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1 | WHO is being served? | Matt 20:28 | Mommapbs | 73089 | ||
But WHO is being served? (Please think through your answer!) | ||||||
2 | WHO is being served? | Matt 20:28 | Searcher56 | 73131 | ||
The Son of Man came to serve, not to be waited on ... then we are to serve (read on) | ||||||
3 | Service to others - service to God? | Matt 20:28 | Mommapbs | 73140 | ||
WHO was Jesus serving? Some Scriptures come to mind: Choose this day WHO you will serve (Josh 24:15). . . You cannot serve God and mammon (Mt 6:24). . . I have come to do your will, Oh God. (Heb 10:7-10) Is service to others the same as service to God? When is it different? Is it important for believers to be aware of this? |
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4 | Service to others - service to God? | Matt 20:28 | Cyclist | 73146 | ||
Mommapbs, Be exalted above the heavens, O Lord our God; Let Your glory be above all the earth! I will sing the glory of His name and make His praise glorious! My mouth is filled with His praise! And with His glory all day long! OK dear sister, I am going to take a stab at this. This looks like a wonderful and thought provoking subject! You write: "Is service to others the same as service to God?" Answer: Matt 25:31 "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. Matt 25:32 "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; Matt 25:33 and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. Matt 25:34 "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Matt 25:35 'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; Matt 25:36 naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.' Matt 25:37 "Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? Matt 25:38 'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? Matt 25:39 'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' Matt 25:40 "The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.' You write: "When is it different?" Luke 10:29 But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Luke 10:30 Jesus replied and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. Luke 10:31 "And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Luke 10:32 "Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. Luke 10:33 "But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, Luke 10:34 and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. Luke 10:35 "On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.' Luke 10:36 "Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?" Luke 10:37 And he said, "The one who showed mercy toward him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same." Rom 14:16 Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be spoken of as evil; 1 Pet 2:12 Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation. You write: "Is it important for believers to be aware of this?" James 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. I refuse to walk a cripple into a tavern or house of ill-repute, etc... but if he/she falls on the sidewalk in front of it or on the way to it, I will go to their aid in the name of Jesus Christ. Bleesings to you dear sister! Your brother and friend in Christ, David I will bless the Lord at all times! His praise shall continually be in mouth! |
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5 | Service to others - service to God? | Matt 20:28 | Mommapbs | 73166 | ||
Greetings David! Thanks for the excellent Scriptures. My thinking on this verse is as follows: When we are focused on serving God alone, (Lk 10:27, Mt 6:33) then we will have the heart attitude that God desires. But when we focus on serving others as a way to please God, we deny the freedom we have in Christ. Jesus came to serve (He came to do the will of the Father Who Sent Him!) When we have the same attitude of Christ, desiring to be obedient to the will of God FIRST, then what flows from our lives toward others will be true service - for only in this manner is it empowered with the love of God. Service toward others is not always service to God. I suspect that believers have a tendency to confuse the two at times when they do not recognize that a difference may exist. In this Scripture (Matthew 20:28), Jesus shows us that our motivation must also arise from a heart that longs to love (serve) God above all else. To those who respond in love for Him, God will reveal His pleasing and perfect will. When we respond in obedience to the will of God, then we will be serving in the same manner as Jesus did. He gave His life. We too are told to present our bodies as "living sacrifices" (Romans 12:1,2). Jesus also instructs us to deny self (Mt 16:24). When we do this, we relinquish control to the reign of Christ in our lives; We become a "bond servant". (One who willingly sells himself to another) The result is that the Christ-follower is freed from the slavery of self that so often guides their actions. "For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ." Gal 1:10 What is pleasing to God? At times, I suspect that we are still motivated to "do good things" in order to gain His approval or acceptance. But in essence, when we fall prey to this thinking, we miss the awesome, freeing Truth of the Gospel. The good news is that we never have to seek the approval of God for Jesus has already secured that for us! As you can see, I am still processing this . . . in light of this passage, I am prompted to evaluate what my motives are in service to God and others. My cry is "Create in me a clean heart O Lord and renew a steadfast spirit within me!" Psalm 51:10. Your sister in the Lord! t |
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6 | Service to others - service to God? | Matt 20:28 | Cyclist | 73175 | ||
t My day shall begin with praise to my heavenly Father! My day shall begin with glory to His name! My day shall begin giving thanks to my God! My day shall begin with my Lord and my God! He knows when I will awake before I do. He knows when I shall fall asleep before I do. He knows me before I did! Our God is Awesome! Your post is EXCELLENT and very "PRINTABLE". That is what I am doing! Thank you for sharing this! Truely the Lord our God has blessed you His instrument to share this! Many blessings to you! David I will bless the Lord at all times! His praise shall continually be in my mouth! |
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