
Gospel Application
1. God is not mad at me anymore, but only deals with me in love.
Romans 8:1, Zephaniah 3:17, Hebrews 12:7
2. God, through Christ, has removed the darkest stains of all my sin.
Ephesians 1:7, John 1:29
3. God, through Christ, has literally made me holy.
Hebrews 10:10, Philippians 1:1, 2 Corinthians 5:21
4. God, through Christ, has empowered me with the Holy Spirit for daily living.
Galatians 2:20, Galatians 5:22-23, 2 Corinthians 3:4-6
5. God, through Christ, has given every believer
Gospel Foundation
1. Propitiation: Wrath
2. Expiation: Guilt
3. Imputation: Identity
4. Infiltration: Power
5. Manifestation:
Big Idea: God, through Christ, has given every believer spiritual gifts to build the body of Christ.
1. What’s the difference between spiritual fruit and spiritual gifts?
a. Every Christian will manifest the fruit of the spirit as they learn to stay out of flesh and depend, moment by moment, on the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-23
b. Every Christian gets a unique spiritual skillset of gifts that comes from God.
1 Corinthians 12:4-7
2. Every Christian has the responsibility to use their gifts consistently in community.
a. What are the gifts?
Prophecy
Serving
Teaching
Exhortation
Giving
Leadership
Mercy
Administration
Faith
b. How do we know what our spiritual gifts are?
3. Our spiritual gifts are dependent on other people’s spiritual gifts.
a. The power of the church appears when all of the gifts are working together at the same time.
1 Corinthians 12:12-14
b. The body of Christ is built by the use of many gifts not just a few.
1 Corinthians 12:21-26
4. We will never feel truly alive until we use our spiritual gifts:
Romans 12:6
a. Our gifts are given to us by the grace of God.
1 Corinthians 12:31
b. Our gifts are spiritually activated in proportion to our faith.
c. Why so many Christians needlessly feel useless.