Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15, the title of today's post, Being Like

Jesus. Mark 10, 43, 40 through 45 says, whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your

servant. And whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all.

For even the son of man didn't come to be served, but to serve give his life a ransom for many.

God asks all believers to have servant hearts.

There are several New Testament words for servant or minister.

They mean the same thing, by the way, each with different nuances of meaning.

I'll mention five of them today, giving the greatest focus to number four. And I'm going to give all the Greek words

quickly because a lot of pastors, teachers use these posts, saves them having to look up words

if I do that. Number one, a Dulas was a bond slave. Paul often referred to himself as a bond slave or bond servant of Jesus Christ. Yes, God owns us.

This is true by right of creation, but also because he purchased us with the blood of Jesus.

As our Lord, he can require of us anything he wants. One of the most popular songs in the

charismatic movement of the 70s was simple but powerful. He is Lord. And he is. Number two, La Tris

is from the word La Troro, it means to serve not out of compulsion,

like a bond slave, but by choice. A parent serves his or her family by providing for and

caring for them, not as a slave, but from a motivation of love. This is Latruo. Romans 12-1 in the King James

version tells us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice. Present your body as a living

sacrifice to God as it is our reasonable service.

Other versions of scripture translate the phrase differently and appropriately so,

saying this is our reasonable service of worship.

They do this because the word used here is Latruo, not Duloss. We're not being told to present our

bodies to God as a living sacrifice because we're his slaves or he owns us, but rather because we

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