What is Service?

Serving The Lord of the House and not the House of the Lord

Love of the Lord is shown through feeding His sheep

From the Mouth of the Lord

5 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of [b]Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I [c]love You.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs.”16 He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of [d]Jonah, do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I [e]love You.” He said to him, “Tend My sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time,

From the Mouth of the Lord

“Simon, son of [f]Jonah, do you [g]love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.”

Key Premise

Service is the Love of God in Action

What is the Goal of the Service?

Bring ourselves and the people we serve into a relationship with God.

The Commandment

9 “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. 12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.

The Commandment

14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.

The Commandment

16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. 17 These things I command you, that you love one another. (John 15: 9-17)

The Warning

"Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ (Matthew 7:21-23)

Self Examination

Regular sit with myself to examine my motivation and my goals

The strategy of the Enemy

  • Deciet
  • Isolation
  • Attrition warfare

Diagnosis

How can I diagnose myself? What are the warning signs that my service is going sideways?

Lack of Spiritual Law in my personal life

The Prevalence of Routine sins

Being too busy in the service

Ownership in the Service

Bickering, Contention and Hate

Judging

Respect of Persons (Partiality)

Speaking and no action

All their works they do to be seen by men

Legacy Building

Conclusion

  • Service is love of God in action
  • Serve the Lord of the House and not the House of the Lord.
  • I have to continuously examine my ways to make sure I have not fallen
  • be aware of the strategy of the enemy
  • examine my personal life and my service
  • Spiritual Mentor
  • be on guard in my spiritual life


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