saved to serve 3 - ptra. lucy banal - 6:30pm evening service

SHAPEDFOR

SERVICE

1 PETER 4:10-11

10 Each one should use

whatever gift he has

received to serve others,

faithfully administering

God's grace in its various

forms.

1 PETER 4:10-11

11 If anyone speaks, he should do it as

one speaking the very words of God. If

anyone serves, he should do it with

the strength God provides, so that in

all things God may be praised through

Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and

the power for ever and ever. Amen.

(NIV)

Why Does God Give

Gifts?

Who likes to receive gifts? Why?

•Who likes to receive gifts? Why?

What is it about receiving gifts that you

like?

•Who likes to receive gifts? Why?

I believe we like different gifts for

different reasons.

•Who likes to receive gifts? Why?

What is the

extent of spiritual

gifts?

What is the use

of spiritual

gifts?

What is the Ultimate Aim of

Spiritual Gifts?

The Extent

of Spiritual

Gifts

1 PETER 4:10-11 (NAU)

As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

1 PETER 4:10-11 (NAU)

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.

1 PETER 4:10

*Just as each of you received a gracious gift, you all serve that very gift unto each other as good stewards of the grace of God.

All believers receive SPIRITUAL GIFTS.Greek word is ONE YOU KNOW, English as our word, “CHARISMA.”

•Who likes to receive gifts? Why?

But the word has changed meaning over the years – a spiritual gift is not the ability to attract people to yourself.

•Who likes to receive gifts? Why?

In the New Testament. It is sometimes used of the gift of salvation, most famously in Romans 6:23: (for the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is Eternal Life)

SHAPEDFOR

SERVICE

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S

(Christians)

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

1 PETER 4:10 (NAS)

10 “As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.”   

A. SERVICE IS SHAPED BY A GRACE

PERSPECTIVE.

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

“Free gift” is “charisma”.

This is certainly a gift to all Christians!

“charisma” is used as an equivalent of “blessing,” specifically of being saved from enemies.

2 CORINTHIANS 1:11

You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many. (ESV)

1 CORINTHIANS 12:4,7

4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; . . . 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

ROMANS 12:6-8

6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching;

ROMANS 12:6-8

8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

The Spirit is MAKING HIMSELF KNOWN, SHOWING HIMSELF, through the gifts He gives to each true Christian.

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

Have you ever received a gift – a good gift – that tells you a lot about the giver?

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

A gift that reveals the character of the one who gives? That’s what spiritual gifts do. They display to others something of the character of God.

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

A different manifestation of the Spirit is given to every believer.

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

B. SERVICE IS A STEWARDSHIP OF

GRACE

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

You are all serve that very gift unto each other as good stewards of the multifaceted (versatile, talented, involved) grace of God.

1 CORINTHIANS 12:7

To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

What are wrong uses of spiritual

gifts?

Spiritual gifts are not for personal

pride.

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

None of us is able to display all of God’s attributes, but together we are able to give a much more complete picture of God’s character.

All spiritual gifts are important in this way. All are needed by the Body; all are given by the One Spirit for the same purpose; all reveal Him; all work together to accomplish His purpose.

So spiritual gifts are not for personal

pride.

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

Spiritual gifts are not given to enhance our

personal relationship with

God.

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

These gifts are given “for the common good”, “to serve to each other.”

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

God didn’t give you the spiritual gift of preaching for yourself – it is for the building up of the body!”

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

So spiritual gifts are given neither to build up our pride nor to build up our personal relationship with God.

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

Spiritual gifts are not a sign of maturity.

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

But not so with spiritual gifts.

The sign of our maturity is not giftedness, but Christ likeness.

GALATIAN 5

The sign of our maturity is not the manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit, but the manifestation of the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control

If spiritual gifts are not intended to enhance our pride, not intended to build up our own relationship with God, and not intended as a sign of maturity – what are they used for?

Spiritual gifts are intended to be used in service to others.

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

1 PETER 4:10 (NAS)

“You all serve that very gift unto each other.”

10 “As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.”   

"Serve" is the word from which we get "deacon". that the word was commonly used for "table waiter". We are to offer the gifts God gives us to each other as a waiter offers well-prepared food to the guests – "carry" God's grace from Him to His people.

One of us carries a selection of main courses.

Last phrase in verse 10 says that when we serve spiritual gifts to others, we are acting “as good stewards of the multi-faceted grace of God.”

The word for spiritual gift is “charisma.” The word for “grace” is similar, “charis.”

When we distribute the charisma, we are good stewards of God’s charis.

So, when you use your spiritual gift for the benefit of others in the body, you

are God’s agent, God’s conduit through which he

gives His grace to His people. Amen?

The term “steward”. A steward in this sense manages resources that belong to someone else.

To be good stewards, we must use those resources in the way the owner intends. And God intends His gifts to be used as manifestations of His grace to His people.

Will you be a faithful steward, and use your gift in the best way?

So we use spiritual gifts to distribute God’s grace

to others.

The first part of verse 11 tells us how :

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

8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all-sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.  

2 CORINTHIANS 9:8 (ESV)

II.  GOD HAS UNIQUELY GIFTED HIS PEOPLE TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER.

I.  GOD IS SEEKING FULL SERVICE CHURCH’S (Christians)

 10 “As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another”

1 PETER 4:10 (NAS)

Two

points

The The importance importance of the task.of the task.

The one gifted to speak must realize he is speaking God’s word to His people!

Every one of us is distributing the grace of God in some way – each one of us is specially chosen by God for a specific, vital task.

Two

points

The The source of source of strength for the strength for the

tasktask..

We are to use our spiritual gifts, serving by the strength which God supplies. We accomplish God’s purposes by God’s power. We must depend on God here, not on our human effort.

Understanding this destroys our pride. God is the One Who gets the glory. Whatever strength we have comes from God,

whatever abilities we have come from God.

So we have seen that we are to use our spiritual gifts to build up the body.

We are given aspects of God’s grace to use to help others grow in Christ likeness. That is the proper use of spiritual gifts.

HOW DO I DISCOVER

MY GIFTEDNESS?

WHAT HAS GOD GIVEN ME A PASSION FOR?

  “But if I say, “I will not mention his

word or speak anymore in his

name,” his word is in my heart like a

fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am

weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.”

   Jeremiah 20:9 (NIV)

WHAT IS THE SHAPE OF

MY PERSONALITY?

HOW HAVE I BEEN SHAPED BY MY PAST 

EXPERIENCES?

Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table.

   Luke 7:36-39 (NIV)

When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping,

   Luke 7:36-39 (NIV)

she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, "

   Luke 7:36-39 (NIV)

he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is--that she is a sinner.

   Luke 7:36-39 (NIV)

Understanding this destroys our pride. To the extent that we accomplish anything through our spiritual gifts, God is the

One Who gets the glory. Whatever strength we have comes from God, whatever abilities we have come from

God.

So we have seen that we are to use our spiritual gifts to build up the body. We are given aspects

of God’s grace to use to help others grow in Christ likeness.

That is the proper use of spiritual gifts