This is the 6th in the series on the currencies of the Kingdom of God. Lets explore service and how we gain our inheritance through it.
What is service
The action of helping or doing work for someone.
a system supplying a public need
contribution to the welfare of others
To serve means
to be of use
to be worthy of reliance or trust
to answer the needs of
Service is Love and devotion to something
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise and be against the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions, or whatever is trusted in).”
Matthew 6:24 AMPC
Service of follower-ship of something or someone
“If anyone serves Me, he must continue to follow Me [to cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying] and wherever I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.”
John 12:26 AMPC
Christian service
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”
Romans 12:1 NKJV
“Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.”
Philippians 2:4 AMP
Facts about service
1. Service is a choice
Joshua 24:15
If serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve.... As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.
2. When you make that choice you must do it God’s way
“Whatever you do [whatever your task may be], work from the soul [that is, put in your very best effort], as [something done] for the Lord and not for men,”
Colossians 3:23 AMP
3. It must be done in the name of the Lord
“And whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in [dependence upon] His Person, giving praise to God the Father through Him.”
Colossians 3:17 AMPC
4. It is Jesus that calls us to service that is why our service is unto Him
“I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has granted me [the needed] strength and made me able for this, because He considered me faithful and trustworthy, putting me into service [for this ministry],”
1 Timothy 1:12 AMP
4. Service has rewards
“knowing [with all certainty] that it is from the Lord [not from men] that you will receive the inheritance which is your [greatest] reward. It is the Lord Christ whom you [actually] serve.”
Colossians 3:24 AMP.
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