{"id":33913,"date":"2021-04-04T18:34:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T23:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=33913"},"modified":"2021-04-07T13:56:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T18:56:44","slug":"the-mind-of-a-servant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-mind-of-a-servant\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mind of a Servant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-Mind-of-a-Servant.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-33913-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-Mind-of-a-Servant.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-Mind-of-a-Servant.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-Mind-of-a-Servant.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Ross Ward<\/p>\n\t<p>Text: I Timothy 6:15<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>We are to have a mind of a servant &#8211; Luke 22:24-30<\/li>\n<li>Mind of a servant\n<ol>\n<li>Desire for preeminence\n<ol>\n<li>Jew&#8217;s culture\n<ol>\n<li>Matthew 23:5-12 &#8211; Scribes and Pharisees<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 6:1-18 &#8211; rebuking works that are performed to be seen of men<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Apostles\n<ol>\n<li>Luke 22:24-30 &#8211; arguing over who was to be greatest<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 20:20-28 &#8211; James and John<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Early church\n<ol>\n<li>Acts 5:1-11 &#8211; Ananias and Sapphira<\/li>\n<li>I Corinthians &#8211; rampant in the church<\/li>\n<li>James 2:1-9 &#8211; prejudice among Christians<\/li>\n<li>James 3-4 &#8211; teachers were driven by self-ambition<\/li>\n<li>III John 9 &#8211; Diotrephes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Luke 22:26 &#8211; but you shall not be so\n<ol>\n<li>He that is greatest, let him be as the younger<\/li>\n<li>He that is chief, as he that doth serve<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 20:26-27 &#8211; but it shall not be so among you\n<ol>\n<li>Whosoever will be great, let him be your minister<\/li>\n<li>Whosoever will be chief, let him be your servant<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jesus our Example\n<ol>\n<li>Lord of Lords and King of Kings But:<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 20:28 &#8211; even as the son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Servant and Minister\n<ol>\n<li>Matthew 20:26-27 &#8211; but it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister (diakonos), and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be you servant (doulos)<\/li>\n<li>Minister (diakonos)\n<ol>\n<li>Matthew 20:26 &#8211; whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister (diakonos)<\/li>\n<li>Strong&#8217;s &#8211; to run on errands, an attendant, a waiter<\/li>\n<li>Thayer &#8211; one who executes the commands of another, especially of master, a servant, attendant, minister<\/li>\n<li>Same word translated Deacon<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Servant &#8211; doulos\n<ol>\n<li>Matthew 20:27 &#8211; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant (doulos)<\/li>\n<li>Strong&#8217;s &#8211; a slave<\/li>\n<li>Thayer &#8211; a slave, bondman, man of servile condition<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Key attributes\n<ol>\n<li>Meek\n<ol>\n<li>Yielding to another<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Humble\n<ol>\n<li>Of low degree, lowly in Spirit<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Forbearing\n<ol>\n<li>Patiently enduring ill or wrong<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Submissive\n<ol>\n<li>To rank under<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Summary\n<ol>\n<li>The sin of preeminence widespread<\/li>\n<li>We are called to be servants and ministers\n<ol>\n<li>Jesus our example<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Critical attitudes\n<ol>\n<li>Meek<\/li>\n<li>Humble<\/li>\n<li>Forbearing<\/li>\n<li>Submissive<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>He that is Greatest &#8211; is a servant\n<ol>\n<li>Matthew 20:26-27<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/portraits-of-gods-leaders\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPortraits of God&#8217;s Leaders\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ross Ward Text: I Timothy 6:15 We are to have a mind of a servant &#8211; Luke 22:24-30 Mind of a servant Desire for preeminence Jew&#8217;s culture Matthew 23:5-12 &#8211; Scribes and Pharisees Matthew 6:1-18 &#8211; rebuking works that are performed to be seen of men Apostles Luke 22:24-30 &#8211; arguing over who was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,32],"tags":[463,462],"class_list":["post-33913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-sermon","tag-humility","tag-serving-others"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33905,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/jesus-humble-servant-king\/","url_meta":{"origin":33913,"position":0},"title":"Jesus &#8211; 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