Spiritual Gifts 1 The Holy Spirit Ephesians 1

Spiritual Gifts 1 • The Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1. 13 – 14); (1 Corinthians 12. 1 -3) • The Common Good (1 Corinthians 12. 7) • Trinity (1 Corinthians 12. 5 -6) • Distributes • Service • Unity (Heart)

Spiritual Gifts 1 • Greater Things: John 14. 12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. • Different amounts (Romans 12. 6) • Must be worked on (1 Timothy 4. 14) • We are stewards (1 Peter 4. 10)

Spiritual Gifts 1 (the model) • What it looks like in community • Sin patterns • How Jesus demonstrated the Gift

Faith • Saving Faith (Eph 2. 8 -9) • Gift of Faith – Have a vision for, and believe in what is impossible based on your confidence in Jesus. (Relationship) 1 Corinthian 12. 9 • People with this gift tend to: • Believe in the impossible, often boasting about the power of God and what they have seen him do, motivated by new ministries, opposed to anyone who expresses that something cannot be done or accomplished, effective prayer ministry • Story-tellers

Faith • Confidence in God: Acts 3: 1 -10 • Jesus: Luke 23. 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit. ” When he had said this, he breathed his last. • Sin patterns • doubt, distracted, afraid of details, procrastinate

Leadership • Leadership (Romans 12. 3 – 8) – You like being the point person; you like making decisions and taking risks; you like responsibility • In community: you have followers, other people have confidence in you, people ask you what you think about stuff, you are often at the center of the crisis in the community. • Sin patterns: you lack humility, you are impatient, struggle to pray, believe that everything is up to you. • Jesus: Leader of the greatest movement ever. . .

Apostle • Apostle (Ephesians 4) (equip the body) – Sent on a mission • Cross-cultures, Sub-cultures, New movements, mentors, always going, love the gospel • Jesus is the Great Apostle (Hebrews 3. 1) • Sin patterns: circumvent leadership, Think you are right all the time, Tempted to leave if you disagree, impatient with sin

Evangelist • Evangelist (Ephesians 4) (equip) – Gospel centered people. Everything is about Jesus. • Evangelist’s hobby is talking about Jesus, they can get away with saying things that normal people can’t. People become Christians around them when they aren’t trying to convert. • Jesus – Luke 9. 10 – concerned about the lost over the flock. Sin patterns: Weird socially, awkward, one dimensional, not grounded in community

Pastor/shepherd • Pastor/shepherd (Ephesians 4) (equip) – who is good at caring for what is broken, bringing opposing factions together, spiritual surgery • People with the pastoring gift love people, like to help people mature in their faith. . . • Jesus John 10: 11 -14 – The good shepherd • Sin patterns: you have to save everyone, its all your fault, resist peers