ALL BELIEVERS MUST HUMBLY SERVE GOD TOGETHER AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS MEMBERS OF THE ONE BODY OF CHRIST
A. (12:1-8) WE ARE CALLED TO SERVE GOD THROUGH SERVING IN HIS BODY.
1. Serving God -- Offering ourselves as Living Sacrifices Pleases God and Enables us to Experience His Perfect Will
a. Our motivation -- God's mercy
b. We are to be consecrated
c. We are to be living sacrifices
d. We are to be transformed
e. The results
1) we please God
2) we experience God's will in and thru our life
2. Serving In His Body -- As members of the same body we are called to Serve God by Doing Our Part Wholeheartedly
a. The attitude we serve with:
1) humility
2) faith
b. The body we serve in
1) we are united -- one body in Christ
2) we have different gifts/strengths
c. The gifts we serve with
1) the source
2) your special contribution
3) your wholehearted use
