Measure Of Faith

Romans 12:3-8 - For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

1 Corinthians 12:13,18,22-26,28,31 - For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit…But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose…On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. But 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…And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues…But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.

Ephesians 4:15-16 - Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Application:

·         It is only in Jesus Christ that any unity in the church is possible.

·         In teaching, the believer is shown what he must do; in encouraging, he is helped to do it.

·         God has given all His people the Holy Spirit to indwell them so that their lives may overflow with the fruit of the Spirit.

·         Maturity and unity are impossible without love.

·         God’s method employs diversity to create unity.

·         Christians who seem to have less important functions in the body of Christ are actually indispensable.

·         In the body of Christ if one Christian suffers, all the Christians are affected.

·         God has appointed apostles, prophets, teachers, miracle workers, healers, compassion ministers, administrators, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues.

·         The right way to exercise all spiritual gifts—the way of love.

All Scripture verses taken from ESV