Experience Belonging_Build Up
Passage: Romans 12:3-8
Sections, Scripture References, Quotes:
“Rediscovered purpose, rediscovered bonds and relationships with wider society” -Everything You Think You Knew About Addiction is Wrong (TED Talk)
Romans 12:3-8 – Build Up
1 Thes. 5:11 -Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing
12:3 Right Understanding of Yourself – Think Accurately
12:4-5 – Right Understanding the of Church – Unity + Diversity
Now there are a variety of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are a varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities , but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. – 1 Corinthians 12:4-7
12:6-8 -Right Understanding of your Gifts – Build Up
“Paul uses this word “gift” elsewhere to denote a God-given ability to serve the community of Christ in a particular way” – Douglas Moo
Speaking gifts – *prophecy; *teaching; *exhorting, encouragement, knowledge —>makes truth clear
Serving Gifts – *”practical service, *giving, *mercy; contribution, hospitality—>come along; meet needs
Leading Gifts – *wisdom, *administration, government —> provide structure/direction; clarity
How do we discern or learn our own spiritual gifts?
1.Self examination – v/3 “think of yourself with sober judgment”
2. Experience -v/6 – “having gifts that differ…let us use it”
3.Study the biblical lists v/7-8 – “having gifts that differ” …then list them
“Part of living as a sacrifice to God is to give over our abilities and gifts to him, to be used in his service.” – Tim Keller
“For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me. In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me.” 1 Cor. 11:23-25