Calling All Calvary - Put On Your Work Clothes
7/9/2023 - Dave Riddle
Key Passage: John 13:15
What is Servant Leadership?
What is Servant Leadership?
Dave Riddle - 6/18/2023
Key Passage: Philippians 2:4-8
How do we lead/love
Ephesians 5:23
Emulate our Heavenly Father.
Ephesians 6:4
Instruct and raise children in the ways of the Lord
Ephesians 5:25
Love like Jesus, self-sacrificially
Servant Leadership
Philippians 2:5-7
doulos (Greek: δοῦλος): a slave, bondman, man of servile condition
Do you wish to be great, or do you wish to be a servant?
Matthew 20:20-28
John 13:4-7
Adopt the attitude of Jesus
Philippians 2:5
What does the heart of a servant look like?
Selfless
Philippians 2:4 - look not to your own interest.
Eager
1 Peter 5:2 - not out of compulsion, but freely… eagerly
Responsive
Matthew 9:36 - seeing the crowds, he felt compassion…
Vibrant
Ephesians 6:7 - work with enthusiasm
Colossians 3:23
Everyday for Everyone
Galatians 6:10 - as often as you have the chance… do good to everyone.
Humble Service
House Rules - Service
Dave Riddle - 11/13/2022
doulos (Greek: δοῦλος): a slave, bondman, man of servile condition
It’s What Jesus Did
Matthew 20:28
Acts 10:38
Philippians 2:7
We’re (re)created for it and called to it
1 Peter 2:21
Philippians 2:3-5
Ephesians 2:10
Galatians 6:10
Matthew 20:26-27
It Demonstrates Love
Galatians 5:13-14
Romans 12:9-10
Romans 13:8
It Strengthens the Household
1 Corinthians 14:12
Ephesians 4:11-13
2 Peter 1:5-8
James 2:15-16
1 Peter 4:8-11
It’s Pleasing to, and Rewarded by, God
Matthew 25:21 & 23, 34-36
You Can’t Serve Two Masters
Message begins around 34:00
You Can’t Serve Two Masters
Dave Riddle - 8/28/22
Key Passage: Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters…”
Jesus in Matthew 6:24a
“No one” = oudeis (οὐδείς) - not even one
Romans 3:10
“Can” = dynamai (δύναμαι) - to be able, have power whether by virtue of one's own ability and resources, or of a state of mind, or through favourable circumstances, or by permission of law or custom
It is impossible!
“Serve” = douleuō (δουλεύω) - to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary):—be in bondage, (do) serve(-ice).
“Masters” = kyrios (κύριος) - supreme in authority
Romans 10:9, Luke 6:46
“…he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other.”
Jesus in Matthew 6:24b
It’s impossible for us to love (agapaō: ἀγαπάω - perfect unconditional love) two supreme masters at once.
Compare to Jesus’ comments about the good “single” eye from last week, Matthew 6:22.
“…You cannot serve both God and money.”
Jesus in Matthew 6:24c
“Money” = mamōnas (μαμωνᾶς) - Mammon - everything we pursue in life. Riches, treasures, dreams, feelings, idols. Everything that isn’t God.
Joshua 24:15 - “…choose this day whom you will serve...”
Our Unchanging Identity
Unchanging Identity
Dave Riddle 8/29/2021
Key passage: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Hard truths of the Bible
There are lots of things that make us say “I wish I didn’t know that… I wish that wasn’t in there”
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
“You are not your own”
The world doesn’t revolve around me.
I’m now a steward
1 Peter 4:10
Steward: a person who manages another’s property or finances; one who administers anything as the agent of another.
We manage our lives, not in our own interest, but in the interest of the Father
I’m now a child
1 John 3:1
See what great love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children—and we are!
I’m now a follower
“Follow me”
Follow = akoloutheō - to be in the same way with. To be in the same road. To follow one who proceeds.
I’m now a disciple
Disciple = mathetes (Greek: μαθητής) - pupil/learner/student - a disciple. In the New Testament, a disciple is one who not only learns, but accepts and adverse to the instruction given to them, making it their personal everyday way of living .
Not just learning knowledge, but allowing that knowledge to change the way we live.
Matthew 16:24 - if anyone wants to come with me, he must deny himself and take up his cross.
I’m now a slave
doulos (Greek: δοῦλος): a slave, bondman, man of servile condition
We are slaves to our sin
Romans 6:15
Romans 6:18
Set free from sin!
Now slaves to righteousness!
The Servant
The Servant
Dave Riddle - 09/01/19
Key Passages: Colossians 3:22-25, Ephesians 6:5-8
doulos (Greek: δοῦλος): a slave, bondman, man of servile condition
The Command? Obey
hypakouō (Greek: ὑπακούω) - listen, used of one who, at a knock on the door, comes to listen for who is there (duty of a porter). To listen to a command, to obey, be obedient to, submit to.
The Way of Obedience
In All Ways
Colossians 3:22 - ...obey your masters in all things.
With the proper attitude
Ephesians 6:5 - ...obey ...with respect and fear
At All Times
Ephesians 6:6 - obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you.
Emphasized again in Colossians 3:22
With the Right Heart
Ephesians 6:6-7 - ...doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly.
Committed to Excellence
Colossians 3:23 - In all the work you are doing, work the best you can.
Having a Spiritual Focus
Colossians 3:24 - you are serving the Lord Christ.
Maintaining a Kingdom Perspective
Colossians 3:24 - Remember that you will receive your reward from the Lord.