Notes for Wednesday

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Agreeing to Disagree
People of the Spirit
Jack Hayford

2. Big Idea
Now concerning spiritual gifts,
brethren, I do not want you to
be unaware.
1 Corinthians 12:1 2

3. God wants unity
John 17:22…The glory which
You have given Me I have
given to them, that they may
be one, just as We are one;
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4. Spiritual Gifts
1 Corinthians 12-14 Holy Spirit
Romans 12 God the Father
Ephesians 4 Jesus Christ
1 Peter 4 God the Father
At least 37 gifts listed
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5. Jack Hayford
The basic understanding of the New
Testament is that God’s gift of salvation
brings humankind union and fellowship with
God through His Son, Jesus Christ. This union
then leads to the granting of various gifts to
His children to equip them for the resulting
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6. Jack Hayford
service. The gifts are known in Greek as
charismata, derived from the same root as
the Greek word for “grace.” Hence, they are
“grace gifts”—freely bestowed faculties given
out of God’s goodwill to make effective
ministry possible.
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7. What is our attitude?
Romans 12:3–5…For through the grace
given to me I say to everyone among you
not to think more highly of himself than
he ought to think; but to think so as to
have sound judgment, as God has
allotted to each a measure of faith. For
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8. What is our attitude?
just as we have many members in one
body and all the members do not have
the same function, so we, who are many,
are one body in Christ, and individually
members one of another.
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9. Be good stewards
1 Peter 4:10…As each one has
received a special gift, employ it
in serving one another as good
stewards of the manifold grace
of God.
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10. Gifts
Romans 12:6-8
1. Prophecy
2. Ministry
3. Exhorting
4. Giving
5. Leadership
6. Mercy
Ephesians 4:11
1. Apostles
2. Prophets
3. Evangelists
4. Pastors
5. Teachers
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11. Gifts
1 Corinthians 12:8-10
1. Word of wisdom
2. Word of knowledge
3. Faith
4. Miracles
5. Prophecy
1 Corinthians 12:8-10 continued
6. Discerning spirits
7. Tongues
8. Interpretation of
tongues
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12. Gifts
1 Corinthians 12:28-30
1. Apostles
2. Prophets
3. Teachers
4. Miracles
5. Healings
1 Corinthians 12:28-30 continued
6. Helps
7. Administration
8. Different Tongues
9. Interpretation of
tongues
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13. Gifts
1 Peter 4:11
1. Speaking God’s
words
2. Ministering
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14. Word Wealth
Gift, charisma. Related to other words derived
from the root char. Chara is joy, cheerfulness,
delight. Charis is grace, goodwill, undeserved
favor. Charisma is a gift of grace, a free gift, divine
gratuity, spiritual endowment, miraculous faculty.
It is especially used to designate the gifts of the
Spirit (1Cor. 12:4–10). In modern usage, a
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15. Word Wealth
“charismatic” signifies one who either has one or
more of these gifts functioning in his life, or who
believes these gifts are for today’s church.
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16. Serving one another
1 Peter 4:11 Whoever speaks, is to do so as one
who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever
serves is to do so as one who is serving by the
strength which God supplies; so that in all things
God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to
whom belongs the glory and dominion forever
and ever. Amen.
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17. Ministering out of your giftedness
1 Peter 4:8…Above all, keep
fervent in your love for one
another, because love covers
a multitude of sins.
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18. Who has received a spiritual gift?
1 Peter 4:10…As each one has
received a special gift, employ it in
serving one another as good
stewards of the manifold grace of
God.
What are we commanded to do?
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19. Speaking or Doing?
Romans 12:6–8 Since we have gifts that differ
according to the grace given to us, each of us
is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy,
according to the proportion of his faith; if
service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in
his teaching; or he who exhorts, in his
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20. Speaking or Doing?
exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he
who leads, with diligence; he who shows
mercy, with cheerfulness.
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21. Speaking or Doing?
But to each one is given the manifestation of
the Spirit for the common good. For to one is
given the word of wisdom through the Spirit,
and to another the word of knowledge
according to the same Spirit; to another faith
by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of
healing by the one Spirit, and to another
1 Corinthians 12:7–11 21

22. Speaking or Doing?
the effecting of miracles, and to another
prophecy, and to another the distinguishing
of spirits, to another various kinds of
tongues, and to another the interpretation of
tongues. But one and the same Spirit works
all these things, distributing to each one
individually just as He wills.
1 Corinthians 12:7–11 22

23. Gifts of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Father-the gift of life
Jesus-giver of eternal life
Father and Son give the Holy Spirit
The Spirit gives power for ministry
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24. The Creational Gifts
Romans 12:3–8 describing gifts given by God as
Father. They seem to characterize basic
“motivations,” that is, inherent tendencies that
characterize each different person by reason of
the Creator’s unique workmanship in their initial
gifting.
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25. The Father’s Purpose
Transformed mind
Body for service
Powered by faith
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26. The Office Gifts
The gifts which the Son of God has given are
pivotal in assuring that the first two categories of
gifts are applied in the body of the church.
Ephesians 4:7–16 indicates the “office gifts” Christ
has placed in the church along with their purpose
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27. Jesus’ gift to the Church
Ephesians 4:11…And He gave
some as apostles, and some as
prophets, and some as
evangelists, and some as pastors
and teachers,
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28. The Son’s purpose
The universal Church to local Church
Offices to be filled
Equipping of the Saints for service
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29. The Gifts of the Spirit
1 Corinthians 12:7–11, the nine gifts of the Holy
Spirit are listed. Their purpose is specific is to
“profit” the body. These nine gifts are specifically
available to every believer as the Holy Spirit
distributes them. They are not to be merely
acknowledged in a passive way, but rather are to
be actively welcomed and expected .
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30. The diversity of the Trinity
1 Corinthians 12:4–6…Now there are varieties of
gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties
of ministries, and the same Lord. There are
varieties of effects, but the same God who works
all things in all persons.
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31. The Spirit’s purpose
Manifestations for each
Unity in application
Growth of the Body
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