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Monthly Archives: May 2018
Psalm One Revisited
This week I was reminded of the short but comprehensive view of the servant’s heart found in Psalm 1. It is an Old Testament passage that crosses directly over into New Testament righteousness:
“Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his…..
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Jude, the Servant of Jesus Christ
Jude is the final epistle of the New Testament to start with reference to being “the bond-servant of Jesus Christ”. He also calls himself the “brother of James”. The author of Jude, then, was also the half-brother of Jesus. Jude does not directly cite his family relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. Instead he connects himself with the leader of the church…..
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Peter, a Servant and an Apostle of Jesus Christ
I think that Peter understood service in the kingdom of God better than any of the other apostles. But his understanding was incomplete until after Jesus arose from the dead. Peter served Jesus as he would have attended to the needs of any earthly master, even to the point of fighting for Jesus’ life in the Garden of Gethsemene……
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James, a Servant of God and of Jesus Christ
James was another epistle writer who called himself a servant. In his case he called himself “a servant of God and of Jesus Christ”. He could have said he was “James, the half-brother of Jesus Christ”. But he didn’t. He could also have introduced himself as “James, the lead pastor of the church at Jerusalem”. But he didn’t.
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