The Gifts of the Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 12:1-11 - YZV

1. Pagans:

a. They are influenced and led astrayed by mute idols

b. They cannot confess Jesus, because they do not have the Holy Spirit

c. God gave them gifts, but they do not use their gifts to serve Him.

d. Everything they do is led by mute idols, not by the Holy Spirit

2. Christians:
a. They have the Holy Spirit – given to them by the Gospel & Baptism

b. They will not curse Jesus, without the Holy Spirit they cannot confess Jesus Christ to be Lord

c. The Holy Spirit gives different gifts, services and works to the Christians to do for the common good of God’s family

d. Everything the Christians do are serving God, led by the Holy Spirit

3. The different kind of gifts given to the Christian:
a. Wisdom

b. Knowledge

c. Faith

d. Healing

e. Miraculous power

f. Prophecy

g. Distinguish of spirits

h. Speaking kind of tongues

i. Interpretation of tongues

4. Application:
a. As Christians, God has given us the Holy Spirit. Because the Holy Spirit is lives in each of us, we can confess Jesus to be our Savior

b. Our lives are led by the Holy Spirit, not by the mute idols

c. The Holy Spirit also gave each of us different kind of gifts, services and works to be used for the common good of God’s Church here on earth.

5. Closing:
a. You and I need to use our gifts to serve God. He has given us talents, skills and many other gifts to building up His Church. Let us use

whatever gifts, services and works He has entrusted to us to build up His Church

b. God loved us so much that He gave His Son to die for our sins, our response to Him should be to love Him back. We need to be willing to

serve our Lord whenever and wherever there is opportunity. We should never say no to God’s service, but we need to be like Isaiah saying,

“Here I am, send me send me..”

c. May God continue to pour out His gifts on us and to use us for the common good of all God’s people on earth, especially His Church. In Jesus’ name. Amen.