{"id":36659,"date":"2022-09-13T13:05:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/is-there-a-difference-between-being-a-child-of-god-and-a-servant-of-god\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T13:05:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:05:13","slug":"is-there-a-difference-between-being-a-child-of-god-and-a-servant-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/is-there-a-difference-between-being-a-child-of-god-and-a-servant-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there a difference between being a child of God and a servant of God?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A servant of God is part of God’s household and he works to serve his master. The nation of Israel were considered servants of God.<\/strong> Hebrews 3:5, “Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s household.” <\/p>\n

God gave the Law to Israel to teach them their need for a savior. Galatians 3:24 (NIV), “So the law was our guardian until Christ<\/strong> came that we might be justified by faith.” Those Jews who received the Law’s instruction and developed tender, reverent hearts were prepared to recognize Jesus as their savior.<\/p>\n

During His first advent, Jesus explained to His disciples that they were living in a transition period. Faithful servants in the Law were invited to a closer relationship with God as friends of God. John 15:15 (NIV), “I no longer<\/strong> call you servants<\/strong>, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends<\/strong>, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

After Jesus completed His sacrifice as our ransom, the invitation to sonship was opened. We are adopted as sons through “a new and living way<\/strong> which He inaugurated <\/strong>for us through<\/strong> the veil, that is, His flesh<\/strong>,” Hebrews 10:20 (NASB). “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus<\/strong>,” Galatians 3:26-28.<\/p>\n

If we are faithful sons of God, then we become heirs with Christ. "And if children, then heirs<\/strong>; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together." Romans 8:17. In the resurrection, we will receive our blessed inheritance. “Beloved, now we are children of God…when He appears, we will be like Him<\/strong>, because we will see Him just as He is.” 1 John 3:2. “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him,” 1 Corinthians 2:9.<\/p>\n

However, all sons of God also serve God<\/strong>. True Christians are both sons and servants of God. Jesus, Himself, came to serve. Mark 10:44-45 (NASV), “And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all<\/strong>. For even the Son of Man<\/strong> did not come to be served, but to serve<\/strong>.” Therefore, let us remember “by love<\/strong> (to<\/em>) serve<\/strong> one another,” Galatians 5:13.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A servant of God is part of God’s household and he works to serve his master. The nation of Israel were considered servants of God. Hebrews 3:5, “Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s household.”  God gave the Law to Israel to teach them their need for a savior. Galatians 3:24 (NIV), “So … Continue reading “Is there a difference between being a child of God and a servant of God?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}