Knowing Christ Christ is loving Christ is humble Christ is our propitiation Christ is obedient Christ is the perfect servant

Christ is the Perfect Servant (Knowing Christ)

Christ is the perfect servant Philippians 2:5-8 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Christ is the perfect servant Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12 Mathew 12:17-21

Christ is the perfect servant A few things about the servanthood of Christ/What kind of a servant is Jesus Christ? What is the application?

Christ is the perfect servant 1. Christ is a loving servant John 13:1 & 34-35 1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? 13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

Christ is the perfect servant 2. Christ is a humble servant Philippians 2:8 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, Mathew 20:28 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Christ is the perfect servant 3. Christ is an obedient servant Philippians 2:8 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. John 6:38 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Christ is the perfect servant 4. Christ is a sorrowful servant Isaiah 53:3-4 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

Christ is the perfect servant 5. Christ is a suffering servant Isaiah 53:4-5 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Christ is the perfect servant 6. Christ is a silent servant Isaiah 53:7 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth..

Christ is the perfect servant 7. Christ is a righteous servant Isaiah 53:11 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

Christ is the perfect servant 8. Christ is a pleasing servant Isaiah 53:10-11 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Mathew 12:18

What is the application? 1. Whose servants are we? Romans 6:16-18 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

What is the application? 2. Are we serving others as Christ did? John:13-14-15 14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

What is the application? 3. Are we watching servants? Luke 12: 36-37 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

What is the application? 4. Are we pleasing servants? Mathew 25:21 & 23 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord