Spiritual Gifts Explained: Why Every Gift Matters Equally

Spiritual gifts explained honestly — including one of the most misunderstood ones — is where Josh Gonzalez takes this message. Starting in Mark 10, he shows that Jesus deliberately redefined greatness as service, not status, before tackling a common source of confusion in 1 Corinthians 14: the gift of tongues. Gonzalez walks through what actually happened at Pentecost — the Holy Spirit giving the disciples the ability to speak real, existing languages so Jewish pilgrims from across the world could understand the gospel — and traces how, centuries later, this got mixed with mysticism and spiritualism in a way Scripture never describes. The real weight of the message is in 1 Corinthians 12: "there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit." Gonzalez argues that churches — including his own — regularly rank certain gifts above others, treating a gifted preacher as more "Spirit-filled" than the person who greets at the door, teaches Sabbath school, or serves lunch. Using the story of the first deacons in Acts 6, who were "full of the Holy Spirit" simply to serve tables, he makes the case that no gift is more important than another, and that leaving 80% of a congregation as spectators is a failure to understand what spiritual gifts are actually for. This is a challenging, practical call for every believer to identify and actually use whatever gift they've been given — not just admire the gifts of others. Presented by Josh Gonzalez at Ryde Seventh-day Adventist Church, Australia. Listen to the Full Series: Catch every message in the Go Teach All Nations collection: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL65y7saKkuQ1OhnYa142gWoTlMc4NBguh Discover More Christian Content: Explore more sermons, Bible teaching, and faith-building programs from 3ABN Australia Radio: https://www.youtube.com/@3abnaustraliaradio885/featured Timecodes 0:00 Jesus Redefines What It Means to Be Great 4:00 The Church's 20% Problem 8:00 What Speaking in Tongues Actually Meant at Pentecost 16:00 How Tongues Got Mixed With Mysticism 24:00 1 Corinthians 12: Same Spirit, Different Gifts 32:00 Why We Rank Some Gifts Above Others 39:00 Acts 6: The First Deacons Were "Full of the Spirit" Too 45:00 Closing Challenge: Faithful in the Little Things This message was made available by the Ryde Seventh-day Adventist church. For more resources like this, visit their Youtube page atwww.youtube.com/channel/UCshtx05J…uED0zRb0oQ/videos #SpiritualGiftsExplained #SpeakingInTongues #ChristianSermon