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.
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
But it shall not be so among you. Instead, whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave,
So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
So Jesus sat down, called the twelve over, and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and a servant to 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.
Do not lack diligence in zeal, but be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your consciences from dead works to serve the 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.
You were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another in love.
Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as an excuse to do evil; live as servants of God.
If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him."
"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
And do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness.
Fidelidade e recompensa
O servo fiel e sábio será recompensado pelo Senhor. A fidelidade no serviço honra a Deus e produz frutos eternos.
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! Yoʋ have been faithful over a few things; I will set yoʋ over many things. Enter into the joy of yoʋr master.’
So then, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
All Scripture is inspired by God and is beneficial for teaching, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.