• Response to God
  • Give your body as an offering to God
  • Do not follow the world in selfish living
  • Be transformed — be renewing your mind
• Response to Self
  • Do not think too highly of yourself
  • Think with sober judgment
• Response to the Body of Christ
  • There is one body
  • We are to recognize oneness — each one belongs to the other
  • We are to acknowledge the different members
  • Each member serves the body
  • The matter of spiritual gifts — graces
    • The abuses
    • The proper use
    • Prophesying — declaration of God"s Truth
    • Serving
    • Teaching
    • Exhortation
    • Giving
    • Leadership — management
    • Mercy
• The Exercise of Your Spiritual Gifts
  • Use what you have
  • Do what you enjoy
  • Do what is obvious
  • Think simply and humbly
  • Begin now, do not wait for perfection
  • Count on God"s power and authority
  • Do not worry about naming your gifts
  • Rejoice over the gifts of others
  • Seek and accept the counsel of the other members
  • Do it all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
• Conclusions
  • The Holy Spirit is the giver and the administrator of gifts
  • He is sovereign
  • Brings gifted people to the local Church
  • Church should be built around people, not programs
  • Each member to serve with humility in God-given place and way
  • No believer can have fullness of joy without exercising gifts
  • No Church can have the fullness of power and influence without the exercise of spiritual gifts — graces
  • The purpose — Eph 4
  • Strong local Churches are the only hope for a righteous nation

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