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The Employee and the Boss
eph 6.5
eph 6.9
How do we treat each other?
Does our testimony at work really matter?
What does the bible say about work?
Can we get direction on this matter ?
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bad - complaining spirit, gossip, stealing time etc...
good - working under hard circumstances, not participating in the negative culture
Boss
Treating employees and individuals and compensating them as such
vacation
time off
helping the family
firing not holding on
I Attitude Toward Authority
eph 6.5-
Be Obedient (6:5a)
Be Obedient (6:5a)
“Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh.”
The Greek word translated “servants” here is usually translated “slave.”
Slavery was the blight of the age in Roman times.
Vast numbers of people—including many members of the early Gentile church—were bought and sold like cattle.
These slaves had no civil rights and were subject to the whims of their masters—for better or for worse.
They were considered pieces of property of varying value.
In danger of the scourge, the cross, or worse, they were held in the iron grip of relentless laws.
The slave revolt led by Spartacus only reinforced the resolve of slave owners to keep their whips in hand.
Many slaves were highly skilled.
Some were highly educated.
Some enjoyed, within limits set by entrenched customs, the friendship of their masters.
But all slaves lived with the peril of a change of ownership hanging over their heads.
The death of a benevolent master, or his displeasure, could bring a swift change of circumstances.
Often slaves harbored deep resentments.
The Holy Spirit, however, told the enslaved Christians to have a great testimony.
Happily the days of slavery are gone from most of the world.
Men are no longer bought and sold like so many pieces of furniture.
Happily the days of slavery are gone from most of the world.
Men are no longer bought and sold like so many pieces of furniture.
In the workaday world, however, men sell their talents and their time, and the same principles of servanthood apply.
In the workaday world men sell their talents and their time, and the same principles of servanthood apply.
When we accept employment we put our skills at the disposal of our employers for so many hours a day.
We expect certain remuneration for performing certain functions.
To that extent, our time and talents are not our own.
We have bargained them away.
Thus our employers have every right to expect that we will be industrious, conscientious, and cooperative.
We live in an age of labor strife, but the Holy Spirit does not make exceptions for us.
As Christians we are to be different from other people in the marketplace.
We are to be obedient, cheerful, and loyal servants.
We are to be the most willing and diligent people on the payroll.
We are to do our best and be dutiful, polite, and dependable.
That is the law of Christ.
Joseph followed this law when he worked for Potipher, when he was in prison, and when he moved into the palace.
God expects the same of us.
Others may waste their employer’s time.
Others may perform their tasks in a slovenly way.
Others may criticize and complain.
But we Christians are to obey our masters.
It is God’s command.
Joseph followed this law when he worked for Potipher, when he was in prison, and when he moved into the palace.
God expects the same of us.
Others may waste their employer’s time.
Others may perform their tasks in a slovenly way.
Others may criticize and complain.
But we Christians are to obey our masters.
It is God’s command.
God expects the same of us.
Others may waste their employer’s time.
Others may perform their tasks in a slovenly way.
Others may criticize and complain.
But we Christians are to obey our masters.
It is God’s command.
Be Subservient (6:5b)
“With fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ.”
Subservience is not a quality we admire.
Obedience yes, but not subservience.
We should not have to stand in fear and trembling before anyone but God.
The subservience demanded in is absolute yieldedness to Christ.
The Christian employee must be afraid—not afraid of his superiors in the marketplace, but afraid of disobeying his Lord.
If he does not show wholehearted respect to his employer, he is disobeying the Lord.
The word singleness in means wholehearted dedication to the task at hand, the determination to give it all diligence and expedition.
Be dedicated .......
Joe at Ponderosa the dish man .......
Be dedicated and loyal
That kind of dedication sounds like nonsense to many employees today.
Today slacking on the job is considered
I was with friends in a fine restaurant in England some years ago.
The waiter first asked if we wanted drinks.
We declined, and thereafter we were subjected to the most insolent and careless service I have ever experienced in a restaurant.
The waiter was barely civil.
He practically threw things on the table and took our orders with sneering contempt.
We all noticed his behavior.
I said to my brother-in-law, “Should we not complain to the management?”
A Christian employee cannot afford to project an image like a slacker .
He is to be on the job for Jesus.
He should do his work as though the Lord Himself were doing it.
He is the only Bible some people will read.
He may not fear his boss.
He may find it difficult to like his boss and even more difficult to respect him.
But ultimately he is not serving his boss.
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