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Matthew chapter 20 verse 28

says that the son of man

came not to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.

That is an awesome verse. Think about what Jesus just said. Yes, the last

part of that verse he came to give his life as a ransom for many. That's

amazing to think that Jesus has come to die to pay the price of our sin for us so that we can be forgiven he's given his life as a ransom

but then even before that he said I did not come to be served but to serve

that's an astounding statement for the God of the universe in the

flesh to make. Jesus saying, I didn't come to be served by you and the word he uses for serve here is the word that we use to get the word deacon I mean it literally means to wait on tables this is Jesus saying I didn't come to be waited on by you. I came to wait on you.

I didn't come to be served by you. I came to serve you. I didn't come to be helped by you. I came to help you. This is Jesus saying

that he came to be our servant. He came to be our help, our waiter in a sense. This is lunacy. No religious teacher talks like

this. Jesus did not come as a potentate whose personal whims were to be catered to by lowly servants.

Jesus is saying, I came to be the lowly servant.

Which makes sense, doesn't it?

I mean, this is the only way we can be saved from our sins is if

Jesus serves us. We can't be saved by serving him. We need him to do this saving

work in our hearts.

And it's not just to the point of our salvation.

It's every single day in our salvation.

I think about waking up this morning.

I've got so many needs in my life I need wisdom in this or that area I feel weak and this or that way I'm

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