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KNOWING YOUR BIBLE April 4, 2022: Dear Friends, As we progressively draw nearer to Easter, we will continue our series on the study of Jesus Christ, and his humanity, the person he was, and is today through his spirit, as written in  the Bible. Refer to the New Testament gospel books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, to read about Jesus’ birth, life, death by crucifixion and resurrection. Recommendations have previously been written to choose one of these books during Lenton Season to read and study Jesus’ life. The follower might also want to consider returning to the first blog in this series, written March 6, to studiously contemplate on Jesus’ humanity, and, progressing forward, to last week’s blog, to read and study, all focused on Jesus as a human, as we ourselves are human. Studying this series of blogs will bring a deeper understanding of Jesus and will draw us nearer and closer to him. Nearer and closer to Jesus brings us fullness and completeness in our lives as we commit our lives to him and follow the examples he left for us to exemplify in our lives.  Our focus is this blog will be on Jesus’ servanthood to his fellow mankind during his life here on earth. Jesus said in Matthew, chapter 20, verse 28 a: “The son of man came not to be served  but to serve.....” and serve he did as written about in the four Gospels listed above. Most would think that to serve, one must have love and compassion for others, for service exhibits goodness, good heartedness and love. The person being served to often feels the care and concern of the server as the  service is being provided. The server is, in turn, receiving rewarding praise from the one served, causing feelings of joy from helping another. There is the feeling of contentment and satisfaction when helping another. Rarely, does a person who renders service receive, if any, negative feelings from serving another. There are many verses written in the Bible on service. A few Bible verses will be listed below that either tell of Jesus’ many services to others or tell of his many teachings about service. Some Old Testament verses will also be listed to remind us that God, in his Holy Word, the Bible, inspired his writers (2nd Timothy, chapter 3, verses 16-17) to write about service throughout the many Bible books.. All verses in the history of this blog are from the New Revised Standard (NSR) version of the Bible. MAY GOD BLESS YOUR BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK!    Bible Verses: The Sermon on the Mount, in Matthew, chapters 5, 6 and 7; Matthew, chapter 4, verses 23-25; Isaiah, chapter 58, verses 6-11; Leviticus, chapter 25, verses 35-38; Psalm, chapter 100, verses 1-5; Job, chapter 36, verse 11; Proverbs, chapter 19, verse 17; Joshua, chapter 24, verse 15;  Matthew, chapter 25, verses 34-40; John, chapter 15, verse 12-17; Luke, chapter 5, verse17b, verse 1, Mark, chapter 5, verse 19b; and Matthew, chapter 18, verses 21- 22.