Amen. So 1 Corinthians we're up to chapter 12 and for those of you that
haven't been with us we've been going through chapter by chapter the book of
Corinthians been a great Bible study as far as I'm concerned I've really learned
a lot from it I'm hoping everyone else has too it's you know for a new church I
think it's been a great book to go through showing us how we don't want to
be and how you know how the Corinthians sadly got a lot wrong didn't they and
obviously we've just gone on from chapter 11 where where they were talking
about obviously in the second half especially the Lord's Supper and and in
that warning wasn't there that punishment as well and we go into
chapter 12 here and he starts in verse 1 saying now concerning spiritual gifts
brethren I would not have you ignorant so he obviously he's just rebuked them
hasn't he the Corinthians for their Lord's Supper feasts they've just turned
it into a big old raucous party and and now he wants to give them some knowledge
and knowledge is good isn't it of course we saw that knowledge puffeth up
charity edified but there's nothing wrong with knowledge as long as it's
used in the right way and it's for the right reasons as well and he's saying
he's not going to have you ignorant being ignorant isn't a good thing he
goes on in verse 2 where he says you know that you were Gentiles carried away
unto these dumb idols even as you were led okay so obviously Gentiles are non
Jews it just splits it into two either Jews or Gentiles and dumb idols here and
by the way just quickly that Jews and Gentiles some people use that as you
know as I talked before they talked about you know obviously you've got
these kind of dispend racialists it just like to kind of make it all about race
but it's interesting there is it there's basically only two there's either the
Jews and obviously for a reason because they to them were committed the oracles
of God and you got everyone else and it's not this sort of you know well you
got them the Gentiles and you got the this and you got the that it's just
Gentiles you know a lot of the time we just talk about Jew or Gentile okay
either Jews or the non Jews and he said that you were Gentiles carried away
unto these dumb idols even as you were led and dumb idols obviously idols that
can't or don't speak something we use dumb for stupid it's obviously talking
about that can't speak and with false religion of all kinds and there are many
types of false religion aren't there people are carried away a lot of the
time I believe having been led into it and they do get led into it often most
of the time it's led through one way or another I mean some people might just
pick and choose guy like that religion I'm going for a lot of the time it's
through families isn't it friends and other things like that some sort of
influence but regardless of being led into it they still make that decision
don't need to follow it so as they get to that point especially in adulthood
for some kids that can be tough they're still making that decision to continue
following a false religion and it's important thing to remember I think and
it can be frustrating kind of when we're so winning be frustrating when we're
knocking on doors and these people have been led away unto dumb idols and some
of the religions and some of the versions of Christianity other things
are ridiculous aren't they and it can be really tough because you're trying to
get through to people and they just won't have it and but some of us we've
got to remember some of us have been were at some point led away unto some
version of dumb idol or other weren't we and whether or not it was a false
religion some might not have been involved in false religion but a lot of
the time it's some other idol something else they're putting above God that
they're worshipping in their life I mean it's good thing to remember that but our
God isn't a dumb idol because he speaks to us doesn't he through the Word of God
okay speaks to us through the Word of God and it's funny isn't it if you've
ever tried to read any other so-called holy book they are absolutely
ridiculous compared with this aren't they and I was I was out today actually
and I was brother Jamie was was getting this fella saved and we had the fouls
were circling and this foul just suddenly came out of nowhere and it was
a friend of this guy and and I was just trying my best to keep him away and he
was just really wondering what's going on there and I'm trying to talk and then
I'll somehow let it get into a debate and we're just having having this debate
and in the middle of the debate because he's just going well that's written by
man it's you know it's getting really angry and agitated he was clearly you
know pretty anti God this guy and amen in the end brother Jamie got the guy
saved so it all worked out at the end but I was just going through this
ridiculous debate with this guy anyway so just saying him but look at look at
the majesty the beauty and I started reading in the beginning I love like
the Gospel of John the first chapter and just when you read that the man can't
write that Kenny man can't write that on his own it's it's it just it's set apart
isn't it but of course a natural man understandeth not the things of God do
they and and for him he's just a load of rubbish but it is amazing this book
isn't it and that's how God speaks to us God speaks us through the Word of God he
is not a dumb idol obviously and there is no comparison there's no comparison
someone gave me a while back a Quran and what a load of old nonsense anyone
ever tried reading the Quran or any parts of it oh wow it is ridiculous
isn't it and and it's like just such a bad kind of copy of the Bible isn't it
it's kind of it tries to sound a bit a bit biblical but just gets it all wrong
but there is no comparison so in verse 3 here we've got where for I give you to
understand that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed and
that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost now this is
yet another verse it's used for false ecumenical doctrine isn't him and the
ecumenical doctrine is that basically anyone calling Jesus is Lord must be
saved or must be a Christian or whatever version they want to call it and I've
heard this used before and obviously and I actually read this to someone today
part of it but let's just quickly go to Matthew 7 and from verse 22 because
saying in that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost second
part of verse 3 in Matthew 7 22 of course there are people that call Jesus
Lord many will say to me that day Lord Lord have we not prophesied in thy name
and in thy name have cast out devils and in thy name have done many wonderful
works and then will I profess unto them I never knew you depart from me ye that
work iniquity now they're calling Jesus Lord in that day aren't they they're
calling Jesus Lord but before that day it wasn't Jesus they were calling the
Lord was it it was some false version of Jesus and that's the truth it's their
own version of Jesus that they're calling the Lord aren't they in their
churches even in their false religions now that come away from Christianity it
can be a Jesus that only died for some sins yeah sometimes the Jesus only died
for particular sins or a Jesus that died so that you can then work your way to
heaven there's that one isn't there is that that version of Lord a Jesus that
wasn't God in the flesh you haven't heard of that one every way Jesus that
wasn't God in the flesh or a Jesus that was a different form of God the Father
and the Holy Ghost so just one form of God it's all you know this modalism type
thing or a Jesus obviously that required a turning at least a turning from their
wicked way some sort of repenting of sin some sort of turning from sins although
no one seems to be able to categorize exactly what that is but it is a
different Jesus isn't it it's a different Jesus that's not the Jesus of
the Bible is it because the Jesus of the Bible died bade and rose again and out
pay for all our sins past present future okay and that is a different different
Jesus now saying that Jesus is the Lord here so in verse 3 there it said that
sorry back to 1st Corinthians 12 but in verse 3 there it said understand I'll
give you to understand no man speaking by the Spirit of God calling Jesus
curse in it no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost I believe
that's kind of really referring like like we often go to Romans 10 9 that if
thou shalt confess thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shout believe in thine heart
the God is raised from the dead thou shalt be saved but but to confess with
your mouth the Lord Jesus he's very different just going Jesus is Lord that
requires a King James Bible and a spirit-filled preacher doesn't it that
requires a combination there to then really understand and know what calling
Jesus Lord is yeah okay but he said it first at the beginning of that that
verse he said wherefore I give you to understand that no man speaking by the
Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed so there's no Holy Spirit when there are so
called religions the so-called religious calling Jesus accursed to some degree or
other now that might sound fairly obvious but and not to flog a dead horse
here but there are many Jews up to this day aren't there that call Jesus wicked
and everything else don't know it's pretty clear and then these brainwashed
Zionist Christians not only worship them but they listen to them expound in the
Old Testament have you seen that nonsense where they're like whoa rabbi
whatever said that in fact this meant this and this was talking about that and
everything else well there's no Holy Spirit there so why are you gonna listen
he doesn't understand what the Bible say yeah he doesn't understand at all so no
man speak about the spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed so but really what
Paul's building up to here is it he's he's bases highlighting that following
gifts are for saved Christians because now we're going to go on to spiritual
gifts and the Holy Spirit and working the Holy Spirit so in verse 4 now there
are diversities of gifts but the same spirit so a variety of gifts it's all
one Holy Spirit isn't it verse 5 there a diver sorry there are differences of
administrations but the same Lord so administrations distributions not
everyone is given the same gifts but with all still of the same Jesus Christ
aren't we it all comes from that whether or not we all have different
gifts different skills different things it doesn't mean that we're all from a
different religion obviously verse 6 and there are diversities of operations but
it is the same God which worketh all in all okay so there are varieties of uses
of the gifts is how I see that I know some people read that slightly
differently but it is the same God so an application verse 4 5 & 6 there could be
that we all differ in our gifts and how we use them it doesn't mean that we're
not all saved Christians yeah and I know that might sound again you might think
well that's pretty obvious but for example I'm not going to use real
examples here because it's my offend or something else but just say we had
sitting in that empty chair there we had we had old Big Frank in there yeah okay
Big Frank's been coming to the church for years he's been zealous for God for
years he's clearly got the gift of knowledge he's been he's saved he said
but not only that he just seems to recall verses like that he just knows the
Bible inside out yeah okay someone else say we've got sitting in sitting next to
him yeah they're good friends and he's and we've got maybe they're not good
friends in fact but we've got we've got Bernard okay we've got Bernard sitting
next to frowns trying to pick names that no one else it's clearly got okay so we
got Bernard sitting next to Frank yeah now Bernard clearly doesn't have that
gift of knowledge yeah but he's been saved and zealous for God for the same
amount of times currently he can't recall verses info like Frank now there
could be a tendency for Big Frank there to look at Bernard and wonder if he's
saved couldn't he he could be looking at Bernard saying we've got saved the same
time he's been coming to church he's read the Bible the same amount of times
me can't even he can't even memorize this first he doesn't know where this
one is or maybe he's thinking does he really read his Bible does he really you
know he can't recall verses like I can doesn't have the knowledge I do he
doesn't know that book and that book inside out or maybe sinking Bernard's
obviously got a lot of sin in his life isn't he Bernard's obviously got a lot
of sin in his life because he just doesn't have what I have but Bernard
maybe has a gift of ministering or maybe helps if you believe that's what it's
referring to in verse 28 of 1st Corinthians 12 so he's just one of them
guys that without even being asked he just gets on with stuff in the church
he's just such a help to the church he's just one of those people just everything
seems to get done you don't even notice him doing it and it's not to be seen to
do it it's not begrudgingly he just does it now he's just as saved isn't he in
fact he's just as useful maybe he's more useful in the church but I think that's
what we're talking about here aren't we there's different spirits different
gifts different but it's all one Holy Spirit yeah okay in verse 7 it says but
the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit with all
okay so the profit is for the body the church with all there is with the rest
is to profit with the rest okay so yeah look the individual obviously profits
you've got a spiritual gift you've got something that is clear that you have a
gift in something yeah you're gonna get some profit but the focus has to be on
the church so it could be there might be people that wonder that I just don't know
what my gift is I just don't do I even have a gift but maybe it's not obvious
to them because it's not being made manifest because their focus isn't on
benefiting the church their focus isn't on the church their focus isn't on on
improving the church their focus on themselves and really is that a useful
gift is that really going to become manifest that obviously to them if all
they're thinking about is how they can look a certain way and how great they
can be or anything else and do we and that's the thing and that's a that's a
question we should all ask ourselves remind ourselves a lot of is do we
really really want this church to succeed do we want the church to
succeed or is it about us is it about our aspirations in the church is it
about our fellowship is it about our you know getting to a certain role later on
or becoming a big deal in the church or being the best whatever it is in the
church because it shouldn't be shouldn't and if you are like that I don't think
your spiritual gifts are going to be as like they're not I don't think they're
going to manifest so much if that's your focus and it's an important thing to
think about for everyone isn't it is it about you and he goes on here in verse
8 for to one is given by the spirit the word of wisdom to another the word of
knowledge by the same spirit to another faith by the same spirit to another the
gifts of healing by the same spirit to another the work of miracles to another
prophecy to another discerning of spirits to another divers kinds of
tongues to another the interpretation of tongues but all these work if that one
and the self same spirit divining to every man severely as he will right
before we go through these as you are all aware probably or most people are
aware there are a variety of beliefs on this passage and other passage passages
of this in Scripture now obviously you've got the Charismatics obviously
called the Charismaniacs as well for good reason okay and we've got any and
obviously they're different charismatic churches but there are some extremes
aren't there and there are some extremes are you going to a church and it's what
what is going on I remember going to one when I was really young actually with a
friend from school for many reasons but I remember going to one of these
churches and yeah I mean you had the lot you have people shaking and falling down
and it is crazy you know I remember mum being really angry I'd stayed at his
house she didn't even know that I was we were going to church the next day at
this church and for good reason she was angry okay then you've got so you've got
the Charismatics Charismaniacs and what that then does it creates this debate
you may have heard of again we've got cessationism and continuationism so
cessationism you've got to the extreme where there's literally not one
spiritual gift some people believe that there's you know they're all done away
with and then you've got the extreme on the other hand continue continuationism
where basically absolutely every spiritual gift still continues to this
day okay now then you've got some stuff in between so you've got some that
believe that everything in this chapter like I said ceased with the completion
of the New Testament but you've also got some that believe that certain of these
ceased you've got some that believe that Romans 12 and we'll go there in a bit 6
to 8 are the only applicable gifts to this day you've got some that believe
that Romans 12 aren't spiritual gifts at all that they're just kind of just ways
of being you know like gifts without the spiritual part and you've got
everywhere in between that as well now I myself believe that there are a
combination of gifts in this chapter so I believe that some have ceased and I
believe that some will some do continue okay that's where I stand on this okay
and again I've heard differently I've heard amongst people we know different
readings of this sort of thing as well and and obviously Romans 12 as well now
verse 8 there said for to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom to
another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit now again I've heard people
argue that these were only for the writing of the New Testament okay so the
gift and knowledge gift of wit or the word of knowledge what was all about
writing the Bible I don't think that's true myself so I believe that these are
spiritual gifts that still apply okay so I think the gift and knowledge gift of
wisdom because others would go to Romans 12 and go well the teaching is
that kind of knowledge but I think there's a difference here the gift of
knowledge give gift of wisdom okay what's the difference between wisdom and
knowledge well wisdom is the right use use or exercise of knowledge discerning
or judging what is best most just most proper whereas knowledge is a clear and
certain perception of that which exists or of truth of fact okay so there's two
differences aren't there there's one having the knowledge there's one really
in a way being able to apply it in the best way yeah and you don't necessarily
have as much knowledge as a person that has that to be able to apply it if you
can have wisdom and knowledge that's simple gifts to have but but it's all
for the edifying it's all to profit with all isn't it okay so two different
things there were notes how it's a word of wisdom and of knowledge and that's
why some people like to point to what it's about right in the bar but no I
think it's because it's to be used it's to profit people it's not just sitting
there with some knowledge with a load of knowledge all I know everything about
the Bible great oh I've got all this wisdom so I can deal with my it's to
edify others isn't it okay but it's important with that as well because
there are many that could look at that and think well I'm gonna prove my gift
of knowledge and wisdom and just go around the church constantly telling
people knowledge and constantly trying to advise them on things which maybe no
one really wants so you know it's it's being used but in the right way at the
right time when it's wanted as well okay again they are remember they are
for the benefit of the church okay now verse 9 says to another faith by the
same spirit to another the gifts of healing by the same spirit okay so faith
here is beyond the faith required for salvation so to get saved requires an
amount of faith doesn't it not a very large amount is but it's faith in Jesus
Christ isn't it but there are levels aren't there a faith we see that in the
Bible just quickly if you turn to Luke 7 while I read Matthew 14 31 talking to
Peter having just started walking on water and immediately Jesus stretched
forth his hand and caught him and said unto him oh thou of little faith where
for didst thou doubt okay so obviously there's little faith there isn't there
thou of little faith wherefore didst thou doubt and then in Luke 7 6 to 9 we see the
story here of the healing of the guy's daughter and oh it's his servant sorry
then Jesus went with them and when he was now not far from the house centurion
sent friends to him saying unto him Lord trouble not thyself for I'm not worthy
that thou shouldst enter under my roof wherefore neither come sorry neither
thought I myself worthy to come unto thee but say in a word and my servant
shall be healed for I also am a man set under authority having under me soldiers
and I sound to one go and he goeth into another company cometh into my servant
do this and he doeth it when Jesus heard these things he marveled at him and
turned him about and said unto the people that followed him I sound to you
a high have not found so great faith no not in Israel so there are clearly
levels of faith aren't there and there are some people that just have some
unmovable faith don't they and and the more I think the more we we become you
know the more we go forward as a church and get to know people more and have
more people come in the more we're going to see examples of this compared with
other people the more we actually really all get involved in church life properly
because that most of us haven't really been have we and you're going to start
to see that and you'll see people that literally just don't have a moment of
doubt they don't have a moment of doubt in in any area when it comes to things
of God God fulfilling promises when they're in tribulation persecution I
know God's going to come through come through for me you get people that just
have no doubt of so many of the promises in the Bible that when they do things
the right way things will work out they're patient they're not wondering if
God will answer their prayer they know God will answer their prayer if it's
according to his will you know they're not wondering is this persecution going
to end they know it's going to end because you know he said it will be for
a time and and just say just have this faith okay and that's a great thing to
have is there that could be a great thing to have around a church don't you
think great thing to have around a church people that have that strong
faith because that can lift up others can't it it'd be hard when you're with
people that are just naysayers you know and that could be pretty tough but we
want people with strong faith around right first Corinthians 12 9 there if
you're back there obviously talked about the gifts of healing here okay now I
believe that we could put this along with verse tens miracles and the
miraculous tongues seen in Pentecost as sign gifts okay these are sign gifts now
don't get me wrong obviously God can and does heal people okay but not in in the
way that we saw obviously in Jesus's ministry and in the book of Acts and
that miraculous healing now although tongues and the interpretation tongues
could equally apply couldn't they to a gift for languages some people have an
aptitude for languages don't know a gift for understanding or translation which I
think is different to be able to just speak a language some people can speak a
language but pick you up a language is different to understanding it or
accurately translating here but I think here probably lightly he's talking again
about the miraculous gift I'm not sure because there are there are debates how
miraculous some of the other mentions of tongues were compared with obviously
what was a purely miraculous at Pentecost in Acts 2 right turn a second
Corinthians 12 okay 2nd Corinthians 12 so we're in 1st Corinthians 2nd
Corinthians 12 okay Paul showing how he qualifies as an apostle and in verse 12
he says truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience
in signs and wonders and mighty deeds okay so these were signs of an apostle
signs wonders and mighty deeds in Acts 2 43 that after Turner it says that and
fear came upon every soul and many wonders and signs were done by the
Apostles but turn over to Hebrews 2 and from verse 3 Hebrews 2 3 how shall we
escape if we neglect so great salvation which at the first began to be spoken by
the Lord and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him God also bearing
them witness both with signs and wonders and with divers miracles and gifts of
the Holy Ghost according to his own will okay so the purpose of the signs and
wonders the divers miracles and some of it didn't say all I I think that some of
the gifts of the Holy Ghost was to validate them wasn't it it was to
validate them validate those preaching the Word of God validate the Word of God
now was it just the twelve apostles because some say it's just the twelve
apostles and and whether or not you know Paul Matthias obviously Paul would then
become one of those twelve apostles well turn to Acts 14 and in verse 1 it says
Acts 14 1 and this is talking of Paul and Barnabas and that Barnabas although
he's sometimes referred to as an apostle he's not one of the twelve one
of the twelve and I think it's different when it when it's referred to as an
apostle it's a different use for him but in in in chapter 14 verse 1 says and it
came to pass in Iconium that they went both together into the synagogue of the
Jews and so spake that a great multitude both the Jews and also the Greeks
believed but the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and made their
minds evil effect against brethren long time therefore abode they speaking boldly
in the Lord which gave testimony unto the word of his grace and granted signs
and wonders to be done by their hands now again I if you can read that two
ways some might say well the signs and wonders why by their hands by Paul but
their purpose was preaching the gospel wasn't it so either way because these
are the arguments some of the Charismatics will try and oh well
actually no you know it wasn't just a possible it was this or that well they
preached the gospel God was confirming them as plants of the first churches
was these confirming the Word of God going forth they didn't have the
completed New Testament scripture and I know some would like to go to first
Corinthians 13 now I'm not so sure about that so we're not going to for now we're
going to look at that next week anyway but that is far away from what we see in
these joke churches now isn't it that is a big difference the so-called miracles
of healing churches and they're absolutely wicked aren't they and it's
all money money money money and it's horrific really what they do to people
I was actually talking to her brother the other day about his family member
who's who's like given loads of money inheritance that she got to these people
of food like one of those TV network things she's just been brainwashed by
she thinks she's gonna get blessed she's gonna get there she's gonna send me
money to people like Kenneth Copeland and others and it's it's wicked isn't it
because it's easy to look at it and just think well what idiots what idiots for
getting involved but this is you know sadly they're victims to a degree okay
they do have a choice but they are to some point a victim aren't they and
these people are wolves aren't they and and they're preying on these people and
it's it's yeah it's just unbelievable isn't it well these miracles of healing
then the miracles of healing that they claim that they're in an apostolic line
or whatever else well turn to Philippians 2 Philippians chapter 2
and verse 25 this is Paul speaking he said yeah I suppose it necessary to send
to you Epaphroditus my brother and companion in labor and fellow soldier
but your messenger and he that ministered to my wants feel longed after
you all and was full of heaviness because that he had heard that he had
been sick for indeed he was sick night unto death but God had mercy on him and
not on him only but on me also this I should have sorrow upon sorrow where is
the miraculous healing there where is the miraculous healing how did that
happen how did he get sick nigh unto death there was only God's mercy that he
was healed look at you know in fact don't turn him at second queen second
Timothy so a 420 says Erastus abode at Corinth but Trophimus have I left at
Miletum sick why do you leave him there sick if he could just heal him like that
why didn't he heal him first Timothy 5 23 says drink you know many people know
this verse especially the ones that like to try and say it's to do with alcohol
drink no longer water but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine
often infirmities only be miraculously healed because the whole point of the
signs and the wonders were to confirm the word wasn't it and to confirm the
apostles so definitely a lack of miraculous healings going on and and some
would say well it was later in Paul's ministry well regardless it still stopped
there and obviously as we know the sign gives her to confirm the word now what
about the jibber-jabber tongues then what about the jibber-jabber tongues so
I don't anyone ever heard this stuff yeah quite most of the church have
probably heard this sort of nonsense and it's I mean it sounds pretty satanic
doesn't it a lot of that stuff it's wicked as anything it's got an evil
spirit with it what Turner acts to then and I think this kind of acts to itself
solves it you could go for a study on tongues but acts 2 from verse 1 and when
their day of Pentecost was fully come they were all with one accord in one
place and suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind
and it filled all the house where they were sitting and it appeared unto them
cloven tongues like as a fire and it sat upon each of them and they were all
filled with the Holy Ghost began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit
gave them utterance and they were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews devout men
out of every nation under heaven now when this was noised abroad the multitude
came together and were confounded because every man heard them speak in
his own language and they were all amazed and marvelled saying one to
another behold are not all these which speak Galileans and how here we every
man in our own tongue wherein we were born Parthians and Medes and Elamites
and the dwellers in Mesopotamia and in Judea and Cappadocia and Pontus and Asia
Phrygia and Pamphylia and Egypt and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene and
strangers of Rome Jews and proselytes Crete's and Arabians we do hear them
speak in our own tongues the wonderful works of God the wonderful works of God
it's languages isn't it it's clear as day that it's language languages verse
4 they spoke with other tongues verse 6 it says because every man heard them
speak in his own language verse 8 and how we hear we every man in our own
tongue its languages and then obviously verse 11 makes it clear when it says it
says we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God which
is a whole point in it isn't it and that is a whole point the whole motive
of it and for me like that's kind of it really isn't it I know like people you
know you can probably do a whole sermon obviously I want to go through this whole
chapter but but it is ridiculous and when you hear these people they I mean
they'll be praying for you to get this gift of tongues to just talk a lot of
nonsense no one understands there's some sort of prayer like I don't even I think
some of them explained it as some sort of prayer language and that they've got
this special kind of then talking to God and it is absolute nonsense and what a
surprise that every single one of them believes in work salvation every single
one then believes in some form of repent of your sins or continual repentance or
whatever it is salvation okay verse 10 though so back to 1st Corinthians 12
verse 10 to another work your miracles to another prophecy to another discerning
of spirits to another divers kinds of tongues to another the interpretation of
tongues okay so I believe that the prophecy and discerning of spirits do
still exist prophecy being preaching God's Word we've gone over that before
that's pretty clear and and obviously that's not just from a pulpit so it's
like oh right I've got the gift of prophecy that's it I need to be a
preacher because obviously we preach God's Word every day that we go out so
winning don't we and and not only that mums preach God's Word to their kids
husbands preach God's Word to their wives we preach God's Word
amongst each other in conversation but obviously from a pulpit as well and and
that's the prophecy it's talking about I think here now what about discerning of
spirits well turn of 1st John 4 so 1st John chapter 4 1st John 4 and
from verse 1 beloved believe not every spirit but try the spirits whether they
are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the world hereby know
you the Spirit of God every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in
the flesh is of God and every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ
come in the flesh is not of God and this is that spirit of Antichrist where of
you have heard that it should come and even now already is it in the world okay
so there are some aren't there there are people that can sit through sermons and
not notice the false doctrine at all there are and we probably all have chats
with people and other people have been at churches where seemingly save people
will literally sit through a sermon where someone is clearly preaching false
doctrine and not notice it and it does and that's not because oh you just
clearly don't have the oh you clearly haven't read your Bible just some people
don't really have as much of a nose for it for others and there are others that
can literally just pick out every bit and and yeah obviously there can be the
you can have those that are literally waiting to catch someone in their words
okay and I hope I don't have people there that just can't wait to get him
you know but there are those there are those and sadly I've been at church so
I've been a bit like that well I've just known that that that guy's not like
you're just waiting for it aren't you're waiting and maybe and maybe that's not
cuz only you're gifted cuz you clocked it because you kind of been expecting it
anyway but there are some that are probably I believe are more gifted in
that area but here's the thing yeah you're not gifted in that area if you
just call absolutely everyone a false prophet okay the scatter gun approach
okay everyone's a false prophet you're gonna get it right now and again yeah
hey I've got the gift of discerning of spirits yeah okay that's not the idea
the idea obviously is is there are people that that can just they just have
a have a nose for it I believe that's what it's talking about a discerning of
that spirit of Antichrist those false prophets and everything else some people
seem to clock it earlier than others okay verse 11 said but all these work
that one in the self same spirit dividing to every man severally as he
will so the spirit decides who and how many okay it's not just one gift
necessarily and the spirit decides who and how many now yeah you can pray for
gifts you can pray for things but it's a spirit that decides and the spirit
divides for every man severally as he will right this wasn't an exhaustive
list we see a few more at the end of the chapter we'll look at in a minute but
Romans 12 and verse 6 and I know that Passama here's just done a done a series
on this I've seen some of them which is pretty interesting Romans 12 and from
verse 6 says having then gifts differing according the grace that is given to us
where the prophecy let us prophesy according to the proportion of face
that's preached according to the amount that you understand I've said the faith
you have ministry let us let us wait on our miss ministering that's what I
believe they're helping he that teaches on teaching the teacher or he that
exhorteth on exhortation when you're an encouragement he that giveth let him do
it with simplicity people are into giving that have the gift of giving and
a lot of the time that could be financially as well he that rule with
diligence have the ability to rule to be a good leader he that showeth mercy with
cheerfulness and I know obviously that that could be alluded to empathy as well
okay now the the spirit decides war and I think that probably when you add that
up with first Corinthians that's kind of the bulk of gifts but I don't know I
don't know if that is exhausted I don't know their gifts that aren't in the
Bible maybe though I mean we talk you can look back in in the Old Testament
and of course the gift of crafting with their hands and stuff wasn't there
gifted by the Holy Spirit in that and there are many probably many areas that
we can be gifted by the Holy Spirit but he says in verse 12 back to first
Corinthians verse 12 he says for as a body is one and have many members and
all the members of that one body being many a one body so also is Christ okay
so here he's saying look we as probably most you know really about we often see
the local New Testament Church referred to as a body yeah and just quickly on
that Ephesians 1 turn Ephesians 1
Ephesians chapter 1 and verse 22 and have put all things under his feet and
gave him to be the head over all things to the church which is his body the
fullness of him that filleth all in all and just go over now to Colossians 1 I
just after Philippians and Colossians 1 and verse 18 and he is a head of the
body the church so again the body is the church who is a beginning the firstborn
from the dead that in all things he might have the preeminence now
Colossians 1 24 says for by one spirit so when you're in there verse 24 are we
all baptized into one body whether we so it doesn't say that Colossians 1 24 says
who now rejoicing my sufferings for you and fill up that which is behind of the
afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake which is the church so
okay so obviously body body body here and then from verse 13 in first Corinthians
for by one spirit we all baptized into one body whether we be Jews or Gentiles
whether we be bonder free and have been all made to drink into one spirit okay
so right the body obviously we're talking about the church and this is yet
another verse in the Bible that debunks a Zionism lies yeah just another one
here that debunks these this Zionist nonsense obviously Galatians 3 28 we're
not going to go on to this for long says there is neither June or Greek there's
neither bond nor free there is neither male nor female for you are all one in
Christ Jesus okay it's so clear isn't it in the New Testament okay turn of
Matthew 3 11 I know it's obviously it's a Bible study these and I think it might
be better when it's eventually midweek when you're not all tired on a Sunday
but Matthew 3 11 he said I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance
but he that cometh after me is mightier than I whose shoes I am not worthy to
bear he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire so for by one spirit
are we all baptized into one body okay that's pretty clear that's the Holy
Spirit we're baptized and that's that salvation it's talking about and then
it's also by that one spirit it says here and have been all be sorry whether
we be bond or free sorry whether we be Jews gender bond or free have been all
be made to drink into one spirit okay so what's the one spirit being drunk into
well I think if you have a look at John 7 here
okay John 7 and verse 37 John 7 37 and in the in the last day that great day of
the feast Jesus stood and cried saying if any man thirsts let him come unto me
and drink okay a picture of salvation there he that believeth on me as the
scripture has said out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water but
this spake he of the spirit which they that believe on him should receive for
the Holy Ghost was not yet given because it Jesus was not yet glorified okay so
again there we've all been made to drink into that one spirit but just before
that he said by one spirit are we all baptized into one body so we're saved
into and we should be saved into a church shouldn't we we should be going
into a church and that's obviously been hard in this country but he's
highlighting the unity we should have and in that verse where these then talk
about whether we be Jews or Gentiles whether we be bond or free the unity we
should have in the church across class race as one body of believers one body
of believers all in dwelt by the Holy Spirit yeah okay pretty clear so verse
14 he says for the body is not one member but many if the foot shall say
because I'm not the hand I am not of the body is it therefore not of the body and
if the air shall say because I'm not the I am not of the body is it therefore not
of the body that is a good reminder for everyone that maybe you're not gifted in
a certain area but you could still be a value church member can't you yeah it
doesn't matter if you don't have that gift you're still eventually as gifts
are going to be manifest you could still be a value church member but whatever
you're gifted in that obviously doesn't count against soul-winning we should all
be so winning that's clear isn't it we should all be so winning but there are
many areas for a church and for a church to function properly aren't there many
many areas for a church and again we're we're a beginning of a church here and
we're growing quickly aren't we but as we continue to grow we're going to need
more and more and more areas and functions and things for this church to
be to be a successor to function the best it possibly can yeah are we going
to need everyone skills and gifts to start coming to the fore for that to
happen verse 17 says if the whole body were an eye where were the hearing if
the whole were hearing where were the smelling so if we were all preachers
there would be no one really to listen would there and if we're all gifted at
ministering and finding things to do to help there'd be nothing to do would there
everyone be getting up with each other because they want to get on with stuff
okay and and you know that it's true though isn't it that's why like we all
have different roles different jobs different things that we're gonna be
gifted at verse 18 says but now if God set the members every one of them in the
body as it have pleased him now this is a really good verse a good reminder here
God now have God set the members every one of them in the body okay God builds
the church God builds the church and it's a really good reminder there that
God builds a church now verse 28 if you just jump forward verse 28 confirms it
here in in 1228 it says and God has set some in the church and he gives a list
okay it works the same way as when he designed a human body okay God is
creating a body and God has set the people in it to make a functioning body
okay in math you don't understand a bit in Matthew 16 18 says and I say unto you
this is Jesus speaking I say unto thee that thou art Peter and upon this rock I
will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it okay
Ephesians 4 turn to Ephesians 4 quickly and verse 11 Ephesians 4 11 and he gave
some apostles and some prophets and some evangelists and some pastors and
teachers for the perfecting of the Saints for the work of the ministry for
the edifying of the body of Christ till we all come in a unity of the faith and
of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man unto the measure of the
stature of the fullness of Christ that we henceforth be known more children
tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the slight of
men and cunning craftiness whereby they lay and wait to wait to deceive but
speak to the truth in love may grow up into him in all things which is ahead
even Christ from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by
that which every joint supply according to the effectual work in the measure of
every part make it increase of the body into the edifying of itself in love
verse 11 there and he gave some he builds it to become a functioning body
Psalm 127 one says except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build
that build it except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain
okay and I want to focus on this just just a tiny bit longer for a good reason
go to efficient Ephesians 2 Ephesians 2 and verse 19 now therefore year no more
strangers and foreigners but fellow citizens with the saints and of the
household of God again the Zionists don't like that and
they're built upon the found growth unto an holy temple in the Lord in whom you
also build it together for inhabitation of God through the Spirit verse 20 are
built verse 22 ye plural also a building together for inhabitation of God and
last bit on that first Peter 2 5 you don't have to turn this is he also as
lively stones have built up a spiritual house and holy priesthood to offer up
spiritual sacrifice acceptable to God by Jesus Christ so we are the stones and
are built up yeah pretty clear yeah that's pretty obvious built by God the
church is built by God so with that in mind every single person in this church
and the ones that are visiting I hope that they move here in the future for
this reason as well have been placed here by God yeah they've been there
everyone who's a member of this church is basically being placed here for the
effectual working of the church right yeah and they're all got roles and parts
to play in the church which means that we need to respect and love everyone in
this church for that because they all have different roles we don't always
know what those roles aren't yet but we're gonna see that manifest with time
and God wants everyone here here together to work as a church but it's
something to remember as well because we can when we're so winning and we're
talking to family and friends we're getting them say they're like they just
won't come to church like I talked about earlier gets frustrating doesn't it but
again I know there's free will I'm not saying I'm not turning into a Calvinist
now it's like God will just kind of pull every string and everything else but
really God will I think convict people more and more and God maybe doesn't
there's some people that maybe wouldn't be a fit in this church maybe they
wouldn't maybe they would actually be a better fit in that dodgy old and I hold
IFB Church that's just you know as long as they got the gospel right but maybe
they are maybe not maybe for a time maybe they won't be a fit here yet
maybe that maybe there are people that get saved that it's not their time yet
and they're not going to be make this an affection work in the church and that
there's pieces just coming together you know it doesn't all get built at one
does it when you build a house you don't just shove everything in one day
altogether do you and it comes with time and certain areas need to be built first
between up before other areas get built and it's something to remember and it's
not because we could sometimes think it's all about our efforts it's all
about on if only I could you know maybe I need to ring him five times in a week
and make sure send him another three emails or send them the pack and
everything else and it's good to follow up we should follow up yeah we want to
encourage them to church but ultimately God builds the church yeah okay um verse
19 says and if they were all one member where were the body okay and that's what
will make us an effective church different strengths and roles right here
okay clearly different strengths and roles and it says verse 20 but now they
many members yet but one body and the I cannot sound to the hand I have no need
of thee nor again the head to the feet I have no need of you and obviously that's
same with the church every member of our church should be a valued member okay
every single one nay much more those members of the body which seem to be
more feeble and necessary right this is what I'm gonna start picking out the
feeble people here and guy looked over but seriously yeah I'll tell you one
that we could think of here that's quite clear and no offense but maybe
kids people can sometimes think that the kids were to know and do you know
someone else and just you know we would do this do we headcount the kids or
ever well yeah sure do we do don't we those kids they are very necessary in
fact we won't have a church in the future if we ain't got kids here now
will we we won't when we're all old and crusty or all banged up in jail or
whatever it is yeah we need someone to take over yeah it might be some little
kids in here taking over when we're all marched off out of here next week I
better get some keys cut for the kids but but they are the future aren't they
they're the future and you know what as well a lot of those kids are hopes I
hope they do have a lot less baggage than us old-timers here don't they a
lot less baggage from their previous lives because I'm hoping they're not
gonna have that sort of previous life that we all had and they are the future
and they might seem a bit more feeble right now but they are all the more
necessary and every child in here I hope that they listen they're listening to
the Word of God they're listening to the preaching because they are the future
and they they are a big part of our church they're a massive part of our
church yeah and they're gonna be a lot longer than us verse 23 says and those
members of the body which we think to be less honorable upon these we bestow more
abundant honor kids we give you abundant honor and our uncomely parts
have more abundant comeliness what about new believers how needed the new
believers in a church hey aren't they make other new believers feel a lot more
at home don't they because it could be hard it could be hard as a new believer
walking into a church you know with all the Amen's and the bar and every time
I'd get him to turn to a Bible passage it's a straight away there is that a
little something will literally just open it on that page this is impressive
you know they're just sitting around thinking maybe they can feel like a bit
of a fish out of water you know and it's good to have different levels we want
different people on different people at different journeys different areas
because that helps that helps with the fellowship around and and it's not that
you know well they're just a bit uncombly they're only just got saved no
they're all a big part of the church and a good church should have different
levels shouldn't it and hopefully we'll be getting there with time with that
now what about other things like people with obvious signs of a past life and
I'm gonna pick on him because the other day I was at a door with brother Chris
here and that lady was so willing to talk and so wanted to talk and the
reason she said is because obviously brother Chris has some obvious signs of
you know over past life and taxes done she was like you know I'm really pleased
she was like you know that you guys come you know and in fact she actually said
that you're obviously not you know conservative and everything else the
Chris I have actually made conservative but but you know what because if if if
it wasn't if every single person in here and every person that was going out
soul-winning just was looked completely just like they they've been just reading
the Bible from five years old then that can put people off as well can't it and
we want a big mix and everything else and people and it can and with that lady
actually what do you think still still think saved I think saved yeah I
think so as well and she was saved and she she but you know what she was
interested she she wanted to talk she wanted to we could then leave her with
New World Order Bible versions couldn't we and I think she would have gone away
and watched that you know she had more respect for us and maybe if you know a
couple of straighter lace looking people come to her door she served the
Christians you know it's out of the door everyone I'm saying we should appear to
look what we're not but you know it does all of these things do make a difference
don't they verse 24 says for our comely parts have no need but God had tempered
the body together having given more abundant honor to that part part which
that tempered his mix so God puts it all together okay now we could easily
couldn't we we could easy take roles for granted couldn't we in the church take
roles for granted but say we had no one here that could play the piano say it
was like a year and by the way sister Vanessa has learned especially for this
yeah so I mean she's gone from you know a few hymns up to what we up to 20 23
hymns in the space of a few months amen today and but say we didn't have sister
Vanessa here and say no one here could play the piano and maybe that went on
for a year and I'm not sure foundation you know our parent church our church
they started with a one-handed pianist who was you know only on the
one hand on it because they didn't they didn't have anyone that could play the
piano now then someone turned up say sister Vanessa turned up a year later
she would get some abundant honor wouldn't she more abundant honor well
so did I say we run a bus ministry or something and we you know but we didn't
actually have anyone that could drive and then brother Jamie turned up like
hey brother Jamie you know a year later and so we really wanted to do that we
had loads of kids that wanted to get in people parents were happy for them to
come but they're just gonna get here you know and all these different things
aren't there look it's when you lack and then you realize that you need them and
we we probably lack in quite a few areas that we haven't looked into now because
we want this church grow we want to start doing more and more don't we and
and and with that we're gonna start to realize where we have needs and other
things and it will be God that builds that church with that and gives us the
people we need um right verse 25 that there should be no schism in the body
but that the members should have the same care one for another and whether
one member suffer all the members suffer with it or one member be honored all the
members rejoice with it isn't that a great goal that there is no schism or
division in the church that we should have the same care one for another okay
and when it's no schism again like I said before it doesn't that everyone
has to be the best ever buddy but we should all have a care for each other
shouldn't we we should all care for brothers and sisters in Christ turn a
1st John 4 1st John chapter 4 and verse 19 we love him because he first loved
us talking about God if a man say I love God and hateth his brother he is a liar
for he that loveth not his brother whom he has seen how can he love God whom he
hath not seen and this commandment have we from him that he who loveth God loveth
his brother also and and that's an important it is important it's so important isn't it and
and it's pretty clear there isn't it we're lying when we say we love God but we're hating brothers
and sisters in Christ and we really all of us here every single person should be really making sure
that's not them in this church and that we should love each other yeah you're going to have
differences that's bound to happen with a group this this large and getting larger that's going
to happen isn't it going to be people that don't have much in common there are going to be issues
there are going to be problems that arise in a church but but we should through all that our
answer should be praying for those people shouldn't we praying for them and not just hating on them
back to 1st Corinthians 12 and and look at that verse 26 there and whether one member suffer all
the members suffer with it or one member be honored all the members rejoice with it i was
thinking about you know for many many years i just had this really bad back where whenever i was
standing i wouldn't have been able to do this many years ago um i i when i stood still my whole back
just seized up and and to the point where i was i was in a lot of pain and i had to sit down it
would relax again and i went to all these charlatans who claimed to be osteos physios
um uh chiropractors all added different chiropractors gives you a click and a crack
the uh the different osteos gave me different ideas different physios none of them got it yeah
then i turned up at this um i'd been coaching at this gym and one of the remember brother uh
he's not a brother brother john do you remember gary head said to me um i'll just use a tennis
ball and just massage out your hips and your glutes with it yeah and ever since i've been
telling everyone this because it it's not just me but so many clients i had solved so many issues
by just self-massage simple as that so basically i just lent on a wall and just lent on this like
massage ball and over the next few months suddenly this problem that had been since i was in my late
teens for years i'd go shopping at christmas and i had to sit down every shop i'd have to go and find
a seat and i'd be like this and sit down and it would loosen up i could run i could do loads of
stuff but if i was still stationary or walking slowly which annoyingly in queues was bad food
shopping nightmare now it's piece of cake i'm standing okay i'm shifting my weight a little
bit but nothing like i was and it was simply just self-massage but point being that the whole time
i was focused on the back the back was seizing up it's all the back the back the back but it
was the glutes it was the glutes and the hips which were affecting the back and you hear that
in many different ways don't you people who you know have headaches from shoulder problems don't
and pain referring and problems that cause other problems people have maybe a foot problem that
becomes a back problem because of the way they're walking and this happens a lot and we know that
they're headaches from shoulder problems we hope that jesus being the head doesn't get the ache
from from the way we behave sometimes but but um it's not just i think and that's like us suffering
with our brothers and sisters that that kind of is a picture isn't it of of whether one member
suffers so when someone else is going through things that we should shouldn't we as members
of a church that should affect us we should care we should that should affect us but on another way
as well we automatically do don't we there is an automatic affecting there where he says
where the one member suffer all the members suffer with it not just should but it does happen because
if there are people clearly unhappy in church there is a knock-on effect isn't there there is
a knock-on effect you notice it straight away when people are unhappy um when people when
there's problems in their lives and it just bounces off doesn't it on you um sin as well
that's why chapter five chapter five makes it so clear what the why why people are getting
kicked out it's because the effect they'll have on the church the effect and sin does affect other
people around them and that's why it you have to kick people out for those sins i mean why because
again we talk a lot about certain sins but i was thinking about it like with covetousness
because it's such a knock-on effect so if i'm if i'm just constantly talking about money and
making money in this scheme and this plan it just makes you start thinking about it more doesn't it
and next thing you know half the church you're into you know get rich quick schemes and and
it's a problem because covetousness as we just looked at earlier that covetousness that seeking
money that's setting your sights on money will just ruin your walk and it will ruin you ruin
your christ love and it'll ruin the church which is why when there's a clear case of it they're
to be kicked out the church um but in the same way though in the same way as well when it says
a one member be honored all the members rejoice with it what if in the same way if i just after
men's preaching night say there is just one absolute fire sermon and and i and everyone
else is just like amen brother let's choose someone it wasn't there brother max
wasn't that the last one again brother max that was the best sermon like everyone's just saying
that would we all we should all rejoice shouldn't we we should but would we all rejoice would there
be a little in their mind oh sure brother max you know about my sermon or whatever else we should
and i hope everyone would but let you know let's face it we've all got the sinful flesh and there
there can be that can't there or say one of the ladies just was bringing in just an amazing meal
every single week we're just like wow oh it just tastes so good yeah yeah that bit's like oh
everyone's just queuing up for that one that one potluck dish yeah and and again would all the
ladies just be like amen and rejoicing what a great cook you know sister i'm so pleased she
could cook or would they be a little bit like
oh yeah come on you know you know it don't you and really really this is where we should be
aiming for shouldn't we we should be aiming for this but sadly we do fall short but we want to
be trying not to fall short like that because we are all a body we're all a body and if she's
being honored and she's rejoicing that's great for all of us isn't it isn't that great for all
of us now ye are the body of christ and members in particular and god has set some in the church
first apostles secondarily prophets thirdly teachers after that miracles and gifts of
healings helps governments diversities of tongues now for sake of time i'm going to be quick here so
notice a changing list he's added teachers helps and governments halle spiritual gifts i i think so
right we need a variety of skills in the church don't we we need a variety of skills like we've
talked about and like i said we're new church always clear at the beginning there are gifted
teachers though there are people that are gifted at teaching and and you know some of you might
think they're gifted at teaching maybe they are maybe they're not but you know you're gifted
teaching where when you're teaching something people will actually learn what you're teaching
them okay that's quite a big giveaway isn't it okay so there are gifted teaching teachers there
are gifted helps aren't there which i think is the same as the ministering in romans 12 7 that's
what i see that as those helps there are people that are just happy to help no motive it's not
they're helping just to be seen to help everyone see you know blowing the trumpet before they start
cleaning the floor whatever it is you know um it's it's not to be seen it's people that just want to
help they're happy to help they've got no problem they just like doing stuff um and and there's a
gift for that governments there are there are people that i think that's a ruler for romans 12
he that ruleth for romans 12a and there are people that just have have more of a gift for
that for leadership for leading um and for being able to to basically run a well-oiled machine and
to just get people organized and to be able to have that oversight and yeah people with a gift
organizing and look by the way that one is a gift so just because you have a desire to boss people
around doesn't mean that you're necessarily gifted in organizing or leading governments whatever you
want to call it okay um but and we're going to need that the more we grow you know it's like oh
well there's only one person here that's leading the church there's only one pastor pastor thompson
there's only one one you know satellite leader no because there are going to be so many areas aren't
there's going to be more we do more and as you know what we're doing right now is we're trying
to rotate the people that are here regularly trying to rotate get them doing different stuff
um different different jobs and you're well going to say to me actually i'd like to try that and
that's fine and starting to do that because i want to i want to try people out different things
see who's good at different and start to see what gifts there are not just oh well i was here first
first come first served on that job um okay says here are all apostles are all uh prophets are all
teachers are all works and miracles have all the gifts of healing do all speak the tongues to all
interpret the answer is clearly no 31 let's finish off but covet earnestly the best gifts and yet
shall i unto you a more excellent way um now the best gift we actually see in chapter 14
and verse 1 to 3 where it says follow after charity and desire spiritual gifts but rather
that you may prophesy for he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men but unto god
but for no man understandeth him how be it in the spirit he speak of mysteries but he that prophesy
speaketh unto men to edification exhortation and comfort okay so and and again like i said that's
not just preaching from a pulpit but that is a good gift isn't it that's something we should all
be desiring um to be able to be able to preach the gospel clearly to be able to go out preach
the gospel to be able to preach the word of god to to others in our lives and everything else
um as opposed to speaking some you know gibberish or as opposed to speaking a random language and
i could i'd imagine if you know that especially with that that miraculous gift of that was
probably quite impressive wasn't it but again that was that was okay yeah it was good at the
time but and maybe if it's not you know with the miraculous part just being able to speak languages
is a good thing but everything we're doing is for for the church for the edification for preaching
the gospel isn't it and for getting that word out and and definitely not to speak some sort of made
up devilish gibberish um on that let's pray heavenly father i thank you for your word thank you
for the body of christ thank you for making it clear that we're all just such a such a part of
that um that we all have roles to play in this church um help us to to realize those roles those
gifts those abilities help me to see those to recognize those amongst people as well and
to get people doing the things that you'd want them doing um putting people in the right roles
for people to just help out for people not to be impatient with that too and to just want to be a
good church member and and with time you'll reveal what what positions what roles what
places people have whether that's just in daily conversation fellowship or or set roles in the
church and um we pray that you just help us now with our week going forward uh pray that you'll
just guide us all um with everything we do this week pray that you give us a safe journey home and
that most of us apart from those that are eight hours away we'll we'll be able to to meet here
again next week to honor and glory you in Jesus name we pray amen