Serve One Another

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.  For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”  Galatians 5:13-14 NASB

The basic concept of being a servant is used over times in the New Testament. Contrast that with the emphasis in society.

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Our “Village” Is In Desperate Straits.  2 Timothy 3:1-13

1^st

But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.  2 Timothy 3:1 NASB

2^nd

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith. But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes’s and Jambres’s folly was also.   2 Timothy 3:8-9 NASB

All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; but the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him.  Isaiah 53:6 NASB

3^rd

But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
2 Timothy 3:13 NASB

Indispensable Influences  Matthew 5:1-16

• The qualities of a servant

Notice the words:

• The of a servant on society

Notice the words:

The servant’s salt influences a decaying society with a measure of .

The servant’s light influences by the darkness.

Let’s Be Practical:

• Salt needs to be and .
• Salt adds , and yet …
• Light is .
• Light gives .
• Light attracts .