Being Good Stewards of Our Spiritual Gifts According to the Grace Given Us

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We are to be good stewards of our spiritual gifts, using them according to the grace given us.

Category: Godliness, Holiness & Righteousness

Type: Positive

Form: Explicit

Source dataset: Old Testament

Uniqueness: Not unique

Classical commandment: No

New Covenant Literal Application

Applies to Person Categories: Everyone

Literal Application: mandated

More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application

The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.

It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.

This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.

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Bible references

Key NT Scriptures

1 Corinthians 12:7-11
Ephesians 4:11-13
1 Peter 4:10-11
Romans 12:6-8

Supportive NT Scriptures

Acts 6:8
1 Corinthians 12:1
1 Corinthians 14:1
2 Corinthians 8:1-7
2 Corinthians 12:8-9
Ephesians 2:8
Hebrews 4:16
James 1:17
James 4:6
John 1:14
Luke 6:38
Matthew 7:11
Romans 3:24
Romans 5:17
Romans 6:14
Romans 11:29
Titus 2:11

Supportive OT Scriptures

1 Chronicles 16:34
Deuteronomy 5:9
Deuteronomy 7:9
Ecclesiastes 3:13
Exodus 20:5
Exodus 34:6-7
Numbers 6:25
Psalms 23:6
Psalms 84:12

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Commentary

Rabbi Michael Rudolph

"Grace", commonly defined as unmerited favor, is both an attribute and a gift that He imparts to us. But for what purpose and how are we to use it? Daniel Juster answers the question this way: Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we are to use our gifts and talents (from the Spirt) as instruments for the blessing and building up of fellow believers in order to reach others for the Good news. In a large sense then, grace is not only unmerited favor, but includes the idea of power to do things. Hence the grace gifts are gifts of power in that the grace of God changes us and gives us ability to live in a right manner and to bless others. One might ask what Scripture means when it says that Yeshua and Stephen were "full of grace and truth." The grace and truth that filled them was not intrinsically their own, but rather that which was placed in them by the Father to benefit others as the Holy Spirit directed. 1 We are to follow their example by being good Stewards of God's grace and other spiritual gifts imparted to us as were they. 1. Although in Yeshua dwelt the fullness of God ( Colossians 1:19, 2:9) , Yeshua became a man like us ( Hebrews 2:14-17 ) and, like us, received his godly attributes (including grace and truth) from His Father in Heaven.

Classical commentators

This Mitzvah is not addressed by any of the Jewish classical commentators.

Source and License

Based on The Law of Messiah - Torah from a New Covenant Perspective by Michael Rudolph and Daniel C. Juster.

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License: CC BY-ND 4.0 (Attribution required, NoDerivatives). CC BY-ND 4.0

Disclaimer: the original content is authored by Rabbi Michael Rudolph and Rabbi Daniel Juster; additional notes or implementation details on this website are not part of their original work and do not represent their views.

Record source: The Law of Messiah - Torah from a New Covenant Perspective - Volume 1 & 2

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