How to Serve
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
No matter our career or vocation, all Christians are called to be servants. Today, R.C. Sproul explains the significant role that faithful service and good works play in the Christian life.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | Beloved, that mandate was not just given to 12 people. It is a mandate of the kingdom. It is the |
| 0:05.9 | law of the king that we are to imitate him by being prepared to be servants. |
| 0:17.3 | In our natural state, we tend to prefer to be the recipients of good gifts. If it's your |
| 0:23.2 | birthday, you look forward to others giving you gifts. But in the kingdom of God, our natural |
| 0:28.8 | thinking is turned upside down. Jesus says it's more blessed to give than to receive. He also |
| 0:34.7 | tells us that it's whoever humbles himself that will be exalted. Welcome to this |
| 0:40.0 | Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. As Christians, you and I |
| 0:47.2 | accoled to a life of service, service to God, and in so doing service to one another. Being a faithful servant of Christ is just one |
| 0:56.3 | of the areas that R.C. Sprole is considering on Saturdays as we feature his series Five Things |
| 1:02.3 | Every Christian Needs to Grow. If you'd like digital access to this series, plus a copy of his |
| 1:08.2 | book also titled Five Things Every Christian Needs to Grow, |
| 1:12.0 | you can request them at Renewing Your Mind.org when you give a gift of any amount before |
| 1:16.9 | midnight tonight. So what does faithful service look like, and what priority did Jesus |
| 1:22.8 | place on service in the life of a Christian. Here's Dr. Sprawl. |
| 1:30.0 | These five things, Bible study, prayer, and the like that we've talked about, are all |
| 1:35.9 | means of grace. |
| 1:37.5 | They're all ways that God uses to strengthen us and to nurture us as we grow to the fullness of conformity to Christ. |
| 1:48.2 | And we don't always think about service as a means of grace. |
| 1:54.0 | But, beloved, we grow as we serve. |
| 1:58.1 | The more we are able to serve in the kingdom of God, the more Christ-like we become. |
| 2:05.4 | Now, all of us are called to be servants of God, not necessarily professional servants of God, |
| 2:14.5 | not necessarily paid servants of God, but nevertheless, each one of us is to be |
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