Community Principle #2: To Serve and Be Served
Text: John 13:1-15
Serving…
LOVE LAY ASIDE TAKE UP
Footnotes:
John 13:1-4 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them [a]to the end. 2 During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, 4 *got up from supper, and *laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself.
Reasons we DO NOT serve:
Arrogance
Selfishness
Indifference
Skeptical
Footnotes:
Arrogance– It is beneath me
Selfish – I have better uses for my time and resources
Indifferent -- There are others much more worse off then them
Skeptical -- I ma not convinced that they really need to be helped
Reasons we SHOULD serve:
Social Bonding
Emotional Lift
Communal Good
Godly Obedience
Especially serve Other Christians 1 Timothy 6:1-2
1. Regard others as worthy of honor
2. Do not be disrespectful, especially to fellow believers
3. Serve fellow Christians even more
4 Benefit your fellow brethren
Footnotes:
1 Tim 6:1-2 All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be spoken against. 2 Those who have believers as their masters must not be disrespectful to them because they are brethren, but must serve them all the more, because those who partake of the benefit are believers and beloved.
Being Served
Receive it
Be Grateful
Duplicate it
Footnotes:
1 John 13:5-10 Then He *poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. 6 So He *came to Simon Peter. He *said to Him, “Lord, do You wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I do you do not realize now, but you will understand hereafter.” 8 Peter *said to Him, “Never shall You wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.” 9 Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.” 10 Jesus *said to him, “He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, John 13:12-15
Reasons to PERMIT SERVICE
Refusing appears arrogant I don’t need you I can handle it myself
Refusing robs others of a blessing
Serving others and being served by others contributes to the communal bonds of unity and oneness.