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Service of Love It is said that the soldiers of Persia were driven into battle, and that the sound of the whips of the generals could be heard even while the battle was raging, lashing on the unwilling ranks to fulfill their part in the fray.Not so went the Greeks to battle. They rushed like lions amidst a flock of sheep to tear their prey. They fought for their country, for their lives, and for all that they held dear.The difference between the Greeks and the Persians is just the difference I want to describe among the professed followers of our Lord. The genuine Christian serves God because he loves Him; not that he fears hell, for he knows that he has been delivered from condemnation, being washed in Jesus' blood; not that he expects to earn Heaven, he scorns the idea. Heaven is not to be merited by our poor, paltry works. Heaven is his inheritance, since Christ has given it to him. A Christian serves God because he loves Him. He is drawn by a sense of the love of God towards him to love God in return.