THE BIBLE PRAYER LINE – Bible Questions Answered
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Bible Questions Answered:
“...are we supposed to be disciples?...”
Shirley/ Gibsonton, Florida U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Servanthood:
Matthew 20:26,27 KJV
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Matthew 23:11 KJV
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
Matthew 25:40,25-28 KJV
40 And The King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.
25 But Jesus called them unto Him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
28 Even as The Son Of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many.
Mark 9:35,41 NLT
35 He sat down, called the twelve disciples over to Him, and said, “Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else.”
41 If anyone gives you even a cup of water because you belong to The Messiah, I tell you The Truth, that person will surely be rewarded.
Mark 10:42-45 KJV
42 But Jesus called them to Him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
45 For even The Son Of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many.
Luke 22:27 NLT
Who is more important, the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? The one who sits at the table, of course. But not here! For I am among you as one who serves.
John 12:26 KJV
If any man serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall also My servant be: if any man serve Me, him will My Father honor.
John 13:14,15 KJV
14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
John 15:15 KJV
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of My Father I have made known unto you.
Romans 12:1 KJV
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
I Corinthians 9:19 NLT
Even though I am a free man with no master, I have become a slave to all people to bring many to Christ.
II Corinthians 4:5 KJV
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus The Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
Galatians 5:13,14 NLT
13 For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.
14 For the whole Law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Ephesians 5:21 KJV
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Philippians 2:4-8 KJV
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as A Man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Colossians 3:17 KJV
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of The Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and The Father by Him.
Hebrews 6:10 NLT
For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for Him and how you have shown your love to Him by caring for other believers, as you still do.
Hebrews 13:17 KJV
Obey your spiritual leaders, and do what they say. Their work is to watch over your souls, and they are accountable to God. Give them reason to do this with joy and not with sorrow. That would certainly not be for your benefit.
James 1:27 KJV
Pure religion and undefiled before God and The Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
I Peter 2:16 NLT
For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil.
I Peter 4:8 NLT
Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins
I Peter 5:5 KJV
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
I John 2:6 KJV
He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Prayer:
Galatians 3:28 KJV
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
