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Do Everything as Unto Christ

April 7, 2024 · 27:40 · Watch on YouTube ↗

These notes - summary, key points, and highlighted thoughts - were generated by AI from the recording and are not the preacher’s exact words.

Summary

The preacher calls believers to do everything - at home, at work, in ministry - as if it were done for Christ Himself and not merely for people. When we serve with our eyes only on a person's face, the work can turn careless; but when we serve as unto Christ, we give our whole soul and our very best. Feed your husband, take your wife out, sweep the floor, and preach all as though the Lord Himself were receiving it.

He then turns to mission and preparation. Just as the missionary team spent about six months getting ready for Guatemala, and an astronaut is trained long before launch, no one is sent unprepared. We are created in Christ for good works (Ephesians 2:10), yet we must grow - reading and meditating on Scripture (1 Timothy 4:13), maturing past spiritual milk like a child who grows up to help the family - so that we can fulfill the mission God entrusts to us.

Finally he warns against doing great works in our own will rather than God's. Like Saul on the road to Damascus, our prayer should be, 'Lord, what do You want me to do?' The message closes with a call to evangelism and prayer: inviting people home and to church, an upcoming outreach service, buying Bibles to give away, and prayer for a missionary school and various needs.

Key Points

  • Do every task, great or small, as though serving Christ Himself, not only people
  • Serving for Christ draws out our whole heart and our best effort
  • God prepares those He sends, so we must prepare ourselves before the mission
  • We are created in Christ Jesus for good works (Ephesians 2:10)
  • Grow up spiritually - do not stay on milk; read and ponder Scripture (1 Timothy 4:13)
  • Surrender your own plans and ask, 'Lord, what do You want me to do?'
  • Salvation needs both faithful evangelism and faithful prayer for those we reach

Devotional

Pause and consider the next ordinary task in front of you - the meal to cook, the floor to sweep, the words to speak. What would change if you did it as though Christ Himself were receiving it? Service offered only to people can grow careless, but service offered to Christ draws out the whole heart and the very best in us. And before you rush into great plans of your own, kneel like Saul and ask, 'Lord, what do You want me to do?' Then prepare, grow in His Word, and go where He sends you.

Do everything from your soul, as though you were doing it for Christ Himself.
God never sends the unprepared; He readies us for the mission first.
Do not ask Christ to bless your plans - ask Him, 'Lord, what do You want me to do?'
Transcript

Auto-generated transcript of this service.

everything that I do here on Earth everything that I say in word here on Earth I have to do it the right way I have to do it the best like I would do it unto Christ and I was wondering why is it written this way to do it unto Christ not to a person to the not to the person we as people when we do it and we look at the face of the person and we look at them and we have to do something for maybe we don't love them enough we could do it the way that they'll never ask us again do you understand who looks at a another person's face they could do it that way that they'll never be asked to do it again and we as we read everything that you do do it from your soul like you do it unto Christ but then let's think do we truly love Christ raise your hand if you do and I hope to see every hand up we love Christ and do it to each and everyone like you would do it to him and how do we do this we will do it good why because we do it for Christ not for a person and I hope nobody will forget this word when we leave this place and go home do this like unto Christ when you come home do it to your husband like you would do it unto Christ feed him like you would feed Christ take your wife to the restaurant like you would take Christ you sweep up the floor like you do it for Christ preach like you do preach to Christ and it's very important when somebody is being sent on a mission he doesn't just just tell him go he doesn't say just leave just go we prepare them we get them ready for this Mission so they could able to fulfill it our missionary team that's going to Guatemala how long have you been preparing for this trip [Music] June okay June so about six months they are getting prepared to go to the mission trip they could have done it Opposite you know they could have send him to Guatemala first and they come back and we'll teach you but they didn't do this why to to do the mission you have to know how and you did what is good and right you went to school you received God's wisdom God's blessing his word and when you leave and when you go there you will know what to say you know when an astronaut goes into space they don't send them the first or second day they prepare them they would prepare them with every way possible that we would remember that we should prepare ourselves for a mission or for Deeds in Ephesians we have been created in Christ to do good works every one of us is created to do good deeds and we should be doing this but sometimes we don't know we we don't have success in a lot of them and maybe we can't or we don't know how to do this Good Deed when I do something and I and I do it and I'm satisfied by it and I look at it and I'm satisfied how wonderful it's done you I enjoy it when people say thank you to me that people are pleased by it but when I do it and I didn't have success in it or I didn't put any effort into it and it's done like barely and I look at it and I'm not satisfied in it you know I can't stand it because it's crooked when it's falling down and I'm I not enjoying it because no other ones enjoying it as well but when it's done correct and we are satisfied by it and we should be try and put it every effort do it like we do it unto Christ Apostle Paul writes to Timothy a young Pastor Timothy First Timothy 413 please First Timothy 4:13 until I come devote yourselves to public reading scriptures and preaching and teaching you know Apostle Paul says well Timothy I gotta go now I have to go and wait until until I come until I come back don't do anything until I come back he didn't say it this way but what did he say when I leave do not waste the time do not sit just doing nothing but do something until I come devote and for public reading of scriptures for preaching and teaching but what kind of teaching the ones that he has received the latters or the commands he already received the one that he already has live in it live in it wa for what reason for what reason to know how to fulfill your mission a child is born in a family it doesn't matter how gentle nice they are she can't do anything for you she can't serve you at all it could be so nice but can't do anything but what is needed this child needs to eat to drink to um sleep then to read and she start to read the alphabet that's not enough then you have to read a book and then she reads a book and then time is needed to understand in what you're reading until the time when she grows up and understands she could help you then she could help you same as us if we were only just born to God and we just remain children of Christ and we only drink the spiritual milk you Apostle Paul leaves and we're here by ourselves we don't read we don't Ponder on the scriptures and the one who comes who gives us a mission but we're not ready we've been sitting we've been laying down we waste the time how important it is brothers and sisters to F fulfill the mission that Christ has for us we have to grow up physically we have to be strong intellectually we have to be wise and spiritually to write to to be um wise the mission that Christ or God has given to each one of us we could fulfill it how Christ wants us to do it it seems how much so much effort for one purpose or for one thing but in this Christ is being glorified last thought and we're going to be praying we're sometimes ready to do and we would do everything what we' want to but maybe we sometimes do what we don't uh shouldn't when Apostle Paul was going from Damascus to from Jerusalem to Damascus and he had to go to capture the Christians and put them to prison and take him back to Jerusalem and to to destroy them you know some Christians are ready to do great works but not the way that Christ or God wants them to we'd go to the Builder and we'd ask them to build me a house one one story this many rooms we come back half a year later when the house is done it's a build and the Builder tells us surprise surprise I I build you a garage with for three storage a garage with for three uh stories no I didn't ask you for this I asked you for a one-story house what do I need three levels brothers and sisters sometimes we do this in our life we will do these great works but not through his will Saul before he was Apostle Paul you know until C when he was going to Damascus until the light shined upon him do you know what he said what will you tell me to do Lord he didn't say Christ I have a mission I have a list of people in Damascus that have to take cap he didn't say this the mission that he had he thought he was going in in front of Christ he said Lord what do you want me to do that each one of us brothers and sisters we are wise we are we are strong we have many ideas we would have we would do it and we would not have any minutes left for ourselves but we have to ask Christ what is that you are willing for me to do what is your will for my life is at the end it's not what we like but what is important to Christ we're going to be praying right now and I invite everyone to this type of prayer you know maybe you didn't not everybody raised their hand you know that say maybe I'm a missionary I'd like us to pray in this prayer Christ what do you want me to do what do you want me to do in my life as you said do the everything like you would do unto Christ Christ and everything should be glorified Jesus Christ allow me to understand your will in my life that your name would be glorified let us stand we're going to be praying for for oh Jesus Hallelujah Jesus Christ for [Music] foren spe amen please take your seats you know we finished our service in time I love when the service is ended on time because God is a god of order we're gonna have a prayer right now for our needs but listen what I will say before that you know in the salvation of people there's two important factors there is evangelism when you're speaking with them inviting them bringing them that's one side but there's another side that's very difficult and hard when you pray for those people you bring them to to guests to your house and I encourage you to do that I do when I meet people I invite them to my home uh and this Saturday uh the 13th of April we're going to have a service in a we made little invitations it has the address the invitation I invite everybody that's coming take them they're going to be out in the hallway on the table and everyone also take one so that you have them in your car you have them in your pockets if you you see a Russian person a Ukrainian person give it to them a Slavic person invite them bring them and invite them to your home and to church um brother Peter asked that our church would buy some Bibles so we're going to buy some Bibles worth $500 some gospels we are going to pass them out over there we put the address as well of our church and we're going to have a prayer for these people for this ministry as well as I have a a need I ask that we pray for our school the missionary School uh I'm the director of a school in Germany called go and teach we have 31 students that have signed up for our school but they have a problem with their finances you know I had the opportunity earlier to go around travel collect some finances but now I'm here in the church and I have the opportunity we're also G to have a prayer for the school that will be starting soon we'll pray for Brother David as well who serves in mi missions um brother Anatoli called me and said that brother Roman we were helping we were praying for him he has a great great Thanksgiving for us so I encourage you share any Thanksgiving you have any needs and we'll go to prayer sister has Thanksgiving sister's thankful for her healing thanks thanks to everybody who is praying for her and ask that we pray for her trip as they travel to South Carolina safe travels she has prayer requests for her father who has cancer no in for [Music] the for for God bless you all and bless one another [Music] [Music] all

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