1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,704 Hello and welcome to the Middletown Baptist Church podcast, 2 00:00:03,832 --> 00:00:06,500 where we are proclaiming the truth to the world. 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:10,712 In this podcast series, we're going to be looking into biblical 4 00:00:10,776 --> 00:00:14,140 words that have great significance to our faith. 5 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,808 The name of this series is called the Word of the Week, where 6 00:00:18,864 --> 00:00:22,888 once a week we will dive deeper into these words that we are 7 00:00:22,944 --> 00:00:24,780 familiar with in scripture. 8 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:26,472 So come along with me. 9 00:00:26,576 --> 00:00:28,980 Let's study the Word of the week. 10 00:00:29,930 --> 00:00:31,218 Pastor Josh here. 11 00:00:31,354 --> 00:00:33,826 The word of the week is gift. 12 00:00:34,018 --> 00:00:36,466 This will be our third installment of looking at the word 13 00:00:36,498 --> 00:00:37,138 gift. 14 00:00:37,314 --> 00:00:40,802 Last week we talked about the gifts that God gives us called the 15 00:00:40,826 --> 00:00:42,098 spiritual gifts. 16 00:00:42,274 --> 00:00:46,722 The Bible says that all believers, when a person trusts in 17 00:00:46,746 --> 00:00:50,386 God, puts their faith in Jesus Christ for salvation. 18 00:00:50,578 --> 00:00:55,602 The Holy Spirit indwells them, and God gifts them with a gift of 19 00:00:55,706 --> 00:00:56,350 service. 20 00:00:56,970 --> 00:01:01,138 First Peter, chapter 4, verse 10, says, as every man hath received 21 00:01:01,194 --> 00:01:04,946 the gift, meaning all believers have received the gift, 22 00:01:05,138 --> 00:01:07,666 even so minister the same one to another. 23 00:01:07,738 --> 00:01:11,602 So the Bible says we're given a gift to serve one another as good 24 00:01:11,626 --> 00:01:13,314 stewards of the manifold grace of God. 25 00:01:13,362 --> 00:01:15,250 So we are stewards of God's gift. 26 00:01:15,330 --> 00:01:19,266 And it says there the manifold grace of God, meaning that there's 27 00:01:19,378 --> 00:01:23,292 reverence, there's differences in our gifts. 28 00:01:23,436 --> 00:01:27,292 So there might be a person that's in my church that might have 29 00:01:27,316 --> 00:01:28,460 a different gift than me. 30 00:01:28,580 --> 00:01:32,828 All right, so the Bible says that there is diversity in the gifts. 31 00:01:32,924 --> 00:01:36,492 And then in verse 11, it says, if any man speak, let him speak as 32 00:01:36,516 --> 00:01:38,012 the oracles of God. 33 00:01:38,156 --> 00:01:41,276 And so the Bible says that there are some of these ministering 34 00:01:41,308 --> 00:01:45,212 gifts that we're going to look at here today that are public. 35 00:01:45,316 --> 00:01:49,052 They're speaking, teaching, professing things before others in 36 00:01:49,076 --> 00:01:50,574 a public manner. 37 00:01:50,702 --> 00:01:52,286 But then it says if any man minister. 38 00:01:52,358 --> 00:01:54,542 So the Bible says that there are some of these gifts that might 39 00:01:54,566 --> 00:01:59,198 be behind the scenes, more on the avenue of, of private ministry. 40 00:01:59,374 --> 00:02:02,334 Let that person do it as it says there, of the ability of God 41 00:02:02,382 --> 00:02:06,302 which God giveth, that God in all things may be glorified. 42 00:02:06,366 --> 00:02:09,810 So ultimately, God is glorified through Christ Jesus. 43 00:02:10,310 --> 00:02:13,410 And so that is the purpose of our gifts. 44 00:02:13,830 --> 00:02:18,278 So what I would like to do here for the next few weeks is look 45 00:02:18,334 --> 00:02:22,886 at these gifts, specifically the service gifts or the ministry 46 00:02:22,918 --> 00:02:25,170 gifts listed in Romans chapter 12. 47 00:02:26,030 --> 00:02:29,702 There are going to be many different passages of scripture that 48 00:02:29,726 --> 00:02:30,982 speak of God's gifts to us. 49 00:02:31,006 --> 00:02:33,210 And we know that every good gift comes from God. 50 00:02:33,550 --> 00:02:37,158 But the list, the particular list that we're going to be studying 51 00:02:37,254 --> 00:02:41,504 in this series is going to be found in Romans, chapter 12. 52 00:02:41,702 --> 00:02:45,196 And so I want you to go along there with me. 53 00:02:45,348 --> 00:02:49,132 And we're going to break down this list for the next few weeks 54 00:02:49,316 --> 00:02:51,884 and we're not going to cover all of it today, but we are going 55 00:02:51,892 --> 00:02:54,520 to try to cover as much as we can today. 56 00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:56,924 As we look at these gifts. 57 00:02:56,972 --> 00:03:01,436 Now, Romans chapter 12 in context is talking about presenting 58 00:03:01,468 --> 00:03:04,732 our bodies, a living sacrifice wholly acceptable unto God, which 59 00:03:04,756 --> 00:03:06,076 is our reasonable service. 60 00:03:06,228 --> 00:03:08,812 And it talks about us not being conformed to this world, but 61 00:03:08,836 --> 00:03:11,940 being transformed by the renewing of our mind so that we could 62 00:03:11,980 --> 00:03:13,880 follow in the will of God. 63 00:03:14,220 --> 00:03:17,492 And then the Bible goes on to say in verse 3 of Romans 12, for 64 00:03:17,516 --> 00:03:20,980 I say through the grace given unto me to every man that is among 65 00:03:21,020 --> 00:03:23,956 you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think. 66 00:03:24,028 --> 00:03:26,900 So have a humble viewpoint of yourself. 67 00:03:27,060 --> 00:03:30,280 Don't live with pride, but to think soberly. 68 00:03:30,620 --> 00:03:34,404 And as it says, you know, with thinking soberly, this is being serious 69 00:03:34,452 --> 00:03:37,980 minded about the things of God, according as God has dealt to 70 00:03:38,020 --> 00:03:39,836 every man the measure of faith. 71 00:03:40,028 --> 00:03:44,220 For as we have many members in one body and all members have not 72 00:03:44,260 --> 00:03:44,828 the same office. 73 00:03:44,884 --> 00:03:49,212 And so there's this analogy of me as a believer. 74 00:03:49,276 --> 00:03:52,572 I am now just a part of the body of Christ. 75 00:03:52,756 --> 00:03:55,820 And just as the body, the physical body has many different 76 00:03:55,860 --> 00:03:57,500 members, so does the body of Christ. 77 00:03:57,540 --> 00:04:00,492 And so there's, there's difference in our gifts. 78 00:04:00,636 --> 00:04:01,276 Verse 5. 79 00:04:01,348 --> 00:04:05,068 So we being many are one body in Christ and every one members one 80 00:04:05,124 --> 00:04:05,880 of another. 81 00:04:06,860 --> 00:04:09,908 So he says in verse six, having then gifts differing according 82 00:04:09,964 --> 00:04:12,240 to the grace that is given to us. 83 00:04:12,700 --> 00:04:15,972 And so he's setting up this list that he's about to give and 84 00:04:15,996 --> 00:04:20,180 he's going to give some spiritual gifts that are used within 85 00:04:20,220 --> 00:04:20,980 the church. 86 00:04:21,140 --> 00:04:24,804 And then he also tells us how to properly exercise these gifts 87 00:04:24,852 --> 00:04:29,364 within the local church, within the body of believers. 88 00:04:29,492 --> 00:04:32,036 Now we're not going to have time to go through all of them here 89 00:04:32,108 --> 00:04:35,946 today, but what I would like to do is go through each one of these. 90 00:04:36,018 --> 00:04:39,642 And the purpose of this is to, number one, to identify what these 91 00:04:39,666 --> 00:04:43,802 gifts are, number two, to see how we can live out these gifts within 92 00:04:43,906 --> 00:04:47,866 our, our church, within our spiritual lives. 93 00:04:47,938 --> 00:04:52,266 But I would also love for you to inspect this passage of scripture 94 00:04:52,298 --> 00:04:57,882 and ultimately decide on which spiritual gift you believe that you 95 00:04:57,906 --> 00:04:58,970 are gifted with. 96 00:04:59,090 --> 00:05:02,090 Now I do want to give a disclaimer at the beginning of this. 97 00:05:02,210 --> 00:05:06,142 If you are not naturally or supernaturally gifted in one of these 98 00:05:06,166 --> 00:05:09,290 areas, it doesn't mean that we just throw it to the side. 99 00:05:09,590 --> 00:05:13,598 So, so we're going to talk about the idea of exhortation we're 100 00:05:13,614 --> 00:05:15,582 going to talk about the idea of showing mercy. 101 00:05:15,726 --> 00:05:20,398 If you aren't naturally gifted in those areas, you have to still 102 00:05:20,454 --> 00:05:20,942 say, you know what? 103 00:05:20,966 --> 00:05:22,190 I'm going to grow in this. 104 00:05:22,310 --> 00:05:25,022 Though I'm not gifted in this, I'm still going to try to grow in 105 00:05:25,046 --> 00:05:25,182 this. 106 00:05:25,206 --> 00:05:29,102 And so all of these areas to some degree are things that we can 107 00:05:29,126 --> 00:05:32,382 do as believers, but some of us are just going to be naturally 108 00:05:32,446 --> 00:05:35,930 or supernaturally gifted in these areas. 109 00:05:36,050 --> 00:05:40,250 And so that way we can work effectively in the body of Christ. 110 00:05:40,370 --> 00:05:45,450 That way we can work with more passion, more, more zeal for what 111 00:05:45,490 --> 00:05:48,990 God has for us within various ministries within our church. 112 00:05:49,330 --> 00:05:53,146 And so this, this group of gifts that are given Here, Romans 113 00:05:53,178 --> 00:05:55,898 chapter 12, are considered by many the ministering gifts. 114 00:05:55,914 --> 00:05:59,030 And you go back to that passage in First Peter, chapter four. 115 00:05:59,790 --> 00:06:04,230 The goal for these is for ministering unto those people around 116 00:06:04,270 --> 00:06:06,570 us, ministering for the cause of the Gospel. 117 00:06:07,470 --> 00:06:10,374 So we see here the very first gift that's listed. 118 00:06:10,422 --> 00:06:16,630 It says whether prophecy let us prophesy according to the proportion 119 00:06:16,710 --> 00:06:18,010 of faith. 120 00:06:18,350 --> 00:06:22,774 Now we see first and foremost the gift of prophecy. 121 00:06:22,822 --> 00:06:24,822 Now, what is the gift of prophecy? 122 00:06:24,966 --> 00:06:28,854 Well, when we hear the word prophecy, most of the time we equate 123 00:06:28,902 --> 00:06:33,622 that with talking about the future, predicting events that are 124 00:06:33,646 --> 00:06:34,038 to happen. 125 00:06:34,094 --> 00:06:37,590 And though that is one element of prophecy, we certainly see that 126 00:06:37,630 --> 00:06:41,622 in the Old Testament, prophesying things about Jesus, things 127 00:06:41,646 --> 00:06:44,118 about the future, the nation of Israel. 128 00:06:44,294 --> 00:06:47,526 We even see prophecy in the New Testament, certainly throughout 129 00:06:47,558 --> 00:06:48,630 the New Testament. 130 00:06:48,710 --> 00:06:52,802 And one book that is predominantly prophecy is the Book 131 00:06:52,826 --> 00:06:54,150 of Revelation. 132 00:06:54,650 --> 00:06:57,790 Some prophecies have been fulfilled, other prophecies have 133 00:06:58,090 --> 00:06:59,910 not yet been fulfilled. 134 00:07:00,330 --> 00:07:03,570 But that's just one element of that word, prophecy. 135 00:07:03,650 --> 00:07:10,306 So the Greek word translated in prophecy or prophesying just essentially 136 00:07:10,338 --> 00:07:14,870 means to speak forth, to speak forth truth. 137 00:07:15,210 --> 00:07:19,922 And so though it can mean speaking forth the truth of God in 138 00:07:19,946 --> 00:07:22,594 the future, it essentially just means speaking forth the truth 139 00:07:22,642 --> 00:07:23,430 of God. 140 00:07:24,010 --> 00:07:27,970 And so you, you could say it there, there is the idea of speaking 141 00:07:28,050 --> 00:07:32,870 forward the truth of God, but really it's speaking forth the truth. 142 00:07:33,370 --> 00:07:38,498 And so this idea of prophesying is the idea of preaching 143 00:07:38,594 --> 00:07:46,152 the word of God, declaring the will of God to interpret the decisions 144 00:07:46,216 --> 00:07:48,776 of God in accordance to his word. 145 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:54,712 I, I would say that this is a gift that pastors hold in, in the 146 00:07:54,736 --> 00:07:58,744 concept of preaching forth the word of God, preaching the truth 147 00:07:58,792 --> 00:08:00,232 of God, thus saith the Lord. 148 00:08:00,296 --> 00:08:04,792 So, so while knowing the future can play into the idea of 149 00:08:04,816 --> 00:08:09,058 prophecy, it's primarily a gift of proclamation, not so much 150 00:08:09,114 --> 00:08:09,910 prediction. 151 00:08:10,570 --> 00:08:14,066 So, so you can have the gift of Prophecy without the gift of prediction. 152 00:08:14,258 --> 00:08:16,870 So, so there's forth telling and foretelling. 153 00:08:17,290 --> 00:08:21,906 I would, the way that I teach this is that I would say predominantly 154 00:08:21,938 --> 00:08:24,658 it's the gift of proclamation, forth telling. 155 00:08:24,834 --> 00:08:28,354 And so, so a pastor or a preacher, someone who's going to 156 00:08:28,362 --> 00:08:32,390 be getting up and speaking the truth of God to people, will declare 157 00:08:32,810 --> 00:08:33,730 what the Bible says. 158 00:08:33,770 --> 00:08:35,146 Hopefully that's what they are doing. 159 00:08:35,258 --> 00:08:37,962 And the Bible says that someone with this gift is able to 160 00:08:37,986 --> 00:08:42,234 do this with ease, or at least they're able to do this in, in a 161 00:08:42,242 --> 00:08:42,906 natural sense. 162 00:08:42,938 --> 00:08:44,550 They enjoy doing this. 163 00:08:44,930 --> 00:08:48,842 And so with the, the completion of the New Testament, 164 00:08:48,906 --> 00:08:53,978 prophesying change from declaring new revelations to now 165 00:08:54,034 --> 00:08:56,910 proclaiming what has already been given us in the Word. 166 00:08:57,250 --> 00:09:00,042 You know, obviously in, in the New Testament, in the Book of Acts 167 00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:03,306 and other places, they did not have the complete canon of Scripture. 168 00:09:03,338 --> 00:09:06,006 They did not have the complete revealed Word of God. 169 00:09:06,038 --> 00:09:11,094 So therefore they had to prove things by prophesying and speaking 170 00:09:11,142 --> 00:09:13,238 forth the truth of what's going to happen. 171 00:09:13,294 --> 00:09:14,438 And those would happen. 172 00:09:14,574 --> 00:09:17,702 But now the Word of God has been validated in the fact that we 173 00:09:17,726 --> 00:09:19,610 have the complete canon of Scripture. 174 00:09:20,030 --> 00:09:24,934 And so now the job of someone who was prophesying is to speak forth 175 00:09:24,982 --> 00:09:29,610 the truth of God in accordance to His Word, not extra biblical revelations. 176 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,472 We know that in Scripture it warns us against adding or subtracting 177 00:09:33,536 --> 00:09:34,500 from Scripture. 178 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,552 And we even know that the Bible says that there are going to 179 00:09:37,576 --> 00:09:38,672 be false prophets. 180 00:09:38,736 --> 00:09:41,952 So these are going to be people who are speaking forth not 181 00:09:41,976 --> 00:09:44,416 the truth, but lies. 182 00:09:44,608 --> 00:09:47,696 And so there can be true prophesying and there can be false 183 00:09:47,728 --> 00:09:48,660 prophesying. 184 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:53,584 And so we know that as Christians today, there is an importance 185 00:09:53,632 --> 00:09:56,832 to this within the local body of believers because we need to hear 186 00:09:56,856 --> 00:09:57,620 the truth. 187 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:02,192 And so I, I would venture to say that most of us would want to 188 00:10:02,216 --> 00:10:03,700 hear the truth of God. 189 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,776 If you're listening to this podcast, I hope that's your desire. 190 00:10:07,888 --> 00:10:11,184 And so the way that the truth of God is presented today is through, 191 00:10:11,272 --> 00:10:15,456 obviously you could read the scriptures on your own, but it is 192 00:10:15,528 --> 00:10:20,448 given through preachers and, and evangelists and, and different 193 00:10:20,504 --> 00:10:23,888 folks that are going to be prophesying in the name of God through 194 00:10:23,944 --> 00:10:24,740 His Word. 195 00:10:25,060 --> 00:10:29,228 And so if you enjoy reading the Word of God, studying the Word 196 00:10:29,244 --> 00:10:35,116 of God and then sharing the Word of God in, in the context and 197 00:10:35,188 --> 00:10:37,420 in the interpretation of Scripture. 198 00:10:37,580 --> 00:10:41,148 I would say that, hey, you might be someone who has been gifted 199 00:10:41,164 --> 00:10:42,720 with the gift of prophecy. 200 00:10:44,340 --> 00:10:47,292 I, I would say that the gift of prophecy, and we're going to talk 201 00:10:47,316 --> 00:10:49,228 about another gift here, a little bit later. 202 00:10:49,284 --> 00:10:52,762 The gift of teaching, they're, they're simultaneously linked in 203 00:10:52,786 --> 00:10:57,274 many ways because part of teaching is proclaiming the word 204 00:10:57,322 --> 00:10:58,138 of God. 205 00:10:58,314 --> 00:11:00,030 So thus saith the Lord. 206 00:11:00,370 --> 00:11:03,786 So, so many times it's explaining what the truth of God 207 00:11:03,818 --> 00:11:08,250 is and then explaining how we can grow in understanding of that 208 00:11:08,290 --> 00:11:08,910 truth. 209 00:11:09,570 --> 00:11:12,762 And so simply the gift of prophecy is the gift of speaking 210 00:11:12,826 --> 00:11:14,458 forth the, the truth. 211 00:11:14,634 --> 00:11:19,576 And so we, we see that there in Romans chapter 12, Romans chapter 212 00:11:19,608 --> 00:11:20,820 12, verse 6. 213 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:27,208 If someone is gifted in the gift of prophecy, it says, let us 214 00:11:27,264 --> 00:11:31,260 prophesy according to the proportion of faith. 215 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:35,496 Now that's an interesting concept to think about there, but 216 00:11:35,568 --> 00:11:36,376 what is it saying? 217 00:11:36,448 --> 00:11:39,560 Well, essentially what we're seeing here in this case is that 218 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:43,580 there is a proper way to proclaim the truth of God. 219 00:11:44,090 --> 00:11:47,922 There is an appropriate way to proclaim the truth of God, and then 220 00:11:47,946 --> 00:11:51,362 there also is a way of proclaiming the word of God in a 221 00:11:51,386 --> 00:11:52,402 false manner. 222 00:11:52,546 --> 00:11:59,746 And I think it's important for us to practice godly counsel, godly 223 00:11:59,778 --> 00:12:02,194 guidance, and how we proclaim the truth of God. 224 00:12:02,322 --> 00:12:07,922 So God might give us something to say as an individual that might 225 00:12:07,946 --> 00:12:09,550 stretch out to the church body. 226 00:12:10,340 --> 00:12:15,468 But, but it might even stretch our own faith if, if we cannot preach 227 00:12:15,564 --> 00:12:16,640 in faith. 228 00:12:17,540 --> 00:12:21,388 That means it basically as I'm proclaiming the word of God, if I'm 229 00:12:21,404 --> 00:12:24,652 not doing it in trusting God, we shouldn't do it at all. 230 00:12:24,676 --> 00:12:25,468 That's what he's saying here. 231 00:12:25,524 --> 00:12:28,252 To do it in the proportion of faith, do it with faith. 232 00:12:28,316 --> 00:12:31,480 So proclaim the truth of God as you believe it. 233 00:12:31,860 --> 00:12:34,108 Don't, don't be preaching something that you don't believe, 234 00:12:34,164 --> 00:12:35,260 even though it might be hard to believe. 235 00:12:35,300 --> 00:12:36,236 It's going to stretch our faith. 236 00:12:36,268 --> 00:12:41,692 And so we're reminded that preaching the, the word of God takes 237 00:12:41,756 --> 00:12:42,400 faith. 238 00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:48,012 And so this is the teaching for those folks that are gifted in 239 00:12:48,036 --> 00:12:49,760 this area of prophecy. 240 00:12:50,260 --> 00:12:54,044 I believe that Paul might be even cautioning folks that are, that 241 00:12:54,052 --> 00:12:59,132 are preaching to, to get it together in their minds and in their 242 00:12:59,156 --> 00:13:02,444 own hearts what they believe before they even bring it to the 243 00:13:02,452 --> 00:13:04,040 folks that they are preaching to. 244 00:13:04,430 --> 00:13:09,606 So, so other people take the proportion of faith to be, maybe 245 00:13:09,638 --> 00:13:14,854 even in regards to the audience like, okay, so be careful 246 00:13:14,902 --> 00:13:16,530 on who you're preaching to. 247 00:13:16,910 --> 00:13:20,358 But I think personally the way that I interpret this passage is 248 00:13:20,414 --> 00:13:24,118 that's talking about the one who's proclaiming this truth to have 249 00:13:24,254 --> 00:13:27,158 faith in what they are saying, believe in what they are saying, 250 00:13:27,214 --> 00:13:31,886 believe in the Lord, believe in that teaching, that, that proclamation 251 00:13:31,918 --> 00:13:33,006 of the truth of God. 252 00:13:33,118 --> 00:13:34,798 So that takes hard work. 253 00:13:34,854 --> 00:13:38,370 That takes Study, that takes courage, that takes boldness. 254 00:13:38,790 --> 00:13:41,374 And so I would encourage you to inspect your life, to say, you 255 00:13:41,382 --> 00:13:42,334 know, is that me? 256 00:13:42,502 --> 00:13:44,734 And this isn't just for preachers within the church. 257 00:13:44,782 --> 00:13:47,982 I mean, you can preach in your workplace, you can preach in your 258 00:13:48,006 --> 00:13:51,450 home, you can preach in the community. 259 00:13:51,830 --> 00:13:55,646 So this isn't only in the formal setting of a church service 260 00:13:55,718 --> 00:13:58,414 behind a pulpit, but I would encourage you to think about, you 261 00:13:58,422 --> 00:14:02,446 know, is that something that God has given me in, in a desire? 262 00:14:02,478 --> 00:14:06,142 Because I will say that most of the gifts that God gives us, he 263 00:14:06,166 --> 00:14:08,270 also links a desire to that gift. 264 00:14:08,430 --> 00:14:11,406 So if you desire to preach, you desire to proclaim the truth 265 00:14:11,438 --> 00:14:15,054 of God, there might be a great chance that you are gifted in the 266 00:14:15,062 --> 00:14:16,222 gift of prophecy. 267 00:14:16,366 --> 00:14:19,566 And then the next step would be, am I going to do this in faith? 268 00:14:19,678 --> 00:14:21,010 It's not performative. 269 00:14:21,350 --> 00:14:25,272 It's not getting up in front of people and making sure that all 270 00:14:25,296 --> 00:14:26,392 my intonations are right. 271 00:14:26,416 --> 00:14:27,800 And it's very rehearsed. 272 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,984 No, there is this element of trusting in the Lord and believing 273 00:14:31,112 --> 00:14:32,792 in what we are going to preach. 274 00:14:32,856 --> 00:14:37,980 And so there is the gift of a prophecy. 275 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,960 Next week, we're going to look at the gift of ministry or service. 276 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:46,840 Some people are gifted in that area of serving others, and I would 277 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:48,712 encourage you to come back and listen to that one as well. 278 00:14:48,736 --> 00:14:52,220 We're going to go through each one of these gifts here as we do 279 00:14:52,260 --> 00:14:52,764 this study. 280 00:14:52,852 --> 00:14:56,620 And I would encourage you to inspect your own life, expect your 281 00:14:56,660 --> 00:15:02,636 desires, inspect your call, and see where God has you to fit 282 00:15:02,668 --> 00:15:07,160 into your community, your church, your world. 283 00:15:07,540 --> 00:15:10,092 So thank you again this week for following along with us. 284 00:15:10,116 --> 00:15:13,132 We've studied the spiritual gifts and started with the gift of 285 00:15:13,156 --> 00:15:16,240 prophecy, the gift of proclamation, the gift of preaching. 286 00:15:16,860 --> 00:15:19,092 So looking forward to talking to you next week. 287 00:15:19,196 --> 00:15:21,732 Looking forward to bringing forth another spiritual gift that 288 00:15:21,756 --> 00:15:24,756 we can all understand and grow in in our lives. 289 00:15:24,908 --> 00:15:27,780 Well, we hope that you have a great rest of your week. 290 00:15:27,820 --> 00:15:30,020 We will talk to you next week. 291 00:15:30,140 --> 00:15:31,332 Have a wonderful day. 292 00:15:31,436 --> 00:15:34,228 Hey, I really appreciate that you listen to the Word of the Week 293 00:15:34,284 --> 00:15:35,236 podcast. 294 00:15:35,428 --> 00:15:39,044 If you have any questions about the podcast or about our church, 295 00:15:39,092 --> 00:15:42,292 Middletown Baptist Church, you can find more information about us 296 00:15:42,316 --> 00:15:48,554 on Facebook or YouTube or you can find the podcast on NBCPodcast.org 297 00:15:48,682 --> 00:15:54,378 you can contact me directly at Josh Massaro at middletownbaptistchurch.org 298 00:15:54,554 --> 00:15:58,218 stay tuned for future Word of the Week episodes where we dive deeper 299 00:15:58,314 --> 00:16:01,786 into words that impact our life according to scripture. 300 00:16:01,898 --> 00:16:02,698 Thank you so much. 301 00:16:02,754 --> 00:16:03,370 God bless. 302 00:16:03,450 --> 00:16:04,370 We'll talk to you soon.