06/27/10 - Anatomy 101 PT3 - Pastor Tony Ashmore

Pastor Tony Ashmore continues the series "Anatomy 101" in this Sunday service.

Anatomy 101 PT3
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Sunday, June 27, 2010

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Sermon Notes:

Anatomy 101: “Parts is Parts”--Without the Parts the Body is Handicapped. Without the Body, the Parts are Useless.
Romans 12:1-5 Each of us have specific good works planned for us to accomplish (our destiny—His good and perfect will). Each of us is important, there is no insignificant part, but we need each other to find and fulfill our destiny. Each of us have unique and specific gifts in us. The gifts are part of a package deal. Too often we seek to separate the gifts into what we want and don’t want—much like a rude and selfish child at a party. We cannot separate the Godhead without compromising the integrity and power of our God. We cannot separate their gift package without compromising the integrity and power either.

Ephesians 4:11-13 (Christ’s Gifts TO the Body)
11 Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. 12 Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. 13 This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.

Romans 12:6-8 6 In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you.(Vs. 9) 7 If your gift is serving others, serve them well. (Vs. 10) If you are a teacher, teach well. (Vs. 11) 8 If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging.(Vs. 12) If it is giving, give generously.(Vs. 13) If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously.(Vs. 14) And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly. (Vs. 15)

1 Corinthians 12:7-11 (Holy Spirit’s gifts THROUGH us.)
7 A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. 8 To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge. 9 The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing. 10 He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said. 11 It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.

Everybody wants the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit. God is a God of order. You can’t separate the gift package. God will not do through you want He cannot do to you and in you.
Ephesians 4 gifts are authority gifts. Ed Young Jr.: “You must get under what God puts you under before you can get over what God puts you over.”
Romans 12 gifts are servant gifts. Jesus: “If you want to be great, become a servant to all.”
1 Corinthians 12 gifts are power gifts. Jesus said of the Holy Spirit. “He will not speak of Himself, but He will magnify me and my Father.” The power gifts will flow through those who have found their place in the Body by joyfully submitting to God’s authority and by imitating Christ in serving one another. Then the miraculous power gifts will flow in our churches and our lives.

John 13:35 “Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”