19/09/2023
SERVANTS HOOD
BY PASTOR LAWRENCE WONDANO
THEME: ISAIAH 6:1-8
Introduction
Is to be a devoted and helpful follower of Christ who us sets aside his freedom to meet other people needs , to be humble before God, to be ready to act as God nudges and inspires us, to help meet the needs of other people, and to remember that it is not about money or reward.
“Servant” is a translation of the Greek word doulos, which means more literally “a slave or bondservant, someone who sets aside all rights of his own to serve another.” Because the word slave carries such a negative connotation to our modern sensitivities, we often choose the word servant instead. However, servant does not quite capture the real meaning of doulos. Paul said he was a “slave” to Christ.
In ancient times, slaves were purchased or born into a slave family and served the master until they died or until the master decided to free them. Some slaves had developed such a close and loving relationship with the master’s family that they wanted to continue serving, even when they could go free. That’s the idea Paul and others were conveying when they referred to themselves as servants of Christ. The Lord has bought us with a high price (1 Corinthians 6:20), and those who come to know Him desire to abandon all rights to Him and choose to serve Him faithfully.
Luke 22:23-27
[23]Then they began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing. The Disciples Argue About Greatness
[24]Now there was also a dispute among them, as to which of them should be considered the greatest.
[25]And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’
[26]But not so among you; on the contrary, he who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he who governs as he who serves.
[27]For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One
