My sermon notes for Sunday morning, July 31st. 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)