As we continue this series on the Holy Spirit, we are spending the final week talking about how the Holy Spirit wants to work in your life through the spiritual gifts He has given you.
- The Holy Spirit equips follows of Jesus with certain gifts to build up the church and help others become a part of it.
87% of Christians don’t know their spiritual gifts. So this is mostly an underemphasized discussion. God has given ever Christian gifts that He wants them to use. Almost like spiritual advantages, that you have strength in certain areas more than the person next to you.
It’s through these gifts that you can have the greatest impact in the church and outside of it.
- But what if you went your whole spiritual life without ever know of or using the exact gifts God created for you?
1 Corinthians 12:4-7
1 Corinthians 12:4-6
1 Corinthians 12:7
We are all wired differently.
Spiritual Gifts Are Not:
- Natural Talents
- Only given to a select few
- Evidence of spiritual maturity
Romans 12:4-8
Spiritual Gifts
- Prophesy
- Serving
- Teaching
- Encouragement
- Giving
- Leadership
- Kindness/Mercy
God gave some of these gifts as divine revelation on behalf of God’s voice until we had His instructions on how to live under this new covenant. Now that He has revealed Himself through the Word of God, we no longer need some of these gifts.
How To Discover Your Gifts:
- Study what the Bible says
- 2. Pray that God will show you
- Examine what you enjoy and do well
- Do what the Holy Spirit leads you to do
- Pay attention to what other followers of Jesus say.
You have been given an extra cheat code. And a Holy Spirit empowered advantage for building up a church family and helping others become a part of it.