I am going to focus on the speaking and the serving gifts. We have biblical warrant for focusing like that, because that is exactly what the apostle Peter does in 1 Peter 4:10–11; he is talking about gifts. Listen to what he says:
Edward DonnellyAs each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace,and then he categorises two kinds:whoever speaks, as one who speaks the oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies.So, Peter writing toward the end of the New Testament, is writing about the gifts, and he is wanting the people to use the gifts. Moreover, the two categories he mentions are the speaking gifts and the serving gifts. We are therefore going to follow the apostle’s example in this series and look particularly at these two categories of gifts. There is no controversy and no doubt about these two categories. We can be absolutely sure and certain that these gifts are for us today.1
10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: