My sermon notes for Sunday morning, July 31^st.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

1 Corinthians 12:4-7

INTRO

• Now concerning Spiritual gifts. v. 1
• The source of our gifts
• The power of our gifts
• The purpose of our gifts
• The results of our gifts
• Key words: Diversity, Unity, and Maturity
• Varieties – “allotments, distributions.
  • Distributed in many forms
• There are a variety of gifts and ministries…yet one reason we are given these gifts.
• Glorify God and Build up His Church

GOD GIVES UNIQUE GIFTS TO EACH BELIEVER

Gifts – “gift of grace”

• Gifted to equip
• Gifted from God to build up others

List of Spiritual Gifts – 1 Cor. 12:8-10, Romans 12:6-8, 1 Peter 4:11

• Not meant to be an exhaustive list
• 1 Peter 4: 11 – “Speaking and Serving” are the 2 main categories
• Gifts are like a fingerprint… each one is different
• Each gift/person is unique

THESE GIFTS ENABLE US TO SERVE/MINISTER

Service – ministries, servants

• The doing of the Christian life
• The doing of the Church
• Gifts are the tools of ministry

We are gifted SO THAT we can change the world with Gospel. OUR PURPOSE!

• within the body of Christ. THE CHURCH
• and IMPACT THE WORLD.
• The basis of our everyday life

Mark 10:45 – JESUS… Not to be served, but to serve.

• Christian life is not about receiving
• It is about giving

Matt. 28:18-20

• I am with you
• v. 6 – but the same Lord

EACH GIFT ACCOMPLISHES ITS DIVINE PURPOSE

Activities – “worked out, energized”

• The impact/results of using the gifts
• Gifts are given supernaturally and they are empowered supernaturally.

God empowers them ALL in EVERYONE

• God sovereignly empowers each one.
• God sovereignly empowers the results of these gifts

The emphasis on the Trinity

• Different gifts, service, and activities but it is God that is doing and causing the work
• Philippians 2:12–13 – [12] Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, [13] for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (ESV)
• The gifts are from God
• The administering the gifts are from God
• The energy and power to use the gifts are from God
• The impact of the gifts is from God

Manifestation of the Spirit

• Make known, clear, evident
• SHOWING THE SPIRIT

For the common good

• Bring together
• Mutually beneficial

Ephesians 4:10–12 – [10] He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) [11] And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, [12] to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, (ESV)