Servant Sons

Glory to God!
Yesterday the Lord spoke to us about being Servant-Sons and this is what He showed us:
- Jesus, the Son of God, was with the Father from the beginning. John 1:1,2; Col. 1:15-20; Heb. 1:3
- Jesus did not hold on to His privileges and rights as a son but made Himself nothing by taking on the form of man and becoming completely dependent on the Father. Phil. 2:5-11
- Jesus humbled Himself and became a servant who lived in complete obedience to His Father. John 12:49,50; 14:31; Heb. 5:8,9; Phil. 2:8
- Jesus left us an example that we are to follow. John 13:15
- Just as Jesus did not hold on to the privileges and rights of sonship and made Himself a servant, so the believer is not to simply live as a son of God but is called to become a servant. John 13:12-17
- Even though the believer is seated with Christ in the heavenly realm as a son of God in Christ, s/he is called to humble him/herself and become a servant, living in complete obedience to God. Eph. 2:6; John 14:15
- God chose us to be sons - we must choose to become servants!
- Sonship without servanthood is selfishness.
- Servanthood without sonship is legalism.
- Jesus knew His identity and He knew where He came from and where He was going. Only when the believer truly has revelation of his/her identity in Christ will s/he be able to "strip himself" to serve. John 13:3,4
Servanthood without sonship is legalism
Quote of the week:
Who being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himslef and became obedient to death - even death on a cross!" Phil. 2:6-8
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