Sermon: Mark 9:30-37
March 26th, 2007 · Posted in SERMONS · 0 CommentsI have finally posted yesterday’s sermon on my sermon blog. It’s part 5 in my Lenten series on The Purpose Driven Life and based on Mark 9:30-37. I titled it: Live To Serve.
Here’s a portion of it:
Many people have found that material success is not really all that satisfying. Upward mobility is not necessarily the formula for a peaceful heart or a loving home. So we need to re-examine for a moment Christ’s words when He said:
“If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of allâ€
He’s not talking about Rolex watches at all, is he?
He’s talking about forgetting ourselves for the sake of others.
That is what he did.
That’s what the cross really is all about.
He’s not talking about becoming real go-getters, but real go-givers.
He’s not talking about winning the rat race, but serving the human race.
That’s the kind of self-denial and service He is concerned with.
You can read the entire sermon here.
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