1. Grace Fellowship Church www.GraceDoctrine.org
Pastor / Teacher
James H. Rickard
Thursday,
March 13, 2008

2. Memory Verse
1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

3. The Upper Room Discourse John 13-16; John 13:16, Servant-hood, Pt. 5

4. Doctrine of DOULOS Slave, Servant

5. Rights of the Master:

6. Rights of the Slave:

7. D. Definition and Etymology:

8. Thayer - Those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing His cause among men. One devoted to another, to the disregard of one’s own interests.

9. Vine - Frequently indicating subjection without the idea of bondage
Vine - Frequently indicating subjection without the idea of bondage. One who gives himself up to the will of another, 1 Cor 7:23; Rom 6:16-17, 20.

10. In calling himself a bondslave of Jesus Christ (Rom 1:1), Paul intimates:

11. 1) that he had formerly been a bondslave of Satan, and

12. 1) that he had formerly been a bondslave of Satan, and 2) that having been bought by Christ, he was now a willing slave, bound to his new Master.

13. Being a DOULOS means service that is not a matter of choice by the one who renders it, which he has to perform whether he likes it or not, because he is subject as a slave to another's will, to the will of his owner.

14. As an adjective, it means slavish, or servile, "In bondage", Rom 6:19.

15. We formerly offered our bodies in slavery to uncleanness but now we offer them in slavery to righteousness, Rom 6:20-22.

16. SUNDOULOS - a fellow servant of the same Divine Lord, Col 1:7; 4:7; Rev 6:11; and of angels in Rev 19:10; 22:9.

17. DOULEUO - To be a slave, to serve or be subject to in regards to the law, Rom 6:6; 7:6, 25.

18. In service to Christ, Acts 20:19; Rom 12:11; 14:18; 16:18; Eph 6:7; Col 3:24.

19. In service to God, Mat 6:24; Luke 16:13; Rom 7:6; Phil 2:22.

20. In service to one another, Gal 5:13.

21. DOULOO - bring under subjection, held in or under bondage.

22. Definitions of Servanthood Upper Room Discourse, Pt 161
Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, March 13, 2008
Tape # Servanthood, Part 5
Definitions of Servanthood Upper Room Discourse, Pt 161
John 13:16; Rom 6:6, 16-22; 7:6, 25; 12:11; 14:18;
Gal 5:13-18; 1 Cor 9:19-27
James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2008