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Gift of the Holy Spirit Faith | Episode #385 | Encore Episode #056 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's work with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and story along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. Now, if
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  Speaker 1: you miss a portion of today's broadcast or would like
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  Speaker 1: to recommend it to a friend, you can hear this
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  Speaker 1: program anytime online at Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now
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  Speaker 1: here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: For as the body is one and has many parts,
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  Speaker 2: and all the parts of that body, though many, are
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  Speaker 2: one body, so also is Christ. For we were all
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  Speaker 2: baptized by one spirit into one body, whether Jews or gentile,
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  Speaker 2: whether slaves are free, and we were all made to
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  Speaker 2: drink of one spirit. So the body is not one
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  Speaker 2: part but many. If the foot should say, because I
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  Speaker 2: am not a hand, I don't belong to the body,
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  Speaker 2: in spite of this, it still belongs to the body.
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  Speaker 2: And if the ear should say, because I am not
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  Speaker 2: an eye, I don't belong to the body. In spite
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  Speaker 2: of this, it still belongs to the body. If the
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  Speaker 2: whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be?
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  Speaker 2: If the whole were an ear, where would be the
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  Speaker 2: sense of smell? But now God has placed the parts,
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  Speaker 2: each one of them in the body, just as he wanted.
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  Speaker 2: And if they were all the same part, where would
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  Speaker 2: the body be? Now there are many parts, yet one
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  Speaker 2: body that is First Corinthian Chapter twelve, Verses twelve through twenty.
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  Speaker 2: We began our study of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 2: Yesterday I gave you not only one of those defined gifts.
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  Speaker 2: As we spoke about the gift of the Word of knowledge.
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  Speaker 2: When we talked about knowledge, we were not talking about
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  Speaker 2: natural or learned knowledge. We were talking about supernatural revelation
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  Speaker 2: by the Holy Spirit. This knowledge glorifies God and ultimately
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  Speaker 2: will bring glory to Him by adding to his kingdom.
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  Speaker 2: Believers come because they recognize the supernatural power of the
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  Speaker 2: Lord Jesus Christ operating by the Holy Spirit in believers.
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  Speaker 2: Today we looked at the gift of knowledge, the gift
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  Speaker 2: of knowledge and the gift of the Word of wisdom
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  Speaker 2: sometimes work almost hand and in hand, if you will,
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  Speaker 2: because there's one thing to have the knowledge that there's
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  Speaker 2: another thing to have, the supernatural wisdom as to how
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  Speaker 2: to use it to bring glory to God.
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  Speaker 3: It is not a toy. The gifts of the Holy
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  Speaker 3: Spirit are not given so that we can use them
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  Speaker 3: to amuse others. This is given to edify build up
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  Speaker 3: the body of Christ. Now I want to speak about
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  Speaker 3: one of the gifts that are listed in the Nine
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  Speaker 3: Gifts of the Holy Spirit, and that is the gift
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  Speaker 3: of faith. It says to another is given the gift
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  Speaker 3: of faith by the same spirit. Think about this for
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  Speaker 3: just a moment. There are times in our life when
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  Speaker 3: we need to stretch out and reach for something we
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  Speaker 3: can't see. It's not just a hope, and it's not
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  Speaker 3: just a dream. It is a reality, but we need
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  Speaker 3: to bring it into our reality and existence so that
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  Speaker 3: it glorifies God. The gift of faith is given to
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  Speaker 3: believers who will step out and will speak for God
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  Speaker 3: about a given situation for others. And I'll give you
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  Speaker 3: an example. When someone within your community is ill, regardless
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  Speaker 3: of what may be the situation, you can pray for
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  Speaker 3: that individual and you should there are ways that we
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  Speaker 3: can pray that make an extreme difference in the life
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  Speaker 3: of those we pray for. James says that the effectual,
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  Speaker 3: fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. It carries
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  Speaker 3: tremendous emphasis. Why because that prayer requires more than just
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  Speaker 3: natural ability. It requires the gift of the Holy Spirit,
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  Speaker 3: whichever ones that the Holy Spirit chooses to use to
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  Speaker 3: bring glory to his name. For the person who needs healing,
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  Speaker 3: there are those within the body that have been able
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  Speaker 3: to demonstrate the gifts of healing. There are many types
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  Speaker 3: of healing. There are miraculous healings, and there are gifts
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  Speaker 3: of miracles. But there are also healings of a natural form,
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  Speaker 3: but they are supernaturally rendered. What do I mean by that?
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  Speaker 3: There are times when it looks as if everything is
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  Speaker 3: going to go in the other direction as far as
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  Speaker 3: an individual's health. They may be experiencing a prognosis by
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  Speaker 3: a physician that says to them there is nothing more
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  Speaker 3: we can do. When they hear those words, they can
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  Speaker 3: lose hope. They need someone to come who can demonstrate
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  Speaker 3: this supernatural gift of faith which will encourage them, lift
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  Speaker 3: them up and not just give them a pat on
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  Speaker 3: the back, but actually show them God's plan for their
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  Speaker 3: own life. This gift of faith is demonstrated in many ways,
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  Speaker 3: along with the other gifts we've mentioned, the gift of
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  Speaker 3: the Word of knowledge, the gift of the Word of wisdom,
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  Speaker 3: and the gift of faith. These can all work in
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  Speaker 3: unison together. They don't have to work through the same individual.
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  Speaker 3: They could work through the same individual depending on how
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  Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit wills You see, the gifts of the
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  Speaker 3: Holy Spirit will benefit the body. But more than just
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  Speaker 3: benefit the body. The body will be benefited because of
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  Speaker 3: others who don't know Jesus will come to know his reality.
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  Speaker 3: They'll know him as a living, vibrant Lord. They'll know
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  Speaker 3: him because of the power of the Holy Spirit demonstrated
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  Speaker 3: in you and I as his followers.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us, you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word with Richard k you can hear
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  Speaker 1: this message in its entirety again online as well as
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  Speaker 1: Richard's entire archive at talknetwork Radio dot com. We would
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  Speaker 1: like to acknowledge our theme song, how Great is Thy Faithfulness?
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  Speaker 1: From the America's twenty five Favorite Hymns album. Unless otherwise.
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  Speaker 1: Express scriptures are read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible,
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  Speaker 1: which is published by Homan Bible Publishers in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: Additional resources used for reflections on the Word with Richard
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  Speaker 1: K include Great is Thy Faithfulness by Our Daily Breadth
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  Speaker 1: and printed by Discovery House Publishers. Again, here is Richard
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 3: When Jesus said, all authority has been given to me
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  Speaker 3: in heaven and on earth. Now you go and make
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  Speaker 3: disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of
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  Speaker 3: the Father and the name of the Son, and the
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  Speaker 3: name of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything
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  Speaker 3: I have commanded you, and lo I will be with
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  Speaker 3: you always, even to the end of the age. The
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  Speaker 3: Great Commission was demonstrated in early believers and is still
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  Speaker 3: demonstrated in believers today throughout the world. The gifts of
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  Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit are present and operating fully in the
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  Speaker 3: Body of Christ. The question is is it operating in
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  Speaker 3: our lives to bring glory to God? And that is
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  Speaker 3: today's reflection on the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the work with
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  Speaker 1: Richard k or Richard the entire team. This is Chuck
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  Speaker 1: Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition Reflections on
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  Speaker 1: the Word.
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  Speaker 2: Day content. The