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 Good morning, church. As Sean just mentioned, today is Pentecost Sunday. It's a Christian holiday where we celebrate 2,000 years ago how the Holy Spirit fell and birthed the church of Christ.

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 So to remember the work and the ministry of the Holy Spirit, we're going to take a break from our series in Matthew, and we're going to open up our Bibles to 1 Corinthians chapter 12.

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 1 Corinthians chapter 12. Today's passage is starting in verse 1 to verse 11.

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 If you've been here for a while, you know that for us, we doctrinally are reformed, but uniquely we're also charismatic.

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 We practice the spiritual gifts, and we find that this is such a valuable, important aspect of being one body, to be the church of Christ.

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 And so we're going to take time to study what that looks like, what the spiritual gifts mean.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, though we are weak and small, though we are undeserving, Lord, I plead, I beg, won't you pour out your Holy Spirit upon us today?

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 That the Holy Spirit would indwell each and every one of us who have confessed the name of Jesus Christ, who have confessed him as Lord.

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 That you would fill us as a church collectively so that we would be your body.

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 That we would step forth boldly in faith to exercise the gifts that you have given.

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 Not to diminish them, not to quench the Spirit, but to obey faithfully.

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 Help us to learn humbly what your Word says.

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 Not to dictate or impose what we think upon the Word, but that we would submit ourselves to your Scriptures

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 and learn what the spiritual gifts are so that we would step forth in faith.

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 Oh God, fill us with your Spirit.

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 Illuminate your Scriptures only by what he can do.

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 Help us.

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 In Jesus' name, I pray, amen.

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 If you are able, please rise to honor the reading of God's Word.

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 Again, 1 Corinthians chapter 12.

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 Now, concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.

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 You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.

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 Therefore, I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says,

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 Jesus is a curse.

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 And no one can say, Jesus is Lord, except in the Holy Spirit.

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 Now, there are a variety of gifts, but the same Spirit.

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 And there are a variety of service, but the same Lord.

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 And there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.

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 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

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 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom.

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 To another, the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit.

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 To another, faith by the same Spirit.

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 To another, gifts of healing by the one Spirit.

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 To another, the working of miracles.

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 To another, prophecy.

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 To another, the ability to distinguish between Spirits.

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 To another, various kinds of tongues.

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 To another, the interpretation of tongues.

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 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 Have you ever had the experience of witnessing a transformation so dramatic, so drastic,

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 that you hardly recognize that person anymore?

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 I knew this guy in college.

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 And honestly, he wasn't bad looking.

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 But he wasn't anyone that you'd write home about either.

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 It's not someone you take a second look at in the street.

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 But after not seeing him for years upon graduating,

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 I recently stumbled upon a photo of him.

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 And I could not believe my eyes.

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 He had the glow-ups of glow-ups.

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 He literally looked like a model now.

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 He got super fit and muscular.

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 Changed his hair.

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 Swapped his wardrobe.

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 Got rid of his glasses.

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 I think he even maybe got plastic surgery done on his face a little bit.

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 I couldn't believe, right, that this is the same guy I once knew.

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 But that kind of transformation, as dramatic as it was,

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 it pales in comparison to the transformation that we see of the 12 disciples in Scripture.

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 If you've been with us throughout our sermon series in the book of Matthew,

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 we've gotten to see a real, honest picture of who these 12 disciples are.

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 They're brash.

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 They're arrogant.

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 They're jealous.

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 They're petty.

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 They completely and consistently misunderstand Jesus' teaching.

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 They fight one another for the number one spot.

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 And they even try rebuking Jesus.

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 It's honestly not a good look.

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 But when you read through the book of Acts in comparison,

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 by no means are they sinless,

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 but truly there is a sudden transformation.

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 They're hardly recognizable.

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 They're suddenly filled with faith,

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 joyfully enduring persecution for the gospel,

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 performing miracles that Jesus performed,

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 preaching sermons that convert hundreds, if not thousands, of people.

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 They laid the foundations of the Church of Christ,

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 which goes on to transform the course of world history.

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 For generation after generation, cultures are transformed,

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 marriages restored, addictions healed, sins repented, souls saved.

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 What gives?

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 How did they change so dramatically?

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 How did they affect change in this world?

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 I think the answer, finding the answer is quite easy.

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 Just look at what came in between the fumbling disciples of the gospels

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 and then the faithful disciples in Acts.

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 If you look in between, what you will find is the event of Pentecost.

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 That's the hinge on which this whole thing turns.

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 Luke records in Acts 2 that on the 50th day after Easter Sunday,

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 that Jesus' disciples were praying together

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 when the Holy Spirit fell upon them.

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 And that was the day, the birth of the New Testament Church.

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 And ever since that day,

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 every local church has been empowered by the Holy Spirit

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 to effect change, both in and outside of the church.

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 This very church is no exception to that.

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 Peter says so much when he quotes the prophet Joel in Pentecost.

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 We read this earlier.

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 In the last days it shall be, God declares,

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 I will pour out my spirit on all flesh.

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 And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.

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 And your young men shall see visions.

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 And your old men shall dream dreams.

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 Even on my male servants and the female servants,

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 in those days I will pour out my spirit.

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 And they shall prophesy.

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 That means that you,

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 yes you,

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 God has poured out his Holy Spirit on you.

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 And he's empowered you through the giving of his spiritual gifts

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 to carry out his mission here on earth.

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 Whether you know it or not,

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 whether you believe it or not,

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 you have spiritual gifts.

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 And if the Spirit has granted us gifts,

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 he will hold us accountable

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 for how we have wielded such power.

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 So we cannot be ignorant

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 or misinformed about this topic.

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 So to that end,

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 that's why we're taking a break from Matthew.

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 We'll study a passage by the Apostle Paul

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 written to the Corinthian church

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 where he has one main exhortation

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 regarding the spiritual gifts.

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 It's to use your spiritual gifts,

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 your unique spiritual gifts,

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 for the common good of the church.

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 In this short passage this morning,

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 I see four facts about how and why

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 the Spirit gives his gifts to us.

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 For one, he gives his gifts to glorify Christ.

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 That's the first and primary reason why.

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 Then he talks about how.

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 He gives it diversely.

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 There's a diversity in the body.

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 But while there's a diversity,

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 there's a unity.

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 The gifts are for the common good.

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 And finally, we'll see how the Spirit gives gifts

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 according to his Spirit,

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 his sovereign will.

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 In this letter to the Corinthians,

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 Paul has addressed a myriad of concerning issues

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 in the life of the church.

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 Serious issues like sexual immorality,

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 infighting, division.

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 But now in chapter 12,

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 he begins his discussion on spiritual gifts.

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 And I thank God that he does.

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 Spiritual gifts really can be quite the confusing

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 and misunderstood topic for us.

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 And apparently even for the Corinthians back then too.

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 For he explicitly desires for them

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 not to be uninformed.

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 Especially for us today,

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 this is a hotly contested topic in Christendom,

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 is it not?

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 Because I think for one,

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 we all have our own personal histories,

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 our personal experiences in the past.

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 Some of us have memories of a high intensity,

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 emotionally charged experience of the spiritual gifts,

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 which then can result in a blind excitement,

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 maybe an unchecked enthusiasm towards the charismatic.

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 Some of us have experiences of the spiritual gifts,

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 some of us have experienced the abuses of the spiritual gifts,

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 which I think leads to skeptical doubt.

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 But at the end of the day,

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 all of us are called to submit ourselves to scripture,

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 first and foremost,

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 rather than pulling from our own experience,

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 what we think.

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 That seems to be exactly what happens with the Corinthians here.

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 As they're pulling from their former experiences,

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 Paul reveals a bit of the Corinthian backstory in verse two.

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 Now,

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 the city of Corinth was a wealthy port city,

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 known for its commerce,

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 cultural diversity,

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 and most relevant to our discussion,

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 the worship of pagan gods.

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 So this is not a church filled with people who grew up going to church,

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 going to VBS,

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 believing in Jesus at a young age.

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 No,

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 this church is full of people with a checkered past.

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 They engaged most likely in licentious cult worship of pagan idols.

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 It's possible that during that cult worship,

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 they might have experienced moments of falling into a trance,

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 an uncontrolled ecstasy of speaking frenzied utterances.

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 And if that's true,

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 they might've drawn on those experiences to guide them in the worship of the true God,

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 thinking that worshiping the God of the Bible must be like worshiping these other idols.

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 Have you ever had the experience of talking to someone about your Christian faith,

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 only to be met with the response,

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 oh,

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 I'm spiritual too.

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 It's understandable.

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 Right?

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 Whenever you meet somebody new,

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 you try to find connection points.

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 Oh,

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 you know,

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 I used to,

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 I used to work in that office.

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 I know someone from your hometown.

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 When you reveal that you're a Christian,

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 people try to find the same connection points.

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 They,

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 they meditate.

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 They share,

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 they,

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 they follow their horoscopes.

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 They dabble with tarot cards.

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 Oh,

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 they're not.

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 Oh,

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 but,

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 but wait,

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 you might call yourself spiritual,

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 but be not mistaken.

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 There is no overlap between those spiritual experiences and the relationship with the real living God.

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Because only the spirit of God moves and lives.

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 All other idols are dead,

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 mute,

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 lifeless.

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 It's like saying that being,

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 you know what it's like to be in a relationship when you've really only dated lifeless AI girlfriends.

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 So,

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 to the Corinthians,

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 Paul is teaching them that their previous spiritual experiences of worshiping dead idols,

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 it does nothing to help them understand true spiritual matters.

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 So then,

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 what is true spirituality?

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 How do we define it?

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 People,

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 whether 2,000 years ago,

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 or people now,

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 they're all hungry.

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 They're hungry for true spirituality,

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 but they're deeply confused for the search of it.

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 We find a simple answer in verse 3.

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 I think it centers on what you make of Christ.

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 True spirituality is confessing that Jesus is Lord.

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 That's, in fact, the central ministry and the goal of the Holy Spirit,

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 to shine spotlight,

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 to shine the spotlight on Christ,

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 to reveal Him as Lord.

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 Jesus confirms,

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 so in John 16,

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 He says,

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 when the Spirit of truth comes,

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 He will guide you in all the truth,

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 for He will not speak on His own authority,

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 but whatever He hears,

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 He will speak,

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 and He will declare to you the things that are to come.

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 He will glorify me,

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 for He will take what is mine and declare it to you.

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 But if the Spirit's goal is to bring us to confess Jesus is Lord,

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 right,

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 is that confession really so difficult?

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 Why does Paul say that no one can say Jesus is Lord except in the Holy Spirit?

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 Can't anyone really just say those words?

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 Yeah, I think someone could theoretically, right,

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 flippantly say those words,

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 but in the biblical sense that Paul is describing,

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 this confession is never merely verbal,

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 just superficial.

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 Because that word, Lord,

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 I think it has much more spiritual significance

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 than maybe your first reading tells you.

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 In Scripture,

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 Lord is sometimes used as a substitute

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 for the Old Testament covenantal name of God,

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 revealed in the four letters,

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 Y-H-W-H,

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 a name so holy that Jews refuse to even pronounce it,

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 to read it out loud.

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 So when you say Jesus is Lord,

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 you're saying that Jesus is Yahweh,

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 the great I am,

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 the eternal God,

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 the uncreated one,

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 dependent on no one,

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 the source of all life and existence.

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 You're confessing a personal confession.

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 You're confessing that Jesus is my Lord.

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 You're renouncing all other competing authorities

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 and submitting yourself wholly to Christ.

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 So that's why Paul can say

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 that no one can truly make this confession

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 except in the Holy Spirit.

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 Not because the syllables are difficult,

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 but because the reality behind them

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 is only possible by the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

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 This is the essence of true spirituality

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 expressed in a single sentence,

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 that Jesus is my Lord.

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 He is Lord over all.

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 You might be tempted, right,

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 to downplay just how spiritual

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 an average Sunday service is

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 in a gospel-preaching,

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 Bible-believing church might be.

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 It might just feel so ordinary,

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 boring,

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 vanilla.

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 It might seem more spirit-filled

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 to have things like gold dust sightings

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 or uncontrollable fits of laughter

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 or people falling over left and right.

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 But that is not the standard of spirituality.

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 True spirituality might look ordinary on the outside,

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 but where Christ is exalted,

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 where he is confessed as Lord

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 with our mouths and in our hearts,

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 there the Spirit of God must be moving.

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 Everything that the Spirit does

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 is to glorify Christ.

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 And so the giving of his gifts

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 is no different.

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 The gifts operate at their best.

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 The church is drawn,

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 drawn to behold the beauty of Christ,

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 to stand in awe of him,

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 to serve him more faithfully.

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 That's why he gives his gifts,

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 to shine the spotlight on him,

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 to make much of him.

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 And so we must do the exact same

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 when we exercise the spiritual gifts.

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 So that's the primary reason

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 why the Spirit gives his gifts.

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 Next, let's talk about in what manner,

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 how he gives his gifts.

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 And we notice that he gives his gifts diversely,

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 as we see in verses four to six.

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 One of the first things you might notice

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 about these gifts

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 is that they're just soaked

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 in Trinitarian theology, right?

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 You see the Spirit,

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 you see the Lord,

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 whom we just confessed to be Jesus the Son,

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 and then you see the Father God.

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 This three-in-one God works in tandem

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 in generously giving a variety of gifts,

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 a variety of services,

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 a variety of activities.

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 You see that word variety repeated again and again.

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 And I think these pairings are intentional.

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 I think it makes sense that

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 for the spiritual gifts,

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 it makes sense to be paired with the Holy Spirit.

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 services connect well with serving your Lord,

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 your Master.

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 Then activities, the workings,

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 they're energized, empowered

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 by the sovereign, life-giving Father.

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 And so while there is perfect unity in the three,

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 as they share one essence,

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 there's really a beautiful diversity

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 and function and role.

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 There's a fitting parallelism, I think,

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 in the Trinity that Sean already mentioned earlier

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 with the Trinity and with the body of Christ, right?

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 Just how the one God gives a variety of gifts,

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 services, workings,

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 just as there is unity in the diversity of the Trinity,

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 there is too unity in the diversity

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 of the body of Christ, right?

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 To prove his point,

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 Paul then gets into a list of varied spiritual gifts

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 in verses eight to 10.

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 Now, this list is not comprehensive.

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 We do see other lists with other gifts in Scripture.

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 But even in this short list,

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 pay attention to just how wide-ranging these gifts are.

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 Some are more natural,

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 some more remarkable,

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 some more permanent,

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 some more occasional.

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 But this list highlights

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 the beautiful diversity in the body.

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 Starting off with the list,

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 with the utterance of wisdom and knowledge,

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 these two really are notoriously hard to define

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 because unlike other gifts,

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 this is the only mention of them in Scripture.

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 I think the best that we can do

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 is to read them in the context of the letter

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 and just try our best to deduce what they are.

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 If you're familiar with the book of 1 Corinthians

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 in its opening chapters,

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 Paul rebukes this immature church

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 for their craving of worldly wisdom.

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 A worldly wisdom which is not really any wisdom at all.

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 So I tend to believe that

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 those who believe that this word of wisdom

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 is the spirit-inspired ability

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 to proclaim Christ crucified

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 as the true wisdom of God

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 in such a powerful way

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 that it moves people's hearts.

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 In the same realm,

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 I think these two gifts are related

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 to a people obsessed with knowledge,

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 hooked on boasting,

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 on knowing more than others.

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 Paul teaches to the Corinthians

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 that true knowledge

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 does not come from the ingenuity of man,

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 but it comes from the Scriptures,

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 from the Word of God.

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 So I lean towards understanding

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 this gift of knowledge

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 as the spirit-empowered ability

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 to read,

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 to interpret,

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 to discern the Scriptures,

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 and to teach them

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 in a lucid, insightful way.

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 When we think of some

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 spirit-empowered preachers

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 in the course of church history,

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 one who's called

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 the Prince of Preachers,

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 19th century pastor Charles Spurgeon

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 might be one of the first names

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 that come to mind.

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 The Spirit of God

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 used this humble man mightily

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 as he preached over 600 sermons a year.

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 600 sermons.

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 And there was an incredible response

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 to his preaching.

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 People came in droves.

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 He regularly preached

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 to crowds of more than 10,000 people,

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 and it's estimated

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 that he preached

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 to over 10 million people

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 in his lifetime.

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 Here, just one story,

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 one example from his own pen

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 of how he displays

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 how the Spirit worked,

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 preached through him.

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 In 1857,

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 a day or two before preaching

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 at the Crystal Palace,

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 I went to decide

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 where the platform

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 should be fixed.

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 And in order to test

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 the acoustic properties

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 of the building,

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 he cried,

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 or I cried in a loud voice,

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 behold,

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 the Lamb of God

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 which taketh away

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 the sins of the world.

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 In one of the galleries,

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 a workman who knew

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 nothing of what was being done,

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 he heard the words,

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 and they came like a message

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 from heaven to his soul.

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 He was smitten with conviction

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 on the account of sins,

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 and he put down his tools,

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 he went home

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 and found peace,

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 resurrected life

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 by beholding the Lamb of God.

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 It took one line,

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 a mic check,

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 a mic check for this man's eternity

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 to be transformed.

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 And that's not to bring attention

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 to Spurgeon the man,

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 but to highlight

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 that this alone

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 can be only

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 the work of the Spirit.

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 This is what

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 the Spirit of God

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 can do,

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 even in just one sentence.

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 Next,

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 the gift of faith.

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 Considering that

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 Paul's argument

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 is that only

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 a select group

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 of people

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 have this gift,

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 we can clearly rule out

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 that the gift of faith

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 is saving faith

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 that all Christians

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 must share.

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 Instead,

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 it seems like

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 I think that

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 the gift of faith

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 is this spirit-empowered,

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 special and situational

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 impartation of confidence,

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 the strong conviction

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 that God will act

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 in a particular way.

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 What do I mean by that?

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 All Christians

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 are expected

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 everywhere

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 to trust in God

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 for the explicit promises

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 in Scripture

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 that he has given.

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 But there are also

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 many good situational things

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 that God has not

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 explicitly promised

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 in his word.

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 Like for someone

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 to get a particular job

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 or for someone

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 to be healed of cancer.

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 The gift of faith

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 is having the assurance

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 that God will do something

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 that he has not

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 explicitly already promised.

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 I was talking to Sean,

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 our pastor,

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 and he mentioned

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 that there have been

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 some instances

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 where he'd be praying

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 for someone,

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 he'd be praying

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 for someone

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 to get a specific job

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 at this place

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 or this particular person

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 would get into this school.

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 Even though the chances

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 were really, really low,

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 he felt a surge of faith

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 confirming that

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 this thing will in fact happen.

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 And lo and behold,

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 the few times

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 that he's experienced that,

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 it happened exactly

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 as he prayed it would.

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 Gifts of healing

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 and working of miracles

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 are next.

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 They're probably

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 the easiest to define

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 but maybe the hardest

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 to believe.

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 I think it's so easy

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 for us to slip

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 into a functional naturalism

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 where even when we

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 theoretically think

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 and believe that,

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 sure, God can do miracles,

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 but functionally,

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 we don't actually operate

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 as if God does anymore.

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 We don't really pray

00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:53.140
 for healing

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 and if we do,

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 it's filled with doubt,

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 with second guessing.

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 Are we guilty

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 of what James says?

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 You do not have

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 because you do not ask.

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 Or maybe on the other end

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 of the spectrum,

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 you struggle with

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 a triumphalist expectation,

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:12.960
 right,

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 where we assume

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 that miracles

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 should automatically happen

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 when we claim them.

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 It's a name it

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.399
 and claim it theology.

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 Neither of those

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 are right and good,

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 but the healthiest posture

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 is in the middle.

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 To be expectant,

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 truly expectant,

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:31.379
 but not presumptuous.

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 To be hopeful in prayer,

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 but submitted

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 to God's will.

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 I think that's

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:39.220
 the biblical posture

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 because while certain people

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 do have this gift,

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.599
 it doesn't mean

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.720
 that they control it

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:46.059
 like an on-off switch.

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:47.779
 I think the Spirit

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:49.879
 sovereignly decides

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:51.039
 when and how

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:52.279
 this gift will operate.

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.039
 For instance,

00:27:54.179 --> 00:27:55.639
 you see in the book of Acts,

00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:57.299
 the Apostle Paul,

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:59.019
 at times he miraculously

00:27:59.019 --> 00:28:00.159
 heals anybody,

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.679
 any person ill

00:28:01.679 --> 00:28:02.639
 that comes to him.

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.319
 He heals them

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.740
 right there,

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.940
 right there on the spot.

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.859
 But amazingly,

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.919
 later on in Scripture,

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.859
 you find Paul

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.659
 telling Timothy

00:28:09.659 --> 00:28:11.460
 to take a little wine

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.740
 for your stomach problems.

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:15.680
 instead of sending him

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.960
 an enchanted

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:18.680
 or anointed handkerchief

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.859
 that could heal him instantly.

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:23.339
 Or that he himself,

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.140
 the Apostle Paul,

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.319
 struggles with a thorn

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.220
 in his flesh,

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.559
 which was likely

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.740
 a physical ailment.

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.019
 Interestingly,

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.440
 the words gifts

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:34.019
 and workings,

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:35.299
 I think there really

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:36.400
 should be an S there

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.279
 because it's plural

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.819
 in the Greek.

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.819
 These are the only gifts

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:41.079
 that are in the plural.

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.159
 plural.

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:42.899
 Possibly hinting

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.720
 that Paul believed

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.919
 that every instance

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:46.359
 of healing and miracles

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.460
 was a gift in it

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.339
 of its own right.

00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:51.379
 So healing and miracles

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:52.839
 aren't controlled,

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.679
 weren't controlled

00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:54.799
 by Paul back then.

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:56.000
 And they aren't to be

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.759
 controlled by us today.

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.740
 At the same time,

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:02.179
 Paul speaks

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:04.220
 as if a select group

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.679
 of people

00:29:04.679 --> 00:29:06.039
 really had gifts

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:07.220
 of healing and miracles.

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.319
 So practically,

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.240
 boots on the ground,

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.259
 I think it makes sense

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.779
 that if someone

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.440
 needs healing,

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.140
 someone in the church

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.720
 needs healing,

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:15.359
 you then would

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:16.319
 specifically look

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:17.059
 for those people

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.700
 you know,

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:19.039
 the church knows,

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:19.920
 that this person

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:21.039
 has the gift of healing

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:22.120
 to get them

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:23.140
 to come and pray,

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.400
 to pray for healing,

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.920
 not as a guarantee

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:27.259
 but as really

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.220
 the most sensible

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.339
 action to take.

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:32.440
 Next, prophecy.

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:33.660
 Too much can be said

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.160
 about the gift

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.700
 of prophecy.

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:36.079
 And if you're interested

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.680
 in this topic,

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.779
 I highly recommend

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.420
 checking out

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:39.340
 a prophecy seminar

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:40.440
 that we did last year.

00:29:41.600 --> 00:29:42.759
 Here's Gordon Fee's

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.759
 definition of this gift.

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:45.920
 Prophecy is a spontaneous,

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.539
 spirit-inspired,

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:49.140
 intelligible message

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:51.320
 intended for the edification,

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.560
 for the encouragement

00:29:52.560 --> 00:29:53.640
 of the people.

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.220
 Prophecy,

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:57.279
 because it's a human report

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.980
 of a divine revelation,

00:29:59.700 --> 00:29:59.820
 right,

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.759
 the human part,

00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:01.700
 that makes it

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:03.240
 a fallible revelation

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.660
 of God.

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:05.160
 So it needs to be tested

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.920
 by scripture.

00:30:07.040 --> 00:30:07.420
 And also,

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.600
 we'd be wise

00:30:08.600 --> 00:30:10.220
 to be very careful

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:12.279
 to make life-altering decisions

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.800
 based on prophecy,

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.900
 just one prophecy.

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:18.420
 And prophecy also ought to

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:20.640
 reveal the secrets

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.420
 of the heart.

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:24.080
 It should make you feel,

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.880
 how in the world

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:27.400
 did they know that?

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.460
 Now,

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.320
 I've shared this story

00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:30.660
 before,

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.600
 that during one event

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.819
 for Sovereign Grace,

00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:34.559
 our denomination,

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:37.079
 they invited the prophecy team

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:38.059
 from a sister church,

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:39.119
 Covenant Fellowship Church,

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:41.199
 to pray and prophesy over us.

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:43.419
 And one of the team,

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.519
 one of the team members

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.119
 came over

00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:46.219
 and prayed for me,

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:47.199
 prophesied over me.

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:49.240
 One of the first things

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.219
 that he said to me

00:30:50.219 --> 00:30:51.639
 was that he sees

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:53.899
 that I was gifted

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:55.339
 with an analytical mind,

00:30:55.879 --> 00:30:57.019
 that he sees, like,

00:30:57.199 --> 00:30:58.279
 physics or something.

00:30:58.279 --> 00:31:00.299
 And, um,

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:02.039
 to be honest,

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:03.579
 I kind of questioned

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.460
 if he was just making

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.839
 an educated guess, right?

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:06.119
 Like,

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.700
 like,

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.599
 I look like an engineer,

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:07.940
 so,

00:31:08.379 --> 00:31:10.200
 maybe he's just guessing.

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.599
 But,

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:14.980
 he proceeded to prophesy

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:16.039
 that he saw me

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:17.759
 at a crossroads

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.559
 in my career.

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.139
 Huh.

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.119
 Well,

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:23.000
 that piqued my interest

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.460
 because

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:25.420
 just the very next week,

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.160
 I was getting ready

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:27.240
 to quit my job

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:28.120
 as an engineer

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:30.500
 and to start working

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.080
 for the church.

00:31:32.800 --> 00:31:33.920
 He then said

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.500
 that God

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:36.160
 saw my struggle,

00:31:36.320 --> 00:31:37.279
 he saw my fears,

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:37.900
 my doubts,

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:39.700
 but that I was

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:41.480
 making the right decision.

00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:45.380
 I literally did this

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:45.960
 with my face.

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:52.880
 And then just a couple weeks later,

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.860
 that same man

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:54.820
 visited Boston

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:56.339
 and he prophesied

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:57.099
 over my wife,

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.639
 Christine,

00:31:57.919 --> 00:32:00.419
 with such clear specificity

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:01.859
 about her exact fears

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.859
 about ministry too.

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:05.279
 In those moments,

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:07.559
 we felt seen.

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:10.500
 Seen by our heavenly father

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:12.259
 and felt assured

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:14.259
 that he watches over us.

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.759
 He cares for me.

00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:18.399
 How could you not feel that

00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:19.500
 when you hear a prophecy

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.059
 like that?

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:24.619
 That's how the gift

00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:25.240
 of prophecy

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.859
 can and does function

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:29.019
 so that the secrets

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.839
 of our hearts

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.639
 are revealed

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:31.659
 for the edification,

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.899
 for the building up

00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:33.700
 of his church.

00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:36.859
 Also,

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:38.079
 such an important gift

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.919
 in the life of the church

00:32:38.919 --> 00:32:39.740
 is the ability

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:41.440
 to distinguish gifts

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:43.079
 or distinguish spirits,

00:32:43.159 --> 00:32:43.359
 rather.

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.659
 Again,

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:46.139
 a debated gift,

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:47.619
 but it seems likely

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:49.139
 to me that this ability

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:50.759
 can identify evil,

00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:52.079
 satanic spirits

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:53.139
 when they are at work,

00:32:53.179 --> 00:32:53.959
 when they're active.

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:56.759
 That gift is very functional.

00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:59.179
 Not too long ago,

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.839
 Sean and I

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.779
 were praying

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.599
 for someone

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:03.079
 whom we weren't

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:04.339
 exactly sure

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:05.079
 if this person

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.839
 was oppressed

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:07.659
 by an evil spirit

00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:09.839
 or if they just

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.239
 struggled

00:33:10.239 --> 00:33:12.019
 with severe mental illness.

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:15.019
 We did our due diligence.

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:16.440
 We did our due diligence.

00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:17.900
 We asked a series

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.420
 of questions

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.639
 to discern for a while

00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:20.940
 and while we do think

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.539
 that there was

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:23.180
 an explicit demonic attack,

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:25.000
 at the end of the day,

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:27.740
 we weren't 100% sure.

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.819
 If we had someone

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:31.240
 who had the ability

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:32.759
 to distinguish spirits,

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.359
 how much clearer

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:35.000
 it would have been

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:36.079
 to know exactly

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.960
 what route of help

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.480
 to take.

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.680
 And finally,

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.180
 I'll address

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:41.799
 both the gift of tongues

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.799
 and its interpretation

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.579
 together.

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:45.559
 As displayed

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.519
 in Acts 2

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.480
 in Pentecost,

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:48.240
 the gift of tongues

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:50.659
 is the controllable ability

00:33:50.659 --> 00:33:52.779
 to pray to God,

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:54.119
 to praise God, right?

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:54.720
 It's language

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:56.179
 that's directed to God

00:33:56.179 --> 00:33:57.759
 whereas prophecy

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.859
 is directed to people.

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.819
 So it's speaking

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.699
 to God

00:34:01.699 --> 00:34:03.139
 in an unknown language

00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:03.980
 to the speaker,

00:34:04.399 --> 00:34:05.199
 whether it's

00:34:05.199 --> 00:34:06.039
 a human language

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:07.279
 or a heavenly language.

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.619
 You see the former

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:10.639
 on Pentecost

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.559
 where people

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.739
 from all over the world,

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.859
 all over Asia Minor,

00:34:13.859 --> 00:34:14.839
 they come

00:34:14.839 --> 00:34:15.779
 to hear these

00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:17.659
 uneducated Galileans

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.899
 to speak in their

00:34:18.899 --> 00:34:20.179
 own native languages.

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.639
 But then Paul

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.279
 speaks also

00:34:23.279 --> 00:34:24.319
 of a category

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:25.979
 like heavenly language

00:34:25.979 --> 00:34:27.779
 in chapter 13

00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:28.619
 of 1 Corinthians

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:30.119
 indicating that tongues

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:31.239
 can be spoken

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:31.839
 in a language

00:34:31.839 --> 00:34:33.879
 that no earthly human

00:34:33.879 --> 00:34:34.639
 can interpret,

00:34:35.279 --> 00:34:36.039
 not unless

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:37.099
 you have

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.619
 the gift

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.679
 of interpretation.

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:40.799
 Paul says

00:34:40.799 --> 00:34:41.239
 so later.

00:34:41.339 --> 00:34:42.059
 You can't

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:43.199
 understand it yourself.

00:34:43.359 --> 00:34:43.739
 Paul says

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.219
 so later.

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.079
 If I pray

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.719
 in a tongue,

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.519
 my spirit prays

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:48.279
 but my mind

00:34:48.279 --> 00:34:49.440
 is unfruitful.

00:34:50.879 --> 00:34:51.219
 Nonetheless,

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:51.940
 Paul,

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.679
 he wishes

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.599
 that all

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.419
 would speak

00:34:54.419 --> 00:34:55.119
 in tongues

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:56.419
 for personal

00:34:56.419 --> 00:34:57.440
 self-edification

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.879
 and it's reserved

00:34:58.879 --> 00:35:00.839
 for a private

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.839
 prayer language

00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:03.119
 that is unless

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.699
 it is,

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.779
 unless there's

00:35:04.779 --> 00:35:05.379
 an interpreter

00:35:05.379 --> 00:35:06.699
 in the body

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:07.219
 of Christ

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:08.099
 which is the

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.679
 final gift

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.319
 in this list

00:35:09.319 --> 00:35:10.779
 that allows

00:35:10.779 --> 00:35:11.939
 the undiscernible

00:35:11.939 --> 00:35:13.379
 language of God

00:35:13.379 --> 00:35:14.539
 to be intelligible,

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.599
 to be edifying,

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.480
 to build up

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.159
 the church.

00:35:18.419 --> 00:35:19.899
 So that's the list

00:35:19.899 --> 00:35:21.839
 and the point

00:35:21.839 --> 00:35:22.480
 of this list

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.239
 is that when you

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.759
 read it,

00:35:24.339 --> 00:35:24.980
 there should be

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:26.159
 many more gifts

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:27.439
 that you don't have

00:35:27.439 --> 00:35:28.339
 than you do have.

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:30.719
 It drives home

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.579
 our need

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.239
 for humility,

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.259
 for dependence

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:34.259
 upon others

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:36.600
 and the rest

00:35:36.600 --> 00:35:37.700
 of chapter 12

00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:38.700
 Paul highlights

00:35:38.700 --> 00:35:40.180
 one beautifully

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:41.120
 simple metaphor

00:35:41.120 --> 00:35:42.080
 that the church

00:35:42.080 --> 00:35:43.340
 is a body.

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:45.600
 Each part

00:35:45.600 --> 00:35:46.360
 inimitable,

00:35:47.060 --> 00:35:47.960
 each part

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:49.080
 indispensable.

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:50.820
 The hand

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.540
 cannot say

00:35:51.540 --> 00:35:52.160
 to the foot

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:52.980
 I have no need

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.280
 of you.

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:55.200
 The eye

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:55.720
 cannot say

00:35:55.720 --> 00:35:56.180
 to the ear

00:35:56.180 --> 00:35:56.900
 I have no need

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.240
 of you.

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.620
 If we were

00:35:58.620 --> 00:35:59.820
 all the same

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.400
 parts

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.600
 what kind

00:36:01.600 --> 00:36:02.900
 of monstrosity

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.600
 of a body

00:36:03.600 --> 00:36:04.140
 would that be?

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:06.820
 D.A. Carson

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:07.520
 said it well.

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.800
 Dictators

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.560
 of the right

00:36:09.560 --> 00:36:10.340
 and the left

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:11.680
 seek to establish

00:36:11.680 --> 00:36:12.460
 their brand

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:12.940
 of harmony

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:14.140
 by forcefully

00:36:14.140 --> 00:36:14.760
 imposing

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:15.800
 monotonous

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.420
 sameness,

00:36:17.060 --> 00:36:17.620
 by seeking

00:36:17.620 --> 00:36:18.340
 to limit

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:19.140
 differentiation.

00:36:20.520 --> 00:36:21.600
 God establishes

00:36:21.600 --> 00:36:22.260
 his brand

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:23.020
 of harmony

00:36:23.020 --> 00:36:24.340
 by a lavish

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.940
 grant of

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.940
 highly diverse

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.320
 gifts,

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:27.480
 each contributing

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.040
 to the body

00:36:28.040 --> 00:36:28.800
 as a whole.

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.520
 Diversity

00:36:30.520 --> 00:36:31.480
 in the body

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:32.620
 is a beautiful

00:36:32.620 --> 00:36:33.280
 thing.

00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:34.780
 It displays

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.660
 the abundant

00:36:35.660 --> 00:36:36.540
 generosity

00:36:36.540 --> 00:36:37.960
 of the giver.

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.860
 But when we

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.600
 look at

00:36:41.600 --> 00:36:42.140
 ourselves

00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:44.320
 is that

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.960
 actually how

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.660
 we treat

00:36:45.660 --> 00:36:46.300
 diversity

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:47.240
 in the body?

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:49.360
 We like

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.780
 diversity

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.400
 on paper

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:52.260
 but when

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:53.100
 the rubber

00:36:53.100 --> 00:36:53.820
 meets the road

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:55.019
 diversity

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.580
 means

00:36:55.580 --> 00:36:56.740
 differences

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:56.879
 differences.

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.559
 And those

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:58.959
 differences

00:36:58.959 --> 00:36:59.439
 can lead

00:36:59.439 --> 00:37:00.259
 to friction,

00:37:00.959 --> 00:37:01.879
 to conflict.

00:37:03.479 --> 00:37:04.459
 Maybe someone

00:37:04.459 --> 00:37:05.059
 in your

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:06.079
 community group

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:07.759
 has a very

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.699
 different personality

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.279
 from yours.

00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:11.019
 Maybe they're

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.839
 more expressive,

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:14.239
 more spontaneous,

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:15.199
 more direct

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:15.619
 than you.

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:17.779
 Maybe they're

00:37:17.779 --> 00:37:18.479
 more analytical,

00:37:19.379 --> 00:37:20.139
 more planned,

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:20.919
 more measured.

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:23.099
 But instead

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:24.139
 of appreciating

00:37:24.139 --> 00:37:24.440
 the way

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:24.900
 that God

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.579
 made them

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:26.180
 differently,

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.200
 you feel

00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:27.740
 the need

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:28.380
 subtly

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:29.760
 to compare,

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.240
 to compete,

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.240
 to correct.

00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:34.220
 Are you the

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:34.920
 kind of person

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.539
 who can look

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.000
 at other

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.500
 people's

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:36.900
 differences

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:38.039
 and to

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.480
 genuinely

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.460
 celebrate them?

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:42.440
 Or perhaps

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:43.420
 someone in the

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:44.079
 church serves

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:45.119
 in a very

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.800
 different way

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.200
 from you.

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:48.059
 Some serve

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.960
 more publicly

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.840
 with more

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:50.579
 visible gifts,

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.860
 others more

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.280
 in private.

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:54.079
 Some seem

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.920
 to easily

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.519
 serve,

00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:56.360
 flawlessly

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:56.860
 serve,

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.240
 while you

00:37:57.240 --> 00:37:57.579
 feel like

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:57.760
 you're

00:37:57.760 --> 00:37:58.380
 struggling

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.800
 through it

00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.019
 all.

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:01.159
 Do others'

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:02.119
 giftings,

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.360
 different from

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:03.780
 yours,

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.260
 make you

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:04.840
 envious,

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.960
 make you

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.579
 insecure,

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.220
 haughty

00:38:08.220 --> 00:38:09.000
 or proud,

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:09.960
 when they

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.760
 should really

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:11.659
 drive worship

00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:12.800
 and thanksgiving

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:13.500
 for the

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.119
 diversity in

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.460
 the body?

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.079
 The differences

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:18.079
 between brothers

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:18.940
 and sisters

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:20.360
 can pull us

00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:21.720
 apart when

00:38:21.720 --> 00:38:22.519
 they really

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:23.260
 ought to

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:23.980
 bring us

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.579
 together.

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:25.880
 Because the

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.639
 reality is we

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:27.860
 need one

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.860
 another to be

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.440
 the church

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.260
 of Christ.

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.360
 I don't know

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:32.700
 about you,

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:34.639
 but I often

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.820
 feel overwhelmed

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.860
 by all the

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:38.019
 demanding needs

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.880
 around me,

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:40.460
 both inside

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.260
 and outside

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:42.019
 the church.

00:38:42.820 --> 00:38:43.639
 There is just

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.860
 so much to

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.720
 do, so much

00:38:45.720 --> 00:38:46.500
 ministry to

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.880
 do, so many

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.800
 hurting people,

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.240
 so many

00:38:49.240 --> 00:38:49.820
 people to

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.340
 disciple,

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:51.159
 so many

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:52.300
 people to

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:53.360
 evangelize to.

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:55.639
 Then I

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:56.220
 cycle

00:38:56.220 --> 00:38:56.900
 internally

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.760
 between two

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:58.639
 unhelpful

00:38:58.639 --> 00:38:59.179
 responses.

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.159
 Number one,

00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:01.220
 I just feel

00:39:01.220 --> 00:39:02.059
 really guilty

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.920
 all the time

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:04.260
 for not doing

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.720
 what I think

00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:05.519
 I'm called to

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:06.500
 do, always

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.000
 dropping the

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.220
 ball.

00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:09.300
 Number two,

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:10.659
 I resort to

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:11.920
 a compassionless,

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:13.039
 loveless

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.920
 rejection of

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:14.420
 any need

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:14.980
 because, hey,

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.240
 I'm

00:39:15.240 --> 00:39:15.820
 overwhelmed.

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.099
 But God

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:20.059
 never intended

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:21.019
 for one

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.880
 person to

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:22.380
 do all

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:22.900
 the work

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.280
 of the

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:23.639
 church.

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.720
 As theologian

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:26.539
 Kelly Capuch

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.260
 says, it

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:28.119
 takes the

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:29.440
 whole body

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.139
 of believers

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:31.300
 to reflect

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:32.220
 the one

00:39:32.220 --> 00:39:32.700
 Messiah.

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:34.680
 We need

00:39:34.680 --> 00:39:35.320
 to link

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:36.400
 up arm

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:36.840
 in arm

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:38.039
 and do

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.559
 the work

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:39.180
 of ministry

00:39:39.180 --> 00:39:39.920
 together.

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.079
 together,

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:41.460
 everyone

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.240
 has a

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:43.240
 part to

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:43.579
 play,

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:45.039
 to use

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:45.420
 your

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:46.119
 unique

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:46.820
 spiritual

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.260
 gifts

00:39:47.260 --> 00:39:48.320
 to minister

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:48.860
 to one

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:49.159
 another

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:50.119
 and to

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.740
 this weary

00:39:50.740 --> 00:39:51.320
 world.

00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:52.860
 And I

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.280
 see that

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:53.740
 in this

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.400
 very church.

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:54.840
 I thank

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.420
 God for

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:55.639
 that.

00:39:55.720 --> 00:39:56.019
 When I

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.480
 see the

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.539
 multifaceted,

00:39:57.920 --> 00:39:59.099
 multi-gifted

00:39:59.099 --> 00:39:59.820
 body do

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:00.280
 ministry

00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:01.180
 and meet

00:40:01.180 --> 00:40:01.619
 needs,

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:02.900
 so often

00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:03.579
 far better

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:03.960
 than I

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:04.460
 could do,

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.360
 than I'm

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:05.639
 gifted

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:06.019
 for.

00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:07.539
 So I

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:08.280
 praise God

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:08.659
 there is

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:09.800
 true and

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:10.220
 beautiful

00:40:10.220 --> 00:40:10.740
 diversity

00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:11.140
 in the

00:40:11.140 --> 00:40:11.360
 gifts

00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:11.780
 that he

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:12.200
 gives.

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:13.240
 For though

00:40:13.240 --> 00:40:13.840
 they're

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:14.260
 diverse,

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:14.660
 though we

00:40:14.660 --> 00:40:15.060
 are very

00:40:15.060 --> 00:40:15.500
 different,

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:16.820
 we're all

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:17.580
 aimed towards

00:40:17.580 --> 00:40:18.440
 one united

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:18.780
 goal.

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:19.620
 It's for

00:40:19.620 --> 00:40:20.500
 the common

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:21.420
 good of

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:21.840
 the church.

00:40:23.080 --> 00:40:23.519
 Verse 7,

00:40:23.580 --> 00:40:24.080
 to each

00:40:24.080 --> 00:40:24.700
 is given

00:40:24.700 --> 00:40:25.500
 the manifestation

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:26.200
 of the

00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:26.660
 spirit for

00:40:26.660 --> 00:40:27.660
 the common

00:40:27.660 --> 00:40:28.560
 good.

00:40:30.660 --> 00:40:31.900
 Each one

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:32.620
 of you

00:40:32.620 --> 00:40:33.860
 have received

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.860
 a manifestation

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.760
 of the

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:36.100
 spirit,

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.019
 spiritual

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.539
 gifts.

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:39.420
 And that

00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:40.420
 is essential

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:40.940
 for the

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.480
 proper

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:42.079
 functioning

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.480
 of this

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:42.840
 church.

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:44.360
 Do you

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:44.840
 believe that?

00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:46.280
 Do you

00:40:46.280 --> 00:40:47.180
 believe that

00:40:47.180 --> 00:40:47.720
 you are

00:40:47.720 --> 00:40:48.320
 spiritually

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:49.099
 gifted if

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.360
 you are

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:50.000
 in Christ

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:50.720
 and you

00:40:50.720 --> 00:40:51.720
 are empowered

00:40:51.720 --> 00:40:52.139
 to do

00:40:52.139 --> 00:40:52.639
 great

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.240
 ministry?

00:40:54.720 --> 00:40:55.180
 It might

00:40:55.180 --> 00:40:55.659
 sound like

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:56.059
 the humble

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.500
 thing to

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:56.740
 do,

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.180
 right?

00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:58.180
 To deny

00:40:58.180 --> 00:40:58.519
 like,

00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:58.920
 oh no,

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.440
 I'm not

00:40:59.440 --> 00:40:59.980
 so gifted.

00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:03.300
 But if

00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:03.659
 it is

00:41:03.659 --> 00:41:04.280
 objectively

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:05.559
 true that

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:06.360
 you have

00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:06.880
 spiritual

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.200
 gifts,

00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:07.659
 if the

00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:08.099
 spirit of

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:08.480
 God is

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:08.759
 living

00:41:08.759 --> 00:41:09.019
 within

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.319
 you,

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:10.539
 that's

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:10.719
 not

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:11.179
 humility.

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:13.380
 That's

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:14.079
 laziness.

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:15.079
 It's

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:15.900
 selfishness.

00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:16.319
 It's

00:41:16.319 --> 00:41:17.139
 cowardice.

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:19.279
 It's a

00:41:19.279 --> 00:41:19.539
 missed

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:20.360
 opportunity

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:21.079
 because the

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.400
 gifts,

00:41:21.679 --> 00:41:22.039
 as we've

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.420
 seen,

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:23.179
 and as

00:41:23.179 --> 00:41:23.579
 you might

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:23.679
 have

00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:24.139
 experienced,

00:41:24.339 --> 00:41:24.719
 they are

00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:25.679
 a powerful

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:27.139
 reminder that

00:41:27.139 --> 00:41:27.940
 our God is

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:28.739
 not aloof

00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:29.500
 or distant.

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:30.279
 He doesn't

00:41:30.279 --> 00:41:30.880
 keep us

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.519
 at arm's

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:31.980
 distance.

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.239
 But that

00:41:34.239 --> 00:41:34.500
 when you

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:34.880
 hear a

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:35.319
 prophecy,

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:35.759
 a piece

00:41:35.759 --> 00:41:36.299
 of information

00:41:36.299 --> 00:41:36.719
 that only

00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:37.259
 God can

00:41:37.259 --> 00:41:37.539
 know,

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:39.239
 when your

00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:39.840
 body is

00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:40.320
 healed of

00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:41.139
 a debilitating

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:41.619
 pain,

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:42.779
 when you

00:41:42.779 --> 00:41:44.079
 are forced,

00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:44.440
 when you

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:44.960
 are encouraged

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.679
 to look to

00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:46.340
 Christ by a

00:41:46.340 --> 00:41:46.739
 word of

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:47.079
 wisdom,

00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:48.900
 you see on

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:49.840
 full display,

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:50.759
 you see it,

00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:51.360
 you know it,

00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:52.800
 that with all

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:53.559
 of who you

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:53.779
 are,

00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:54.500
 every fiber

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:54.739
 of your

00:41:54.739 --> 00:41:55.019
 being,

00:41:55.179 --> 00:41:56.239
 that God

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:57.199
 loves you,

00:41:57.699 --> 00:41:58.340
 God knows

00:41:58.340 --> 00:41:58.599
 you.

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:01.000
 You might

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.579
 wonder then,

00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:02.739
 how do I

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:03.320
 know what

00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:04.320
 gifts do I

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:04.619
 have,

00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:04.960
 right?

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:05.880
 I don't

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:06.159
 think I

00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:06.480
 have any

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:06.759
 gifts.

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:09.239
 By

00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:10.000
 simply

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:10.840
 meeting the

00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:11.219
 needs

00:42:11.219 --> 00:42:12.239
 around you

00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:12.980
 in the

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:13.619
 life of

00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:14.159
 the church,

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:15.460
 you're going

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:16.179
 to be placed

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:17.300
 in various

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:17.920
 kinds of

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:18.500
 circumstances,

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:19.900
 with various

00:42:19.900 --> 00:42:20.460
 needs.

00:42:21.759 --> 00:42:22.179
 So when

00:42:22.179 --> 00:42:22.739
 those needs

00:42:22.739 --> 00:42:23.239
 come up,

00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:23.679
 try,

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:24.519
 try to

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:25.360
 encourage that

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:26.139
 brother or

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:26.699
 sister who

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:27.440
 is depressed.

00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:29.460
 Evangelize

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:30.059
 the lost,

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:32.019
 organize times

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:32.699
 of fellowship,

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:35.320
 pray for your

00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:35.760
 church,

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.420
 and ask

00:42:36.420 --> 00:42:36.740
 if the

00:42:36.740 --> 00:42:36.960
 Lord,

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:37.860
 ask the

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:38.180
 Lord if

00:42:38.180 --> 00:42:38.480
 he would

00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:38.820
 have a

00:42:38.820 --> 00:42:39.180
 word of

00:42:39.180 --> 00:42:39.940
 prophecy to

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:40.340
 share.

00:42:41.320 --> 00:42:42.039
 Pray for

00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:42.559
 healing,

00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:43.539
 pray boldly

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:43.960
 for healing,

00:42:44.100 --> 00:42:44.660
 and see if

00:42:44.660 --> 00:42:45.100
 the Spirit

00:42:45.100 --> 00:42:45.780
 works through

00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:46.019
 that.

00:42:47.080 --> 00:42:47.440
 And over

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:47.800
 time,

00:42:47.840 --> 00:42:48.160
 as you

00:42:48.160 --> 00:42:48.860
 serve in

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:49.620
 various

00:42:49.620 --> 00:42:50.340
 different kinds

00:42:50.340 --> 00:42:51.019
 of contexts,

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:52.039
 God's

00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:52.300
 love,

00:42:52.300 --> 00:42:52.639
 I think a

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:53.460
 pattern will

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:53.940
 emerge.

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.619
 The body

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:56.400
 around you

00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:56.880
 will then

00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:57.380
 start to

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:59.199
 confirm that

00:42:59.199 --> 00:42:59.559
 you have

00:42:59.559 --> 00:43:00.420
 these particular

00:43:00.420 --> 00:43:01.259
 spiritual gifts.

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:02.759
 And,

00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:03.259
 right,

00:43:03.320 --> 00:43:04.059
 if you see

00:43:04.059 --> 00:43:05.059
 someone who's

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:05.980
 especially gifted

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:06.559
 in one area,

00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:07.840
 it's your duty

00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:08.739
 too to just

00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:09.779
 encourage that.

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:10.500
 Take time to

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:11.340
 compliment,

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:12.139
 to encourage

00:43:12.139 --> 00:43:12.619
 that, right?

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:13.300
 Say,

00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:13.519
 hey,

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:14.159
 I really think

00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:14.559
 that God

00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:15.539
 has gifted

00:43:15.539 --> 00:43:16.079
 you in that

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:16.360
 area.

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:17.779
 You're really

00:43:17.779 --> 00:43:18.579
 good at this.

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:20.119
 Right?

00:43:20.219 --> 00:43:20.900
 Serving the

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:22.420
 church is a

00:43:22.420 --> 00:43:23.160
 means by which

00:43:23.160 --> 00:43:23.920
 we learn how

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:24.700
 to serve the

00:43:24.700 --> 00:43:25.059
 church.

00:43:27.240 --> 00:43:28.320
 As we learn

00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:29.440
 then how the

00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:30.780
 Spirit has

00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:31.460
 gifted us,

00:43:31.539 --> 00:43:32.019
 we remember

00:43:32.019 --> 00:43:32.539
 that with

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:33.380
 really great

00:43:33.380 --> 00:43:34.200
 power comes

00:43:34.200 --> 00:43:35.559
 great responsibility.

00:43:37.320 --> 00:43:37.960
 These gifts

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:38.960
 are not for

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.900
 our personal

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:40.940
 aggrandizement.

00:43:42.220 --> 00:43:42.800
 Each and

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:43.480
 every single

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:43.940
 one of us

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.760
 will have to

00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:45.039
 give an

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:45.680
 account to

00:43:45.680 --> 00:43:46.160
 the Lord

00:43:46.160 --> 00:43:47.500
 on how we

00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:47.980
 use the

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.300
 gifts.

00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:50.240
 Right?

00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:50.599
 With the

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:51.439
 most gifted

00:43:51.439 --> 00:43:52.099
 of us

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:52.879
 having to

00:43:52.879 --> 00:43:53.179
 give the

00:43:53.179 --> 00:43:53.759
 greatest

00:43:53.759 --> 00:43:54.419
 testimony.

00:43:54.879 --> 00:43:55.559
 We have

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:56.299
 the greatest

00:43:56.299 --> 00:43:56.839
 burden.

00:43:58.479 --> 00:43:58.979
 We must

00:43:58.979 --> 00:43:59.479
 use our

00:43:59.479 --> 00:44:00.299
 various gifts

00:44:00.299 --> 00:44:00.919
 not for

00:44:00.919 --> 00:44:01.439
 ourselves

00:44:01.439 --> 00:44:02.219
 really but

00:44:02.219 --> 00:44:02.859
 to care

00:44:02.859 --> 00:44:03.279
 for one

00:44:03.279 --> 00:44:03.579
 another,

00:44:03.719 --> 00:44:04.339
 to edify

00:44:04.339 --> 00:44:04.839
 one another,

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:05.939
 to strengthen

00:44:05.939 --> 00:44:06.639
 one another,

00:44:06.779 --> 00:44:08.119
 all in

00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:09.599
 self-forgetful,

00:44:09.959 --> 00:44:10.899
 others-focused

00:44:10.899 --> 00:44:11.539
 love.

00:44:12.899 --> 00:44:13.099
 Right?

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:13.699
 The fastest

00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:14.599
 way, I believe,

00:44:14.759 --> 00:44:15.979
 to make your

00:44:15.979 --> 00:44:16.899
 spiritual gift,

00:44:16.900 --> 00:44:18.200
 to abuse

00:44:18.200 --> 00:44:19.059
 it is to

00:44:19.059 --> 00:44:19.820
 make it

00:44:19.820 --> 00:44:20.460
 about you,

00:44:21.660 --> 00:44:22.099
 to make

00:44:22.099 --> 00:44:22.820
 your prophecy

00:44:22.820 --> 00:44:23.680
 about you,

00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:25.220
 to make

00:44:25.220 --> 00:44:25.880
 your service

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:26.760
 about you,

00:44:27.160 --> 00:44:27.660
 to make

00:44:27.660 --> 00:44:28.300
 your teaching

00:44:28.300 --> 00:44:29.099
 about you.

00:44:30.059 --> 00:44:30.880
 But hear

00:44:30.880 --> 00:44:32.039
 Paul's famous

00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:32.760
 words at the

00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:33.300
 start of

00:44:33.300 --> 00:44:34.099
 chapter 13.

00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:35.619
 If I speak

00:44:35.619 --> 00:44:36.420
 in the tongues

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:37.240
 of men and

00:44:37.240 --> 00:44:37.820
 of angels,

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:39.019
 but have

00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:39.579
 not love,

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:40.119
 I am a

00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:41.280
 noisy gong

00:44:41.280 --> 00:44:42.240
 or clanging

00:44:42.240 --> 00:44:42.760
 cymbal.

00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:44.100
 And if I

00:44:44.100 --> 00:44:44.660
 have prophetic

00:44:44.660 --> 00:44:45.380
 powers and

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:46.140
 understand all

00:44:46.140 --> 00:44:46.800
 mysteries and

00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:47.480
 all knowledge

00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:47.800
 and have

00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:48.920
 all faith

00:44:48.920 --> 00:44:49.740
 so as to

00:44:49.740 --> 00:44:50.940
 remove mountains,

00:44:51.180 --> 00:44:51.800
 but have

00:44:51.800 --> 00:44:52.340
 not love,

00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:52.820
 I am

00:44:52.820 --> 00:44:53.560
 nothing.

00:44:54.560 --> 00:44:55.320
 If I give

00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:55.880
 away all

00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:56.560
 that I have

00:44:56.560 --> 00:44:57.180
 and I deliver

00:44:57.180 --> 00:44:57.820
 up my body

00:44:57.820 --> 00:44:58.460
 to be burned

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:59.120
 and have

00:44:59.120 --> 00:45:00.040
 not love,

00:45:00.180 --> 00:45:01.240
 I gain

00:45:01.240 --> 00:45:02.160
 nothing.

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:04.460
 So use

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:05.880
 your unique

00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:07.140
 spiritual gifts

00:45:07.140 --> 00:45:08.340
 in genuine

00:45:08.340 --> 00:45:10.040
 love for the

00:45:10.040 --> 00:45:10.820
 good of those

00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:11.420
 around you.

00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:14.140
 We ought to

00:45:14.140 --> 00:45:14.660
 be careful

00:45:14.660 --> 00:45:15.220
 to use

00:45:15.220 --> 00:45:15.780
 these gifts

00:45:15.780 --> 00:45:16.380
 as they're

00:45:16.380 --> 00:45:17.220
 intended because

00:45:17.220 --> 00:45:18.360
 the last

00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:19.000
 verse of our

00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:19.780
 passage today,

00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:20.860
 verse 11,

00:45:21.380 --> 00:45:22.280
 it reminds us

00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:23.100
 of the fourth

00:45:23.100 --> 00:45:23.980
 fact of these

00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:24.580
 spiritual gifts.

00:45:25.300 --> 00:45:25.520
 They,

00:45:25.800 --> 00:45:26.840
 they're not

00:45:26.840 --> 00:45:27.840
 from us.

00:45:29.100 --> 00:45:29.700
 You cannot

00:45:29.700 --> 00:45:30.340
 buy them.

00:45:31.540 --> 00:45:32.180
 You cannot

00:45:32.180 --> 00:45:33.240
 work your way

00:45:33.240 --> 00:45:33.660
 toward them.

00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:34.640
 You cannot

00:45:34.640 --> 00:45:35.660
 practice your

00:45:35.660 --> 00:45:36.400
 way to them.

00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:37.340
 You cannot

00:45:37.340 --> 00:45:38.380
 swap out your

00:45:38.380 --> 00:45:39.380
 gifts to get

00:45:39.380 --> 00:45:39.760
 the one that

00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:40.280
 you actually

00:45:40.280 --> 00:45:40.680
 want.

00:45:41.620 --> 00:45:42.220
 They might

00:45:42.219 --> 00:45:42.699
 not match

00:45:42.699 --> 00:45:43.559
 your personality

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:44.279
 or your

00:45:44.279 --> 00:45:44.839
 preferences,

00:45:45.839 --> 00:45:46.759
 but the

00:45:46.759 --> 00:45:47.739
 Spirit gives

00:45:47.739 --> 00:45:48.699
 gifts according

00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:49.619
 to His

00:45:49.619 --> 00:45:50.759
 sovereign will.

00:45:51.759 --> 00:45:52.279
 In other

00:45:52.279 --> 00:45:52.480
 words,

00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:53.179
 we receive

00:45:53.179 --> 00:45:53.919
 these gifts

00:45:53.919 --> 00:45:55.799
 by the grace

00:45:55.799 --> 00:45:56.439
 of God

00:45:56.439 --> 00:45:56.839
 alone.

00:45:58.019 --> 00:45:58.279
 Hence,

00:45:58.419 --> 00:45:58.819
 the name

00:45:58.819 --> 00:45:59.519
 gifts,

00:45:59.939 --> 00:46:00.459
 they're gifts.

00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:02.879
 Undeserved,

00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:04.119
 unmerited,

00:46:04.279 --> 00:46:05.259
 these spiritual

00:46:05.259 --> 00:46:06.239
 gifts are

00:46:06.239 --> 00:46:07.179
 received freely.

00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:09.679
 and deep

00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:10.039
 down,

00:46:10.899 --> 00:46:11.819
 we know,

00:46:11.879 --> 00:46:12.500
 we know that

00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:13.219
 these gifts

00:46:13.219 --> 00:46:14.440
 must be

00:46:14.440 --> 00:46:15.359
 given by

00:46:15.359 --> 00:46:16.839
 grace because

00:46:16.839 --> 00:46:17.919
 frankly,

00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:18.639
 we are not

00:46:18.639 --> 00:46:19.219
 people who

00:46:19.219 --> 00:46:20.139
 deserve them.

00:46:22.339 --> 00:46:23.179
 Because of

00:46:23.179 --> 00:46:23.940
 our sin,

00:46:24.139 --> 00:46:24.940
 we're not

00:46:24.940 --> 00:46:25.659
 people who

00:46:25.659 --> 00:46:26.579
 have proven

00:46:26.579 --> 00:46:27.199
 ourselves

00:46:27.199 --> 00:46:28.779
 worthy to

00:46:28.779 --> 00:46:29.559
 be used by

00:46:29.559 --> 00:46:30.239
 Him in such

00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:31.679
 miraculous ways.

00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:34.500
 when you

00:46:34.500 --> 00:46:35.319
 take an

00:46:35.319 --> 00:46:35.940
 honest look

00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:36.899
 at yourself,

00:46:37.799 --> 00:46:39.199
 if you're

00:46:39.199 --> 00:46:39.799
 humble enough

00:46:39.799 --> 00:46:40.399
 to admit it,

00:46:40.599 --> 00:46:41.019
 don't you

00:46:41.019 --> 00:46:41.599
 see that

00:46:41.599 --> 00:46:42.859
 there is a

00:46:42.859 --> 00:46:43.739
 lot that

00:46:43.739 --> 00:46:44.339
 needs to

00:46:44.339 --> 00:46:44.899
 change?

00:46:46.339 --> 00:46:47.179
 Don't you

00:46:47.179 --> 00:46:48.359
 see an

00:46:48.359 --> 00:46:49.779
 ugly heart

00:46:49.779 --> 00:46:51.659
 full of

00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:52.119
 pride,

00:46:53.159 --> 00:46:53.960
 selfishness,

00:46:54.379 --> 00:46:54.739
 anger,

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:55.899
 malice,

00:46:56.179 --> 00:46:56.539
 envy,

00:46:56.879 --> 00:46:57.179
 bitterness,

00:46:57.519 --> 00:46:57.899
 lust?

00:46:57.900 --> 00:46:59.700
 And if

00:46:59.700 --> 00:47:00.240
 you lived

00:47:00.240 --> 00:47:00.920
 long enough,

00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:01.460
 you'll know

00:47:01.460 --> 00:47:02.440
 how hard

00:47:02.440 --> 00:47:03.079
 it is to

00:47:03.079 --> 00:47:03.740
 change.

00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:05.619
 So much

00:47:05.619 --> 00:47:06.820
 content you

00:47:06.820 --> 00:47:07.480
 read online

00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:08.260
 these days is

00:47:08.260 --> 00:47:08.860
 all about

00:47:08.860 --> 00:47:10.000
 change,

00:47:10.059 --> 00:47:10.660
 how to get

00:47:10.660 --> 00:47:11.420
 yourself to

00:47:11.420 --> 00:47:11.860
 change,

00:47:12.639 --> 00:47:13.139
 tips to

00:47:13.139 --> 00:47:13.539
 change your

00:47:13.539 --> 00:47:14.340
 body,

00:47:15.099 --> 00:47:15.800
 your lifestyle,

00:47:16.200 --> 00:47:17.079
 your financial

00:47:17.079 --> 00:47:17.800
 circumstance,

00:47:18.039 --> 00:47:18.760
 your mood,

00:47:18.900 --> 00:47:19.619
 your productivity.

00:47:20.400 --> 00:47:21.019
 I bet that

00:47:21.019 --> 00:47:22.019
 for most of

00:47:22.019 --> 00:47:22.660
 us today,

00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:23.420
 there is at

00:47:23.420 --> 00:47:24.019
 least one

00:47:24.019 --> 00:47:24.480
 thing that

00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:25.200
 you're actively

00:47:25.200 --> 00:47:26.340
 working to

00:47:26.340 --> 00:47:26.960
 change about

00:47:26.960 --> 00:47:27.420
 yourself.

00:47:27.900 --> 00:47:30.340
 maybe you're

00:47:30.340 --> 00:47:30.700
 able to

00:47:30.700 --> 00:47:30.940
 change

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:31.660
 yourself so

00:47:31.660 --> 00:47:32.240
 dramatically

00:47:32.240 --> 00:47:33.240
 that you're

00:47:33.240 --> 00:47:34.240
 unrecognizable

00:47:34.240 --> 00:47:34.680
 on the

00:47:34.680 --> 00:47:35.240
 outside,

00:47:36.079 --> 00:47:37.180
 but can

00:47:37.180 --> 00:47:37.860
 you really

00:47:37.860 --> 00:47:39.300
 make yourself

00:47:39.300 --> 00:47:40.119
 change on

00:47:40.119 --> 00:47:40.680
 the inside?

00:47:41.500 --> 00:47:42.440
 Can you

00:47:42.440 --> 00:47:43.220
 really change

00:47:43.220 --> 00:47:43.980
 your sinful

00:47:43.980 --> 00:47:44.539
 nature?

00:47:45.940 --> 00:47:47.099
 I see

00:47:47.099 --> 00:47:48.099
 my own

00:47:48.099 --> 00:47:49.000
 ugly heart

00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:50.160
 and so I've

00:47:50.160 --> 00:47:50.700
 tried to

00:47:50.700 --> 00:47:51.500
 change myself

00:47:51.500 --> 00:47:52.180
 again and

00:47:52.180 --> 00:47:52.539
 again.

00:47:53.300 --> 00:47:53.780
 Part of my

00:47:53.780 --> 00:47:54.539
 testimony is

00:47:54.539 --> 00:47:55.079
 that I've

00:47:55.079 --> 00:47:55.660
 tried but

00:47:55.660 --> 00:47:57.039
 failed again

00:47:57.039 --> 00:47:57.539
 and again

00:47:57.539 --> 00:47:58.099
 and again.

00:47:59.800 --> 00:48:00.559
 But the

00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:01.400
 good news

00:48:01.400 --> 00:48:01.960
 of the

00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:03.039
 gospel is

00:48:03.039 --> 00:48:04.119
 that once

00:48:04.119 --> 00:48:04.820
 we were

00:48:04.820 --> 00:48:05.460
 dead in

00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:06.099
 our sins,

00:48:06.460 --> 00:48:06.880
 once we

00:48:06.880 --> 00:48:07.199
 did not

00:48:07.199 --> 00:48:07.980
 find any

00:48:07.980 --> 00:48:08.360
 way to

00:48:08.360 --> 00:48:08.880
 change,

00:48:09.699 --> 00:48:10.139
 but that

00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:11.239
 God has

00:48:11.239 --> 00:48:11.679
 made us

00:48:11.679 --> 00:48:12.519
 alive in

00:48:12.519 --> 00:48:12.920
 him by

00:48:12.920 --> 00:48:13.500
 the power

00:48:13.500 --> 00:48:14.000
 of his

00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:14.340
 son,

00:48:14.420 --> 00:48:14.659
 by the

00:48:14.659 --> 00:48:15.019
 power of

00:48:15.019 --> 00:48:15.519
 his spirit.

00:48:15.980 --> 00:48:16.559
 We can

00:48:16.559 --> 00:48:17.699
 now rest

00:48:17.699 --> 00:48:19.420
 easy because

00:48:19.420 --> 00:48:20.279
 Jesus Christ

00:48:20.279 --> 00:48:21.719
 has died to

00:48:21.719 --> 00:48:22.440
 take away

00:48:22.440 --> 00:48:23.179
 all of the

00:48:23.179 --> 00:48:23.480
 sin,

00:48:23.619 --> 00:48:24.000
 all the

00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:24.659
 ugliness.

00:48:24.659 --> 00:48:26.559
 he has

00:48:26.559 --> 00:48:27.259
 paid for

00:48:27.259 --> 00:48:27.819
 all that

00:48:27.819 --> 00:48:28.519
 and resurrected

00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:28.920
 on the

00:48:28.920 --> 00:48:29.579
 third day

00:48:29.579 --> 00:48:30.480
 to forgive

00:48:30.480 --> 00:48:31.039
 us of

00:48:31.039 --> 00:48:31.779
 our sins

00:48:31.779 --> 00:48:32.199
 and to

00:48:32.199 --> 00:48:33.299
 change us

00:48:33.299 --> 00:48:33.639
 from the

00:48:33.639 --> 00:48:34.460
 inside out.

00:48:35.879 --> 00:48:36.420
 It's because

00:48:36.420 --> 00:48:37.460
 of that

00:48:37.460 --> 00:48:37.879
 work of

00:48:37.879 --> 00:48:38.359
 the son,

00:48:39.339 --> 00:48:40.019
 God has

00:48:40.019 --> 00:48:40.420
 sent his

00:48:40.420 --> 00:48:40.899
 spirit,

00:48:41.059 --> 00:48:41.619
 the same

00:48:41.619 --> 00:48:42.199
 spirit that

00:48:42.199 --> 00:48:42.839
 resurrected

00:48:42.839 --> 00:48:43.539
 Jesus from

00:48:43.539 --> 00:48:43.899
 the dead,

00:48:44.399 --> 00:48:44.799
 to now

00:48:44.799 --> 00:48:45.799
 resurrect us

00:48:45.799 --> 00:48:46.480
 to new

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:46.879
 life,

00:48:47.000 --> 00:48:47.719
 a transformed

00:48:47.719 --> 00:48:49.000
 life in

00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:49.920
 Jesus Christ.

00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:51.260
 God has

00:48:51.260 --> 00:48:51.460
 not,

00:48:51.539 --> 00:48:52.240
 it is not

00:48:52.240 --> 00:48:52.619
 by our

00:48:52.619 --> 00:48:53.539
 own strength,

00:48:53.960 --> 00:48:54.539
 but by the

00:48:54.539 --> 00:48:55.320
 power of

00:48:55.320 --> 00:48:55.760
 the Holy

00:48:55.760 --> 00:48:56.680
 Spirit indwelling

00:48:56.680 --> 00:48:57.139
 in us,

00:48:57.180 --> 00:48:57.820
 can we now

00:48:57.820 --> 00:48:58.680
 live lives

00:48:58.680 --> 00:48:59.400
 holy to

00:48:59.400 --> 00:48:59.800
 God,

00:49:00.139 --> 00:49:00.860
 a changed

00:49:00.860 --> 00:49:01.500
 life.

00:49:02.260 --> 00:49:02.780
 Brothers and

00:49:02.780 --> 00:49:03.000
 sisters,

00:49:03.139 --> 00:49:03.440
 don't you

00:49:03.440 --> 00:49:04.059
 remember who

00:49:04.059 --> 00:49:04.599
 you once

00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:05.000
 were?

00:49:06.539 --> 00:49:06.900
 Your

00:49:06.900 --> 00:49:07.720
 changed

00:49:07.720 --> 00:49:09.240
 life is

00:49:09.240 --> 00:49:09.920
 the clearest

00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:10.559
 evidence that

00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:10.980
 the Holy

00:49:10.980 --> 00:49:11.860
 Spirit is

00:49:11.860 --> 00:49:12.740
 in you.

00:49:14.119 --> 00:49:14.559
 And if

00:49:14.559 --> 00:49:15.059
 he is in

00:49:15.059 --> 00:49:15.320
 you,

00:49:17.480 --> 00:49:18.260
 God has

00:49:18.260 --> 00:49:18.720
 deemed you

00:49:18.719 --> 00:49:19.699
 worthy to

00:49:19.699 --> 00:49:21.179
 receive power

00:49:21.179 --> 00:49:22.500
 from on

00:49:22.500 --> 00:49:22.699
 high.

00:49:23.759 --> 00:49:24.619
 The Holy

00:49:24.619 --> 00:49:25.419
 Spirit has

00:49:25.419 --> 00:49:26.619
 empowered you

00:49:26.619 --> 00:49:27.599
 to effect

00:49:27.599 --> 00:49:28.599
 change in

00:49:28.599 --> 00:49:29.279
 this world

00:49:29.279 --> 00:49:30.399
 and in the

00:49:30.399 --> 00:49:30.859
 lives of

00:49:30.859 --> 00:49:31.359
 those around

00:49:31.359 --> 00:49:31.619
 you.

00:49:32.819 --> 00:49:33.419
 What a

00:49:33.419 --> 00:49:34.779
 grace that

00:49:34.779 --> 00:49:35.199
 is.

00:49:36.179 --> 00:49:36.639
 Do you

00:49:36.639 --> 00:49:37.259
 ever stop

00:49:37.259 --> 00:49:37.839
 to reflect

00:49:37.839 --> 00:49:38.219
 on the

00:49:38.219 --> 00:49:38.679
 fact that

00:49:38.679 --> 00:49:38.959
 God,

00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:39.959
 he chooses

00:49:39.959 --> 00:49:41.219
 to incorporate

00:49:41.219 --> 00:49:42.099
 his church

00:49:42.099 --> 00:49:43.119
 into his

00:49:43.119 --> 00:49:43.619
 ministry?

00:49:44.199 --> 00:49:45.000
 When we're

00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:45.719
 so messy

00:49:45.719 --> 00:49:46.139
 and we're

00:49:46.139 --> 00:49:46.819
 so weak

00:49:46.819 --> 00:49:47.939
 that we

00:49:47.940 --> 00:49:48.740
 can partner

00:49:48.740 --> 00:49:49.179
 with God,

00:49:49.320 --> 00:49:49.960
 co-labor

00:49:49.960 --> 00:49:50.480
 with him,

00:49:52.200 --> 00:49:52.720
 we can do

00:49:52.720 --> 00:49:53.460
 this together

00:49:53.460 --> 00:49:53.880
 for his

00:49:53.880 --> 00:49:54.300
 glory.

00:49:55.900 --> 00:49:56.480
 Doesn't it

00:49:56.480 --> 00:49:57.240
 not amaze

00:49:57.240 --> 00:49:57.639
 you that he

00:49:57.639 --> 00:49:58.280
 chooses to

00:49:58.280 --> 00:49:59.099
 give his

00:49:59.099 --> 00:49:59.760
 gifts when

00:49:59.760 --> 00:50:00.099
 we know

00:50:00.099 --> 00:50:00.400
 that we

00:50:00.400 --> 00:50:01.019
 have and

00:50:01.019 --> 00:50:01.440
 we are

00:50:01.440 --> 00:50:01.800
 and we

00:50:01.800 --> 00:50:02.059
 will?

00:50:02.119 --> 00:50:02.280
 We'll

00:50:02.280 --> 00:50:03.059
 bungle it

00:50:03.059 --> 00:50:04.119
 up time

00:50:04.119 --> 00:50:04.619
 and time

00:50:04.619 --> 00:50:04.980
 again.

00:50:06.320 --> 00:50:06.679
 Some of

00:50:06.679 --> 00:50:07.000
 us have

00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:07.800
 despised

00:50:07.800 --> 00:50:08.539
 prophecies

00:50:08.539 --> 00:50:09.940
 and quenched

00:50:09.940 --> 00:50:10.659
 the spirit

00:50:10.659 --> 00:50:11.860
 from our

00:50:11.860 --> 00:50:12.420
 hard-hearted

00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:13.019
 skepticism.

00:50:14.559 --> 00:50:15.159
 Others have

00:50:15.159 --> 00:50:15.740
 struggled with

00:50:15.740 --> 00:50:17.119
 cowardice and

00:50:17.119 --> 00:50:18.000
 laziness when

00:50:18.000 --> 00:50:18.639
 we ought to

00:50:18.639 --> 00:50:19.880
 boldly use

00:50:19.880 --> 00:50:20.400
 our gifts

00:50:20.400 --> 00:50:21.019
 in love

00:50:21.019 --> 00:50:21.480
 of others.

00:50:22.739 --> 00:50:23.460
 Still others

00:50:23.460 --> 00:50:24.039
 have made

00:50:24.039 --> 00:50:24.659
 their gifts

00:50:24.659 --> 00:50:25.839
 about themselves

00:50:25.839 --> 00:50:27.920
 as a means

00:50:27.920 --> 00:50:28.559
 to promote

00:50:28.559 --> 00:50:29.259
 their own

00:50:29.259 --> 00:50:29.779
 reputation,

00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:30.480
 their own

00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:30.839
 image.

00:50:31.819 --> 00:50:32.059
 And yet

00:50:32.059 --> 00:50:32.559
 while we

00:50:32.559 --> 00:50:33.079
 botch it

00:50:33.079 --> 00:50:33.400
 up for

00:50:33.400 --> 00:50:34.099
 the hundredth

00:50:34.099 --> 00:50:34.519
 time,

00:50:35.500 --> 00:50:35.819
 the good

00:50:35.819 --> 00:50:36.119
 father,

00:50:36.219 --> 00:50:36.559
 he doesn't

00:50:36.559 --> 00:50:37.179
 take away

00:50:37.179 --> 00:50:37.699
 our gifts

00:50:37.699 --> 00:50:38.599
 but he

00:50:38.599 --> 00:50:39.440
 reinstalls

00:50:39.440 --> 00:50:39.799
 us,

00:50:40.920 --> 00:50:41.559
 invites us

00:50:41.559 --> 00:50:42.199
 yet again

00:50:42.199 --> 00:50:42.619
 to be

00:50:42.619 --> 00:50:43.259
 faithful to

00:50:43.259 --> 00:50:43.679
 his work.

00:50:43.679 --> 00:50:45.539
 So today

00:50:45.539 --> 00:50:46.579
 we celebrate

00:50:46.579 --> 00:50:47.359
 the birth

00:50:47.359 --> 00:50:47.699
 of the

00:50:47.699 --> 00:50:48.079
 Christian

00:50:48.079 --> 00:50:48.619
 church on

00:50:48.619 --> 00:50:49.019
 the day

00:50:49.019 --> 00:50:49.299
 of

00:50:49.299 --> 00:50:49.919
 Pentecost,

00:50:50.239 --> 00:50:50.799
 the day

00:50:50.799 --> 00:50:51.359
 in which

00:50:51.359 --> 00:50:51.839
 the spirit

00:50:51.839 --> 00:50:52.480
 has filled

00:50:52.480 --> 00:50:53.219
 his disciples

00:50:53.219 --> 00:50:54.559
 to empower

00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:55.059
 them to

00:50:55.059 --> 00:50:55.599
 turn the

00:50:55.599 --> 00:50:56.219
 world upside

00:50:56.219 --> 00:50:56.579
 down.

00:50:57.919 --> 00:50:59.019
 So to

00:50:59.019 --> 00:50:59.519
 close I

00:50:59.519 --> 00:51:00.480
 ask one

00:51:00.480 --> 00:51:01.139
 simple

00:51:01.139 --> 00:51:01.699
 question.

00:51:03.379 --> 00:51:03.919
 Why not

00:51:03.919 --> 00:51:04.299
 us?

00:51:05.839 --> 00:51:06.759
 Why not

00:51:06.759 --> 00:51:07.219
 us?

00:51:07.219 --> 00:51:10.119
 If Christ

00:51:10.119 --> 00:51:10.899
 forgave us

00:51:10.899 --> 00:51:11.199
 of our

00:51:11.199 --> 00:51:11.459
 sin,

00:51:12.419 --> 00:51:12.719
 if the

00:51:12.719 --> 00:51:13.059
 same

00:51:13.059 --> 00:51:13.539
 spirit

00:51:13.539 --> 00:51:14.119
 resides

00:51:14.119 --> 00:51:14.759
 in us

00:51:14.759 --> 00:51:15.799
 as he

00:51:15.799 --> 00:51:16.159
 did in

00:51:16.159 --> 00:51:16.279
 the

00:51:16.279 --> 00:51:16.779
 disciples,

00:51:17.579 --> 00:51:18.359
 why can't

00:51:18.359 --> 00:51:19.099
 we turn

00:51:19.099 --> 00:51:19.559
 this

00:51:19.559 --> 00:51:20.000
 neighborhood

00:51:20.000 --> 00:51:20.539
 of East

00:51:20.539 --> 00:51:20.879
 Cambridge

00:51:20.879 --> 00:51:21.319
 upside

00:51:21.319 --> 00:51:21.779
 down?

00:51:22.939 --> 00:51:23.679
 Why can't

00:51:23.679 --> 00:51:24.059
 we in

00:51:24.059 --> 00:51:24.539
 partnership

00:51:24.539 --> 00:51:25.039
 with other

00:51:25.039 --> 00:51:25.500
 gospel

00:51:25.500 --> 00:51:25.939
 preaching

00:51:25.939 --> 00:51:26.359
 churches

00:51:26.359 --> 00:51:27.059
 in the

00:51:27.059 --> 00:51:27.299
 greater

00:51:27.299 --> 00:51:27.699
 Boston

00:51:27.699 --> 00:51:28.000
 area

00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:28.399
 see

00:51:28.399 --> 00:51:29.219
 revival?

00:51:30.759 --> 00:51:31.339
 Why can't

00:51:31.339 --> 00:51:31.819
 we see

00:51:31.819 --> 00:51:32.439
 manifestations

00:51:32.439 --> 00:51:33.159
 of the

00:51:33.159 --> 00:51:33.559
 spirit

00:51:33.559 --> 00:51:34.919
 in miracles

00:51:34.919 --> 00:51:35.799
 of healing

00:51:35.799 --> 00:51:36.679
 regularly

00:51:36.679 --> 00:51:37.039
 in our

00:51:37.039 --> 00:51:37.319
 midst?

00:51:38.079 --> 00:51:38.779
 Why can't

00:51:38.779 --> 00:51:39.139
 we hear

00:51:39.139 --> 00:51:39.339
 the

00:51:39.339 --> 00:51:39.859
 interpretation

00:51:39.859 --> 00:51:40.279
 of

00:51:40.279 --> 00:51:40.659
 tongues?

00:51:41.859 --> 00:51:42.419
 Why can't

00:51:42.419 --> 00:51:43.319
 we prophesy

00:51:43.319 --> 00:51:43.739
 so that

00:51:43.739 --> 00:51:44.359
 unbelievers

00:51:44.359 --> 00:51:44.960
 in our

00:51:44.960 --> 00:51:45.299
 midst

00:51:45.299 --> 00:51:46.259
 will surely

00:51:46.259 --> 00:51:46.779
 testify

00:51:46.779 --> 00:51:48.319
 God is

00:51:48.319 --> 00:51:48.940
 in this

00:51:48.940 --> 00:51:49.460
 place?

00:51:50.460 --> 00:51:51.279
 Why not

00:51:51.279 --> 00:51:51.679
 us?

00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:53.500
 Why not

00:51:53.500 --> 00:51:53.719
 you?

00:51:56.359 --> 00:51:56.980
 Brothers

00:51:56.980 --> 00:51:57.500
 and sisters,

00:51:58.099 --> 00:51:58.940
 how will

00:51:58.940 --> 00:51:59.539
 you use

00:51:59.539 --> 00:51:59.980
 the gifts

00:51:59.980 --> 00:52:00.940
 that the

00:52:00.940 --> 00:52:01.359
 spirit has

00:52:01.359 --> 00:52:01.699
 given you?

00:52:03.440 --> 00:52:04.179
 Let me

00:52:04.179 --> 00:52:04.399
 pray.

00:52:05.980 --> 00:52:06.599
 Father,

00:52:06.679 --> 00:52:07.199
 we pray

00:52:07.199 --> 00:52:07.619
 for that.

00:52:08.519 --> 00:52:09.079
 Pray for

00:52:09.079 --> 00:52:10.319
 your

00:52:10.319 --> 00:52:11.059
 indwelling,

00:52:11.259 --> 00:52:11.519
 for your

00:52:11.519 --> 00:52:12.000
 filling,

00:52:12.139 --> 00:52:12.379
 for your

00:52:12.379 --> 00:52:13.019
 outpouring

00:52:13.019 --> 00:52:13.579
 of your

00:52:13.579 --> 00:52:14.399
 spirit so

00:52:14.399 --> 00:52:14.779
 that we

00:52:14.779 --> 00:52:15.579
 can truly

00:52:15.579 --> 00:52:16.679
 be all

00:52:16.679 --> 00:52:16.960
 that you

00:52:16.960 --> 00:52:17.379
 have called

00:52:17.379 --> 00:52:17.779
 us to

00:52:17.779 --> 00:52:18.019
 be.

00:52:18.699 --> 00:52:19.079
 That we

00:52:19.079 --> 00:52:19.259
 could

00:52:19.259 --> 00:52:20.059
 transform

00:52:20.059 --> 00:52:20.519
 this world,

00:52:20.619 --> 00:52:20.799
 that we

00:52:20.799 --> 00:52:21.099
 would be

00:52:21.099 --> 00:52:22.719
 faithful to

00:52:22.719 --> 00:52:23.059
 the work

00:52:23.059 --> 00:52:23.619
 of ministry,

00:52:24.239 --> 00:52:24.759
 to share

00:52:24.759 --> 00:52:25.279
 the gospel

00:52:25.279 --> 00:52:26.099
 and see

00:52:26.099 --> 00:52:26.659
 revival,

00:52:26.779 --> 00:52:26.899
 see

00:52:26.899 --> 00:52:27.460
 transformation,

00:52:28.460 --> 00:52:28.679
 see

00:52:28.679 --> 00:52:29.519
 regularly

00:52:29.519 --> 00:52:30.460
 manifestations

00:52:30.460 --> 00:52:31.399
 and see

00:52:31.399 --> 00:52:32.440
 baptisms and

00:52:32.440 --> 00:52:33.059
 conversions

00:52:33.059 --> 00:52:34.139
 here in this

00:52:34.139 --> 00:52:34.779
 very church.

00:52:34.780 --> 00:52:35.360
 we pray

00:52:35.360 --> 00:52:35.960
 for it,

00:52:36.040 --> 00:52:36.400
 oh God.

00:52:36.620 --> 00:52:37.019
 We pray

00:52:37.019 --> 00:52:37.960
 bold prayers

00:52:37.960 --> 00:52:38.460
 because we

00:52:38.460 --> 00:52:38.840
 know you

00:52:38.840 --> 00:52:39.120
 can do

00:52:39.120 --> 00:52:39.860
 far more

00:52:39.860 --> 00:52:40.180
 than we

00:52:40.180 --> 00:52:40.700
 can ask

00:52:40.700 --> 00:52:41.340
 or even

00:52:41.340 --> 00:52:41.740
 imagine.

00:52:42.560 --> 00:52:42.920
 Father,

00:52:43.060 --> 00:52:44.060
 please help

00:52:44.060 --> 00:52:44.440
 us,

00:52:44.820 --> 00:52:45.260
 help us

00:52:45.260 --> 00:52:45.720
 to look

00:52:45.720 --> 00:52:46.220
 to you.

00:52:47.140 --> 00:52:47.560
 We are

00:52:47.560 --> 00:52:47.920
 weak,

00:52:48.180 --> 00:52:48.440
 we are

00:52:48.440 --> 00:52:48.960
 insufficient

00:52:48.960 --> 00:52:49.400
 on our

00:52:49.400 --> 00:52:49.740
 own,

00:52:50.080 --> 00:52:50.400
 but we

00:52:50.400 --> 00:52:50.820
 thank you

00:52:50.820 --> 00:52:51.160
 that the

00:52:51.160 --> 00:52:51.480
 spirit

00:52:51.480 --> 00:52:52.340
 empowers

00:52:52.340 --> 00:52:53.360
 us so

00:52:53.360 --> 00:52:53.800
 that all

00:52:53.800 --> 00:52:54.480
 the glory

00:52:54.480 --> 00:52:55.200
 would redound

00:52:55.200 --> 00:52:55.800
 back to

00:52:55.800 --> 00:52:56.180
 the father.

00:52:56.300 --> 00:52:56.980
 We want

00:52:56.980 --> 00:52:57.760
 to glorify

00:52:57.760 --> 00:52:58.560
 him and

00:52:58.560 --> 00:52:59.120
 him alone.

00:53:00.120 --> 00:53:00.980
 So empower

00:53:00.980 --> 00:53:01.559
 us,

00:53:01.760 --> 00:53:02.219
 not for

00:53:02.219 --> 00:53:02.719
 our own

00:53:02.719 --> 00:53:02.980
 glory,

00:53:03.099 --> 00:53:03.599
 not to

00:53:03.599 --> 00:53:03.940
 us,

00:53:04.240 --> 00:53:04.579
 but to

00:53:04.579 --> 00:53:05.219
 your name,

00:53:05.320 --> 00:53:05.719
 oh God,

00:53:06.500 --> 00:53:06.840
 be the

00:53:06.840 --> 00:53:07.079
 glory.

00:53:08.119 --> 00:53:08.659
 In Jesus'

00:53:08.820 --> 00:53:09.300
 name we

00:53:09.300 --> 00:53:09.519
 pray.

00:53:10.280 --> 00:53:10.579
 Amen.

00:53:10.579 --> 00:53:10.659
 Amen.