Several years ago, Arnold Palmer, the great golfer, was playing in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

And the king of Saudi Arabia was so impressed with him and so impressed with his playing and is impressed with him as a person.

And so he said to him at the end of his tour, he said, I want to give you a special gift by which you can remember fondly your visit to the kingdom.

I want to give you a special gift that will always make you remember your visit here.

Palmer politely explained, he said, he enjoyed his time,

he loved playing there, but he really, a gift is not necessary. But the king insisted. He said,

I'm going to give you a gift, but please tell me, what would you like to have? Well, he said,

well, I thought about it for a minute, and he said, well, you know, maybe

a golf club that I can keep in my collection, and I can remember fondly the hospitality

that you have extended.

And so the next day, there was a knock-in hotel room of Arnold Palmer, and the messenger

from the king basically came, and he presented him with the

deeds to a 300-acre golf club. Talk about misunderstanding. But the king's gift was lavished. I mean, he was not going to give him just a simple thing. I want to give him big gift. It's bigger than couldn't he even imagine. A king's gift was so generously overwhelming. The king's gift was beyond his expectations. First Corinthians, chapter 12, these incredibly lavished gifts that are given to us by the king of all kings

as a spiritual birthday gifts.

Each received a very generous spiritual gift.

Most of us have more than one, gifts from the king of all kings. Now, there are some

who have never unwrapped their gift. There are some who still have these gifts in a box,

on a shelf somewhere. But the scripture tells us that each believer has received at least one gift.

At least one.

You were lavished and blessed by the gift of the king of all kings.

Now, over the years I have learned that the reason many believers don't unwrap their gift, and there are two in number.

Two reasons that I've learned through the years. As many of you know, I've traveled the globe,

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