Our Spiritual Dynamic | The Gospel Produces Service
Each congregation of New Life Church is getting a different sermon for the few weeks of this series. If this is not the Talk Sheet that corresponds with the sermon you heard on Sunday, the “older” or “newer” buttons below will get you to the right one.
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Romans 12:1-8
1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
Talk Sheet Questions
How does it shape the appeal that is based on the “mercies of God?” What might the appeal be like if it wasn’t? (1)
How do you transform yourself? How do you renew your mind? How does the gospel shape transformation and renewal? (2)
How does the gospel shape the way we think about ourselves? (3)
How does the gospel shape your contribution or participation in the church?
Does the motivation come from knowing your gifts or from knowing the gospel? Explain. (4-8)
Prayer
Pray that we will believe the gospel enough to serve others!