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Lesson 6
Are you vitally concerned about correcting error wherever and whenever you find it?
Do you are deeply about helping others to avoid mistakes, and helping those who have made mistakes to repent of their ways and return to righteousness before God?
You may have the gift of exhortation.
Exhortation always has an element of caution and concern about it: the exhorter desires to see every believer stay on the straight and narrow path that leads to both heavenly and earthly rewards.
First, many are called to exhortation, but not all are called to be apostles.
Second, many are called to exhortation in the church, but not all are called to exhort groups of people.
Central to the gift of the exhortation is a heart that desires to encourage other Christians and to see them become all that they can be in Christ Jesus.
The person with a gift of exhortation is called alongside another believer to help that person understand and adhere to the truth.
The person who is a genuine helper or exhorter encourages others by presence, word, and deed to continue forward in following Jesus Christ.
John 8:
Neither do I condemn you.
Go and sin no more.
That is the spirit and those are the hallmark words of the person who exhorts.
Forgiveness, admonition not to sin, compassion, an awareness of a person’s potential in Jesus Christ - each of these is to be manifested in exhortation and should be at the cor of what an exhorter says and does.
Why did Jesus forgive the woman caught in adultery in ?
What were her accusers hoping Jesus would do?
Characteristics of the Gift of Exhortation
The person with a gift of exhortation desires to see others mature in their faith.
The person with a gift of exhortation desires to see others discover their spiritual potential.
What does it mean that we must enter the kingdom of God “through many tribulations”?
What role do tribulations play in a Christian’s growth?
In what way did it strengthen the souls of the disciples to be warned about such tribulations?
How does such a warning fit in with the gift of exhortation?
3. The person with a gift of exhortation is quick to ask about the spiritual welfare of others.
4. The godly exhorter must always point others toward Jesus Christ.
What elements of exhortation are demonstrated in the verses above?
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The gift of exhortation includes the ability to give precise instructions about how a person might grow in relationship with Christ.
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The person with the gift of exhortation has learned value in suffering.
Explain in your own words Paul’s paradox: “For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
How is this possible?
How does it work out in real-life, practical terms?
7. The person with the gift of exhortation is concerned with the application of God’s Word.
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Those with a gift of exhortation want to be with people and see first-hand how they are growing in their faith.
Words of Caution to Those Who Exhort
The exhorter must not oversimplify a problem.
The exhorter must be able to empathize.
The exhorter must not lose sight of the importance of leading people to Jesus Christ.
The exhorter must be skilled in applying the Word of God within the context of Scripture as a whole.
How does the exhortation help prevent a person from becoming hardened in sin?
How does exhortation to undeceive people?
Attributes of Exhorters
Wisdom: to understand the Word of God and how it might be applied to you.
Discernment: to be able to clearly your spirit and your potential.
Faith: to believe that God can take you from where you are to where He desires you to be.
Discretion: to keep what he knows about you in confidence and to lead you step by step into the greater future that God has for you.
Love: to desire the best in your life and always be willing to give you his best, offering you God’s truth without personal judgment or condemnation.
Creative: to recognize that you are a unique individual, and to help you apply God’s Word to your life at any particular moment and in light of particular circumstances.
Enthusiasm: to be able to inspire you to desire more in your Christian walk.
List the qualities of an exhorter which are illustrated by this passage.
List the things that are not qualities of an exhorter, as illustrated by this passage.
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