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Mark A. Copeland 2. There are certainly temporal benefits for such obedience (“that it may be well with you...”) 3. But there are also spiritual repercussions - cf. Co 3:20 (“for this is well pleasing to the Lord”) 4. And by their example, children can show the value of obedience to the commands of God B. THE DUTY OF FATHERS... (4) 1. Fathers are charged both negatively and positively.. a. DON’T provoke children to wrath (i.e., discipline without love) b. DO bring them up in the “training and admonition” of the Lord (i.e., discipline tempered with love) 2. In the world, people usually fall into two extremes of child-raising: a. Discipline without love (child abuse) b. Love without discipline (permissiveness) 3. But when fathers properly administer both love and discipline, by example they show how God raises His own children in the family of God - cf. He 12:5-11 C. THE DUTY OF SERVANTS... (5-8) 1. In the First Century A.D., servants were an intricate part of many households, which may explain Paul including instructions to them and masters in this and parallel passages - cf. Co 3:18-4:1 2. Christians who were servants were expected to exemplify the proper kind of obedience required of all Christians... a. Obedience with fear and trembling - cf. Ph 2:10 b. Obedience in sincerity of heart, as to Christ Himself c. Obedience with good will, as to the Lord d. Obedience with an understanding that the Lord is an impartial Judge 3. In this way even slaves could demonstrate by example what true obedience was according to the Will of God D. THE DUTY OF MASTERS... (9) 1. Those Christians who had slaves (like Philemon) were charged to treat their servants in very special ways: a. “do the same things to them”, i.e., their treatment of slaves should be governed by the same sort of principles given to the servants... 1) “with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ” 2) “not with eyeservice...but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart” 3) “with good will...as to the Lord, and not to men” 4) “knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord...” b. In particular, Christian slave-owners were to give up threatening and to remember that God shows no respect of persons 2. By their example, masters could demonstrate the proper exercise of authority, and reveal much about how our Master in heaven rules over us in the kingdom of God! Sermons From Ephesians 56
Mark A. Copeland CONCLUSION 1. How we conduct ourselves in our marriage and family relationships can greatly effect our efforts to make known “the manifold wisdom of God”... a. Marriages and families that are “dysfunctional” serve only to belie the claims we make about the gospel and its power to transform lives b. Whereas marriages and families based upon the teachings of God’s Word can speak volumes as to the value of principles inherent in the gospel; such principles as: 1) Submitting to God and others in authority 2) Exercising authority with sacrificial love 3) Obeying those placed over us by God 4) Developing others through training and admonition, not intimidation 5) Rendering service that is sincere, not hypocritical 6) Exercising authority with justice and fairness 2. So as we endeavor to “walk worthy of the calling” that we have in Christ, let’s not overlook those areas where it is most imperative to have a “worthy walk”: in our marriages and families! Sermons From Ephesians 57
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