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Servants& Slaves
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”
1 Peter 2.9-10,CB NT p. 409
What does God teach us about how we are to be organized?
“rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them”
Mark 10.42,CB NT p. 82
“I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.”
3 John 9,CB NT p. 428
“But it shall not be so among you.”
Mark 10.43CB NT p. 82
No “Rulers”
No “Great Ones”
AMONG YOU...
“But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.”
Mark 10.43-45CB NT p. 82
Do you want to be GREAT?
Servant
Do you want to be FIRST?
Slave
We are to beSERVANTSand SLAVES.
Jesus
“And He put all things under His feet and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fulness of Him who fills all in all.”
Ephesians 1.22-23,CB NT p. 337
“even as Christ is the head of the church, His body, and is Himself it’s Savior.”
Ephesians 5.23,CB NT p. 342
Jesus
Saints
“But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as He chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many members, yet one body.”
1 Corinthians 12.18-20,CB NT p. 304
“But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers.”
Matthew 23.8,CB NT p. 45
“But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.”
Mark 10.43-45CB NT p. 82
“Now I urge you, brothers— you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints— be subject to such as these, and to every fellow workers and laborer.”
1 Corinthians 16.15-16, CB NT p. 311
“Outdo one another in showing honor.”
Romans 12.10, CB NT p.
“For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”
Galatians 5.13, CB NT p. 333
“As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength taht God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To Him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”
1 Peter 4.10-11CB NT p. 333
Jesus
“Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.”
Philippians 2.3, CB NT p. 345
“Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
Philippians 2.4, CB NT p. 346
“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
Philippians 2.5-8, CB NT p. 346
Will today be the day you decide to
go to heaven?
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Servants and Slaves
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart12 December, 2010
Las Cruces, NMwww.churchofchristmiranda.com
Synopsis: Organization reveals purpose. We are a society of people who are servants and slaves of one another.
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
“Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”
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