Redemptive Gifts
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Rom 12:3-8
3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function,
5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.
6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith;
7 or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching;
8 he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
Redemptive Gifts
- Prophet
- Servant
- Teacher
- Exhorter
- Giver
- Ruler
- Mercy
GIFTSG5486charisma char'-is-mah
a (divine) gratuity, a (spiritual) endowment, miraculous faculty:
"a gift of grace,” (Vine’s)
1947 Smith Wigglesworth (at the end of his life) speaking to Lester Sumrall:
Wigglesworth cried saying, “I probably won’t see you again now. My job is almost finished.”
As he continued to pray, he cried “I see it, I see it!”
Brother Sumrall asked, “What do you see, what do you see?
He said, “I see a healing revival coming right after World War II. It’ll be so easy to get people healed. I see it! I see it! I won’t be here for it, but you will be.” And there was a healing revival right after the war.
He continued to prophesy, “I see another one. I see people of all different denominations being filled with the Holy Ghost.” That was the Charismatic Revival. God raised up people during that era, like the Full Gospel Businessmen.
Then Brother Wigglesworth continued, “I see another move of God. I see auditoriums full of people, coming with notebooks. There will be a wave of teaching on faith and healing.” We did experience that wave he saw, and we call it the Word of Faith movement.
Then he prophesied, “After that, after the third wave,” he started sobbing. “I see the last day revival that’s going to usher in the precious fruit of the earth. It will be the greatest revival this world has ever seen! It’s going to be a wave of the gifts of the Spirit. The ministry gifts will be flowing on this planet earth. I see hospitals being emptied out, and they will bring the sick to the churches where they allow the Holy Ghost to move.”
Carpenter & Tools
Hammer, saws, planers, sanders, squares, levels, tape measure, etc
Redemption
Gal 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE"),
REDEEM G1805exagorazō
to buyup, that is, ransom; to rescue from loss (improve opportunity)
(dict.) gain or regain possession of (something or someone) in exchange for payment.
Luke 1:68"Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited and redeemed His people,
“Sistering” – joists
Part of the process to maturing Redemptive Gifts, is to value & embrace COMMUNITY
(ref.) Rom 12:4-5
4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function,
5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.
1Co 12:7-18
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:
8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,
10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
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17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?
18 But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.
(NLT) “…God has put each part just where He wants it.”
Teacher
TEACHER G1320didaskalos
an instructor
the person who has a strong ability to explain truth to others.
Behavioral Characteristics
- Needs to validate truth
- Accuracy is absolutely vital
- Procrastinates
- Makes new decisions slowly, safely; frustrates visionaries
- Safe person emotionally
- Calm in crisis
- Angry only when offense is committed against a family member
- Loves pure doctrine – Greek, Hebrew…searching out truth
- Great sense of humor, practical joker
- Profound loyalty to leaders (Samuel to Saul) (Luke to Paul)
- Willing to die for convictions
Carnal Teacher
Values knowledge of God and religious
service over relationship with God (looks
for more credentials, degrees), arrogance
and unhealthy confidence in knowledge
Mature Teacher Redemptive
Relationship with truth
Carnal Teacher
Values reason over revelation
Mature Teacher Redemptive
Values rhema logos and revelation
Carnal Teacher
Cerebral with God and others, not giving
of self in relationships, false intimacy
Mature Teacher Redemptive
Emotionally/passionately engaged with
God and others, values intimacy
Carnal Teacher
Selectively responsible, usually excelling
at work, but negligent regarding home
responsibilities and family holiness
Mature Teacher Redemptive
Walks in the fullness of the responsibility
principle
Carnal Teacher
Accepts only what has been documented,
Mature Teacher Redemptive
Builds structures that steward new revelation
Carnal Teacher
Carnal mercy, carnal love, and carnal
guidance that enables sin and sinners;
wants to love people into the kingdom –
even after the time for repentance has
passed (this heart attitude often causes
Teachers to be confused with Mercies)
Mature Teacher Redemptive
As a Leader/Pastor/Parent, confronts sin
in their midst
Carnal Teacher
Poor boundaries, poor future planning
and preparation for growth, unbalanced
ministry perspective
Mature Teacher Redemptive
Life-giving/healthy perspective regarding
people, infrastructures, principles, and
vision, etc.
Carnal Teacher
Implements truth in a way that limits and
controls others, sarcastic, condescending
Mature Teacher Redemptive
Releases truth that empowers and equips
Carnal Teacher
Involved in their own “world” interests,
takes two steps sideways or backwards
instead of walking in the authority God
has given them
Mature Teacher Redemptive
Authority over predator spirit(s), protects
those who are weak and wounded
Carnal Teacher
Unhealthy loyalty, is perverted by the
enemy to keep them in toxic relationships
Mature Teacher Redemptive
Walks in healthy loyalty, can move on
in & with God life-givingrelationships
Carnal Teacher
Rejects undocumented truth and spiritual
Experiences, have confidence in “what”
they know instead of “who they know
Mature Teacher Redemptive
It is their birthright is to have access to “hiddenmanna” in the Word of God. This
hidden manna also pertains tosupernatural strategies
Closing
1Pe 4:10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Next week:
Exhorter Redemptive