Romans 12:3-8 – Week 4

Sober in Self Assessment

What is the best compliment you have ever gotten?
How do other people’s assessment of you affect your self-image?
For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. 4 For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; 7 if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; 8 or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Our view of ourselves impacts how we carry out our individual mission.
Rate yourself 1-10 on the following:
Intelligence
Athletic Ability
Physical appearance
Social interaction
Personal Relationships

Take a rough average and save that number.
Let’s do the same exercise using some of the qualities (gifts) in the passage.

Sharing your faith with others (Prophesy-communicating revealed truth)
Serving others
Teach others
Encouraging others
Giving
Leadership
Mercy
Take a rough average and save that number.
What is are some of the differences in these two lists?
The first is self-assessment is things that others might evaluate me on, the second list is made of things that are used to build up the Body of Christ.
What do these verses say about how these gifts should be used?
Is there a relationship between our self image and our ability to use our gifts the way God intended?
Why does God put such different people together?
What is the CAUTION – Don’t think more highly of yourself than you should. We are all in this together.