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 came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
28 but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
26 It shall not be so among you; but whosoever desireth to be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever desireth to be chief among you, let him be your servant:27 Even as the Son of man came not to be served,
14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye ought also to wash one another's feet.
35 And sitting down, he called the twelve and saith to them, If any man desire to be first, let him be the last of all, and the 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.
11 Not slothful in business, servent in spirit, serving the Lord:
14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge 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 Brethren, ye have been called to liberty: only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
16 yet not having your liberty for a cloak of wickedness, but as the servants of God.
26 If any man serve me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honour.
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will cleave to the one and neglect the other.
13 Neither present your members to sin, as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and 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.
21 His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.
16 All scripture is inspired of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.