Keynote Address A Call to Service: Privilege and Responsibility Caribbean Young Believers Conference 2016 “Occupy Till I come” (Luke 19: 13) Keynote Address A Call to Service: Privilege and Responsibility Br. McFarrel Howard

What Does The Lord Require Of Me? To FEAR Him To WALK in all His ways To LOVE Him To SERVE Him with all my heart and soul (Deuteronomy 10:12)

The Servant’s Occupation (Luke 19: 12, 13) The Lord’s Coming The Lord’s Call The Lord’s Charge: “Occupy till I come” (Trade while I am coming)

The Servant’s Preparation And Mission (Mark 3: 13, 14) The Lord’s position (Into a mountain) The Lord’s desire (To be with Him) The Lord’s mission (That He might send them forth)

Responses Of Love John 12: 1-3 Martha SERVED Lazarus SAT AT THE TABLE Mary ANOINTED HIS FEET Work and Service Fellowship and Communion Adoration and Worship

The Response Of Those The Lord Raised From The Dead Sat at the table Was invited to eat Sat up and talked John 12:1 A brother: Luke 8:55 A daughter: Luke 7:11-15 A son:

Our Responsibility Continue steadfastly (Acts 2: 42) Gather with believers (Heb 10: 25) Make disciples (Mt 28: 19, 20) Exercise gifts (Eph 4: 8, 11, 12; 2 Tim 1: 6)

A Call To Service “Let us…have grace, by which let us serve God acceptably with reverence and fear.” (Hebrews 12: 28)