Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

1. In your thinking, be mature (v. 20)

2. In your gifting, be aware of its purpose (v. 21-22)

3. In your gathering, be mindful of unbelievers (v. 23-25)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: Edification of the church is love's priority for the gifts.

Therefore in the public gathering…

1. Gifts are to be ministered with a priority on intelligible truth (vv. 6-12)

2. Gifts are to be ministered with a priority on instructional teaching (vv. 13-19)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Love informs the way gifts are...

1. Approached- what will I desire? (vv. 1-2)

2. Administered- who will I edify? (vv. 3-4)  

3. Assessed- how will I evaluate? (v. 5)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Love is greater than the gifts because...

1. The gifts' duration is temporary (v. 8)

2. The gifts' content is incomplete (vv. 9-10)

3. The gifts' perception is limited (vv. 11-12)

4. The gifts' impact is outlasted (v. 13) 

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

1. Love is... (v. 4a)

2. Love does not... (vv. 4b-5)

3. Love rejoices... (v. 6)

4. Love always... (v. 7)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

To put the ‘spiritual’ back into our use of the gifts: 

1. Pursue the greater gifts (vv. 27-31a)

3. Prioritize the greater way (vv. 12:31b-13:3)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: To foster unity, we must recognize our gifts have been crafted for interdependence. My growth as an interdependent member of the body depends on knowing...

1. I belong- my baptism is proof (vv. 12-13)

2. I am essential- my placement is proof- (vv. 14-20)

3. I am needy- the other parts are proof (vv. 21-26)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Big Idea: God’s kind of unity involves the dispensing of diverse gifts that work together for the common good. Unity in our diverse giftedness depends on understanding... 

1. The gifts are diverse, the Provider is the same (vv. 4-6)

2. The gifts are diverse, the purpose is the same (v. 7) 

3. The gifts are diverse, the power Source is the same (vv. 8-11)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Unity around the use of spiritual gifts in the church requires...

1. Clarity about spiritual counterfeits (vv. 1-2)

2. Certainty about the Spirit's leading to the Lordship of Christ (v. 3)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead

Take courage in...

1. His person

2. His presence

3. His permanency