Romans 1:1 KJV
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto
the gospel of God,
Paul was not as popular in his
day as he is in the Christian world of our day. God had provided him a thorn in
the flesh lest he become exalted above measure. Whether he suffered physically
or not is a matter of speculation but there is no speculation that he suffered
attacks from Christians as well as Jews and Gentile unbelievers. Still I marvel
at his humility. He counts himself not as "the servant of Jesus Christ"
(though he uses that term elsewhere) but "a servant of Jesus Christ." As in "one of many." He didn't
think of himself as greater and better, he only saw himself as among those who
serve.
This sort of humility would be
welcome in today's Christianity. We could do with some men who, though
obviously used of the Lord, viewed themselves as just one of the many. Too
often usefulness becomes a sign of leadership and it has developed into a place
where now servants of the Lord take classes designed to elevate them above the
rest. The only one who ought to be elevated, the only one whose name should be
above the rest is that if Jesus Christ.
Everyone else is just "a
servant of Jesus Christ."
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