Note: This is a 6 part series. Click here to read those parts:

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part3] [Part4] [Part 5] [Part 6]

In Part 3 we looked at all the fullness we have received and ended by looking at Rom 1:11 where Paul says he wants to come impart something to the Romans to establish them. In all the verses we looked at he seems to say we have everything yet still wants to impart things to those believers. How can we have all yet still need to be imparted with something?

Rom 1:11-12 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established —  12 that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. (NKJV)

The purpose of the impartation is to bring about establishment. At the end of the word established, there is a hyphen showing he is continuing with his thought and showing the second purpose of impartation: mutual encouragement. So the impartation of this spiritual gift he is referring to is to establish and encourage them in their mutual faith. Before we go on, let’s Greek it up quickly. The words ‘I may’ were not in the original text. They are added for readability. The only word there is the word ‘impart’ which is the Greek word ‘metadidomi’ and it means to give over, or to share. Now I need you to put your thinking caps on. Did Paul and the early church have Bibles to reference out of? No. They were living what we are reading. They couldn’t just publish a book, a teaching series or download mp3 messages with teachings on them. When they learned something their impartation or ‘sharing’ happened through one on one contact. Paul went about and physically taught people the truths he learned. You can learn a lot from books, mp3’s and things like that, but nothing beats physically being with the person walking in a particular revelation.

Let me parablise it: I could easily get into a plane’s cockpit and try to teach myself to fly, or I can get an instructor who already knows how to fly and save myself a lot of frustration and probably prevent me from killing myself too. I can read and study about flying as much as I like but theoretical knowledge can only take me so far. An instructor can impart their knowledge and expertise to me through training me and that will enable me to master flying much quicker. I have the exact same muscles and body parts that the pilot has. He has just trained his to fly. I have the potential ability inside me, I just haven’t applied it. If you want to operate in healing, do you just read about it, or do you go to somebody who authentically operates in it and let them train you? You can try to learn the same truths they did, but it might take you a very long time. If you and I study the word ourselves we should end up with the same revelation even though it might take a couple of years. But when we go to the person who already has the revelation, the learning curve is significantly shortened. You will also come out on the other side less frustrated and probably still breathing too. (Now I am not saying don’t study the Word. Always study the Word.) Jesus actually intended for equipping to happen through personal interaction. He taught thousands of people but trained only 12. Big difference.

So to summarize this aspect of impartation, you have the Holy Spirit in all His fullness. You have all the potential ability to operate just like Jesus did; you just haven’t learned how to do it yet. God is not an evolutionist. He created you complete with everything you will ever need to be light to this world. He made you one with Himself through His Son and Spirit. Now we are to grow up and mature.

Eph 4:11-16 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; (NKJV)

We have all, now we need to grow up into all. You had legs when you were born but it took you almost two years of growing up before you could learn to walk and almost another year to learn to run. You weren’t imparted with legs when you were old enough to walk; you just matured into knowing how to use them. You also fell down an awful lot in the process. If you quit after having fallen a few times, you would still be lying on your parent’s living room floor somewhere. If you don’t operate in a gifting perfectly from day one, learn how to do it better. Don’t quit, keep going. Grow up and mature. Don’t let failures lie to you. Here are some of the lies failures try to get you to believe:

1. The impartation didn’t stick, you didn’t get it, and you still lack something.
2. You are not qualified, look at all the sin in your life.
3. God obviously doesn’t want you to do this because if He wanted you to, it would work.
4. This is not from God because if it were you wouldn’t have made this mistake because God doesn’t make mistakes.
5. That person is just more anointed than you. Work harder to prove yourself to God. Pray more, fast longer and you might get more anointed too.

When these lies are being whispered in your ear, that is when you need your gift (apostle, prophet etc) to encourage and establish you. Unfortunately all too often the lie is told to you by them because they don’t know why they are a gift or how to be the gift.

I will continue with impartation in Part 5 and also explain why Paul wanted them to be encouraged and established in the faith.

Learn to fly!

Cornel

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