What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.
Daniel Webster (1782-1852, American lawyer, statesman)
Romans 15:7-9
Therefore accept one another, just as the Messiah also accepted you, to the glory of God. Now I say that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers, and so that Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles, and I will sing psalms to Your name. (HCSB)
If you desire to be like Jesus, it is a wonderful goal that you set before yourself, and it is also the only eternal and lasting goals we can achieve on our temporary journey here. To what extent we each become like Him is determined by our own vision of who we think Jesus is, so it is important that we have a proper picture of our Savior.
Jesus has eternal and unchangeable characteristics that you can set your sights on. We have talked of His unconditional acceptance of others, regardless to their station in life, but the reason that He is this way is what we need to look at. Above we can read and see a background for the actions of our Savior, and the background is service to others.
Jesus, a servant of the circumcised, and a servant confirming the promises of those that believed unseen that He would one day come. Jesus, a servant to the Gentiles, grafted in to His Love. Now why did He give His life in service? So that His Father might be glorified, and so it is that if we will desire to do the same, we will make eternal differences on those that live around us and in ourselves...God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
Daniel Webster (1782-1852, American lawyer, statesman)
Romans 15:7-9
Therefore accept one another, just as the Messiah also accepted you, to the glory of God. Now I say that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers, and so that Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles, and I will sing psalms to Your name. (HCSB)
If you desire to be like Jesus, it is a wonderful goal that you set before yourself, and it is also the only eternal and lasting goals we can achieve on our temporary journey here. To what extent we each become like Him is determined by our own vision of who we think Jesus is, so it is important that we have a proper picture of our Savior.
Jesus has eternal and unchangeable characteristics that you can set your sights on. We have talked of His unconditional acceptance of others, regardless to their station in life, but the reason that He is this way is what we need to look at. Above we can read and see a background for the actions of our Savior, and the background is service to others.
Jesus, a servant of the circumcised, and a servant confirming the promises of those that believed unseen that He would one day come. Jesus, a servant to the Gentiles, grafted in to His Love. Now why did He give His life in service? So that His Father might be glorified, and so it is that if we will desire to do the same, we will make eternal differences on those that live around us and in ourselves...God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
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