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In week three of a four-week series on the Holy Spirit, Pastor Mike walks LifePoint Church through the New Testament's teaching on spiritual gifts, beginning with the leadership gifts God bestows on the church in Ephesians 4. He distinguishes three Greek terms for gifts, didomi, charisma, and pneumatikos, to show that spiritual gifts are granted by grace, not earned, and that God continues to give them for the growth and mission of his people. The message challenges the idea that believers receive all they need of the Holy Spirit at salvation, calling the church to remain open to everything God still wants to do in and through them.
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Unlock with your sermon →According to this sermon, no. While the Holy Spirit bears witness that you're a child of God at salvation, God has far more for you, ongoing conviction, transformation, fruit, and spiritual gifts. Saying you have all the Holy Spirit you need at salvation would mean you no longer need growth or change.
This sermon teaches that spiritual gifts are still active today, including leadership gifts (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers), grace gifts like healing and prophecy, and manifestation gifts like tongues. They are given by God's grace, not earned, and empower believers for God's mission in the church.
This sermon uses King David's example, refusing to offer God something that cost him nothing, to argue that giving is about having 'skin in the game.' When you invest in the church that's investing in you through prayer, serving, and faithful tithing, you participate in building God's kingdom and your own spiritual growth.
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