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Oct 16, 2016

Spiritual Gifts #1--The Ground Rules

Passage: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: God's Love Letter to an Unlovely Church

Category: 1 Corinthians

Summary:

Main Text - 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; OT Reading - 1 Kings 18:20-40; NT Reading - 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Detail:

"God’s Love Letter To an Unlovely Church”

Spiritual Gifts #1 – The Ground Rules  -  1 Corinthians 12:1-11

 

  1. Laying the Foundation of Truth – vss 1-2

 

  1. The Spiritual us not opposed to the intellectual

                               

  1. Context matters –  

                                              

               Define Spiritual Gifts –

 

 

  1. Introducing the Super – vss 3-6

                             

     The Holy Spirit of Course   -    

                

               John 16:13 

 

     The Lordship of Christ  - 

 

               Power and gifts not evidence  of Holy Spirit  but…

 

     The Activity of the Trinity – Vss 4-6

 

                Diversity in       

                             

               Unity in the

 

 

  1. Unpacking the Building Materials – Vss 8-9

 

                the utterance of knowledge  

               the utterance of wisdom,   

               to another faith  

                 gifts of healing

                  working of miracles,  

                 prophecy,  

                 ability to distinguish between spirits

                 various kinds of tongues,   the interpretation of tongues­ - wait for chpt 14

 

               The controversy –  2 Corinthians 12:11-12  

 

 

  1. Getting Job Assignments – Vs 11

 

               11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each         one individually as he wills.