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Paul the Servant

 “Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:”


—-Philippians 1:1 (KJV)


Humbleness 

It’s interesting to note how Paul saw himself, as well as his companion Timothy, as servants of Christ even though they were great early Christian leaders.


Reading the letter of Philippians it is easy to see why. Later in the letter Paul writes about how Jesus gave up the privileges of Heaven to come to Earth and die for our sins.


It’s almost unimaginable that someone would die for another, especially after they committed a multitude of transgressions against the one doing the sacrifice.


No matter our position in the Church, a Christian organization, and life in general, we should always walk with the attitude of a humble servant to the one who died for our sins and rose again on the third day. Only through Jesus are we made righteous and reconciled to God. Otherwise, we’re doomed to the Lake of Fire.


Philippians 2:7-11 (KJV) states:


(7) But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:  


(8) And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 


(9) Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:  


(10) That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;  


(11) And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.


Thank God Jesus died for our sins and rose again on the third day and ascended to the right hand of the Father. Amen


Further Reading 

King James Bible 

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