Servants
"Serve people? You've got to be kidding!" We tend to associate
servitude with oppressed people slaving for a cruel master. In the Bible,
servants had a different job description, one more akin to our current-day
employer-employee relationship. The servant's job was to loyally carry
out his or her master's orders and act in the master's interest at all
times. In return, the master was responsible for feeding and clothing
the servants and looking after their needs.
Various
people in the Bible are referred to as God's servants.
Joshua 24:29
2 Samuel 7:5
2 Kings 10:10
Luke 1:38
Romans 1:1
God calls the Israelites his servants.
Isaiah 44:21
Jeremiah 46:27-28
Luke 1:54-55
The prophet Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would be a servant
who would suffer on our behalf.
Isaiah 49:1-6; 52:13--53; 12
When the Messiah, Jesus Christ, was on the earth, he modeled the
role of a servant for us.
Matthew 12:17-21; 20:25-28
Philippians 2:5-8
Christians are God's servants. As such, we are to serve God and
other people.
Galatians 5:13
Philippians 2:3-4
1 Peter 4:10
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