In the New Testament, Christ comes not to take us out of Egypt,

but to free us from bondage to Satan.

And yet, when Christ delivers us out of bondage, out of servitude,

what happens is an exchange of masters,

because now he calls us to be servants of him,

so that there's a sense in which we have to be servants,

and the only issue is, who is it we will serve?

If we're honest, we would rather be sitting on the couch

while someone else is making us a sandwich,

and to be in the kitchen ourselves.

And that same mentality can unfortunately creep into our thinking of Christian service,

and our involvement in the church.

Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham,

and we'll be considering the Christian's duty to serve today on renewing your mind.

With everything on our plates, our busy schedules,

our growing families, all of our studies,

we might be tempted to wonder, is God really calling us to serve right now?

All week, Dr. Sproul has been considering different ways

that God grows us as Christians,

whether it's Bible study, prayer, worship.

Well, today, he is going to consider Christian service,

and what our motivation should be,

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