Making the Most of your Spiritual Gifts 2 - 1 Corinthians 12

When doing a task at home, there's usually a tool to make the job easier. For baking, there's measuring cups, mixers, knives, that make the job easier and more precise. For building, there are drills, saws, measuring devices, etc. When the church was born, God distributed to the church lots of tools previously unheard of, to each one who believes. The scriptures call these tools spiritual gifts. The church is a spiritual body. We've never seen our Lord in person, but we know he's real and he is meant to call the shots and be functional Lord in real time in the church and in our lives. So he gives us spiritual tools, distributing them to each one who believes. He gives to us what we need to care for needs within and to do a work in a time and community so that the church prevails and thrives. I want to turn to 1 Corinthians 12, a delightful passage about the body of Christ, and look at how to work with a very different toolbelt. Preacher: Bill Dyck Extra reading: Joel 2:28-32