Free Gifts

FREE GIFTS: MIRACLES & PROPHECY

Scriptures

1 Corinthians 12:4-10 NLT

Acts 3:1-12 NLT

Acts 21:10-11 NLT

• GOD IS THE SOURCE OF THE GIFTS

1 Corinthians 12:4-6 NLT

• Before Paul talks about any one gift, he tells us where all the gifts come from.
• God works through different people in different ways, but it is still God doing the work.

2. GOD GIVES GIFTS TO BUILD PEOPLE

1 Corinthians 12:7 NLT

• The Spirit makes His presence known through His people.
• Spiritual gifts are given for the benefit of others.

3. MIRACLES REVEAL GOD’S POWER

1 Corinthians 12:10a NLT

• Miracles are moments where God’s power is put on display.
• The miracle opens the door, but Jesus is the message.

C.S. Lewis

“Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole

world in letters too large for some of us to see.”

• Miracles are not the whole story. They are glimpses of a much bigger reality.
• They point us to who Jesus is and what His Kingdom is like.

Acts 3:1-12 NLT

• In Acts 3, the healing of the lame man got the crowd’s attention, but Peter immediately pointed

them to Jesus.

• The miracle opened the door, but Jesus was the message.

4. PROPHECY REVEALS GOD’S VOICE

1 Corinthians 12:10b NLT

• Prophecy is God speaking into a situation through one of His people.
• Prophecy reminds us that God sees us, knows us, and is involved in our lives.

• Acts 21:10-11NLT

ENDING

• Miracles reveal God’s power.
• Prophecy reveals God’s voice.
• Both remind us that God is present among His people