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! WE HAVE THIS MINISTRY…
!! Bible Text: Matthew 20:20-28
!! Subject: Ministers
!! Title: We Have This Ministry…To Be Ministers For God
!
INTRODUCTION
!! Biblical Orientation:
!!! Chapters 19-22 are during what we call Jesus’ ministry in Perea.
Perea is the east of the Jordan river and north of Jericho.
This area would have been safe from the scribes and Pharisees yet gave Jesus access to Jerusalem quickly.
Chapter 21 is Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem and begins to being His earthly ministry to a close
!!!
We do say that Christ ministered while on earth.
God gave Him very specific duties and Christ was sure to accomplish all that His Father had assigned to Him.
In John 17:4 Jesus said, I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do
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In high school I worked at a gas station.
The worst of all the jobs was to empty the barrel that held the used oil from oil changes.
It was heavy, it was dirty, and it required two people.
Whenever the owner told us to empty it, we complained.
We griped so much you would have thought he was killing us.
In all honesty, we did not act as if he was the owner and we were the employees
!!! Finally, one of the other guys and I changed our minds about it and began to do the job because it needed to be done.
We actually started doing it before it needed to be done and quit getting so dirty because we spilled a lot less oil
!!! Have you ever needed to get something done for someone else or for God but did not have a right attitude?
We can sure make ourselves miserable about doing the things that we ought to be doing with joy
!! Sermon Orientation:
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In this section of Scripture, Jesus reveals the need for a right attitude and gives an illustration of how He ministered and served for the right reasons
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EXPOSITION~/MAIN TEXT
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I. THE STORY THAT PREPARES US FOR THE TEACHING: THE PETITION V 20-24
!! A. The Request v 20–21
!!! 1. James’ and John’s mother comes to Jesus
!!! 2.
She asks Jesus to allow her two sons to sit on his right and left side in the Kingdom
!!!! a.
This signifies the desire for position
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Those that sit on the side of a king are considered important themselves
!!! 3. We do not know where she got the idea to ask this but…
!!!! a. James and John did not seem shocked
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The indignation of the disciples was towards them
!! B. The Response v 22–23
!!! 1. Jesus gives an illustration of the incredible fellowship they already have
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He uses the picture of the “cup” and “baptism”
!!!!! i.
To drink from another’s cup means that you are close
!!!!!! ü You know a person very well before you will drink after them
!!!!!! ü This means you are sharing at the deepest levels
!!!!! ii.
The picture of baptism is of immersion
!!!!!! ü James and John were immersed in the ministry of Christ
!!!!!! ü They were part of what we call the “inner circle”
!!!!!! ü They were a part of all that Christ did
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In His own way, He is saying: they already have enough
!!!!! i.
They are part of what the prophets prophesied
!!!!! ii.
They walked the earth with God
!!! 2. Jesus denies the request on two counts:
!!!! a. First, their ignorance
!!!!! i.
Neither the mother nor the sons really understand what they are asking!
!!!!! ii.
They are asking Jesus to commit God to something He may not wish to do
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Second, His inability v 23
!!!!! i. Seating arrangements in the Kingdom will be assigned by the Father, not the Son!
!!!!! ii.
Not only that, God has already has plans for those seats
!!!!!! ü Revelation 4:4 And round about the throne/ were/ four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold
!!!!!! ü Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and/ I saw/ the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus…
!! C. The Resentment v 24
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The ten other disciples are indignant when they hear what James and John asked
!!! 2. Were they angry because they knew God was saving those or because they wanted them for themselves?
!!!! a. Probably because they wished for such position themselves
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Jesus then taught them all the real attitude we should have
!!! 3. It is a lesson we all need
!!!! a. *Ministry is not about how you are served*
!!!! b. *Ministry is about how you serve*
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II.
JESUS TEACHES THE DISCIPLES ABOUT TRUE GREATNESS V 25-28
!! A. A Servant Is Not To Be Like The Gentiles
!!! 1. Exposition
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The princes of the Gentiles
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They try to exert and rule over many people
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They judge the greatness of their kingdom by the number of people they rule
!!!!!! ü This is often used by managers to show their use to a company
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They want to have a large dominion
!!!!! i. Dominion is total control or lordship
!!!!! ii.
Caesar called himself god so that others would worship him and call him “lord”
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The Gentiles wanted to have total authority over others
!!! 2. The church and its disciples are not to pattern themselves after the Gentiles
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They are not a good example of how we are to live
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