10-17-2010 Experiencing God in the Church-Spiritual Gifts-Part 4

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Audrey Belle IsaacsSeptember 23, 2010


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Experiencing GodIn The Body of Christ:

Spiritual Gifts: Part 4

Pastor John Isaacs

Kingsway Community Church

October 17, 2010


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Metaphors Used To

Describe The Church1. Bride

2. Vine3. Sheep Fold

4. Family

5. Building

6. Army

The

Body


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The Body Revelations

1. Jesus is the Head2. We are joined to each other

3. Every member is valuable4.Every member is supernaturally gifted5. Every member has a function to serve

6.Every member can be momentarilyempowered by the Holy Spirit

7. God is glorified in Christ Body


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Unity


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Fellowship


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SpiritualGifts(expressions)


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Romans 12:6-81 Corinthians 12:4-11

1 Corinth

ians 12:28-31Ephesians 4:7-13

1 Peter 4:10


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1 Corinthians 12:1

Now concerning spiritualgifts (expressions), brothers,

I do not want you to beuninformed.

Pneumatikos

spiritual expressions


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Spiritual Expressions

Roles:A specific set of behaviorsassociated with a position held

by an individual, placed by theHoly Spirit, within the Body of

Christ.


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Spiritual Expressions

F

unctions:A particularactivity performedthrough an individual, within

the Body of Christ, empoweredby the Holy Spirit.


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Manifestations1. Prophecy2. Knowledge3. Wisdom4. Discernment5. Tongues

6. Interpreting

Tongues7. Faith8. Healing9. Miracles


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Faith

Pistis - a firm belief, to trust

something is true, assurance.

Definition: The supernatural ability

to believe God will do something.


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Faith

Description: The spiritual expression

th

at supernaturally enables a personto have confidence that God is going

to do something. A momentary

empowerment of the Holy Spiritgiving a person assurance that

someth

ing is going toh

appen.


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Faith

Results:

1. Prompts us to believe in thesupernatural.2. Full persuasion that God is going

to answer a prayer.3. Acting in complete confidence

that God is in control.


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Faith

Results:

4. Assurance that God will overcomeany obstacle standing in the wayof His provision.


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Faith

Cautions:

1.N

eed to remember that thissupernatural expression of theHoly Spirit will give you faith to

act but others can not act on yourfaith.


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Faith

Cautions:

2. Remember that others who liketo plan, think practically, andspeak with reason do not

necessarily lack faith.


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Faith

Biblical Example:Romans 4:18-2118 Even when there was no reason forhope, Abraham kept hoping

believing that he would become thefather of many nations. For God hadsaid to him, Thats how many


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descendants you will have! 19 And

Abrahams faith did not weaken,even though, at about 100 years ofage, he figured his body was as goodas deadand so was Sarahs womb.20 Abraham never wavered in

believing Gods promise. In fact, hisfaith grew stronger, and in this hebrought glory to God.


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21 He was fully convinced that God is

able to do whatever He promises.


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Healingiama to effect a cure.

Definition: A supernatural cure ofinfirmity or disease.


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Healing

Description: Amomentary

empowerment by the Holy Spiritenabling a person to ask God for asupernatural cure and to believe it

has happened.


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Healing

Results:

1. This is different from God healinga person through a naturalprocess or through the use of

medicine or surgery.2. This is a supernatural healing that

brings God glory.


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Healing

Results:

3.A

supernatural healing becomes adeclaration that Gods kingdomhas come to the earth. (Luke 10)

4. A supernatural healing is notrestricted to diseases of the body

but can also be for the soul.


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Healing

Results:

5. Diseases of the soul: bitterness,greed, shame, fear, jealousy,disappointment, anger,

depression and etc..


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Healing

Cautions:

1. Tendency to hero worship theperson with this supernaturalexpression of the Holy Spirit.

2. We can become confused,disappointed, and despondent

when God doesnt heal this way.


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Healing

Cautions:

3. Pride can cause a person toexaggerate their experience withthis gift.

4. A person known to have thisexpression may steer away from

the hard cases.


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Healing

Cautions:

5. There is potential for jealousy.6. Tendency to project failure uponthe person not being healed as

their lack of faith.


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Healing

Biblical Example:A

cts 3 (The Message)1-5 One day at three o'clock in theafternoon, Peter and John were on

their way into the Temple for prayermeeting. At the same time there was

a man crippled from birth being


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carried up. Every day he was set

down at the Temple gate, the onenamed Beautiful, to beg from thosegoing into the Temple. When he sawPeter and John about to enter theTemple, he asked for a handout.

Peter, with John at his side, lookedhim straight in the eye and said,"Look here." He looked up,


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expecting to get something from

them. 6-8 Peter said, "I don't have anickel to my name, but what I dohave, I give you: In the name of JesusChrist of Nazareth, walk!" Hegrabbed him by the right hand and

pulled him up. In an instant his feetand ankles became firm. He jumpedto his feet and walked.


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8-10 The man went into the Temple

with them, walking back and forth,dancing and praising God. Everybodythere saw him walking around andpraising God. They recognized him asthe one who sat begging at the

Temple's Gate Beautiful and rubbedtheir eyes, astonished, scarcelybelieving what they were seeing.


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11 The man threw his arms around

Peter and John, ecstatic. All thepeople ran up to where they were atSolomon's Porch to see it forthemselves.


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Miraclesenergema an effect, a workingdunamis supernatural power,

Definition: The supernatural abilityto serve as the channel of Gods

miracle working power.


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Miracles

Description: Amomentary

empowerment by the Holy Spiritenabling a person to become achannel for a divine intervention that

meets a need with dunamis miraculous power.


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Miracles

Results:

1. Working of miraclesencompasses more than physicalhealings. It can be a divine

intervention that changes theweather, prevents an accident,or creates a provision.


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Miracles

Results:

2.A

ny supernatural occurrencedemonstrating Gods miraculousintervention into the natural

coarse of events.


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Miracles

Cautions:

1. Dont begin to believe that youare something special becauseGod uses you as the channel for

His working of miracles.2. Its easy to exaggerate and

misinterpret events as miracles.


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Miracles

Cautions:

3. Remember it is all about Godsglory and not about you.


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MiraclesBiblical Example:Acts 8:26-40 (Message)

26-28 Later God's angel spoke to Philip:"At noon today I want you to walkover to that desolate road that goesfrom Jerusalem down to Gaza." Hegot up and went. He met an

Ethiopian eunuch coming down the


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Philip heard the eunuch reading

Isaiah and asked, "Do youunderstand what you're reading?"31-33He answered, "How can I withoutsome help?" and invited Philip intothe chariot with him. The passage he

was reading was this:As a sheep led to slaughter, and quiet

as a lamb being sheared,


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He was silent, saying nothing. He was

mocked and put down, never got afair trial. But who now can count his

kin since he's been taken from the

earth?34-35The eunuch said, "Tell me, who is

the prophet talking about: himself orsome other?" Philip grabbed hischance. Using this passage as his


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text, he preached Jesus to him.

36-39As they continued down theroad, they came to a stream ofwater. The eunuch said, "Here'swater. Why can't I be baptized?" Heordered the chariot to stop. They

both went down to the water, andPhilip baptized him on the spot.When they came up out of the water,


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Manifestations1. Prophecy2. Knowledge3. Wisdom4. Discernment5. Tongues

6. Interpreting

Tongues7. Faith8. Healing9. Miracles


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1 Corinthians 12:27-3127Now you are the body of Christ andindividually members of it. 28AndGod

has appointed in the church firstapostles, second prophets, thirdteachers, then miracles, then gifts of

healing, helping, administrating, andvarious kinds of tongues. 29Are allapostles? Are all prophets? Are all


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teachers? Do all work miracles? 30Do

all possess gifts of healing? Do allspeak with tongues? Do allinterpret? 31But earnestly desire the

higher gifts.

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