David Jeremiah - The Gifts of the Spirit

July 11, 2026 | 57:29

Every Christian has been given a spiritual gift by the Holy Spirit. There are different types of spiritual gifts, and we bring honor and glory to God through using our gifts.

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Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah | David Jeremiah - The Gifts of the Spirit | July 11, 2026

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Dr. david jeremiah: hello, i'm david jeremiah,
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Here to remind us that america's 250th anniversary
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Is more than a milestone to celebrate,
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It's a moment to remember.
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We remember the blessings of god and the gift of freedom.
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We need also to remember
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The responsibility that comes as a result.
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A nation is not held together by prosperity alone,
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But by truth, virtue, and the character of its people.
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And if we are to leave this country strong
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For those who come after us,
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Then we must pass on more than just history,
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We must pass on faith.
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So let us thank god for his goodness to america
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And ask him to guide us in the days ahead.
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May god bless america.
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Dr. david jeremiah: many would say,
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"i believe in the holy spirit."
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But my question is, do you know the holy spirit?
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Do you know what he does, what he provides?
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He was there at creation.
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He came in power at pentecost.
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He's the most personal
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And perhaps the most misunderstood
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Member of the trinity.
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The study of the holy spirit as revealed in scripture
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Shows he is more than a feeling,
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More than a force, more than an emotion,
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More than an experience.
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So who is the holy spirit?
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The holy spirit is god with us, god in us,
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And god at work through us.
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Discover more about the holy spirit
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Than you ever imagined
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And experience his presence and power
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As never before.
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♪ great are you, lord, mighty in strength ♪
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♪ 'cause you are faithful and you will ever be ♪
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♪ we will praise you, all of our days ♪
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♪ it's for your glory we offer everything ♪
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♪ raise your hands, all you nations ♪
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♪ shout to god, all creation ♪
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♪ how awesome is the lord most high ♪
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♪ we will praise you together for now and forever ♪
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♪ how awesome is the lord most high ♪
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♪ where you send us, god, we will go ♪
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♪ you're the answer ♪
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♪ we want the world to know ♪
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♪ we will trust you when you call our name ♪
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♪ where you lead us, we'll follow all the way ♪
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♪ raise your hands, all you nations ♪
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♪ shout to god, all creation ♪
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♪ how awesome is the lord most high ♪
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♪ we will praise you together for now and forever ♪
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♪ how awesome is the lord most high ♪
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♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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♪ how awesome is the lord most high ♪
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Michael sanchez: sing it again.
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♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
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♪ how awesome is the lord most high ♪
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♪ raise your hands ♪
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♪ raise your hands, all you nations ♪
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♪ shout to god, all creation ♪
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♪ how awesome is the lord most high ♪
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♪ we will praise you together for now and forever ♪
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♪ how awesome is the lord most high ♪
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♪ the lord most high ♪♪
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[congregation applauding]
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Male announcer: coming up on "turning point."
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Dr jeremiah: if god calls you to do something
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And he gives you an ability,
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Don't just sit on the ability and say,
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"well, i guess i'm okay now, i got an ability."
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Take that ability and take it as far as you can
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And make it as strong as it can be
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And use it for the glory of god
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To affect as many people as you can
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For as long as you can.
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Announcer: that's coming up today on "turning point."
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Announcer: isn't it time to take the journey
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From knowing about the holy spirit
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To deeply knowing him?
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In dr. david jeremiah's new book,
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"the holy spirit you may not know,"
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You will discover what it truly means to experience
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The presence and power of the holy spirit in your life.
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You may know about the holy spirit
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As the third person of the trinity,
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But do you know him as your helper,
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Your comforter, your counselor, and friend?
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In "the holy spirit you may not know,"
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Dr. jeremiah shows you
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How the spirit equips you with spiritual gifts,
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Provides guidance in your decisions,
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And empowers you to live
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The dynamic life jesus promised,
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Because you may not know the holy spirit
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As well as you think, but once you do,
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You'll never be the same.
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♪ let the king of my heart ♪
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♪ be the mountain where i run ♪
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♪ the fountain i drink from ♪
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♪ oh, he is my song ♪
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♪ let the king of my heart ♪
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♪ be the shadow where i hide ♪
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♪ the ransom for my life ♪
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♪ oh, he is my song ♪
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♪ you are good, good ♪
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♪ so good ♪
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♪ you are good, good ♪
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♪ so good ♪
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♪ let the king of my heart ♪
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♪ be the wind inside my sails ♪
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♪ the anchor in the waves ♪
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♪ oh, he is my song ♪
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♪ let the king of my heart ♪
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♪ be the fire inside my veins ♪
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♪ the echo of my days ♪
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♪ oh, he is my song ♪
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♪ you are good, good ♪
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♪ so good ♪
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♪ you are good, you're good ♪
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♪ you're so good ♪
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♪ you're never gonna let ♪
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♪ you're never gonna let me down ♪
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♪ you're never gonna let ♪
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♪ you're never gonna let me down ♪
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♪ you're never gonna let ♪
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♪ you're never gonna let me down ♪
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♪ you're never gonna let ♪
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♪ you're never gonna let me down ♪
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♪ you're never gonna let ♪
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♪ you're never gonna let me down ♪
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♪ you're never gonna let ♪
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♪ you're never gonna let me down ♪
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♪ you are good, you're good ♪
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♪ you're so good ♪
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♪ you are good, good ♪
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♪ so good ♪
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♪ you are good, good ♪
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♪ so good ♪
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♪ you are good, good ♪
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♪ so good ♪♪
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[congregation applauding]
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Michael: psalm 145 says this.
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It says, "i will extol you, my god, o king;
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And i will bless your name forever and ever.
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Every day i will bless you,
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And i will praise your name forever and ever.
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Great is the lord, and greatly to be praised;
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And his greatness is unsearchable."
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I love in verse 2 it says, "every day i will bless you."
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It's not just on the good days.
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It's not just on the bad days.
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It's not on the days when i've done everything right,
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When i feel like i've got everything in order,
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I'll bless you.
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It doesn't say that. it says everyday.
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Amen? amen.
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So you know what today is?
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One of those days, right?
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We get an opportunity right now to sing to him.
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We're gonna sing a song called "great are you, lord."
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We're gonna focus on how great he is.
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So during this song, i encourage you,
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Think of a way you can be grateful for that.
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Say, "lord, great are you.
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Great are you, lord, for this and for that, lord,
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'cause today is the day i wanna praise you."
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♪♪♪
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♪ you give life, you are love ♪
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♪ you bring light to the darkness ♪
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♪ you give hope, you restore ♪
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♪ every heart that is broken ♪
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♪ great are you lord ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ to you only ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ you give life, you are love ♪
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♪ you bring light to the darkness ♪
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♪ you give hope, you restore ♪
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♪ every heart that is broken ♪
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♪ great are you lord ♪
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♪ it's your breath ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ to you only ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ to you only ♪
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♪♪♪
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Michael: sing all the earth.
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♪ all the earth will shout your praise ♪
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♪ our hearts will cry, these bones will sing ♪
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Michael: sing it out.
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♪ great are you lord ♪
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♪ all the earth will shout your praise ♪
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♪ our hearts will cry, these bones will sing ♪
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♪ great are you lord ♪
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♪ all the earth ♪
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♪ all the earth will shout your praise ♪
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♪ our hearts will cry, these bones will sing ♪
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♪ great are you lord ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ to you only ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ to you only ♪
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♪ oh, we sing ♪
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♪ great are you lord ♪
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♪ oh, you're so great ♪
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♪ great are you lord ♪♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ i've been blessed with many things ♪
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♪ god's been good to me ♪
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♪ and i have family and friends ♪
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♪ who share in all i do ♪
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♪ but if i lose it all ♪
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♪ and i am left with nothing ♪
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♪ if i have the lord ♪
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♪ i know i'll make it through ♪
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♪ he's the only reason i live ♪
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♪ but, oh, what a reason ♪
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♪ he's the only reason i live ♪
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♪ but, oh, what a reason ♪
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♪ you see, there's nothing in this world ♪
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♪ worth living for ♪
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♪ it only leaves you empty and longing for more ♪
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♪ oh, he's the only reason i live ♪
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♪ but, oh, what a reason ♪
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♪ you may have tried many things ♪
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♪ to find real happiness ♪
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♪ but if you looked very long ♪
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♪ you'd know it cannot be found ♪
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♪ oh, no ♪
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♪ until you find the lord ♪
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♪ and you know power of his spirit ♪
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♪ holy spirit ♪
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♪ he'll be your reason to live ♪
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♪ and he'll never, never, never ♪
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♪ never let you down ♪
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♪ oh, no, no, no, no ♪
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♪ and he's the only reason i live ♪
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♪ but, oh, what a reason ♪
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♪ he's the only reason i live ♪
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♪ but, oh, what a reason ♪
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♪ you see, there's nothing in this world ♪
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♪ worth living for ♪
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♪ it only leaves you empty and longing for more ♪
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♪ oh, he's the only reason i live ♪
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♪ but, oh, what a reason ♪
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♪ oh, you see, there's nothing in this world ♪
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♪ oh, worth living for ♪
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♪ you know it only leaves you empty ♪
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♪ and longing for more ♪
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♪ oh, he's the only reason i live ♪
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♪ oh, he's the only reason i live ♪
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♪ oh, he's the only reason i live ♪
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♪ but, oh, what a reason ♪♪
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♪♪♪
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[congregation applauding]
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Announcer: isn't it time to take the journey
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As the third person of the trinity,
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Your comforter, your counselor, and friend?
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In "the holy spirit you may not know,"
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Dr. jeremiah shows you
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How the spirit equips you with spiritual gifts,
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Provides guidance in your decisions,
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The dynamic life jesus promised,
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And now here is dr. jeremiah with his message,
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"the gifts of the spirit."
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Dr jeremiah: d.l. moody was
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One of the most influential evangelists
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Of the 19th century.
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You've heard me talk about him over the years.
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He's one of my favorite characters.
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He left a successful career in the shoe business
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To share the gospel,
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And during his brief 62 years of life,
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It is estimated that he preached to more than 100 million people
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And led over 1 million people to christ.
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But what may surprise you, if you've never read his story,
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Is that moody wasn't a polished speaker
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Nor was he a trained evangelist or theologian.
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In fact, when he spoke,
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He often stumbled over his words,
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And he mangled the english language.
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He split infinitives and other things like that.
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After one of his sermons, a man came up to him
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And said, "mr. moody,
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I listened while you were speaking,
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And you made 17 grammatical errors
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In your sermon."
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God bless people like that.
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And then this man held out a piece of paper
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And he made a list of moody's mistakes,
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And moody just smiled and said,
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"i'm doing my best with what god has given me.
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Are you?"
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Hmm.
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Now, that's a real good question.
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In fact, that's a question we all need to wrestle through
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Because the bible says god is the great giver of gifts.
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And what are you doing and what am i doing
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With everything we have been gifted?
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Ephesians chapter 4 tells us
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That when the lord ascended to heaven,
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He gave gifts to men.
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In ephesians 4:7, we read, "and to each one of us
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Grace was given
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According to the measure of christ's gift."
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What the bible teaches, men and women,
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Is that you and i,
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Apart from the gift of salvation,
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Which we receive when we repent of our sins
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And become christians,
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Each of us have been endowed with a gift of ministry
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From almighty god
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So that every person who's a christian
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Has a spiritual gift,
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And i know that some of you are smiling and say,
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"well, i must have been left off that list
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'cause i don't have any spiritual gifts."
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Well, you have to argue not with me
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But with the word of god because the word of god says
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We all have spiritual gifts.
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The fact that we don't know what they are
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Is not god's fault.
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It's our fault.
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Every christian has been uniquely equipped
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For ministry.
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But before we go any further,
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Let me just take a moment and remind you
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There's a difference between spiritual gifts
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And the fruit of the spirit.
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The fruit of the spirit has to do with who we are.
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The fruit of the spirit is love, and joy, and peace,
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And longsuffering, and all those things;
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But the gifts of the spirit have to do with what we do,
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The things that we do for the lord,
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How we serve the lord.
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We don't all get the same gift,
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And if we're honest, sometimes we wish
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We had a different gift than the one we have.
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Maybe you look around and think,
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"why couldn't i be the preacher?"
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Or, "why didn't god make me the singer?"
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But spiritual gifts aren't something we get to choose,
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They're something the holy spirit assigns.
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In fact, the bible says, "the same spirit works
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All these things, distributing to each one
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Individually as he wills."
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The holy spirit decides, not us.
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And, ladies and gentlemen,
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The holy spirit never gets it wrong.
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He's always right. he never misses.
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So if you belong to christ, you already have
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At least one spiritual gift;
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And you may not have discovered it yet,
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But it's there and it's waiting to be used.
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A.t. pierson was a bible teacher from an earlier day,
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And he said, "everyone has some gift,
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Therefore all should be encouraged.
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Not all have all the gifts, therefore all should be humble.
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All gifts are for one body,
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Therefore all should be in harmony.
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And all gifts are needful,
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Therefore all should be faithful."
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Today i want to unwrap
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The gifts of the spirit with what they are,
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How they work, how we can recognize
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The ones god has given us.
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I must confess to you that in years past
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I have given entire series of messages
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And given a message on every gift,
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Which i cannot do.
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So i'mma give all those message to you
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In one message.
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I'm gonna bring the truck up and dump it all
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Right in one place,
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And i want you to listen carefully
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Because the overall of this,
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The bringing of this all together
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Is very helpful for us to understand
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How we fit into the plan god has for us
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And how we can find the joy we have.
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I tell you the truth, the greatest joy i've ever had
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Was to become a christian.
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The second greatest joy i've ever had
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Is being a christian
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And being able to serve the lord,
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And that comes
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Through understanding how this works,
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And we're gonna talk about it today.
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First of all, remember this, and you wanna write this down.
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There are three major passages in the bible
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That tell you about spiritual gifts.
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It's kinda easy to remember.
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One of them is romans 12, one of them is 1 corinthians 12,
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And one of them is ephesians 4.
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In romans 12, we are told that,
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"we, being many, are one body in christ,
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And individually members of one another.
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Having then gifts differing
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According to the grace that is given to us,
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Let us use them:
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If prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith;
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Or ministry, let us use it in our ministering;
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He who teaches, in teaching;
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He who exhorts, in exhortation;
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He who gives, with liberality;
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He who leads, with diligence;
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He who shows mercy, with cheerfulness."
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So in that passage, we run into the serving gifts
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Like teaching and encouraging
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And generosity and mercy.
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Then in 1 corinthians 12, we have the gifts of miracles
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And prophecy and discernment of spirits
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And tongues
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And the interpretation of tongues.
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And then in chapter 4 of ephesians,
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We have the gift of prophets
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And evangelists and pastors and teachers.
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Now, when you take all these gifts
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And put them together,
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They sort of fall out into some groups,
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And i think by understanding the groups,
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We'll understand the gifts.
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First of all, there are special gifts.
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These are gifts that were used
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In the early days of the church
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To help the church get established,
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Like apostles and prophets, evangelists and pastor teachers.
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These had a very special part in the founding of the church,
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And some of them remain in operation today.
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And then there are speaking gifts.
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These are the gifts that involve the mouth.
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They include prophecy and teaching
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And exhortation, the word of wisdom,
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And the word of knowledge.
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And then there are serving gifts,
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And this is my favorite list
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Because this is where most of us find our gifts.
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These gifts that are given to us throughout these passages
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Tell us that we can serve, we can help, we can lead,
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We can administrate, we can give,
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We can show mercy, we can discern spirits,
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We can show faith,
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And we can demonstrate hospitality.
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You may be busy serving in one of these capacities
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And you don't even realize you've been gifted.
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You were involved in serving god
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And you didn't even know you were gifted to do it,
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But you have followed your inclinations
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To do what god has called you to do,
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And you're doing it and you're effective
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In the doing of it.
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Then there is one other set of gifts
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That cause a lot of consternation for people,
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And we get asked questions about this a lot
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Through our radio and television ministry
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And even here in the church.
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These are the sign gifts.
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One of the reasons there's so much controversy
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Over all these gifts
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Is because we have thrown them all in one big package
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And think they all have to be used
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In the same way.
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But what is the use for sign gifts?
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Sign gifts were given to establish god's authority.
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In the new testament when jesus was on this earth
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And his apostles were preaching,
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They had no new testament.
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They had no authority for what they said.
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How could people know
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Whether they truly came from god?
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Their words were authenticated by miracles and visible signs
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That proved their authority.
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The apostles were recognized as god's messengers
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Because of the sign gifts.
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But when the written word of god was completed,
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When we got this blessed book called the bible,
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Those sign gifts began to fade from the center
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Because, ladies and gentlemen,
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God has no higher authority than the bible.
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And when people wanna know is it true,
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They should not seek
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For some special gift to be exhibited,
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But they should go to the word of god.
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If you say god says it,
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Open your bible and see if god says it.
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The bereans did that.
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The bible says the bereans searched the scriptures
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To see whether or not
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The things the apostles were saying were true.
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At our church, we do not practice sign gifts
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Because we have the highest authority in our hands
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That's ever been produced.
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This is the ultimate authority of our faith,
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And the bible says that god has exalted his word
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Above his name.
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And when experience becomes our authority,
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Confusion follows because, you see,
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The bible is very objective.
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It is--it says what it says.
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It means what it says.
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You can't--if you find out what it means,
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You'll discover it doesn't mean two things,
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It means one thing, it's an objective truth.
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But signs are subjective.
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They're interpreted by the people
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Who experience them, and they're all different
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And they mean different things
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To different people.
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When we speak the word of truth,
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We speak the word of truth,
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And it's based upon the word of god.
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Where the word of god is central,
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People grow strong in their faith.
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Where it is removed from the center,
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Confusion takes its place.
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So we do not practice the sign gifts
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At shadow mountain because we know we
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Have the authority that's greater than all.
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We have the word of god,
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And we rest our case on the word of god.
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If god said it, i believe it, and that settles it, amen?
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So let me tell you what the purpose
00:32:45.747 --> 00:32:47.548
Of these gifts are that god gives to us.
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First of all, the bible says these gifts are given to us
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To build up others in the family of god.
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Now, there's a word that is used.
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I remember this word growing up in the church,
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Wondering what in the world it meant to be edified.
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People were always talking
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About being sanctified and edified,
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And i didn't know what it meant.
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One day i realized that the word edify comes
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From the word edifice, which means building.
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So the word to edify means to build up.
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The bible says that we are given gifts,
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According to ephesians 4:12, for the edifying
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Of the body of christ.
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The reason god has gifted you and me
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With these several gifts that we've talked about
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Is so that when we utilize these gifts,
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We are building up the body of christ.
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How many of you know some people have
00:33:40.134 --> 00:33:41.502
The gift of tearing down the body of christ?
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But it didn't come from god,
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It came from the other direction.
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God has called you and me
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To develop the gifts that he's placed within us
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So that when we utilize those gifts,
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We're helping others grow
00:33:54.482 --> 00:33:56.184
And be strengthened in their faith
00:33:56.184 --> 00:33:58.186
And become better christians and better followers of christ.
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We build up.
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And then the scripture says,
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"since you are zealous for spiritual gifts,
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Let it be for the edification of the church
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That you seek to excel."
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God has given to you and me a gift of ministry
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So that we will build people up instead of tearing them down.
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If your gift is encouragement,
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You speak hope instead of criticism.
00:34:21.309 --> 00:34:24.212
If your gift is serving, you meet needs
00:34:24.212 --> 00:34:27.048
Instead of ignoring them.
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If your gift is teaching, you bring truth
00:34:28.382 --> 00:34:31.219
Instead of confusion.
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When you use your gifts, you push back
00:34:32.553 --> 00:34:34.889
Against the negativity of the world
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And you help make the church and the people in it stronger.
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So we're given these gifts to establish believers.
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So you say, "pastor jeremiah,
00:34:44.866 --> 00:34:46.200
What does it mean to be established?"
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Well, it means that you don't get blown around
00:34:48.369 --> 00:34:50.304
By everything that happens;
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That when some new thing comes
00:34:52.073 --> 00:34:53.875
That somebody says it's from god,
00:34:53.875 --> 00:34:55.443
You know whether or not it's from god.
00:34:55.443 --> 00:34:57.845
Because you've dug your roots down deep into the scripture,
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You know what is true.
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And let me say something to you:
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When you know what is true, you know what is false, right?
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When you know what is true from the word of god,
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The things that aren't true to the word of god
00:35:09.924 --> 00:35:11.792
Become really evident to you.
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You may not even be able to express it.
00:35:13.294 --> 00:35:14.929
You may be saying, "that doesn't sound right to me."
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And it doesn't sound right to you because it's not right.
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It's not from the word of god.
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The word of god tests everything.
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And when we have spiritual gifts,
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The bible says what happens is
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We help each other to get established in the faith.
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You might ask, "how do i get established?"
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Well, when people use their spiritual gifts
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Within the church,
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They bless us with those gifts.
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They help you and me become more established
00:35:41.923 --> 00:35:43.858
In what we believe.
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And when i use the gift that god has given to me,
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My great honor and purpose is to build you up
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And to establish you in the faith.
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And here's the last thing that spiritual gifts do,
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And this is really neat and pretty special.
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The bible says that when you and i
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Use our spiritual gifts,
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We bring honor and glory to jesus christ.
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We exalt him.
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Listen to 1 peter 4:11.
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"if anyone speaks,
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Let him speak as the oracles of god.
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If anyone ministers,
00:36:16.023 --> 00:36:17.658
Let him do it with the ability which god supplies,
00:36:17.658 --> 00:36:21.829
That in all things god may be glorified
00:36:21.829 --> 00:36:25.132
Through jesus christ, to whom belong the glory
00:36:25.132 --> 00:36:28.202
And the dominion forever and ever.
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Amen."
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What is scripture saying?
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It is saying if you have a gift of speaking,
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Speak for the glory of god and god will be glorified.
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If you have the gift of serving,
00:36:39.213 --> 00:36:40.915
Serve god with all your heart
00:36:40.915 --> 00:36:42.850
And god will be glorified.
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The bible says, "let men see your good works,
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That they may glorify your father who is in heaven."
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If you have the gift of teaching,
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Study diligently, teach creatively,
00:36:53.661 --> 00:36:56.464
Do it with the strength and skill within you,
00:36:56.464 --> 00:36:58.833
And the god of glory will gain even more glory
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Because of what you're doing.
00:37:02.036 --> 00:37:03.938
Bringing glory to god's
00:37:03.938 --> 00:37:05.273
One of our chief purposes as christians,
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And we might as well roll up our sleeves
00:37:07.742 --> 00:37:09.343
And, in the power of the spirit, get after it.
00:37:09.343 --> 00:37:12.346
Use your gift, and when you do,
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You bring honor and glory to the lord jesus christ.
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And that's not just for people like me,
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That's for all of us because,
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As we've learned so far in this little tutorial,
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We all have a spiritual gift from god.
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Now, in the whole doctrine of spiritual gifts,
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There are some issues that come up.
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Let me just deal with three of them
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Before we bring the conclusion to this message.
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First of all, i'd like to call out
00:37:37.571 --> 00:37:38.939
The spirituality problem.
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Have you ever encountered somebody
00:37:40.975 --> 00:37:42.310
Who's got a spiritual gift,
00:37:42.310 --> 00:37:43.644
And it may be obvious to you that they do,
00:37:43.644 --> 00:37:45.780
And because of that they flaunt this gift
00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:48.249
And they make you know that they're spiritual people?
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Well, i'm here to tell you something
00:37:52.453 --> 00:37:53.788
That'll surprise you.
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You can have a spiritual gift and be a carnal christian.
00:37:55.256 --> 00:37:58.693
The bible says about the corinthians,
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They fell behind in no spiritual gift.
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In other words, they had all the gifts
00:38:03.798 --> 00:38:05.933
And yet the church in corinth was the most carnal church
00:38:05.933 --> 00:38:08.836
In the new testament history book,
00:38:08.836 --> 00:38:11.372
But that church, we are told,
00:38:11.372 --> 00:38:13.441
Was number one in spiritual gifts.
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They all had spiritual gifts,
00:38:15.343 --> 00:38:17.178
But because they had spiritual gifts,
00:38:17.178 --> 00:38:19.180
They weren't spiritual.
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They held those gifts because they were from god,
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And they used them in many cases
00:38:24.318 --> 00:38:26.153
For their own purposes
00:38:26.153 --> 00:38:27.922
And they got into a lot of trouble,
00:38:27.922 --> 00:38:29.423
And paul scathes them.
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In 1 corinthians, he lets them have it,
00:38:31.692 --> 00:38:34.128
And he should have because of what they were doing.
00:38:34.128 --> 00:38:36.964
The ironic fact is you can be greatly gifted
00:38:36.964 --> 00:38:39.834
And still not be walking with the lord.
00:38:39.834 --> 00:38:42.737
So don't let spiritual gifts be the standard
00:38:42.737 --> 00:38:45.306
Of your christianity.
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The second problem is what i call
00:38:48.008 --> 00:38:49.744
The specialist problem,
00:38:49.744 --> 00:38:51.979
And this is really common, believe it or not.
00:38:51.979 --> 00:38:53.714
Sometimes someone will say to me, "pastor,
00:38:53.714 --> 00:38:56.384
You've been encouraging us to share our faith,
00:38:56.384 --> 00:38:59.153
But i don't do that 'cause i don't have
00:38:59.153 --> 00:39:00.821
The gift of evangelism."
00:39:00.821 --> 00:39:02.990
Well, that doesn't get you off the hook, not even close.
00:39:02.990 --> 00:39:06.227
Because while there are people who have
00:39:06.227 --> 00:39:07.561
The gift of evangelism, all of us are called
00:39:07.561 --> 00:39:10.197
To go into the world and share our faith.
00:39:10.197 --> 00:39:12.867
Somebody says, "i don't give because i don't have
00:39:12.867 --> 00:39:14.869
The gift of giving."
00:39:14.869 --> 00:39:16.237
Come on now.
00:39:16.237 --> 00:39:19.774
You know, there are people, according to the bible,
00:39:19.774 --> 00:39:22.576
Who have the gift of giving,
00:39:22.576 --> 00:39:23.911
And it says if you have that gift,
00:39:23.911 --> 00:39:25.246
You should use it liberally.
00:39:25.246 --> 00:39:27.014
Did you see that?
00:39:27.014 --> 00:39:28.816
But the bible also knows that we might not have that gift
00:39:28.816 --> 00:39:32.586
But we still have the responsibility.
00:39:32.586 --> 00:39:35.222
All of the gifts have
00:39:35.222 --> 00:39:36.557
Both a special and a general application.
00:39:36.557 --> 00:39:40.494
Generally speaking, we all should be evangelists,
00:39:40.494 --> 00:39:42.797
We should all be serving,
00:39:42.797 --> 00:39:44.465
We should all be speaking the truth,
00:39:44.465 --> 00:39:45.800
But sometimes the lord comes along
00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:48.169
And he puts his hand on someone
00:39:48.169 --> 00:39:49.937
And gives them a special ability in one of these things;
00:39:49.937 --> 00:39:53.874
And that is a spiritual gift,
00:39:53.874 --> 00:39:55.876
But it doesn't take you away from your responsibility
00:39:55.876 --> 00:39:59.513
To do the things that the bible tells you to do.
00:39:59.513 --> 00:40:02.650
Just because you don't have the gift of evangelism
00:40:02.650 --> 00:40:04.885
Doesn't mean you can't share the gospel
00:40:04.885 --> 00:40:06.821
With somebody you love.
00:40:06.821 --> 00:40:08.222
You may feel like you don't do it well,
00:40:08.222 --> 00:40:09.924
But do it because that's what god
00:40:09.924 --> 00:40:12.426
Has called us to do.
00:40:12.426 --> 00:40:14.462
God calls every one of us to teach, to encourage,
00:40:14.462 --> 00:40:17.398
To serve.
00:40:17.398 --> 00:40:19.033
These are not just gifts for a few,
00:40:19.033 --> 00:40:21.502
They're a part of what it means
00:40:21.502 --> 00:40:22.837
To be a follower of jesus christ.
00:40:22.837 --> 00:40:25.506
Thirdly, there's the self-centered problem.
00:40:25.506 --> 00:40:28.409
There are other people who fall into a self-centered problem.
00:40:28.409 --> 00:40:31.245
They start to think, "my spiritual gifts are for me."
00:40:31.245 --> 00:40:35.115
That's not true.
00:40:35.115 --> 00:40:36.450
God didn't give you a gift for yourself.
00:40:36.450 --> 00:40:38.986
God gave you gifts to help others.
00:40:38.986 --> 00:40:42.756
Once again, scripture says that these gifts are
00:40:42.756 --> 00:40:45.159
To profit all.
00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:48.095
There's an old adage that goes something like this:
00:40:48.095 --> 00:40:50.097
If god has given you a gift,
00:40:50.097 --> 00:40:52.099
Use it, don't abuse it, or you will lose it.
00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:55.936
And that is a good admonition.
00:40:55.936 --> 00:40:58.572
You can let a gift atrophy.
00:40:58.572 --> 00:41:00.875
A gift that isn't used is ultimately lost
00:41:00.875 --> 00:41:03.377
In terms of its effectiveness for god.
00:41:03.377 --> 00:41:05.846
Once you figure out what god has gifted you to do,
00:41:05.846 --> 00:41:07.982
Your goal should be to polish that gift,
00:41:07.982 --> 00:41:11.619
Sharpen that tool, use it all that you can
00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:14.421
For the glory of god while there is still time.
00:41:14.421 --> 00:41:18.592
When i was a senior at cedarville college
00:41:18.592 --> 00:41:21.662
As a student, god called me to preach,
00:41:21.662 --> 00:41:24.365
And he did so by taking me every week to a little church
00:41:24.365 --> 00:41:28.636
Up near columbus, ohio
00:41:28.636 --> 00:41:30.771
To the fairfield baptist church in thurston,
00:41:30.771 --> 00:41:33.774
Where there were about 30 people.
00:41:33.774 --> 00:41:35.342
And i went up there to preach and i was so shocked
00:41:35.342 --> 00:41:39.280
Because when i got done preaching,
00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:42.683
People would come up and tell me
00:41:42.683 --> 00:41:44.018
They understood what i said.
00:41:44.018 --> 00:41:46.787
That was a major thing.
00:41:46.787 --> 00:41:49.323
But when i knew that god had called me to preach,
00:41:49.323 --> 00:41:50.958
I didn't say, "okay, that's it.
00:41:50.958 --> 00:41:53.193
God's called me to preach. go preach."
00:41:53.193 --> 00:41:55.329
No, i realized i wasn't prepared yet to preach.
00:41:55.329 --> 00:41:58.766
I needed to work hard to learn how to do that,
00:41:58.766 --> 00:42:01.335
So i went to seminary and polished my gift,
00:42:01.335 --> 00:42:04.605
And that's what all of us should do.
00:42:04.605 --> 00:42:05.973
If god calls you to do something
00:42:05.973 --> 00:42:07.641
And he gives you an ability, don't just sit on the ability
00:42:07.641 --> 00:42:09.977
And say, "well, i guess i'm okay.
00:42:09.977 --> 00:42:11.545
Now i got an ability."
00:42:11.545 --> 00:42:12.880
Take that ability and take it as far as you can
00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:15.382
And make it as strong as it can be
00:42:15.382 --> 00:42:17.184
And use it for the glory of god
00:42:17.184 --> 00:42:19.019
To affect as many people as you can
00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:20.888
For as long as you can.
00:42:20.888 --> 00:42:23.257
That's what the bible teaches.
00:42:23.257 --> 00:42:24.825
Amen?
00:42:24.825 --> 00:42:26.961
So, some of you are gonna say, "pastor jeremiah,
00:42:26.961 --> 00:42:31.198
How do i know what my gift is?"
00:42:31.198 --> 00:42:33.801
So here's the practical part.
00:42:33.801 --> 00:42:35.235
Five things, they're real quick, and they're really important.
00:42:35.235 --> 00:42:38.839
Number one, investigation.
00:42:38.839 --> 00:42:40.808
First thing you should do is when you get some time
00:42:40.808 --> 00:42:43.277
This afternoon or this week, 1 corinthians 12, romans 12,
00:42:43.277 --> 00:42:47.681
Ephesians 4, go through there, write down all of the gifts.
00:42:47.681 --> 00:42:51.952
There's supposedly 19 of them.
00:42:51.952 --> 00:42:53.554
You'll see some of them listed in more than one passage.
00:42:53.554 --> 00:42:56.423
Get the gifts on a list.
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Now you know what the spiritual gifts are
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That the bible tells us are available.
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Begin by finding out everything you can about them.
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Learn what they are, how they work,
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And whether or not you see them evident in your life.
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Number two, after investigation,
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I wanna throw in this word involvement.
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This is so important because you might say,
00:43:16.076 --> 00:43:18.145
"pastor, until i know what it is that god wants me to do,
00:43:18.145 --> 00:43:22.016
I'm just gonna sit here and wait."
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Well, let me tell you something i've learned.
00:43:25.219 --> 00:43:26.654
You cannot steer a parked car.
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If you aren't moving, god's not gonna tell you what to do.
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You cannot steer a car that is not moving.
00:43:34.428 --> 00:43:36.330
And once it's rolling,
00:43:36.330 --> 00:43:37.665
You can guide it in the right direction,
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And that's true in your spiritual life.
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When god sees you serving the best you know how
00:43:41.235 --> 00:43:43.804
From where you are right now,
00:43:43.804 --> 00:43:46.040
He can direct you and redirect you,
00:43:46.040 --> 00:43:47.875
But it is hard for you to receive god's steering
00:43:47.875 --> 00:43:50.210
And direction when you're standing still.
00:43:50.210 --> 00:43:52.813
Don't use your desire to know your spiritual gift
00:43:52.813 --> 00:43:56.016
As an excuse for not doing something
00:43:56.016 --> 00:43:58.252
Until you find out what it is.
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You will delay the process by doing that.
00:44:00.688 --> 00:44:03.924
So get involved, try different kinds of ministry.
00:44:03.924 --> 00:44:06.927
How else are you gonna know what you're gifted to do
00:44:06.927 --> 00:44:08.962
If you never experience it?
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I keep a little saying in my office.
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It goes like this: "lord, someday i hope
00:44:12.633 --> 00:44:15.269
To do something perfectly.
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In the meantime, help me to do something.
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Amen."
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You know, isn't that true?
00:44:20.507 --> 00:44:22.209
If you wait until you got it all figured out,
00:44:22.209 --> 00:44:23.877
You will never go anywhere.
00:44:23.877 --> 00:44:25.546
Start where you are, do what you can do,
00:44:25.546 --> 00:44:28.682
And watch how god leads you.
00:44:28.682 --> 00:44:30.918
There's a passage in the old testament
00:44:30.918 --> 00:44:33.187
Where this little phrase is so paramount.
00:44:33.187 --> 00:44:35.622
It says, "i being in the way, the lord led me."
00:44:35.622 --> 00:44:41.528
That's how you find out what god wants you to do.
00:44:41.528 --> 00:44:43.697
Be in the way.
00:44:43.697 --> 00:44:45.032
Do what god has called you to do now.
00:44:45.032 --> 00:44:46.366
Start today to follow his direction,
00:44:46.366 --> 00:44:48.936
And when you do that,
00:44:48.936 --> 00:44:50.270
God will take you to the next step.
00:44:50.270 --> 00:44:52.539
So investigation, find out what the gifts are.
00:44:52.539 --> 00:44:55.175
Involvement, get started doing what you know to do now.
00:44:55.175 --> 00:44:58.345
Thirdly, interest.
00:44:58.345 --> 00:44:59.680
Ask yourself, "what do i
00:44:59.680 --> 00:45:01.281
Really enjoy doing for the lord?"
00:45:01.281 --> 00:45:04.017
Usually what you enjoy is what you are capable of doing,
00:45:04.017 --> 00:45:07.354
And god often uses your interests
00:45:07.354 --> 00:45:10.457
To point you towards your gifts.
00:45:10.457 --> 00:45:12.993
When i was a student, as i've told you on occasion,
00:45:12.993 --> 00:45:15.829
One of the things that i loved to do
00:45:15.829 --> 00:45:17.464
More than any-- i was a radio fanatic.
00:45:17.464 --> 00:45:20.801
Believe it or not, before i ever spoke on the radio,
00:45:20.801 --> 00:45:23.504
I was one of those kids who bought allied radio kits
00:45:23.504 --> 00:45:26.673
And the heathkits, i got those--
00:45:26.673 --> 00:45:28.542
I got the magazine every week.
00:45:28.542 --> 00:45:30.043
I bought the kits. i built them.
00:45:30.043 --> 00:45:32.012
My little bedroom growing up in my parents' home was
00:45:32.012 --> 00:45:35.716
Like an electronic nightmare.
00:45:35.716 --> 00:45:38.218
My mother said i was gonna electrocute everybody
00:45:38.218 --> 00:45:40.487
Before i was 20, but i didn't do that.
00:45:40.487 --> 00:45:42.556
I just kept--but i loved radio.
00:45:42.556 --> 00:45:45.192
I became a shortwave person.
00:45:45.192 --> 00:45:46.860
I loved listening to shortwave.
00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:48.295
I would find missionary stations all over the world on shortwave.
00:45:48.295 --> 00:45:52.766
I loved it.
00:45:52.766 --> 00:45:54.268
When god called me to preach,
00:45:54.268 --> 00:45:55.602
One of the things i thought, "well, i guess
00:45:55.602 --> 00:45:57.805
My radio career is over."
00:45:57.805 --> 00:46:03.343
You know what the bible says?
00:46:03.343 --> 00:46:04.678
The bible says delight yourself in the lord
00:46:04.678 --> 00:46:07.047
And he will give you the desires of your heart.
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You do not need to be afraid of what god might ask you to do.
00:46:10.984 --> 00:46:13.954
He will give you both the desire
00:46:13.954 --> 00:46:16.156
And the joy to do what he equips you to do.
00:46:16.156 --> 00:46:19.026
Can you imagine god being anything other than that?
00:46:19.026 --> 00:46:21.295
Do you think he's sitting up in heaven saying,
00:46:21.295 --> 00:46:22.729
"i'm gonna give them a gift and then i'm gonna frustrate
00:46:22.729 --> 00:46:24.631
Them to death until they give up"?
00:46:24.631 --> 00:46:27.467
God doesn't do that.
00:46:27.467 --> 00:46:29.203
If god calls you, he's obligated to help you.
00:46:29.203 --> 00:46:32.172
If he equips you, he's using that in your life
00:46:32.172 --> 00:46:35.976
Not only for your own spiritual growth
00:46:35.976 --> 00:46:37.845
And enjoyment and joy but to help other people.
00:46:37.845 --> 00:46:41.648
So don't get caught up in--find out
00:46:41.648 --> 00:46:43.984
What god wants you to do, and usually it goes along
00:46:43.984 --> 00:46:46.286
With some ability you've noticed in your life;
00:46:46.286 --> 00:46:48.455
Something that you love to do, something that you're good at.
00:46:48.455 --> 00:46:52.092
I know some gifts i don't have,
00:46:52.092 --> 00:46:54.328
And i wouldn't have to ask too many people
00:46:54.328 --> 00:46:55.963
If i have those gifts or not.
00:46:55.963 --> 00:46:57.364
They would say, "absolutely not, pastor.
00:46:57.364 --> 00:46:58.999
You do not have that gift."
00:46:58.999 --> 00:47:01.301
And that's probably true of you.
00:47:01.301 --> 00:47:02.636
One of the great things about discovering
00:47:02.636 --> 00:47:03.971
Your spiritual gift is discovering what it is not.
00:47:03.971 --> 00:47:08.041
You can get off that track when you know what god
00:47:08.041 --> 00:47:10.177
Has called you to do.
00:47:10.177 --> 00:47:12.045
So investigation, involvement, interest.
00:47:12.045 --> 00:47:14.581
Here's introspection, is the fourth thing.
00:47:14.581 --> 00:47:17.317
Ask yourself, "where do i seem to be most effective?"
00:47:17.317 --> 00:47:20.821
The holy spirit gives abilities
00:47:20.821 --> 00:47:23.323
For certain kinds of ministry,
00:47:23.323 --> 00:47:25.392
And the effectiveness is often a good indicator
00:47:25.392 --> 00:47:27.928
Of where you are gifted.
00:47:27.928 --> 00:47:29.997
Let me tell you something,
00:47:29.997 --> 00:47:31.331
If you think you have the gift of leading
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And you look around and nobody's following,
00:47:33.200 --> 00:47:35.202
You do not have the gift of leading.
00:47:35.202 --> 00:47:38.205
We've said this about music.
00:47:38.205 --> 00:47:39.606
We've said it about others.
00:47:39.606 --> 00:47:41.608
When you determine what god wants you to do,
00:47:41.608 --> 00:47:43.710
There will be evidence in your life and affirmation
00:47:43.710 --> 00:47:46.546
In your life, "yes, this is the direction
00:47:46.546 --> 00:47:48.649
I want you to go."
00:47:48.649 --> 00:47:51.485
Over 100 years ago, the holy spirit gifted
00:47:51.485 --> 00:47:54.621
An irish farmer named jeremiah meneely
00:47:54.621 --> 00:47:58.292
With the gift of evangelism.
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That great awakening in northern ireland began
00:48:01.061 --> 00:48:03.764
When jeremiah and three young men
00:48:03.764 --> 00:48:05.332
Met nightly in an old schoolhouse
00:48:05.332 --> 00:48:08.001
To pray for revival.
00:48:08.001 --> 00:48:10.203
For three months nothing happened,
00:48:10.203 --> 00:48:13.006
Until new year's day when one person came to christ.
00:48:13.006 --> 00:48:17.444
Soon, conversions were happening nightly,
00:48:17.444 --> 00:48:20.013
And 50 men joined the prayer meetings.
00:48:20.013 --> 00:48:23.116
When crowds of unbelievers began showing up,
00:48:23.116 --> 00:48:25.385
They urged jeremiah to preach,
00:48:25.385 --> 00:48:26.820
Which he had never done before, but he agreed,
00:48:26.820 --> 00:48:29.356
And many were saved.
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Later, jeremiah was invited to preach in a nearby town.
00:48:31.425 --> 00:48:34.394
The building overflowed.
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He preached once and dismissed the crowd,
00:48:36.163 --> 00:48:38.265
But no one left.
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So he preached again and then again,
00:48:40.033 --> 00:48:41.635
And after the fourth sermon, he went outside
00:48:41.635 --> 00:48:44.504
And wrung the sweat from his shirt,
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Put it back on, and preached one more time
00:48:46.373 --> 00:48:49.042
Before going home at night.
00:48:49.042 --> 00:48:51.278
Moments later, he was at home,
00:48:51.278 --> 00:48:54.314
And a man stood there asking how to be saved.
00:48:54.314 --> 00:48:58.118
It was after dark. it was late.
00:48:58.118 --> 00:49:00.587
Jeremiah cried out to his neighbors,
00:49:00.587 --> 00:49:02.422
"what in the world?
00:49:02.422 --> 00:49:03.757
I'm lying in bed and souls are seeking christ."
00:49:03.757 --> 00:49:06.827
What happens when you start to use your gift,
00:49:06.827 --> 00:49:08.795
The holy spirit comes alongside
00:49:08.795 --> 00:49:10.931
And helps you to understand,
00:49:10.931 --> 00:49:12.666
"god is using me in this.
00:49:12.666 --> 00:49:14.634
He's helping me to be effective in this."
00:49:14.634 --> 00:49:17.037
Effectiveness matters.
00:49:17.037 --> 00:49:18.872
Look at where god seems to be blessing your efforts,
00:49:18.872 --> 00:49:21.375
And that's often where you will find
00:49:21.375 --> 00:49:23.577
Your spiritual gift.
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Finally, one more thing, interaction.
00:49:25.712 --> 00:49:28.882
Talk to others about what they see in you.
00:49:28.882 --> 00:49:31.885
Ask trusted friends or leaders where they have noticed
00:49:31.885 --> 00:49:34.855
God using your life.
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I've been doing that a little bit this week
00:49:37.090 --> 00:49:38.625
From some staff members and telling them what i view
00:49:38.625 --> 00:49:41.928
And see in their life.
00:49:41.928 --> 00:49:43.864
There's so much joy in that because sometimes you
00:49:43.864 --> 00:49:46.767
Can just see what their gift is.
00:49:46.767 --> 00:49:48.635
If you're around them very long
00:49:48.635 --> 00:49:49.970
And they got this gift and you notice it,
00:49:49.970 --> 00:49:51.972
When you tell them they have that gift,
00:49:51.972 --> 00:49:53.340
You can see the smile on their face
00:49:53.340 --> 00:49:55.809
Because they know it themselves.
00:49:55.809 --> 00:49:57.677
And when you ask people about yourself,
00:49:57.677 --> 00:50:01.014
They will give you honest feedback
00:50:01.014 --> 00:50:02.482
If you give them the opportunity.
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I mean, if you say, "do you think i have
00:50:04.785 --> 00:50:06.253
The gift of preaching?"
00:50:06.253 --> 00:50:08.255
And nobody says anything, they just look at you,
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What's the second thought you have about what your gift is?
00:50:13.260 --> 00:50:17.264
Investigation, involvement, interest, introspection,
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And interaction.
00:50:20.467 --> 00:50:21.868
These steps will help you understand
00:50:21.868 --> 00:50:23.603
How god has gifted you.
00:50:23.603 --> 00:50:25.906
And one of the best parts of discovering your gift,
00:50:25.906 --> 00:50:28.608
As i said before, finding out what it is not,
00:50:28.608 --> 00:50:32.379
And that can lift a heavy burden from your shoulders
00:50:32.379 --> 00:50:35.048
When you know what god wants you to do
00:50:35.048 --> 00:50:37.117
And you realize he doesn't want you
00:50:37.117 --> 00:50:38.452
To do something else.
00:50:38.452 --> 00:50:40.787
I believe it is absolutely impossible--
00:50:40.787 --> 00:50:42.622
Listen to me carefully--
00:50:42.622 --> 00:50:44.424
Absolutely impossible for a believer
00:50:44.424 --> 00:50:46.893
Who sincerely wants to know how god can use them
00:50:46.893 --> 00:50:50.297
Not to find out.
00:50:50.297 --> 00:50:52.799
God delights in showing his will
00:50:52.799 --> 00:50:54.501
To hearts that are humble and open before him.
00:50:54.501 --> 00:50:58.405
Come with a spirit that says, "lord, show me
00:50:58.405 --> 00:50:59.840
What you want me to do and i will do it,"
00:50:59.840 --> 00:51:01.408
And that kind of heart is the heart
00:51:01.408 --> 00:51:03.710
That god always guides.
00:51:03.710 --> 00:51:05.479
My father was a baptist preacher,
00:51:05.479 --> 00:51:08.815
And some of you are old enough to remember
00:51:08.815 --> 00:51:10.684
About 40 years ago there was an absolute craze
00:51:10.684 --> 00:51:14.488
About spiritual gifts in the church.
00:51:14.488 --> 00:51:16.656
They were doing seminars everywhere,
00:51:16.656 --> 00:51:18.325
And you could go to conferences
00:51:18.325 --> 00:51:19.659
And my dad was a little bit reluctant.
00:51:19.659 --> 00:51:21.862
He wasn't sure about that.
00:51:21.862 --> 00:51:23.864
One day he said something to me that was
00:51:23.864 --> 00:51:25.932
Among the many things he told me when i was growing up
00:51:25.932 --> 00:51:28.335
That i've never forgotten.
00:51:28.335 --> 00:51:30.003
He said, "david, i don't know about
00:51:30.003 --> 00:51:31.872
All the spiritual gift stuff.
00:51:31.872 --> 00:51:33.206
What i do know is this.
00:51:33.206 --> 00:51:34.541
The greatest spiritual gift you will ever get
00:51:34.541 --> 00:51:36.576
Is the gift of availability."
00:51:36.576 --> 00:51:39.446
Was he ever right about that.
00:51:39.446 --> 00:51:41.648
If i could say one thing to you after all of this talk today
00:51:41.648 --> 00:51:45.051
About spiritual gifts, it would be this.
00:51:45.051 --> 00:51:48.255
You can find out what your spiritual gift is
00:51:48.255 --> 00:51:51.491
If you are absolutely determined to do it
00:51:51.491 --> 00:51:54.694
Before you find out what it is.
00:51:54.694 --> 00:51:56.696
If you say, "lord god, i don't know what it
00:51:56.696 --> 00:51:58.331
Is you've called me to do, what you've created me to do,
00:51:58.331 --> 00:52:01.168
But i want you to know i am available.
00:52:01.168 --> 00:52:04.337
Here am i, lord. send me.
00:52:04.337 --> 00:52:06.673
I will do what you call me to do."
00:52:06.673 --> 00:52:08.275
If you do that, you will know what your gift is
00:52:08.275 --> 00:52:11.511
Before next week is here because that's how god works.
00:52:11.511 --> 00:52:16.550
Leo buscaglia, affectionately known
00:52:16.550 --> 00:52:19.386
As dr. love, was a professor
00:52:19.386 --> 00:52:22.155
At the university of southern california,
00:52:22.155 --> 00:52:24.191
One of the most engaging speakers of his time.
00:52:24.191 --> 00:52:28.028
He taught a class called love, and it became
00:52:28.028 --> 00:52:31.531
So popular that students filled every seat.
00:52:31.531 --> 00:52:34.901
They sat on the floor, and they lined the hallway
00:52:34.901 --> 00:52:37.437
Into his classroom so they could hear what he said.
00:52:37.437 --> 00:52:41.074
After losing one of his students to suicide,
00:52:41.074 --> 00:52:45.278
Leo realized how many people go through life never knowing
00:52:45.278 --> 00:52:47.647
That they are loved or gifted by god.
00:52:47.647 --> 00:52:50.884
From then on, he made it his mission
00:52:50.884 --> 00:52:52.319
To help people see their worth.
00:52:52.319 --> 00:52:54.521
He was known for striking up conversations
00:52:54.521 --> 00:52:57.257
With strangers in the elevator
00:52:57.257 --> 00:52:59.326
And for saying we need 5 hugs a day to survive,
00:52:59.326 --> 00:53:02.562
8 hugs to maintain, and 12 hugs to thrive,
00:53:02.562 --> 00:53:07.267
But his most memorable words were these.
00:53:07.267 --> 00:53:10.870
"your talent is god's gift to you.
00:53:10.870 --> 00:53:14.374
What you do with it is your gift back to god,"
00:53:14.374 --> 00:53:18.511
And that is true for the gifts of the spirit.
00:53:18.511 --> 00:53:21.414
Your gift is god's gift to you, but what you do with it
00:53:21.414 --> 00:53:25.619
Is your gift back to god.
00:53:25.619 --> 00:53:28.655
He was talking about talents,
00:53:28.655 --> 00:53:30.223
But the same is true of spiritual gifts.
00:53:30.223 --> 00:53:32.592
God has placed something unique inside of you,
00:53:32.592 --> 00:53:35.595
Something that's not inside of anyone else,
00:53:35.595 --> 00:53:38.298
And someone else's blessing will depend
00:53:38.298 --> 00:53:40.467
On whether or not you use that gift.
00:53:40.467 --> 00:53:43.436
If you'll just use it, you might be amazed
00:53:43.436 --> 00:53:45.605
At what god will do through you.
00:53:45.605 --> 00:53:48.842
So spiritual gifts are for all of us.
00:53:48.842 --> 00:53:51.511
I've given you the path that i understand from the scripture.
00:53:51.511 --> 00:53:54.781
Here's what you do.
00:53:54.781 --> 00:53:56.116
Take those steps, follow those things,
00:53:56.116 --> 00:53:58.351
And all of a sudden you'll be coming to someone,
00:53:58.351 --> 00:54:00.120
Saying, "i think god has gifted me to do this."
00:54:00.120 --> 00:54:04.224
And then you'll begin to do it
00:54:04.224 --> 00:54:05.558
And you'll find joy in your life.
00:54:05.558 --> 00:54:07.794
That's how the body works, and that's why i'm so excited
00:54:07.794 --> 00:54:11.131
To share this truth with you.
00:54:11.131 --> 00:54:13.333
Let me remind you that the gifts of the spirit
00:54:13.333 --> 00:54:16.803
Are important, but they're not as important
00:54:16.803 --> 00:54:19.673
As the gift of eternal life.
00:54:19.673 --> 00:54:22.142
And, you know, if you haven't received that gift,
00:54:22.142 --> 00:54:24.644
You won't get any of the other gifts.
00:54:24.644 --> 00:54:26.546
They're subsequent to receiving
00:54:26.546 --> 00:54:28.515
The gift of eternal life.
00:54:28.515 --> 00:54:29.849
In other words, if you're not a christian,
00:54:29.849 --> 00:54:31.785
You won't get spiritual gifts,
00:54:31.785 --> 00:54:33.753
But you can become a christian
00:54:33.753 --> 00:54:35.088
By accepting the gift of god
00:54:35.088 --> 00:54:37.123
Which he has provided for you.
00:54:37.123 --> 00:54:38.892
Through the death, burial,
00:54:38.892 --> 00:54:40.226
And resurrection of jesus christ,
00:54:40.226 --> 00:54:42.095
He wants you to have forgiveness of your sin.
00:54:42.095 --> 00:54:45.165
And if you will receive that, the bible says you
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Will get the gift of eternal life
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Through jesus christ our lord.
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When you become a christian, you are gifted
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With eternal life.
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And when you get the gift of eternal life,
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Then you proceed to understand
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The gifts of the spirit.
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But my main concern for you today is this.
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The gifts of the spirit are important,
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But the gift of god, which is eternal life,
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Is way more important than that.
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That's where it all begins.
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And if you've never received that gift,
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I'm gonna ask you to do it today.
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He will give you eternal life
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And the forgiveness of your sins.
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Your guilt will be gone and you will have
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A relationship with almighty god
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You never dreamed possible.
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That you can ask or even think.
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David Jeremiah - The Gifts of the Spirit

July 11, 2026 | 57:29

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