Solid Rock Church Sermons

In the sermon this past Sunday, Pastor Jason preached on spiritual gifts from 1 Corinthians 12.  Before discussing biblical instructions for spiritual gifts, the Apostle Paul first lays a gospel-foundation.  He reminded us that understanding spiritual gifts begins with a personal relationship with Jesus and the presence of the Holy Spirit in our life.  We learned that ALL believers have been given spiritual gifts and empowered by God to serve the church.  Because God disperses spiritual gifts as He determines, engaging in using our spiritual gifts requires submission to God’s will.  Spiritual gifts are given to individual believers to be brought together by the Holy Spirit to work together as ONE body.  When the members of the body are using their gifts together to serve the church, it leads the church towards spiritual maturity.  Pastor Jason used the parts of a clock to illustrate how, as members of the church, we come together to function with one purpose.  We