Christlike Submission 2:18-23 - PowerPoint Presentation

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Christlike Submission

2:18-23Slide3

Theme

Christian Living in a Hostile WorldSlide4

1 Peter

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Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjustSlide5

Grudem

a word stronger than ‘servant’ but weaker than ’slave’ is needed — something meaning ‘semi-permanent employee without legal or economic freedom’…no comparable institution exists in modern Western societySlide6

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Century Slavery

A Separate Social Class

Primary Work Force

Not Race-Based

Both Skilled & Unskilled

Owned Property & Follow Traditions

Paths to FreedomSlide7

Scott

Bartchy

Most persons in slavery were treated well; they had been born in the house of their owner and they had been trained to perform important domestic, industrial, business, or public tasksSlide8

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Corinthians 4:10-13

We are fools for Christ's sake…To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and buffeted and homeless, and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things

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Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men….Slide10

1 Peter 2:19-20

For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.Slide11

Romans 12:19-21

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, "

Vengeance is mine, I will repay

, says the Lord." To the contrary, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head." Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with goodSlide12

Philippians 2:14-15

Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you

shine as lights in the worldSlide13

1 John 2:15-17

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world…Slide14

1 John 2:15-17

…And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. Slide15

1 Peter

2:21-23

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justlySlide16

John 15:18-20

"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his

master…Slide17

John 15:18-20

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.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.Slide18

Matthew 26:66-68

What is your judgment?" They answered, "He deserves death." Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him, saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who is it that struck you?"Slide19

Matthew 27:12-14

But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?" But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed. Slide20

Matthew 27:28-31

And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the

head…Slide21

Matthew 27:28-31

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And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him. Slide22

Matthew 27:39-44

And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross." So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself.

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Matthew 27:39-44

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He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way. Slide24

Swindoll

Our

world bombards us with messages that urge us to stand up for our personal rights. We are quick to defend ourselves when we feel somebody steps on our toes, crosses the line, ignores boundaries, or intrudes on our personal

domain…Slide25

Swindoll

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We can find a lawyer’s phone number quicker than we can a passage of Scripture calling us to endure hardship. Stop and think! When did you last take it on the chin for the cause of Christ

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Swindoll

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When did you last surrender your rights for the deliberate purpose of following Christ’s example? How rare that is, especially in our fight-back, get-even culture!