For the past few talks we’ve been working through the topic of “spiritual gifts” (even though, as we discussed in talk #1 of the series, that term doesn’t actually appear in the New Testament— something more powerful and insightful does, instead).
There are FOUR misconceptions people have about these “spiritual gifts” (re-listen to installment #1 of the series for a better understanding of what these gifts are). In this episode we want to walk through each of those…
Here’s what you need to know:
❌ Supernatural “gifts” and natural talents are NOT the same.
You receive your talents at your “first birth” (read: natural birth) and your spiritual gifts at your “second birth” (read: born again). For sure, you may “work” on both…
… but the originating point is different.
And, yes, they may “work together,” because the same God who created you IS the same God who redeems you.
❌ Supernatural “gifts” are not the same as title, rank, or position…
Sometimes, you see people with a business card that says APOSTLE or PROPHET or whatever…
For a season, I attended a church in which they swore— and actually called themselves— a “fivefold ministry.”
None of those leaders were. They simply gave themselves the title.
Sometimes, the titles sync-up with the gifts; other times they don’t. They’re not the same.
You can be gifted— and your gifts work— even IF you don’t have the position. So, don’t WAIT for a position in order to fulfill your purpose. Begin walking in it…
Your gifts, as Proverbs says, always “make room” for you (Proverbs 18:16).
❌ Supernatural “gifts” are not confined to the four walls of a church building-- or even an “organized religious system” like we have today.
People are beginning to think differently.
They're beginning to wonder what you've perhaps thought all along...
👉 If God "so loved the world..." (John 3:16), wouldn't it make sense that He sends people INTO the world to reach the world rather that just waiting for them to come to church?
👉 If Jesus really meant "as the Father sent Me, so I also send you" (John 20:21), wouldn't that mean that we also get called into the world, away from the "home base" of the sanctuary?
👉 If Adam was called to "work Creation" before the Fall, might also work be a sacred calling, rather than a curse (Genesis 2)?
(In the previous talk we noted that God can gift you to do ANYTHING He desires… so, don’t confine Him to a tidy box.)
❌ Supernatural “gifts” are not instances in which the Spirit “takes over” your natural faculties such that you have no control.
When a demon takes over a person, that person “loses control.” But, the Holy Spirit always allows us to stay in complete control of who we are. In other words, we co-labor with God when He chooses to do something TO us, then work THROUGH us, in order to reach TO others…
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