Called to Serve

Ordinary People;Ordinary Service: Eternal

Difference

Mark 8:34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."

Mark 8:35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.

Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.

Romans 8:28 We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.

29For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren.

"What can I do"? mentality

What keeps us from embracing servant hood?

Matthew 10:42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward."

What keeps us from embracing servant hood?

"I’m too busy" mentality

What keeps us from embracing servant hood?

1 Kings 20:40 While your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared." "That is your sentence," the king of Israel said. "You have pronounced it yourself."

What keeps us from embracing servant hood?

"Ecclesia" = the people of God

The Church

Ephesians 4:11 And His gifts were that some were apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers.

The Church

Ephesians 4:12… to equip the saints for the work of ministry for building up the body of Christ...

The Church

1.Key people: You.

The Church

God's plan to make a difference in the world

is ordinary people doing ordinary things!

The Church

2.Key purpose: Maturity.

The Church

Ephesians 4:13... until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

The Church

As we serve what are the outcomes we have in view?

The Church

Unity of faith.

Knowledge of the Son of God.

Spiritual maturity.

The Church

14so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles.

The Church

Doctrine in line with the Bible.

The Church

15Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

The Church

Truthing in love.

The Church

16from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied, when each part is working properly, makes bodily growth and upbuilds itself in love.

The Church

Reaching people.

Growing in love.

The Church

1 Peter 4:10 As each has received a gift, employ it for one another as good stewards of God's varied grace.

The Church

Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.

The Church