1 00:00:00,070 --> 00:00:02,110 Father, I pray that the words of my 2 00:00:02,110 --> 00:00:05,350 mouth and the meditations of my heart will 3 00:00:05,350 --> 00:00:07,610 be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our 4 00:00:07,610 --> 00:00:09,970 rock and our Redeemer, in the name of 5 00:00:09,970 --> 00:00:11,250 the Father and the Son and the Holy 6 00:00:11,250 --> 00:00:11,610 Spirit. 7 00:00:12,250 --> 00:00:12,630 Amen. 8 00:00:12,970 --> 00:00:13,430 Amen. 9 00:00:13,610 --> 00:00:14,130 May be seated. 10 00:00:14,910 --> 00:00:16,370 Let's look at Romans 12. 11 00:00:16,590 --> 00:00:19,270 Today, what we want to do is consider 12 00:00:19,270 --> 00:00:24,930 something called the complementarity of the gifts today. 13 00:00:25,070 --> 00:00:27,110 So this won't be like a blow by 14 00:00:27,110 --> 00:00:29,670 blow analysis of all the seven gifts there. 15 00:00:30,070 --> 00:00:31,930 We won't have time for that, but we're 16 00:00:31,930 --> 00:00:33,330 going to see how they work together a 17 00:00:33,330 --> 00:00:33,710 little bit. 18 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,460 The church is to be a symphony. 19 00:00:39,340 --> 00:00:42,320 The church is to be a symphony of 20 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,620 gifts harmonizing together in the unity of the 21 00:00:45,620 --> 00:00:45,960 spirit. 22 00:00:45,980 --> 00:00:47,020 Who is the conductor? 23 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:47,500 Right. 24 00:00:47,820 --> 00:00:49,020 The Holy Spirit is the conductor. 25 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:50,900 We're being led by the spirit. 26 00:00:51,060 --> 00:00:53,060 Those who are led by the spirit are 27 00:00:53,060 --> 00:00:54,520 sons and daughters of God. 28 00:00:55,900 --> 00:00:57,260 And so the church is to be a 29 00:00:57,260 --> 00:01:01,200 symphony of gifts harmonizing together in the unity 30 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:03,200 of the spirit, that unity of the spirit 31 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:08,660 causes the harmonization, a unity of great complementarity, 32 00:01:09,140 --> 00:01:11,720 a complementarity in a great diversity. 33 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,020 Only the Holy Spirit can pull this off. 34 00:01:14,300 --> 00:01:17,260 Last week, we considered first Peter four, 10, 35 00:01:17,460 --> 00:01:20,920 which says, as each one of you has 36 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,540 received a gift, a charismata is the word 37 00:01:23,540 --> 00:01:27,480 there, has received a gift, employ it in 38 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,220 serving one another as good stewards of the 39 00:01:30,220 --> 00:01:32,940 manifold grace of God. 40 00:01:33,420 --> 00:01:35,480 So we said in our community, no one 41 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,460 should be unemployed. 42 00:01:38,660 --> 00:01:41,220 If you have a gift, we've hired you. 43 00:01:41,620 --> 00:01:42,940 Don't worry about being unemployed. 44 00:01:43,740 --> 00:01:45,880 The thing is, is that these gifts come 45 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,540 from this fountain of the manifold grace of 46 00:01:49,540 --> 00:01:53,640 Jesus Christ that we don't have to serve. 47 00:01:53,940 --> 00:01:55,300 We get to serve. 48 00:01:55,300 --> 00:01:58,500 You know, it's that kind of spirit that 49 00:01:58,500 --> 00:01:59,540 we're eliciting. 50 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:01,580 Serve the Lord with gladness. 51 00:02:02,300 --> 00:02:03,420 Come before his presence. 52 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,419 And we looked at the paradigms of Mary 53 00:02:07,419 --> 00:02:09,580 and Martha in the house where Martha was 54 00:02:09,580 --> 00:02:11,460 getting all upset in her serving. 55 00:02:12,820 --> 00:02:13,560 Yeah, exactly. 56 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,900 And so we've got this Mary Martha paradigm 57 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:18,540 where Mary's sitting at the feet of Jesus, 58 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,580 just soaking in his presence and adoring him. 59 00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:25,120 Really a good model of contemplation and Martha 60 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,800 trying to learn maybe how to serve. 61 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,960 We we concluded that we don't know if 62 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,000 Martha has the gift of serving, but it 63 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,160 doesn't look like it. 64 00:02:33,620 --> 00:02:35,800 But we said in order for our gifts 65 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,360 to fully mature and manifest well, we have 66 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:39,300 to exercise them. 67 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,780 And sometimes they squeak when we first start 68 00:02:41,780 --> 00:02:42,360 using them. 69 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:42,600 Right. 70 00:02:42,940 --> 00:02:45,500 They need oil, they need oil. 71 00:02:45,580 --> 00:02:47,360 And so we need an environment where we 72 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,740 can begin to exercise those gifts so that 73 00:02:50,740 --> 00:02:53,420 they can mature and flourish and flower amongst 74 00:02:53,420 --> 00:02:53,700 us. 75 00:02:53,860 --> 00:02:55,160 And so we don't do things. 76 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:56,480 We don't do anything perfectly. 77 00:02:56,860 --> 00:02:56,980 Right. 78 00:02:58,160 --> 00:02:59,780 As each one of us has received a 79 00:02:59,780 --> 00:03:01,360 gift, it's grace. 80 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,180 Employ it in serving one another as good 81 00:03:05,180 --> 00:03:07,160 stewards of the manifold grace of God. 82 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:09,540 And then in Romans 12, 6, it says, 83 00:03:09,820 --> 00:03:12,900 having gifts there again, that word is charismata. 84 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:18,780 Having gifts, charisma, charismata that differ according to 85 00:03:18,780 --> 00:03:21,800 the grace, the chorus, it's the same root 86 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,420 out of charismata gifts and chirus grace. 87 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:27,840 And so we're talking about the gifts of 88 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:29,380 grace, which are called the gifts of the 89 00:03:29,380 --> 00:03:31,840 Holy Spirit, but they're gifts of grace. 90 00:03:32,140 --> 00:03:35,120 It's the same word having gifts that differ. 91 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,220 There's the diversity according to the grace given 92 00:03:39,220 --> 00:03:39,940 to us. 93 00:03:40,380 --> 00:03:41,940 Let us use them. 94 00:03:42,140 --> 00:03:43,580 OK, let us use them. 95 00:03:43,860 --> 00:03:45,440 So we just want our church to be 96 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,060 a context where you actually can use them 97 00:03:48,060 --> 00:03:49,420 and you get to use them. 98 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:50,300 You don't have to use them. 99 00:03:50,460 --> 00:03:51,800 You get to use them. 100 00:03:52,020 --> 00:03:52,240 Right. 101 00:03:52,740 --> 00:03:53,500 Do you want to use them? 102 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,000 Yeah, I know you do. 103 00:03:55,260 --> 00:03:56,380 And you are using them. 104 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,900 And so out of that, we said that 105 00:03:58,900 --> 00:04:01,360 every Christian is grace gifted. 106 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:02,000 Right. 107 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,500 And that means that every Christian from a 108 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:06,140 biblical point of view is a charismatic. 109 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:09,480 OK, and we talked about, you know, we 110 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,640 almost went into Jeff Foxworthy last week. 111 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,860 You may be charismatic if and boy, we 112 00:04:15,860 --> 00:04:17,839 could have fun with that, but we're not 113 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:18,339 going to go there. 114 00:04:19,620 --> 00:04:20,440 I love that. 115 00:04:20,459 --> 00:04:23,120 I could really, really grieve the Holy Spirit 116 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:23,900 by doing that. 117 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:26,800 Oh, man, I'm not going to do that. 118 00:04:26,820 --> 00:04:27,420 Holy Spirit. 119 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:30,000 But you may be charismatic if you have 120 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,530 the spirit of God dwelling in you. 121 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,620 In fact, you are from Paul's perspective and 122 00:04:35,620 --> 00:04:37,720 all of his communities, there are charismatic communities 123 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:38,700 employing their gifts. 124 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,400 And so it has nothing to do with 125 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:42,500 some of the things that you may be 126 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:46,280 turned off by today in the various movements 127 00:04:46,280 --> 00:04:48,700 called charismatic movements or charismatic churches. 128 00:04:49,380 --> 00:04:51,380 We're going back to the root, the biblical 129 00:04:51,380 --> 00:04:53,320 source of what we're talking about here. 130 00:04:53,380 --> 00:04:54,240 And so we just kind of want to 131 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:55,900 re-explore what it means to be charismatic 132 00:04:55,900 --> 00:04:57,500 in St. Aidan's. 133 00:04:57,860 --> 00:04:57,980 Yeah. 134 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,360 Yesterday, we completed our fourth membership class. 135 00:05:02,420 --> 00:05:03,120 It was awesome. 136 00:05:03,260 --> 00:05:04,440 We just had a great time. 137 00:05:04,940 --> 00:05:06,600 And the last session, the last thing we 138 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,040 did is we took a ministry assessment. 139 00:05:09,340 --> 00:05:10,360 It's about 18 pages. 140 00:05:10,460 --> 00:05:11,840 So we didn't even finish it yesterday, but 141 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:12,860 we got started on it. 142 00:05:13,060 --> 00:05:16,000 And basically, you know, ministry assessments, tests, personality 143 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,980 tests, all these kind of things are just 144 00:05:17,980 --> 00:05:21,640 relative guides to get conversation going and maybe 145 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:23,600 turn the light on here and there. 146 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:25,420 So we don't we don't put a lot 147 00:05:25,420 --> 00:05:28,920 of stock in ministry assessments or personality tests. 148 00:05:29,060 --> 00:05:31,140 We know we know the relative standards. 149 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:32,900 Now, Chris, the sticker would just poo poo 150 00:05:32,900 --> 00:05:34,940 them all the way down because he's a 151 00:05:34,940 --> 00:05:35,460 psych major. 152 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,280 So, yeah, it's an inside joke. 153 00:05:38,380 --> 00:05:40,780 OK, sorry, Chris, we won't have you take 154 00:05:40,780 --> 00:05:41,060 that. 155 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,980 Some people don't like taking tests like that, 156 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:44,360 you know. 157 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:48,060 And so anyway, we took that assessment and 158 00:05:48,060 --> 00:05:49,660 we're in the midst of finishing it. 159 00:05:50,020 --> 00:05:52,120 And basically it deals with trying to flesh 160 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:56,440 out for the person taking the exam, what 161 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,600 exactly are my gifts, what are my skills, 162 00:06:00,380 --> 00:06:01,760 you know, where you just kind of list 163 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:03,980 your training and your experiences and your own 164 00:06:03,980 --> 00:06:04,820 personal vision. 165 00:06:04,940 --> 00:06:05,940 You get that on paper. 166 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:09,660 And then what happens is that is followed 167 00:06:09,660 --> 00:06:11,780 up by a one on one with me 168 00:06:11,780 --> 00:06:14,900 where we can actually talk about where you 169 00:06:14,900 --> 00:06:17,700 would desire to serve and where's the best 170 00:06:17,700 --> 00:06:18,560 place for you to serve. 171 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,620 And so we're just going to continue to 172 00:06:20,620 --> 00:06:22,740 do this as people come through membership class 173 00:06:22,740 --> 00:06:24,820 or it's followed up at the end by 174 00:06:24,820 --> 00:06:26,980 a one on one, many one on ones 175 00:06:26,980 --> 00:06:30,060 if needed with me to help activate you 176 00:06:30,060 --> 00:06:31,040 and your spiritual gifts. 177 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:34,240 OK, so it's not just talking about spiritual 178 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:35,460 gifts and a homily. 179 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:37,020 That's really incomplete. 180 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:38,760 What I'm doing today, I'm just sort of 181 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:39,920 stirring the pot a little bit. 182 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:40,880 That's all it is. 183 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,680 Fanning in the flame, perhaps what is in 184 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:44,940 you. 185 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:47,900 And so we want to consider ways of 186 00:06:47,900 --> 00:06:50,900 clustering the gifts mentioned here this morning. 187 00:06:51,140 --> 00:06:52,120 And there's seven of them. 188 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,600 And as I said all along, I'm going 189 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,400 to deal with prophecy more fully when we 190 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:57,240 get to First Corinthians. 191 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,080 The speaking gifts in the cluster would be 192 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:01,860 prophecy, exhortation and teaching. 193 00:07:02,180 --> 00:07:05,060 And then what I would say is gifts 194 00:07:05,060 --> 00:07:07,240 of caring, the caring gifts, the gifts of 195 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,680 welfare, James Dunn calls them, who is a 196 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:11,560 New Testament scholar. 197 00:07:11,860 --> 00:07:14,200 I'm using a lot in his commentary on 198 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:14,580 Romans. 199 00:07:15,380 --> 00:07:18,200 The caring gifts, the gifts of welfare would 200 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,860 come under serving and he calls giving, sharing, 201 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,140 serving, sharing and caring. 202 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,260 He calls and we'll talk about this a 203 00:07:27,260 --> 00:07:29,680 little bit later, but that word translated leadership 204 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,180 by most people, he translates that caring and 205 00:07:33,180 --> 00:07:35,060 he's got reasons for that. 206 00:07:35,820 --> 00:07:37,160 So I'm going to go with that for 207 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:38,020 this paradigm. 208 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,140 And so serving, sharing, caring, and then the 209 00:07:42,140 --> 00:07:45,060 last gift showing mercy, showing mercy. 210 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:47,960 When you start thinking about all of that 211 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,660 surrounding you and the people in your spiritual 212 00:07:50,660 --> 00:07:53,120 family and all of that coming forth, it's 213 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:54,000 very comforting. 214 00:07:54,940 --> 00:07:58,260 Hopefully to me, I feel cared for just 215 00:07:58,260 --> 00:07:59,260 thinking about it. 216 00:07:59,660 --> 00:08:01,640 It's just like, wow, that's good. 217 00:08:01,740 --> 00:08:02,120 I want to be. 218 00:08:02,340 --> 00:08:03,340 And I am. 219 00:08:03,340 --> 00:08:05,920 You know, our initial planting team had all 220 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:06,840 of those seven gifts. 221 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,160 And so there you go. 222 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,160 And we'll be getting examples of how that 223 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,940 manifests later on in some of the teachings. 224 00:08:14,900 --> 00:08:18,020 Prophets, exhorters and teachers, you could break that 225 00:08:18,020 --> 00:08:21,160 down where prophets tend to guide, exhorters goad 226 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,120 and teachers ground. 227 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,500 Now, these three gifts travel together in Paul's 228 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:32,640 apostolic teams, among other gifts. 229 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:36,039 But if you'll recall, Paul and Barnabas in 230 00:08:36,039 --> 00:08:37,320 the book of Acts, it says that Barnabas 231 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,980 was a prophet and that Paul was an 232 00:08:39,980 --> 00:08:42,820 apostle, but he was also a teacher par 233 00:08:42,820 --> 00:08:43,140 excellence. 234 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:43,740 Right. 235 00:08:43,780 --> 00:08:45,280 I mean, he gave us the New Testament 236 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,060 pretty much. 237 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,140 And so Paul and Barnabas travel together. 238 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,100 And if you'll read carefully throughout all of 239 00:08:52,100 --> 00:08:54,460 his letters, he's mentioning, oh, I'm bragging on 240 00:08:54,460 --> 00:08:55,020 my team. 241 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,040 And he mentions them in the beginning or 242 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:58,080 he mentions them at the end. 243 00:08:58,140 --> 00:08:59,640 Read the end of Colossians. 244 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,240 And he's just listing a ton of people 245 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:03,180 that traveled with him. 246 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,120 So Paul was no solo Christian. 247 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:07,780 Paul was no independent dude. 248 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:08,500 I'm an apostle. 249 00:09:08,740 --> 00:09:10,800 I'm going in planning churches by myself. 250 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:11,940 No way. 251 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,140 It's just all throughout his writings where he's 252 00:09:15,140 --> 00:09:16,700 just bragging on his team. 253 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:18,760 And they were all like, look at this. 254 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:20,420 He's always praying for you. 255 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,620 You know, just little you got to catch 256 00:09:22,620 --> 00:09:23,400 those little phrases. 257 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,100 Those are important things. 258 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:27,080 You know, I can name people here that 259 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:28,240 are always praying for you. 260 00:09:28,860 --> 00:09:30,780 They got a list of names that are 261 00:09:30,780 --> 00:09:31,840 always praying for you. 262 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,140 I handed out a full list of your 263 00:09:34,140 --> 00:09:37,440 names to those in the membership class yesterday. 264 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:38,780 And I said, pray. 265 00:09:39,900 --> 00:09:43,700 Pray for this church, pray individually, right, guys, 266 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:44,500 if you were there. 267 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:44,900 Right. 268 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,020 We believe that the church is built upon, 269 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,040 you know, connecting with Jesus in prayer. 270 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:51,300 And without that, we don't go anywhere. 271 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,320 But we've been doing that for four plus 272 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:53,680 years. 273 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:55,960 And and it's and it's paying off. 274 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:56,920 It really is. 275 00:09:57,460 --> 00:09:59,680 And so these these guys travel together. 276 00:09:59,820 --> 00:10:01,800 And so Barnabas, the word means son of 277 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:02,240 encouragement. 278 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:03,760 That's what his name means. 279 00:10:03,860 --> 00:10:04,700 Son of encouragement. 280 00:10:05,540 --> 00:10:07,240 And when you look at the effect of 281 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,460 prophecy that Paul will lay out in First 282 00:10:10,460 --> 00:10:12,200 Corinthians, he'll say that prophecy. 283 00:10:12,980 --> 00:10:16,080 Actually, the effect of prophecy is encouragement, exhortation 284 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:17,000 and consolation. 285 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:20,840 Rarely has anything to do about predicting the 286 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:21,180 future. 287 00:10:21,900 --> 00:10:25,820 It's an effect of transitioning a person from 288 00:10:25,820 --> 00:10:28,580 discouragement to encouragement, right? 289 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:32,940 From inactivity and passivity to activity, he activates, 290 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,900 he encourages, he puts courage in you. 291 00:10:36,860 --> 00:10:38,140 It's the grace that does it. 292 00:10:39,140 --> 00:10:41,160 And you can do all of this and 293 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,020 say the same thing without the grace and 294 00:10:43,020 --> 00:10:45,600 the effect won't be there unless you're a 295 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:46,280 prophetic person. 296 00:10:46,980 --> 00:10:49,960 That's the grace of a prophetic person. 297 00:10:50,740 --> 00:10:52,680 And we'll get into this later on, but 298 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:53,940 that's what an encourager does. 299 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,580 And teaching has a lot of those components 300 00:10:56,580 --> 00:10:58,260 in it from a New Testament perspective. 301 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:03,540 OK, so prophets, exhorters, teachers help activate the 302 00:11:03,540 --> 00:11:04,800 grace within others. 303 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:06,200 Let me give you some examples. 304 00:11:06,380 --> 00:11:09,340 First, Timothy four, 14, Paul is talking to 305 00:11:09,340 --> 00:11:12,840 Timothy, his young disciple, who has also been 306 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,860 ordained as a bishop in Ephesus. 307 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,700 And Paul is translocally looking at Timothy and 308 00:11:19,700 --> 00:11:21,800 his work, and he's saying, do not neglect. 309 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,080 He's saying this to Timothy, a bishop, do 310 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,420 not neglect your gift, which was given you 311 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:32,960 through a prophetic message, through a prophetic message. 312 00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:37,160 Timothy received a gift through a prophetic word, 313 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:37,920 right? 314 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:39,460 This is New Testament. 315 00:11:40,380 --> 00:11:43,140 Through a prophetic message, when the body of 316 00:11:43,140 --> 00:11:45,380 elders laid their hands on you at his 317 00:11:45,380 --> 00:11:47,600 ordination, he received prophetic words. 318 00:11:48,140 --> 00:11:50,600 And he's saying, hey, don't neglect those words. 319 00:11:51,820 --> 00:11:52,780 Apparently, he was. 320 00:11:53,660 --> 00:11:55,260 And it's so it's so easy to do 321 00:11:55,260 --> 00:11:55,520 this. 322 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,780 I mean, I've had prophetic words, you know, 323 00:11:57,780 --> 00:12:00,960 I got prophetic words through my bishop and 324 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:02,960 I got prophetic words when I was 16 325 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,080 and I met with a guy and some 326 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,900 personal prayer and he just prophesied over me. 327 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:09,340 And that's why I went to Bible college 328 00:12:09,340 --> 00:12:11,540 and ended up in seminaries because of a 329 00:12:11,540 --> 00:12:14,880 prophetic word opening me up to ministry. 330 00:12:16,820 --> 00:12:18,420 Second, Timothy one, six. 331 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,500 Fan into flame, the gift of God, Timothy. 332 00:12:23,380 --> 00:12:25,940 Fan into flames, what is other translations? 333 00:12:26,300 --> 00:12:29,400 Stir up the gift with a poker almost 334 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,640 in those coals, those embers that are almost 335 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:32,260 going out. 336 00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:36,400 Fan into flame, the gift of God, which 337 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:37,880 is in you through the laying on of 338 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:38,620 my hands. 339 00:12:39,620 --> 00:12:41,480 For God did not give us a spirit 340 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:42,120 of fear. 341 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,460 OK, he's giving reasons why he needs to 342 00:12:46,460 --> 00:12:49,940 exhort, this is exhortation, this is encouragement, this 343 00:12:49,940 --> 00:12:53,900 is an apostle exhorting another leader, Stuart does 344 00:12:53,900 --> 00:12:56,380 this all the time, his priest in the 345 00:12:56,380 --> 00:12:56,880 diocese. 346 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,220 Fan into flame, the gift of God. 347 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:03,960 I mean, he's huge on that. 348 00:13:05,860 --> 00:13:07,740 Fan into flame, the gift of God, which 349 00:13:07,740 --> 00:13:08,720 is in you through the laying on of 350 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:10,120 my hands, for God did not give us 351 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:11,500 a spirit of fear, but a spirit of 352 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:14,540 power, of love and self-discipline or sound 353 00:13:14,540 --> 00:13:15,880 mind is another translation. 354 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:18,740 So that's just an example of of how 355 00:13:18,740 --> 00:13:21,460 gifts get imparted through prophetic messages sometimes. 356 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:22,040 Wow. 357 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:22,860 Yeah. 358 00:13:24,140 --> 00:13:25,460 That's been my experience. 359 00:13:26,580 --> 00:13:27,780 For almost 40 years. 360 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,820 This is not new, this is this is 361 00:13:30,820 --> 00:13:32,760 like, yeah, I totally get that, I've seen 362 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:34,080 it again and again and again. 363 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:39,420 Teaching, teaching is not just a download of 364 00:13:39,420 --> 00:13:40,360 information, is it? 365 00:13:41,140 --> 00:13:43,120 From a New Testament perspective, right? 366 00:13:43,560 --> 00:13:44,940 And a lot of times it can be, 367 00:13:45,540 --> 00:13:47,640 but it's intended to be. 368 00:13:47,740 --> 00:13:50,400 The grace of teaching is different than the 369 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:52,760 guy in the academy who's got the Ph 370 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:54,940 .D. That's a different gift. 371 00:13:57,070 --> 00:13:58,690 But teaching in the church and I can 372 00:13:58,690 --> 00:13:59,830 be applied in the church. 373 00:14:01,030 --> 00:14:03,110 But they need grace because just because you 374 00:14:03,110 --> 00:14:04,570 can do it in the academy doesn't mean 375 00:14:04,570 --> 00:14:05,830 you're going to have the same effect in 376 00:14:05,830 --> 00:14:06,310 the church. 377 00:14:07,490 --> 00:14:08,630 Ask me how I know I've been to 378 00:14:08,630 --> 00:14:09,010 seminary. 379 00:14:10,070 --> 00:14:12,350 I've had a lot of Ph.D.'s and 380 00:14:12,350 --> 00:14:13,810 wake me up when it's over, you know, 381 00:14:13,830 --> 00:14:15,130 so you know what I'm saying? 382 00:14:17,830 --> 00:14:20,550 Wake me up when it's all over. 383 00:14:21,190 --> 00:14:21,310 Yeah. 384 00:14:21,530 --> 00:14:24,370 So not just a download, but it's and 385 00:14:24,370 --> 00:14:26,790 it's not just to boast our IQ, you 386 00:14:26,790 --> 00:14:29,830 know, I know more than you do. 387 00:14:30,570 --> 00:14:32,010 Just a few things about the gift of 388 00:14:32,010 --> 00:14:32,310 teaching. 389 00:14:33,870 --> 00:14:35,210 Jesus says this. 390 00:14:36,630 --> 00:14:39,750 Learn from me, OK, I want you to 391 00:14:39,750 --> 00:14:41,650 learn something, that's the gift of teaching. 392 00:14:43,130 --> 00:14:47,050 For I am meek and humble. 393 00:14:49,250 --> 00:14:49,750 What? 394 00:14:50,610 --> 00:14:53,570 Learn from me because I want you to 395 00:14:53,570 --> 00:14:55,050 buy this book and we're going to discuss 396 00:14:55,050 --> 00:14:55,290 it. 397 00:14:56,490 --> 00:14:57,190 Well, that's good. 398 00:14:57,270 --> 00:14:59,390 That's that's a form of conveying knowledge and 399 00:14:59,390 --> 00:15:01,630 I'm not you know me, I love books. 400 00:15:03,670 --> 00:15:08,770 Come to my office, but no, that's not 401 00:15:08,770 --> 00:15:09,130 it. 402 00:15:09,170 --> 00:15:16,330 If that's where it ends, learn from me 403 00:15:16,330 --> 00:15:18,830 for I am Jesus is saying you're going 404 00:15:18,830 --> 00:15:20,850 to learn from who I am, not what 405 00:15:20,850 --> 00:15:21,350 I know. 406 00:15:22,170 --> 00:15:22,730 Right. 407 00:15:23,270 --> 00:15:25,930 Learn from me for I am meek and 408 00:15:25,930 --> 00:15:26,290 humble. 409 00:15:26,670 --> 00:15:27,930 Matthew 11, 29. 410 00:15:29,230 --> 00:15:31,590 Jesus surely taught the scriptures in the synagogue 411 00:15:31,590 --> 00:15:33,810 and almost got him thrown off a cliff 412 00:15:33,810 --> 00:15:36,470 when he came out in Luke for 18. 413 00:15:37,570 --> 00:15:41,130 He taught prophetically this day, the scriptures are 414 00:15:41,130 --> 00:15:42,790 fulfilled in your hearing. 415 00:15:44,770 --> 00:15:45,950 They loved him. 416 00:15:46,470 --> 00:15:48,110 Yeah, no, they wanted to kill him. 417 00:15:49,290 --> 00:15:50,190 They wanted to kill him. 418 00:15:50,490 --> 00:15:52,110 That's the prophetic ministry of Jesus. 419 00:15:55,770 --> 00:15:56,390 There it is. 420 00:15:58,230 --> 00:16:02,630 He taught the scriptures prophetically, it wasn't just 421 00:16:02,630 --> 00:16:06,710 boring, you know, Hebrew or Aramaic renditions. 422 00:16:07,850 --> 00:16:11,230 And then he allowed his life to provoke 423 00:16:11,230 --> 00:16:12,030 deeper learning. 424 00:16:12,270 --> 00:16:13,650 He allowed his life. 425 00:16:15,340 --> 00:16:19,380 So we're talking about communicating now, communicating gift, 426 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:21,060 whatever that is. 427 00:16:21,100 --> 00:16:22,220 There's a lot of gifts, right? 428 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:28,990 Communicating the gift and the character and in 429 00:16:28,990 --> 00:16:30,650 the charismatic group, a lot of times character 430 00:16:30,650 --> 00:16:34,450 is laid aside because we want the superstar 431 00:16:34,450 --> 00:16:37,130 charismatic gift guy who has the hot hands 432 00:16:37,130 --> 00:16:38,330 and can get people healed. 433 00:16:38,970 --> 00:16:40,210 But he's living in adultery. 434 00:16:41,490 --> 00:16:44,770 Character, character, character, and I can just go 435 00:16:44,770 --> 00:16:47,010 through my 40 years of being a Christian 436 00:16:47,010 --> 00:16:48,450 and just I'm not going to do it, 437 00:16:48,490 --> 00:16:50,130 but I can just name so many people 438 00:16:50,130 --> 00:16:53,470 that have just bitten the dust that were 439 00:16:53,470 --> 00:16:55,330 amazing in the spirit. 440 00:16:56,570 --> 00:16:57,090 Charisma. 441 00:16:58,610 --> 00:17:03,270 But their character was really, really questionable, and 442 00:17:03,270 --> 00:17:05,190 yet they continue to be promoted. 443 00:17:06,790 --> 00:17:07,890 That's just not good. 444 00:17:09,290 --> 00:17:11,109 I mean, you know, I think Bob Dylan 445 00:17:11,109 --> 00:17:15,510 today would be a more outspoken Christian had 446 00:17:15,510 --> 00:17:17,550 we not made him the big Christian hero 447 00:17:17,550 --> 00:17:20,589 when he came out with with an album 448 00:17:20,589 --> 00:17:21,829 called Saved. 449 00:17:22,390 --> 00:17:23,750 I mean, you can't get any more out 450 00:17:23,750 --> 00:17:24,250 than that. 451 00:17:25,430 --> 00:17:27,850 And they would throw tomatoes at him in 452 00:17:27,850 --> 00:17:28,470 San Francisco. 453 00:17:28,470 --> 00:17:28,770 Yeah. 454 00:17:32,330 --> 00:17:35,110 And so what we do with gifted people 455 00:17:35,110 --> 00:17:39,370 is really, really it's reprehensible sometimes because we 456 00:17:39,370 --> 00:17:40,510 all like to worship heroes. 457 00:17:41,570 --> 00:17:45,090 So remember that charisma, yeah, but where's the 458 00:17:45,090 --> 00:17:45,430 character? 459 00:17:46,050 --> 00:17:49,150 And we're not talking about legalistic judging of 460 00:17:49,150 --> 00:17:53,010 perfection here, but there are certain standards for 461 00:17:53,010 --> 00:17:54,170 eldership and all of that. 462 00:17:54,210 --> 00:17:55,850 Just read it in First and Second Timothy. 463 00:17:56,030 --> 00:17:57,930 There are standards that we have to live 464 00:17:57,930 --> 00:17:58,190 by. 465 00:17:58,190 --> 00:17:59,630 And if I don't live by those standards, 466 00:17:59,690 --> 00:18:03,130 my plug gets pulled right by my bishop. 467 00:18:04,270 --> 00:18:06,410 I won't be allowed to continue on. 468 00:18:07,270 --> 00:18:11,350 Like so many others who are unaccountable, unaccountable 469 00:18:11,350 --> 00:18:14,830 with no authority except their own spiritual authority, 470 00:18:14,970 --> 00:18:17,010 that's dangerous, brothers and sisters. 471 00:18:17,550 --> 00:18:19,550 I don't listen to people like that if 472 00:18:19,550 --> 00:18:20,590 they're not under authority. 473 00:18:20,650 --> 00:18:21,330 I don't listen to them. 474 00:18:21,350 --> 00:18:23,210 I don't care how charismatic they are. 475 00:18:24,070 --> 00:18:28,250 So as persons in communication, we not only 476 00:18:28,250 --> 00:18:29,690 impart what we know. 477 00:18:30,990 --> 00:18:35,700 We impart who we are, and that's very 478 00:18:35,700 --> 00:18:36,060 important. 479 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,600 A person can talk about the peace of 480 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:41,020 God. 481 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:48,960 And make people nervous, there it is, words, 482 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,460 but then on the inner life of the 483 00:18:51,460 --> 00:18:54,640 person, the effect they have talking about peace 484 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,180 is agitation. 485 00:18:58,700 --> 00:19:03,080 The incongruity of word and character is coming 486 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:06,980 forth there, and so what we're attempting to 487 00:19:06,980 --> 00:19:10,120 do and growing in maturity in Jesus is 488 00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:13,480 that our words reflect our being and our 489 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,260 being reflects our words. 490 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:18,080 And, hey, there's always going to be somewhat 491 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:19,900 of a disconnect there with the holy word 492 00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:22,760 of God and what we're attempting to live 493 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:23,300 up into. 494 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,460 So, but if that intention is there and 495 00:19:26,460 --> 00:19:28,300 that desire is there and that accountability is 496 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:29,940 there, it doesn't have to be perfect to 497 00:19:29,940 --> 00:19:31,560 impart something like giving. 498 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,260 So Jesus says that who I am and 499 00:19:35,260 --> 00:19:36,640 what I say agree. 500 00:19:37,740 --> 00:19:41,680 And Paul just in 1st Timothy and 2nd 501 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,640 Timothy just specifically nails all of this with 502 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:45,980 Timothy. 503 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:48,460 And so we've heard it said, well, that 504 00:19:48,460 --> 00:19:51,260 people don't care how much you know until 505 00:19:51,260 --> 00:19:52,240 they know how much you care. 506 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:54,500 Yeah. 507 00:19:54,500 --> 00:19:57,220 There again, that's another illustration of, you know, 508 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,620 where I'm preaching the truth, man, come on, 509 00:19:59,940 --> 00:20:01,480 you know, it's kind of like, yeah, but 510 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:03,160 you really don't care about me. 511 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,100 The goal of teaching is to communicate Jesus 512 00:20:07,100 --> 00:20:10,860 Christ, that you would have an encounter in 513 00:20:10,860 --> 00:20:14,960 an impartation of Jesus Christ now, present tense, 514 00:20:15,780 --> 00:20:20,060 the risen Lord feasting on him through these 515 00:20:20,060 --> 00:20:20,480 words. 516 00:20:21,460 --> 00:20:22,960 And if that doesn't happen, brothers and sisters, 517 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,460 it's not a sacramental action. 518 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,620 Needs to be the grace flowing through me 519 00:20:28,620 --> 00:20:32,100 and flow flowing through you to impart Jesus 520 00:20:32,100 --> 00:20:33,120 Christ to other. 521 00:20:35,140 --> 00:20:38,040 That's the only way to preach and teach 522 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:42,900 and encourage and prophesy, because if it's not 523 00:20:42,900 --> 00:20:44,260 Christ, we're ministering. 524 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,740 We're not ministering in the spirit and we 525 00:20:48,740 --> 00:20:50,080 can minister a lot of things. 526 00:20:51,220 --> 00:20:51,640 We can. 527 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:55,680 There's spirits of divination that can read your 528 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:56,020 mail. 529 00:20:57,180 --> 00:20:59,460 The slave girl in Act 16. 530 00:21:01,220 --> 00:21:02,740 This is a servant of the most high 531 00:21:02,740 --> 00:21:04,060 God, this is a servant of the most 532 00:21:04,060 --> 00:21:06,200 high God, she's prophesying and it's true. 533 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:09,440 And Paul went for days and then it 534 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,180 said he got agitated in his spirit and 535 00:21:12,180 --> 00:21:13,580 he spoke to Python. 536 00:21:14,140 --> 00:21:16,180 That's the name of the spirit, the spirit 537 00:21:16,180 --> 00:21:16,860 of divination. 538 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:21,660 It's Python in the Greek come out Python 539 00:21:21,660 --> 00:21:23,280 in the name of Jesus. 540 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:27,240 And she lost her ability to tell the 541 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:27,600 future. 542 00:21:28,580 --> 00:21:31,460 And then Paul got locked up because they 543 00:21:31,460 --> 00:21:32,600 were making money off of her. 544 00:21:33,460 --> 00:21:34,340 This is real. 545 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:36,280 Well, it happened in the Bible. 546 00:21:36,980 --> 00:21:38,200 No, it's happening now. 547 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,040 It happens all the time. 548 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:41,620 And we need to be a church that 549 00:21:41,620 --> 00:21:42,540 can set people free. 550 00:21:43,660 --> 00:21:45,400 This is what the three streams are all 551 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,880 about, Catholic, charismatic and evangelical. 552 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,620 We can't choose one of them. 553 00:21:52,580 --> 00:21:55,360 We have to have all three, because that's 554 00:21:55,360 --> 00:21:56,940 what biblical Christianity is. 555 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,080 It's not some upper Midwest diocese slogan. 556 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,260 It's biblical, right? 557 00:22:02,380 --> 00:22:02,920 It's biblical. 558 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,280 Fortunately, what's missing in my life was not 559 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:07,240 the charismatic dimension. 560 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:08,860 It was the Catholic dimension. 561 00:22:10,060 --> 00:22:11,600 And it's about team ministry. 562 00:22:11,660 --> 00:22:14,920 And that's why Paul traveled with Barnabas, Silas 563 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,660 and all these other people, because gifts are 564 00:22:17,660 --> 00:22:18,240 complimentary. 565 00:22:19,460 --> 00:22:20,840 We can't do it alone. 566 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,000 But teaching like prophecy and the other gifts 567 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,900 is an encounter with Christ and get this. 568 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,140 OK, the translators of Ephesians 421, if you 569 00:22:30,140 --> 00:22:31,660 have your Bible turned in, I'm going to 570 00:22:31,660 --> 00:22:34,600 quote the NRSV and then I'm going to 571 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,300 quote the NASV, too. 572 00:22:36,420 --> 00:22:38,500 So this is not the way you learned 573 00:22:38,500 --> 00:22:40,500 Christ, Paul is saying to the Ephesians. 574 00:22:40,820 --> 00:22:43,180 For surely you have heard about him. 575 00:22:44,220 --> 00:22:46,780 About is not in the Greek text, but 576 00:22:46,780 --> 00:22:49,640 the translators in the new RSV couldn't get 577 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:51,680 their heads around that Jesus is still speaking 578 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:52,040 today. 579 00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:55,340 So for sure, you have heard about him 580 00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:56,760 and were taught in him. 581 00:22:56,900 --> 00:22:57,620 Yeah, that's right. 582 00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:59,300 You were taught in him. 583 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:00,120 Get that. 584 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,740 You were taught in him as truth is 585 00:23:04,740 --> 00:23:06,560 in Jesus. 586 00:23:06,900 --> 00:23:08,520 That's communion language, you guys. 587 00:23:09,220 --> 00:23:10,720 It's not an encounter with information. 588 00:23:10,780 --> 00:23:12,000 It's encounter with a person. 589 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:15,620 Translators didn't know what to do with that, 590 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:15,920 though. 591 00:23:16,460 --> 00:23:16,940 And here it is. 592 00:23:16,980 --> 00:23:19,580 Here's the correct translation of the literal translation. 593 00:23:19,990 --> 00:23:23,440 Because translations have interpretations in them to make 594 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:24,160 sense sometimes. 595 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:26,240 But you did not learn Christ in this 596 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,960 way, if indeed you heard him not heard 597 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:31,020 about him. 598 00:23:31,260 --> 00:23:33,060 That's not true to the Greek text. 599 00:23:34,220 --> 00:23:40,460 If indeed you have heard Jesus, does his 600 00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:41,880 sheep know his voice? 601 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,620 He said my sheep know my voice. 602 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,260 But we do church a lot of times 603 00:23:47,260 --> 00:23:50,360 like God is not saying anything, you know, 604 00:23:50,380 --> 00:23:51,820 and we have to not figure all this 605 00:23:51,820 --> 00:23:53,260 stuff out alone. 606 00:23:53,860 --> 00:23:57,380 No, this church was birthed in listening prayer. 607 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:01,980 And it continues to survive by listening prayer, 608 00:24:02,140 --> 00:24:04,560 and it's scary for some people to come 609 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:05,640 to a church like this. 610 00:24:06,380 --> 00:24:08,200 What I'm saying scares people sometimes. 611 00:24:08,420 --> 00:24:09,180 It's just Christianity. 612 00:24:09,380 --> 00:24:09,940 It's biblical. 613 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,220 But you did not learn Christ in this 614 00:24:13,220 --> 00:24:13,440 way. 615 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:15,060 If indeed you have heard him and have 616 00:24:15,060 --> 00:24:17,980 been taught in him, I want you to 617 00:24:17,980 --> 00:24:21,160 be taught in him, not about him. 618 00:24:23,530 --> 00:24:25,870 Information about Jesus won't transform you. 619 00:24:26,810 --> 00:24:29,030 It must be it must be taught in 620 00:24:29,030 --> 00:24:29,410 him. 621 00:24:30,110 --> 00:24:30,650 You get that. 622 00:24:30,750 --> 00:24:33,570 I mean, it's not a subtle difference, really. 623 00:24:33,850 --> 00:24:34,650 You understand communion. 624 00:24:36,660 --> 00:24:38,620 I'll be with you always, even till the 625 00:24:38,620 --> 00:24:39,240 end of the age. 626 00:24:39,260 --> 00:24:41,340 That's the promise that Jesus gave us. 627 00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:43,860 We have to remember that the writer of 628 00:24:43,860 --> 00:24:46,620 Hebrews exhorts, see to it that you do 629 00:24:46,620 --> 00:24:49,440 not refuse the voice that warns from heaven. 630 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,860 The ascended Christ still speaking through his spirit. 631 00:24:54,260 --> 00:24:56,940 Hebrews 12, 25, that's where that's from. 632 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,040 See to it that you do not refuse 633 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:03,640 the voice that warns from heaven, exhorts Christ 634 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:04,640 is still exhorting. 635 00:25:05,740 --> 00:25:09,020 The exhortation will give is multifaceted, so it 636 00:25:09,020 --> 00:25:14,620 exhortation is translated, exhort or encourage or comfort. 637 00:25:14,780 --> 00:25:16,540 And wow, man, that is a wide palette 638 00:25:16,540 --> 00:25:17,380 of exhortation. 639 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,460 What comes to mind when you think about 640 00:25:20,460 --> 00:25:25,120 exhort anybody, let's think about exhortation, what does 641 00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:26,100 that bring to mind? 642 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:31,480 You got correction, yeah, there's a sense of 643 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:37,760 urgency in that, right, speaking God's principle, yeah, 644 00:25:37,860 --> 00:25:39,960 it's like this is the truth now that 645 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,300 can come as a teacher or that can 646 00:25:42,300 --> 00:25:43,880 come as a prophetic exhorter. 647 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,560 Teachers speak God's truth, exhorters speak God's truth, 648 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:49,580 but it has this sense of urgency like. 649 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,480 I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of 650 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,040 God, Paul's doing it at the beginning of 651 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,980 this chapter, that urge there, that's it. 652 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:00,780 I urge you by the mercies of God, 653 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,880 present your bodies as living sacrifices. 654 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:04,740 He's exhorting the church, right? 655 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:05,600 He's exhorting us. 656 00:26:05,660 --> 00:26:06,520 That's an exhortation. 657 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:07,740 We need that. 658 00:26:08,940 --> 00:26:12,520 In this very laid back, casual culture called 659 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:16,200 Christianity, the whole new testament is an exhortation. 660 00:26:18,430 --> 00:26:19,030 Encourage. 661 00:26:20,250 --> 00:26:21,810 What does the word encourage mean? 662 00:26:22,890 --> 00:26:25,730 To impart courage, right, encourage. 663 00:26:27,650 --> 00:26:29,770 Like enthusiasm, what does that mean? 664 00:26:31,130 --> 00:26:35,250 In chaos, that's the word in chaos, in 665 00:26:35,250 --> 00:26:36,870 the Greek enthusiasm in God. 666 00:26:37,650 --> 00:26:39,250 And so all these words can really have 667 00:26:39,250 --> 00:26:41,770 a powerful impact once you start understanding the 668 00:26:41,770 --> 00:26:42,230 difference. 669 00:26:42,870 --> 00:26:46,870 So, but that that word parakaleo is translated, 670 00:26:47,570 --> 00:26:51,970 encourage, exhort, comfort depending on the situation. 671 00:26:53,410 --> 00:26:55,450 And the gift of encouragement knows when to 672 00:26:55,450 --> 00:26:57,330 weep with those who weep and rejoice with 673 00:26:57,330 --> 00:26:57,970 those who rejoice. 674 00:26:58,990 --> 00:27:00,970 Sometimes it's not appropriate to rejoice with somebody. 675 00:27:01,630 --> 00:27:03,010 You have to be sensitive to know when 676 00:27:03,010 --> 00:27:05,710 to weep and to know when to comfort. 677 00:27:06,390 --> 00:27:08,210 That would be that third word comfort. 678 00:27:09,050 --> 00:27:10,450 I need to comfort this person now. 679 00:27:10,450 --> 00:27:12,270 They don't need urging along. 680 00:27:12,390 --> 00:27:13,490 They don't need exhortation. 681 00:27:13,970 --> 00:27:15,330 And a person that comes in with a 682 00:27:15,330 --> 00:27:18,270 primary gift of exhortation and they've not learned 683 00:27:18,270 --> 00:27:22,670 how to hone those three shades, right, of 684 00:27:22,670 --> 00:27:26,690 exhortation, encouragement, comfort can really tear somebody up. 685 00:27:27,430 --> 00:27:27,970 Ruth, you know this. 686 00:27:28,030 --> 00:27:28,530 You're a counselor. 687 00:27:29,030 --> 00:27:29,690 You get that. 688 00:27:30,310 --> 00:27:32,670 You're a Christian counselor, so you really get 689 00:27:32,670 --> 00:27:32,970 that. 690 00:27:34,010 --> 00:27:35,710 And you're a spirit filled Christian counselor. 691 00:27:35,830 --> 00:27:36,590 You really get that. 692 00:27:37,190 --> 00:27:38,830 So we could just go on and on, 693 00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:39,770 Ruth, but we'll stop. 694 00:27:39,770 --> 00:27:42,230 And so that's what exhortation is all about. 695 00:27:42,910 --> 00:27:44,510 Giving, sharing. 696 00:27:45,250 --> 00:27:47,730 Dunn goes on to say that it's better 697 00:27:47,730 --> 00:27:48,750 understood sharing. 698 00:27:49,170 --> 00:27:51,630 And it's probably talking about in this context, 699 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:53,910 the sharing of food or wealth or possessions. 700 00:27:54,910 --> 00:27:58,090 And so the act of sharing is the 701 00:27:58,090 --> 00:27:58,410 gift. 702 00:27:58,650 --> 00:28:00,970 It's not what you share the way this 703 00:28:00,970 --> 00:28:01,770 word is translated. 704 00:28:02,410 --> 00:28:05,190 It's the act of sharing that becomes the 705 00:28:05,190 --> 00:28:06,930 gift, not what is received. 706 00:28:07,570 --> 00:28:11,230 And then caring, that word is often translated 707 00:28:11,230 --> 00:28:14,070 to leadership and a lot of great commentaries 708 00:28:14,070 --> 00:28:15,110 translate it that way. 709 00:28:15,430 --> 00:28:17,110 So this is it could go either way. 710 00:28:17,210 --> 00:28:20,530 But most people translate it leadership while others 711 00:28:20,530 --> 00:28:22,410 translate it like James Dunn, who is a 712 00:28:22,410 --> 00:28:25,850 massive, you know, he's got the magnum opus 713 00:28:25,850 --> 00:28:26,910 on on Romans. 714 00:28:27,290 --> 00:28:29,050 He goes through all of the options and 715 00:28:29,050 --> 00:28:30,070 he ends up with caring. 716 00:28:30,330 --> 00:28:33,590 But it has the sense of advocacy and 717 00:28:33,590 --> 00:28:34,250 protecting. 718 00:28:34,250 --> 00:28:36,610 And so you get a person who has 719 00:28:36,610 --> 00:28:39,630 great means, great ability, like, say, in a 720 00:28:39,630 --> 00:28:41,970 village and they become an advocate for those 721 00:28:41,970 --> 00:28:42,730 less fortunate. 722 00:28:43,150 --> 00:28:45,390 That's the idea behind this work. 723 00:28:46,530 --> 00:28:48,470 And so that's how leadership takes place. 724 00:28:48,550 --> 00:28:49,730 And that's Jesus, isn't it? 725 00:28:50,310 --> 00:28:51,610 That's the leadership of Jesus. 726 00:28:52,350 --> 00:28:53,430 I want to be a servant. 727 00:28:54,210 --> 00:28:55,690 And so I want to be an advocate 728 00:28:55,690 --> 00:28:56,710 for the poor. 729 00:28:56,950 --> 00:28:58,230 I want to be a protector. 730 00:28:59,110 --> 00:29:00,930 And that's the way I want my leadership 731 00:29:00,930 --> 00:29:02,710 to to evolve. 732 00:29:02,710 --> 00:29:04,290 And it is evolving. 733 00:29:04,810 --> 00:29:05,930 I am growing into this. 734 00:29:06,490 --> 00:29:07,030 It's not there. 735 00:29:08,910 --> 00:29:12,810 OK, so to take advocacy for the vulnerable, 736 00:29:13,010 --> 00:29:14,190 that's what Don is saying. 737 00:29:14,270 --> 00:29:17,410 And then the last one, showing mercy, showing 738 00:29:17,410 --> 00:29:19,450 acts of mercy with cheerfulness, it says. 739 00:29:20,730 --> 00:29:23,190 And this is the only occasion, Dunn points 740 00:29:23,190 --> 00:29:26,270 out, in Paul's letters where mercy is used 741 00:29:26,270 --> 00:29:29,470 of human rather than divine mercy. 742 00:29:30,190 --> 00:29:30,490 Wow. 743 00:29:31,170 --> 00:29:34,730 It's the only occasion in Paul's letters where 744 00:29:34,730 --> 00:29:38,230 the act of showing mercy is not divine. 745 00:29:38,830 --> 00:29:39,310 It's human. 746 00:29:39,870 --> 00:29:40,650 One place. 747 00:29:41,150 --> 00:29:41,610 There it is. 748 00:29:42,090 --> 00:29:43,450 And it's a beautiful gift. 749 00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:47,450 The grace to overcome the reasons why a 750 00:29:47,450 --> 00:29:49,730 person is in need and to show love 751 00:29:49,730 --> 00:29:50,110 and care. 752 00:29:50,690 --> 00:29:52,250 A lot of times, if you don't have 753 00:29:52,250 --> 00:29:54,210 the grace of mercy, you'll think of all 754 00:29:54,210 --> 00:29:56,570 the reasons why you shouldn't show mercy. 755 00:29:56,570 --> 00:29:57,250 Right. 756 00:29:57,810 --> 00:29:59,410 They're valid from a human point of view. 757 00:29:59,490 --> 00:29:59,670 Right. 758 00:30:00,250 --> 00:30:01,810 But the people with the gift of mercy 759 00:30:01,810 --> 00:30:06,030 can overlook the bumbling reasons why this person 760 00:30:06,030 --> 00:30:08,470 is in the place they're in and they 761 00:30:08,470 --> 00:30:09,610 can give that mercy. 762 00:30:10,210 --> 00:30:11,570 That's what Jesus does to us. 763 00:30:13,030 --> 00:30:16,410 None of us deserve mercy, but Jesus gives 764 00:30:16,410 --> 00:30:16,930 it to us. 765 00:30:16,990 --> 00:30:19,790 And so why do we need people who 766 00:30:19,790 --> 00:30:20,950 have the gift of mercy? 767 00:30:22,990 --> 00:30:26,030 Because they show us what it's like to 768 00:30:26,030 --> 00:30:27,750 be merciful when we struggle with it. 769 00:30:28,470 --> 00:30:30,490 That's why I need to be around people 770 00:30:30,490 --> 00:30:31,430 with the gift of mercy. 771 00:30:32,150 --> 00:30:34,370 And there's many in this congregation have the 772 00:30:34,370 --> 00:30:37,490 gift of mercy and leadership and encouragement and 773 00:30:37,490 --> 00:30:39,110 prophecy and all of this stuff. 774 00:30:39,270 --> 00:30:41,730 And we need each other to complement each 775 00:30:41,730 --> 00:30:44,630 other because we're not going solo with each 776 00:30:44,630 --> 00:30:44,810 other. 777 00:30:44,890 --> 00:30:45,030 Right. 778 00:30:45,170 --> 00:30:48,950 We're a symphony of beautiful harmony in the 779 00:30:48,950 --> 00:30:50,870 unity of the Holy Spirit. 780 00:30:51,650 --> 00:30:54,350 And so Holy Spirit, come and continue to 781 00:30:54,350 --> 00:30:56,050 stir up the gifts amongst us. 782 00:30:56,050 --> 00:30:56,730 We pray. 783 00:30:59,110 --> 00:31:02,710 And we ask for your divine enablement and 784 00:31:02,710 --> 00:31:04,730 for you to come and just set us 785 00:31:04,730 --> 00:31:07,350 on fire with the Holy Spirit. 786 00:31:07,730 --> 00:31:10,430 Our God is a consuming fire and we 787 00:31:10,430 --> 00:31:12,630 want to fan in the flame those embers 788 00:31:12,630 --> 00:31:15,930 that perhaps may need more breath. 789 00:31:16,410 --> 00:31:18,890 And so send your breath upon us, send 790 00:31:18,890 --> 00:31:21,890 your breath upon us to glow in the 791 00:31:21,890 --> 00:31:23,290 fire of your love. 792 00:31:24,130 --> 00:31:25,150 In the name of the Father and the 793 00:31:25,150 --> 00:31:26,030 Son and the Holy Spirit.