THE DOINGS OF THE CHRISTIAN
THE SERVANTS ATTITUDE IN SERVING THE LORD
Col. 3:23-25 “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.”
Paul reminds them, “for ye serve the Lord Christ.” The word “serve” translates, “douleuo” and means, “to be a slave, serve, do service.” This is that same word for slave mentioned above. Only here it is a verb. It is a present active indicative verb. The present tense means that we keep on (present tense) by our choice (active voice) being a slave to Jesus in the activities we are engaged in even though it may appear that we are serving someone else, i.e., our employer, submission of a child to a parent, submission of a wife to an unreasonable husband, etc.
Every Christian needs a servant spirit. It is the spirit of Christianity. It is the Spirit of Christ because He was the greatest servant of all. Then Paul speaks to us of,
THE FINAL ACCOUNTING FOR OUR DOING (LABORS)
He says, “But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done.” The words “he that doeth wrong” translates “adikeo” and means, “to act unjustly or wickedly, to sin.” He is talking to Christians. Do you mean it is possible for Christians to do wrong? This is certainly teaching that. Now I ask this question. Will things for which we have been forgiven here on earth be brought up at the Judgment Seat of Christ (the judgment of the saved for rewards)? I do not believe so. However, there are those who stubbornly refuse the Lordship of Christ in their lives and will not admit they are wrong when HE SHOWS THEM. They do not ask for forgiveness and do not get it. This idea that you get forgiveness from the Lord without repentance and confession to Him is not true (1 John 1:9). We need to live with this in mind. There is a day of accounting for us as Christians. There is no question that we are going to heaven once we are saved. But there is a question about rewards and the loss of rewards (1 Cor. 3:11-16).
In Christ
Bro. White
