Sermon Tone Analysis

Jr. Church

Video - How a watch works

what is the most important part of these clocks

would this clock still work properly if you removed one of its parts

you are uniquely created and gifted for the work God has for you!

talk to parents about YOUR and THEIR spiritual gifts…

Intro

SO MUCH GOOD STUFF - take time to read over the next weeks

Colin Kruse

The passage may be analyzed as follows: using different gifts for the benefit of the Christian community (12:3–8); enhancing relationships within the Christian community (12:9–13); strengthening relationships without and within the Christian community (12:14–16); and responding to hostile people and their hostile acts (12:17–21).

so many ways to slice this… ESV headings…?

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Video - Teamwork

Prayer

Prayer -

thank you for everyone here

thank you for your unique sovergine creation

thank you for the unity we have in Christ

thank you for Paul and his application of what it means to be a living sacrifice

please bless this message

Message

Last Week

rom 12.1-2

How Paul…?

Verse 3

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

External Interactions

V1 = appeal because of mercies of God

V3 = command

grace = his call to apostleship

V3 = command

command by the authority of Christ = I say to everyone

Humility / Pride

sober judgement = not to high / not to low

measure of faith = God has assigned

a way to view ourself

a way to view others!!

Ch 11 the olive tree!!!

R.C. Sproul

If we want to keep things in perspective there are two things that we always have to remember.

We have to remember first of all who God is, and second, we have to remember who we are.

Verse 4

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function,

Teamwork = makes dream work…

blind, deaf, lame, mute… you wish!

necessity of function

Eph 4.165

Verse 5

so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

We

Paul included

believers

One Body in Christ!

Humility

individually = diversity, uniqueness, autonomy

one of another = dependance, interconnectedness,

Leon Morris

We should also bear in mind that “members” has no meaning apart from the body; one cannot be a “member” of nothing.

Verse 6

Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;

Differing Gifts

according to Grace

Gifts = charismata - charismatic…

LET US USE THEM!!!

Leon Morris

Different brings out the truth that God does not make Christians into a collection of uniform automata.

They differ from one another both in their native endowments and also in the gifts that God gives them through the Spirit.

The differences are not arbitrary but according to the grace given us.

The thought of grace persists.

The apostle is not writing about some human excellence.

And given is important.

It is not a matter of the believer making an earnest effort in order to produce some spectacular result in Christian character or achievement, but something God has given.

Each of the Roman Christians has a gift and therefore a responsibility.

what good is a body part that does not function?

if a body part claims to be a part of the body ought it to work?

Seven Gifts

1. Prophecy = in proportion to our faith

No-one in the NT has explained exactly what this is… generally a word from God

in accordance with God’s Word

faith has definite article = prophesy according to the teachings already recorded in Gods word “accordance with christian faith”

to no lesser or greater extent then alloted

does prophecy continue today…?

yes / no

Do I experience the uninitiated tug of the Holy Spirit to share God’s word with others randomly?

Verse 7

 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching;

2. Service

= those waiting tables

diakonian = diakonos = deacon = servant

many different types of service

sweeping the floor - caring for infirm

Do I receive the Joy of the Lord when I am involved in hands on tasks for the sake of others?

3. Teaching

warning in James

discipleship = teaching

iron sharpening iron

position of oversight / process of education

Jms 3.1

Am I good at explaining the things of God in ways other people can understand?

Verse 8