Submitting to the Lord's Service

Introduction:
Submission is defined as: to yield oneself to the will or authority of another. To make oneself compliant. Submission is somewhat hard for Americans to understand fully—I believe. In our country the individual is allowed to develop his own interests/wants/goals and paths for success. Our culture says “do want you want to do—not anything else.” This line of thinking has carried over into religion. This could be why so many refuse to listen to the pure gospel preached or why so many Christians never reach their full potential in serving God. Submission is doing something that you don’t necessarily want to do in order to please someone in authority over you. Submission will be necessary to get home to heaven. Let’s look at some Biblical examples of some who learned the lesson of submission.

I. __________________ humbly submitted to God.
    A. Acts 7:3-5; Heb. 11:8-10—dwelt in foreign land; uncertainty; etc.
        1. Worked on God’s timetable.
        2. Submitted to circumcision; offering son on altar (Gen. 17:23; Heb. 11:17-19)
    B. Js. 2:21—his submission (obedience) justified him.

II. _______________ got around to submitting to God.
    A. Jon. 1:1-2—commanded to go preach to city of __________________.
        1. Heads for Spain; swallowed by a great fish which God prepared.
    B. Finally—he submits to will of God—Jon. 3:1-3a. Ninevah repents.
    C. Submission involves doing things that we don’t understand the ___________ for.
        1. God had a higher purpose—4:9-10.

III. __________ learned to submit to God.
    A. His life before he became a Christian—Acts 22:3; 26:4-5; Gal. 1:14; Phil. 3:5-6
    B. But...he found his need to be _____________ into Christ—Acts 22:16
        1. Which lead to much ______________ for the Lord—2 Cor. 11:23-27
    C. Paul made his body his _____________ - 1 Cor. 9:27

IV. _______________ submitted to the will of the Father.
    A. See Mt. 26:39, 42; Mk. 14:36; Lk. 22:42
        1. Plead with Father twice for another way—but there was none!
        2. Submitted to pain; humiliation; agony; death—on our behalf!
    B. Do WE have any right to complain about submitting to God today?

V. We can go only _________________ of _____________ directions.
    A. Heb. 5:8-9—learn to _____________ to the Father in _________________. OR
    B. Mt. 19:16-22—go the way of the rich young _________________.
    C. Mt. 16:24-26—must submit to Lord’s will if we wish to make it home to heaven.



Submitting to the Lord's Service Introduction: Submission is defined as: to yield oneself to the will or authority of another. To make oneself compliant. Submission is somewhat hard for Americans to understand fully—I believe. In our country the individual is allowed to develop his own interests/wants/goals and paths for success. Our culture says “do want you want to do—not anything else.” This line of thinking has carried over into religion. This could be why so many refuse to listen to the pure gospel preached or why so many Christians never reach their full potential in serving God. Submission is doing something that you don’t necessarily want to do in order to please someone in authority over you. Submission will be necessary to get home to heaven. Let’s look at some Biblical examples of some who learned the lesson of submission. I. __________________ humbly submitted to God. A. Acts 7:3-5; Heb. 11:8-10—dwelt in foreign land; uncertainty; etc. 1. Worked on God’s timetable. 2. Submitted to circumcision; offering son on altar (Gen. 17:23; Heb. 11:17-19) B. Js. 2:21—his submission (obedience) justified him. II. _______________ got around to submitting to God. A. Jon. 1:1-2—commanded to go preach to city of __________________. 1. Heads for Spain; swallowed by a great fish which God prepared. B. Finally—he submits to will of God—Jon. 3:1-3a. Ninevah repents. C. Submission involves doing things that we don’t understand the ___________ for. 1. God had a higher purpose—4:9-10. III. __________ learned to submit to God. A. His life before he became a Christian—Acts 22:3; 26:4-5; Gal. 1:14; Phil. 3:5-6 B. But...he found his need to be _____________ into Christ—Acts 22:16 1. Which lead to much ______________ for the Lord—2 Cor. 11:23-27 C. Paul made his body his _____________ - 1 Cor. 9:27 IV. _______________ submitted to the will of the Father. A. See Mt. 26:39, 42; Mk. 14:36; Lk. 22:42 1. Plead with Father twice for another way—but there was none! 2. Submitted to pain; humiliation; agony; death—on our behalf! B. Do WE have any right to complain about submitting to God today? V. We can go only _________________ of _____________ directions. A. Heb. 5:8-9—learn to _____________ to the Father in _________________. OR B. Mt. 19:16-22—go the way of the rich young _________________. C. Mt. 16:24-26—must submit to Lord’s will if we wish to make it home to heaven.