SAVED TO SERVE
Our Lord Jesus Christ said, “Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.” On the other hand Paul stated, “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” He added, “Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness.” These statements are perfectly true; If they are truth, then all have sinned and became servants of sin. Men did not only serve sin, but also the devil.
Perhaps there are some in this august audience that are still servants of sin. You are indeed servants of sin if not yet liberated from it. Jesus told the Jewish sinners, “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” Nobody would like to be a child of the devil. But the Bible says, “He that committeth sin is of the devil.” What a sad and ugly thing to be a child of the devil. If you commit sin, you like it or not, you are a child of the devil.
Man was created a free human agent. He is free to serve sin and the devil. In reality, man can not liberate himself from the power of sin. But he is free to choose Christ as his liberator from the devil. In the moment he repents and claims the power of the blood of Christ by faith, he is forgiven and made free from the dominion of Satan. But, why was man saved from sin and the devil? He was saved to serve God and his fellowmen.
At the moment a sinner was liberated from sin, it becomes his nature to love God and men. It becomes spontaneous for him to have the desire to help others to find the Savior. When Andrew found Jesus as his Savior, he sought for Simon Peter, his brother, and led him to the Christ.
By the way, to those who are saved here, how did you happen to find the Lord? Were you the first to seek for Him or somebody serving God led you to Him? I am sure you were not the first to seek for Jesus. Christ used someone to seek for you. Someone saved, serving God in His kingdom, led you to Christ in one way or the other. He may be a pastor, a Christian worker, or just a plain and simple Christian layman.
An English rich young man was converted and became a missionary to dark Africa because he was convicted by the Holy Spirit by using Cripple Tom’s copied Bible verses which he dropped from his attic on the side-walk of London. Cripple Tom was saved to serve God in His Kingdom.
When He saw the holiness of God in a vision, Isaiah found himself undone and sinful. He exclaimed, “Woe is me: for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of unclean lips.” A Seraphim took a live coal from the altar and laid it upon Isaiah’s mouth, saying “Thine iniquity is taken away and thy sin purged.” Immediately Isaiah heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send and who will go for us?” Isaiah answered, “I, here am I; send me.” Isaiah was saved to serve to God of heaven.
When he was convicted of his sin, King David repented to God, saying, “Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight…purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean, wash me, and I shall be whither than snow…. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me…restores me the joy of thy salvation…then will I teach transgressors thy ways: and sinners shall be converted unto thee.” David was saved to serve in God’s Kingdom.
Saints of God, why were you saved from sin? You were saved to serve God and men. Jesus said to his disciples while He was in Samaria, “say not ye, there are yet four months and then cometh harvest? Behold, I say unto you, lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.”
My co-young saints and all lift up your eyes and look on our people; for they are white already to harvest. Shall we let these people die without a Savior from their Sins? O, no! We can not do that. We can not deny our people from their greatest need of salvation; for we are SAVED TO SERVE!
Perhaps there are some in this august audience that are still servants of sin. You are indeed servants of sin if not yet liberated from it. Jesus told the Jewish sinners, “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” Nobody would like to be a child of the devil. But the Bible says, “He that committeth sin is of the devil.” What a sad and ugly thing to be a child of the devil. If you commit sin, you like it or not, you are a child of the devil.
Man was created a free human agent. He is free to serve sin and the devil. In reality, man can not liberate himself from the power of sin. But he is free to choose Christ as his liberator from the devil. In the moment he repents and claims the power of the blood of Christ by faith, he is forgiven and made free from the dominion of Satan. But, why was man saved from sin and the devil? He was saved to serve God and his fellowmen.
At the moment a sinner was liberated from sin, it becomes his nature to love God and men. It becomes spontaneous for him to have the desire to help others to find the Savior. When Andrew found Jesus as his Savior, he sought for Simon Peter, his brother, and led him to the Christ.
By the way, to those who are saved here, how did you happen to find the Lord? Were you the first to seek for Him or somebody serving God led you to Him? I am sure you were not the first to seek for Jesus. Christ used someone to seek for you. Someone saved, serving God in His kingdom, led you to Christ in one way or the other. He may be a pastor, a Christian worker, or just a plain and simple Christian layman.
An English rich young man was converted and became a missionary to dark Africa because he was convicted by the Holy Spirit by using Cripple Tom’s copied Bible verses which he dropped from his attic on the side-walk of London. Cripple Tom was saved to serve God in His Kingdom.
When He saw the holiness of God in a vision, Isaiah found himself undone and sinful. He exclaimed, “Woe is me: for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of unclean lips.” A Seraphim took a live coal from the altar and laid it upon Isaiah’s mouth, saying “Thine iniquity is taken away and thy sin purged.” Immediately Isaiah heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send and who will go for us?” Isaiah answered, “I, here am I; send me.” Isaiah was saved to serve to God of heaven.
When he was convicted of his sin, King David repented to God, saying, “Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight…purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean, wash me, and I shall be whither than snow…. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me…restores me the joy of thy salvation…then will I teach transgressors thy ways: and sinners shall be converted unto thee.” David was saved to serve in God’s Kingdom.
Saints of God, why were you saved from sin? You were saved to serve God and men. Jesus said to his disciples while He was in Samaria, “say not ye, there are yet four months and then cometh harvest? Behold, I say unto you, lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.”
My co-young saints and all lift up your eyes and look on our people; for they are white already to harvest. Shall we let these people die without a Savior from their Sins? O, no! We can not do that. We can not deny our people from their greatest need of salvation; for we are SAVED TO SERVE!
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I posted something related to this today. You might be interested in giving it a read. Service
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