关于上帝呼召我们去服务的19节圣经经文



  • Jesus gives his own life as the pattern for service: he “did not come to be served, but to serve” (Matthew 20:28), and he washed his disciples’ feet as an example for them to follow (John 13:14-15).
  • Isaiah volunteers to be sent only after his lips are cleansed, and the message he is then given is a hard one (Isaiah 6:5-10).
  • Ephesians 2:8-10 places good works after salvation by grace, as work God prepared in advance for believers to do.
  • Matthew 25:40, James 1:27 and 1 John 3:17-18 direct service toward the hungry, the imprisoned, orphans, widows and anyone in material need.
  • Colossians 3:23-24 was written to slaves and tells them that in their daily work “it is the Lord Christ you are serving”.

The Bible calls every believer to serve, and it takes Jesus as the pattern. He “did not come to be served, but to serve” (Matthew 20:28), and after washing his disciples’ feet he told them to do the same for one another (John 13:14-15). Paul writes that believers were “called to be free” in order to “serve one another humbly in love” (Galatians 5:13), and Isaiah answers God’s question with “Here am I. Send me!” (Isaiah 6:8). Scripture also names…

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