Keryx Prison Ministry
Statement of Faith
1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative Word of God.
2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
3. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His
miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily
resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in
power and glory.
4. We believe in the forgiveness of sin, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting.
5. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
THE ROLE OF THE TEAM MEMBER
Why am I here, Lord?
I'm here to praise God and to do his holy work here on earth.
I'm here to imitate Jesus Christ and to be a window to the candidates at this Keryx.
I'm here to pray and to make sacrifices for the entire team and candidates.
I'm here to help establish a Christian community by bringing Jesus Christ to these three days and by accepting the gift of the Holy Spirit.
I'm here to know the intent of the talks and to help the speaker accomplish it by guiding and directing discussion at the table.
I'm here to display Christian discipleship; love and acceptance of another person as an individual; leadership, not domination; and a demonstration of concern for others.
I'm here to demonstrate true leadership, not for glory-seeking, but in loving concern; to be a guide, not a counselor, to be a good listener, and to be tolerant.
I'm here so that when these three days are over, the candidates will be able to say of the team member. . ."I came looking for Christ and found Christ at my table."
I'm here to ask humbly that God's will be done. . .not mine!
I'm here, Christ, to submit my heart and soul to you so that out of it . . .love. . .will bloom and grow.
In all things, I will ask myself. . . . . . .what would Jesus do?
Servanthood is an attitude
Someone once asked a bible study group, "how can you tell if you have a servant attitude?"
"By the way you react when you are treated like one,". . .was the reply.
It's not easy to find an attitude like that. But for a disciple, servanthood is one of the keys to growing Christ like. Describing his own ministry, Jesus said, "for the son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." (mark 10:45)
When we give Jesus his rightful place as Lord of our lives, his Lordship will be expressed in the way we serve others. Therefore, one of the best ways we can demonstrate our love for God is by showing love for our fellow man. We demonstrate love for others by helping them, by sharing their problems, by doing what we can for them.
Another way of displaying servanthood is in evangelism. In 1 Cor. 9:19, Paul says, "for though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all. . ." Why does he say that?. . ."that I might win more."
Paul knew that he would win more friends for Christ by being a servant. He voluntarily decided to serve those he wanted to influence for Jesus Christ. Look at Acts 28:3. . .the Holy Spirit takes care to say that "Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks. . ." The apostle Paul went out and gathered firewood. He did his part. He didn't wait for others to do it.
Servanthood, then, is an attitude. It is also the mark of a leader. Think of Jesus in Phil. 2:6&7. . ."who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant."
Why should we serve? For Jesus' sake. Pick up a bundle of sticks. . .for Jesus' sake. Be liberal with your time, energy, and your ideas. . .for Jesus' sake. Serve one another. . .for Jesus' sake!
