Served by Jesus
Light + Truth
Desiring God
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🗓️ 23 June 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Jesus is your servant. |
| 0:06.5 | He came to meet your needs, not for you to meet His needs. |
| 0:13.4 | How does Jesus serve us when we worship Him? |
| 0:17.6 | That's the question that John Piper answers from Mark 10.45 |
| 0:21.7 | in this episode of Light and Truth. |
| 0:25.2 | This sermon was originally preached at Bethlehem Baptist Church |
| 0:28.9 | on November 23, 1997. |
| 0:35.6 | This is Jesus talking now in Mark 10.45. |
| 0:38.6 | The Son of Man came not to be served. |
| 0:44.6 | Does that sound familiar? |
| 0:46.6 | Compare it to Acts 17.25. |
| 0:49.5 | God is not served by human hands, Paul said, in Acts 17.25. |
| 0:54.6 | Jesus says, the Son of Man, the Son of God incarnate as Son of Man. |
| 1:03.8 | Why did He come? |
| 1:05.2 | This is the heart of the Christian message. |
| 1:08.2 | Why is there a Christianity? |
| 1:11.2 | Why is there a Christ, a Christ? |
| 1:15.1 | Why did God send His Son to become incarnate in human flesh? |
| 1:23.3 | And the answer of Jesus is not to be served. |
| 1:29.6 | Before you read the second half of the verse, |
| 1:32.2 | which is more familiar Christian teaching, |
| 1:35.2 | let the first half of the verse hit you. |
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