"Naturally Amazing!"

"For as we have many members in one body,

and all members have not the same office: So we,

being many, are one body in Christ, and every

one members one of another."

(Romans 12:4-5)

 

 

Romans 12:6-8	I Cor. 12:29-30	I.Corinthians 12:8-10	Ephesians 4:	I.Corinthians 12:28
prophecy	apostles	word of wisdom	apostles	apostles
ministry	prophecy	word of knowledge	prophets	prophets
teaching	teaching	faith	evangelists	teachers
exhortation	miracles	healing	pastor-teacher	miracles
giving	healing	miracles		healings
ruling	tongues	prophecy		helping
showing mercy	interpreting tongues	discerning of spirits		governing
		kinds of tongues		diverse tongues
		interpreting tongues

The gifts of Romans Chapter 12 are the "natural gifts" that every person in earth was born with.  The gifts that are noted in Chapter 12 of the Book of I Corinthians are Spiritual gifts obtained when we are filled with the Holy Ghost and speak with other tongues as the Holy Spirit gives us utterance.  The "natural gifts" in Romans is WHO you are as a person, how God made you  ... When we understand that, we suddenly know WHY we became an Accountant, or why we are a teacher, or why we are a President, or why we became a nurse or a missionary.  This is so interesting, because you finally realize why you think the way you do, why you do the things you do, and the reason you are drawn to certain things in life, such as occupations, interests, hobbies, etc.

 

 



"Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it."

(I Corinthians 12:27) 

Would the eye say to the ear, "I don't need you?"  Or, would the hands say to the feet, "I can do without you?"  We all operate together as the body of Christ in the Church of our Lord.  Some may have several gifts or all of the gifts, and others may have predoninantly one of the gifts.  But, we are all moving together as God created us to be One body in Him.  The little voice within that has told you all of your life that you are "no good," that you are worth "nothing," that you don't have a place in this world, is a LIE! You were made by God and you possess at least one of those natural gifts listed in Romans above.  As such, YOU are very important to the work of God in the earth today.  Your natural gift is distinctly YOU, and even though there may be other teachers, others with mercy, others with prophecy; YOU present it with your gift that is solely YOU, and no one else is just like it.  That makes YOU very precious, indeed!  The Lord poured His creative gift into you from the womb; you are fearfully and wonderfully made!

 





"Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully

to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body."

(Ephesians 4:25)

 

We must use our natural God-given gifts to reach out to one another in love.  My Pastor's mother used to say, "Everybody's just a little bit pitiful."  It's true.  We all need help sometimes; we all reach a place where we need a shoulder; the trials of life leave us grasping for help in prayer many times; and there's nothing like a brother or sister who is there for us when we need them.  Whatever country or Nation in the world you are reading this from is not too far that my prayers can't reach you, that my love and the love of PromiseLand Church can't reach you; your cares are our prayers!  We weep together and we rejoice together; we dance together and shout Hallelujah together; we pray together and fast together; we climb mountains together in faith and we hold each other in the valleys  ...  We are a family, the body of Jesus Christ!

 



"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;

and some, pastors and teachers; to prepare God's people for works of service,

 so that the body of Christ may be built up, till we all come in the 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 fulness of Christ."

(ephesians 4:11-13)

 

 

"Built Up" are key words.  It's so that our joy may be full, that our faith may endure, that our walk may be secure, that our ministries may be bearing, that our knowledge of Christ is poured from vessel to vessel, and that the world may observe "our love one for another" and magnify our Lord Jesus Christ.  It's all about Him, living in us, reaching out to them, bringing them to Him, getting ready for Him, and taking them with us!  Where? To meet Him  ...  in the clouds on a day very soon when He will come for His Bride and remove us from earth, while He judges those who had not the love of Christ, nor love one for another.  Rejoice, therefore, in the Lord of your salvation and in the body of Christ, with whom you and I will live for all eternity!

YOU, my dear brother and sister, are "Naturally Amazing!"

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Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(He's doing what He does to perfection: "Being a Brother")

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

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