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*Ephesians 1:1-2*
*A DESCRIPTION OF THE CHURCH*
 
Christian Herter was elected to congress by the state of Massachusetts for 2 terms.
He was very well know and highly respected in Massachusetts.
After his 2nd term to congress he decided to run for governor of Massachusetts.
One day after a busy schedule of campaigning he arrived at a church barbecue famished.
As he moved down the line, the popular congressman held out his plate to the woman serving chicken.
She put just one piece of chicken on his plate.
"Excuse me," Congressmen Herter said, "you mind if I have 2 pieces of chicken?" "Sorry," the woman replied.
"I'm only supposed to give one piece to each person."
The congressmen decided to throw a little weight around.
"Lady, do you know who I am?
I'm your congressman Christian Herter."
The women replied, "Do you know who I am?
I'm the lady in charge of the chicken!"
Today we want to look at a man who was in the position of authority.
When he spoke everyone listened.
He is the apostle Paul, the author to the book of Ephesians.
*FIRST -- THE AUTHOR.*
On a hot, muggy July evening in 1863, the President of the United States and members of his cabinet gathered in the Secretary of War's office.
Tension filled the room, for this was the third day of an epic battle near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
For the Army of the Potomac to lose on northern soil would be disastrous.
As the hours stretched on towards midnight, several cabinet members left to try to get some rest.
Abraham Lincoln remained, hoping for some news to come via telegraph.
Footsteps sounded in the hall: a telegraph messenger running towards the room!
He burst through the door, handing the message to Secretary of War Stanton.
The Secretary peered at the telegraph, then read aloud, "The Army of the Potomac holds the field; General Meade has won!"
When cheering broke out, the President raised his hand.
"No celebrating is in order yet.
Who wrote this telegram?
Can we trust the author?"
Stanton replied, "The telegram is signed, 'Byington.'
Who is this Byington?"
When no one in the room could respond, Lincoln commanded the telegraph operator: "Reply immediately with these words: 'Who is Byington?'"
Eventually the reply came: "Ask the Secretary of the Navy."
Secretary Welles was roused from his sleep in order to verify that Byington was a newspaper reporter he knew well, who could be trusted.
The battle was indeed won, and Robert E. Lee's daring invasion of the North was thwarted.
* *
*Ephesians 1:1 *
*Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,*
*To the saints who are at Ephesus and /who are /faithful in Christ Jesus:*
    
Notice who the author is.
Verse 1.
 
*Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus*
 
*A.
HIS APPEARANCE.*
* *
*2 Corinthians 10:10*
*For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is    unimpressive and his speech contemptible.”*
*2 Corinthians 11:6 *
*But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not /so /in knowledge; in fact, in every way we have made /this /evident to you in all things.*
A more vivid picture, which Deissmann (p.
58) and Ramsay (/CRE/, pp.
31f.) incline to credit, occurs in the apocryphal /Acts of Paul and Thecla:/ ‘And he saw Paul coming, a man little of stature, thin-haired upon the head, crooked in the legs, of good state of body, with eyebrows joining, and nose somewhat hooked, full of grace::
 
*Galatians 6:11*
*See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.*
Now why am I mentioning this?
Because spiritual gifts are not given you based on your personal appearance, personality, or even you natural ability.
Spiritual gifts are given out by the sovereign will of the Holy Spirit.
*B.
HIS spiritual GIFT.*
Notice from verse 1 what Paul calls himself.
*Ephesians 1:1*
*“Paul, an apostle…”*
 
In Ephesians 4:11, an apostle is listed as a spiritual gift.
Which moves me to ask a question.
Do spiritual gifts exist today?
Absolutely they do.
*/Who has a spiritual gift?/*
The Bible tells us that every Christian has at least one spiritual gift (1 Peter 4:10), but this does not mean that any single believer (nor necessarily any congregation) has all the gifts.
*                                                                *
*                      1 Peter 4:10*
*As each one has received a /special /gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.*
/ /
*/The source of spiritual gifts./*
Do you know where spiritual gifts come from?
Spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit sovereignly *(“as he wills,” 1 Cor 12:11) *and specifically (1 Co 12:8–11).
*Ephesians 1:1*
*…by the will of God…*
 
Paul did not receive the gift or office because he took a Bible correspondence course, or because he attended a Bible school or seminary.
But it was the very will of God.
Not self
 
Someone may say, then is it ok to seek or want another or different spiritual gift?
 
*/The seeking of spiritual gifts./*
Although the Holy Spirit is the source of spiritual gifts, the believer may have a part in their development.
*“But covet earnestly the best gifts” (1 Corinthians 12:31) *means that we do have a part to play in being zealous for (covet) better gifts.
/ /
The story is told of two men who were talking.
One of them was huge, the other quite small.
The small man was admiring the size of the larger man.
"Boy, if I were as big as you are, I wouldn't be afraid of nothin'.
I'd go out into the woods and find me the biggest bear there and tear him limb from limb."
The big fellow smiled.
"There's lots of little bears in the woods.
Why don't you go out and tackle one of them?"
This story has a moral that is greatly needed today.
Many youth of the church stand on the sidelines telling what they would do if they had the ability of someone else.
In the church there is work for all of us.
Perhaps most of us cannot take on the "big bears" of duty and responsibility; but this doesn't mean that we are to sit idly by and do nothing.
A host of us "little fellows" need to get out to the woods and tackle some of the little bears.
*/ /*
*/The list of spiritual gifts./**
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Lists of specific gifts are found in *Romans 12:6–8, 1 Corinthians 12:8–10, 28–30 *and* Ephesians 4:11.*
Now Paul’s spiritual gift is an apostle.
He is not just another guy with another opinion.
He speaks for God.
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