EFFECTIVE SERVING

Christianity 101 series

Philippians 2:1-8

OLD SELFNEW SELF

Colossians 3-Put on the New Self and Take off the Old

Old Self- “It is ALL ABOUT ME”

New Self- “It is ALL ABOUT GOD”

People who are born again have the new self, they just

have to walk in it

People who are not born again may have a moral compass

but they are incapable of displaying the fruits of the spirit.

They are in bondage to sin

TAKING OFF THE OLD SELF

Old nature is crucified with Christ Gal 5:24

See yourselves as crucified with Christ, the Righteousness

of God in Christ Galatians 2:20 2 Cor 5:17

Submit fleshly passions to God Romans 6

“Dying to Yourself”, or dying to your selfish nature. Romans

7

Mortify the deeds of the body Romans 8

Deny yourself, take up your cross… Mark 8:34a

PUTTING ON THE NEW SELF

Awakening to Righteousness and Sinning NOT 1 Corinthians

15:34

Walking after the Spirit and NOT the flesh Romans 8:1

Allowing Jesus to live in YOU…to be your life Colossians 3:1-4

Put on humility Colossians 3

Put on the whole armor of God Ephesians 6:12-18

Allow God to change others through you

Walking in Humility (Faith-Matt 23:23)

SERVING GOD

Putting him first

Trusting his love (relational) Gal 5:6

Loving him with all mind (strength), soul, and heart Deut

6:5, Reiterated in Matthew 22:37

Believing his promises

Obeying his commandments

Trusting his word

When we Serve God, we WILL serve others

SERVING OTHERS

Love our neighbor as ourselves. Leviticus 19:18,

reiterated in Matthew 22:39

Do unto others as we would want them to do to us, this

fulfills the law and the prophets Matthew 7:12

Consider others better than yourselves…putting their

needs before yours Phil 2:3-4

Loving others simply because God first loved us, not

expecting anything in return Luke 6, 1 John 4:19

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

Show Hospitality

Prefer one another in honor

Respect One Another

Do not Quarrel

Open the Door

Listen

Setting Boundaries

Submission to Authority

Be Genuinely Interested In Others.

OPERATING IN GRACE

Forgiving Them

Loving them even when they do not deserve it

Loving them for who they are, where they are at

Advancing God’s kingdom by showing the hope of

God

Living for Jesus and him alone, being full of Jesus

REMEMBER

We love others because God first us. It is his love

that causes us to love others. Only through knowing

God can we really learn to love others.

Unless we live a life surrendered to God, we will

not be able to love others

We are to show others the grace and mercy of God

because God loves us for who we are.

CONCLUSION

There are plenty of ways you can make a difference

for Christ

It does not have to be speaking in front of millions

of people

Learn to serve one another in the fear of God

Then help others in their time of need