Sermon Outlines - Honor and Use the Gits 1-24-10

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Posted by: Pastor Van Buskirk	1/18/2010 2:49 PM
1 Corinthians 12:24-26 Honor and Use the Gifts Do you have unopened gifts? At Christmas I often wait until the last to open my gifts. It drives my family crazy. They want to see what I got and find out if I like my gifts and can use them. I wonder what God thinks of us. He has given us very precious spiritual gifts and often we do not open them and when we do, we often use them selfishly or ineffectively. Many people have never learned about their gifts or the purpose or value of them to the whole community. Churches often ignore or devalue people’s gifts and do not employ them to good use. Saint Paul instructs us to value even the less presentable members of the church, because to God they are so valuable that His Son gave His life to save them. 1 Corinthians 12:24-26 says, “God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.” It takes a group of Christians to really open up and use spiritual gifts. Gifts are to be used for the common good in coordination with others. Each member has great value and needs the care and support of others to use his/her gifts effectively to the glory of God. Even the member who raises a stink about some bad stuff going through the system has great value. Of course, just like with the human body, you only need one of those… Think about it. Do you have unopened gifts? Don’t drive people crazy. Open them up. Use them. Help other people out. Bless everyone around you to the glory of God. Amen. Pastor Raymond Van Buskirk, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Baytown, TX www.rlcbaytown.org
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