“Come not to be served but to serve”

​Text: Mark 10:35-45
Sermon:

• What makes a person great in our society? In Businesses, organizations, and institutions, a person’s ability for greatness is measured by personal achievement. The more money you earn, the more valuable you are. The more you earn the company, the more the company values you as an individual. In Christ’s Kingdom service is the only way to get ahead. The desire to get on top will hinder, not help.
• Since Jesus calls us to serve others, we need to need to determine what it means to serve. The word “to serve” or “served” means “to minister by way of rendering service in any form or to take care of by rendering humble service.” In its earliest uses diakoneō “to serve” probably did not have any religious connotations and simply meant “to render a service” of any kind.
• Diakoneo “to serve” conveys the basic idea of personal service, and depending on the context can mean specifically to serve, to wait on, to see after or to care for someone's needs by performing a service.
• So, how do we serve the people in our lives and in our community? Do we serve them food when they are hungry? Do we grab a blanket when it is cold? Do we keep an eye out for people in their community who need help and who need support?
• When we see these needs how do we serve the person in need? Are we willing to humble ourselves for the service of others?
• The disciples, like most Jews of the day, had the wrong idea of the messiah’s kingdom as predicted by the OT prophets. Jesus’ kingdom is not of this world; it is centered not in palaces and thrones but in the hearts and lives of his followers.

 
Conclusion: Let us be people who serve others humbly.