149. Service, Unselfish
149. Service, Unselfish
149 UNSELFISH SERVICE
INTRODUCTION "Service"an overworked word. Means work for another for a reward or gratis. The noblest is unselfish.
I. MOTIVES IN SERVICE 1. Many motives in rewards .
2. Some serve to do the greatest good.
3. Jesus taught to lend for naught. (Luke 6:35.) 4. The purer the motive , the nobler the service.
II JESUS AN EXAMPLE 1. Christ our example in service. (1 Peter 2:21.) 2. Some think only of "pie in the sky, by and by."
3. Great service done in following Jesus.
III. REWARDS OF SERVICE 1. Great is your reward in heaven. (Matthew 5:12.) 2. All service has a value.
3. We have the right to expect rewards.
4. Service, like virtue, has its own reward.
5. Trust begets more trust, courage expands courage.
6. Unto everyone that hath shall be given. (Luke 19:26.) 7. Heaven and hell , laws of spiritual addition and subtraction.
IV. PUNISHMENTS 1. Fear of punishment prompts some to serve God.
2. Not all calamities punishment.
3. God condemns and punishes sin.
V. LOVE IN SERVICE 1. Love an incentive to serve.
2. Mother serves through love .
3. Noblest service done through love. (John 3:16.) VI. PATIENCE IN SERVICE 1. Serve and patiently wait for the reward . (James 5:7.) 2. Let patience have its work. (James 1:4.)