Who are you? Who has God made you to be?
Spiritual Gift assessment
Identity crises – mid-life crises – my own identity crisis
- James Dobson – Straight Talk
God has made you – we are the crown of God’s creation – very good
Sin spoiled but 2 Corinthians 5:17 – Anyone who is in Christ is a new creation
1 Corinthians 12:12-20 – What is Paul getting at?
– multifarious gifts
- can’t exclude yourself or think that your gifts are not important
– everyone is important – use your gifts
– when you don’t it is like a body without a nose or an eye or a hand – it doesn’t work like it is supposed to
1 Corinthians 12:21-24 – What is Paul getting at here?
– We, on the other hand, can’t look down on others for their unique gifts which we don’t necessarily appreciate.
- No, he goes farther and says that those who have unique gifts should be exalted
- Porn pastors – when we have issues with others shows our own inadequacies
1 Corinthians 12:25-26 – What is Paul getting at here?
– We all need each other – Prof Schumacher – missionary in Africa – They had a saying “We are, therefore, I am”
– We are connected – symbiosis
Star Wars I - symbiotic relationship
Changing Lanes
Recovering Inactive Members – 1 – Connect with people, 2 – Given responsibility
- You are most important people in making that happen
Importane of Small Groups
Love – 1 Corinthians 13
A Beautiful Mind - the end of the movie - Russel Crowe’s character gives a great speech about love - what he says about his wife’s love we can reinterpret to talk about God’s love for us
So who are you
-Person created by God
-Entrusted with special gifts that God wants you to use
-Person dearly loved by God and by the other members of His family
