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Caring and Loving each Other
After all the discussion of doctrine
After all the discussion of doctrine
Salvation
eph 6.21-
Justification
family
Work
Spiritual warfare
he expresses
We should love and care for each other ....
I want you to know my affairs
Tychicus - look how he was described…
He personifies the loving kind brother...
Paul closes this letter discussion of a dear brother Tychicus and delivery of this letter.
pAULHow do we care and show love to another?
How do we care and show love to another?
How to be caring, godly brothers and sisters in Christ (6:21-24).
But we’re family, so through all the irritations and misunderstandings, we should care deeply for one another and it should show to the watching world.
A Greek writer named Lucian, who lived from about A.D. 120-200, said of the early Christians, “It is incredible to see the fervor with which the people of that religion help each other in their wants.
They spare nothing.
Their first legislator [Jesus] has put it into their heads that they are all brethren.”
(Cited by Irving L. Jensen, 1 & 2 Thessalonians [Moody Press], p. 52.)
Up to this point, Ephesians has not been a very personal letter.
Perhaps this was because Paul intended for it to be circulated among several of the churches in Asia Minor.
But now, this brief conclusion oozes with his evident care for these Christians.
It’s all the more pronounced when you stop and think about Paul’s circumstances.
He was in prison in Rome, chained to a guard.
He was getting up in years and his health was probably not great.
When it comes to saying farewell, Paul’s focus is his concern for these Christians and their needs.
Paul knew that they were concerned about him and his imprisonment (see 3:13).
So he sent Tychicus to tell them about his situation and to comfort their hearts (6:21-22).
Then Paul concludes with a benediction, which is really a prayer, reflecting again his love and care for these brothers and sisters in Christ.
These verses teach us that…
Caring, godly relationships among believers are at the heart of God’s purpose for the church.
Part of caring is keeping each other informed about how we’re doing.
So, twice (6:21, 22) Paul repeats that Tychicus will let the Ephesians know how he and those with him are doing.
Caring and Loving each Other requires :
I. BE A BELOVED BROTHER OR SISTER.
A. BE A BELOVED BROTHER OR SISTER.
Paul’s words here are almost identical with .
In both places, Paul refers to Tychicus as a beloved brother.
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He could have called him just a “brother,” but he adds this word, beloved.
It shows that Tychicus was a warmly relational man.
He wasn’t cold and aloof.
He wasn’t brusque and insensitive.
He wasn’t grumpy and difficult to be around.
He was beloved.
When Paul used that word to describe Tychicus, everyone who knew him would have nodded and thought, “Yes, he is a dear, loving man.
We love him dearly ourselves!”
Would people describe you as the beloved brother, or the beloved sister?
If you say, “Well, not very many people in the church even know me,” it probably says more about you than it says about the church.
Are you outgoing and friendly?
Do you go out of your way to meet new people and make them feel welcome?
Do you take a genuine interest in others?
Tychicus was that kind of man.
That’s why when Paul called him, “the beloved brother,” everyone would have nodded in agreement.
Caring and Loving each Other requires :
II BE A FAITHFUL BROTHER OR SISTER.
eph 6.21
Paul calls him a faithful minister in the Lord (also in ).
It means that he was trustworthy.
He kept his word.
He told the truth
He did what he was assigned with integrity.
Paul could entrust him with the weighty responsibility for the churches in Crete or in Ephesus and know that he would be responsible.
He could be tristed
In a day when it would have been easy to mishandle the large gift for the Jerusalem saints, Tychicus could be trusted to deliver it all without pocketing some of it for himself.
He could be trusted to deliver safely the letters of Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon.
He didn’t know that they would become a part of Scripture, but we have them in our New Testaments today because Tychicus was a faithful man.
Faithfulness is a fruit of the Spirit that should mark every believer (), but it seems all too often that is lacking among Christians.
It means that if you take on a responsibility, a leader does not need to prod you or check on you repeatedly to see if it got done.
You do it as unto the Lord and report back to those who assigned it to let them know that it’s done.
Faithfulness is a crucial part of caring relationships, because it means that if you say you’ll do something for someone, you do it.
They can count on you.
Caring and Loving each Other requires :
III BE A SERVING BROTHER OR SISTER.
Faithful minister/servant
eph 6.
I don’t know why, but the New American Standard Bible translates the same Greek phrase as “faithful servant” in and “faithful minister” here.
At the Judgment, the words that you want to hear from Jesus Christ are (), “Well done, good and faithful slave.
You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.”
To hear those words then, you must be faithfully serving Him now.
Are you?
Do you faithfully serve Jesus Christ every day?
Do you live to do His will?
Do you look for needs in His church and get busy doing what you can do to meet those needs?
There are two types of people who walk in the door of the church.
One type thinks, “Here I am, church!
Meet my needs!”
These folks often leave the church disappointed, because the church just didn’t meet their needs.
The other type walks in, looks around, and asks, “Where are the needs that I can meet?”
These are the Lord’s servants.
They’re not here to be served, but to serve Christ by serving His church.
They care about others.
Servants are:
Caring - Mark 10:43-45
Servants give up personal rights to find greatness in serving others.
Servants Are:
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