CHRISTIANS SERVING CHRIST    (Part 1) 

 

Bible Passage: John 13: 2-17

Memory Verse:  “Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling” Psalm 2:11.

 

LESSON OBJECTIVE  

We should, at the end of the Study, be able to understand that what is expected of a true child of God is pure and undefiled service to the Lord.

 

LESSON INTRODUCTION

Christians are called to daily serve the Lord. Just before He left, the Lord commissioned us into His service, “All authority in heaven and earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, …” Matth. 28:18-19.

 

LESSON OUTLINE 1: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO RENDER SERVICE UNTO CHRIST ONLY? 

i). It is following the Lord’s instruction to deliver service unto Him as per His instruction. John 12: 26.

ii). It is a pure, sincere and total service that comes from the heart. It is not eye service, nor the sort of service that is marked by carelessness or lack of devotion. Eph. 6: 5-8.

iii). It is the sort of service that expects reward from God only and not from man.

Col. 3: 23-24.

 

LESSON OUTLINE 2: GOD HIMSELF DEMANDS IT

i). God commands that all believers should serve Him. Psalm 2:11.

ii). His word records faithful service from a number of the Lord’s people. Think of Peter, Paul, Elijah, Elisha, Jeremiah, David, Jehoshaphat, etc, etc. They were merely doing what the Lord commands and expects of His people. 

Exodus 23: 25; Deut. 10: 12; Eph. 6: 7, etc.

iii). God wants all who say they are His people and He their God to serve Him with  our lives, our abilities, and all that we are and have.

Deut. 6:5; I John 3:18; Heb. 12: 28. 

 

LESSON OUTLINE 3: BUT MUCH IS EXPECTED OF A SERVANT

i). Serving God also extends to serving our brethren and neighbors as well.

Mark 10: 43-44; I John 3: 17-18.

ii). Serving others also contributes to sharing their burdens with them. Gal. 6: 2.

iii). When we serve others, we should remember we are serving the Lord, and such service rendered unto men should also be total, undiluted and whole-hearted.

Eph. 6: 5-7.

 

 

SUMMARY

Serving God also entails serving others faithfully.