Title: Our Gifts for His Glory II
Text: Various
Are gifts the same as talents?
- Talents reveal our (natural) abilities – I Chronicles 11:10ff, 15:22, II Samuel 2:18
- Talents can be infused with gifts – Exodus 31:6
Are gifts the same as talents?
- Gifts reveal God’s (supernatural) power in you
- Given by God as He wills – Romans 12:6, Hebrews 2:4
- The Spirit comes at baptism, gifts can come later – I Corinthians 12:31, II Timothy 1:6
- For us, we should strive to use both for God
- Matthew 25:14-30 – parable of the talents
- I Corinthians 14:12
What is the purpose of the gifts?
- Build one another up – I Corinthians 12:7, 14:12, Eph. 4:9-13
- Reveal God – I Corinthians 14:22-25
- Glorify God – Acts 3:8