If You Love God: You Must Learn To Love To Service Series

If You Love God:

You must Learn To Love To Service

Christians are "saved to serve." Their service is a result of their salvation. Service should be an expression of gratitude that others should experience salvation but not all the saved serve as they ought. Paul uses the Isthmian Games to illustrate his point.

KERUSSO - to ____________ or ____________

1. The proclamation of an event

2. The call to worship

The _____________________ of Service:

1. It requires _______________________

2. It requires _______________________

3. It requires _______________________

The Guiding ___________________ of Service:

1. Like the runner keep the goal in sight

2. Like the athlete maintain self-control

3. Like the boxer condition your body

The _______________________ for Service:

1. Join the Team

2. Train with the Team

The _______________________ you can Serve:

1. Inside the Church

2. Outside in the World

1 Corinthians 9:19-27 NASB

19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more. 20 And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law, though not being myself under the Law, that I might win those who are under the Law; 21 to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, that I might win those who are without law. 22 To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some. 23 And I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may become a fellow partaker of it. 24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. 25 And everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; 27 but I buffet my body and make it my slave, lest possibly, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

If You Love God:

You must Learn To Love To Service

Christians are "saved to serve." Their service is a result of their salvation. Service should be an expression of gratitude that others should experience salvation but not all the saved serve as they ought. Paul uses the Isthmian Games to illustrate his point.

KERUSSO - to HERALD or PREACH

1. The proclamation of an event

2. The call to worship

The PRESSURES of Service:

1. It requires PERSISTENCE

2. It requires PATIENCE

3. It requires PREPARATION

The Guiding PRINCIPLES of Service:

1. Like the runner keep the goal in sight

2. Like the athlete maintain self-control

3. Like the boxer condition your body

The PREPARATION for Service:

1. Join the Team

2. Train with the Team

The PLACES You can Serve:

1. Within the Church

2. Outside in the World

1 Corinthians 9:19-27 NASB

19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more. 20 And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law, though not being myself under the Law, that I might win those who are under the Law; 21 to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, that I might win those who are without law. 22 To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some. 23 And I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may become a fellow partaker of it. 24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. 25 And everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; 27 but I buffet my body and make it my slave, lest possibly, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

OPEN: Back in 1963 there was a movie starring Marlon Brando called “The Ugly American”. It was a fictional story, but it dealt with the very real perception of Americans overseas. We were seen by many as “Ugly Americans”. As I researched this sermon I read more than one source that said that many of the people in other countries have viewed American tourists and American businesspeople as being loud, arrogant, demanding, thoughtless, ignorant, and intolerant of people who weren’t like