As members of the body of Christ, we’re all expected to participate in the work of the church. We’re all expected to be useful in the kingdom of God. We’re all expected to be contributors of the resources with which we have been entrusted. And that means that our contribution matters.

Romans 12:3-8 (ESV)

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. 4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 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.

Lesson Resources:

Rick Atchley. “Remember to Member.” Sermon presented at The Hills Church, North Richland Hills, TX, 2012.

Paul Pollard. Romans: An Exegetical Study. Truth for Today Commentary. Searcy, AR: Resource Publications, 2018.

David L. Roper. Romans 8-16. Truth for Today Commentary. Searcy, AR: Resource Publications, 2014.