A Just Estimate (Sunday Morning, September 13, 2020)

Introduction:

A. “A people elated by pride, or soured by discontent, is seldom qualified to form a just estimate of their actual situation” (Edward Gibbons).

B. America in decline?

C. Spiritual growth requires self-examination to know actual situation.

D. Laodiceans (Rev. 3:17)

E. People infected with pride seldom see their actual situation (Jer. 17:9;
Prov. 14:12).

Text: Romans 12:3

A. Verses following:

1. Romans 12:4-5

B. Verses preceding:

1. Romans 12:1-2

2. Romans 11:36

C. The verse itself:

1. Romans 12:3

2. “Thinking Words”

a. Think………………………………………phroneo

b. Think more highly………………………..hyperphroneo

c. Sound mind/judgment……………………sophronein

Pride prevents a just estimate of our actual situation.

Humility (Mt. 5:3; Jas. 4:6; 1 Pet. 5:6)

Romans 12:3