Read the following verses and summarize what each has to say about the importance of our spiritual gifts: 1 Corinthians 12:1, 4-7, 11-12, 17-20. These verses describe the importance of understanding and using our spiritual gifts.
“Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.” 1 Corinthians 1
I want you to know about the gifts of the Spirit that come from me. Learn about them.
“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.” 1 Corinthians 12:4-7
God gives all of the gifts out – they all come from Him, but they are different. God doesn’t give the same gifts to everyone because He has a different plan for everyone and the gifts God gives you are specific to the work and the service God has intended you to do, however, the use of them of them is for everyone one; they all work together to benefit the common good – His plan, just like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.
“All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines. Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.” 1 Corinthians 12: 11-12
All of these gifts are the work of the One True God and He gives them out as He has planned in accordance with His will. We are all part of His plan, just like all the parts or our body are part of our one same body.
“If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.” 1 Corinthians 12: 17-20
If all the gifts were the same we would be missing out. Like the parts of the body, you need all of them to do their separate, individual, specific job so that when they work together you have the whole body. It is the same with us. We each have our own separate, individual, specific job, but when we do it and it comes together with the others doing theirs, we can accomplish the plan God has for us.
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