Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Romans 12:4-8 “Spiritual Gifts, Part 2”

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. These gifts were given to us because we are “body parts” of the “body” of the local church. As a “body part”, we have important functions within the local church family and the church is hurt to the degree we don’t faithfully use our gifts. In fact, our spiritual gifts actually belong to the local church family, not to us, and God commands us to “use” the gifts He has given us! God gives us the example of “prophecy” to illustrate these points.