Your Gifts & the Body of Christ.

About this sermon

God has not called His people to be spectators, but participants in His Kingdom. Every believer has received gifts from the Lord, and those gifts have been given for a purpose—to strengthen, encourage, and build up the Body of Christ. The gifts God has entrusted to us are not meant to be hidden or used for personal glory. They are expressions of His grace, given so that we may serve one another in love. Whether your gift is teaching, encouragement, giving, serving, leadership, mercy, or hospitality, God desires that it be used for the benefit of His people. The apostle Paul reminds us: "For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another." — Romans 12:4-5 No gift is insignificant. Just as every part of the human body has a purpose, every member of the Body of Christ has a God-given role. The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you." We need one another, and we are called to work together in unity for the glory of God.

Topics

• Church & Fellowship
• Jesus Christ
• The Church