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time at that. Not all of you will be called to vocational Christian service, as pastors, missionaries, evangelists, etc., though many will be, but all of you are called to be full-time Christian servants, willing to submit your will to His, in whatever held or endeavor the Lord has already marked out for you. Only as you do that will we, your mentors during these days of your educational experience at Word of Life Bible Institute, feel we have achieved the purpose for our calling ... and only then will you someday be able to achieve the “well done, thou good and faithful servant” commendation of our Savior that should be your goal (Mt. 25:21). Your Fellow Servant, Dr. Chuck Scheide
When Paul addressed Titus in the book that bears his name, he began by identifying himself as: “Paul, a servant of God!’ He could have begun by calling himself an apostle (he does so in his next phrase), for that was his office and his calling. He didn’t. He began with the term servant and in doing so was reminding his readers, both then and now, that they and we, too, are to be exactly that: Servants of our God and Savior, in whatever one’s calling may be. The Greek term Paul used for servant (doulos) means: “one whose will is swallowed up in the will of another!’ Let me challenge you, my students, as you leave us, to never forget that relationship. Let your will be swallowed up in His. We are all servants of our Savior, and full
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