Serving

Core Interrelations

CONSOLIDATION:
Serve, and do some of the lowly work. Focus on serving if you want to be great.

Those who hate having their sinful (harmful) nature and the ways of this world as part of their life, and serve the Lord instead, even though they may be persecuted to death, will find eternal life.

To serve Jesus you must follow Jesus' path, and you will be honored by God the Father.

Jesus sends us to carry the gospel to people; if they accept us they accept Him and God.

They will know we are His disciples by our love for each other.

Jesus draws us into eternal life in heaven.

Those who do not keep Jesus' teachings (one is to believe in Him) do not know where their life is taking them. They do not produce the fruit of applying the principles of God, and will be condemned in the end.

Those who love having their sinful (harmful) nature and the ways of this world as part of their life, and set their hearts on pursuing worldly things, will die forever.

Major Connections

+    Serving, and greatness.

+    Serving, and eternal life.

+    Serving, and loving others.

+    Serving the Lord, and hating having your sinful (harmful) nature and the ways of this world as part of your life.

+    Serving Jesus, and following His path.

+    Serving Jesus, and telling and showing others the gospel.

+    Serving Jesus, and being honored by God the Father.

-    Disobeying Jesus, and setting your heart on pursuing worldly things.

-    Disobeying Jesus, and not knowing where your life is taking you.

-    Disobeying Jesus, and condemnation.

humility and not lording yourself over others

CONSOLIDATION:
Jesus stops and serves those forcefully laying hold of His kingdom (He is humble). Our Teacher said serving is the greatest, he who humbles himself.

Better to humbly serve than be prideful; you will receive more good things than you thought, including greatness.

It is greater to serve, and one can lead from there.

Satan may persecute you for a while, but Jesus helps you stay faithful.

Love your neighbor, being careful not to offend him. Show the childlike humility that leads one into true believing and greatness.

Forgive your brother when he repents. Humble serving is our duty.

Have mercy on your neighbor. Having faith in God you can overcome your harmful desires through actions such as these.

Perhaps one of the best ways to overcome our harmful desires is through serving others. Jesus served us by coming to find us and save us when we had gone astray.

When you start serving others and have your relationships with others inline with the principles in spite of all the problems that come up, and this involves A LOT of forgiving and mercy (these are the fruits of true believing), then you can ask what you wish from the Father, and it is yours.

Pride can cost you more pain and suffering than you thought.

Refusing to follow the way of the Lord brings judgement into eternal fire because it shows a prideful will to not believe God's Word about Jesus, and not put yourself at His command to love your neighbor.

Woe to the hypocrite! (prideful one) You will be deceived by your unbelieving heart, as evidenced by what your life visibly produces.

Don't cause others to sin; there is a heavy price to pay.

Unbelievers tend to cause believers to sin (do harmful things); they better take as strong a measure as possible to stop or they will be sorry.

Major Connections

+    Childlike humility, and true believing.

+    Serving, and helping people that are seeking eternal life through Christ.

+    Not lording yourself over others, and loving your neighbor.

+    Humility, and being careful not to offend people.

+    Humility, and having mercy on people.

+    Humble serving, and forgiving.

+    Serving others, and overcoming your harmful desires.

+    Humble serving, and receiving more good things than you thought.

+    Serving, the fruits of true believing, and having whatever you ask of God.

+    Serving, and helping people find and be saved by Jesus Christ.

+    Serving, and leading.

+    Serving, and humility.

+    Serving, and greatness.

-    Pride, and suffering.

-    Pride, and not loving your neighbor.

-    Pride, and unbelief.

-    Unbelief, and being deceived.

-    Pride, and being a hypocrite.

-    Pride, and causing others to sin.

-    Pride, and refusing to follow the way of the Lord.

-    Pride, and judgement into eternal fire.