Instructions For Christian Households
ALL IN | WEEK 7
OCT 9, 2022
SCOTT BORMAN
18 Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
21 Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. 25 Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism.
1 Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Colossians 3:18-4:1
1. INSTRUCTIONS TO MARRIED COUPLES
• Wives place yourself under the leadership of your husband
Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Colossians 3:18
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:22
• Husbands are to love their wives
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
Colossians 3:19
Husbands love their wives…
• Unconditionally
Love never ends…
1 Corinthians 13:8
• Sacrificially
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Ephesians 5:25
• Purposefully
26 That He might sanctify and cleanse her(us) with the washing of the water by the word, 27 that He might present her(us) to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she(we) should be holy and without blemish.
Ephesians 5:26-27
• Passionately
So, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies.
Ephesians 5:28
2. INSTRUCTIONS TO CHILDREN
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
Colossians 3:20
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: 3 “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.” 4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:1-4
• Principle of morality
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Ephesians 6:1
• Precept of scripture
“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise…
Ephesians 6:2
• Protection
So that it may go well with you…
Ephesians 6:3
• Prerequisite for a long life
…and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.
Ephesians 6:3
3. INSTRUCTIONS TO PARENTS
Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4
4. INSTRUCTIONS TO EMPLOYEES
22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. 25 Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism.
Colossians 3:22-25
5. INSTRUCTIONS TO EMPLOYERS
Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Colossians 4:1
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