Romans 12:3 - Cameron Jungels - Wed PM, April 30, 2014

“Transformed Thinking in the Life of the Church” (Romans 12:3)

^{Cameron Jungels  Eastside Baptist Wed PM, April 30, 2014}

 

^NIV  Romans 12:3 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.  

1.       Grace-driven Thinking (“By the grace given me”) 

2.       Humble Thinking (“Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought”)

a.       ⁴² Jesus called them together and said, "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.  ⁴³ Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,  ⁴⁴ and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.  ⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." (Mk. 10:42-45, NIV) 

3.       Reasonable Thinking (“but rather think of yourself with sober judgment”)

a.       Reasonable thinking remembers who God is – Holy, righteous, just, good.

b.      Reasonable thinking remembers who we are – sinful, rebellious, depraved, in need of grace.

c.       Reasonable thinking remembers who others are - that we are no better than any other human being who is sinful and stands in need of grace.  

4.      Grateful Thinking (“as God has distributed” and “by the grace given me”) 

5.       Believing Thinking (“in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you”)

a.       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; (Romans 12:6, NIV)

b.      But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. (Eph. 4:7, NIV) ¹¹ So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,  ¹² to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up  ¹³ until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. (Eph. 4:11-13, NIV)