• In the eyes of God
– the human-race is divided into 3 groups – which category
do we fall into?
1. Mark 10:6… God’s Creation - the human race was created
by God – (Ancestors of Adam and Eve)
2. Deuteronomy 29:12-13… God’s People – through
the Old Covenant (Ancestors of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob)
3. John 1:12…God’s Children – through the New
Covenant (Ancestors of Jesus)
• Jesus came to do many great and mighty things for the human-race.
One of the major things Jesus came to do was to make us Children of God.
• Luke 15:29-31… In the story of the prodigal son –
the rich man had two sons. The younger son chose to be just a son to his
father WHILE the older son chose to be a son and a servant to his father.
To the Child and Servant of God – Jesus promises that…
1. We are always with God
2. Everything that belongs to God is ours
• Luke 10:42… The bible tells us about two of Jesus closest
friends – the sisters: Mary and Martha.
Mary |
Martha |
Did the BETTER thing |
Did the GOOD thing |
Being a CHILD of God |
Being a SERVANT of God |
From this scenario – we can see that – as
Christians we have TWO major callings…
1. Doing the better thing FIRST – which Mary did – being a
child of God
2. And then SUPERNATURALLY NATURALLY becoming like Martha – being
a servant of God.
• Hebrews 9:14… Every child of God – need to joyfully
wait and look forward to mature into servant hood.
• 1Peter 4:10… Every true servant of Jesus will supernaturally
naturally serve Jesus with the gifts that Jesus has given us. The way
to serve God is to use our gifts (time, talent and treasures) to bring
God’s grace into the lives of others around us.
• Matthew 25:23-28 … It is clear that the time, talent and
treasures that Jesus put into our lives are for us to serve Him. Many
are enjoying being a child of God but not believing the truth that we
are also called to be servants of God!
• Luke 16:13… We can’t to be God’s servant –
if we are serving God PLUS ourselves / someone else / something else.
Whenever we call Jesus “LORD” - we are calling ourselves Servant…
Jesus is our Father and our Lord (Not just our Father)
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