TEXT: Romans 15:5-7
TITLE: Be Like Jesus
Introduction: “Be Like Mike” - Gatorade, 1991
Point 1: The Same God Gives It All (v.5)
a. Endurance
b. Encouragement
c. Same Attitude and Mind Towards Each Other as Jesus had.
i. Does your attitude align with the attitude of Jesus?
Point 2: One Mind. One Voice. One Band. One Sound for One God (v.6)
a. Just like your favorite live band (HBCUs, concerts), when we come together as different people with one purpose, it makes a pleasing sound.
b. Our joint mind and voice sound like glorification to God the Father.
c. Our fragmented minds and voices bring confusion, not glory.
Point 3: Accepted. Received. Welcomed to Bring Praise (v.7)
a. The three words across different translations: accept, receive, welcome.
b. It does not say, “judge, criticize, ridicule, gossip.”
c. Instead of stirring up a mess, we should be stirring up the gift.
