Romans 12:7-8,13 - If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully…Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
Ephesians 4:28 - He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.
Conclusions:
- Encouraging is exhorting others with an uplifting, cheerful call to worthwhile accomplishment
- The teacher often carried out the function of encouragement
- In teaching, the believer is shown what he must do; in encouraging, he is helped to do it
- Contributing is giving what is one’s own, or possibly distributing what has been given by others
- Let him govern is possibly a reference to an elder
- The Ephesian church had elders about the time of the writing of Romans
- Showing mercy is caring for the sick, the poor and the aged
- Serving the needy should be a delight, not a chore
- The Christian has social responsibility to all people, but especially to other believers
- It is not enough to cease from sin; one must do good
- The former thief must now help those in need
Application:
- Do you help others to do what they must do?
- Are you socially responsible to all people?
- Are you doing good?
Conclusions derived from NIV Study Bible
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