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    Training for God's Service
    Training for God's Service
    Training for God's Service
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    Training for God's Service

    By Guy Jarvie

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    Guy Jarvie spent many years of his life as a missionary in Burma, and in this book he passionately, and sometimes bluntly,  passes on many important lessons to young Christians today who have a burning desire to be profitable servants for God. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHayes Press
    Release dateAug 5, 2018
    ISBN9781386195023
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      Training for God's Service - Guy Jarvie

      CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

      This book has been written to help all those who wish to serve the Lord Jesus Christ. As in every other service, training is also essential in the service of Christ. But this training can only be done by the Holy Spirit, working upon the willing and humble spirit of the disciple. The kingdom of God is not something imposed from the outside, it is the yielding of our wills to Him. So also the training which the Spirit will give us is training in the secret of our own lives. In this training we shall, of course, learn much from those who have been servants of Christ before us. Training for the service of Christ involves more than the head knowledge that we get from reading books, or hearing lectures or addresses. It is the training or discipline that comes from hearing the word of God and doing it. Train yourself for godliness, wrote Paul in 1 Timothy 4:7. Gymnasium yourself, as the original Greek word indicates.

      In the service of Christ, we must know positional truth, that is, truth regarding the kingdom of God. It was concerning this the Lord Jesus spoke to His disciples during the forty days He was with them after He rose from the dead (Acts 1:3). This truth includes such subjects as the Church which is the Body of Christ, and the churches of God, and it is essential that we should know the vital difference between these. We must also understand the truth of the house of God, and its testimony and worship, or we shall be confused by the many denominations around us. We must be clear on the truth of baptism, so that we can see the errors of infant baptism, and household baptism (as it is called). These are unknown in the Scriptures. We must also know the truth of the breaking of the bread, as it has been given to disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. All these truths are contained within the teaching of the kingdom of God.

      The servant of Christ must be equally clear on devotional truth, or their testimony will be clear but cold. Their life must be a yielded life, and they must know the presence of Christ day by day in their life; that is, Christ dwelling in their heart by faith (Ephesians 3:17). Without His presence our lives will be fruitless and disappointing. Equally, they must know the fulness of the Holy Spirit, directing and empowering him in all their service. God has put the treasure in the earthen vessel (the servant), that the exceeding greatness of the power should be of Himself (2 Corinthians 4:7).

      Not only so, we must have a clear grasp of dispensational truth. We must know what God has revealed in His word concerning His marvellous ways and purposes in world events. As these are revealed to us, our hearts will be filled with awe and love, and with the longing that we may be used of God in some way in the fulfilling of His purposes.

      The subjects dealt with in these chapters are only a part of those in which servants of Christ must learn and discipline themselves. Some other books will help, and especially the Word itself. They must be a man or woman of the Book, the Bible. There is a very helpful verse in 2 Timothy 1:7, which every servant of Christ should keep in their heart. Here it is: God gave us a spirit not of fear; but of power and love and self-control. These three things are essential in the service of Christ.

      Power is essential in any kind of work; and in the work of God nothing can be done without the power of the Spirit of God. But God will not grant us this power unless we are able to bear it, therefore there is great need of humility and of earnest prayer in every servant of Christ. God Himself will humble us, and mould us according to His mind, before He grants us His power.

      Love, that is, God’s love, must constrain us in all things. But those who love will often be grieved, as God has often been grieved. Have you thought about that? (see Psalm 78:40 and Ephesians 4:30). If we wish to be God’s servants, then we must love as He loves, and we must be able to bear grief as He does, in some small measure.  We must also have discipline, that is, sobering, or wise discretion, in our lives. God’s servants must be sober-minded and wise men and women, even though they are young. Our own lives must be changed by the Spirit of God before we can be used of God to change the lives of others.  We shall try to learn together, chapter by chapter, some of those vital lessons that mean so much to us in the high calling to which God has called us.

      CHAPTER TWO: SERVING FROM THE HEART

      The first lesson that we must learn in the service of Christ, is that of serving from the heart. David, the man of God, knew this well. Perhaps it was impressed upon his young heart by the words of Samuel the prophet, when he came to anoint him. the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7). The Lord passed his brothers, and chose him, because the Lord knew his heart. The thoughts of his heart come out afterwards in his life. The vale of Elah (1 Samuel 17) showed the great difference between David and his brothers, but the Lord saw this difference long before with unerring accuracy. Among the many precious things that David said, none is more characteristic of him than his words to his son Solomon, and every servant of Christ should ponder them carefully:

      My son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought (1 Chronicles 28:9).

      It is little wonder that David was the man that he was when he could speak words like these! Servants of Christ, let us have this mind. Let all our service, whether public or private, be done for His glory, and according to His word, not pleasing men, but God, who tries the heart (1 Thessalonians 2:4). Then we have the words of Paul to Timothy: Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15).

      Approved - yes, that is the vital thing in our service. That is the first thing. Many of those reading this will be young disciples, just beginning to learn the ways of God. Remember it is God’s approval you

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