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DOWN UNDER
JESUS
UDFØRER EN SLAVES ARBEJDE
Ligner
vi Jesus? Følger vi Ham?
En
slaves arbejde!
Måske
møder vi nogen der er yngre end os selv, vi synes nej tak vi vil
ikke, har ikke lyst til at være gæstfri lige overfor den person.
Hvad gjorde Jesus?
Filip.
2:5-7
Disciplene
var samlet omkring bordet, for at fejre Påsken med Jesus. Hvis en af
dem havde været opmærksom – eller besiddet den ægte tjeners ånd–
så ville han have gjort det som Jesus gjorde. Han ville have taget
vandet og klædet og knælet ned for de 12 disciple, og en af gangen,
vasket deres fødder, startende med Jesus..
Vi
læser i Mattæus 20:28, at Jesus kom som en tjener til denne verden.
Han var villigt og rigtigt meget, for at ændre menneskers hjerte og
indstilling, for at bringe dem tæt til sin Fader og Gud.
En
træl af nederste klasse, havde det som sin opgave at vaske fødderne
på dem som kom ind i huset – en forfærdelig ulækker tjans, kan
jeg forestille mig. Jesus demonstrerede inden sin korsfæstelse, hvor
vigtigt det er, frivilligt at udføre opgaver som skal udføres, selv
om det reelt var tale om slave arbejde af værste slags.
YDMYGHED
er ikke ydmygelse !
Med
ydmygheden tillader vi derimod at give andre plads Det er en
erkendelse af andres værd og ikke kun sin egen værdighed.
Vi
som troende, kalder jo ikke Kristus for vores slave – vi kalder ham
Mester og Herre, ja vi synger endda JESUS ER HERRE, men er han det i
vore liv?
Når
Jesus siger, at slaven/tjeneren ikke er større end sin Mester, så
taler han om relationen med ham. Vi bøjer vore knæ for ham, Guds
mest ydmyge tjener. Bøjer vi også vore knæ for ham og viser
ydmyghed i den tjeneste og opgave, han har betroet os, eller er vi
stolte og løfter os op, også over for andre medkristne eller andre
tjenester som Gud har skænket sit folk, sin menighed?
Vil
vi udføre ”slave-arbejde” for Ham, det der ikke ses eller
påskønnes, for at Guds rige må komme til udtryk gennem os til
andre?
1.
Peter 5,6:
YDMYG
JER DERFOR UNDER GUDS STÆRKE HÅND, SÅ VIL HAN OPHØJE JER, NÅR
DEN TID KOMMER.
Er
vi så ydmyge at vi tager en tjeners tøj på og vasker andres sår?
Eller
er vi så ophøjede at vi lukker vore hjem og dør for mennesker?
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Learn
from jesus
JESUS
DOES THE WORK OF A SLAVE
Do
we look like Jesus? Do we follow Him?
A
slave's work!
Maybe
we meet someone younger than ourselves, we think no thanks we won't,
don't feel like being hospitable to that person. What did Jesus do?
Filip.
2: 5-7
The
disciples were gathered around the table to celebrate the Passover
with Jesus. If one of them had been aware - or possessed of the
spirit of the true servant - then he would have done as Jesus did. He
would have taken the water and clothed and knelt down for the 12
disciples, and one at a time, washed their feet, starting with Jesus
..
We
read in Matthew 20:28 that Jesus came as a servant to this world. He
was willing and right to change people's hearts and minds, to bring
them close to his Father and God.
A
slave of the lower class, it was his job to wash his feet on those
who came into the house - a terrible disgusting thing, I imagine.
Before his crucifixion, Jesus demonstrated the importance of
voluntarily performing tasks to be performed, even though it was
really a slave job of the worst kind.
Humility
is not humility!
By
humility, on the other hand, we allow others to give place. It is an
acknowledgment of the worth of others and not just their own dignity.
We,
as believers, do not call Christ our slave - we call him Master and
Lord, yes we even sing JESUS IS LORD, but is he in our lives?
When
Jesus says that the slave / servant is no greater than his Master, he
talks about his relationship with him. We bow our knees to him, God's
most humble servant. Do we also bow our knees to Him and show
humility in the service and task He has entrusted to us, or are we
proud and lifting ourselves up, also to other fellow Christians or
other services that God has bestowed upon His people, His church?
Do
we want to do "slave work" for Him, that which is not seen
or appreciated, for the Kingdom of God to manifest through us to
others?
1
Peter 5,6:
HUMBLE
YOURSELF THEN UNDER THE STRONG HAND OF GOD, HE WILL ESTABLISH YOU
WHEN IT COMES TIME.
Are
we so humble that we put on a servant's clothes and wash the wounds
of others?
Or
are we so exalted that we close our homes and die for people
