The Truth About Spiritual Gifts // Deprogram Part. 3 // The Blueprint with Dr. Dharius Daniels

What's up everybody? Welcome to the blueprint. I got my crew with me. Come on, man. Let's make some noise, man. We're we're grateful to be here tonight. Listen, we call this the blueprint because we believe it's a third way Bible study. There are three ways you can live your life.

Cultur's way, that's the way of the world. Church's way, that's the way of religion, or the king's way, that's the way of the rabbi. And we believe the King's way is not just right, it's better. >> But the Bible is the blueprint to that way. And we're incredibly excited, man, to have an opportunity just to connect with you and share God's word with you.

Here's our commitment and our calling. Everybody's got to be faithful to their calling. And ours is biblical truth that applies to everyday life. And I'm incredibly excited about what I believe God's going to do through his word today. We begin our time though each week with a little time of prayer.

And here here's what I know happens, right? I don't have any data on this, but I've been doing this a long time [snorts] and I know the saints. And so here's what I know happens. Particularly for those that might not be watching this live, there might be a temptation if you're watching the replay to just fast forward past the prayer to get to the word.

But I want you to realize something that there are times where we need teaching and then there are other times where we need touches. It's not teaching or touches. It's teaching and touches. And the proclamation of truth brings your teaching. But only prayer brings a touch. >> And there's some stuff you need God to touch.

And uh as as we as we prepare to pray today, man, I want to remind you that the power of prayer is not just seen in what does happen. The power of prayer is also seen in what doesn't happen. Uh just recently, this week, I was praying for a member of our church.

I got word that uh she was dealing with a health issue and I prayed uh for this particular person and had my office send them the prayer. And uh then I got word later that this particular situation uh when I prayed for this particular member, the member was not in the hospital.

Then I got word that the member was in the hospital. Now if you don't understand the way prayer works, you would assume that the prayer didn't work. >> Okay. >> Do you understand? Yeah. But the sometimes the greatest blessing that we get from prayer is the blessing we don't see cuz it's something that that prayer stopped. >> Wow. >> So instead of lamenting that the member is in the hospital, >> we thank God >> that something worse that could have happened didn't. >> Am I making sense?

So as we pray, man, we need to we pray from that perspective knowing that God is faithful and he's going to answer that prayer. So we're praying today for Juan Sharp who's believing for wisdom and Amber Carroll who's believing for a relational miracle and Torian Adams who's believing for favor and Denise Robinson and Nikesha Adams and Antoine Mloud who's believing God all to intervene in unique ways in their life.

And I know you're believing God to do something for you. So, I want you to just add your faith to ours as we lift up this prayer uh to our father who's anxiously awaiting an opportunity to answer the prayers of his people. So, Father, I just thank you today that your word is true.

You are not a man, so you do not lie. You keep your word. You make good on your promises. You are Jehovah, the covenant making and covenant keeping God. and you said in your word to call [snorts] upon you and you would answer us and you would show us great and mighty things that we know not of.

So we come calling on you now and we say Lord hear the cries and the prayer requests of your people and send help [snorts] from Zion. We look to you. We look to the hills from which cometh our help knowing all of our help comes from you. So for every request, would you show yourself strong and show yourself mighty?

I pray for physical healing for those that are sick. Whether you choose to do it naturally through doctors or whether you do it supernaturally or God, whether you perform a hybrid miracle, you might use both, but we say in the language of antiquity, have your way. We pray for those that are believing for a relational miracle.

You're the God that turns the hearts of the fathers toward their children and the hearts of the children back toward their fathers. We pray for relational miracles in Jesus name. We pray for financial miracles. You're the God that sends water out of a rock. You promised to be Jehovah Gyra, the Lord who provides.

And so I thank you for divine provision. And father, I even pray for emotional miracles now as individuals are dealing with despair and sorrow and grief, some betrayal, some wounds. I thank you, Father, that you heal the brokenhearted and you bind up their wounds. God, I even pray as I sense those that are dealing with unusual fatigue in their soul.

Not their soul is tired. Their emotions are weary. They have faith fatigue. They've been believing you so long that time has taken a toll on their faith. God that renews strength. Would you renew our faith? Would you give them the energy to run on and see what the end will be?

I thank you that times of refreshing come from you. Refresh your people. Refresh your people. Refresh your people. And we believe and we confess that we will finish this year strong. That we will not stumble into next year. We're going to leap into next year. For you make our feet like hind's feet.

And we thank you for this, God. Thank you for hearing this prayer. Thank you for honoring this petition. We ask it all in the name of Jesus. Amen. Put some fire in the chat. Clap your hands here ((applause)) at Blueprint. We're incredibly excited, man, and grateful for all that God is getting ready to do where we're in a series here called Deprogramming.

We've been in a series called Detox on Sundays, which deals with our heart. Deprogramming deals with our head. And so, I want to read, we're in Romans 12. And so, this is lesson three, if you're catching up, and I want to read a couple of verses beginning at verse number six.

And uh these two scriptures are going to be where we lay our anchor in our time together on today. Hey, by the way, if you are anywhere near the Houston, Texas area on December the 12th, I'm going to be in Houston, Texas with Todd Galbirth for Greater Nights.

Now, listen to me. I don't know if Todd is taking this tour to Dallas. I know if he goes, I'm not. I'mma be in Houston. And so if you're in the Houston area, if you're in the Dallas area, if Houston is if you're part of this t if this teaching family here at Blueprint or the Change Global family, I want to encourage you to meet us in Houston.

It's December the 12th. Not only is Todd Galbath going to be there, he gave me word that another very special guest is going to be there and you need to go to the website on the screens and you can see that. But I'm looking forward to being there live.

I'm going to be preaching. He's going to be worshiping and God's going to get the glory. I'm excited about it. The Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church >> in Houston, Texas. [laughter] It's going to be an incredible night. All right. Romans 12:6 says, "We have different gifts according to the grace given to each of us.

If your gift is is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith. If it is serving, then serve. If it is teaching, then teach. If it is to encourage, then give encouragement. If it is giving, then give generously. If it is to lead, do it diligently. And if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.

Yes, sir. >> So, in this part three of this deprogramming series, I want to talk from this subject, unlearning to unleash. >> I like it. >> The truth about spiritual gifts. family. I want to start this lesson with a statement that I think I've said in a number of different ways in every iteration of this series.

And that has been our ability to evolve and advance is going to be tied to our willingness to acknowledge what we need to unlearn. Our evolution is tied not just to our learning but to our unlearning. If you are committed to always learning, you must be open to always unlearning.

And I think the best case study for this, particularly in the New Testament, is in the Gospels with the Pharisees. The Pharisees did not reach their redemptive potential not because they couldn't learn. They were learned men. They were educated men. They understood the Torah and the Talmud and the Mishna.

Their issue wasn't that they couldn't learn. >> They got stuck spiritually because they wouldn't unlearn. And as it was for them, so it can be for us. We can unconsciously and unintentionally be unable to evolve in a way that is consistent with God's design and desire for us.

Not because we aren't willing to learn, but because we are unwilling to unlearn. >> That's good. >> And this is why we've been in this series on Sundays called detox. because spiritual development requires spiritual detox, right? And and that's important. And uh hopefully hopefully all of us who've been hearing that series have been doing some unlearning.

I know I have, right? I I saw my own synretatism, not just in superstition in general, but how my superstition in culture impacted my relationship with Christ. >> Got you. >> I didn't even know my superstition was showing up in my relationship with God. So if I'm typically praying three times a day and you don't pray three times a day and something bad happened, didn't you assume something bad happened cuz I ain't pray three times a day.

That's not grace. That's superstition. >> I didn't see how it leaked into. So spiritual development requires some spiritual detox. But what I'm also arguing is that spiritual development requires some deprogramming. And deprogramming isn't about rejecting everything you've been taught, but it is about objectively examining the assumptions I've come to, the conclusions I'm operating from, and putting them through the truth of scripture and making sure that I'm building my life, Matthew 7, on a solid rock and not sand. >> And watch this.

Failure to deprogram doesn't mean you don't get to heaven. It just means you don't experience God's best on earth. >> That's good. >> And so this is why I think I think uh this conversation that Paul is having here in the book of Romans is so key is so critical, man.

Is so important because Paul's conversation here in Romans, I believe the majority of book of Romans is deprogramming. But particularly here in chapter number 12, he's doing some deprogramming. Last week we showed you how he was doing some deprogramming in the area of grace. And we argue that many believers don't understand grace incompletely.

They know it's God's incorrectly. They know it's God's unmmerited favor. But we don't but we understand grace incompletely. We see it as a pardon, but it's also power. >> Right? We see we see it as unearned favor, but it is also unearned ability. Uh but I also want you to see something else that Paul talks about uh in this next sequence of verses here in Romans chapter 12.

And that is not just the way we see grace, but he shifts to the way we see gifts. >> Now, he's not having two different conversations here. For Paul, these conversations are in continuity with one another. You see, grace is the reason we have gifts. >> Okay? And the use of our gifts is an expression of God's grace to those who need them. >> Okay.

Did you did you hear what I just said? Okay. Okay. Grace is the reason we have gifts. >> We don't earn them. >> Grace is the reason we got. But when you use the gift, >> that's an expression of God's grace to the person who needs the gift.

You use it right there. >> Did you hear what I just said? So, so, uh, earlier this week, somebody sent me a word of encouragement and it was timely. Does that make sense? They sent it and I needed it when they sent it. >> Okay. This person has probably what Paul calls an encouragement or an exhortation gift. >> My God. >> That's a spiritual gift.

They got the ability. See, I wish I had time. >> Take it. I wish I had time there because there's there's this underestimation >> of the spiritual nature of some of these gifts. And so you look at something like the gift of exhortation and you can assume it's just a gift that affects the emotional realm.

We can just call it an inspirational gift, not realizing it's a weapon in spiritual warfare that the devil that the devil doesn't want to be used cuz that weapon fights against insecurity and it fights against despair and it fights against disillusionment. The gift of encouragement is what actually ushers some people into their authentic identity.

That some people wouldn't even stand in the fullness and the authenticity of who they are if there wasn't somebody behind them saying, "Do it. Do it. Do it." And when they when when they use it, it's different. >> It's coming from a different place. It's genuine. It's not manufacturing. is not a hater trying to hide the hateration, but it's somebody who genuinely wants to see you step into the fullness of who God's called you to be.

And I don't have time to bother this, but because that gift, I think, is so powerful and potent, >> those individuals are often subject to some of the most intense emotional attacks. >> Cuz the devil don't want that person to use that gift cuz that gift work on everybody. >> Jesus, >> come on here.

Everybody is not as open to the prophetic gift and right and everybody is not as open to the teaching gift. They like shout me don't teach me nothing but that but everybody >> so good >> is open to that encouragement gift. >> So when I got that word there's nothing I did to earn that word. >> I didn't earn it. >> But that's it.

It's grace. The fact that I got it when I needed it, yes, sir, >> was an expression sir >> of God's grace to me. >> Am I making sense here? >> Now, here's the thing. When you refuse then to use the gifts God's given you, here's what you're saying. >> You're saying, "I want to be a recipient of grace, >> but not a giver of it."

When you refuse to use the gifts God's given you, you're saying, "I want help from others, but I refuse to give it to them." >> When you and I refuse to use the gifts God's given us, we're saying, "I want to be a consumer >> and not a contributor." >> Now, I know I hit on this a little bit last week, but I want to make sure I unpack very clearly what I mean when I say gifts here.

What Paul is talking about here is not what we would call natural ability. That's talent. You were born with that. Some people can just sing. Some people can just speak. Some people can just write. Some Am I making sense? Some people can just fix things. See, God didn't give me that.

God gave that to my daddy, but he didn't give it to me. I'm so bad with my hands. One times, brother D, I was trying to help my dad change the oil cuz he's old school. He wouldn't go in for a oil change. Y'all don't know nothing about that.

He'd go to a place called AutoZone. >> You don't hear me. >> Get some oil, get his own oil, and then get a a oil filter. >> Jack the car up. Come on here. Remove the filter. Open up that whatever the thing is that the oil's in. Let the old oil dry.

Oh, that's it's a sermon in that now. Let the old oil drop. [laughter] >> He let the old oil draw out in a pan. Come on. Then he changed put some of that old oil around the filter the new oil put it back on there and then poured the new oil in there.

And so one day I was helping him trying to and and and see that that generation a little old school. They filter not the same. There's no gentle parenting in them days. Amen. Yep. See this is something important too. God knew what generation had the tendencies >> that I needed discipled in me. >> [applause and cheering] >> Did you hear what I just said?

Because there is no way I could operate in this assignment >> soft. >> Not being able to hear hard stuff. >> No way I could operate in this assignment >> with that. So he looked at me. He said, "Brother D," he said, "I'm so God made so glad God made you smart."

He said, "Cuz if you had to work with your hands, you wouldn't make it." [laughter] So here's a here's a point that I'll make out. We got natural talent. >> Everybody has that. Okay. Then there's acquired skill. >> These are competencies you picked up because you chose to or you had to.

Something happened and you had to learn how to do this. Am I making sense? That's not what Paul's talking about here. Now God uses natural talent and he will use acquire skill. I think God in his sovereignty will put you in circumstances where you have to acquire skill.

This is why some people worked in certain places for seasons and you're like why did I work there? >> And you have no idea that that God put that that place was a pit stop. >> I see it. >> Come on here. It was a stop. That was a school that he was using to cultivate in you some acquired skill that he was going to use later. >> But this is not what Paul's talking about.

He's talking about spiritual gifts. >> Yeah. >> Special abilities distributed by the Holy Spirit to every believer for the purpose of building the body and serving humanity. Paul takes this so serious. It's three chapters dedicated to this one subject in the book of Corinthians. He dedicates three full chapters to the subject of spiritual gifts.

Chapter 12, he begins by saying in verse one now about the gifts of the spirit. Brothers and sisters, I don't want you to be ignorant or uninformed. >> Right? He says when something is this consequential to your creation, you can't be elementary in your understanding of it. He says, "I don't want you ignorant about this." >> Yeah. >> And in chapter 12, he talks about spiritual gifts.

And in chapter 13, he talks about spiritual gifts being delivered with a motive of love. >> And then chapter 14, he talks about the usage of spiritual gifts and bringing order to the use of. He dedicates three chapters. He is this serious about this conversation as it relates to spiritual gifts because he knows that until you learn how to master your gifts, you'll never be able to accomplish your assignment.

You'll be trying to do God's work with natural ability and acquired skill. And that is a formula for fainting. >> Did you hear what I just said? When you try to do and I try to do God's work just using natural talent and acquired skill, that is a blueprint to burnout. >> Yes. >> Absolutely. >> That's good. >> Can't do it. >> And so he has this conversation here about spiritual gifts, special abilities distributed by the Holy Spirit.

And here's the thing. Whatever you have spiritual and you've got what's called a gift mix. Somebody say gift mix. So it's so you don't have a gift, you've got gifts. And God knows how to mix certain gifts because the mixture of certain gifts are necessary for your assignment.

For example, someone may be called, everybody has a responsibility to intercede, but everyone has not been called to the ministry of an intercessor. >> Intercessors have a different kind of spiritual stamina when it comes to prevailing in prayer than the average believer. See, I'mma see how honest we are. >> Intercessors would get excited about all night prayer. >> The rest of us will submit >> to all night prayer.

We will come to all night prayer, right? But our baby doesn't leap >> over all night prayer. That doesn't mean we don't value prayer. Right. >> There is a unique interest in and a unique stamina for >> those that have been called to that ministry. >> Am I making sense?

But what I've seen is very often there's this mixture of gifts that accompany that intercessory gift that people underestimate and it makes the intercessory gift more impactful. For example, a prophetic gifting. talk about it. >> Cuz it's one thing to see with these eyes and know what to pray for. >> Yes, sir. >> But it's another thing to see with a different set of eyes and know what to pray.

Am I making sense? So very often you see that these these these gift mixes and you and I have gift mixes and and and here's what one writer says. I think John Maxwell says, "Wherever you have uh unique gifting, you're going to have an uncommon IQ. >> You're going to have an unteachable knowhow.

God Almighty. Like, am I making sense? It's it's it's it's a knowhow that's unteachable. You can't get it from a book. You can't get it anywhere. It's just like you just How did you know to say that? >> How did you know how to do that? >> It's it's it's an instinct >> that accompanies the gifting. >> Am I making sense? >> And so Paul's like, "Okay, I need to make sure not only believers in Corinth, but believers in Rome >> actually understand this."

Am I making sense? >> Yes, sir. >> I said, am I making sense? >> Yes, sir. >> Now, you do know I taught you this on week one. He was in Corinth when he wrote this. >> So, [snorts] you're probably observing some of the stuff that's going, okay, let me let me make sure y'all over there straight >> in Rome.

And he what what does he do? He does some deprogramming around these ideas of gift. Um, and I want you to see this here. This is important because there are three areas I want us to see. and we'll wrap up in our time together. The first area I see he does some deprogramming here in Romans 12 is there's deprogramming from the myth of sameness.

The myth of sameness. He says we have different verse six says we have different gifts according to the grace given to each of us. We have different gifts. And if we don't understand that God deposits differently, you will be anxious when he uses you uniquely. >> I see it.

Oh, that's so good. >> I am telling you in over 20 years of pastoral leadership from my this is anecdotal but from my own life and in the life of others I have seen most people are not as confused as they think they are about their calling. Wait a minute. >> They're confused about what to call it. >> But the text didn't say he would give you descriptions.

It didn't say he would give you titles. >> It didn't say he would give you categories. The text just said he'll give you gifts. And some people not using it because they're trying to figure out what to call it. >> Am I making sense? Yeah. They're not they're not doing what they're supposed to be doing because they're anxious about the lack of language that describes what you are. >> And when Paul what Paul seems to focus on here is function, >> not description. >> Yes, sir. >> Just do it.

Don't worry about what to call it. Just do it. >> Just do it. Just do it. >> Because there are some things we are called to. Church and culture doesn't have language for it. >> That's right. >> And just because we call each other that does not mean God would anyway. >> Cuz there's some stuff we calling each other God don't agree with. >> We like, "What's up, prophet?"

God's like, "He ain't that." >> Y'all are Come on. Come on. Come on. But yeah. So, so what I what I what I what I see is many people don't need to get delivered from confusion. They need to get delivered from their need to feel normal. ((applause)) >> That is good. >> So Paul's trying to deprogram them from this myth of sameness.

He's like, you're not the same. >> You're not supposed to be the same. And he says uh it's like we we need to understand God assigns gifts based on our assignments not to accommodate our insecurities. Say you insecure cuz you don't know what to call yourself. And watch this.

Spiritual growth not spiritual gifts deals with our insecurities. And when we use spiritual gifts to address our insecurities, then at some point you're going to slide from serving people >> into performing for people. >> Yes, sir. >> Yes, sir. >> You begin to measure the effectiveness of your assignment by their applause. >> Am I making sense here? >> Yeah.

So, so Paul says verse six, we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. So, he wants to deprogram them from the myth of sameness. You're not supposed to be the same even if you have same gifts. >> That's good. >> That's clear. Does he not say in Corinthians there are differing different different gifts and different administrations >> different ways those gifts are administered. >> Am I making sense?

So somebody can have a teaching gift >> and the way their teaching gift is administered might not be from a platform to a gathered congregation. But if they're not deprogrammed from the myth of sameness, then they will assume they're not as effective >> or they're not in alignment with their assignment because they're not administering their gift the same way somebody else administers their gift.

((applause)) >> Am I making sense? >> Some people have the gift of intercession. They can stand on the stage and they can gather people and they could pray and they can and then somebody else will get on that phone with you oneonone and wear you out. >> And sometimes the person that wears the crowd out on the stage can't wear you out on the phone. >> Same gifts, different administration.

And what happens is when you don't get deprogrammed, what you'll do is you'll be authentic when it comes to your gift, but you will be, watch this, a duplicate when it comes to the way you administer it. >> Jesus. >> And so sometimes the ineffectiveness is not somebody's doing the right thing, they're just not doing it the right way.

So he has to deprogram them from the myth of sameness. Then watch this. We have different gifts according to the grace given to each of us. So that second stanza in the sentence leads to our second point which is deprogramming from the myth of selfourcing. >> Okay. >> Gifts are given according to the grace.

Now, this point, and I know some of our audience is um in other countries, and so what I'm about to deal with here is something that I don't know if it's unique to America, but I know it exists in America because I live in America and it may not be an issue in other places.

Maybe it is, but we live in a selfmade culture. >> Well, that is being self-made is almost seen as a virtue. >> I'm I'm self-made. No, nobody did it for me. It's it's it's really dysfunctional. >> It's really dysfunctional. Watch this. It it's it's almost like it is a reflection of the attitude of the elder prodical son. >> Trying to earn something >> that's already been given to you. >> You're trying to earn through effort what you have inherited through identity. >> Are y'all hearing what I'm saying?

Yeah. This is what this is what contributes to a lot of um individuals who might come up in families that are able to give them a head start. Those individuals being obsessed with doing it their own way >> instead of saying you can start on second base just start there. >> The same thing can happen in the kingdom.

Am I making sense here? >> Yeah. And so this is this is this this selfmate because here's what I learned Christian whatever is showing up in culture is going to show up in the church. >> That's >> because culture disciples. >> So when it shows up in the church, am I making sense?

There has to be some deprogramming and then reprogramming biblically. is supposed to show up in the church until they get discipled. >> They get saved, but they've been discipled by culture. So, the way they see relationships that's going to be based on podcast and books and TV shows and all of these other areas that they have they've allowed to influence, the way they see relationships and the way they see hardship and the way they see conflict, right?

So, so um when people get into into God's house, then there's got to be reformation, right? That's part of our strategy at our church change churches. It's the reaching, then it's the reforming, right? Okay. So, this is important because this self-made attitude can slip into our spirituality. >> Yes.

[snorts] And people can end up unconsciously assuming they're self-made believers. >> The only way you're going to be arrogant about a spiritual gift is if you believe you earned it. The only way is there's something in you unconsciously that believes God gave it to you cuz there was something about you that was better than them. >> Talk about it. >> But spiritual gifts are allocations of grace, not indicators of greatness.

Your spiritual gift is not a reward. It's a responsibility. >> Yes, sir. >> So, we don't deposit them, but we're responsible for developing them, disciplining them, and distributing them. Can Can I Can I Can we break that down? >> Okay. So, we all have spiritual gifts. God deposits.

What are we responsible for? Development. development. >> This is actually the process of intentionally using principles, practice, which is repetition and people, mentors, whether they're uh those who are spiritual leaders or those who are peer mentors. It's a it's a process of intentionally using principles, practice, and people to help increase the effectiveness of your gift.

That's development. It's okay. What are the best what are principles out there? So if I got a teaching gift, what are the principles out there that best principles best practices in the sense of principles that I should be exploring for my teaching gifts? Then practice it's repetition. You do have to get reps.

So if you got a prophetic gifting, you're never going to get better if you don't use it. >> But that's where the ego can get involved, >> right? That's where the self-made can get involved. Because if you if you're going to practice anything, you're going to get it wrong. >> Right. >> But are you trying to But are you trying to use the gift TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT you or are you trying to get better with the gift? >> That means you willing to miss.

But without the but without this revelation of grace, people have this prideful posture when they're delivering a prophetic word. And it's like you ought to versus I sense maybe you should >> I sense what God might be saying is [snorts] >> am I making sense there? development. And so this is actually, let's just put this text in context and then we'll move.

This is actually what Paul was talking about in 2 Timothy 1:6 when he tells Timothy, "For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God." One says, "Stir up the gift of God." Now watch what he says here. Which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

Now, that speaks to a way that spiritual gifts are distributed, not the way. >> The source of every spiritual gift is the Holy Spirit, not a man. >> That's right. >> But the Holy Spirit can use the laying on of hands as what's called a means of grace for a person to receive what Paul calls an impartation.

If you look at the beginning of Romans, I think around Romans 1:11, he says, "I long to see you." Is that what he says? That I might impart some spiritual gift to you. Meaning, I sense that the season you're in requires gifts you don't yet have. And God's getting ready to add to your midst to your mix gifts that this next season is going to require.

And he says, "I long to see you that I might impart a spiritual gift." But notice what he said. He didn't say, "God told me I was going to see you." >> Because he never gets to see him. >> He never makes it to Rome. >> So he's very clear between what he wants to do and [snorts] what he feels like God's saying needs to be done.

He's saying, "Hey, I long to see you for this reason." But for Paul, he he's very clear like, "Hey, Timothy, you got this, but you got to stir it up. >> Now, I'm going just read. We're not dealing with this, but I'm going to just read verse 7.

And it says, "For God did not give us the spirit of fear." I just want to put that in context. That's it. I know we quote that. I just want to put that in context. So when Paul, this translation says, "God, for the spirit of God does not make us timid." >> That's right. >> But gives us power, love, and self-discipline. >> So when Paul is talking about God to give us a spirit of fear, he's talking about the usage of your gift. >> Wow.

Never heard that. [laughter] >> So there's the the deprogramming from the myth of sameness, deprogramming from the myth of self-sourcing, and then there's deprogramming. Uh well, let me let me just say this. Let me just say this, okay? Because I just talked about developing the gifts. I ju I just I need to spend 30 seconds on this.

Galani, >> you can take a minute. [laughter] >> There's also the disciplining of the gift. Okay. All right. Can we do some more deprogramming here? Because part of our deprogramming isn't like deprogramming or deconstructing the Bible. We need to be deprogrammed from what people told us these scriptures meant. >> All this is right, >> but it's the interpretation.

We inherited interpretations, too. >> Because because the the proper usage of my spiritual gift requires discipline. >> Yes, sir. Yeah. >> Yes, sir. >> Like if you got prophetic gifting, everything you see, you shouldn't say. >> Some stuff you see, maybe God wants you to pray into that. >> Did you hear what I just said?

Like, am I making sense? And so, when people don't have discipline, they don't understand the difference between, okay, I see something. Now, what does God want me to do with what I saw? Is this something that I need to release to them? And if I release it to them, is it going to create unnecessary anxiousness because they can't do nothing about it? >> So when when people are irresponsible with that, the prophetic gift is not it.

It doesn't even serve people well because they're reckless. They have no discipline >> cuz everything you see, you're not supposed to say some stuff. You're supposed to pray. >> Deconstruct, sir. >> Now, here's what was happening in Corenth. They were going all in >> in service with these gifts, tongues and prophecy specifically.

And so what was happening was when the leaders were trying to bring some order, they were prophesying on top of each other, tongues on top of each other. And so when the leaders were trying to bring order, the people would say, "The spirit >> is what's compelling me to share this."

Yeah. >> So when Paul's bringing correction to that because this has been misinterpreted by a lot of camps. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 14:32, the spirit of the prophet is SUBJECT TO THE PROPHET. >> YES SIR. >> SOME people have interpreted this as speak has used this scripture in some way to validate spiritual authority >> and spiritual authority in biblical reality.

But that's not what this text is talking about. It's not saying that the spirit of that prophet is subject to the prophet of the house. It is saying that your spirit subject to you. >> So he's saying don't tell me you you can't be quiet. [laughter] >> Y'all ((cheering)) >> read it.

Yeah. Yeah. >> He said don't tell me I couldn't help myself. He said yes you could. >> He said so if y'all going to do that let two or three do it and then let others judge. Is that the book? >> That's the Bible. >> So saying, "Hey, there's got to be there's got to be some discipline." >> And then he concludes chapter 14 by saying, "Now forbid not," he said, "Prophesy.

Forbid not speak with tongues, but let all things >> be done decently >> in order >> and in [clears throat] order." >> So I got to develop that gift, but I got to discipline that gift. And this is how a lot of particularly with supernatural gifting like the working of miracles and prophetic gifting.

This is how the how it gets out of hand. This how it slides into manipulation and propheteering. >> My God. >> It's no discipline. >> Does that make sense? And so now instead of using that gift to affirm something in people, you're using that gift to affirm something about you that makes people now follow instruction you're about to give them that's not from God cuz you gave them a word from God. >> Did you hear what I just said?

So now that I proved to you I'm a man of God and I now when I raise that offering, you're going to assume that the same one that gave you that word is the same one that's telling you to give this offering. >> No discipline with the gift.

No discipline with the gift. >> Am I making sense? >> Now, brother Darren, part of this, pastor, part of this, I got to be honest. Part of this has to be attributed to the absence of spiritual fathers, which is what Paul says he actually was. And we know he was one because he would actually correct people.

True, true, true. >> Right. >> And what happens is sometimes, oh my >> sir, >> sometimes what ends up happening is people benefit so much from the person they're leading, they won't correct at the expense of losing what that person give you. >> That's so good. Cuz sometimes some of this stuff that goes astray could have got caught if somebody in their life picked up the phone and say, "Now this got a little something else on it, son." >> Yes, sir. >> So, there's got to be development of the gift.

Let's get out of here, TZ. There has to be the [laughter] the the discipline of the gift. Uh, but here's this third one here. There has to be the distribution of the gift, which leads to my third point. This is deprogramming from the myth of straying. So there's a myth of sameness, there's a myth of self-sourcing, and then there's a myth of straying.

In Romans 12:6, it says we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. And then it says this, if your gift is prophesied, prophesy. Don't stray. >> Okay? >> And prophesy in accordance with your faith. They prophesying the world. Your faith not there yet. But you think you got to deliver your gift the same way.

Prophesy according to your faith. >> Don't stray. If it is serving, serve. Don't stray. If it is teaching, then teach. Don't stray. If it is If it is to encourage, then give encouragement. Exhortation gift. Don't stray. If it is giving, then give generously. If it is to lead, do it diligently.

If it's to show mercy, do it cheerfully. And many people can't discern the difference between the spirit leading them to shift versus their emotions leading them to stray. >> And what Paul is actually encouraging here is faithfulness. And here's what I conf here's what I'm afraid of. I'm ((music playing)) afraid in the body many people confuse boredom with permission to stray.

God is shifting me. You're bored. >> Cuz sometimes faithfulness is long obedience >> in the right direction. >> Sometimes faithfulness is less, not more. >> You want to know besides Jesus? Of course, Jesus. But to me, the most impressive person in the Bible in terms of character to me by far is John the Baptist.

Not even close. Cuz I don't know many men, if any men that would have that sort of attitude. When people are coming at him and flocking to him, he say, "Time out. I'm not the Messiah. >> I'm not the Messiah." This man would say, "No, no, no. There's one coming." >> The people are impressed with him.

Yeah. >> And he says there is one coming >> that is mightier than I. >> I must decrease >> my humility >> that he may increase. >> Because when you have this revelation, you understand faithfulness means using my gifts at your discretion. using them for the purposes in which you gave them to me, even if that is less than what I could be doing with it, sir. >> Do you know all the stuff I would be doing if I did all the stuff people told me I should be doing? >> All the stuff people be telling you should you should do.

You know all the stuff I would be doing? But sometimes faithfulness isn't more. Sometimes faithfulness is less. I didn't earn the gift. You gave it to me. You gave it to me for your reasons, not mine. And though I'm supposed to use this gift to serve people, I didn't get this gift from people.

So I can't get direction from people. Lord, I don't want to stray. >> What do you want to do with what you've given me? >> Cuz whatever you do with it is still more than I deserve. >> Ha. >> However you choose to use me, you you shouldn't be using me at all. >> Yes, sir.

And the servant of the Lord must be found faithful. >> Faithful. >> Lord, find me faithful. >> Father, I thank you for your word, timeless truth delivered to us in a timely manner. And we pray that we as your people would simply be found faithful. >> That whatever we need to unlearn in order to unleash the gifts that you've deposited on us, gifts as an expression of grace you've given to us and grace you want to extend to others.

Father, we pray that you'd help us to do that to the end that your people walk into a degree of fulfillment that is reflective of what John wrote in his greeting in his letter when he said, "I wish above all things that you would prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers."

We know that this is the blueprint. This is the pathway to the prospering of the soul. We cannot just be consumers. You've called us to be contributors. So help us to be faithful stewards of the grace you've given us in the gifts that you've deposited on the inside of us.

I thank you for this in Jesus name. Amen. Well, thank you for being with us on tonight. Uh for those of you that understand the principle and the power of sewing and reaping, ways to give are on the screen. Thank you for your support for the expansion and extension of this teaching ministry that God's given us.

I want to be faithful over my assignment biblical truth that builds a bridge to everyday life. Not just behavior modification, life transformation. Not first way, not second way, but third way. We love you. See you next time. Take care. Okay. So, um, the, uh, when you talked about the development of the gift and the discipline of the gift, do you have any thoughts on discerning God's timing on when to distribute the gift? >> No, I don't.

I feel like um that is a it's it's complex in the sense that it's going to be a conflation of like I think two factors that determine your confidence in the timing. And here's what here here's what I want us to deconstruct deprogram from I like using the word deconstruct but here's what we need to deprogram from that even when it comes to um something like timing that you're always going to get that right. right?

As an imperfect vessel, there always going to be some sort of imperfection you wrestling with from time to time. And and and I think um what's super important is intention, purifying your intention. So even if the timing is off, my intention was pure, >> right? So that makes you a little more gracious to yourself.

But the two factors I think that come into play are one, how um proficient is a person in discerning God's prompings. Now there's a guy named Tyler Stain and there kind of three books I recommend with this but I won't get but there's a guy named Tyler Stain who says um that your thoughts are like inside inside God thoughts are like outside in.

This is like where that come from and so I know here's the thing I know me enough to know when it ain't me. Got it. >> Does that make sense? Like that thing you text me with. So if I'm considering Yes. If I'm considering, okay, no, this ain't me cuz I don't want to do this. >> So I Does that make sense?

So part part of part of developing the ability to hear clearly is is not just developing familiarity with God's voice, but also yours. >> So sometimes I'm confident that it's him because I know it's not me. >> So that's one. And then the other thing is just literally there is no replacement for reps for what what I mentioned in development there's principles then there's practice and there is no replacement for that and practice just lets you know timing.

Come on now. Like even in a relationship you married it's like some you know not to say certain things at a certain time cuz you did it. It's like okay I'm not going to say it at that time. [clears throat] Does that make sense? Certain things come from experience. >> So I think those are the two factors that I would take into consideration.

But I think in discerning God's voice, it's important not just to get familiar with his, but to get familiar with yours. >> I think you actually answered the question, but if you're aware that you have a gift mix, how do you not become overwhelmed when you just feel like God is just giving you a lot of information and direction and not feel like you're not going to get everything done?

Yeah, I think that's that's a great question and I'm going to go back to um something that Galani asked about timing and uh re I think it is important to release yourself from the expectation. um that the season that you're becoming aware of a number of things is the same season you're supposed to execute all these things. >> Some of this stuff you're seeing now is going to take your life.

I think some of the stuff that I at least that I that I'd like to see in my life is going to require rocking chair in the front porch. It's going to take that long. Do you understand what I'm saying? Like it's it's just going to take [clears throat] it's going to take that long.

It'll be it'll be that long. And so I think releasing yourself kind of from that expectation, it creates unnecessary anxiousness and it leads to performance. It's like so the so the work for your prince, the work you do for the prince of peace shouldn't take your peace away. >> It's not the way it's supposed to be.

Make sense? >> All right. Praise God. Clap your hands one more time everybody. This is the blueprint. See you next time. ((music playing)) ((music playing)) >> ((music playing)) >> Hey,