Servanthood in life of believers

Servants of God in the OT

Abraham

Genesis 18:5 ESV

while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant.” So they said, “Do as you have said.”

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Moses

Exodus 14:31 ESV

Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.

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Joshua

Judges 2:8 ESV

And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110 years.

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David

2 Samuel 3:18 ESV

Now then bring it about, for the Lord has promised David, saying, ‘By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and from the hand of all their enemies.’ ”

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Jesus Christ and servanthood

Jesus Christ’s teaching on servanthood

Matthew 6:24 ESV

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

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Parables on servanthood

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Servants of God in the NT

Acts 16:17 ESV

She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.”

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Paul as a servant

A servant of God

Romans 15:17 ESV

In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.

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A servant of Jesus Christ

Romans 1:1 ESV

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

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A servant of the gospel

Ephesians 3:7 ESV

Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace, which was given me by the working of his power.

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A servant of the church

2 Corinthians 4:5 ESV

For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

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Christian servanthood

Gifts of service

1 Peter 4:10 ESV

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:

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Examples of service

Romans 12:11 ESV

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

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Christian leadership entails service

1 Peter 5:2 ESV

shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly;

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The office of deacon was seen as a serving role:

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