Sermon Tone Analysis

1 Petrus 4:10 (Afrikaanse Ou Vertaling)

(Afrikaanse Ou Vertaling)

10 Namate elkeen ’n genadegawe ontvang het, moet julle mekaar daarmee dien soos goeie bedienaars van die veelvuldige genade van God.

10 Namate elkeen ’n genadegawe ontvang het, moet julle mekaar daarmee dien soos goeie bedienaars van die veelvuldige genade van God.

(NIV84)

10 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.

A “special” or spiritual gift is a graciously given supernaturally designed ability granted to every believer by which the Holy Spirit ministers to the body of Christ.

The Gr. word (charisma) emphasizes the freeness of the gift.

A spiritual gift cannot be earned, pursued, or worked up.

It is merely “received” through the grace of God[2]

1. Namate elkeen.

Die Bybel maak seker daarvan dat dit nie kollektief is nie maar elke individu

2. ’n Genadegawe[p1] .

Ons beskik oor baie vermoëns maar hier gaan dit oor wat God gegee het en jy nie self bereik het nie.

Charisma “ to give or grant graciously and generously, with the implication of good will on the part of the giver—‘to give, to grant, to bestow generously[3]”

It includes “the conduct of worship services, healing, administrative and judicial leadership, and helping or giving to the poor” (; Michaels:251).

Ministries of speaking are sometimes identified as “ministries of the lips,” while those of serving are “ministries of the hand.”

Obviously, the imagery is fluid.[4]

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“Am I a good steward of this manifold grace?”

(1) Wealth is a stewardship.

As a man’s worldly means increase, so his charities ought to increase.

(2) Talent is a stewardship.

(3) Influence is a stewardship

3. Ontvang het[p2] , 'n aoristos aktiewe indikatief , gewoonlik ‘n afgehandelde handeling in die verlede, van buite, waarin jy die onvanger is,

Niks van wat ons van God as Gawes ontvang is gewoonlik vir ons eie gebruik nie maar vir die uitbreiding van die koninkryk en tot Sy eer.

lambánō[p1] Ook ‘n aoristos aktiewe indikatief.

[to take, receive][1]Om dit op te neem en in besit te neem.

Om dit vas te gryp of die ervaring op te doen.

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28 En God het sommige in die gemeente gestel: in die eerste plek apostels, ten tweede profete, ten derde leraars, daarna kragte, daarna genadegawes van gesondmaking, helpers, regeringe, allerhande tale.

29 Almal is tog nie apostels nie, almal is tog nie profete nie, almal is tog nie leraars nie, almal is tog nie kragte nie?

30 Het almal genadegawes van gesondmaking, spreek almal in tale, kan almal dit uitlê?

The Church needs every gift that a man has.

It may be a gift of speaking, of music, of the ability to visit people.

It may be a craft or skill which can be used in the practical service of the Church.

It may be a house which a man possesses or money which he has inherited.

There is no gift which cannot be placed at the service of Christ[7]

4. Moet julle mekaar daarmee dien[p4] .

Dien is diakonéō [to serve] Dit is ‘n teenswoordige aktiewe deelword wat wat gebruik word as ‘n imperatief.

In Christianity leaders are servants, not bosses.

Spiritual gifts are for others, not ourselves (cf.

).

Spiritual gifts are not “merit badges” but “service towels.”[8]

1. “Waiter at a meal” (, ).

2. “Servant of a master” ().

Christians are servants of Christ (), but as such must serve one another (; ).

3. Figuratively “servant of a spiritual power” (; ; )[9]

5. Soos[p5] goeie.

faithfully administering God’s grace.

kalós [beautiful, good] “healthy,” “serviceable,” e.g., sterling metal, suitable place, or right time, b. “beautiful,” “attractive,” “lovely,” and c. “good.”

All these senses may be brought together under the idea of “what is ordered or sound,” “the good,” “virtue,” and b. “the beautiful,” “beauty.”[10]

“ to being in accordance at a high level with the purpose of something or someone, good, useful.[11]”

6. Bedienaars[p6] [p7] .

Administrator[p8] [p9] .

(supervisor) one who supervises or has charge and direction of .

one who is entrusted with management in connection with transcendent matters[p10] , administrator[12]

This is literally “household managers.”

The church is the household of God (cf.

v. 17).

Believers will give an account to God in Christ for their stewardship of spiritual gifts (cf.

; ).[13]

7. Van die veelvuldige.

Various.

‘n groot verskeidenheid.

poikílos.

This word has the sense of “many-colored” but more often of “various,” “manifold.”[14]

To be a steward of God’s gifts therefore means that none of these endowments are for the believer’s own enjoyment and benefit; on the contrary, they are given to him to enable him to serve his fellow believers much better.

God’s different gifts is literally “the diverse grace of God.[15]

8. Genade[p11] [p12] van God.

to give or grant graciously and generously, with the implication of good will on the part of the giver—‘to give, to grant, to bestow generously[16]

Such serving, however, is to be done with the strength that God supplies.

The promise of the Holy Spirit is associated with power (dunamis).

So when Peter speaks of strength (ischuos, 4:11), he has the power of the Spirit in mind, though using different words (Goppelt: 305).[17]

What has been given to the individual as a gift of grace has also been given for the benefit of the body as a whole.

Believers are agents of God in passing on the benefits of his grace in our life.

God does not grant us gifts of grace for our personal use; he gives them for the benefit of the body of Christ[18]

Na die eise van die omstandighede skenk die Here deur die Gees die gawe om ’n besondere diens te verrig.

Daaruit volg ook dat die genadegawes nooit dien om die enkeling bo die medegelowiges te verhef nie.

As dit lei tot selfverheffing en eie roem, lewer dit nie meer diens nie.

Dan het die selfsug die plek geneem van die liefde.[19]

5. We should be good stewards of God’s gifts of grace (4:10, 11)

a.

The possession of these gifts

Every Christian has one or more of God’s gifts of grace (“charismata”), .

These “gifts” have reference to both natural endowments sanctified by the Spirit, , and to miraculous abilities bestowed directly by the Spirit, .

b.

The source and number of these gifts

They are called “the manifold grace of God.”

They come from God’s grace and they are many in number.

c.

The purpose of these gifts

They are given that Christians might use them to edify their brothers and not to promote themselves, ; ; .

d.

The accountability associated with these gifts

We are “stewards” of these gifts, which means that we must someday give an account to the giver of these gifts as to whether we were faithful or unfaithful in using them for the purpose for which they were given and be rewarded accordingly, .[20]

Look, lastly, at what comes out of all this—this picture, if I may so say, of the family of Christ.

(1) There is universal responsibility.

It takes in all.

The great is not above it, and the weakest is not beneath it.

(2) There is universal utility.