Sermons & Devotionals by David Servant
David Servant
Day 74, Mark 9
Peter, James and John, Jesus' inner-most circle, were quite privileged to see Him gloriously transfigured as He will appear in His kingdom. If they had any doubts about who He was before then, all doubts were erased, especially as they heard God say, "This is My beloved Son, listen to Him!" (9:7). T... Read More
David Servant
Day 75, Mark 10
The issues of divorce and remarriage are ones that have been hotly debated within Christian circles. As you seek for a true understanding, let me encourage you, first of all, to consider all that Scripture teaches on the subject. If our interpretation of Jesus' words that we read today, for example,... Read More
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Day 76, Mark 11
It wasn't just Jesus' closest disciples who believed that He was about to set up His kingdom in Jerusalem (Luke 19:11). The crowds who lined His way from the Mount of Olives also believed it, and they gave Jesus a king's welcome. But His triumphal entry was anticlimactic. Jesus didn't overthrow the ... Read More
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Day 77, Mark 12
Since I mentioned some of today's reading in my last commentary, I think I'll mention some of our last reading in today's commentary! Specifically, I would like to consider Jesus' words about forgiveness in Mark 11: Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that yo... Read More
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Day 78, Mark 13
Jesus' foretelling of the destruction of the temple was fulfilled in 70 A.D. when the Roman Legions besieged Jerusalem. His disciples, upon hearing His prediction, naturally wanted to know when such an unthinkable demolition would occur. Jesus, however, never revealed to them that He was speaking of... Read More
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Day 79, Mark 14
It seems incredible to think that someone who lived with Jesus for three years, who heard Him teach and witnessed His miracles, could turn against Him. Yet in one sense Judas is not so uncommon, because God performs continual miracles before all of us every day, and He constantly speaks to us throug... Read More
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Day 8, Matthew 8
About one-tenth of all the verses in the four Gospels tell us something about Jesus' healing ministry. That's significant! Those many records of Jesus' healings all demonstrate His divinity. No historical figure has ever come close to Him when it comes to miracles. He claimed to be God, and He prove... Read More
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Day 80, Mark 15
Seven-hundred years before Christ, Isaiah wrote of Him: He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth (Is. 53:7). Fulfilling Isaiah's words, Jesus suffered ... Read More
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Day 81, Mark 16
Although Jesus repeatedly told His disciples that He would be killed and rise from the dead after three days (see Mark 8:31, 9:31, 10:34), they never got it. Even when Mary Magdalene reported to them on Sunday morning that Jesus was alive and that she had seen Him, they still didn't believe (16:11).... Read More
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Day 82, Acts 18:18-28 & 19
It is nice to be back into the book of Acts, even if only for one day. I almost wish I had designed our chronological study so that we would not be interrupted by one of the Gospels each quarter, but I wanted to space them throughout the year rather than reading them one right after another. After s... Read More
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Day 83, 1 Corinthians 1
We've started reading 1 Corinthians now because Paul wrote it during his three-year sojourn in Ephesus. Concerning his ministry there, Paul wrote to the Corinthians, "A wide door for effective service has opened to me" (16:8). Having just read about his very fruitful ministry in Ephesus, we know wha... Read More
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Day 84, 1 Corinthians 2
You may recall that when Paul first visited Corinth, he had just come from Athens where he'd spent time reasoning with Epicurean and Stoic philosophers, experiencing mixed results (Acts 17:16-34). I suspect Paul had endured his fill of human wisdom---of which Greeks were so fond---making him even mo... Read More
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Day 85, 1 Corinthians 3
It is from this chapter that the modern doctrine of the "carnal Christian" has been extracted, which promotes the idea that one can be a true Christian but be "carnal" (or "fleshly" as the NASB translates it), and thus be completely indistinguishable from unbelievers. This idea is taken largely from... Read More
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Day 86, 1 Corinthians 4
What began as a relatively benign letter now grows somewhat passionate. Obviously, if there were factions in the Corinthian church, there were leaders of those factions. And those that were claiming to be "of Peter" or "of Apollos" rather than "of Paul" (1:12) were likely pitting themselves, not onl... Read More
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Day 87, 1 Corinthians 5
Why didn't Paul instruct the Corinthian believers to follow Jesus' three steps of church discipline---which we read in Matthew 18---regarding the man in their midst who was living in a sexual relationship with his stepmother? The reason is because those are three steps that are to be taken with beli... Read More
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Day 88, 1 Corinthians 6
Many of us have thought that it is wrong to make a moral appraisal of anyone since Jesus told His followers not to judge. Yet we're learning that we've been quite unbalanced in that regard. Jesus once told a crowd, "Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment" (John 7:24)... Read More
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Day 89, 1 Corinthians 7
Obviously referring to males and females who were not married to each other, the Corinthians had written to ask Paul, "Is it good for a man not to touch a woman?" Paul answered in the affirmative. That is the safe standard to prevent any sexual immorality, at least from a physical standpoint. One to... Read More
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Day 9, Matthew 9
It is so obvious only a theologian could miss it! Today we read four major stories about people who were healed by Jesus, and all were healed through faith (Matt. 9:2, 22, 29; Luke 8:50). Apart from faith they would not have been healed, even though it was clearly Jesus' will for them to be healed d... Read More
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Day 90, 1 Corinthians 8
Paul turns his attention to a second question from the Corinthians---about the lawfulness of eating meat that had previously been sacrificed to idols. Before he tackles that issue, however, he first warns of a venom that often poisons those who possess knowledge, namely, pride. "Knowledge puffs up,"... Read More
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Day 91, 1 Corinthians 9
This chapter continues the theme of the previous one, that of making sacrifices for the sake of others, which is the essence of love. Paul uses himself as an example. Paul possessed the God-given right to make his living from the gospel, that is, to be paid by the people to whom he preached. Motivat... Read More
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David Servant ( - )
David Servant is the Founder of Heavens Family, helping the least of these world-wide. David Servant has been serving in ministry since 1979 as a church-planter, pastor, teacher and missionary. When David Servant read the results of his high-school vocational aptitude test, he laughed. The results told him that he was best suited for a career in ministry or in entertainment. At the time, David's future goal was to live in a log cabin in the wilderness and live off the land for the rest of his life. The Lord, however, had different plans for David Servant. God didn't intend for him to run away from the world, but rather to play a part in changing the world by building God's kingdom. David received his call to ministry during his (reluctant) freshman year at Penn State, and one year later was enrolled in Bible School.David Servant is the author of eight books, including Forever Rich, and the The Disciple-Making Minister, a 500-page equipping manual that has been translated into more than 20 languages and is being distributed to tens of thousands of pastors.