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The Power of Impartation

I want to talk with you today about the power and importance of impartation.

How many of God’s promises do you know—that you can quote for example—but you don’t walk in?

Isn’t it challenging to declare the word of God only to hear the words but not experience the life of the Word?

Illustration: Rubik’s cube.

9-part tutorial on how to solve a basic 3x3 cube on YouTube.

Knowing the method or the principles of how the cube works isn’t the same as being able to pick it up and solve it.

Another video had the top 5 solves in 2021 which were between 3.47 seconds (fastest) to 4.38 seconds.

They all had a burst of joy when they completed the cube.

The Apostle Paul understood that there was a power in spiritual gifts to establish, strengthen and enable growth in us.

Consider that this statement was included in what many would say is Paul’s greatest letter.

But his longing, his desire, was to be with the believers in Rome so that they could receive an impartation from him that they would not be able to receive in the letter.

The greek word for gift that Paul used is charisma, a grace-gift.

The root of the word can be translated as joy.

Paul also understood that there was great joy that accompanied the impartation of grace.

Also, when Paul indicated that he wanted to be with them to impart a spiritual gift the early believers understood the reference.

They knew that he meant there was something that came with his physical presence and could not be sent in advance in a letter.

This was what the Apostle once wrote to the Corinthians called the second benefit (see 2 Corinthians 1.15, and the TDNT entry for Strong’s Greek #793).

When we discover the power of impartation and the importance of proximity we can receive grace from God and live more fully in the kingdom of God.

We will be strengthened with might in our inner man and come to be filled with the fullness of God (Ephesians 3.16-19).

Knowledge Is Not Enough

The Hebrew word for knowledge here comes from the root word meaning “to know.”

This is important because “the root expresses knowledge gained in various ways by the senses” and is “a general term for knowledge, particularly that which is of a personal, experimental nature” (TWOT, Strong’s Hebrew #4069).

Here the Lord declares that His people were destroyed because they lacked practical, personal, and experiential knowledge.

Consuming content—from the Scriptures to podcasts and sermons and books—alone is not enough for us to enter into all that God has for us.

We need more.

Paul said that the power wasn’t in the content…it was in the demonstration of the Spirit and of power that came through knowing Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

The gift of grace wasn’t simply in the words…there was life and power that accompanied the words.

Illustration: I once sat in a service where the speaker was talking about healing.

While that encouraged my faith, it didn’t heal me.

But later, when he prayed for me, I received an impartation of grace from God in the form of healing.

My healing was not in the words, it was in the impartation.

It is important that we begin to have faith and expect God to give us good gifts of grace (James 1.17).

It is necessary for us to begin to pursue impartation and position ourselves to receive it.

The good news is that we’ve done this before.

In the same way we have received forgiveness for sins and eternal life by trusting and believing the word and promise of Jesus, we can receive impartation of spiritual gift of God’s grace.

Faith For Impartation

We need an impartation of spiritual gifts.

We need to be strengthened in our faith and encouraged and built up through the working of God’s grace gifts.

Here are three simple keys to developing our faith for impartation.

Believe That God Is a Giver of Good Gifts

We know that God is a giver (John 3.16).

It is in His nature.

Not only that, God is a giver of good things.

The gifts of God are good.

He gives them for your good.

He gave us Jesus and in Him all things pertaining to life and godliness…salvation, eternal life, righteousness, peace, joy, freedom, and more (2 Peter 1.3-4, Romans 6.23, Romans 14.17)!

Your belief pleases God.

Believe in His love for you and in His desire to bless you.

Let your belief in the goodness of God give you boldness to diligently seek Him for His good gifts and your faith will be rewarded.

Pursue Impartation from God

There is a posture of faith that is fueled by spiritual hunger (cf.

Matthew 5.6).

The posture of faith is a posture of pursuit.

It is a pressing into the kingdom of God with passion (cf.

Luke 16.16).

It is a posture of persistence to which Jesus said:

As we pursue impartation we:

Ask - ask God for the grace and gifts of the Holy Spirit and He will answer (Luke 11.13)

Seek - this is about going where you know God will be.

Pointing back to Paul’s statements about being present with the believers in Rome, there is something about going to church, to that prayer meeting, to that Bible Study, to that special service.

God is not limited by time or space, but there is something about being in the place where God is that releases an impartation (see also “this place” in Genesis 28.16-17).

Knock - this is about persistence and determination.

We keep asking and seeking until we get an answer and find.

Like the woman with the issue of blood, keep going until you connect with Jesus (Mark 5.25-34).

If you want to receive an impartation of grace from God, you need to petition for it.

You need to pursue it.

And you need to persist until you get it.

Receive the Gift of God

For a gift to be be meaningful it has to be received.

Illustration: Buying my dad a gift but not sending it on his birthday means that he doesn’t get to enjoy or use that gift.

I could tell him about it, and though the thought might count, it doesn’t have the same impact as receiving the gift.

You receive the impartation of God through faith.

If you can believe, than all things are possible and everything you need you can receive (Mark 9.23).

Conclusion

The word impart means to “give, convey, or grant.”

It is a giving of something.

It is a sharing of something.

The Bible reveals a number of things that are imparted:

spiritual gifts (Romans 1.11)

wisdom (Proverbs 29.15)

the gospel, and the life and practices of the gospel (1 Thessalonians 2.8)

even material blessings are imparted (Ephesians 4.28)

These are all desirable things.

These are all good things.

These are all things that we need which will strengthen, build up and encourage us.

Are you going to have faith and believe God for an impartation?

Are you going to pursue the blessing of God and do what it takes so you can be in position to receive it?

Are you going to receive the good grace gifts that God will give you in response to your faith and pursuit?

If you are you will experience the grace of God in victory and breakthrough.

You will be strengthened in your faith and walk in new levels of kingdom purpose.

And because we understand the importance and power of impartation and pursue it, we will receive not only for ourselves but for others.

It’s time to stir up faith and believe God for more!

Pray: God give us faith to petition, pursue, and persist until we receive all that you have for us.

Amen.

This message is a foundation for our Impartation Wednesday services going forward.

I believe that God wants to impart to His church manifold expressions of grace and anointing.

We are going to contend for those things in these meetings.

We’ll be laying hands on people.

We’ll be praying with and for each other.