Romans 1218 Romans 1218 Therefore I urge you brothers and sisters in view of Gods mercy to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice holy and pleasing to Godthis is your true and proper worship ID: 759337
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A Disciple Serves Up sacrificially
Romans 12:1-8
Slide2Romans 12:1-8
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
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Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
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For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,
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so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
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We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your
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if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach;
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if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead,
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do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.”
Slide3A Disciple Offers Themselves Sacrificially
Romans 12:1-2 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”Interesting that Paul says “in view of God’s mercy”Why not “in view of God’s grace”
Slide4A Living Sacrifice
3 Ways to Fully Express our Surrender Offer your Body offer means “present once and for all”God is looking for total surrender, total devotion
Slide5A Living Sacrifice
Offer your MindUrge is to stop conforming to the worldYou are a new creation!
Slide6A Living Sacrifice
Offer your Will “then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is, His good, pleasing, and perfect will.”God allows us to choose His will We need to check our undercarriage from time to time
Slide7When checking your Undercarriage
…Do so with a proper understanding of selfVs 3 “For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.” Be humble!
Slide8A Disciple Takes Their Place in the Body
vs 4-5 “For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.”Our lives do have meaning and purpose!Everyone here is a pastor/ minister
Slide9A Disciple Takes Their Place in the Body
Ravi Zacharias has said “We are all priests before God, there is no such distinction as 'secular or sacred.' In fact, the opposite of sacred is not secular; the opposite of sacred is profane. In short, no follower of Christ does secular work. We all have a sacred calling.”Watchman Nee said “I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher. I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.”
Slide10Yet we are woven together…
There is great diversity, yet there is ONE SPIRIT!One Higher Purpose
Slide11A Church is a Great Orchestra
Be Sure and Play your instrumentDon’t refuse to Play
Slide12A Disciple Uses Gifts Graciously
Vs 6-8 “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your[a] faith; 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead,[b] do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.”18 Spiritual Gifts mentioned in the BibleThese 7 are foundational
Slide13What’s Your Gift?
Prophecy- proclaiming God’s Word for a response
Service- seeing a need and meeting it
Teaching- seeking to transform thought and behavior
Encouragement- ‘to impart courage’
Giving- gifting in a supernatural way
Leadership- organized chaos
Mercy- seeing hurt and acting on it
Slide14How do you Find your Gift?
What do you enjoy? What are you naturally inclined to?Do you get public support for something in particular?Have you applied the spaghetti test?
Slide15What can a totally committed church do? Anything!