The business of servants is to wait upon, minister to, support and defend their masters; but there are three cases, as Dr. Stennett observes, wherein a servant may be justified in refusing obedience:
1. When the master’s commands are contrary to the will of God.
2. When they are required to do what is not in their power.
3. When such service is demanded as falls not within the compass of the servant’s agreement.
The obligations servants are under to universal obedience, are from these considerations:
1. That it is fit and right.
2. That it is the expressed command of God.
3. That it is for the interest both of body and soul.
4. That it is a credit to our holy religion.
The manner in which this service is to be performed is,
1. With humility, Pro 30:21-22; Ecc 10:7.
2. Fidelity, Tit 2:10; Mat 24:45.
3. Diligence, Pro 10:4; Pro 21:5; 1Th 4:11.
4. Cheerfulness. Stennett’s Domestic Duties, ser. 7; Fleetwood’s Relative Duties, ser. 14, 15; Paley’s Moral Philosophy, vol. 1: chap. 11.
Faithful Servants
Mat_24:42-47; Luk_12:35-40; Luk_19:12-19.
Jesus Christ Taking The Form Of A Servant
Luk_22:22-27; Php_2:5-8.
Servants Not Being Able To Serve Two Masters
Mat_6:24; Luk_16:13; 1Co_10:20-22; 2Co_6:14-16; Jam_3:9-12.
Servants Not Being Greater Than Their Masters
Mat_10:24-25; Joh_13:16; Joh_15:20.
The Servant Of The LORD
Isa_42:1-7; Isa_50:4-10; Isa_52:12-15; Isa_53:1-12.
The Servants Of The LORD
Deu_32:36-43; 1Ki_8:23; 2Ch_6:14; Psa_19:9-11; Psa_34:22; Isa_54:17; Isa_56:6-7; Isa_65:8-10; Isa_65:13-15; Isa_66:14; Dan_3:28; Joh_12:23-26; Rom_14:16-18; 1Co_7:21-22; Rev_7:1-4; Rev_19:1-2; Rev_22:1-6.
Unfaithful Servants
Mat_24:42-51; Luk_19:12-27.
What Servants Should Do
Eph_6:5-8; Col_3:22-23; 1Ti_6:1-2; Tit_2:9.
Who Are The Servants Of Corruption
2Pe_2:1-19.
Who Is A Servant Of The LORD
Lev_25:55; Jos_1:1-2; Jos_22:5; 1Ki_8:51-53; 2Ki_21:10; 1Ch_16:11-13; Neh_1:5-8; Neh_9:7-14; Psa_89:19-26; Psa_105:4-6; Psa_136:3-22; Isa_41:8-10; Isa_43:3-10; Isa_44:1-2; Isa_45:3-4; Isa_48:20; Isa_49:1-5; Jer_25:4-9; Jer_27:4-6; Jer_30:10; Jer_46:28; Eze_28:25; Dan_9:4-6; Dan_9:10-11; Zec_1:4-6; Luk_1:68-69; Rom_6:15-22; 1Co_7:21-22; 2Co_4:1-5; Rev_15:3.
Who Is Not A Mere Servant
Joh_15:1-15; Gal_4:6-7.
Who Is Not The Servant Of Christ
Gal_1:6-10.
Who Is The Servant Of Sin
Joh_8:34-35; Rom_6:15-20.
Who Not To Be The Servant Of
1Co_7:23-24.
Who Shall Be Servant Of All
Mat_23:8-11; Mar_9:35; Mar_10:42-44.
Who Shall Be Servant To The Wise Of Heart
Pro_11:29.
Whose Servants Are Wicked
Pro_29:12.
Wise Servants
Pro_14:35; Pro_17:2.