The church that properly stewards spiritual gifts is not impressed with the greatness of gift manifestation but grateful for the sacrifice made to exercise them for the good of others. Spiritual self-sufficiency is neither a Biblical nor a gospel virtue. We are all, each one, members of one body....
18-1118: God works to build the body when Christ-followers serve the body in unity. God, who saves by His grace, builds the church by grace. He designed the church to operate so that as each member serves it builds the whole body. He is the one who ordains and arranges that body as He...
18-1111: God empowers Christians with gifts of grace to serve among the body and build up all. In this second sermon on spiritual gifts, Pastor Lane addresses how God empowers each individual Christian. He provides three principles to understand one’s gifting, and a step to apply each principle. Gifts of grace don’t make people...
18-1104: Jesus builds His church by grace as He gifts and equips each person to serve and grow to full maturity. Ephesians 4 puts into action what Paul set forth in the first three chapters. In salvation, Jesus apportions grace on each Christian to serve in the church and as the church for the...
Sermon Manuscript: 3-Expression, life by Spirit_18-0909 LifePoint Sermon Resource webpage Subscribe on iTunes 18-0909: Christians live by the Spirit to love others as we’ve been loved by God through the Expression of our life. What we come to know and believe about God changes the way we live. This is an inward change that God produces...
I recently preached on true service in the church. The sermon from 1 Corinthians 12 focused on serving through spiritual gifts in the local church and included two parts. You can access those sermons here: Spiritual gifts, part 1 and Spiritual Gifts, part 2. In accordance with the text I focused on the purpose,...
16-0417: The One, true God gifts His people to serve for the common good of all. God is not like any other. He provides all we need to do all He commands, and this is most true for the church. God fills Christians with His Spirit to confess and demonstrate Jesus’ Lordship by serving...