WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.840 Real life presents the Jack Hibbs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim 2 00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:11.100 truth, equip the saints and impact our culture. These are by the way not human 3 00:00:11.100 --> 00:00:14.760 attributes. None of us have these in and of ourselves. You might be sitting 4 00:00:14.760 --> 00:00:20.520 here thinking, I'm encouraging. I'm I'm pretty merciful. No, you're not. Listen, 5 00:00:20.520 --> 00:00:25.160 these are supernatural gifts. We're not talking about you being nice. These are 6 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:29.760 things that are not you, not me. These are things given by God. Again, that's 7 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:37.280 why he gets all the glory and we get all the thrill. You can get the outlines of 8 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:44.560 this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast. Today, if this podcast lifts 9 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:49.040 you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled life in Christ, then make sure 10 00:00:49.040 --> 00:00:54.360 you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us, that's like saying amen or 11 00:00:54.360 --> 00:00:59.560 yes, then that rating will encourage others to listen. Now open your hearts to 12 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:05.240 what God's word has to say to you. Here is Jack Hibbs. Number one, keep this in 13 00:01:05.240 --> 00:01:10.000 mind. So the more that you use your spiritual gift, the more faithful you will 14 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:14.000 become at it. If you don't know what your spiritual gift is, you're you're 15 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:18.680 actually faithful in nothing. And remember as believers, we're only going to be 16 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:23.560 judged for one thing and one thing only. Our faithfulness. Did you know that? 17 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:27.840 People, do you know that? As believers, we're not going to be judged for 18 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:34.080 any of our sins when we die and see Christ. That happened at the cross. He's 19 00:01:34.080 --> 00:01:40.960 going to say, what did you do with what opportunities I gave you to? And we 20 00:01:40.960 --> 00:01:43.960 want to say I did everything I possibly could to honor and glorify your name, 21 00:01:43.960 --> 00:01:51.760 Jesus. You got to be faithful, but you can't be faithful to that, but you do not 22 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:57.800 know what your calling is as a believer. Second thing is others will be 23 00:01:57.800 --> 00:02:03.880 serviced by you also and their lives will confirm your gift. And did you know 24 00:02:03.880 --> 00:02:10.120 that other people, in other words, other people will become dependent upon your 25 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:17.560 Christianity. You need to ask yourself right now, does anyone in this church or 26 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:25.760 whatever church you attend? Does anyone need me and my Christianity? These are 27 00:02:25.760 --> 00:02:29.920 hard questions, but I'm telling you, these are necessary. I want you to hear 28 00:02:29.920 --> 00:02:34.760 them here first if you've never heard them before. Number three, those of the 29 00:02:34.760 --> 00:02:39.560 church will verbally confirm your gift in un Calling. People will say, you know 30 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:42.840 what? What you said really minister to me or what you did really minister to 31 00:02:42.880 --> 00:02:49.440 me. Don't answer out loud, but can you say that others have been blessed by your 32 00:02:49.440 --> 00:02:54.720 life as you have done what you have done because it was God doing it through you? 33 00:02:54.720 --> 00:03:02.080 These are questions that must be asked. So are you ready? The list of gifts given in 34 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:08.360 the Bible are not all found in one spot. There are those in Romans chapter 12 35 00:03:08.440 --> 00:03:15.680 obviously, 1 Corinthians 12, any Ephesians 4, there are two gifts found in 1 Peter 36 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:23.920 chapter 4, verse 11. That said, these words I'm reading from you from Thayer's 37 00:03:23.920 --> 00:03:30.160 lexicon, a great, great founding father of America and amazing theologian. By the 38 00:03:30.160 --> 00:03:37.080 way, Thayer, anybody who's ever been to West Point, there's Thayer's hall and 39 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:42.840 there's a great statue of the theologian Thayer. This is the same guy. So the 40 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:47.640 first gift, now as we list these things, you need to ask yourself as a believer. 41 00:03:47.640 --> 00:03:57.720 Lord, is this one for me? Is this for me? If it is show me, I want to know the gift 42 00:03:57.720 --> 00:04:02.680 of prophecy. It means speaking forth a discourse emanating from divine 43 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:10.080 inspiration and declaring the purposes of God, whether by reproving and 44 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:16.000 admonishing the wicked or comforting the afflicted or revealing things hidden, 45 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:22.400 especially by foretelling future events, to prophesy to declare the divine will of 46 00:04:22.400 --> 00:04:27.320 God, the Bible, to interpret the purposes of God, the Bible, or to make known in 47 00:04:27.320 --> 00:04:33.080 any way the truth of God that is designated to influence or designed to 48 00:04:33.080 --> 00:04:37.700 influence people, the Bible, prophecy. It doesn't mean you're telling the 49 00:04:37.700 --> 00:04:41.680 future. It means that you're putting forth the word of God, but the Bible is 50 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:46.680 futuristic. Can people say amen to that? All right, ask yourself, Lord, is that me? 51 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:52.200 Number two, serving. Also referring to as ministering, this gift involves 52 00:04:52.200 --> 00:04:57.000 providing service of any kind to the church. Thank God this church is a 53 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:02.640 bounding with people who are serving. It is the broad application of practical 54 00:05:02.640 --> 00:05:09.360 help to those in need. Serving is a translation of the Greek word deconion from 55 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:16.640 which we get the English decon. Next, teaching. This gift involves the analysis and 56 00:05:16.640 --> 00:05:21.400 proclamation of the word of God, the Bible, explaining the meaning, context, and 57 00:05:21.400 --> 00:05:27.560 application to the here's life. The Bible teacher is one who has a unique 58 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:31.760 ability to clearly instruct and to communicate knowledge, specifically the 59 00:05:31.760 --> 00:05:40.160 doctrines of the faith. Encouraging, do you have this gift? Also called exhortation. 60 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:45.440 This gift is evident in those who consistently call upon others to heed and 61 00:05:45.440 --> 00:05:51.200 follow God's truth. They are exorters, God's truth, the Bible, which may 62 00:05:51.200 --> 00:05:57.240 involve correction or building others up by strengthening weak faith or 63 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:05.400 comforting in trials. Next, giving. Gifted givers are those who joyfully share 64 00:06:05.400 --> 00:06:09.000 what they have been given. If you're grumpy about giving, God says don't give it. 65 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:14.160 Given by God another's, whether it is financial material, giving a personal 66 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:19.800 time and attention, the giver is concerned for the needs of others and seeks 67 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:25.480 opportunities to share goods, money, and time with them as needs arise. Again, 68 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:32.560 this church is filled with people who have that leadership. The gifted leader is 69 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:38.920 one who rules, presides over or has the management of other people in the church. 70 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:43.320 The word literally means guide and carries with it the idea of one who 71 00:06:43.320 --> 00:06:49.600 steers a ship, one with the gift of leadership rules with wisdom and grace and 72 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:54.840 exhibits the fruit of the spirit in life as they lead by observe, I love this, 73 00:06:54.840 --> 00:06:59.640 by observable example. You know what observable example means? They lead without 74 00:06:59.640 --> 00:07:04.760 a word. Well, you have to read the life of George Washington. You know, he hardly ever 75 00:07:04.760 --> 00:07:11.320 talked, but he was able to lead by what he did is amazing. Next, mercy. 76 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:16.520 Closely linked with the gift of encouragement, the gift of mercy is obvious and those who are 77 00:07:16.520 --> 00:07:20.840 compassionate towards others who are in distress, pause right there. These are, by the way, 78 00:07:20.840 --> 00:07:27.320 not human attributes. None of us have these in and of ourselves. You might be sitting 79 00:07:27.320 --> 00:07:34.520 here thinking, I'm encouraging, I'm pretty merciful. No, you're not. Listen, these are supernatural 80 00:07:34.520 --> 00:07:39.800 gifts. We're not talking about you being nice. These are things that are not you, not me. 81 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:44.360 These are things given by God. Again, that's why he gets all the glory and we get all the thrill. 82 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:48.840 In fact, you might sit here today and say, you might be here today saying, 83 00:07:49.640 --> 00:07:56.840 that mercy, that mercy is not mine. Don't say that. You're the prime candidate 84 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:04.120 because when it starts to happen, you'll go, whoa, where did I get this mercy from? I'm not a 85 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:13.240 merciful person. You'll get all the wow and God gets all the glory. Okay, where was I? Distress. 86 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:20.680 Showing sympathy and sensitivity coupled with the desire and the resources to lessen their 87 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:26.840 suffering in a kind and cheerful manner. Wow, isn't that beautiful to extend mercy where you 88 00:08:26.840 --> 00:08:31.480 have the power to do something about it? Even if it's a hug, you know, even if it's a prayer. 89 00:08:32.280 --> 00:08:37.480 Words of wisdom, the fact that this gift is described as the word of wisdom indicates that it is 90 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:42.680 one of the speaking gifts, verbal gifts. This gift describes someone who can understand and 91 00:08:42.680 --> 00:08:48.360 speak forth biblical truth in such a way as to skillfully apply it to any of life situations 92 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:55.160 with discernment. Wow. Next, this is another speaking gift that involves understanding truth with 93 00:08:55.160 --> 00:09:01.720 an insight that only comes by revelation from God. Those with the gift of knowledge understand 94 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:08.760 the deep things of God and the mysteries of his word and yet can convey them simply, faith. 95 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:14.920 This is not saving faith. We all have faith in this room. This is a special grace of faith, 96 00:09:15.560 --> 00:09:20.840 a special gift of faith. All believers possess faith in some measure because it is one of the 97 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:26.920 gifts of the Spirit bestowed on all who come to Christ in faith. Spiritual gift of faith, the 98 00:09:26.920 --> 00:09:32.440 spiritual gift of faith, is exhibited by one with a strong and unshakable confidence, 99 00:09:32.440 --> 00:09:39.320 proportion of faith, in God, his word, his promises, and the power of prayer to affect miracles. 100 00:09:39.880 --> 00:09:48.120 Unusual faith, the book of Acts calls it. Next, healings. There's various forms of healings 101 00:09:48.920 --> 00:09:54.520 in the Bible. The divine gift to pray, to act, to alleviate the pain and suffering of 102 00:09:54.520 --> 00:10:03.960 other, of another, to pray and prayer of faith in total reliance upon God to do his will according 103 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:11.240 to the Scriptures. Miraculous powers, also known as the working of miracles, involving supernatural 104 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:20.200 acts that could only be attributed to the power of God. So seeing most often in the realm of 105 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:24.760 unreached peoples through missionary activity, you might be saying, I don't see any of these things 106 00:10:24.760 --> 00:10:32.280 happening. Listen, honestly, you may not see many of these things happening, or especially the 107 00:10:32.280 --> 00:10:38.920 miraculous stuff happening, it does happen, but the reason why you don't see as much as you 108 00:10:38.920 --> 00:10:47.240 would hope to see would want to see is because you live here. Let's get in a airplane and then we'll 109 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:53.640 fly to Africa or South America and we'll go into the Amazon and let's just go for it. Watch what 110 00:10:53.640 --> 00:11:00.440 happens. Unreach people. The Holy Spirit shows up, performs miracles, and then they say, who are you 111 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:07.880 people? What God is this you serve? Well, thank you for asking. His name is Jesus Christ. That's who he 112 00:11:07.880 --> 00:11:12.760 is and this is nothing compared to what he'll do to your soul when he saves you from all your sins. 113 00:11:12.760 --> 00:11:20.120 What sin? This is what sin is and you tell them and then they'll say to you, I want to believe. 114 00:11:23.160 --> 00:11:29.080 Listen, don't ever follow miracles. You'll get messed up and you'll be deceived. Miracles follow 115 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:37.000 those who believe. And if you want to see miracles then sign up for some missionary group, but that's 116 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:47.720 what God is calling you to do, but don't do it if he's not. My goodness. Next, discerning of 117 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:54.120 spirits, we need this in the American church like never before. The unique ability to determine 118 00:11:54.120 --> 00:12:00.440 call out the true message of God from that of the deceiver, Satan, whose methods include 119 00:12:01.400 --> 00:12:08.440 prevailing deceptive and erroneous doctrine. This gift of discerning of spirits is given to the 120 00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:14.600 church to protect it from satanic infiltrators. The person who has the discernment of spirits 121 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:20.120 can often detect demonic activity before it manifests itself. This is very, I need all of you pay 122 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:25.240 attention to this because so many people have messed up by this stuff. People have gone to churches, 123 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:28.760 you might be here today that you've been told by that ministry, if you don't speak in tongues, 124 00:12:28.760 --> 00:12:35.480 you're not saved. That's from hell. That doctrine is from the pit of hell. The Bible says 125 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:40.360 not everyone speaks in tongues. Did you know that? It's a gift given to some. 126 00:12:42.760 --> 00:12:47.560 I believe in all of the gifts of the spirit because the Bible says they are, and I don't care who you 127 00:12:47.560 --> 00:12:52.200 are if you tell me, well, these four are no longer in operation. Where'd you, you're making it up? 128 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:58.440 That's what your denomination teaches. Show me a verse that says they ended. 129 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:07.000 Many of these I've never seen in my life, but they're in the Bible. Look, I haven't seen 130 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:17.560 heaven yet, but it's in the Bible, and I can taste it. Tons involving the divine ability to speak 131 00:13:17.640 --> 00:13:24.520 in languages previously unknown to the speaker. This gift authenticates the message of the gospel 132 00:13:24.520 --> 00:13:28.920 and those who preached it as coming from God. Read Acts 2 and 3. 133 00:13:29.880 --> 00:13:35.560 The phrase diversity of tongues, Old King James Version, or different kinds of tongues, 134 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:40.200 effectively eliminates the idea, listen carefully and don't freak until you hear this. 135 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:48.280 Effectively eliminates the idea of a personal prayer language as being a spiritual gift, 136 00:13:48.280 --> 00:13:54.280 but rather a tool of prayer for all, not to be confused with the gift of tongues. Why? Because 137 00:13:54.280 --> 00:14:01.240 the gift of tongues is for some. Don't ever listen, don't ever confuse in 1 Corinthians, chapters 12 138 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:11.560 and 14. Don't ever confuse, pray in an unknown tongue by yourself alone in prayer. That's not a gift. 139 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:20.360 It's not listed as a gift. That's available to every believer. You want to pray when things seem 140 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:27.400 impossible and your mind is blocked. That's when you pray like that. It's not a gift. It's an 141 00:14:27.400 --> 00:14:32.440 opportunity. It's a tool provided by God. We're talking here about the gift of tongues. What is 142 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:38.760 that? Look at Acts 2 and 3. These were Galileans. The Holy Spirit came upon them and they began to 143 00:14:38.760 --> 00:14:44.120 speak with languages of people that were all in the area. They were Galileans. You know what that 144 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:48.440 means? It says they were Galileans and people said, what are the world is happening? I'm from 145 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:54.680 Cappadocia. How is it that I understand Cappadocia coming from those Galileans? In other words, 146 00:14:55.240 --> 00:15:02.360 how can these country bumpkins who don't even know where they're at speak not only my language 147 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:08.840 in a foreign country but the perfect dialect? I didn't know this but I was told that there are people 148 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:14.040 outside of America who can tell if you're from Northern California or Southern California. Did you 149 00:15:14.040 --> 00:15:19.640 know that? We speak, we don't even speak English in America. We speak American. There's a big 150 00:15:19.640 --> 00:15:25.080 difference. You want to speak English, go to England and listen to people speak. That's English. 151 00:15:25.800 --> 00:15:35.880 We've messed it all up. We speak American. Like, yo! That's American. That's not English. 152 00:15:39.800 --> 00:15:45.560 These people from foreign countries in the book of Acts, they heard people speaking. For example, 153 00:15:46.520 --> 00:15:51.320 the Arabs who were present heard them speaking in their own language and they said, what is 154 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:56.600 happening here? And the answer was given. This is the Holy Spirit speaking through these people 155 00:15:56.600 --> 00:16:03.240 to tell you about the great works of God. There were known earthly languages that the speakers 156 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:09.000 had never studied and couldn't have known the dialect. It's miraculous. You say, well, I haven't 157 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:18.920 seen that happen. Get out of your lazy boy. Get out there. Go to Bolivia or someplace. 158 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:27.800 Amazing. Next. We have to hurry. We're so we're fine. We're all just fine. 159 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:34.200 The interpretation of tongues is simply this. A person with the gift of interpreting tongues 160 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:38.680 could understand what a tongues speaker was saying, even though he did not know the language that 161 00:16:38.680 --> 00:16:43.640 was being spoken. In other words, he didn't study French, but somebody's spoken French and a 162 00:16:43.640 --> 00:16:48.440 gathering of people. Everybody was English and nobody spoke French, but there were two Frenchman 163 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:58.040 in the audience. Someone speaks. The Frenchman understand it and someone in the setting understood 164 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:05.160 was being said to authenticate what was being spoken. The tongues interpreter would then 165 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:10.120 communicate the message of the tongues speakers to everyone else so all could understand. Next, 166 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:17.320 helps. This church is full of helps. Those with a gift of helps are those who can aid or render 167 00:17:17.320 --> 00:17:24.040 assistance to others in the church with compassion and grace. This has a broad range of possibilities 168 00:17:24.040 --> 00:17:29.320 for application. Most importantly, this is the unique ability to identify those who are struggling 169 00:17:29.320 --> 00:17:36.120 without fears and other spiritual battles to move forward to those or toward those in spiritual 170 00:17:36.120 --> 00:17:42.360 need with a kind word and understanding and compassionate demeanor and to speak scriptural truth 171 00:17:42.360 --> 00:17:49.720 that is both conflicting and loving. They respond in the moment of need. You need to ask God 172 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:53.240 that list what pertains to you.