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I'm thinking today of a short couple of verses in the middle of 1st Corinthians 12.

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In 1st Corinthians 12, Paul is largely talking about the Holy Spirit gift.

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A Holy Spirit gift is a gift given by the Holy Spirit, an ability, if you will, where

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the Holy Spirit shows His presence.

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These are what the verses say.

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There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons.

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Like if each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

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So there are two key points to these verses that could be missed.

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The first is that everyone has a spiritual gift.

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Whether or not you're in the church and using your spiritual gift, whether or not you recognize

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the presence of the Holy Spirit in you or anyone else, He's there if you're saved and

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His presence creates an outward manifestation.

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In other words, something that people can see to know that He is present.

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Something that you can do now that you couldn't do before you were saved.

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A way that you ask now that you didn't do before you were saved.

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And there's a lot that can be spread in Scripture to get to the bottom of the spiritual gift,

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but the bottom line is everybody who's saved has a minimum of one and it's a manifestation

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or a making known of the presence of the Holy Spirit.

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The second part here is that these gifts are given for the common good of the church.

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And so a lot of times I see people who have no idea what their spiritual gift is and then

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they get in the church and start serving God and doing the things that God would have them

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to do and their gifts become evident and the presence of the Holy Spirit in them really

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becomes evident outwardly as they act in their spiritual gift.

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Let me encourage you, get involved in your local church and act in your spiritual gift

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that was given to you so that you and everyone else can know that He is there and for the

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common good of the church.