LDR 630 – Biblical Servant Leadership References

Biblical Servant Leadership
References
The biblical references to servant
leadership are all taken from the English Standard Version (ESV) of the bible.
Matthew
20:20-28
20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons
came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.
21 “What is it you want?” he
asked.
She said, “Grant that one of these two
sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”
22 “You don’t know what you are
asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup I am going to
drink?”
“We can,” they answered.
23 Jesus said to them, “You will
indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to
grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my
Father.”
24 When the ten heard about this, they
were indignant with the two brothers. 25 Jesus called them together and
said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and
their high officials exercise authority over them. 26 Not so with you.
Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— 28 just as the
Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a
ransom for many.”
Matthew
22:39
Then Jesus added, “And the second is
like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. In these rest all of the law.”
Mark
10:42-45
And Jesus called them to him and said to
them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord
it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. But it shall
not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of
Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for
many.”
Luke
22:26
But not so with you. Rather, let the
greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves.
John 13:3-5
Jesus, knowing that the Father had given
all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to
God, rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel,
tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash
the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around
him.
John
13:12-17
When he had washed their feet and put on
his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you
understand what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are
right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet,
you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example,
that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you,
a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the
one who sent him. …
John
14:21, 23
Love and serve God first to better love and
serve eachother.
Acts
20:35
In all things I have shown you that by
working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the
Lord Jesus, how he himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to
receive.”
Acts
20:28
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to
all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the
church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
1
Peter 4:10
Each of you has been blessed with one of
Gods wonderful gifts to be used in the service of others. So use your gift
well.
1
Peter 5:3
Not domineering over those in your charge,
but being examples to the flock.
Philippians
2:3-8
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in
humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look
not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this
mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in
the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but
made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness
of men. …
Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to
you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate
their faith.
1
Kings 12:7
And they said to him, “If you will be
a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them
when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever.”
Deuteronomy
10:12
“Love Him,and to serve the Lord your
God with all your heart and with all your soul.”