I) Serving Your Parents

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II) Serving Your Children:

“The Art of Christian Service” Ephesians 6:1-10

December 10, 2017

“More than any other single way the grace of humility is worked into our lives through the discipline of service. Nothing disciplines the inordinate desires of the flesh like service, and nothing transforms the desires of the flesh like serving in hiddenness. The flesh whines against service but screams against hidden service. It strains and pulls for honor and recognition.”

(vs.4)

A) Serving your children means that discipline must be a positive thing. “Don’t keep scolding and nagging your children causing them to be angry and resentful.” L.B. B) Serving your children means that discipline must be an instructive thing.

III) Serving Your Employers:

(vs.5-8)

Richard Foster

I) Serving Your Parents:

(vs.1-3)

A) Serving your parents is a lesson taught throughout the Bible.

A) Serving your employer is to be done with similar sincerity with which we serve Christ. B) Service is a God thing. Jesus humbled Himself and became a Servant.

IV) Serving Those You Supervise. Proverbs 23:22 Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Proverbs 30:17 The eye that mocks his father, and scorns obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley will pick it out, and the young eagles will eat it. B) Serving your parents is a lifelong service.

(vs.9)

A) There is a way for a Christian supervisor to behave. B) We must all give an account to God.