Spiritual Gifts Are How Jesus Continues His Ministry

By J. D. Greear

Jesus promised that after he was gone, he would continue to build his church.

By his Spirit.

Through his disciples.

Both of those phrases matter. But for some of us, we skip the Spirit and chug along our merry way. It’s as if we imagine that when Jesus was physically here on earth, he did the work by his power; but now that he’s gone, we do the work for him. Nope. The same Spirit is at work in both: Just like Jesus was doing the work when he walked around Jerusalem, so now he’s doing the work through us, by the Spirit. Read More