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Humility and Service in Christianity

The document discusses the importance of humility and service as a Christian. It contrasts being a "Full Service" Christian who is humble and serves others versus a "Self Service" Christian who is prideful. It provides biblical examples of Jesus washing his disciples' feet and dying on the cross as the ultimate acts of humility and service. The rewards for humility include grace, honor, esteem, exaltation, life, and wealth from God, while lack of humility can lead to disunity in a congregation. It encourages finding the will to be humble through God's power working in us.

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Humility and Service in Christianity

The document discusses the importance of humility and service as a Christian. It contrasts being a "Full Service" Christian who is humble and serves others versus a "Self Service" Christian who is prideful. It provides biblical examples of Jesus washing his disciples' feet and dying on the cross as the ultimate acts of humility and service. The rewards for humility include grace, honor, esteem, exaltation, life, and wealth from God, while lack of humility can lead to disunity in a congregation. It encourages finding the will to be humble through God's power working in us.

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Humility & Service

Are you a “Full Service” Christian or a “Self Service” Christian?

Humble: gentle, mild, meek, free from arrogance or vanity, deferential, peaceable, obedient, yielding

Being humble as a Christian also means to recognize our sinful condition and our need for God’s grace.

The Lord’s command that we be humble servants to Him & to our brothers & sisters in Christ.

Matt. 18:1-4, Luke 9:46-48, 22:24-27, Rom. 12:3 &10, Gal. 5:13, Eph. 4:2, Phil. 2:3-4, Col. 3:12

How far should we be willing to go in our service to God & our brothers & sisters in Christ?

John 15:13

The rewards from God for being humble servants

Grace (Prov. 3:34, James 4:6, 1 Pet. 5:5-6)

Grace means favor, mercy, undeserved kindness

Honor/Esteem/ (Prov. 15:33, 22:4, 29:23, Isa. 66:2, Matt. 23:11-12, Luke 14:10,
Exaltation 1 Pet. 5:6)

Esteem means to have a high opinion of, value greatly, have a high regard or
respect for

Exaltation means honor, glory, praise

Life (Prov. 22:4)

Wealth (Prov. 22:4)

Wisdom (Prov. 11:2)

The consequences to the congregation of lack of humility

Provocation & Envy (Gal. 5:26) = Disunity (Contrast: Humility preserves unity, Phil. 2:1-4)

Our Lord’s example of humility & service

Jesus washing the feet of His disciples (John 13:3-17)

Jesus taking human form, suffering and dying on the cross (Phil. 2:5-11)

If our nature is to be proud & self-seeking, how can we find the will to be humble servants?

Phil. 2:13

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