In today’s episode, the guys discuss how Christians can serve like Jesus. We are reminded that everything that Jesus did while He was on this earth was tied to servanthood. In the final analysis, He showed the greatest form of love, which was giving His life and dying for the people. We also see His servanthood and love for people in His scathing responses to their fallacies because He truly cared for them. Just as Jesus did for us, there is no greater way we can serve people than by speaking truth to them. Sometimes, however, this inspires rebukes, which we should be open to listening to. Speaking truth to others requires sacrifice and humility. Sometimes, we are forced to choose between humbling ourselves or being humiliated.<\/p>\n
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To best understand the significance of Jesus washing His disciples\u2019 feet, we must first understand the role and rights of bondservants. The New Testament typically refers to slaves as bondservants. To wash a person\u2019s feet was considered to be a task even below a servant. For Jesus to wash the feet of His disciples, He is showing to them that He is willing to give up His rights for them. This is just one of the many ways Jesus demonstrated His love for the people of the world. This kind of love should propel us to loving others in the same kind of way. In the final analysis, Jesus\u2019 servanthood is His love. We are all called to be fervent in our love for others the way Jesus was, but we tend to shy away from it.<\/p>\n
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Many people assume that doing the right thing is a smooth process which presents very little difficulty or pushback. However, this is not usually the case as everything worthwhile requires labor and passion. Listeners are reminded that the only true escape from the mundanity of life is found through Christ, and that humility is always the way to go. On that note, we should be careful that our service is coming from a heart that is doing it before the Lord, not for the eyes of men. In closing, hear Romans 12:9-16, a great passage in connection to servanthood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
During His life on earth, Jesus Christ was the ultimate example of servanthood\u2014everything He did was tied to it. As His followers, we must follow His example and model our lives after Him by humbling ourselves in loving and serving others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":281384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[11112,11620],"post_series":[],"podcast_series":[11425],"speaker":[11188,11189,11190,11187],"podcast_topics":[11519,11619],"class_list":["post-364691","episode","type-episode","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-jesus","tag-servanthood","podcast_series-season-2","speaker-emeal-zwayne","speaker-mark-spence","speaker-oscar-navarro","speaker-ray-comfort","podcast_topics-jesus","podcast_topics-servanthood","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n