KINGDOM LIVING: God’s Gifts

LIVING UNDER KINGDOM AUTHORITY

November 17, 2024

GOD’S GIFTS

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

INTRODUCTION:

1 Corinthians 12

TEXT:

1 Corinthians 12:1-11 (NIV) Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. ² You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. ³ Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

⁴ There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. ⁵ There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. ⁶ There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.

⁷ Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. ⁸ To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, ⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, ¹⁰ to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

THREE THINGS ABOUT SPIRITUAL GIFTS:

1.

1 Corinthians 12:1 (NIV) Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

(HCSB) Now concerning what comes from the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:11 (NIV) All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

Luke 15:12 (NIV) The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So, he divided his property between them.

Acts 2:1-4 (NIV) “When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.”

Acts 2:38-39 (NIV) “Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.’”

Acts 1:8 (NIV) “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

1 Corinthians 12:4 (NIV) There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.,

2.

1 Corinthians 12:7 (NIV) Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

1 Corinthians 12:11b (NIV) …he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

Three things about these grace gifts:

• There are different .

1 Corinthians 12:4 (NIV) There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.

• There are differences of .

1 Corinthians 12:5 (NIV) There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.

• There are different .

1 Corinthians 12:6 (NIV) There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.

1 Peter 4:10-11a (NIV) ¹⁰ Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. ¹¹ If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

3.

Ephesians 4.12 (NIV) …to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up

1 Corinthians 12:7 (NIV) Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

1 Corinthians 12:4 (NIV) There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them

1 Corinthians 12:5 (NIV) There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.

1 Corinthians 12:6 (NIV) There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.

1 Timothy 4:14 (NIV) Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you.

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