Servir
Servir é o coração do evangelho. Jesus não veio para ser servido, mas para servir. O cristão é chamado a seguir esse exemplo, colocando-se a serviço de Deus e do próximo.
O exemplo de Jesus
Cristo é o modelo supremo de serviço. Ele lavou os pés dos discípulos e deu a própria vida como resgate por muitos.
45 For the Son of man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
28 Just as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
26 But it shall not be so among you. Rather whoever wants to become great among you, he shall be your helper,27 and whoever wants be first among you shall be your bondman.
14 If I then, the Lord and the teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash each other's feet.
35 And having sat down, he called the twelve, and he says to them, If any man wants to be first, he will be last of all, and helper of all.
Servindo ao Senhor
Servir a Deus é um privilégio e uma ordenança. Devemos amá-lo de todo coração e servi-lo com alegria e fidelidade.
15 And if it seems evil to you to serve LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But as for me and my hou
5 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of LORD commanded you, to love LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cling to him, and to serve him with a
12 And now, Israel, what does LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,13 to keep the commandments of LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
4 Ye shall walk after LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cling to him.
11 not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,
14 how much more the blood of Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself unblemished to God, will cleanse your conscience from dead works in order to serve a living God?
Servir ao próximo
A liberdade cristã nos chama a servir uns aos outros pelo amor. Cada dom recebido é para edificação do corpo de Cristo.
13 For ye, brothers, were called to liberty, only not liberty for an opportunity to the flesh, but be servants to each other through love.
16 As free, and not having your freedom as a cover-up of evil, but as bondmen of God.
26 If any man serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there my helper will also be. And if any man serves me, the Father will value him.
24 No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and disparage the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
13 And do not present your body-parts as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God, as living out of the dead, and your body-parts as instruments of righteousness to God,
Fidelidade e recompensa
O servo fiel e sábio será recompensado pelo Senhor. A fidelidade no serviço honra a Deus e produz frutos eternos.
21 And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman. Thou were faithful over a few things, I will appoint thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, become ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in Lord.
16 Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for instruction, for reproof, for correction, for discipline in righteousness,17 so that the man of God may be qualified, having been completed for every good work.
23 A man's goings are established by LORD, and he delights in his way.
22 LORD redeems the soul of his servants, and none of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.