What are the differences between spiritual gifts and natural talents?
First, okay go ahead. Sorry no, you go. You are the more equipped when it
comes to this. Go for it bro. Well, I think first we have to go back to the scriptural
understanding of it is that natural talents are the gifts of the Father and the gifts of
the Spirit are the gifts that is given by the Spirit. It's a spiritual enablement.
It's supernatural. It's not something that comes out of our natural strengths,
doesn't come out of our natural abilities and it's something that you receive versus
natural talent is something that you learn to develop. You learn to master even though
the gifts of the Spirit something that you also need to master but it's not a natural ability.
Do you have anything else to add to that Rikhard? Yeah absolutely. I think pastor Ilya you said it.
You said it good. I think there's a big difference between spiritual gift and natural talents. Some
of the natural talents people inherently think sometimes because you occupy, you know
a passion to preach or you have a strong desire to see people saved or you have certain natural
tendencies that are considered very charismatic like you're eloquent or you can preach good or
you can bring people to tears in your words or you know all these kind of things that you naturally
think, oh I'm definitely an apostle now or maybe I'm a pastor because I can do so. So the natural
abilities aren't necessarily at all related to spiritual gifts. I used to say once again,
Deliverance by itself isn't a gift at all. But even when it comes to Deliverance, many people
think that if I have you know great anger or I can be very charismatic when I minister deliverance
and I'm so angry with demons that I'm definitely a Deliverance Minister. But that's not what the
ministry, any of the ministry should be based on our natural abilities. But rather you know the
love for people. The love for Jesus and what God has put in your heart and the calling that God has
placed on you rather than to rely on your ability to preach well or anything like that. So I think,
it's important to understand that just because you can't preach well, doesn't mean that you are not
called to be a pastor or something in the future. So don't let your hindrance or you know listen,
even me listening to Pastor Vlad, I'm constantly challenged by his sermons. He is very anointed
but don't allow someone else's, how far they've gone in their preaching capacities to intimidate
you or to discourage you from pursuing what God has for you. You can very well be an evangelist
even though you're shy of people right now. In fact, many times it seems as if the area that
you're called in is actually the area that you're struggling growing up. I knew early on that I was
called to be a preacher and I was born with a speech impediment. I was lisping until the
age of 12 not like until the age of three guys, 12. I was bullied in school for a really bad lisp
and stuff and I believe that's you know sometimes it seems as if this exact area that God wants
to use you in is actually the area that you're struggling as well. So don't allow that to stop
you because of your lack of natural abilities or talents. Maybe I'm not called to this. No,
that shouldn't be a hindrance. You should focus on what the word of God says, press in and let
the Holy Spirit lead you and guide you and He will help you to overcome many of those hindrances in
your life. Come on! That's so good. That's so good. Talents and Gifts. Talents is something
that you are born with. It comes with your generic makeup and ability and you practice
it. Spiritual gifts, it really comes from the Holy Spirit and you get them when you're saved
and you can seek them and desire them. Spiritual gifts are received while talents are inherited
and you can develop them and you can grow them but you can also grow in your spiritual gifts.