R1641 The Heart of a Servant

Today we get to the heart of the matter with Dr. Don Wilton in a special message called the heart of a servant here on The Encouraging Word. He will be opening God's word to Mark chapter 10 adjustable with Dr. Don Wilton well-known author evangelist and pastor and one of things he recently authored is the book call Saturdays with Billy.

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This is an amazing encounter. Let me read it to you.

We going to be in mock chapter 10 in verse 35 then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus teacher by saying we want you to do for us what ever we lost everybody look at me that's really cheeky edits. Cheeky folks at his cheeky Jesus could've looked insane. You are so cheeky. He probably did is just not in the picture but I'll find that you give me a break takes off on it. Just read that again can we really, I don't want you to Mrs. Matthew say is this was the son's mother guy Mark does not record that these this is a these are Christian people. They come to Jesus and site teacher. They said we want you to do for us whatever we are lost or what do you want me to do for you.

Jesus office they replied let one of us sit at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory. You don't know what you're asking. Jesus said can you drink the cup I drink will be baptized with the baptism I'm being baptized with we can lay Onset that's cheeky really. Jesus said to them, you will drink the cup I drink and you will be baptized with the baptism on baptized Jesus knew they were going to suffer affecting you they were going to be executed. Jesus knew they did but to sit at my right or left is not for me to ground.

These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared when the team heard about this, they became in with James and John. Jesus called them together and he said you know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority on not so with you instead. Ever once to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be servant of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. May the Lord write that word on his just consider this first will consider the question that they almost this question it. It speaks to two things.

First of all their effort to interpret God. Their effort to interpret God. It's very typical of all of us every one of us. We want to interpret God the way we think we want to go to the Lord Jesus and say yes Lord, we love you. Here's what I want you to do for me you get this. This is the way I would like to tell you, Jesus. I am going to operate. We knew that even without giving I'm challenging all of us here today. How many of you right now. Then raise your hands or giving with strings attached when lost and you say, I'll give as long as they understand we did with strings attached.

We say will tell you one thing far as I'm concerned we cannot get ourselves to understand that God wants us to just give this question they almost was their effort to interpret, but there the question by auspice. I think also their desire for status wheat we would like to be elected the president and the vice president of the heavenly chorus which is go ahead and settle this. It's a it's a deep question because out of this come something so beautiful Jesus ends up telling them how to do this and in another kind of a like upside down and backward way. It's like wait a minute, Jesus is God and yet he became servant of all. This the Christian layoffs the explanation they receive in verse 38 through 14. Jesus died in the very act simple explanation and it was too faulty sit number one you not Jesus any further questions or and secondly you're not God I want to be on so by saying first of all, you're not me you're not Jesus what he was saying to them is nobody else can ever take the place of what I have done as servant for you. That's what he was saying. You will never be able drink the cup and on drink see Jesus very quickly said, I'll tell you whatever it is about heaven and everything to do with heaven. That's up to God is not at such a powerful statement. Karen and I were talking to some people. Just recently, finding themselves trying to figure out what to do next and where to go, how things are going to turn out and Karen turned to them and said Gardner's he's got you. As for Jesus, it you know that God knows he's he's got you right now you going through something that's not very nice is God knows he's got you. Maybe you got questions like we all have. God knows he's got you, you need The Encouraging Word God knows he's got you trying to make a decision about what to do.

Way to go. It's about a job. It's about a position. God knows he's he's got you. That's what Jesus was saying that was he's explanation.

But then he translates that into the Kaman sub begins with this question layoffs. Jesus gives an explanation to them any immediately turns he's exclamation into a Kaman when you when you look at this passage your folks, this is a Kaman in standing you must you must become a servant of the eruption you're listening to Dr. Don Wilton our teacher here on The Encouraging Word hilly back with the rest of today's message, heart of a servant. When God gives that command old are not suggestions.

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Back to today's great teaching with Dr. Don Wilton when you when you look at this passage your folks, this is a Kaman. Instead, you must you must become a servant. What was he saying well in verse 42 he was saying in order to carry out or to pay heed or to be obedient to this Kaman number one you, but I have the right heart. Look at verse 42 just I don't want you to let this verse 43 is 43. This is what he says.

He says let's excuse me, let's go back to verse 42, he says you've got the right heart and he uses this illustration. He says you know those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, what is he saying, Lord, with a capital I would list with a small letter he saying to these Christian people.

Be very careful in your haughtiness, your elevated status as a child of the King in your commission that I've given to you and you call from God. That's not a license to hold that over the pagans. It doesn't work, let me tell you something doesn't work servant who does let me serve you, like Jesus, let me love you like Jesus.

That's what works, what was he telling them what was this Kaman have the right heart number two have the right move to allow a love I love in verse 43. Look at verse 43 you go to see this.

He says here.

Not so with you instead.

Ever wants to become great among you get good things Jesus.

I mean, he just does something jointly awfully cute. He sees one you want that you want to be great. You want your motive so you wanting to be great.

Let me tell you how to do it.

He goes right to the motive and we live in a world of ulterior just like everybody who says anything especially on the media the garden ulterior motive is something else that Jesus puts it right on the pulse of our relationship with him and he lost that question. He says he says I want you to have the right motive. I want you have the right heart, I want you to have the right motive and I want you to have the right position, the right position. He sees).

In verse 43 whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be servant of all whoever wants to be first must be servant of all is that Charlotte would you all identify with that. Like the first must be lost.

Is that what Jesus is saying the highest must be the lowest you want the front door you better look like a Bechtel so what was the example they would. In verse 45. What a powerful verse you know all of this is to come to verse 45 for even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom at the powerful verse, Jesus pointed to himself two things he was trying to tell us your in the example these disciples of his witnessed first of all, he relinquished his position servant hood involves relinquishing the position Jesus gave up his seat. Jesus is God and he was seated at the right hand of the father, which is where he is now having been raised from the dead, off to having become servant, he gave up his right to the throne. The right hand of God the authority of God as God and allowed himself to come down and to be born in Bethlehem's manger to suffer and to be tempted in all points.

Just as we are yet without sin. He gave up and he's kingly throat that servant, you know, one of the most beautiful words you will hear from young people, older people, needy people, and you hear this is thank you for doing that for me yet because another one. People will say to you when you serve the a look at you and say you don't need to do that ever had someone say that you you you you don't need to do that I can get my own chair. Can you hear the heavenly hosts looking into the face of Jesus and sighing. Is your God. You cute. You don't need. You don't need to give up your seat. You don't need to relinquish your throne and come down into a Dirty Little Pl. in Bethlehem and live on this earth.

Then suffer such abuse in torture at the hands of sinful people you you don't need to do that father would you remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will but thine be done. He relinquished his position. He did none he relinquish his position but he ransomed his life as a very interesting word as a ransom for the word for their the prep for means literally in place all that little word for he ransomed his life for many, this ultimate servant hood means that he took our place.

He said I'll let me get it make me pay the price you see Jesus substitution is the most glorious, blessed of our salvation frame Jesus through his life he serving paid ransom in place of all those who would believe in his name. He took my place. He didn't pay with his life to cite to placate Satan like you and I don't serve others for any other reason or to impress or triplicate.

He didn't like Kate St. he he he ransomed his life to pay God in order to satisfy his justice and he's holding raw against all sin, and I stepped up and saved you know I want God.

I want God to come into my life. I need him. And Jesus said hold on let me take you place I'll do it for you, so that through me. You can have access to the father. You can once again be reconciled to God. That's what servant who does it, it's up it's a beautiful thing that takes place what why do you suppose Jesus told us to serve our came up with three or four or five reasons. Number one I think he told us to be servant of all. To experience peace and joy Stewart serve you'll experience peace and joy.

Number two, to discover and develop your gifts every believer is gifted, you know that when you serve, you discover what your gifts, you might look at me today and say pasta.

How do I know where to serve in Italian a minute. You can also squish what you love doing God's gift to number three to feel the warmth of other believers, you know, when you serve, you'll always find others they with you.

You go to the bridge in your servant you hammer and nails all you serve food you provide closer you open your home as a host for backyard Bible clubs during the week in the month of June. You not going to find the warmth of others.

I am sorry but I used to love that series Downton Abbey on an event. If you have a watch that jolly good all English show and the you know what I loved about it. Most of all, was not the up as they were of interesting bunch, but when all the servants would get together downstairs and I would ring the bell and they all said they with costs in the buckler and there was like this all of them. They were all on the same page down. They all serving all was there little jostling going on you. You know when we service believers, God puts us around the table to give peps number for the reason Jesus told us to service to see how God works. See how God when you serve. You see God work in in some of the most simplistic ways he, Jesus can't explain it to you gun serve and you just watch God work in use. I will all I'm doing is just helping when you watch what God number five. I think he told us to be servants, and he was teaching the disciples because he wanted us to be blessed by being a blessing and a great all right so what can you do quickly take this with you.

This is what I want to leave with you today. All of that to say, has four things you must do is God speaking to number one determine to be obedient member. If you want to just determine to be of interest cite to the Lord. Right now, Lord, I'm just going to buy. I'm going to number two. Pray and be engaged praying to be engage say Lord I want to look for it. Look for it hundred places in the church screen is a wiki bulletin that goes out to some 18,000 people opportunities. This telephone lines the people you can talk to just look at the faces of people you know. Another good one you want to pray to be engaged when you leave today cites the Lord Lord just put someone in my heart just simple walkouts and instead of just make a beeline for your motorcar or for your life group just lost God you saying to me now pasta you being oversimplistic because what happened so many times you just be walking there minding your own business eating a peanut butter sandwich and all of a sudden there's this person number three on dainty fire to be part of the body. Ident will help you to identify you will do that with you get alongside identify identify your gifts. You get a good starting point. What you love to you love to sing, I can show you where to serve plan instrument artistry with another's obvious one. Let me tell you, there hundred thousand things and everyone is relevant because you the one they things you can do you know how many things they are just can't do.

I try every time I do just doesn't quite work out the same manner, my surrounded by people. That's the body coming one more thought serve to be a serve. When you serve the Lord be servant value heads with me discriminate see God is speaking to us today. Part of the servant, Jesus was very clear all of us of the lower moms and dads of the individually going up to Jesus.

Jesus made clear that he made it clear most of exclusively through his said I love you love Jesus, you responded to him, fostered him as Savior and Lord want to give your life to Christ. I invite you to give your heart to Jesus, oh how we love to talk with you and pray with you about your response. All of us are responding to the word of God as he speaks to us some today respond for the first time. If you'd like to give your life to Jesus Christ. It's a simple saying yes I love to lead you in a prayer where you go okay God.

I realize my sin has separated me from you, Lord, I ask you to come in to my life. I believe you are the son of God, and died for my sins as best I know how safely in Jesus name I pray. Amen. If that's your prayer, perhaps for the very first time re-dedicating your life coming back to Jesus. We have wonderful free resources. We would love to put in your hands all you need to do is call us. Our phone number is 866899 word take a minute jotted down stores in your cell is a contact 866-899-9673 will always connect with one of us to talk or listen or pray or connect with resources will help you grow in your faith can also find those resources like the new book from Dr. Wilson call Saturdays with Billy. So many folks are asking about it, it's on our website@tewonline.org that's TE W online.org.

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