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Sunday, July 30, 2023
SERIES: ALIVE IN CHRIST
A STUDY IN EPHESIANS
LIVE MESSAGE: THE GOSPEL AT HOME AND WORK
Scripture: Ephesians 6:1–9 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
Scripture Reading Psalm 99:1–5 ESV
Psalm 99 ESV and Audio
The Lord Our God Is Holy
99 The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble!
He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!
2 The Lord is great in Zion;
he is exalted over all the peoples.
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name!
Holy is he!
4 The King in his might loves justice.
You have established equity;
you have executed justice
and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt the Lord our God;
worship at his footstool!
Holy is he!
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Sunday, July 30, 2023
SERIES: ALIVE IN CHRIST
A STUDY IN EPHESIANS
LIVE MESSAGE: THE GOSPEL AT HOME AND WORK
Scripture: Ephesians 6:1–9 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
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MESSAGE: THE GOSPEL AT HOME AND WORK
Sunday, July 30, 2023
SERIES: ALIVE IN CHRIST
A STUDY IN EPHESIANS
MESSAGE: THE GOSPEL AT HOME AND WORK
Scripture: Ephesians 6:1–9 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
Scripture: Ephesians 6:1–9 ESV
Ephesians 6 ESV and Audio
Children and Parents
6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Bondservants and Masters
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 knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. 9 Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
SERMON NOTES
Sunday, July 9, 2023
SERIES: ALIVE IN CHRIST
A STUDY IN EPHESIANS
LIVE MESSAGE: THE GOSPEL AT HOME AND WORK
Scripture: Ephesians 6:1–9 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
The Gospel shapes all of life. The Gospel doesn’t just matter on Sundays, the Gospel matters ALL days. It saturates and permeates and consecrates every facet of our lives.
And to illustrate how the Gospel shapes all of life, Paul then goes to the heart of where most people do life: at work and at home. And Paul says, let me show you how the Gospel radically transforms those everyday relationships!
In Ephesians 6:1–9, we’ll explore eight principals for these relationships, two for each party in our text: supervisors and employees, and parents and children.
1) The Gospel at Work: Supervisors and Employees
Principle #1 for Supervisors: Leadership is about service.
If you’re in management, a landlord, an owner, or a boss, as a follower of Jesus you’re there to serve. Remember, Jesus made Himself the servant of all when He washed His disciples’ feet. Leadership is NOT about privilege. It’s about service.
And no matter how high you go, no matter how big your office, no matter what circles you run in, you always have a Boss: Jesus is your Master.
Principle #2 for Supervisors: You both report to Jesus.
There’s no partiality with Him who is both their Master and yours who is in heaven. On the heavenly org-chart, supervisors and employees are both direct-reports of Jesus.
For supervisors, work is a place to live out our discipleship of Jesus as we become more like Him!
Principle #3 for Employees: Christ dignifies all work.
Whatever you do, it’s worth doing because it’s for Jesus. You may not think your job is all that meaningful, but Jesus values it. He sees the effort, creativity, and care you put into it. He sees what goes unnoticed, and He’ll reward you for every faithful investment.
Principle #4 for Employees: Your boss is not your Boss.
Paul says “obey” our boss not because our masters are good, or nice, or easy to get along with, or compensate us well. He says “obey” because, ultimately, we’re working for Christ.
For employees, work is a place to live out our discipleship of Jesus as we become more like Him!
2) The Gospel at Home: Parents and Children
Principle #5 for Parents: Your children need nurture.
Your children are real people with real desires and real hopes and real dreams and real needs and real emotions. To nurture them, you must know them to adapt to their own individual needs.
Your Heavenly Father nurtures and cares for you as His beloved child, so that’s how you’re to care for your own children as well.
Principle #6 for Parents: Your children need training.
If you’re to “bring them up” – raise them to be mature adults and disciples of Jesus – it’s not enough to nurture and love on your children. They must be trained, instructed, and admonished.
But how do you do that in a way that doesn’t provoke them to constant anger? Love them in their main love language. Discipline in their secondary love languages.
For parents, home is a place to live out our discipleship of Jesus as we become more like Him!
Principle #7 for Children: Learn obedience at home.
Your obedience to your parents is a part of your discipleship to Jesus. As you learn to obey your parents, God is softening you to His own instruction. And as your obedience muscle grows, it will help you thrive in your walk with Christ.
Principle #8 for Children: Choose to give honor.
We grow out of the command to obey our parents as we become adults, but we never out-grow the command to honor them.
In love, Christ honored us when we didn’t deserve it. Now He calls us to honor one another.
For children, home is a place to live out our discipleship of Jesus as we become more like Him!
Takeaway:
Your relationship with God changes all your other relationships.
For Believers, work and home are the places we live out our discipleship of Jesus as we become more like Him! Because our relationship with God changes all our other relationships.
Benediction
Scripture: Ephesians 4:1, 5:1-2 ESV
Ephesians 4, 5 ESV and Audio
Unity in the Body of Christ
4 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
Walk in Love
5 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
PASTOR TO PEOPLE
This week is Summer Blast! We have 331 children registered and over 150 volunteers serving throughout the week. Together we’re looking forward to having great fun while we learn how to shine Jesus’ light and God’s love for each one of His children and to the world around us!
Would you join me in praying for Summer Blast this week? Here are some things you can keep in mind:
- Pray that our amazing volunteer team would find joy in serving our children throughout the week.
- Pray that our team would reflect the light and love of Jesus in all we say and do.
- Pray that the hearts of the children who will be attending would be receptive to the Gospel and open to hearing from God.
- Pray for safety for all those involved.
- Pray that children and families would come to know Jesus.
Let’s pray that many kids discover they are loved, more than they know!
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