My God and My Country

Word of God

Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God

Matthew 4:4

The Gospel According to Luke 22:27

27 For who is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at table? And I am among you as he that serveth.

Brethren:

An addendum, of sorts, to yesterday’s study. What we read in the next verse is that he would be the greatest, needs to be the least of all. To wit, a humble and lowly servant and as such Christ appeals to his disciples, and puts a case that is plain and obvious to any one, who is the greater, and more honourable person; he that sitteth at meat; that sits, or lies down at table, and another waits on him: or he that serveth? that stands behind, observes orders, and ministers to those that sit down: is not he that sitteth at meat? you, and every one must own, that he is the greatest, and most honourable person.

And this therefore is our Christian duty, as stated yesterday. That is to serve our fellow man in all ways. Preaching the Gospel of Christ, and helping all in need. These two services are compared to what our Savior said to him that had asked what was need to gain entry into heaven (see Luke 10:25-27). That was to love the Lord your God, and to love others. In this then we see how this can be made possible. We love Him first because he loved us first, yet we also love Him by the demonstrating of our actions, and acting as proxies to and for His will. Likewise we love others as He has loved us by taken on the mantle of servitude towards all that come across our paths. 

Let us rejoice, therefore, in that service.