Be a Rebel

Romans 12:3–8 ESV

3 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.

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In these verses we find Paul’s encouragement to a local church that was struggling to find unity. They were trying to make sense of how they were supposed to live in light of the fact of who Jesus was and what he had done for them. Jews were wondering if they were Jews anymore, Gentiles were wondering if they having to become Jews. Both of them were essentially arguing that their tradition and cultural background was more valuable than the other, and what Paul