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Moses, Servant of God

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Serving God, as exemplified by Moses, is a profound calling marked by submission and dedication. Moses, often referred to as God's servant, embodies the essence of servitude through his life's conduct, reflecting a relationship of humble obedience to God. This term, applied to him more frequently than to any other, highlights a position of honor, despite its association with low degree, as it signifies labor and submission to a higher authority. In serving God, Moses demonstrated various forms of leadership—submissive, realistic, constant, sacrificial, vulnerable, courageous, and bold—each rooted in his role as a servant. His life shows that serving God involves not seeking personal glory but faithfully carrying out assigned responsibilities, regardless of personal feelings or circumstances. This faithfulness is a quality accessible to all, as God equips each servant with the necessary gifts and tools to meet their obligations. God's enabling power is evident in Moses' life, as He provided strength and vigor to fulfill his duties, even overcoming personal limitations like speech difficulties. This divine support extends to all who serve Him, ensuring that what He requires, He enables. Just as God supplied the needs of the Israelites daily in the wilderness, He remains faithful to provide for His servants today, reinforcing the call to be faithful in return. Serving God also demands a mindset of subjection, akin to slavery in its complete surrender of will to the Master. This requires constant preoccupation with God's desires over personal rights, a battle fought on the grounds of faith and obedience. Despite human weaknesses, as seen in Moses' momentary lapse of temper, God's patience and provision for growth allow servants to overcome and remain faithful. Ultimately, serving God is about emulating Moses' reliability and dedication within the scope of one's own gifts and responsibilities. God prepares and enables each servant, just as He did Moses, ensuring that faithfulness is possible for all who submit to His will. As Moses was assured of his place in God's kingdom, so too can every servant find confidence in faithfully carrying out their calling.

Service: A Key to Spiritual Success

Article by William R. Gray

Serving God is a vital aspect of our Christian walk, essential for spiritual growth and maintaining a relationship with Him and His Son. Servanthood is a key to success, not only in our spiritual lives but also in our responsibilities and relationships. With Christ's perfect example as our standard, we can trust that if God opens a door for us to serve another, we will succeed in fulfilling His will. We need not worry about lacking skills, for God supplies our deficiencies through the Holy Spirit, helping us in our weaknesses. Our role in serving is to maintain an attitude of availability and to recognize the call to serve when it comes. We must not rely on our own abilities but trust God to use us as His vessel, understanding that it is He who works through us. As we practice serving, we grow accustomed to God's guidance, gain confidence, and learn to set aside our human nature. Knowing that God does the work, we can humbly direct all praise and credit to Him. We cannot dictate the areas in which we serve, but whatever task God calls us to, we can do well if we give our best, pleasing our Creator. A crucial principle is that no matter who receives our service or how they react, it is ultimately God whom we serve. Seeking approval from others indicates wrong motives, often centered on ourselves. Service must be driven by commitment, not emotions or a need for recognition. Like tithing, which we do without hesitation based on a prior decision to follow God's way, our service should reflect the same steadfast dedication. As part of God's process of shaping us into His Son's image, we should serve whenever the opportunity arises, doing so with sincerity of heart, as to Christ, and with goodwill, knowing that whatever good we do, we will receive the same from the Lord.

Life Is Service (Part Two)

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

A culture of slavery pervaded life in the early Christian church, forcing Paul to pen instructions accommodating this practice in the context of love.

Serving Others

Sermonette by James Beaubelle

Neither the toxic worldview of evolution nor that espoused by mainstream Christendom fails to answer why we exist. We have a mandate to serve both God and man.

Life Is Service (Part One)

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Though the American mindset does not feel inclined to serve, outgoing service to others yields the maximum joy and fulfillment one can possibly attain.

Sacrificial Service Within the Body

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Mark Schindler

We have all been placed into the Body of Christ with unique gifts God has graciously given to each of us for a pleasing burnt offering service.

We Will Serve the Lord!

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Joshua's deeds were demonstrations of God's power. Joshua charged the leaders to remain courageous, love God and His Law, and serving Him with all their heart and soul.

The Household of God and Loyalty

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

The ultimate shame for a covenant people is to be found disloyal. God will be faithful to His purpose for humankind and will pursue it to its glorious end.

God Will Understand

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

God pays attention to the small things we may excuse in ourselves, sins we commit in weakness. God's patience does not constitute approval of our sin.

The Priesthood of God (Part Ten) Conclusion

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

As future priests, we are going to be given rigorous, hands-on jobs to teach people righteousness and holiness, distinguishing between the sacred and profane.

God's Creation and Our Works

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Like Joseph, we need to realize that God—not ourselves—is the Creator, engineering events that form us into what He wants us to become.

Using God's Given Authority

Sermon by Mark Schindler

God has gifted all His called-out ones, expecting them to use those gifts with the pillars of godly wisdom for the edification of the Body of Christ.

How God Deals With Conscience (Part Two)

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

We may have guilty consciences like Joseph's brothers and self-pity like Jacob, but we can break through if we acknowledge God as Jacob and Elisha did.

Our Walk With God

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Like ancient Israel, we walk out of our individual circumstances through a metaphorical desert of trials and tests, following God into the Promised Land.

Sand Ramblers

Sermonette by James Beaubelle

God is actively involved in the lives of His people. The command to love our God with all our hearts and our neighbors as ourselves cannot be carried out passively.

Parable of the Talents (Part One)

Bible Study by Martin G. Collins

While the Parable of the Ten Virgins highlights preparation for Christ's return, the Parable of the Talents portrays Christians engaged in profitable activity.

Four Points of Faith

Sermonette by James Beaubelle

At times we exhibit some faithlessness, perhaps because we have viewed faith just in terms of what we do rather than what God does through His gifting to us.

Here I Am!

Sermonette by James C. Stoertz

The Hebrew hinneh and the Greek idou translated 'Here I am,' is a declaration of humble readiness to serve, expressing obedience, trust, and availability.

Characteristics of the Surrendered Life

CGG Weekly by Mike Fuhrer

By surrendering to God and conducting ourselves in harmony with His revealed truth, we can live abundantly, and our lives become transformed.

The One Thing

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Bill Onisick

Wilderness Wandering (Part Three)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

We are being fitted as lively stones into an already formed Kingdom, being conformed to the image of Christ, who has been designated as the Cornerstone.

The Sacrifices of Leviticus (Part 5)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

The meal offering represents the intense self-sacrifice required in service to man. Our service to man must be done for God's sake rather than man's appreciation.

The Sentinels

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Ted E. Bowling

We are Called to Liberty

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

As we are liberated from the bondage of sin, we are now free because we are slaves of righteousness, ironically the only true and lasting liberty.

Don't Stand Still!

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

The best way to conquer evil is to do righteousness, serving God and mankind. Sins of omission are every bit as devastating as sins of commission.

Deuteronomy (Part 3) (1994)

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

We will not be prepared to rule in the Millennium unless we are experientially persuaded of God's faithfulness to His Covenant and His intolerance of evil.