybe they don't

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:32.680
 see the bigger picture

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.059
 whole.

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.059
 Right?

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.740
 But again,

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:37.180
 another very valuable gift

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:38.019
 to equip the saints.

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:39.180
 Examples are

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.779
 James in Acts 21,

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:41.379
 17,

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:41.940
 Peter,

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.799
 1 Peter 5,

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.359
 verse 1,

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.699
 Jesus,

00:31:44.699 --> 00:31:44.979
 Jesus,

00:31:45.219 --> 00:31:45.679
 the shepherd

00:31:45.679 --> 00:31:46.359
 and overseer

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:46.899
 of our souls

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:47.759
 in 1 Peter 2,

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.339
 25.

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.199
 Okay?

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.759
 Last one,

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.319
 teachers.

00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:53.939
 Definition of a teacher,

00:31:54.179 --> 00:31:55.119
 an authoritative,

00:31:55.979 --> 00:31:56.679
 I love it,

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.379
 said of Jesus

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:57.959
 in Mark 1,

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.339
 22,

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.279
 he didn't teach

00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.939
 like the scribes

00:31:59.939 --> 00:32:00.339
 of our day,

00:32:00.439 --> 00:32:00.979
 he did what?

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.959
 He taught as one

00:32:01.959 --> 00:32:02.599
 with authority.

00:32:02.959 --> 00:32:03.119
 Okay?

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:05.139
 And that's the difference.

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.740
 Those scribes

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.240
 didn't have

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.659
 the power of God,

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.079
 they didn't have

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:10.559
 that anointing

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.899
 to speak with authority,

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.960
 that's what a teacher does.

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.699
 When you hear

00:32:13.699 --> 00:32:14.439
 a teacher speak,

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.439
 you just kind of,

00:32:15.439 --> 00:32:16.179
 you stick,

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:17.519
 you kind of

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:19.039
 tune your ear like,

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.220
 wow,

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.319
 this person has authority.

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.879
 And that's what

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.519
 they did with Jesus,

00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:21.899
 right?

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:23.379
 They speak in a way,

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.879
 an authoritative way,

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:27.319
 a teacher is a communicator

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.019
 of truth,

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:30.639
 possessing supernatural ability

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:34.019
 in 1 Peter 3,

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.099
 I'm sorry,

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.240
 1 Timothy 3,

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:37.399
 2 Timothy 2,

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:38.660
 all speak of

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:39.580
 one being able

00:32:39.580 --> 00:32:40.140
 to teach,

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:42.040
 entrust to reliable men

00:32:42.040 --> 00:32:43.060
 who are able

00:32:43.060 --> 00:32:43.800
 to teach.

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.140
 They have,

00:32:44.280 --> 00:32:45.040
 they're able,

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.800
 they have an ability

00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:47.200
 and it's a supernatural ability

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.920
 given by God,

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.560
 it's a gift,

00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:49.300
 okay?

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:51.060
 They are able to teach

00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:52.320
 and to speak

00:32:52.320 --> 00:32:53.660
 in ways that people

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.280
 understand,

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.160
 okay?

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:57.060
 A good example

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:57.680
 of someone

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.420
 who's a teacher

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.780
 is they take complex things

00:32:59.780 --> 00:33:00.480
 and make them simple.

00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:02.180
 Like when a teacher speaks,

00:33:02.300 --> 00:33:03.380
 people understand things.

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.740
 If you're someone

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.580
 who says you're a teacher

00:33:05.580 --> 00:33:06.740
 and people don't understand you,

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.680
 kind of like,

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:08.759
 eh,

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.319
 probably not.

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.660
 You know,

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.400
 that's kind of

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.339
 the distinguishing marker.

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.200
 You're able to speak

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:14.359
 in a supernatural way

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.799
 where people understand.

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.859
 Think of the teachers

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.799
 you like to listen to

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.380
 on podcasts

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:19.519
 or YouTube.

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.099
 They're people

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:21.960
 who make complex things simple.

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.279
 It's like,

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:23.259
 that's why I listen to them.

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:25.140
 They equip the saints

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:25.960
 for the work of the ministry,

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:27.059
 Ephesians 4, 12.

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:29.880
 Distinctives.

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.759
 Teachers focus

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.799
 on the truth.

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:32.799
 They focus,

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.720
 they're kind of obsessed

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.339
 with truth.

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.860
 Teachers see truth

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.380
 and lies.

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.900
 That's the way

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.620
 they see the world.

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.360
 It's true

00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:39.240
 or it's not true.

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:39.900
 It's true

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.500
 or it's lie.

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:42.400
 Teachers love truth.

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.900
 They love good doctrine.

00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:45.400
 They love reading books.

00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:46.480
 They love listening

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.200
 to sermons.

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.559
 They love rigorous

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.900
 study and debate.

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:50.600
 Okay?

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:54.019
 They don't get weary

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.700
 with those things.

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.539
 That energizes

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.059
 the teacher.

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.559
 Right?

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:59.600
 Teachers hate lies.

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:01.259
 They hate bad doctrine.

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:03.000
 And they hate false teaching.

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.019
 Okay?

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.720
 Teachers weakness

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.539
 is caring more

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.379
 about being right

00:34:07.379 --> 00:34:08.380
 than love for people.

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.539
 Okay?

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:12.239
 Which can be very easy

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:13.199
 to happen sometimes.

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:15.039
 Examples.

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:16.099
 In Antioch,

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.900
 there was teachers.

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:19.239
 Paul called himself

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:20.280
 a teacher

00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:21.059
 and an apostle

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.980
 and a preacher.

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:24.159
 2 Timothy 1.11.

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.719
 And Jesus clearly

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.760
 was a teacher.

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.659
 Again,

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.579
 Jesus possesses

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.280
 all these gifts.

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:34.519
 1 Timothy 4.13

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:34.860
 says,

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.800
 devote yourself

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:37.060
 to teaching.

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:38.240
 A teacher is devoted

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:38.900
 to teaching.

00:34:39.040 --> 00:34:39.380
 It's something

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:40.519
 that they're passionate about.

00:34:41.060 --> 00:34:41.220
 Okay?

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:42.340
 So that's a teacher.

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.140
 So,

00:34:43.600 --> 00:34:45.600
 I think it's important

00:34:45.600 --> 00:34:46.800
 like when you think

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.780
 about these things,

00:34:48.140 --> 00:34:48.880
 especially when you just

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.900
 think of like the focus.

00:34:50.580 --> 00:34:50.940
 You think,

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.180
 oh,

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.519
 okay,

00:34:51.600 --> 00:34:52.780
 apostles are focused

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:54.800
 primarily on the church.

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.800
 Prophets are focused

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:58.040
 primarily on God.

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:59.519
 evangelists are focused

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.759
 primarily on the lost.

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:01.679
 Pastors,

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.300
 shepherds

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:03.539
 are focused primarily

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.179
 on people

00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:04.900
 and Christians

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.639
 specifically.

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:06.900
 And then teachers

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.860
 are focused primarily

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.539
 on truth.

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.800
 When you see that

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.139
 in people,

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:11.239
 you can start to recognize,

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.179
 okay,

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:12.639
 I think I know

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.559
 how this person's gifted.

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:14.460
 Like,

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.139
 I see the way

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.679
 they're bent.

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:17.099
 I see what they're

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:18.199
 kind of obsessed about.

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:19.460
 I see what they

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:20.480
 just can't,

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.400
 you know,

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:22.800
 another way to put it

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.239
 is something,

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.579
 sometimes the way

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:25.259
 to determine

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.980
 how you're gifted

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.559
 or someone else

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:26.980
 is gifted

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:28.039
 is to think

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.460
 of what they

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.760
 can't not do.

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.240
 Like,

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.920
 I can't help

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.679
 but do this.

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.460
 That's the,

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:34.860
 like,

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:35.880
 if you've ever

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:37.559
 maybe thought

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.679
 you had a spiritual gift

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:39.500
 or one of these

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.199
 five gifts

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:41.159
 and then

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:42.539
 you're kind of like,

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:42.780
 ah,

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.360
 I'm done with this.

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:43.820
 I don't want to do

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:44.400
 this anymore

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:46.300
 because it's too much

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.659
 pain,

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.400
 too much trouble.

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.539
 And then you keep

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:49.619
 going back to the pain

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.159
 and the trouble,

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:53.199
 you may have the gift.

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:55.399
 I mean,

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.019
 Gene and I have said

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.699
 that many times

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.379
 we wanted to give up

00:35:57.379 --> 00:35:57.879
 on the church

00:35:57.879 --> 00:35:58.699
 and it's just like,

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.939
 just keep coming back.

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:02.299
 Keep going back

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:03.500
 to things that are difficult.

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.500
 And it's just like,

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:04.879
 yes,

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.019
 because,

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:06.419
 like,

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:07.359
 the way you're wired,

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:07.960
 you're bent,

00:36:08.259 --> 00:36:09.059
 as much as you want

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.839
 to get away from it,

00:36:09.879 --> 00:36:10.699
 it's like you can't

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:11.399
 because it's what

00:36:11.399 --> 00:36:12.239
 God's gifted you.

00:36:13.359 --> 00:36:13.679
 It's like,

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.319
 you know,

00:36:14.339 --> 00:36:14.980
 you just think,

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.659
 you know,

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:17.319
 Chris and Stacey

00:36:17.319 --> 00:36:18.399
 are very pastoral,

00:36:18.939 --> 00:36:19.939
 extremely pastoral.

00:36:20.259 --> 00:36:20.419
 You know,

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:21.719
 they might sometimes think,

00:36:21.819 --> 00:36:21.939
 oh,

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.880
 I can't do this anymore.

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.720
 People are so,

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:24.980
 there's so much

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:27.079
 mess with people.

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.280
 And then they're like,

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:29.139
 I'm not going to do this anymore.

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.800
 I'm not going to counsel

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:30.500
 people on this anymore.

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.460
 And I guarantee you

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.320
 they'd be right back at it.

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.440
 There's no way I would believe

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:34.240
 that they would give up.

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.099
 They couldn't

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:36.099
 because that's how they're wired,

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.599
 right?

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.559
 I mean,

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:38.960
 we could go,

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:40.039
 there's so many different people

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.240
 in here,

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:41.679
 but it's good to affirm people

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:41.960
 and say,

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.200
 hey,

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:44.019
 this is how I recognize.

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.780
 I can see,

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:46.300
 this is kind of what you,

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:46.599
 like,

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.500
 when you look at the world,

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.740
 this is what you see,

00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:49.380
 right?

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:51.119
 You see souls.

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:53.039
 You see truth.

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:55.500
 You see truth in laws.

00:36:55.859 --> 00:36:57.460
 You see a plumb line from heaven.

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.559
 You see,

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.059
 like,

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.880
 how the church

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:01.319
 and how people fit together.

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.219
 You know,

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.679
 those,

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:04.279
 when you see those kind of things,

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.199
 those are clues,

00:37:05.299 --> 00:37:05.420
 like,

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:05.579
 oh,

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:06.719
 that's how that person's gifted.

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.019
 Now remember,

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.380
 too,

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.719
 some people could have more

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:10.599
 than one of these gifts.

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.859
 So sometimes you think,

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.039
 well,

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.900
 I think they're this,

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.679
 but I think maybe,

00:37:13.779 --> 00:37:13.880
 no,

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.460
 they're this.

00:37:14.819 --> 00:37:15.000
 Well,

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.699
 they might be both,

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:17.199
 right?

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:18.779
 There's gift mixes.

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.859
 Some people have two,

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:20.819
 maybe three.

00:37:21.319 --> 00:37:21.859
 I don't know.

00:37:21.939 --> 00:37:22.419
 I don't know.

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.419
 I don't know how that works.

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.219
 Some people have more.

00:37:24.339 --> 00:37:25.099
 Some people have less.

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.659
 But at the end of the day,

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:27.319
 and some of you

00:37:27.319 --> 00:37:28.319
 might not have any of these

00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:29.099
 five-fold gifts,

00:37:29.439 --> 00:37:29.659
 okay?

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:31.679
 That doesn't mean you're a lesser person.

00:37:31.779 --> 00:37:33.259
 That doesn't mean you're a lesser Christian.

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:34.559
 It just means,

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:34.819
 again,

00:37:34.859 --> 00:37:36.099
 you need those other ones

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:37.339
 for us to be built up,

00:37:37.339 --> 00:37:38.659
 for the church to function

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:39.879
 as it is.

00:37:40.399 --> 00:37:41.199
 But the other thing is,

00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:43.039
 if you do have one of these gifts,

00:37:43.319 --> 00:37:44.539
 you better use it.

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:46.820
 You gotta use it.

00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:48.599
 You better get good at it.

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:50.199
 You better figure it out.

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:51.639
 You know,

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.920
 if you think you have one of these gifts,

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:54.420
 have you ever done a study

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:55.800
 on that gift in the Bible?

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:57.559
 If you think you have one of these gifts,

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:59.099
 have you ever looked at every verse on it?

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:00.679
 Say,

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.500
 I'm gifted pastorally.

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.599
 There's only one verse in the Bible

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.599
 that talked about a pastor.

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.219
 Good job.

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:04.579
 You're done.

00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:07.880
 There's other verses on shepherding,

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.139
 too,

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:08.420
 okay?

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.880
 So you can use those as well.

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:13.099
 But do you study these things?

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.920
 Or are you just kind of,

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.400
 see,

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:15.220
 this is the problem.

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:16.300
 What I'm saying is,

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:17.099
 it's like,

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.340
 oh yeah,

00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:17.700
 that's good.

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:17.880
 Yeah,

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:19.139
 that's how I'm gifted.

00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:19.579
 Yeah,

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:19.960
 thanks,

00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:20.139
 man.

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.820
 I feel like,

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.159
 I maybe,

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:22.139
 after hearing you,

00:38:22.220 --> 00:38:23.420
 I'm maybe a little bit more

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:24.519
 tuned on that a little bit.

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:25.039
 Like,

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:25.720
 what are you gonna do with it?

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:28.039
 Study it.

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.480
 Dive into it.

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.220
 Figure it out.

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:31.019
 Read about it.

00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:32.780
 Read other people who are gifted in it.

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:34.320
 Seek out other people who are gifted in it.

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:35.119
 Learn from them.

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.880
 Why wouldn't you?

00:38:37.700 --> 00:38:39.000
 Because if you do,

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:41.200
 the church gets built up.

00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:43.779
 We hear of all kinds of churches

00:38:43.779 --> 00:38:44.819
 that are doing the opposite.

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:45.739
 They're getting what?

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.719
 Tore down.

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:48.960
 They're going away.

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.879
 That church didn't make it.

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:52.159
 That church has gone,

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:53.500
 you know,

00:38:53.859 --> 00:38:55.439
 woke and weird and bad.

00:38:55.439 --> 00:38:56.559
 And then,

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:59.739
 we talk about that all the time.

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.859
 What about the churches

00:39:00.859 --> 00:39:02.000
 that are being built up?

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:04.939
 It's no mystery how that happens.

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:05.980
 You have to say,

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:06.379
 man,

00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:08.300
 how come some churches do

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:09.599
 and some churches don't?

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:11.519
 How come that church didn't make it

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:12.700
 and this church did?

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:14.200
 It's not a mystery.

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:16.320
 It's all in the book.

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:20.039
 It's mostly in the second half of the book.

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:21.320
 It's mostly in the New Testament.

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:22.980
 Like,

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:24.240
 it's laid out there.

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:25.119
 It's not a mystery.

00:39:25.220 --> 00:39:26.000
 You don't have to wonder.

00:39:26.160 --> 00:39:27.039
 You can figure it out.

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:29.500
 And if we are obedient to Jesus

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:32.579
 and if we are valuing his ways,

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:36.319
 this church will be built up.

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:37.559
 Like,

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.360
 even certain verses,

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:38.619
 like,

00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:40.960
 I might do this next time I preach here,

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:43.679
 but there's a verse in Acts

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:44.179
 that says

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:45.960
 that the church multiplied

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:49.099
 and it just gives two reasons

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.900
 why it multiplied.

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:51.219
 And some people,

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.860
 we have these church growth experts.

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.539
 They're studying

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.079
 and they're reading,

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:54.900
 writing all these books

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.420
 and they're just like,

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:55.739
 well,

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:56.380
 you got to do this

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:57.059
 and you got to do this

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:59.420
 and it's the global shed church movement.

00:39:59.639 --> 00:39:59.759
 You know,

00:39:59.799 --> 00:39:59.940
 like,

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:01.059
 we're figuring it out now.

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:02.119
 It's shed churches.

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:02.599
 You know,

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:04.339
 but that's what people do.

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:04.599
 They're like,

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:04.739
 no,

00:40:04.779 --> 00:40:05.500
 it's house church.

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:05.779
 No,

00:40:05.839 --> 00:40:06.679
 it's cell church.

00:40:06.799 --> 00:40:06.920
 No,

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:08.279
 it's mega church.

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:08.619
 No,

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:09.699
 it's micro church.

00:40:09.819 --> 00:40:09.920
 No,

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.139
 it's,

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:10.880
 it's just like,

00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:11.579
 oh my gosh.

00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:11.859
 Like,

00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:12.719
 really?

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:14.079
 Do we need another model?

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.719
 And then you see in the Bible,

00:40:15.839 --> 00:40:16.199
 it says,

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.420
 the church multiplied

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:18.719
 in the fear of the Lord

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.980
 and the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.179
 Oh,

00:40:21.199 --> 00:40:21.359
 really?

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:22.799
 That's it?

00:40:23.799 --> 00:40:24.639
 That's what it says.

00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:26.900
 That's what it says.

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.859
 And then you think,

00:40:29.339 --> 00:40:30.199
 how many churches

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:32.019
 care about the fear of the Lord

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:34.039
 and the comfort of the Holy Spirit?

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:35.500
 How many churches

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:36.960
 do not hate evil

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:38.159
 and find their comfort

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:39.679
 in everything but the Holy Spirit?

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:40.780
 And then we wonder,

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:42.719
 why isn't this church multiplying?

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:45.259
 It's not complicated.

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:47.300
 It's not complicated.

00:40:48.179 --> 00:40:48.539
 Now,

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:49.440
 there's other factors,

00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:49.820
 okay?

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:51.259
 There are other factors,

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:53.199
 but God is so gracious.

00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:53.639
 He's not,

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:55.539
 he's not like hiding this stuff from us.

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:57.400
 It's hidden in plain sight.

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:58.279
 It's right there.

00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:59.500
 It's in the book.

00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:01.539
 And we got to study it.

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:01.800
 So,

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:03.199
 all of us need to be zealous

00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:03.820
 about these things

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.079
 and say,

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:04.320
 hey,

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:06.699
 I want to know how a body is built up.

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:08.900
 We all need to be bodybuilders

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:10.480
 in the church sense,

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:11.300
 okay?

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:12.880
 A bodybuilder knows

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:14.119
 how muscles are built.

00:41:14.759 --> 00:41:15.559
 Bodybuilder knows

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.699
 what supplements to take,

00:41:16.759 --> 00:41:17.699
 what food to eat,

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:19.179
 what exercises to do,

00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:19.900
 okay?

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:21.019
 A bodybuilder knows

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:21.840
 what not to eat.

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:22.599
 A bodybuilder knows

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:23.119
 how to sleep.

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:23.359
 Like,

00:41:23.799 --> 00:41:24.239
 nowadays,

00:41:24.339 --> 00:41:24.920
 more than ever before,

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:26.239
 people are obsessive about this.

00:41:26.299 --> 00:41:27.099
 There's experts,

00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:28.259
 podcasts,

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:29.219
 all this stuff

00:41:29.219 --> 00:41:30.460
 on how to build

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:31.539
 a muscular,

00:41:31.859 --> 00:41:32.699
 healthy body,

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:33.420
 right?

00:41:34.759 --> 00:41:35.920
 The Bible talks about

00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:36.679
 bodybuilding

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:38.619
 when it comes to the church.

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:40.699
 You can know all kinds of things

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:41.539
 about the human body.

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:42.259
 What do you know about

00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:43.179
 building up his body?

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:45.239
 What do you know about

00:41:45.239 --> 00:41:46.079
 building up the church?

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:47.759
 You're part of a church plan.

00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:48.980
 You're just going to sit back

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:50.019
 and let everything happen?

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:51.719
 You're going to sit back

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:52.839
 and watch other people

00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:53.420
 do the work

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:54.240
 and build the church?

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:55.900
 Or are you going to dive in?

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:57.220
 Are you going to study?

00:41:57.760 --> 00:41:58.220
 Are you going to be

00:41:58.220 --> 00:41:59.220
 really good

00:41:59.220 --> 00:42:00.559
 at recognizing

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:02.420
 these five full gifts,

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:03.720
 regarding them

00:42:03.720 --> 00:42:04.820
 and receiving them,

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.660
 affirming them,

00:42:06.200 --> 00:42:06.900
 pointing them out,

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.840
 seeking them yourself,

00:42:09.780 --> 00:42:10.400
 asking God

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:11.480
 to give you these gifts,

00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:12.059
 okay?

00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:12.920
 You might say,

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:13.120
 well,

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:14.019
 I can do that?

00:42:14.100 --> 00:42:14.519
 Yes.

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:16.500
 1 Corinthians 14, 12

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:16.800
 says,

00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:17.780
 so with yourselves,

00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:19.160
 since you're eager

00:42:19.160 --> 00:42:20.140
 for manifestations

00:42:20.140 --> 00:42:20.940
 of the Spirit,

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:22.400
 which he says,

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:24.119
 you should eagerly desire

00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:24.740
 spiritual gifts.

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:26.200
 1 Corinthians 14, right?

00:42:27.200 --> 00:42:27.539
 He says,

00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:28.920
 eagerly desire spiritual gifts.

00:42:29.300 --> 00:42:30.079
 That's a command.

00:42:30.220 --> 00:42:30.960
 It's not an option.

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:32.519
 But then he says,

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.599
 since you are eager

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.280
 for manifestation

00:42:34.280 --> 00:42:34.900
 of the Spirit,

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:36.400
 strive to excel

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:37.639
 in building up the church.

00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:39.440
 So it's okay to say,

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:40.179
 I want to excel

00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:40.679
 in the gifts,

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:41.980
 period,

00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:43.400
 but then I also want to excel

00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:44.460
 in these five gifts

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:45.619
 that build up the church.

00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:47.059
 Why not ask the Lord

00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:47.759
 for these gifts?

00:42:49.379 --> 00:42:50.179
 When's the last time

00:42:50.179 --> 00:42:50.940
 you asked the Lord

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:51.859
 for a spiritual gift?

00:42:53.279 --> 00:42:54.219
 Do you feel weird

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:54.920
 asking that?

00:42:55.379 --> 00:42:55.960
 Do you feel like

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:57.099
 that's presumptuous?

00:42:57.579 --> 00:42:57.940
 Why?

00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:59.440
 What does it look like

00:42:59.440 --> 00:43:00.219
 to be eager

00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:01.920
 in your desire

00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:02.879
 for spiritual gifts?

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:04.460
 Does it not look

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:05.159
 like asking?

00:43:05.159 --> 00:43:07.039
 Does it not look

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.460
 like saying,

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:07.699
 God,

00:43:07.799 --> 00:43:09.119
 we need these gifts?

00:43:09.379 --> 00:43:10.000
 If there's gifts

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:10.519
 in this body

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:11.480
 you see that are missing,

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:13.319
 is anybody asking for them?

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:14.399
 Lord,

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:15.420
 either give them to us

00:43:15.420 --> 00:43:16.259
 or bring someone else

00:43:16.259 --> 00:43:16.799
 who's got them.

00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:17.920
 Right?

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:19.259
 I remember doing this

00:43:19.259 --> 00:43:19.879
 in the early days

00:43:19.879 --> 00:43:20.599
 of Bellicose,

00:43:21.279 --> 00:43:22.699
 praying for specific gifts

00:43:22.699 --> 00:43:23.420
 to come in

00:43:23.420 --> 00:43:25.019
 and then watching God

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:25.480
 do that.

00:43:26.759 --> 00:43:28.739
 That's a fun thing to do.

00:43:29.099 --> 00:43:29.239
 Right?

00:43:29.319 --> 00:43:29.519
 Again,

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.259
 that's co-laboring

00:43:30.259 --> 00:43:30.799
 with Christ.

00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:31.879
 So,

00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:33.199
 we're building this thing

00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:33.599
 with Jesus.

00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:35.119
 We're co-laboring

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:35.759
 with Christ.

00:43:37.179 --> 00:43:37.980
 To what degree

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.500
 are you doing that?

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:40.059
 To what degree

00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:41.000
 are you recognizing,

00:43:41.639 --> 00:43:42.099
 regarding,

00:43:42.359 --> 00:43:43.019
 and receiving

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:44.440
 these five

00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:45.599
 bodybuilding gifts?

00:43:46.339 --> 00:43:46.559
 Amen?

00:43:47.739 --> 00:43:48.219
 Amen.

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:48.679
 Father,

00:43:48.779 --> 00:43:49.559
 we just ask,

00:43:50.259 --> 00:43:51.420
 we pray for Christ's church,

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:51.719
 Lord,

00:43:52.239 --> 00:43:52.960
 that you'd build up

00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:53.539
 this church.

00:43:54.079 --> 00:43:55.019
 I pray that we'd be

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:56.380
 better recognizers

00:43:56.380 --> 00:43:57.400
 of all the gifts,

00:43:57.859 --> 00:43:58.980
 especially these five.

00:43:59.359 --> 00:44:00.279
 I pray that we would

00:44:00.279 --> 00:44:01.359
 regard the gifts,

00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:02.739
 that people would feel

00:44:02.739 --> 00:44:03.880
 valued in their gifts,

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:05.539
 and I pray that as a church,

00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:06.539
 there would be a culture

00:44:06.539 --> 00:44:07.740
 of receiving the gifts

00:44:07.740 --> 00:44:08.300
 of the Spirit,

00:44:08.460 --> 00:44:08.599
 Lord.

00:44:09.160 --> 00:44:10.480
 That we would receive them,

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:11.240
 we'd welcome them,

00:44:11.260 --> 00:44:12.140
 we'd celebrate them.

00:44:12.780 --> 00:44:13.340
 And Lord,

00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:14.920
 we pray for more gifts.

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:16.660
 Give us eager desire

00:44:16.660 --> 00:44:17.260
 for gifts.

00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:18.740
 And in our eager desire,

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:19.660
 we pray for more.

00:44:20.340 --> 00:44:21.440
 We pray for greater

00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:22.320
 anointing in the ones

00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:22.980
 we have.

00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:24.220
 We pray for you

00:44:24.220 --> 00:44:24.960
 to bring people

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:25.720
 who have the gifts

00:44:25.720 --> 00:44:26.599
 we don't have.

00:44:27.160 --> 00:44:27.920
 And we pray

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:28.720
 that you would do

00:44:28.720 --> 00:44:29.980
 what you said you'd do.

00:44:30.300 --> 00:44:31.200
 We pray that you would

00:44:31.199 --> 00:44:32.159
 build up your church,

00:44:32.319 --> 00:44:32.439
 Lord.

00:44:33.319 --> 00:44:34.139
 Help us each

00:44:34.139 --> 00:44:34.960
 to do our work,

00:44:35.079 --> 00:44:35.199
 Lord.

00:44:35.339 --> 00:44:36.199
 I pray that we'd be

00:44:36.199 --> 00:44:37.679
 skilled and masterful

00:44:37.679 --> 00:44:39.059
 in the part that we

00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:39.899
 play in building.

00:44:40.759 --> 00:44:41.839
 In Jesus' name,

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:42.219
 amen.

00:44:42.699 --> 00:44:43.339
 That's one of the

00:44:43.339 --> 00:44:44.099
 challenges I want to

00:44:44.099 --> 00:44:44.519
 leave you with

00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:45.379
 just as a practical.

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.139
 You know,

00:44:46.199 --> 00:44:46.599
 Paul said,

00:44:46.719 --> 00:44:47.859
 I'm a skilled,

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:49.000
 I was a skilled

00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:49.839
 master builder.

00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:51.359
 Let me ask you

00:44:51.359 --> 00:44:51.859
 that question.

00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:52.859
 Are you skilled

00:44:52.859 --> 00:44:54.059
 in your part

00:44:54.059 --> 00:44:54.699
 of the building?

00:44:55.579 --> 00:44:56.460
 Paul said he was.

00:44:57.339 --> 00:44:58.339
 Is that just for Paul?

00:44:58.340 --> 00:45:00.480
 Or is it for all of us?

00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:01.240
 Right?

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:02.940
 You have skill

00:45:02.940 --> 00:45:03.980
 in your area

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:04.579
 of building

00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:06.240
 and have you

00:45:06.240 --> 00:45:07.579
 then go a step further.

00:45:07.700 --> 00:45:08.280
 Are you seeking

00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:09.340
 for mastery?

00:45:10.620 --> 00:45:11.280
 That's a different

00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:11.860
 kind of skill,

00:45:11.940 --> 00:45:12.100
 right?

00:45:12.180 --> 00:45:12.420
 Like,

00:45:12.720 --> 00:45:13.180
 you're going

00:45:13.180 --> 00:45:14.120
 the extra mile

00:45:14.120 --> 00:45:15.240
 and I'm not just skilled

00:45:15.240 --> 00:45:16.519
 but I'm seeking

00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:17.360
 mastery in it.

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:18.519
 We should all seek that.

00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:19.539
 And if each part

00:45:19.539 --> 00:45:20.100
 does their work,

00:45:20.180 --> 00:45:20.700
 the church will be

00:45:20.700 --> 00:45:21.140
 built up.

00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:21.600
 Amen?

00:45:22.740 --> 00:45:23.120
 Amen.