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SERVANT HEART
DEFINITION:
Hebrew – servant sharath = service, to minister
ebed = servant, doer, tiller,
slave
Greek - servant doulos= a slave, a servant
diakonos = a minister
diakoneo = to wait on, minister
to
diakonia = ministration,
service
huperetes = an under rower,
underling
EXAMPLES:
Joseph – Servant
to Potiphar “Overseer in his house.” Genesis 39:1-6
Servant to the keeper of the prison “Charge of all prisoners” Genesis
39:20-23
Servant to Pharaoh “Over Pharaoh/s house and land of Egypt” Genesis
41:37-46
Jesus Example
– John 13:4-17 “Washing feet.”
Philippians 2:7-8
“He took upon Himself the form of a servant”.
Jesus Teachings
–
Matthew 20:27
“Whosoever will be chief let him be your servant.”
Matthew 23:11 “He that is
greatest shall be your servant.”
John 12:26
“If any man serve me, let him follow me; where I am there shall my servant
be. If any man serve me, him will my Father honor.”
Disciple Examples - Paul
“Ourselves, your servant for Jesus sake.” I Corinthians 4:5
James “James, a servant of
God.” James 1:1
Peter
“Simon Peter, a servant.” II Peter 1:1
Jude “Jude, the servant of
Jesus Christ.” Jude 1
DEFINITION:
Hebrew -
broken kathath = beaten down
shabar = shattered
abad = destroyed
dahah = to be bruised
Greek – broken klaomai =to be broken
suntribomai = to be wholly broken
sunthlaomai = to be crushed
together
EXAMPLES:
Old
Testament
Psalms 31:12 “I am like a
broken vessel.”
Psalms 34:18 “The Lord is
nigh unto…a broken heart.”
Psalms 38:8 “I am sore
broken.”
Psalms 51:17 “The sacrifices
of God are a broken spirit and a contrite heart thou wilt not despise.”
Isaiah 30:14 “The potter’s
vessel that is broken in pieces.”
Jeremiah 23:9 “Mine heart
within me is broken.”
New
Testament
Matthew 21:44; Luke 20:18
“And whosever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it
shall fall, it will grind him to powder.”
John
19:36 “For these
things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him
shall not be broken.”
I Corinthians 11:24
“This is my body which is broken for you.”
DEFINITION:
Hebrew – humble, humility anah = to afflict
Greek - humble, humility tapeinoo = to make low
tapeinos = low, lowly
EXAMPLES:
Old
Testament
Deuteronomy 8:2 “God led thee
these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to
know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments,
or no.”
Micah 6:8 “Walk humbly
with thy God.”
New
Testament
Matthew 18:4 “Whosoever
therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in
the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 23:12
“Whosoever shall
exalt himself shall be abased: and he that shall humble himself shall be
exalted.”
Philippians 2:8 “And being
found in fashion as a man, He (Jesus) humbled himself, and became obedient
unto death, even the death of the cross.”
Colossians 3:12-13 “Put on
therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies,
kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one
another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any:
even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.”
James 4:6 “But he giveth
more grace, Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace
unto the humble.”
James 4:10 “Humble
yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.”
I
Peter 5:5 “Likewise, ye
younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one
to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and
giveth grace to the humble.”
I
Peter 5:6 “Humble
yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in
due time:”
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