Spiritual Gifts

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Spiritual Gifts

• Spiritual Gifts in the Book of Romans- Part 2

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Problems with Classic View of Gifts

• The classic view is self-centered
• Using models to determine gifts do not work
• Spiritual gifts do not always produce the same
  results
• Spiritual gifts do not stand alone, but over lap
• The classic view puts things into the wrong order
• Everybody needs to do it or at least should be
  doing it regardless of gifting

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How Should We Look at Gifts?

• The gifts in the book of Romans are essential for
  Body health and Body life
• Each of these 6 functions are spiritual gifts
• These 6 gifts are functions that every believer
  is called to do regardless of gifting
• And even the unbelieving world do things as well
  as those in the Church

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Application of the Gifts
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Spiritual Gifts in the Book of Romans

• Just as you can not save yourself in your
  strength, you can not serve God in your own
  strength
• YOU CAN NOT DO IT ON YOUR OWN
• Spiritual gifts are the way God empowers dead
  bodies to bring about supernatural results.

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The Sequence of Gifts in Romans

• Dedicate yourself (Romans 121)
• Have Transformed Thinking (Romans 122)
• Do Not Over Think It (Romans 123)
• Now Just Do It (Romans 129-21)
• Do not worry about choosing the wrong ministry-
  Just Do It!

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How Should We Do This?

• Look for needs and do something about it
• Do it in grace- not guilt
• Do it according to the measure of faith God has
  given to you
• Purpose before God to meet needs knowing that God
  has and will GRACE YOU to do those things

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Concluding Thoughts

• Spiritual gifts are all about God (Chapter 1-11)
• Spiritual gifts are about people (Chapter 12-16)
• Spiritual gifts are entirely different than how
  the secular world thinks or acts

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To God Be the Glory

• To God be the glory great things He hath done!
• So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
• Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
• And opened the life gate that all may go in

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• CHORUS
• Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
• Let the earth hear His voice!
• Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
• Let the people rejoice!
• O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son,
• And give Him the glory great things He hath
  done!

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• O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
• To every believer the promise of God
• The vilest offender who truly believes,
• That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.

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• CHORUS
• Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
• Let the earth hear His voice!
• Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
• Let the people rejoice!
• O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son,
• And give Him the glory great things He hath
  done!

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• Great things He hath taught us,
• great things He hath done,
• And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son
• But purer, and higher, and greater will be
• Our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.

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• CHORUS
• Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
• Let the earth hear His voice!
• Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
• Let the people rejoice!
• O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son,
• And give Him the glory great things He hath
  done!