Spiritual Gifts
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In “Spiritual Gifts,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about holiness, the Holy Spirit, gifts of the Holy Spirit. Drawing especially from John 20, Luke 24, John 7, Acts 10, the teaching emphasizes that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God.
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Odle focuses on faith while working through John 20, Luke 24. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through John 7, Acts 10. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through Acts 19, Mark 16, Isaiah 28. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that baptism is examined as an act of obedience and identification with Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on gifts of the Holy Spirit while working through Acts 10, Acts 19, Mark 16. The message argues that spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to build up the church and serve God’s purposes. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to build up the church and serve God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through Acts 19, Mark 16. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on holiness. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on gifts of the Holy Spirit. The message argues that spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to build up the church and serve God’s purposes. It connects this with the conviction that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on marriage and covenant. The message argues that marriage is treated as a covenant requiring faithfulness, sacrifice, truth, and biblical order. It connects this with the conviction that demonic influence must be answered through Christ’s authority and the freedom He provides. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that the message connects prayer for healing with faith in Christ, pastoral care, and submission to God. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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hallelujah well everybody get your bibles out this morning i hope you brought it and hope you're ready to dig into it a little bit amen praise god well i think the lord i'm pretty sure he's spoke to me last night about continuing on with what we've been looking at about the the gifts of the holy spirit because really the last couple of weeks we had new testament prophets and the gift of prophecy and we kind of delved into that issue this morning but we need to look at the other gifts as well just so we're clear on it and you know i know i've taught on this in the past probably several years ago but you know we have new people in our church and plus i don't believe anybody gets something one time out of you know gets it the first time not not usually anyway but we're going to continue talking about the gifts but before we get into the nine gifts of the holy spirit and look at those in a little more depth i want to read we're going to start in the book of acts this morning acts chapter 2 because you can't really talk about the gifts of the holy spirit without talking about the baptism of the holy spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues um you know i find it amazing again that there are people out there that actually try to talk about the gifts of the holy spirit they try to talk about the holy spirit or the power of the holy spirit and yet they want to avoid the tongues issue altogether on the baptism issue but let's just say this for the for for all those who may listen to this podcast in this recording later and for those of us here let's just understand one thing the bible didn't avoid the subject god didn't avoid the subject jesus didn't avoid the subject in his teaching and the apostles didn't avoid the subject the baptism of the holy spirit is a very important aspect to the christian walk now let me just say this and and be upfront with this because you start talking about this you know there's a crazy denomination out there that believes unless you speak in tongues you are not saved and let me just state again for the record that i don't believe that at all that salvation is one issue and the baptism of the holy spirit is another issue now of course that just deals with the problem that you hear coming out out there that well when i got saved i got the holy spirit well okay you can say that and then in part that's true but just because you have some money does that make you a rich man hey so you can have twenty dollars in your pocket or you can have twenty thousand dollars in your pocket you understand so here's the deal salvation is wonderful and by faith the holy spirit comes in us
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when we exercise faith and when we repent and when jesus really becomes lord and we have the born-again experience the bible is clear the holy spirit if you are truly saved the holy spirit comes in you and regenerates your dead spirit and makes you alive and washes your sins away takes the blood of jesus applies the blood of jesus to your sins into your life and washes your sins away and the bible calls it regeneration calls it rebirth being born again there's a supernatural experience and that's why you feel it that's why there's no such thing as being born again without knowing it if you're born again you had an experience with god you had a meeting with jesus christ in the holy spirit and you you know you're saved if you doubt your salvation or you never had an experience where you knew that the holy spirit came upon you when you believed in jesus and accepted jesus or when you repented see there's a lot of people i believe that are not saved because they think well i believe in jesus and i go to church and i try to be a good person but they've never had the supernatural experience of being born again and so um it's sad because it's more than just believing remember what what jesus said repent and believe the gospel i think a lot of people a lot of church goers a lot of people who are christian in name only that haven't really been changed on the inside are that way because they've never decided to repent turn from their sins and turn from their own self-willed plans and truly make jesus lord of their lives the day you truly decide to turn from sin to turn from your own plans to turn from your own ways the moment you truly make jesus lord and invite him into your life and confess him as lord there should be a supernatural encounter with god or something is wrong either you don't understand it or either you're not truly letting go of all your sin all your idols in all your own ways see i almost posted this on facebook yesterday because it just came in my mind in my heart you are really not ever truly born again or saved until you decide to give up sin and to give up being the lord of your own life and you turn to jesus christ and you have faith in his blood and you have faith in his resurrection from the dead and you understand that his blood will wash you but that you must take up your cross and follow him from that point on see we've had a false gospel that says just believe just believe and do what you want no that is a false gospel and i don't care who preaches it it is a false gospel and i don't care if it's baptist methodist presbyterian charismatic pentecostals roman catholic i don't care
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who preaches it if they tell you just believe and that's all you got to do and of course the word believe in the bible in the greek is a whole lot different than the english idea of what believe is anyway right but i just say that because listen i believe when you're truly born again you have an encounter and an infilling of the holy spirit but i'm not the one nor are the pentecostals or the charismatics we're not the ones who said after the disciples were born again when jesus appeared to him and said receive the holy spirit in john 20 i'm not the one who said to them go to jerusalem and wait for the promise of the father personally taught by him trained by him they got to see everything he said everything he did they saw how he prayed they saw how he healed the sick they saw how he raised the dead they heard all of his teachings in private they got explanations of teachings that the crowds didn't get these are guys who were mentored and discipled by god in the flesh the true messiah the only way to heaven the greatest teacher of all time they spent three years with him yet after he dies on the cross and he raises it up from the dead after that he tells them he breathed on them in john 20 he breathed out and said receive the holy spirit i believe that's when they were regenerated they had the born-again experience that we talk about and we know that it happened with the people on the road to emmaus because as jesus walked with them and explained to them about how christ should suffer and rise from the dead and they began to understand the prophets and understand the gospel and that the messiah had to die and suffer first and be raised from the dead as they understood the gospel and then jesus broke the bread and their eyes were opened it says they said these words in luke 24 did not our hearts burn within us as he talked with us by they were being born again as they were hearing the gospel from jesus and didn't even know it was jesus the born-again experience is a natural encounter with god through faith in jesus through a touch that you will feel inside of you from the holy ghost but after that god tells these men personally trained by jesus personally taught breathed on receive the holy spirit from jesus he says go to jerus and wait for the promise of the father for you will be baptized in the holy ghost not many days hence right see classic pentecostal belief where
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pentecostal church classic pentecostal belief is that there are two these are two separate events salvation baptism the holy spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues now why do people why do we you know people say well i can be baptized in the holy spirit i don't speak in tongues no you can't you can be touched by the holy spirit you can be anointed by the holy spirit you can be in field to do certain things by the holy spirit but the baptism of the holy spirit is a unique experience just like being saved just like you know being healed by jesus is a unique experience if you have cancer or something some disease and you're healed by jesus that's an experience with the holy ghost power okay the baptism of the holy spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues is an experience that all believers can have and should and actually it is the beginning not that god can't talk supernaturally and speak supernaturally to any believer at any time but it is really the baptism the holy spirit is kind of the gateway into a whole lot more right how do i put it it's kind of like the difference between you know going to your faucet your in your kitchen and getting a glass of water but then finding a path to an artesian well right thank god for the cup of water but an artesian well is better a continual source of pure clean water that's the holy spirit baptism god gives you a glass of water when you get saved of the holy ghost to get you going but he said there will be in you john 7 there will be in you a river of living water listen the people of god are supposed to be so filled with the holy spirit that something is flowing up and out of them and the first evidence of that ought to be the gift of tongues now how can we say that well let me just say this acts chapter 2 when jesus told them to go to jerusalem to wait for the promise of the father 120 went i love this people say it was just for the 12 apostles but isn't it interesting that a hundred and twenty people were in the upper room in acts chapter two let's read it i know i'm giving you a lot i hope you're writing these down verse one and when the day of pentecost was fully come they were all with one accord in one place and suddenly there came a sound from heaven as a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting and there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as a fire and it set upon each of them and they were all filled with the holy ghost and began to speak with other tongues as the spirit gave them utterance now they had a unique experience in the
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