Wednesday, November 13, 2024 Romans 12:4-8 “Spiritual Gifts, Part 1”

God has given each redeemed believer one or more “spiritual gifts”, the Greek word CHARISMA, which mean grace gift. Such gifts are different than natural abilities since we gain them not by our physical birth but rather our spiritual birth. To understand God’s purpose in giving us such spiritual gifts, vs. 4-8 explain a number of perspectives on gifts and gives us definitions of some of the gifts. We learn here that we are a “body part”, not a “body” unto ourselves. The different “body parts” have different function within the body, which is the local church family. In fact, our spiritual gifts actually belong to the local church family, not to us!