1 Peter 4: 8-11 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9...
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1 Peter 4: 8-118 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others , as FAITHFUL STEWARDS OF GOD’S GRACE IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS. 11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.
StewardingGod’s Grace
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Stewarding God’s Grace
1. God has equipped each believer with at least a gift for us to steward His grace
2. God has given us both the model and the power to steward His grace
3. God has specified for us the goal of stewarding His grace
1. Equipped with at least one Spiritual Gift
10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others , as
FAITHFUL STEWARDS OF GOD’S GRACE IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS.
a. Spiritual gifts vary - in various formsb. Spiritual gifts are received, not
chosenc. Spiritual gifts are for serving others
1a. Spiritual Gifts Vary
1. Gifts that Communicate God’s Word2. Gifts that Educate God’s People3. Gifts that Incorporate People into
God’s Family4. Gifts that Demonstrate God’s Love5. Gifts that Celebrate God’s Presence6. Gifts that Support All Five Purposes
1b. Spiritual Gifts Received not Chosen
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message
of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, …
11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one,
just as he determines.1 Corinthians 12:7-8,11
1c. Spiritual Gifts Meant To Serve Others
10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received TO SERVE OTHERS
How to do I know my spiritual gifts?
1. PRAY – ask God to show you
2. PONDER– what burdens you & what gives you God pleasure
3. PURSUE – make attempts, volunteer
4. PAY ATTENTION – to positive affirmation
5. PROGRESS – develop your gifting 2 Timothy 1:6b
2. Given the model & power to steward His grace
11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides…JESUS
Jesus steward God’s grace:
a. WHOLEHEARTEDLY
b. LOVINGLY
c. HUMBLY
d. SACRIFICIALLY
2a. Jesus steward WHOLEHEARTEDLY
Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the
Lord, not peopleEphesians 6:7, NIV
Work with enthusiasm, as though you were working for
the Lord rather than for people.
Ephesians 6:7, NLT
GOD Hates Mediocrity
15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you
were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you
out of my mouth. Revelations 3:7, NIV
6 “A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the
respect due me?” says the LORD Almighty.“But you ask, ‘How have we shown
contempt for your name?’7 “By offering defiled food on my altar. “But you ask, ‘How
have we defiled you?’Malachi 1:6, NLT
2a. Jesus steward LOVINGLY
8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others , as faithful stewards of god’s grace in its various forms.
2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first.
Revelations 2: 2-4
3a. Jesus steward HUMBLY
3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others
above yourselves,4 not looking to your own interests but each
of you to the interests of the others.5 In your relationships with one another, have
the same mindset as Christ Jesus:Philippians 2:3-5
4a. Jesus steward SACRIFICIALLY
16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 18 Dear children , let us not love with words or speech but with actions
and in truth.1 John 3:16-18
3. Specified the goal of Stewarding His Grace:
The Glory of God
If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in
all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever
and ever. Amen.
3. The goal of Stewardship: The Glory of God
Acts 3 : Peter heals a beggar
6 Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” 7 Taking him by
the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong. 8 He jumped to his feet and began to
walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising
God.Acts 3: 6--8
CHALLENGE
What is in you that God wants you to steward to serve others and bring glory to
His name?
Are you exercising the gifts, talents, experiences that God has entrusted to you
so serve others and glorify His name?
How are you stewarding those the gifts, talents and experiences?
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