Worthless v. Unworthy

Author: art rogers

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 @ 12:01 am

I am teaching through Romans on Sunday nights and last Sunday, our text was:

3 For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one. 4 Now as we have many parts in one body, and all the parts do not have the same function, 5 in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another. 6 According to the grace given to us, we have different gifts:
If prophecy, use it according to the standard of faith;

7 if service, in service; if teaching, in teaching;

8 if exhorting, in exhortation; giving, with generosity;
leading, with diligence; showing mercy, with cheerfulness.

Romans 12:3-8

In expositing verse 3, I talked of how the latter part of the verse spoke of an equality before God of all believers that was necessary to help us accomplish the admonition of the first part of the verse, that is to not think of ourselves more highly than we ought. I said that we needed to see ourselves and others through God’s eyes. Unworthy, but not worthless.

The difference between unworthy and worthless is …

Worthless - no intrinsic value, and not wanted.

Unworthy - no intrinsic value, and wanted anyway.