We often hear Christians claim to serve God but what service to God does the bible say to offer?

What is the quality and quantity of service that is an acceptable offering to God?

prostitutes on the border of going to heaven or hell?

I thought God was best served with Fava Beans and Chiante!

to "spread the word" which means to convert others

you will be assimulated...resistance is futile...we are CHRISTIANS

To serve God is to do his will. Helping other people is a good way to serve God. Heck that's one of the commandments, love thy neighbour as thy self. Do for them what you would do for yourself.And the quality should be 100% effort. Our father is not worth any less then 100%.

Ok - this is a recall. I've asked this question several times over the last several years with little to show for the asking as this older thread indicates.

There are so many people who feel that non-believors have nothing to guide their morals, and without god there is no purpose to life.

That thinking, that attitide begs the quesiton -

what service to god does the bible say to offer?

How do Christians SERVE god and how do they know that it's the service god wants?

" how do they know that it's the service god wants"
This is where your logic breaks down. There is no knowledge. Religion is based on faith, not on knowledge.

Ergo, Christians serve god (not "service" him... Mary was the only one on record to do that) the bestest way they believe is the bestest.

(I.e. you will only read "I am a servant of God" and "I am in servitude to the Lord", and you will never read "I am a server of God" or "I am a service station manager in God's garage, when he needs a complete lube and oil or his plumbing fixed.")

(P.S. Please don't take me wrong, redy... I am making fun of bible-writers, and their crazy book, not of you.)

It's like this; Eons ago man looked up at the sky and wondered what it was all about, what was life, what was the purpose of it all.

He came to the conclusion that there were Gods in the heavens.
And that the purpose of it all was to live a good and honorable life in the eyes of the Gods so that he may someday join them.

In the years since that day many books have been written and many theories offered on what it means to live such a life.

We Serve God by Allowing Him First place in our lives.


When we Love God, we want to make Him first place.


But sometimes , we unknowingingly allow other things to take

priority in our lives,

and those other things can then becomes our gods.


God wants us to Serve Him,

because God KNOWS that is Truly the Only way ,

man can find lasting Joy and Peace....

and True Contentment in life.


"man cannot serve 2 masters...."

Many people are curious about what the Bible has to say about service. God expects those who love Him to provide service to others. By providing service to others, we become God's hands reaching out to others. God has a special place in His heart for the most vulnerable members of society and charges his followers with providing service to them.

doing his will? is that the right choice of words there? he says we have free will, but do his will? i'm confused

Yes..by doing His will.

But in order to

do His will

we must first Love God.



But in order

to Love God

we must first Know God.


We also serve God by serving one another.

What we do for the least of our brethren, we do also for God.

They way to serve a creator is to be the created.

That's the only service that is required.

If they creator had desired the created to behave in any specific way the creator would have been wise enough to create robots for that specific purpose.

Our creator obviously created us with free will. To do anything less than use that free would would be to reject what the creator has created.

What does it mean to serve God?

I could imagine for the ladies it is very entertaining! lol

I mean such a question is very difficult to answer. There are so many religions out there. Christianity is at either 32,000 or 38,000 denominations with each a different idealogy of what works best to serve a god. For the Hindus they must spend the entire day honoring and serving various gods. lol

Buddhism honors Buddha for his wisdom, but they don't spend any time worrying about a god on clouds judging us. They are more interested in the "now" of life and how to enjoy the moments you have at this moment!

For me serving a hot goddess wouldn't be so bad if she rewards well, but of course I am not convince there is a god, goddess, or that anything supernatural exist. I actually don't waste time thinking about it either. I do know a huge meteorite the size of earth hit Jupiter a few years back and it was recorded. Now that is eye opening and awe aspiring! I hope that wasn't god playing baseball!

I think the best approach is that "we should serve ourselves" and find ways to be helpful to others. That is first class service if you ask me. And just for that I will pop open a bottle of champagne..pour it in my flute....and salute you and everyone else for a great day of happiness and enjoyment! :)

so we don't have free will... thanx for clearing that up

The short and simple answer to that question ...
to serve humanity is to serve God.

Think about it.

i always thought serving god was simply not being or doing evil...

From the story of the good Samariton, as a story with a moral I would guess that the message FROM THE BIBLE is to serve others, no matter what your station in life is.

Even if you have very little or even if you meet a stranger who needs help, you can serve others.

That's like a child thinking that simply by not being bad and destructive, that is actually contributing to something or something they should be rewarded for.