Discovering Your Ministry
March 11, 2015 Save Article"
Romans 12:1-13 (Program 2074, Air dates 07.07.2013 and 07.14.2013)
- INTRODUCTION
- It is logical that God puts us in ministry.
- We’re in the business of serving the Lord.
- It is imperative that we find our gifts and use them.
- The hour that we live in is desperate.
- Militant atheism is on the march.
- Moral standards have toppled.
- The hour that we live in is ripe.
- There is new hunger for spiritual things.
- The hour that we live in is late.
- We are living in the last days.
- We are in a race against time, against sin, against Satan and against self.
- The hour that we live in is desperate.
- THE PRINCIPLE OF LORDSHIP (Romans 12:1-2)
- The request
- Romans 12:1
- We need to present ourselves to the Lord.
- God may not answer our requests if we don’t answer His request of us.
- Romans 12:1
- The reasons
- Romans 12:1
- We are His; we are not our own. We are bought with a price.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
- We are His; we are not our own. We are bought with a price.
- Romans 12:1
- The requirement
- Romans 12:1
- We are to be a sacrifice.
- The sacrifice is personal. No one else can do it for us.
- The sacrifice is slain. We lose all of our rights when we die to self.
- The sacrifice is whole. God will not accept a partial sacrifice. It has to be 100%
- The sacrifice is bound. Devotion and discipline keep us bound to the altar.
- Worship is being bound to the altar and being consumed by the Lord.
- We are to be a sacrifice.
- Romans 12:1
- The result
- Romans 12:2
- Transformation
- When we are consumed upon the altar, we are transformed. The inner nature comes to the surface.
- This is the same transformation Jesus went through on the Mount of Transfiguration.
- Matthew 19:2
- Jesus was ordinary to look at, but when He was transfigured His true nature came to the surface.
- Isaiah 53:2
- The inner nature of Jesus is Deity. The inner nature of a Christian is Jesus.
- If we let Him, Jesus will come out of us.
- Revelation
- Romans 12:2-3
- When we are transformed, we are given the mind of Christ.
- God wants us to think with our renewed minds so that we can clearly see what our gifts are and how to use them.
- Romans 12:2-3
- Transformation
- Romans 12:2
- The request
- THE PRINCIPLE OF MEMBERSHIP (Romans 12:4-5)
- The church is not an organization with Jesus as the president; it is an organism with Jesus as the head.
- God has made us different so that He might make us one.
- We are not supposed to be able to function without each other.
- THE PRINCIPLE OF STEWARDSHIP (Romans 12:6-8)
- There seven areas of stewardship given in this passage.
- Prophecy
- Romans 12:6
- 1 Corinthians 14:3
- Prophecy is the ability to speak for God.
- Ministry/Service
- Romans 12:7
- This gift includes general church work.
- Teaching
- Exhortation
- Romans 12:8
- This gift is characterized by getting people excited about the Lord.
- Giving
- Romans 12:8
- We are all called to give, but those with the gift of giving give above and beyond and sacrificially.
- Ruling/Leadership
- Mercy
- Romans 12:8
- Prophecy
- There seven areas of stewardship given in this passage.
- THE PRINCIPLE OF FELLOWSHIP (Romans 12:9-13)
- All of our gifts come together and function to the fullest when we are serving the Lord in fellowship.
- CONCLUSION
- Many have given their hearts to Lord without finding their gifts.
- We need to come to, the Lord, giving Him our lives anew and afresh as a living sacrifice.
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