“Serving Together in Grace” (Romans 12:3–8)

“Serving Together in Grace” (Romans 12:3–8)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, October 28, 2018

Romans 12:3–8 (NIV)
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. ⁴ 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. ⁶ We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your 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, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.

1. In order to serve together as a church, we must have a proper view of ourselves (v. 3).

a. A proper view of ourselves arises out of a transformed mind renewed by the Holy Spirit.
b. A proper view of ourselves is built on the truth that we are who we are by the grace of God.
c. A proper view of ourselves must reject inflated estimations of our own importance.
d. A proper view of ourselves must accept a serious, sober-minded estimation of who we are by the grace of God.
e. A proper view of ourselves must be in accordance with the faith that God has distributed to each of us.

2. In order to serve together as a church, we must have a clear understanding of what the church is and our place in it (vv. 4–5).

a. The Analogy (v. 4)
b. The Principle (v. 5)

3. In order to serve together as a church, we must each serve in accordance with our God-given gifts (vv. 6–8).