God's Special Servant Son

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God's Special Servant Son

Choose Greatness #1

October 4, 2020 • David Staff

In my following of Jesus, will I choose the greatness of being a servant?

So let’s take any blinders off and start our look at God’s great servant.. Mark’s first sentence:

1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Mark says this account will be about “the gospel (good, hopeful news) about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” There is good news about God’s Son, Jesus. And you discover it when you look carefully at his life – when you listen to him teach and watch him operate. Rather than guessing blindly, we can clearly know who He is.

Courage and Proclamation: The Outlook of a Sacrificing Servant

November 22, 2020 • David Staff

The world is broken, let’s fix it. What a great motto for a company. Better yet, what a great motto for Jesus’ church! What a great motto for the gospel of Mark, the essence of Jesus’ life. The world is broken; let’s fix it! So what did Jesus do to fix this broken http://world...and now that we are disciples in this generation, awaiting his momentary http://return...what does he call us to do in a broken world? The answer of Mark’s http://gospel...and especially the final 6 chapters, is simple. SERVE: POUR OUT YOUR LIFE TO SAVE SOMEONE ELSE.

True Righteousness: The Passion of a Servant

November 15, 2020 • David Staff

As Jesus enters God’s chosen city (Jerusalem) amidst God’s chosen people, what is He looking for? What is his passion, his hunger? In this manual on servanthood, what is Jesus showing his disciples (in these chapters of Mark) about being a servant of God? I think Mark is moved by the Spirit of God to give us a vivid portrait in Jesus of this: God’s servants (like Jesus aligned with God’s heart) are passionate for righteousness. They hunger for it. A hunger that is obvious. A hunger that is expressed in their impact, influence.

Self-Denial: The Habit of Servants

November 8, 2020 • David Staff

One of the most important things that a new Christian—or any Christian for that matter—must realize is simply this. If you are going to seriously follow Jesus Christ, what you think and the way that you think will have to change. Your habits of thought, what you think to be the way to do things in your life, what you regard to be really important, or valuable…all of that will need renovation. Quite frankly, a complete overhaul. This sermon will bring the difficult truth that to follow Jesus means to deny yourself.