'You
know that the Rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,
And
their high officials exercise authority over them.
NOT
SO WITH YOU.
Instead,
whoever wants to become Great among you must be your Servant,
And
whoever wants to be First must be your Slave--
Just
as the Son of Man did not come to be served,
But
to serve, and to give His life as a Ransom for many.'
(Matthew
20:25-28)
'You
know that the Rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,
And
their Great men hold them in subjection, tyrannizing over them
'Not
so shall it be among you;
But
whoever wishes to be Great among you must be your Servant,
And
whoever desires to be First among you must be your Salve;
Just
as the Son of Man came not to be waited on but to Serve,
And
to give His life as a Ransom for many--
The
Price Paid to set them Free. (Matthew 20:25-28, AMP)
We
learn here that Christ Jesus, the King,
Came
as the OPPOSITE of the kings of the earth—the antithesis of them.
The
Creator of all that exists, Almighty God came to Serve
And
He calls his followers to do as He did--To follow in His footsteps.
The
heart-set and mind-set of those who follow Christ Jesus
Will
be the OPPOSITE of the World.
Listen
to this admonition of the Lord:
No
one can serve two Masters,
For
either he will hate the one and love the other,
Or
he will stand buy and be devoted to the one
And
despise and be against the other.
YOU
CANNOT SERVE GOD AND MAMMON
[That
is, deceitful riches, money, possessions or what is trusted in].
'Therefore
I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried)
About
your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink,
And
about your body, what you shall put on.
Is
not life grater [in quality] than food, and the body
[Far
above and more excellent] than clothing?
Look
at the birds of the air;
They
neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns,
And
yet your Heavenly Father keeps feeding them.
Are
you not worth more then they?
And
which of you by worrying and being anxious
Can
add one unit of measure [cubit] to his stature
Or
to the span of his life? [Ps. 39:5-7]
And
why should you be anxious about clothes?
Consider
the lilies of the field and lean thoroughly how they grow;
They
neither toil nor spin;
Yet
I tell you, not even Solomon in all his magnificence
(Excellence,
dignity and grace)
Was
not arrayed like one of these. [1 Kings 10:4-7.]
But
if God so clothes the grass of the filed,
Which
today is alive and green and tomorrow is tossed into the furnace,
Will
He no much more surely clothe you.
O
you men with little Faith?
Therefore
do not worry and be anxious, saying,
What
are we going to have to eat?
Or,
What are we going to have to drink?
Or,
What are we going to have to wear?
For
the Gentiles (HEATHEN) wish for and CRAVE
And
diligently seek after these things;
And
your Heavenly Father well knows that you need them all.
BUT
SEEK FOR (aim at and strive after) FIRST OF ALL HIS KINGDOM,
AND
HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS [His Way of doing and being RIGHT],
AND
THEN all these things taken together will be given you besides.
SO
DO NOT WORRY OR BE ANXIOUS ABOUT TOMORROW,
For
tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own.
Sufficient
for each day is its own TROUBLE. (Matthew 6:24-34)
Everyone
of us will either Serve God
Or
Serve the World--running after what the World runs after--
And
thereby Serving its Ruler, Satan.
It
is one or the other.
NO
ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS, and there are ONLY TWO.
The
Kingdom of God is the ANTITHESIS of the World.
The
World is the Enemy of God, ruled by Satan.
Christ
Jesus said: MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD. (John 18:36)
The
Kingdom we are to seek as followers of Christ Jesus
IS
NOT OF THIS WORLD.
We
have an entirely different motivation for everything we do.
We
are here to SERVE as Christ Jesus came to SERVE--
'TO
SEEK AND TO SAVE WHAT WAS LOST.' (Luke 19:10)
Keep
yourselves in God's love
As
you wait for the Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ
To
bring you to Eternal LIFE.
Be
Merciful to those who doubt,
Snatch
others from the Fire and Save them;
To
others show Mercy, mixed with Fear--
HATING
even the clothing stained by CORRUPTED FLESH. (Jude 21-23)
Today,
the World is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
This
World in its present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:31)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father, Your Kingdom
come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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