Service over Status 

Service over Status 
Pastor Blake Hanson | 2.12.23

Status with God is about who we . 

Status with the world is about what we . 

1 John 2:15–16 (NLT)

15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 

16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.

Seek over status to please God. 

The Status Seekers

Motivated by ambition.

Mark 10:35–37 (NLT)

35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came over and spoke to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do us a favor.” 

36 “What is your request?” he asked. 

37 They replied, “When you sit on your glorious throne, we want to sit in places of honor next to you, one on your right and the other on your left.”

Possess blind

Mark 10:38–40 (NLT)

38 But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of suffering I am about to drink? Are you able to be baptized with the baptism of suffering I must be baptized with?” 

39 “Oh yes,” they replied, “we are able!” Then Jesus told them, “You will indeed drink from my bitter cup and be baptized with my baptism of suffering. 

40 But I have no right to say who will sit on my right or my left. God has prepared those places for the ones he has chosen.”

Create ugly

Mark 10:41–42 (NLT)

41 When the ten other disciples heard what James and John had asked, they were indignant. 

42 So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them.

Why We Are Servants 

Mark 10:43–45 (NLT)

43 But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, 

44 and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else. 

45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Jesus us to serve.

Mark 10:45 (NLT)

45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

John 13:12–15 (NLT)

12 After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat down and asked, “Do you understand what I was doing? 

13 You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because that’s what I am. 

14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. 

15 I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.

True service grows . 

Proverbs 11:2 (NLT)

2 Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

Proverbs 29:23 (NLT)

23 Pride ends in humiliation, while humility brings honor.

Serving love. 

Galatians 5:13 (NLT)

13 For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.

3 Places to Serve: 

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Serving uses our . 

1 Peter 4:10 (NLT)

10 God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.

1 Peter 4:11 (NLT)

11 “…Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.”

Are a part of the ? 

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