Monday, July 14, 2014
Bible Lesson: Parables-Our Lord's: Position Of A Servant.
Bible Lesson: Parables-Our Lord's:
Position Of A Servant.
Occasion: The Servant's
Responsibility, Is To Serve.
Lesson: The True Heart Of A
Servant Is One Of Fidelity And Love, Not One Of Reward.
Bible Text:
Luke 17:7-10 NLT
7 “When a servant comes in from
plowing or taking care of sheep, does his master say, ‘Come in and
eat with me’?
8 No, he says, ‘Prepare my meal,
put on your apron, and serve me while I eat. Then you can eat later.’
9 And does the master thank the
servant for doing what he was told to do? Of course not.
10 In the same way, when you obey Me
you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done our
duty.’”
What is your idea
of a servant?
What is your idea
of God's servant?
What is your idea
of the rewards of God's servant?
Disparaging as it
may sound, some of God's servants are actually working hard for
grandiose positions of great glory, they hope, they will receive, some day on
thee other side.
Poor impoverished
souls.
Hebrew 5:12-14
KJV
12 For when for the time ye ought to
be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first
principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of
milk, and not of strong meat.
13 For every one that useth milk is
unskilful in The Word Of Righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them
that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their
senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Luke 17:9,10 NLT
9 And does the master thank the
servant for doing what he was told to do? Of course not.
10 In the same way, when you obey Me
you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done
our duty.’”
“Pastor, doesn't the Bible mention rewards to be given?”
Yes!
Rewards:
Genesis 15:1
I Kings 3:14
Psalm 19:9,11
Psalm 37:37
Psalm 49:14,15
Psalm 58:11
Psalm 97:11
Psalm 112:4
Proverbs 2:7
Proverbs 10:9
Proverbs 11:31
Proverbs 13:21
Proverbs 14:11
Isaiah 62:11
Daniel 12:3
Matthew 5:11, 12
Matthew 6:4
Matthew 10:42
Matthew 25:23
Luke 6:35
Luke 14:14
John 14:3
Romans 2:10
Colossians 3:4
Philippians 3:20,21
II Timothy 2:12
Hebrews 6:10
Hebrews 10:34,35
Hebrews 11:26
James 1:25
I Peter 5:4
I John 3:2
Revelation 20:4
Revelation 22:12,14
And our Bible also mentions this, from our Lord:
Mark 10:35-45 NLT (Service)
35 Then James
and John, the sons of Zebedee, came over and spoke to Him. “Teacher,”
they said, “we want you to do us a favor.”
36 “What is
your request?” He asked.
37 They
replied, “When you sit on your glorious throne, we want to sit in
places of honor next to you, one on your right and the other on your
left.”
38 But Jesus
said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able
to drink from the bitter cup of suffering I am about to drink? Are
you able to be baptized with the baptism of suffering I must be
baptized with?”
39 “Oh yes,”
they replied, “we are able!” Then Jesus told them, “You will
indeed drink from My bitter cup and be baptized with My baptism of
suffering.
40 But I have
no right to say who will sit on My right or My left. God has prepared
those places for the ones He has chosen.”
41 When the ten
other disciples heard what James and John had asked, they were
indignant.
42 So Jesus
called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this
world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority
over those under them.
43 But among
you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must
be your servant,
44 and whoever
wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else.
45 For even The
Son Of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give His
life as a ransom for many.”
As seen, rewards, are a concern of God's discretion, not mans.
What is the true servant's reward?
It is being forever in his Master's house, serving Him, with a heart
of fidelity and love, time without end. That is the reward of the
servant of God. That is what he should long for and nothing else.
Anything else would place the servants fidelity and love to his
Master, in second place.
Psalm 42:1,2 NLT
1 As the deer
longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God.
2 I thirst for
God, The Living God. When can I go and stand before Him?
Psalm 73:25 KJV
Whom have I in
heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside
thee.
Psalm 84:1,2 NLT
1 How lovely is
your dwelling place, O Lord Of Heaven’s Armies.
2 I long, yes,
I faint with longing to enter the courts of The Lord. With my whole
being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to The living God.
Revelation
5:1-14 KJV
1 And I saw in
the right hand of Him that sat on the throne a book written within
and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
2 And I saw a
strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to
open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
3 And no man
in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able
to open the book, neither to look thereon.
4 And I wept
much, because no man was found worthy to open and to
read the book, neither to look thereon.
5 And one of
the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, The Lion Of The tribe Of
Judah, The Root Of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to
loose the seven seals thereof.
6 And I beheld,
and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts (living
creatures), and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it
had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the
seven Spirits Of God sent forth into all the earth.
7 And He came
and took the book out of the right hand of Him that sat upon the
throne.
8 And when He
had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell
down before
The Lamb,
having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odors, which
are the prayers of saints.
9 And they sung
a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to
open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to
God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and
nation;
10 And hast
made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the
earth.
11 And I
beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne
and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten
thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
12 Saying with
a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive
power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory,
and blessing.
13 And every
creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth,
and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying,
Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto Him that
sitteth upon the throne, and unto The Lamb for ever and ever.
14 And the four
beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and
worshiped Him that liveth for ever and ever.
Selah