And Getting Something More Mark 10:35-45

 Proverbs 30:15a  Friendship, families, jobs fall apart from selfishness.  Moochers, freeloaders, deadbeats, leeches Are you more interested in what Christians can give you or in what you can give to them?

 Your Response: “Yes, Please Take This!”  2 Cor 12:15a – “I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls”  1 Cor 6:7 – He asks. Why not take wrong from another Christian? Why not “be defrauded”?  2 Cor 12:15b – “The more I love you, the less I am loved.”

Mark 10:45 “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve...” What You Get is the Chance to Serve.

And Getting Something More

 Saying It For Myself, v. 12  “Give Me” leads me down a sad road.  Saying It To Myself, v a  “I Perish...” at least states reality.  Take Stock of My “Christian” Actions. 2 Cor 13:5  Saying It Against Myself, v. 18b-21  “I Have Sinned... I am not worthy...”  Here is the moment God steps in. God is worthy.

And Getting Something More

 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, And your labor for that which does not satisfy? Isaiah 55:2 RSV  Is there more?  V 1 - Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

 Cannot be filled with this world.  Even when we are in fellowship with God on this earth!  Psalm 5:3 – David – “In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.”  But his imaginings are more than life can offer! Best he has is worship and being led.

I was made for another world. One that I can almost imagine, A world lost, Adam and Eve’s world, A perfect Eden. Never forget that!

 Reach Forward, as Paul Reached, Phil. 3  Isaiah 55:6 “Seek the Lord, while He may be found...”  Matthew 6:33 – “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness...”  Colossians 3:1 – “Since you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above where Christ is...”

 Is not all we need.  Isa 53:3 – the world is so broken, He could only be the “Man of Sorrows and familiar with suffering.”  We dare not forget who we are, where we are from and where we are going. Reach beyond the joys of your family, the treasures of this church to satisfy your longing.

And Getting Something More

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus...” Phil 2:3-5

“... One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus... Our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, Who, by the power that enables Him to bring everything under His control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like His glorious body.” Phil 3:13, , 21