The Explanation: The Realities of the Body (2)

The Practice of Spiritual Gifts

in the Local Church (7)

Avoiding Corinth’s Mistakes

I. The Test of Authenticity: The Reality of Counterfeit Spiritual Gifts (12:1-3)

II. The Overview: The Source, Purpose, and Nature of Spiritual Gifts (12:4-11)

III. The Explanation: The Realities of the Body (12:12-30)

A. The Construction of the Body (12:12-19)

1. Its Formation (12:12-14)

a. Its Illustration: The Human Body (12:12)

b. Its Mortar: Spiritual Baptism and Irrigation (12:13)

c. Its Shape: A Unified Body (12:14)

2. Its Diversity (12:15-19)

a. The Principle Attested (12:15-16)

1) The Evidence of Diversity

2) The Temptation of Diversity

b. The Principle Affirmed (12:17)

1) The Necessity of Diversity

2) The Problem without Diversity

c. The Principles Applied (12:18-19)

1) The Source of This Diversity (12:18)

a) What God Did

● placed to lay

something down; to make

someone

to make someone – to

appoint, to destine

to lay something

down – arrange, fix, establish

b) How God Did It

● desired

influence, give,

desire, resolve, decide

c) Who He Did It Through

2) The Need for This Diversity (2:19)