A Bondservant of Jesus Christ What does it
A Bondservant of Jesus Christ What does it means to be a servant?
A Bondservant of Jesus Christ What does it means to be a servant? • I Belong to One Master 1 Cor 6: 19 -20 I can’t have two owners; servants have only one I can’t serve two masters; to try to would call for a choice and a preference of one over the other Lk 16: 13 I can’t serve God and _____. I can have and only will have one master. The question is: Is it Jesus? Lk 14: 25 -26
A Bondservant of Jesus Christ What does it means to be a servant? • My Primary Duty is to Obey My Master Example of the centurion and his servant Mt 8: 8 -9 Instructions to servants Tit 2: 9; Eph 6: 5 -8 Do I serve Jesus as a servant should? Phil 2: 12 -15
A Bondservant of Jesus Christ What does it means to be a servant? • I Must Work Hard to Promote the Master’s Good Mt 25: 14 -30 Ability + Opportunity = Responsibility My Master has “gone away” and will return and I will give account to Him. What am I doing to promote the Master’s good with the abilities and opportunities that He has given to me?
A Bondservant of Jesus Christ What does it means to be a servant? • My Work Bring Glory to the Master, Not to Me “The Lord gave you a servant to teach you, so who should get the glory, the Lord or the servant whom He gave? ” 1 Cor 3: 3 -5 If I speak the utterances of God and someone is helped, who should get the glory, me or the Author of the message? 1 Pet 4: 11 If I serve others by the strength that God supplies and someone is helped, who should get the glory, me or that One who gave me strength to serve? 1 Pet 4: 11
A Bondservant of Jesus Christ What does it means to be a servant? • I Am Not Worthy of a Reward for My Work Lk 17: 7 -10 Servitude illustrates salvation by grace. If by faith I meet God’s condition of salvationbecoming and working as a servant of God, I obtain salvation from sin and the hope of heavennot because I deserve it, but by grace I work as a servant, but God will reward me as a son! Gal 4: 1 -3, 4 -7
A Bondservant of Jesus Christ What does it means to be a servant? • I Am Not Worthy of a Reward for My Work Lk 17: 7 -10 Servitude illustrates salvation by grace. If by faith I meet God’s condition of salvationbecoming and working as a servant of God, I obtain salvation from sin and the hope of heavennot because I deserve it, but by grace I work as a servant, but God will reward me as a son! Gal 4: 1 -3, 4 -7
A Bondservant of Jesus Christ Am I a servant of Jesus Christ? • Do I belong to Jesus or to someone/something else? • Am I obeying Jesus? • Am I working hard to promote Jesus’ good? • Am I working for Jesus’ glory and not my own? • Do I realize that after all my work I am still unworthy?
A Bondservant of Jesus Christ Am I a servant of Jesus Christ? • Many ways to become a slave in the 1 st century- among these: 1) birth, 2) sold by parents, 3) kidnapped and sold, 4) punishment for a crime, 5) voluntarily as a solution to debt • Of these, it is easy to see which one makes one a servant of Jesus Christ; voluntary submission as a result of debtthe debt of sin- Rom 6: 16 -18 the debt of love- 2 Cor 5: 14 -15
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