"The Gifts of Christ to the Church"
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“The Christian life is simply the process of becoming what you already are.”
“The Christian life is also leaning to experience what you have been given.”
2 Peter 1
2 Peter 1
I. Each Believer is Given Grace - (4:7)
I. Each Believer is Given Grace - (4:7)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man’s gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith.
A. Grace is UNIQUE - “But to each one of us...”
A. Grace is UNIQUE - “But to each one of us...”
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.
B. Grace is FREELY GIVEN - “…grace has been given”
B. Grace is FREELY GIVEN - “…grace has been given”
C. Grace is ACCORDING to Christ - “…as Christ apportioned it.”
C. Grace is ACCORDING to Christ - “…as Christ apportioned it.”
II. How Christ Won the Right to Give Gifts - (4:8-10)
II. How Christ Won the Right to Give Gifts - (4:8-10)
A. What Jesus DID! - (v.8)
A. What Jesus DID! - (v.8)
When you ascended on high, you led captives in your train; you received gifts from men, even from the rebellious— that you, O Lord God, might dwell there.
B. Paul’s EXPLANATION of What Jesus Did - (vv.9-10)
B. Paul’s EXPLANATION of What Jesus Did - (vv.9-10)
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross!
For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison
who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.
But about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom.
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Next Week...
Next Week...
III. The Gifts of Christ to the Whole Church - (4:11)
III. The Gifts of Christ to the Whole Church - (4:11)