Whose servant are you?
Jeremiah 45-46/Mark 1-2
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OT
45:3-5 You have said, ‘I am overwhelmed with trouble! Haven’t I had enough pain already? And now the LORD has added more! I am weary of my own sighing and can find no rest.’ Baruch, this is what the LORD says: ‘I will destroy this nation that I built. I will uproot what I planted. Are you seeking great things for yourself? Don’t do it! But don’t be discouraged. I will bring great disaster upon all these people, but I will protect you wherever you go. I, the LORD, have spoken!’
NT
2:15-17 That night Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to be his dinner guests, along with his fellow tax collectors and many other notorious sinners. (There were many people of this kind among the crowds that followed Jesus.) But when some of the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with people like that, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?” When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor–sick people do. I have come to call sinners, not those who think they are already good enough.”
OT Flash Points
God’s servant will be protected even while his nation is destroyed
NT Flash Points
God’s servants do not fit into society
They are different – connected with God’s agenda
Not their own
Not society’s
Therefore, they can speak directly and affirm accurately
Agents of Light and value
Perspective
Definition – minister: servant
What kind of servant are you?
Bondslave – your own life crucified?
Personal slave – your will broken?