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Experiencing GodIn The Body of Christ
Grace Gift FunctionsPart 3
Pastor John Isaacs
Kingsway Community Church
December 5, 2010
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Metaphors Used To
Describe The Church1. Body
2. Bride3. Vine
4. Sheep Fold
5. Family
6. Building
7. Army
TheBody
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1. Unity
2. Fellowship
3. Spiritual Gifts
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Romans 121 Corinthians 12Ephesians 4
1 Peter 4
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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
1. Manifestations:A momentary supernaturalempowerment expressed
through an individual, withinthe Body of Christ, by the Holy
Spirit.
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Manifestations1. Prophecy2. Knowledge3. Wisdom4. Discernment5. Tongues
6. Interpreting
Tongues7. Faith8. Healing9. Miracles
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Spiritual Expressions
2. Grace GiftR
olesA specific set of behaviorsassociated with a position held
by an individual and placed bythe Holy Spirit within the Body
of Christ.
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Grace Gift Roles1. Apostle
2. Prophet3. Evangelist
4. Pastor 5. Teacher
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Spiritual Expressions
3. Grace Gift FunctionsA particularactivity performedthrough an individual, within the
Body of Christ, empowered by theHoly Spirit.
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Romans 12:4-5 (NLT)Just as our bodies have many parts andeach part has a special function, 5 soit is with Christs body. We are manyparts of one body, and we all belong toeach other..
Praxis Function:activities to be engaged in.
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Grace Functions1. Administration2. Leadership3. Service
4. Helps5. Giving
6. Hospitality
7. Mercy8. Exhortation
9. Poverty10. Celibacy
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Mercy
eleeo to give compassionate
treatment to those in distress.
Definition: The supernatural ability
of being able to show compassion toothers.
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Mercy
Description: The spiritual expression
that supernaturally enables a personto cheerfully and practically helpthose in need or to help to alleviate
suffering. It is putting compassioninto action.
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Mercy
Results:1
. It focuses upon alleviating thesource of pain or suffering.2. Especially sensitive to the needs
of the lonely and forgotten.
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Mercy
Results:
3. Able to express love, grace, anddignity to those facing hardshipsor crisis.
4. Able to serve in difficult orunsightly circumstances and do so
cheerfully.
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Mercy
Cautions:1
. Need to remember thatrescuing a person from theirpain may actually hinder Gods
work in their life.
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Mercy
Cautions:
2. Guard yourself against becomingangry about or angry towards thesource of others pain.
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Mercy
Cautions:
3. When mercy is desperatelyneeded there is usually a need toalso strive for long term solutions.Just treating the immediatesituation doesnt often solve the
problem.
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Mercy
Biblical Example:James 2:12-17 (Message)Talk and act like a person expecting tobe judged by the Rule that sets us free.
For if you refuse to act kindly, you canhardly expect to be treated kindly. Kindmercy wins over harsh judgment every
time.
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Dear friends, do you think you'll getanywhere in this if you learn all the rightwords but never do anything? Doesmerely talking about faith indicate that a
person really has it? For instance, youcome upon an old friend dressed in ragsand half-starved and say, "Good
morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Befilled with the Holy Spirit!" and walk offwithout providing so much as a coat or a
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cup of soupwhere does that get you?Isn't it obvious that God-talk withoutGod-acts is outrageous nonsense?
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Exhortationparaklesis to come along side of.
Definition: A supernatural ability tocome along side another person in
such a way as to call them into
strength.
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Exhortation
Description: A supernatural
empowerment by the Holy Spiritenabling a person to present truth soas to strengthen, comfort, or urge to
action those who are discouraged orwavering in their faith.
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Exhortation
Results:1
.A
ble to come to the side of othersin a way that reassures them andencourages them to continue.
2. Able to urge others into action byapplying biblical truth in
appropriate ways.
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Exhortation
Results:
3. Able to challenge, confront, orcomfort others with theassurance that they can trust and
hope in the promises andprovisions of God.
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Exhortation
Results:
4. Keeps an emphasis on Godssovereignty and providence.Encourages others to have
confidence in Gods faithfulnessto perform His will.
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Exhortation
Cautions:1
. Dont become overly optimistic,too simplistic or flattering.2. Dont just be positive toward
another person if what they needis for you to be confrontational.
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Exhortation
Cautions:
3. Remember to take the time todiscover and understand what isreally happening in the other
persons life before deciding whatthey really need.
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Exhortation
Biblical Example:
Acts 11:22-24 (NLT)When the church at Jerusalem heardwhat had happened, they sent Barnabas
to Antioch.23
When he arrived and sawthis evidence of Gods blessing, he wasfilled with joy, and he encouraged the
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believers to stay true to the
Lord. 24 Barnabas was a good man,full of the Holy Spirit and strong infaith. And many people werebrought to the Lord.
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Poverty
Definition: The supernatural abilityto voluntarily live an impoverished
lifestyle to identify with and serve
others without material resources.
Philoxenia - to love strangers
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Poverty
Description: A special
empowerment by the Holy Spiritenabling a person to renouncematerial comfort and adopt a
personal lifestyle equivalent to thoseliving at the poverty level in order to
serve God more effectively.
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Celibacy
Definition: The supernatural abilitythat God gives to certain members of
the body of Christ to remain single
and enjoy it; to be unmarried and notsuffer undue sexual temptations.
Philoxenia - to love strangers
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Celibacy
Description: A special
empowerment by the Holy Spiritenabling a person to overrulebiological instincts and remain
unmarried in order to completelydevote themselves to ministry.
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Questions1. How do you know that you
either have or dont have one of
the following spiritual gifts?
MercyEncouragementPoverty (voluntary)
Celibacy