Matthew 9

What is Servant Leadership?

What is Servant Leadership?

Dave Riddle - 6/18/2023

Key Passage: Philippians 2:4-8

How do we lead/love

  • Ephesians 5:23 

    • Emulate our Heavenly Father.

  • Ephesians 6:4

    • Instruct and raise children in the ways of the Lord

  • Ephesians 5:25

    • Love like Jesus, self-sacrificially 

Servant Leadership

  • Philippians 2:5-7

    • doulos (Greek: δοῦλος): a slave, bondman, man of servile condition

Do you wish to be great, or do you wish to be a servant?

  • Matthew 20:20-28

  • John 13:4-7

Adopt the attitude of Jesus

  • Philippians 2:5 

What does the heart of a servant look like?

Selfless

  • Philippians 2:4 - look not to your own interest.

Eager

  • 1 Peter 5:2 - not out of compulsion, but freely… eagerly

Responsive

  • Matthew 9:36 - seeing the crowds, he felt compassion…

Vibrant

  • Ephesians 6:7 - work with enthusiasm

  • Colossians 3:23

Everyday for Everyone

  • Galatians 6:10 - as often as you have the chance… do good to everyone.

Organic Outreach

House Rules - Organic Outreach

Dave Riddle - 11/27/2022

Key Passage: Matthew 9:35-38

Outreach = Sharing and showing the good news of Jesus in everyday life.

He Went

  • Matthew 9:35

    • While he was out and about he was purposeful.

…Teaching

  • Matthew 9:35

    • Teaching = didaskō (Greek: διδάσκω) - teaching with the purpose of transformation.

…Proclaiming the Good News

  • Matthew 9:35

    • kēryssō euaggelion basileia (Greek: κηρύσσω ευαγγελιον βασιλεα) - preaching the good news of the Kingdom.

…Healing

  • Matthew 9:35

    • Jesus understood that people needed healing and he provided it.

He Noticed

  • Matthew 9:36 - “when he saw the crowds...”

    • He didn’t overlook them or look past them. He saw them.

…Jesus Felt

  • Compassion

    • Matthew 9:36

    • splagchnizomai (Greek: σπλαγχνίζομαι) - to be moved as to one's bowels, hence to be moved with compassion, have compassion (for the bowels were thought to be the seat of love and pity)

He Explained

  • Matthew 9:37-38

    • The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few

We Embody

  • Luke 6:40

    • We should do what Jesus did.

    • Our ministry should be incarnational.

We Testify

  • Acts 1:7-8

    • We are being sent out to share and show the good news of Jesus!

  • Ephesians 1:7

    • Good news!

Proclaim! So They Can Hear

Proclaim! So They Can Hear.      

1/2/2022 - Global Partner 

Key Passage: Romans 10:13-15

ROMANS 10:13-15 

  • Disciples are sent.

  • Disciples preach the gospel.

  • Lost people hear.

  • Some believe and are justified.

  • They call upon the name of the Lord in repentance and are saved.

ALL PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR THE GOSPEL.

  • “Faith comes from hearing and hearing from the Word of God.” Romans 10:17

ALL DISCIPLES SHOULD PREACH THE GOSPEL.   

  • 2 Corinthians 5:18–20

  • Our witness may include more than the spoken Gospel, but it should never include less than the spoken Gospel. 

THE LORD SENDS ALL HIS DISCIPLES TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL. 

  • Matthew 9:37-38

  • John 20:21

  • Mark 16:15 

  • “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

    • People don’t even know that there is a saving message to hear.

    • They don’t even know that they need to believe and call on the Lord.

GOD SENDS ALL OF US TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR, BELIEVE, CALL ON HIM, AND BE SAVED.

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Out (Our World)

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A Family on Mission - Out (Our World)

Dave Riddle - 06/30/19

Key Passage: Matthew 9:35-38

A Quick Review

  1. One Calling

    • Help people follow Jesus together

  2. Two Commandments

    • Love God, Love Others

      • Mark 12:28-31

  3. Three Dimensions

    • Up, In, Out

Living on Mission like Jesus

He went.

  • Matthew 9:35 - “Jesus continued going...”

    • Teaching

      • didaskō (Greek: διδάσκω) - teaching with the purpose of transformation.

    • Gospelling

      • kēryssō euaggelion basileia (Greek: κηρύσσω ευαγγελιον βασιλεα) - preaching the good news of the Kingdom.

    • Healing

      • Jesus understood that people needed healing and he provided it.

He Noticed.

  • Matthew 9:36 - “when he saw the crowds...”

    • He didn’t overlook them or look past them. He saw them.

He felt.

  • Compassion

    • Matthew 9:36

    • splagchnizomai (Greek: σπλαγχνίζομαι) - to be moved as to one's bowels, hence to be moved with compassion, have compassion (for the bowels were thought to be the seat of love and pity)

He Explained

  • Matthew 9:37

    • The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few

Our Response

We Embody Jesus

  • Luke 6:40

  • We want to be like Him.

We Proclaim

  • Acts 1:8

  • Witnesses for Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit

Two Outcomes

  1. Redemption

    • Ephesians 1:7

  2. Restoration

    • We can make a difference in a world of chaos.

The most important thing to remember is how desperately God loves you.

  • The world is full of individuals that God loves individually.

  • Do we see the world through God’s eyes or do we see faceless/nameless masses?