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 didn't come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
28 What therefore God has joined together, don't let man separate.
26 For this cause will a man leave his father and mother, and will stick to his wife;27 and the two will become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.
14 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your{} feet, you{} also ought to wash one another's feet.
35 And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he says to them, If any man would be first, he will be last of all, and servant 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 Yahweh, choose you{} this day whom you{} will serve; whether the gods which your{} fathers served who were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you{} dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.
5 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the slave of Yahweh commanded you{}, to love Yahweh your{} God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to stick to him, and to serve him with all your{} heart and with all your{} soul.
12 And now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,13 to keep the commandments of Yahweh, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?
4 You{} will walk after Yahweh your{} God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you{} will serve him, and stick to him.
11 in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving as slaves to the Lord;
14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our conscience 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.
13 For you{}, brothers, were called for freedom; only [do] not [use] your{} freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love serve as slaves to one another.
16 as free, and not using your{} freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as slaves of God.
26 If any man serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there will also my servant be: if any man serves me, the Father will honor him.
24 And if you{} lend to them of whom you{} hope to receive, what thanks is it to you{}? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive again as much.
13 neither present your{} members to sin [as] instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your{} members [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 they were exceedingly sorrowful, and began to say to him each one, Is it I, Lord?
58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be{} steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you{} know that your{} labor is not vain in the Lord.
16 All Scripture [is] inspired of God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:17 that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely to every good work.
23 A [noble] man's goings are established of Yahweh; And he delights in his way.
22 Yahweh redeems the soul of his slaves; And none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.