Unprofitable Servant

Turn with me in your Bibles Because I believe here at redeeming grace Church. We're a lot

Bible believing people. We read from the Bible. We love the Bible We're gonna be reading from Luke 17 and it's going to be verses 5 through 10 5 through 10

And the title of this message is holy servitude Holy servitude

My outline is only going to have two points the servants request and the servants reply the servants request and the servants

Reply So as you know in the book of Luke we come to this point where Jesus has been teaching his disciples and And if you if you look back at the early beginning of these chapters and even look from verses 15 16 17 you can see the first lines are

He said to his disciples Now the Pharisees he says to his disciples now the

Pharisees you see this dialogue going in between Disciples and Pharisees disciples and Pharisees We come to this point in Luke chapter 17 and it seems like it's a smorgasbord like what's going on here

We see here There's a millstone a mustard seed and a mulberry tree.

What is going on? What is going on? How does all this work together?

Because we know as being true Bereans of the Word of God Texts without context is only a pretext

So let's just hear from the Word of God from Luke chapter 17 verses 5 through 10 and The Apostle said to the

Lord increase our faith so the Lord said If you have faith as a mustard seed you can say to the mulberry tree be pulled up by the rocks and be planted in the sea and It would obey you and Which of you having a servant plowing and tending sheep will say to him

When he has come in from the field come at once and sit down and eat but Will he not rather say to him prepare something for my service prepare something for my supper

Engird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk and afterwards

You will eat and drink Does he think that servant because he did the things that were commanded of him?

I think not so likewise When you have done all things

Which are which are commanded of you say? We are unprofitable servants.

We have done that Was our duty to do Let's pray

And father as Job said naked as I came into this world and naked shall

I return Lord we know that every good and profitable gift is from above Lord what do we have that we have not received and if we have received it what then is there a boasting?

So father, I pray in this hour. You please help my stammering tongue and help your people hear your word

Lord, I need help and so do they So Lord if any man thinks he's something when he's nothing deceives himself and his religion is in vain

So father to be a servant of the Holy Living God Lord this should humble us to the dirt

So father we thank you and please help us in Jesus name. Amen So we come here if you notice this do you notice it says and the

Apostle said to the Lord increase our faith So you notice this it says the end the

Apostles notice this Apostles are always disciples

But disciples were not always apostles This were we know that there was 12 chosen of God and there were some

My thought we know Paul and there's others that were Apostles, but specifically speaking here is the 12 this was the 12 of the inner circle of God of Establishing the church in this world.

God chose 12 misfits 12 nobody's To manifest his glory and make himself known to us

That is so liberating. That's so wonderful. He didn't choose the highest of PhDs just misfits and You know if that's their request being on the front lines in the

New Testament Church How much more should we being in the inner of the Lord's Church militant?

How much more should we ask this prayer? What a prayer it is increase our faith

Increase our faith and as you know faith is a gift from God as a food of the Spirit Faith is what pleases

God Faith is what pleases God So the Lord said if you have faith as a mustard seed

You can say to the mulberry tree be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea and it would obey you

Oftentimes many of you have heard that is said Little faith will take your soul to heaven, but great faith will bring your heaven to your soul

But here in this instance Jesus is actually giving them a subtle rebuke a

Subtle rebuke and it's a warning and it's a warning because notice this is it's not the size of your faith

It's the presence of your faith And it's not looking at yourself and what you have and what you don't have it's looking at God looking unto

God so this morning Man is

God's servant set in the midst of God's creation to devote himself to God wholeheartedly He has given each one of us a mind to know him a heart to love him and hands to serve it you are created in God's image and sin has distraught and disturbed all of this and brought total confusion and Separated us from why

God made us is to know him to enjoy him to love him forever

Man in creation was put in the midst of a garden and notice this he was always been a servant

He's never been a master or Lord. So this is critical is dealing with a

Relationship many of you know the Philippians 121 it says Paul says for me to live

Is Christ for me to live is Christ and to die is gain

For me to live for me that means it's a personal relationship for me

For me my God The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want for me

That means it's personal to me No one that's why the Lord says taste and see that the

Lord is good. No one can taste for you CH Virgin said no one can needs to tell me what honey tastes like I know

So this morning How good is the Lord how good is he to you are you tasting of his kindness are we tasting of his goodness

Taste and see that the Lord is good. Notice this taste is before seeing and it's for a reason

How can one believe unless they what? Unless they hear how can they hear?

Unless by the Word of God unless a preacher sin So we know this fate cometh by hearing hearing by the

Word of God not man But by the Word of God, this is the power here.

This is the power So we see this taste and see

Coming from the Psalms as we enjoy the Lord illumination comes

Illumination comes so what we enjoy oftentimes it stirs our passions and Then it causes us to spend more time

So the key in this Man is duty bound to use every second of his life

With all he has with total devoted service of the one and true and living

God For every moment of his life he is duty -bound Man is not only a servant, but he's also an unprofitable servant.

There's only one that's profitable There's only one that's unprofitable. We are unprofitable servants and this becomes very evident in In our in our text today in Luke 17 10

So there's no room for sloppy agape Oftentimes Many people say but what church are you attending?

Shouldn't the question be what? Where are you serving? Where are you serving?

Where are you serving? And you know, there's no better Way, we see this if you can

Turn with me to Mark 9 35 and Jesus defines what greatness is

You just turn back to Mark 9 35 Jesus is defining or let's say redefining what greatness is

So starting in verse 33 then he came to Capernaum and when he was in the house

He asked him What was it that you just disputed among yourselves on the road, but they kept silent for the road

For on the road they had disputed among themselves Who would be the greatest and he sat down and called the twelve and said to them?

Here's the same twelve If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all

Then he took it a little child set him in the midst of them and When he had taken him in his arms

He said whoever receives one of these little children of my name receives me and whoever receives me it receives

Not me, but him who sent me So we see here

Jesus was just talking about Him going to the cross and then we have

This rising up of who is the greatest? Oftentimes we want to outdo one another in love and good deeds, but even that You know, there was two parts in the

Bible that we see that people were called really un they're not worthy unworthy unworthy, you know and I say that because if you will

Remember Laodicea in chapter 3 of Revelation. They said we're rich We have no need of nothing but God said no you're poor naked blind

Coming by for me and all and also do you remember the tax collector?

If you look across the page look in Luke 18 in verse 9

Starting in verse 9 in Luke 18 9 and he spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves That they were righteous and despised others

Two men went up to the temple to pray one a Pharisee and the other tax collector

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus to himself God. I thank you that I'm not like other men extortion extortioners

Unjust adulterers or even this tax collector. I fast twice a week

I give tithes of all that I possess and the tax collector standing afar

Would not so much raise his eyes to heaven But he beat his breast saying

God be merciful to me a sinner I Tell you this man went down to his house

Justified rather than the other for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled and he who humbles himself

Will be exalted. Do you see there's a great paradox in these in these these

Men who think they're profitable men who think they're worthy are oftentimes come to a great awakening

That they're not worthy Usually ones who understand who judged themselves as 1st

Corinthians tells us judge yourselves judgment starts in the house of God first a man who judges himself rightly as Augustus top lady said in rock of ages one of my favorite lines

Nothing in my hands. I bring Simply to the cross I claim What do we bring to a king?

What can you give to a king? Nothing in my hands

I bring I bring my guilt my shame my sorrow in exchange for your mercy and That's what we are beseeching

God on Daily your mercy your mercies are new every day

So it's from that relationship as I was saying Paul said, you know

Paul most of time in his epistles He'll say Paul a bondservant of Jesus Christ James a bondservant of Jesus Christ You notice

Jude Jude a bondservant of Jesus Christ. I found it interesting

Jude being a half -brother of Christ never even mentions that he's even a brother of Christ He sees being a bondservants even a greater ministry

That is sometimes you can learn by what is not said What is not said and here we have and looking back on our text faith and duties interwoven faith and duties interwoven

So there's like a mini parable After they request of increasing our faith, which we know that's what pleases

God Hebrews 6 11 6 tells us verses 7 through 10 is like a mini parable a mini parable always remember a parable was to reveal and to conceal

Reveal and conceal to those by faith in Christ Jesus would want us to know who he is

So looking in verse 7 and which of you having a servant plowing and tending sheep

Will say to him when he has come in from the field come at once and sit down and eat Do you see this metaphor picture of a man plowing and intending the sheep is almost a spiritual metaphor

We all have been given stewardships most importantly of the stewardship of the mystery of God's Holy Word We have lives we have people that come into our our lives daily and we've been given the stewardship of God's Holy Word tending to sheep, you know, we see this as a shepherd tends to the flock of spiritual endeavors

To counsel to comfort to guide and to quicken us to exhort rebuke with all admonition

But the question is in this What is really going on here?

What is going on here? Always remember this joy flows out of obedience joy flows out of obedience

Remember, we just read in Isaiah 9 6 the greatest gifts that man needs in the gloom and darkness

You remember it says unto us a son is born unto us A child is given unto us a child is given unto us a son is born the government shall rest upon his shoulders

But what I'm getting to is in the context of that there was gloom and darkness.

There was no hope But the greatest need that we had

Still today whether we need we need hope We need hope That was our first greatest need in the midst of gloom and darkness

You need joy Freedom and peace All of that's found in the person of Jesus Christ Lord is warning us a spiritual pride here the scribes and Pharisees here.

They obsessed about being honored It's a subtle warning here

It says when you have done all that you can do Say that this is our reasonable duty

There's a problem I believe it's a proverb that says I'm just paraphrasing this it says gold is for the

Refiners pot silver for the furnace, but a man shall be tested by his praise Man will be tested by his praise not by his persecution, but by his praise

Praise If you will

I'd like to look at this But will not

Looking in verse 8, but will he not rather say to him prepare something for my supper and gird up yourself

Serve me till I've eaten and drunk and afterwards you will And afterwards you will eat and drink

Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded of him? I think not

I think not Beloved today is the day of the

Lord we have been forgiven much therefore we can love much And out of this out of this treasury that the

Lord has given you Who was once a bond servant of sin that word bond servant means doulos it means slave in the context and And what comes to mind when we think about the word slave is often so negative because of what man has corrupted

But a slave literally meant he lived under the master's house where a person of a day laborer lived in the streets and He didn't know where his next meal was going to come from a slave was under the curious the masters

He had he was taken care of he would be fed. It'd be well taken care of but you know

When God put Adam and Eve in the midst of the garden and they rebelled and chose

The temptation would be you would be like a god You would be like a god a demigod and that's the lie we as Seth mentioned this morning the distance between God and the creature

Creek the creature is so Unfathomable like it's the distance is so vast beyond measure but you know

What's so beautiful Christ in his condescension? would humble himself be born in a manger and Would begin reversing the curse where sin had brought despair depravity doomed darkness

Despondency Christ comes and gives us hope joy and a peace

True liberty and truth be freedom is found in Matthew 11 28 and 29 where Jesus says come unto me

All those that are heavy burdened and heavy laden Take my yoke

That is the definition of true liberty and freedom and learn of me because in Christ We have everything we have everything everything

If you will I want to kind of go off into a I Want to look at something if you will turn with me to Psalm 60 verse 4

Psalm 60 verse 4 a servant of the

Lord is also a standard Bearer is also a standard bearer and oftentimes.

It's kind of hard to understand what a standard bearer is Because we have so much communication and electronics today we don't use that anymore and more really a standard bearer was one that put a flag on a pole and It the pole on the and on the bearer of the flag it would identify

Who he belonged to and whom he was serving So notice this in verse

Psalm 60 verse 4 you have given a banner to those who fear you

That it may be displayed because of the truth That your beloved may be delivered save with your right hand and hear me

So we see here You have given a banner to those that fear you

You know what that banner is beloved. You know what that banner is. It's the gospel That's what this banner is

God offers sinful people eternal life And you know may we hoist that upon this little small pole that we have in Public and notice this the standard bearer was a rallying point

Where we would come together as the church We're here underneath his banner

It's a rallying point to fight under it meant union one faith one God one baptism and we see this

It encourages and strengthens our confidence and our walk in the faith and it's not a faith

It's the faith of the Son of God so a lot of times we'll say We don't live by our faith faith is a gift from God God's salvation is the victory battle

God's salvation is the victory battle and What is to be done with it?

It is to be displayed publicly It's be it's you don't put a banner like a light up underneath a bushel

You don't hide it in the house You hoist it and the bravest people were standard bearers what

God has said I'm gonna make you not fear man because the fear of God is the death of all other fears

Proverbs 29 Believe 25 says the the fear of man brings a snare into our souls, but those who trust in God shall be saved

So the fear of God basically can be simply defined as and I love this small children's definition of the fear of God Does my thoughts and actions does it bring a smile upon my father's face or a frown upon his face?

That's simply Getting to the heart of the matter Is what I'm thinking in the thoughts and meditations of my mind

Heart in my hands. Will it bring a smile upon his face or frown upon his frown upon his face

And you know This is a rallying so a standard bearer says this banner is a rallying point that we come together

Under to encourage one another Encourage means to be faithful brother.

That's what we want to encourage one another Isn't that what we desire to hear most well done my good and faithful servant well done my good and faithful servant, we don't want to be like you remember the

Servants and the stewards. Well, there's one that went and buried his talent. He buried it in the bank of the earth

Anybody with half a brain wouldn't do that He buried his talent in the earth it returns nothing

Zero, he even had a brazen audacity to say the Lord was a hard task master, you know

God forbid in Daniel chapter 4 you remember such a man as Nebuchadnezzar would not give glory to God God made this man

Into an obese and eight in the field Basically lifting himself up glorifying himself

God has told us in 1st Corinthians 10 31 whether you eat or drink do all to the glory of God as I already mentioned

In 1st Corinthians 4 7 says there's no room for boasting No room for boasting if you're gonna boast boast that you know the

Lord Boast that you know the Lord. What do you know about the Lord? That'd be the question I'm sure you've met many people

That say I'm a Christian Yeah The devil will say it too

But the question is do you know him? the word know

Canoso it means intimacy We have to spend time with those to get to know them time in the secret place

Because notice this God's Faithful servants are mostly

Tom the opposite of the world's servants They always want the preeminence as the tax collector

Remember he was standing up one of the one in the honor of men Wanted to be forth wanted to be heard of men.

So he got his reward He got his reward. He was getting the praises of the men wanting the preeminence

So beloved many of us here, I mean I feel so inadequate just standing here

I Mean, but many of us don't have prominent places in society. Many of us are very small mundane

But you know what little is much when God God does his greatest work in the darkest hours and in the smallest places you see this all throughout

Scripture So be encouraged wherever you're serving as a Homeschooling mother as a nurse no matter where it may be wherever you may be serving as an accountant or No matter what it is.

May God quicken us to be you know, don't you want? That word to be filled to the ninth degree

Like where we make everything common that silver gold Where people can say

I know whom you serve I know you've got something I don't have what is your hope?

Because we maximize as servants of the Living God We plow the field we tend to whatever is needed of the

Lord's then we come and we do whatever's now else That needs to be done in his house

Remember Galatians 6 10 says it says Basically the way we love one another is actually an assurance of our salvation

So if you want to test that are you truly saved? Would do you love who you see? That's a question

How do you love what can you do you pray for them as if you would want them to pray for you? That's being a servant

Do we meet them in their weakness do we do we beg? Inwardly for those opportunities to serve where no one else will see but the

Lord where you and him can have that sweet communion And say I did that unto you Lord And that's between you and him.

The only person I ever know is just you and him That's this hidden place that's the dwelling place of God on most high when you dwell with him in the secret place because Ultimately we fear

God and not men and we want God's praise because through obedience When we give our faith away

More is given you can't out give God. So that's where we can be encouraged by I had miss

Lillian one time Miss Lillian Smith one time said Keith take this from me She gave it to me and she says now

I'm gonna receive give you something else And I said, I can't take it. She said that's a point what God gives.

What do you have that you have not received? You know, it takes maximum effort to open the hand to get his wide open

So I'm asking this morning, what are you holding on to that you want the world to see What are you holding on to that?

You want this world to really see? Because when we give it away is it for their benefit or is it for our benefit or is it for his benefit?

I would ask the greater the question. It must be for his benefit and for his glory The Lord said if you did it unto one of the least of them you did it unto me if you will turn back to Luke chapter 17 and It's a beautiful thing

The Lord said You have been bought with a price you're not your own you've been bought with a price

So that means he's our proprietor. He is our master. He has rights to do what he wants when he wants a

Servant's heart cry when he hears the Word of God as a servant. It should be three letters L B O, he listens believes and obeys

LBO listens believes and obeys That's the heart cry of a servant of God speak

Lord for your servant hears That's our heart cry is that we want to be obedient more this coming year in our callings and our stewardship

So we have no right of ownership We've been bought with a price

Therefore we are not our own you own nothing. We are all stewards all stewards of everything

We can build nothing on our own effort Christ expects every member of his church

To be an active participant an active participant in doing whatever you can

To serve him. So there's a warning here spiritual pride the attitude of not

This is not an attitude be fed befitting of a true disciple of Christ to say

To won't recognition to won't honor to want to sit in the place of preeminence. This is not befitting of a child of God but the path of service is

Jesus notice this Jesus is not this is key order is key and And notice this he's not saying we are to work for our salvation

This is key He's not laying down the path to salvation for we know there was only one that was profitable that earns

He said this is my beloved son whom I'm well pleased So he's not laying down the path of salvation, but the path of service for us the path of service faith grows as one uses it as a servant service as a servant and In its servant service is not an end to itself

There's no bonus points no extra credit for the child of God it is just a reasonable duty

What more can you say can he say and what more can he do? He's given us everything in himself

Give us everything in ourself. So the greatest problem the greatest problem.

I want to kind of Stir our souls and quicken us this morning the greatest

Problem of a servant is apathy Spiritual apathy what do you have to do to take it if anyone knows this to?

Have a knife go dull or anything. It's just do nothing

What do you have to do to keep a boat from? To go down a river do nothing you'll drift

Do you know in the Levitical in Levitical priesthood in Leviticus chapter 4 the first?

Sins dealt with was not idolatry. It was not adultery. It was unintentional sins

It was unintentional sins drifting dulling and hardening

There's a razor -edge sharp line between Despondency knowing that you're unworthy and and then believing that you are worthy

There's a razor -edge Line that we must walk as children of God Not going into two ditches

Not going in to do two ditches and it all starts by one saying nah, not me

It won't happen to me not at my age not giving my status. It won't happen What comes to mind when you think of the word

Sodom and Gomorrah what comes to mind? Destruction death wrath

I'm sure those are all probably some things you conjure up, but do you know this these were that was only the high -handed sins?

but before that Before that in Ezekiel 16 the sin of your sister

Sodom Sodom. She was apathetic listen to this She was apathetic She was over Fred overfed and unconcerned

That was the beginnings of Sodom and Gomorrah all the other sins come after this

After this and guess who was there? Lot righteous lot

Leviticus for the first sins in the sacrificial system again is unintentional sins

God starts with this by by dressing Unintentional sins know this sins of commission always lead to sins of omission

The things that God has told us to do that we don't do the things he's told us not to do we do These sins always lead into other sins by drifting doling and hardening our hearts

By forsaking your time with the Lord in the morning by giving him the best of you your firstfruits

So what is the solution to this if you will turn to Hebrews and let's start with Hebrews chapter 1 spiritual apathy being the servants greatest

Enemy greatest problem Notice this in Hebrews. Here's the greatest answer.

Here's the greatest solution Notice what it says God Who at various times in various ways spoken time passed to the fathers by the

Prophets has in these last days spoken to us by his son of whom he is appointed heir of all things through whom also he made the worlds who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person and Upholding all things by the word of his power and when he by himself purged our sins

Sat down at the right hand of the match steel and high having become so much better than the angels as he

Has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than day There's the answer.

It's not looking unto ourselves, but looking unto Jesus Notice this this is like an

ER room God Who at sundry times who in various ways? Spoke to us by the fathers and the prophets but in these last days has spoke to us by his son by his son so If you will flip back to Luke 17

Luke 17 So really the key verse

I'm gonna try to finish here. So likewise in verse 10 So like a lot likewise when you have done all those things what your commanded say

We are Unprofitable servants we have done. What is our duty? So this is the attitude this comes from an attitude of inward disposition

Once we know this out of this can flow these things Remember the Lord said it's not what goes in the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth

You know, what's interesting when I look at that word servants the last four letters

The last four letters I Believe anyone can understand what the last four letters are in servants ants

God You know told us if you will, let's go to Proverbs 6 and look at Proverbs 6

Proverbs 6 starting verse 6

God tells us to go to these creatures and learn from them go from from the lesser to the greater If you want to know what a servant does

Let's look at the last letters of what it what's in a word servant Go to the ant you slugger

Consider her ways and be wise Which having no captain overseer a ruler provides her supplies in the summer and gathers her food and harvest

How long will you slumber Oh sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep a little sleep a little slumber a little folding of the hands to sleep?

So shall poverty come on you like a prowler and You need like an armed man

That's a great warning as we see this

I'm a These images are profound.

They help us Where to be about our father remember Christ said

I must be about my father's business That is what a servant's cry is.

I must be about our father's business. I Must be about my father's business

You know, there's eleven hundred and eighty nine chapters in God's Holy Word 1189 only four of these

Chapters don't talk about our problem only for the first two

God's creation and the last two Christ consummation Sin fills our history So in this scandalous to understand that our physician had to die that the patients may live

That's scandalous The physician had to die so the patients could live our greatest

Enemy, yes sin, but it's not only sin, but you think of these things that come from sin cancer sorrow

Murder all these things the Lord has conquered He conquered what conquered you and I so when we are unprofitable servants

We have done what was our duty a question is this morning

Do you really understand that every good and perfect gift comes from above? What do you have that you have not received?

If we expect thanks and a reward for filling the bare minimum requirements of our labor

Our thoughts are not on duty, but what we may gain from this Christ expects every church member as I said to do their duty

Be found faithful Be found faithful Be found faithful so in in this you know

I'm reminded of Jesus in the upper room.

Do you remember? When he's telling them he's telling Peter Peter. I must wash your feet. I Must wash your feet

Here's the Lord of Glory the Creator washing the creators the creatures feet and Peter says no

Cleanse me from my head to my toe But he says you've already been cleansed.

You've already been cleansed so notice in this there's a Already been cleansed means there's already been judicial forgiveness and in that context those first four the first Four verses he was saying forgive a brother forgive a brother

How many times you forgive him seven times 77? Infinitely how many times have you sinned against the

Lord today alone? How much more should we forgive our brother? So they knew that was a high task

So they were asking increase our faith because I can't give what I don't don't have

But notice this in our weakness his strength is made perfect. That's so liberating because He is faithful and just if we confess our sins

He will forgive us and notice this if you're in Christ today Your sins are already forgiven.

You're forgiven past present and future You know

Couldn't you testify each one of us to say the blows of God are better than the kisses of Satan Wouldn't you say today?

I would rather be a dog of the Lord than be a darling of Satan. I Mean, how much is he giving you?

How much is he forgiving you to whom is forgiven much can love much and you see here the request of an unprofitable?

Servant is to say increase our faith Increase not my faith but crease our faith because we're one body that we may be found faithful Remember faith is what pleases

God By their fruit you shall know them and notice this our reply is when men when we do our good deeds

God doesn't need our good works. Our neighbor needs it. It's always for the good of others and for God's glory but in closing

I'll just challenge you each one of you when when we're given opportunities to go out at our calling or invocation this come and Take whatever is common and let us magnify it to the tenth degree

Let us not waste one millisecond because time is short We have been given a royal banner

Jesus has already mentioned he's rent the temple in two and we can come right up to God's presence

Where sin is originally drove us away So may we be encouraged that as unprofitable servants notice this

There's gonna be a great reversal soon This is not a time of feasting and just total rest

This is a time of holy service in the fight the good fight of faith Jesus it says they're gonna be a time soon real soon.

He says I'm coming there will be a great a great feast where he's gonna serve us

I Mean that's I can't even fathom that but be encouraged that he is faithful.

We'll see you through He's gonna see us to the end as I believe an old missionary said Charles Greenway We may not look like much but we're gonna make it

We're gonna make it So by God's grace Into his glory may you be found faithful in whatever calling that you're called

And may you magnify him as Psalm 35 34 said magnify the

Lord and exalt his name Magnify the Lord and exalt his name notice this you never have to advertise a fire

How do you get on fire? bring

His thoughts bring his words and kindle his love afresh unto you where it says didn't your hearts burn?

Let the let the thoughts and the meditations of your heart that be that pure kindling fire

That kindles the affections of your love for him remember he's giving you a mind that you may know him

He's giving you a heart that you may love him He's giving you hands to serve him and feet to bring the gospel of reconciliation

To the lost and perishing and that is our calling as a servant unprofitable servant not unto us