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Lesson 11. An Ordered Life Paul adds an ordered life as another response from those who receive God's blessings of salvation. ( Ephesians 5:22-6:9 ) Intro - Review Man’s obligations in response to God’s offer of spiritual blessings: Obligations of the church in response to God’s offer A. Unity B. Righteous…

In the final relationship pair of the household code of Paul's letter to the Ephesians, we find how slaves and masters are to treat each other. This is the least directly applicable relationship to our contemporary society, and yet, in many ways, it has the most to tell us: when obedience is required on pain of death, what distinguishes Christian obedience?

This is our final week of the series Jesus is Greater. I hope that I have shown you areas of your life where Jesus is greater. Today we want to continue with this thought. I want to look at your relationships. All of us have relationships. The people that are in our life and important to us. We don’t…

Can you believe that Easter is less than two months away? It will be here before you know it. When I was a kid I loved Easter Egg Hunts. We would go over to my grandparents house and my cousins and myself and my sister would hunt eggs all afternoon. It would start out with the parents hiding eggs and…

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Introduction Greetings… Over the last few weeks, we have been studying through the theme “Names of Jesus” with the hope of drawing closer to our Savior by way of learning the differing names by which he is called. Up to this point we have examined… “Only Begotten Son” which demonstrates Jesus as the…

Slaves and Masters

A godly relationship between Servants and Masters Brings glory to God

5 Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8…

ME: What is your least favorite job of all time? I asked this on Facebook. And I got a lot of responses, some of you even responded. A lot of jobs related to cleaning; Dusting, vacuuming, laundry, cleaning toilets. In fact, toilet, or plumbing related jobs seemed to be a common theme as well. Another…

Sunday, November 27, 2022. 1 Timothy 6:1-2 | "Worthy of All Honor." Preached in a series of sermons through 1 Timothy: How We Conduct Ourselves In The Church, to Heritage Bible Chapel in Princeton, MA.

Introduction For many people the goal in life is to become famous or to be a decent person at the very least. I found 10 common goals for people to strive to accomplish in the next 10 years: Marriage and Family harmony Proper balance in life Improved Physical Health Passion in one’s career and achieving…

Complain, Complain, Complain! Title: This Then is the Gospel Way to Live (A Focus on Work) Text: Introduction Christ’s Motive for All (vs. 23) Bosses complain about their employees and employees complain about their bosses... Introduction Attention (Why should they listen to you?) What is the Hearer’s…

1 COMO DEBEMOS IR A CRISTO (34) 2 COMO DEBEMOS VIVIR CON CRISTO (35-9:1) Introducción Parece que el Señor nos quiere instruir mucho sobre el tema de ser discípulos, de ir a Cristo y seguir a Cristo. Muchas veces como iglesias nos preocupamos mucho de llevar a gente a Cristo, de como de be ir a Cristo,…

1) What similarities do you see between vv. 1-4 and vv. 5-9? Pattern of obedience and honorVery similar to the construction of children and parents is servants to masters aVery similar to the construction of fathers to children is masters to servants. Threatening and provoking 2) What conclusions can…

Introduction For every great job out there, it seems as though there are an equal amount of ones that cause us to scratch our heads and ask, “why would anyone want to do that?”According to USA Today, some of the “worst” jobs out there include being a taxi driver, newspaper reporter, retail salesman,…

Introduction Greetings... Together as we have traveled through the book of Ephesians we have journeyed with God in examining the “Glorious Church Of Christ.” We have seen that the “glorious church of Christ” was in the eternal plans of the Father. We have studied of the great dangers of being outside…

How should the church deal with slavery?

I am not Greater Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son,…

The Expected Reward The heart of a servant leader is an admirable one. When we look at some of the greatest leaders we know we will encounter people who have humble hearts and give with no reservations. In kind toxic leadership often undermines others and suppresses others to gain the advantage. While…

Introduction As I prepared for today I contemplated several methods of introducing myself. I’ve boiled it down to two important facts. 1 - I tend to talk fast. I try to slow down, but if I get excited all bets are off. 2 - ( S ) I’m into fitness. Seriously though, it is a privilege to be with you today…

Regardless of which side of the aisle you are on we in Christ are reminded that there is truly one form of justice that justice is not premised on the justice we think we deserve