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Sunday Afternoon October 12, 2014

Serving our LordLuke 6:46-49

Maud church of ChristBy Jim BradshawSunday Afternoon, Oct. 12, 2014

Slavery is not a comfortable topic

Doulos – although most often translated “servant,” doulos means a slave in its strictest sense. Some translations use the term – bondservant, which means that one who is owned by another.

In New Testament times when as much as a third of the population were or had been slaves, they understood the language of lords and slaves.

Luk 6:46-49 ESV "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you? (47) Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: (48) he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. (49) But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."

1. To call Christ Lord, we must hear and do his words.2. To dig deep we must obey the LORD.

Mat 7:21-23 ESV "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (22) On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' (23) And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'

1. To call Christ Lord, we must hear and do his words.2. To dig deep we must obey the LORD.3. To go to heaven our LORD must not be in name only.

Principles of LordshipLuk 7:8 ESV For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

Mat 10:24 ESV "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.

Mat 24:46 ESV Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

Principles of Servant-hoodJoh 13:16 ESV Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

1Co 7:23 ESV You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.

1Jn 2:5-6 ESV but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: (6) whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

Rom 6:16-17 ESV Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? (17) But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,

Only 1 Lord of LordsMat 28:18-20 ESV And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. (19) Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, (20) teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

Mar 16:15-16 ESV And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. (16) Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Hear – Romans 10:17

Believe – Heb. 11:6; Mark 16:16

Repent – Luke 13:3, 5; Acts 2:38

Confess – Matthew 10:32,33

Be Baptized – Acts 2:38; 22:16

Live faithfully – 1 Corinthians 15:58Steps to Salvation