one body many members one spirit many gifts

We value each other’s gifts and we do it together. You will bring your gifts to being a pastor.” You will lead, you will answer your call in the way you are wired. Everyone in this room has a different gift mix. The grace and truth- “Everyone in this room is called to be a pastor. I did have- administration, teaching, wisdom, mercy I didn’t have- leadership, evangelism, shepherding, apostleship I had the false idea that there was a certain gift mix for pastors. Story of me freaked out I didn’t have certain spiritual gifts “all pastors have”. 19 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many members, yet one body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. 16 And if the ear would say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.

People not valuing their own gifts = self-exclusionġ5 If the foot would say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. We take the good gift of God and twist it into something it was never meant to be. 1 Corinthians 12:7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.So powerful and important, breaks down how the world divides us – Jews/Greeks, slaves/free (v.All spiritual gifts are valuable and needed, thus all people are valuable and needed.In three verses, the word “one” is used 6 times. Unity in Christ is incredibly important.14 Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many. 13 For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-Jews or Greeks, slaves or free-and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. They work together for the glory of God and the common good.ġ2 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. There are many more body parts for many more people and spiritual gifts. Hand = spiritual gift of Helps, little things done with great love.Mouth = spiritual gift of Prophecy, the ability to speak truth to power.Nose = spiritual gift of Discernment, the divine enablement of discerning truth from falsehood, good from evil, right from wrong.Eyes = spiritual gift of Wisdom, the divine enablement of seeing a consequence of choices and applying the scriptures in practical ways.

Ear = spiritual gift of Mercy, the divine enablement of being with people in pain.Ear = spiritual gift Faith, faith comes through hearing (Romans 10:17), the spiritual gift of confidence in God.Feet = spiritual gift of Apostleship, the divine enablement to start new things.We can understand a human body with many parts fulfilling their purpose, working together well. To help us understand this Paul gives us a metaphor- One Body with Many Members. Spiritual gifts are divine enablement, like a superpower. God through the Holy Spirit arranges and empowers the superpowers for us to work together for the glory of God and the common good. God gives you spiritual gifts to help you figure out your calling to serve and fulfill your calling to serve. Come follow Me = call to relationship with others, call to serve.Come follow Me = call to relationship with Christ, call to salvation.If you are a follower of Jesus, you have a calling from God, Notes from a message offered Sunday, 10/13/19 at Trinity United Methodist Church, Sarasota Florida.

One body many members one spirit many gifts