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We need to ask ourselves:
Why do we serve?
Who are we as servants?
How do we serve?
1. Spiritual Battle
A battle for the hearts and minds of men.
2. Man is in sin and bondage and needs to be redeemed.
Problem of the world: SIN
Reconcile with God
We are the indtrument to bring men to Him
} The emphasis is on being a servant rather than on doing service.
} 10:38 42. The story of Martha and Mary.
What it means to be a servant?
Lk 17:7 10. The duty of a servant.
“Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’? Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
Phil 2:5 8. The identity of a servant
In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very nature is God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death even death on a cross!
Heb 5:8. The obedience of a servant.
Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered.
The Lord does not just want us to be enthusiastic and willing servants
a) Christian wisdom and teachings are being applied to your lives.
b) Relationships (both with the Lord and with one another) are strong & full.
c) Faithfulness characterizes your lives.
* Daily personal prayer.
* Attendance at meetings.
* Fidelity to service assigned.
d) You are men and women of your word. You can make commitments and stick to them.
e) You are working on the various obstacles and shortcomings in your lives as Christians.
* Every new day should be taken as an opportunity to become more Christlike.
f) You are servants who can serve without having to be acknowledged, appreciated or rewarded.
* Though God and CFC do appreciate your efforts, our motivation is not reward or recognition.
* We simply serve out of our love for God and neighbor.
We think of "servants" as lowly.
Solution: Correct concept of being the Lord's servant.
Realize that a servant of the Lord never goes into a situation for himself, but always looking out for how he can serve others.
Our fallen nature is inclined to say "I will not serve".
Solution: Repent, and resolve to obey.
Solution: Have faith!
Realize that God calls us to serve Him and will care for us as a loving Father.
Realize that God puts other people in headship posi¬tion over us and He works through them.
Realize that God has called us into CFC to experience brotherhood and sisterhood in the Lord.
a) Perhaps none of us would ever have to go through Paul's experiences. But being God's servant will involve some hardship and suffering.
b) All the difficulties involved with being a servant will produce joy for us. There is a purpose for the difficulty.
a) To be fruitful we must fall into the ground and die.
* We die to our self interest.
* We put the Lord first.
b) Our dying to ourselves is life giving to others.