{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"New Song Church OKC","title":"School Of The Spirit - The Gift That Keeps On Giving ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3312,"description":"Acts 1:4“Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”Spiritual gifts empower us to love people, bear God’s image, & build God’s Kingdom.Acts 1:8“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you...”The Holy Spirit is an empowering gift from God to you.Luke 24:49I am about to send out my Father's promised gift to rest upon you. But, as for you, wait patiently in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.\"Tony EvansSpiritual Gifts are divinely bestowed abilities given to every true believer in Jesus Christ in order to serve the church.“Spirituals” = Spirit-tools. Henry HonIn order for the ekklesia to be built up, every believer needs to rise up and be actively seeking the Lord and functioning according to the gifts that the Spirit has given each one.Gift - Charisma(ta) = grace.Spiritual gifts are spiritual manifestations of God’s graceSpiritual Gifts are Spirit tools from God’s divine toolbox given freely to Spirit filled believers to manifest God’s power and help us accomplish every good work that God has laid out for us to achieve. 1 Corinthians 12:8Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: Spiritual -  Pneumatikos = empowered by a breath of wind 1 Corinthians 12:7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: C.H. SpurgeonThe spiritual gifts of the church are for the good of the rebels as well as for the building up of those who are reconciled.1 Corinthians 12:8For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bnHuiqv1vzbVKS3-CGSScUOuOFSAm4CGeToUp1bnpos/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zOTVl/MTRhMTgxNzM4MDZl/YmFlNGVmYzkzMGRm/MjkyZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}