The Church and Spiritual Gifts

Teaching Points

• 1

  Spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to empower the body for ministry — every believer has at least one gift.

• 2

  Leaders are given by Jesus to equip the body — the role of leadership is to mobilize, not to do all the work.

• 3

  Hindrances to discovering gifts: lack of teaching, fear of failure, comparison with others, and lack of opportunities.

• 4

  The church must mobilize according to spiritual giftedness — when every member functions, the body grows.