Retreat 2017: Transformed in Christ - Session 3

​The following message was given at the 2017 ICC Summer Retreat by Pastor Young Kim from Grace Covenant Church in Philadelphia. It is session three of four total sessions. Please click READ MORE below to see the sermon notes. 

SERMON NOTES

A powerful church with a heart of servanthood 

• You may not be gifted, shy, introvert, may not be able to sing 
• But there is a gift that we can release for the body of Christ 

How can I serve somebody? 
How can I serve the Lord? 

Empowering each person in the church when they ask themselves this question: How can I serve the Lord? 

John 13 (Jesus washing the disciples feet) 

• Jesus did not come to be served, but to serve 
• Jesus served as an example for us 
• All of his disciples are asking, "Who's going to wash my feet?" 
• Jesus begins to wash his disciples feet and Peter refuses to be washed 
• Even the one who was going to betray him 
• After he washes all their feet, v. 14 - So now you also should wash one another's feet 
• If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. 
• Sometimes I (Young) wash other peoples feet so that people wash my feet back 
• We are called to serve one another in the power of the Gospel 

 
It's an upward climb to live out the gospel as a servant 

• In the modern day church, the leader's are supposed to be served upon…but leaders should be serving others 
• Are we going to really live out the calling that Jesus calls us to? 
• Within 8 minutes of visiting a church, people decide if they will return 
• It's a battle 
  • Triple Threat of how servanthood is being attacked: 
    • Consumerism  
      • We have a consumer mentality and we say, "What's in it for me?" 
      • How to battle that? Ask the question, "How do I serve someone?" 
      • When you begin to look to God and look at others, you notice others and serve them 
        • Ie: Can I pray for you? How did you know? It was written over your face. 
    • Entitlement 
      • "With all my service, I'm entitled to something." 
      • Somewhere down the line, we feel that God owes us something 
      • People stop serving hard because they are not getting the recognition or "payback" they are expecting 
    • Selfishness 
      • We are infatuated with us 
      • We want to get what's for us 
      • Hebrews 12 
      • I want to receive grace so that I can serve with the joy of the Lord 
• Wash one another's feet - This is not natural.  It must be super natural. 
  • When you manufacture it, you can do it for a while, but you cannot continue 
  • Our heart must cry out, "I need You! I need You!"  Dependent! 
• Serving is supernatural. If you want to serve people, You better have Jesus. 
• Out of the overflow, ministry happens 
  • They were blessed before they heard the sermon 
  • Van driver brought revival 
• There is stuff that you think doesn't matter.  If you serve with the heart of Jesus, it matters 
• Instead of saying, WIIFM, what can I do to bless the heart of others 

I have come to serve. Not to be served.