Call to Do What?

Sermon Outline:

Introduction

• Not Advocating Slavery
• Not About Us - Review
• “Servants” & “Bondservants” (v. 18; Ephesians 6:5)
• “Good and Gentle” vs. “Harsh” - Conducting our Lives Honorably in a Bad Situation (v. 18)

I. The Exhortation (vs. 18)

• “Servants, be submissive to Your Masters with all Fear” (v. 18a)
  • “With all Fear” (Matthew 10:28; Hebrews 13:6; Ephesians 6:5-7; Colossians 3:22)

II. The Explanation (vs. 19-20)

• “Conscience Toward God (v. 19) = “With All Fear” (v. 18a) (Romans 13:1; 1 Peter 2:15, 12)
• Not as “Men-Pleasers (Colossians 3:22; Matthew 6:16)
• Overcome Evil with Good (Romans 12:1; 5:10; Matthew 5:43-48; Romans 12:17-21; Hebrews 12:12-15)

Conclusion/Application

• We Can only be Submissive to our Employers, especially the Harsh Ones, by the Grace of God, Looking to Him in All Ways for Wisdom