sermon: Eternal Servant Leadership
Mark Schindler
Given 24-Dec-11; Sermon #1080b; 36 minutes
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Mark Schindler, focusing on John 15:9-10, affirms that if we stand firm in God’s commandments, expressing them spiritually as well as in the letter, we are exercising the love of God the Father and the Son. We are commanded to love one another as Jesus Christ has loved us, being willing to lay down our lives for those who will follow us. In order to stand firm, we must reciprocate the love given to us, doing the works He has given us, using the gifts He has given us, becoming profitable servants. The prayer Jesus offered on the eve of His crucifixion demonstrates the degree of intimacy and love Jesus intended for all of His called-out ones. We must cultivate the sacrificial agape love, replacing self-will with God’s will, continually producing spiritual fruit. Our responsibility should be to learn to serve rather than to emulate the pompous gentile leaders who love to domineer over their subjects. Southwest Airlines has catapulted its way to unqualified success by applying the principles of servant leadership. In our preparation for priests and kings serving under Christ, it behooves us to learn to: (1) recognize the needs, but not wants of others, fulfilling the needs of those we serve, (2) setting our will according to God’s divine purpose, (3) mirroring the attributes of I Corinthians 13, including patience, kindness, humility, selflessness, forgiveness, and honesty, all attributes of Jesus Christ. Our spiritual success depends upon emulating these attributes of agape love, bringing glory to our Great God.
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Abide in love Agape Authority Bottom line Character of God Deuteronomy 7:6-9 Employee market Employer market Fulfill our calling I Corinthians 13 I Thessalonians 5:7 Identify and serve needs Inverted pyramid James Hunter The Servant John 15:9-16; 17:1-8 Keeping covenant Love Loving one another Matthew 5:6-7; 20:25-28 Meno Parable of the talents Psalm 113:1-8 Recognizing needs, not wants Rulers of the Gentiles Self-serving Self-will Servant leaders Stand firm To the glory of God
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