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Slaves and Masters

Introduction A. Preliminaries Welcome: Please turn with me in your Bibles to the sixth Chapter of Ephesians, beginning in verse 5. Our text this morning will be verses 5 thru 9 of Chapter 6, which you can find at the top of page 1163 in the navy blue Bibles found in your pews. Ephesians 6:5–9 (ESV) Bondservants,…

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?

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…

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…

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Review Last week, Tony spoke on Ephesians 5:22-33 highlighting the relationship between Christ and the Church as a model for marriage. We learned that just as Jesus loves the Church selflessly, giving Himself up for her ( Romans 5:8 ), husbands are called to love their wives in the same way. This love…

Looking at God's order for our relationships

Recap Jesus is giving the sermon on the mount He is preparing the people for a few things first, He is preparing them for His being the Messiah He is preparing them to be followers of Him both now and after His death, burial and resurrection Two Kinds of Righteousness He began this entire chapter with…

Introduction: Proper Service in the LORD: As we engage with our passage this morning, there is a need to work hard to ensure that our presupposition do not get in the way of understanding Paul’s meaning. The history of America along with all of the issues that we have had over the past few years regarding…

A couple of weeks ago we began to look at this section of Scripture and discussed the counter-cultural aspect of the Christian home. Today we are going to continue that thought, but also look beyond the home and address other RELATIONSHIPS we find ourselves in, especially in those relationships where…

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…

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…

Introduction: Today’s text will wrap up Paul’s instruction on what many commentators refer to as the household code. This series of instruction related to three specific relationships that may exist within the household. This particular instruction was initiated in Eph 5:21 submitting to one another…

Introducción 12 Ahora, me dirigiré al resto de ustedes, aunque no tengo un mandato directo del Señor. Si un hombre cristiano está casado con una mujer que no es creyente y ella está dispuesta a seguir viviendo con él, no debe abandonarla. 13 Y, si una mujer cristiana tiene un esposo que no es creyente…

A godly relationship between Servants and Masters Brings glory to God

Slaves and Masters

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.

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…

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,…

Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the…

How should the church deal with slavery?

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…

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…