Sermon: Outline: A Survey of God's Gifts to Us
#465B
Martin G. Collins
Given 02-Sep-00; 56 minutes
description: (hide) A survey or three inventories of spiritual gifts, identified by the Apostle Paul, dispensed to God's called 'out ones for use in God's ministry. One inventory identifies gifts for the ministry of the Word, including Apostleship, prophecy, discerning of spirits, teaching, tongues (languages) and the interpretation of tongues(or languages). A second set of gifts Paul identifies for practical service, including gifts of understanding (understanding, word of knowledge), gifts of power (faith, healings, and miracles), gifts of sympathy (helps, exhortation, alms or giving, mercy, and service), administration (rulership and government), and the gift of love regulating all other spiritual gifts.
transcript:
PAUL'S THREE LISTS OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS
(Romans 12:6-8; I Corinthians 12:4-11, 28-30; Ephesians 4:11)
I. Gifts for THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD
- Gift of Apostleship
- Gift of Prophecy
- Gift of the Discerning of Spirits
- Gift of Teaching
- Gifts of Kinds of Tongues and Interpretation of Tongues
(I Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 4:11)
(Romans 12:6; I Corinthians 12:10; Ephesians 4:11)
(Romans 12:7; I Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 4:11)
II. Gifts for PRACTICAL SERVICE(I Corinthians 12:10, 28, 30)
A. Gifts of Understanding
- The Gift of the Word of Wisdom
(I Corinthians 12:8)
B. Gifts of Power
- Gifts of Faith
- Gifts of Healings
- Gifts of Miracles ["powers"]
(Romans 12:6; I Corinthians 12:9)
(I Corinthians 12:9, 28. 30)
(I Corinthians 12:10, 28-29)
C. Gifts of Sympathy
- Gifts of Helps
- Gifts of Exhortation
- Gifts of Alms Giving
- Gifts of Works of Mercy
- Gifts of Ministry [Service]
(I Corinthians 12:28)
(Romans 12:8)
(Romans 12:8)
(Romans 12:8)
D. The Gift of Administration
The ruler (Romans 12:8) and
Governments (I Corinthians 12:28)
The gift of LOVE regulates all the other spiritual gifts.
[Martin Collins, 9/2/00]
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