We are saved to serve Him

1. To what high service are believers called?
“And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5: 18.

2. Wherein does the chief honor of service lie?
“For we are laborers together with God.” 1 Corinthians 3:9.

3. How readily should the believer respond to the call to service?
“I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.” Isaiah 6: 8.

4. How are those who respond to the call to service commended?
“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.” Proverbs 11:30.

5. What provision does God promise to His servants for the fulfillment of their ministry?
“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good -work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8.

6. How does He encourage them in their service?
“Be you strong therefore, and let not your hands he weak: for your work shall be rewarded.” 2 Chronicles 15:7. “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be you steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:58.

7. To whom are believers to look for an example of labor?
“Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our Profession, Christ Jesus.” Hebrews 3:1.

8. What reasons are advanced for zeal in the Lord’s work?
a. Urgency of the task. “Say not you, There are yet four months, and then comes harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.” John 4:35.
b. Scarcity of laborers. “Therefore said He unto them, The harvest truly is great but the laborers are few.” Luke 10:2.
c. Shortness of time. “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:16. “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.” Romans 13:11,12.

9. How does Paul set forth his goal in service?
“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.” Acts 20: 24.

10. What claim was he able to make at the close of his life?
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, 1 have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7.

11. How does he, therefore, exhort other workers for God?
“Take heed to the ministry which thou has received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.” Colossians 4:17. “Make full proof of thy ministry.” 2 Timothy 4:5.

12. What influence will our zeal have on others?
“For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has provoked very many.” 2 Corinthians 9: 2.

13. How will the servants of God be rewarded?
“Now he that planted and he that watered are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.” 1 Corinthians 3: 8.

14. When and by whom will the reward be conferred?
“And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a crown of glory that fades notaway.” 1 Peter 5: 4.