ACTIVATE YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS

Building The Kingdom of God – Part 4
Steve Gallimore | pastorsteve@tvcc.us
March 12, 2023
Romans 12:3-8

“Come & See Jesus, working through His church for the glory of God!”

1.- The

for spiritual gifts

“In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well…” Romans 12:6a (NLT)

“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:” 1 Peter 4:10 (ESV)

4 “There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. 5 There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. 6 God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us. A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.” 1 Corinthians 12:4–6 (NLT)

“It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.” 1 Corinthians 12:11

2.- The

of spiritual gifts (Eph. 4:11-13, 1 Cor. 12)

11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, Ephesians 4:11–13 (ESV)

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of the Son of God

3.- The

of spiritual gifts

1.- Examine – Class

– 2. Experiment –

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APPLICATION: WHAT ALL THIS MEANS FOR OUR CHURCH

TVCC Statements of Structure

1.- We believe that the church is a

not an organization. Therefore, it is to function like a body, rather than a business.

2.- We believe the church is to operate on the basis of

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rather than around offices or elected positions.

3.- When organizations become central, maintenance becomes the focus, but when spiritual gifts are recognized,

becomes the focus. Therefore, at TVCC it is our desire to minimize structure in order to maximize ministry and minimize maintenance.

4.- We believe that in the church the people are the

, and the pastors are the administrators.

5.- We believe that there are 3 practical advantages of structuring around an ever-expanding network of Lay Ministries rather than around a single board or bureaucracy of committees:

1.- The implementors are the

-makers.
2.- The involvement level is

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3.- We can respond more

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to the Holy Spirit’s leading to meet a specific need.

“But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.” James 1:22 (NLT)