Bond Servants and Masters | Ephesians 6:5-9

[0:00] Hallelujah. Thank you for tuning in to this powerful message by David Entry at Karis Phase 2.! Our Christ-centered youth services. You can never find Christ outside of the open word of God.

[0:13] May Jesus Christ reveal himself to you as you listen. Ephesians chapter 6 verse 1. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

[0:24] Honor thy father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise, that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and the admonition of the Lord.

[0:43] Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ.

[0:58] Not with eye service, as man pleases, but as the servants of Christ. Doing the will of God from the heart.

[1:10] With good will, doing service as unto the Lord and not to men.

[1:22] Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall receive of the Lord, whether he be good, he be bond or free.

[1:36] And ye masters do the same, do the same thing unto them, forbearing threatening. Knowing that your master also is in heaven, neither is there respect of persons.

[1:52] With him, here ends the reading of God's word. Father, thank you for the privilege to hear your word once again. We pray that pour grace into our vessels and let the heavens be open to receive us as your precious vessels prepared for great work on this earth.

[2:14] Pour grace upon our lives. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to you.

[2:44] In Jesus' name. Amen. So we saw how the scripture enjoins children to obey the appearance in the Lord.

[2:56] For this is right. Honor your father and mother that it may be well, which is the first commandment with a promise, that it may be well with you. And you may live long on the earth.

[3:11] Then verse 4 says that, and you fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath. Don't provoke your children.

[3:22] Don't trigger them into what will bring their destiny into disrepute. Don't trigger them into what will bring their destiny into the future. Some fathers are... It's interesting, you didn't say mothers. Some fathers are so...

[3:37] Have caused so much harm and damage to the future of their children. How you turn out in life has a lot to do with who your father also is.

[3:52] Okay. Or... Okay. The rule a father plays in your life. Pastor Soto, so some of us who don't have our fathers with us, what do we do?

[4:03] No, no. That is not... It's not about that. Always God will give you an opportunity for a father figure. And sometimes if you... For instance, when I... As I said... Just now I said that the rule a father plays in your life.

[4:15] Did you realize that if your father has not been in your life, he's already provoked you? Wait to feel... Where is he? Sometimes you hear the rule of a father and your heart is broken because your father has not been responsible.

[4:29] Because fathers are supposed to help their children get into destiny. Rebecca was the one who carried her children in her womb.

[4:40] And God gave her the revelation about the future of the children. God gave Rebecca the revelation. The Bible says that she was pregnant and the children were struggling in her womb.

[4:51] So she went to God and inquired. She prayed. And God said, two nations are in your womb. And he says that God said that the older one will save the younger.

[5:01] No, that's not the order. That's not the order. The order is the younger always saves the older. The older is higher. That's the order. The right of primogeniture.

[5:14] Primogeniture. Then in the womb before they were born, God said the younger will rule over the older one. So Rebecca knew that the younger child, whoever comes second, is going to be the bona fide heir of the blessing of Abraham that was upon Isaac.

[5:34] The mother knew it. The mother knew it. But the father loved the older son because he used to give him venison. Games.

[5:47] He used to go and hunt for them. The father had an exotic taste. For veal. For veal. Had an exotic taste.

[5:59] For wild meat. And his bush meat. And his son, older son, who knew how to get it. So when it was now time to pass on the covenantal Abrahamic blessing, naturally, he should go to the first son.

[6:21] So he called his first son and he said, go and hunt me. Go and take your bow. Go and hunt and catch bush meat. And prepare me something such as I, not you like.

[6:37] Stop determining what he should like. Such as I like. Take your weapons, your quiver, and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.

[6:57] Verse 4. And make me savory food such as I love. And bring it to me that I may eat. There are certain things that are a provocation of the oil.

[7:16] Activated something. So he said, bring me such as I like that I will eat and bless you. Not I bless you. That my soul. Say my soul. My soul. So that one he said, I'm going to issue blessing, but it's going to come deep from inside me.

[7:30] And the mother heard it. The mother said, ah, ah. The older shall save the younger. Daddy. The mother who had the revelation didn't have what it did to bless.

[7:43] That's what I'm trying. She had the revelation, but she can't pass on the blessing. It's the father. Father. Father has provoked not your children to run. There are many fathers who God would really judge for they have troubled their children.

[7:58] You abandoned your child. And your child grew up with anger and pain and bitterness in their hearts. And they become angry in life. You caused it, father.

[8:10] Caused it. Don't say I hate my father. Don't say it. Leave him. God himself will punish him. Don't fight your dad.

[8:22] He wasn't there. He wasn't there for me. He doesn't. I don't like my. Please. Don't take vengeance. God's vengeance is mine. Your job is to honor him.

[8:37] God's job is to punish him. Don't switch. Don't switch the rules. It's a funny situation. Because God gave himself.

[8:49] And you fathers. Provoke not. Usually when your dad sets a high standard. When you are looking for a man to marry. The standard is high.

[9:00] Because you don't see cheap men. Yeah. But those of you who are planning on getting married. You men. Be determined.

[9:11] That you will not provoke your children to. I think my man. Be determined. Just in case your father provoked you. And you are a man here. Start thinking about yourself.

[9:23] Because you are not very different from your dad. Outside of Christ. You are likely to repeat your father's mistakes. So start.

[9:34] Be aware of it. And notice that. Remember that. It's likely to be. What do you call it? A defect. Not that he wasn't there being a defect.

[9:48] But you not being there. It's likely to be your problem. You are likely also not to be there. So leave him alone. And start thinking about yourself. Because he has set you up.

[10:00] To also continue his. In his tracks. Is that what I get to know? Also. A woman. You don't have a problem.

[10:13] If you have a problem with your dad. You are likely to have a problem with your husband. So some of you girls. I hate my dad. I hate my. Most people who say.

[10:23] I hate my dad. They end up saying. Oh men are trash. If you have good relationship with your dad.

[10:35] You struggle to say men are trash. You want to say men. You can't say. Because. The man. The important man in your life. Is so glorious.

[10:45] It's honorable. The best. Or the worst you can say. Oh father. The best you can go is. Boyfriends can be trash. Because when your dad is very present in your life.

[10:59] As a woman. Boyfriends don't take stronghold. No. Boys can't come and. Suddenly take over your territory. Because they come. They came to meet a man.

[11:10] Your heart is. There's a man. Part of your heart. Is that right? Why are you sitting so close together? There's a man. As part of your heart. You understand what I'm saying? I mean let's be uncomfortable with that.

[11:25] He said. Take care of the flock. So you. Actually. You don't just preach people. You also look out for them. In church. Some people shouldn't sit next to.

[11:36] Because you can't say. Say to somebody. Because. They will turn on the other side. Yeah. They will turn the other. Don't get me. Keep listening to what I'm saying.

[11:49] Yeah. When. A father is present in a woman's life. It's difficult for a boyfriend to take. Complete charge. You see.

[12:00] It's different. There are people who grew up with their fathers. But their father is not present. And there are others. Who may. Didn't even grow up with their natural father. But. There were.

[12:11] A strong male presence. Uncle was there. Uncle showed us love. Some communities. Their uncles are dangerous. That's why some communities are bad. Have been destroyed.

[12:22] It will take their gospel. To mend it. The hope of any community is their church. So fathers. I'm touching on.

[12:32] I've been touching on a lot of sensitive stuff here. Some people are very angry. But I thank God for the scriptures.

[12:45] Do you know there's a secret? Every one of us here has a defect. Yours might be family issues. Somebody's home might be academic issues.

[12:58] Another person's home might be appetite. Appetite. Food. Issues. People have different, different things. Some people look very formidable.

[13:09] Some people even basic discipline to wake up early. Has become your biggest. Your family. Nobody knows who wakes up early. Some people. Some people. Their setback is arrogance. When you correct them.

[13:23] That is such a nice person. But I can't stand correction. His father was there. His mother was there. Everybody there. The same family. But arrogant. I met a certain lady. She said.

[13:36] Our family. Recently I was thinking. I realized our family. We struggle to forgive. My father has bitterness against her own sisters. He said.

[13:47] He said. She told me. I confronted my dad. And I told my dad. You know we have a problem. You have to learn how to let go. They will be smiling with you. But they still have something against you.

[13:57] He said. It's our family. You know. So. Don't think you are the only one with a problem. Everybody has some issue. So we all come to Jesus. Because some of us come with long hair.

[14:11] Others come with short hair. Others also come with colored hair. And others come with no hair. Some come with long legs. Others come with short legs.

[14:22] We all have something that. How many of you here can tell me. You looked at yourself in a mirror. And you know. You are so perfect. Everything about you is perfect.

[14:34] So stop. Downgrading yourself. Because you've seen someone better. Somebody's family story seems okay. You are better than them.

[14:46] In another sense. Their family is the best. But mathematically. They are all rubbish. There's no community that is perfect.

[15:02] There's no family that is perfect. There's no body that is perfect. That's why we all need Christ. But I'm addressing one of the areas of imperfections of humanity.

[15:14] Do you understand what I'm saying? So if I'm touching on family issues like the role of fathers. Don't think you are less. Because you didn't have that kind of father. So nobody has the best.

[15:27] The best is always in Christ. But the subject we are dealing with is. The provocation of a father. That can end up.

[15:38] Troupling the future of a child. Now. When your father. Or your parental situation. Makes you dishonored parents.

[15:50] Do you know who suffered? You. But sometimes you didn't start it. That's why I say fathers. Provoke not your children to wrath. Don't provoke them.

[16:01] Fathers who were never there. When it's time for wedding. Especially the African fathers. I don't understand them.

[16:15] Those who are not. Have never been present in the life of their child. And sometimes the mothers feel. Where were you? When we are suffering to raise this child. Now something has come out of.

[16:27] Of him. Or of her. So now you are coming to flex. That you are the father. And sometimes. They are not even ashamed. Some of you ask I'm speaking. You understand what I'm talking about. You understand exactly what I'm.

[16:38] Some of the fathers have been very. Wicked. And this all boils down to. Lack of. Discipline. And pursuit of sex. Most of them.

[16:49] Sex. Another woman can take you away from your children. And you will turn against your children. Because you hate their mother. Life is a bit more complicated.

[17:01] Than you know. The older you grow. The more you understand. Okay. When you marry. You understand why your father used to talk like this. Yeah.

[17:15] When you marry. You understand why. Every time your mother. Every morning. She was angry. You don't understand a lot of things. When people are saying.

[17:25] Hey. They are part of a church. And they are part of leadership. And they are always talking against it. You. When you start past you. You will see. Oh. As you grow. You will find out that. What you are saying is true.

[17:36] But the other things are also true. Like me. I can. I will never fail one exam. I will never fail exam. Okay. It's true.

[17:47] There is no point. In failing exam. But as you grow. You will find out that. Some other things are true. Praise God. So it says. Fathers. Provoke not your children.

[17:59] That's already on that. Let's go. This is talking to.

[18:10] Church brothers. Bring your children up. When does it bring them up? In the nature. In the admonition.

[18:21] That word admonition. You know. Nature first. Help them to understand. The way God works. And the way. The place of God's work. And then admonition. Also called instructions.

[18:33] To admonish people. Means you have to also give them instructions. Teaching with instructions. Let's change the version. And let's say. Okay. Fathers. Do not exasperate your children. Is that bring them up.

[18:45] In the training. And instruction. Of the Lord. So as you raise your children. It is like. The Lord is raising them to you. So Deuteronomy chapter 6.

[18:56] Verse 6 and 7. God give. The Israelites instruction. He said. These ways. He says that. And these ways. Which I command you today. Shall be where? Where is the word of God supposed to be?

[19:09] Yours. These ways. That I command you today. Shall be in your hearts. Is that all? The next verse. Look at it. He said. You shall teach them. Diligently. To your children.

[19:20] And you shall talk of them. When you sit in your house. When you walk by the way. When you lie down. When you rise up. It should be the major topic. You sit down.

[19:31] To eat. You are talking about. The instructions of the Lord. When you are walking. You are talking. When you lie down. You are talking. He said. That's how you should. That's how. That's what it means. To bring them up.

[19:41] In the admonition of the Lord. By using the word of God. To instruct them. And helping them. To appreciate. What God said. Years ago. I was listening to a preacher. An American preacher.

[19:53] A very big American preacher. And he said something. He said. When. My. Son.

[20:05] Disrespects. The mother. I disciplined him. I said. Hey. You can't do that. That's why. Why. He said. Number one. Because.

[20:16] The word of God says. You should honor. But number two. That's my wife. And he said. Another preacher.

[20:27] Also said. When. I tell my children. To do something. Based on God's word. He said. Daddy. Why should I do it? I don't explain. I said. Because. God's word. Said it. There's a difference.

[20:38] Between. Trying to explain. Why people should do things. And trying to say. For instance. He said. That's what the law says. The law says. Don't put. Your. Waste.

[20:50] In somebody's bin. Fly tipping. Whether. You didn't have a place to throw. Or whatever. He said. That's the law.

[21:01] Don't. Don't tell me. But what should I do? The law said. Don't do it. Yeah. It's the law. See. So. The Lord. Also says. Obey your parents.

[21:13] Don't ask. Okay. God. Explain it. He won't explain it. We have. Watch this. That's what it means to be a Christian. You. Take God's word. You are. The way you understand it. When. As it says.

[21:24] Once you understand what he's saying. The instructions. You obey. Even if you don't understand. The reason why you should do it. When the Bible says. Give. You don't have. That's. You don't. You don't have to. Know.

[21:35] What. Okay. If I do. What to get it. What we like. You don't have to know that. You. All you have to know. Is it. It said. Give. But sometimes. The Bible will explain all that. Other ones. That's fine. But.

[21:46] Where there's. When you are asked. Jump. In the army. You don't ask. Why? You ask. How high? And these things make a huge difference for people.

[21:58] So when you are training your children. Since. Almost all of you are going to be mothers and fathers. Amen. Some of you. Say amen. Amen. Because the kind of person you are.

[22:11] And the way you love Jesus. Can you imagine if you become a father. Wow. You will save a whole generation. Amen. If you become a mother. Can you imagine you being a mother.

[22:22] Raising your children in the Lord. It will be beautiful. Don't deprive them. Of a godly mother. Show your world. How a godly mother looks like.

[22:34] God is preparing you. To show the world. How a godly father looks like. Amen. Say amen. Amen. So it said. Bring them.

[22:44] Instead. Bring them up. In the. Training. And the admonition. Of the Lord. Instructions. Of the Lord. Raise children with instructions.

[22:56] To guide us. Do this. You don't do this way. No. You can't go here. You can't go here. Sometimes. You know. I was telling a story of. The mother told Johnny. Johnny. Don't. Don't. Don't be playing there.

[23:08] Johnny. And Johnny was still. Playing with his kids there. The man said. Johnny. Second time. I've told you. Don't play there. It's dangerous to play around the water. Johnny.

[23:19] Johnny was still. After. 10 minutes. Still. Playing there. Mom said. Johnny. Did I not tell you. Don't play there. Get out of there. I said. Mommy. I know.

[23:30] I'll be careful. I said. I don't want you to be careful. I want you to be obedient. Just be obedient. Stop being careful. Just be obedient.

[23:42] What's God telling you to do? Break up with that boy. Why are you telling God? God. We won't do it. We won't do what?

[23:55] Just break up. What part of break up. Is it the up or the break? He said.

[24:05] Break up. Simple instruction. Don't ask. What if. He doesn't get anyone to love. What is that? Just break up.

[24:22] Delete the pornography apps. The tabs. You understand it? The tabs.

[24:35] Delete. Close the tabs. Exit. Yeah. Exit the tabs.

[24:46] Exit. Oh. I've paid a lot. To register. The subscription is. 100 pounds per month. You are going on a holiday.

[25:00] With your boyfriend. And you are telling me. We have booked it. Long time ago. You are not born again. Now you are born again. You have booked. You paid. 1,002.

[25:10] 1,002. So 1,002 in your life. In God. Which one is more. Overlap. I paid a lot. I paid a lot. I paid. Okay. I want to talk to the travel agents.

[25:22] If they carry. If they don't. What would you do? Will you still go. And share bathroom with somebody. Foolish girl.

[25:35] You are. Read my lips. Foolish girl. With a big uppercase F. So if you okay. Maybe this is just my last trip. Hey.

[25:46] The last one is the trouble one. That's the one of the trouble. Because there will always be a last one. Those who are in drag. There's the last one that took them to prison. Those who are murdered.

[25:59] There was a last fight. That God had murdered. They've been fighting. But those ones. They said stop. He said I will stop you one day. So he went to do the last one.

[26:12] Many people who have been pregnant. It was the last one. It's the last one. It wasn't it the last one you did that made you masturbate?

[26:26] Amen. So he said raise them in the admonition. In the training admonition of the Lord. Let's move on.

[26:36] This was for Father's Conference. Then he goes on to born servants. Some translation says slaves. Other translation. The Kijib says servants.

[26:48] Servants. Be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh. This is interesting. Most of them were slaves. Why is it that slavery?

[27:01] We have grown up. You have grown up frowning on slavery. Why? Because of the same reason. There was the impact of Christianity. The impact of Christianity is what even comes out with philosophy like animal rights.

[27:15] Because the Bible says that a godly man, a righteous man, a good man even cares about the life of his animal. Where I grew up, the northern part of Ghana, they eat dogs.

[27:33] A righteous man regards the life of his animal. That's why we have dogs are treated well in this country.

[27:45] Horses. If you don't take care of the horse and the horse dies, you can be arrested. Yeah. You can be imprisoned. For abusing an animal. In other places.

[27:57] And it's not illegal. You see what Christianity can do? Because of the impact of Christianity in the West. It has changed how we even treat animals.

[28:10] Let alone human beings. So it is the influence and the impact of Christianity that has made certain values known.

[28:21] And now people, you with that norm that has transferred to you from biblical understanding. You are coming to question the scripture. The scripture is telling stories of real human beings who live with their own systems of oppression.

[28:38] Within that, God goes there and changes lives. Because Colossians chapter 3 verse 11 said there is neither slave nor Jew nor barbarian nor Scythian nor female nor male.

[28:51] We are all one in Christ. So that is the order when it comes to church. And you have to be careful. The fact that you are sitting on the same pew with your chief executive doesn't mean at work you can be talking to me anyhow.

[29:03] So we are brothers in church. But when you go back out, there is a certain order you have to maintain. And he didn't speak to the masters first.

[29:14] He spoke to the slaves first. The servants first. Read your Bible. He said, servants or slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh.

[29:26] They are not your masters in the spirit. But according to the flesh, you don't sleep in church. You go back home. You can't say, now I am a Christian.

[29:37] I go to church and my chief executive is also a Christian. So I won't serve. He has to still pay me. He is not bigger than me. No, no, no. We are all the same in the sight of God as Christians.

[29:47] But at work, we are not the same. One is an employer and the other one is an employee. And so if you think you and your boss are the same, he can sack you. So people don't get it wrong.

[30:01] Social relationships, the church has to teach it. So Paul begins to tell them that servants, be obedient to your masters according to the flesh.

[30:11] The person was your master before he came. Not that you are a brother to the person or you are all one in Christ. It doesn't mean that they cease being masters at work.

[30:22] Christians should be the nicest people to employ because of their attitude towards their employers.

[30:35] They don't come in at nine and sign in for eight. They don't steal pens from their office.

[30:50] Notebooks. Yeah, you have five company notebooks at home. And you are using it at church. That's what Satan does.

[31:03] Trying to shift your mind on things that are non-existent. Things that are not relevant. So the pastor is preaching. Your mind is fixed on, so he said you can't have two women. That's all you are thinking about.

[31:16] Servants, obey your masters according to the church. And that's not the first place he said it. All right, let's go to Titus. Titus chapter 2, verse 9 and 10. He said it in Titus. Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters and to please them well in things.

[31:31] Not answering again. And I was challenging them, talking back to your boss. Some of you, the reason why you can't keep a job is because of your stinking attitude. Say it. You don't respect.

[31:44] I don't understand people who work in a place. Government organizations like the social services and council workers and those stuff. Some of them can be working for 35 years in the same place.

[31:59] But don't you see most of them don't get promotion. Don't get promotion. And they are the ones who disrespect their managers. They're always challenging. And they have, they take side with people who are fighting managers.

[32:12] They team away, they will fight this manager. They can't sack you because I've been here for long. I was here before that manager came. But look, you have never gone for it. Don't be silly enough to team up.

[32:26] I like justice. Team up with someone who can promote you. Promotion comes with benefits. When you are at work, the one who can promote you, treat them differently.

[32:40] Treat them with respect. Your boss says, no, we are not going. We are staying to do extra. Others are complaining. You know it's not nice. You wish you could go. But that's it.

[32:51] The boss has said it. Before I complain. Boss, what do you say? If you say it, okay. When they are ready to lay people off, those who complain, they are the first to go. Redundancy.

[33:02] They will be first to go. You can't be a Christian. And when it's redundancy, you are the first to go. He said, learn how to be obedient to your employers, your masters.

[33:15] You are not a slave, but you are an employer. You are a student. And you are always attacking and speaking against your lecturer. You will fail.

[33:28] Yeah. Look at the next verse. Verse 10. Not by learning. What is the meaning of that? Give us a new living translation.

[33:40] That's a Christian. Show yourself to be entirely trustworthy. And this is what he's teaching.

[33:52] When he says, obey those who have ruled for you, for your masters. Show yourself to be entirely trustworthy. Then they will make their teaching about God our Savior attractive in every way.

[34:04] Your character at work, at school, at uni, is a testament to the quality of your Christian life.

[34:17] Your mother might be complaining about the way you go to church, but she can't deny that she likes your life now. She likes the way you have changed. You are not doing the dishes so well.

[34:31] Your room is always clean. Because you have a pastor who is teaching you the word of God. Colossians chapter 3 verse 22 and chapter 4 verse 1.

[34:45] Colossians. Is someone learning something? Colossians 3 verse 22. Let's go. Did you see that according to the flesh there?

[34:59] In all things. That's your master. Where you are, where he's master over you, obey him in all things. That all things, you understand what it means. When you say come at nine, you have to be there for nine.

[35:14] Not with high service, as men pleases, but in singleness of heart, fearing God. We're going to pick the same statement. It's in Ephesians. So let me not comment in Ephesians.

[35:27] Chapter 4, Colossians 4.1. Let's go. Master, give it unto your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that ye also have a master in heaven.

[35:39] So there's always master servant. There's also an admonition for the masters, which we'll come to in the moment. First Timothy chapter 6 verse 1. Let's go.

[35:52] Let's go.

[36:22] Let's go. I will not follow you to church. Yeah. So there are little things that we do outside of church that is a testament to the quality of your Christian life.

[36:39] So relationships between husband and wife, between children and parents, and parents and their children.

[36:49] Then he moves on to master and servants first and the master. And let's go. Let's go. Let me finish on that. Servants, obey.

[37:01] Be obedient to them which, them that are your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling. What does that mean?

[37:12] In singleness of heart, ask unto the Lord. The way you carry out your work or conduct yourself at work is a reflection of who you really are in the Lord.

[37:27] So he said, with fear. Turn the translation.

[37:38] Let's see. Let's go to New King James and then we go to, okay, you're going to New America or New King James. First, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling.

[37:50] The same sincerity of heart. Let's go to the NASB. With fear and trembling. All right. Is it Sergio?

[38:03] With fear and trembling. Now let's go to the funny ones. New, oh no, Amplify is not funny. With respect.

[38:14] Go back to Amplify. Go back to Amplify. Amplify it. With respect for authority and with a sincere heart. You see. So with fear and trembling, respect.

[38:27] You know that this is an authority figure. That treats him like an authority figure. Fear there means respect. I just make sure I honor them. My boss says that today I just feel like he can't say, oh, get out of here.

[38:43] You can't do that. You can't do that. The fact that you are a church brother and sister doesn't mean you can talk to him in here. You must do it with, recognize their position in your life.

[38:54] Outside of church. Outside of the religious circles. Did you understand that? So when he says, those who are over you in their flesh. Remember, he said in their flesh.

[39:06] Obey them. With fear. Recognize their position. And handle it as such. Then he says that in singleness of heart. That's the stronger one. And I'll end on that.

[39:17] Do you know what singleness of heart means? We read the other translation. Sincerity. When you say, hello, sir. You mean, hello, sir. You are not saying, hello, sir. You say, stupid man. Like, you are saying it in your heart.

[39:30] So you are saying one thing. Your heart is different. And a Christian shouldn't be like that. Pastor, we love you. Liar, we know you. You don't mean it.

[39:46] Singleness of heart is, don't be fake about it. Then so he uses it. He said, not as men pleases. With only eye service. In Colossians chapter 3, verse 22.

[39:57] He said, eye service. What you are doing is just on a surface. But you are very fake. He says that, obey on all things according to their flesh. Not with eye service as men pleases.

[40:09] So it's just an eye service. No woman who like, who endorse that. When you tell her, I love you, but you are lying. If she finds out that you are lying, she'll kill you.

[40:27] That's one of the things. A woman wants you to be honest to her. Women value singleness of heart. Men, also human beings, men value singleness of heart.

[40:42] When you say, I am there for you, you mean it. So don't, when you are relating with people who are in authority over you, don't do it as men pleases or eye service.

[40:55] Do it with sincerity. Do it with singleness. That is just fundamentally Christian. You get what I'm talking about? That's what the Bible is saying.

[41:07] With singleness of heart. Fearing God. Let's go back, Aficio. I'm done.

[41:19] Sincerity of heart. Ask to Christ. What does the next verse say? Not with eye service. As men pleases. But as bones, watch this, of Christ.

[41:33] Doing the will of God from the heart. So you know, what I'm doing is God's will. So let me do it from the heart. That's what it's about. Seven.

[41:46] With good will, doing service. Ask to the Lord and not ask to men. But doing the service as to the Lord. So you see, you've gone past the one you are working with.

[41:57] Now it's your service to God. Your service to God is not only in church. It's also at home. It's also at work. And also in school or at uni.

[42:11] Service to God. That's when you have become a true Christian. Living a pure Christian life. When your Christianity is not only church restricted.

[42:22] It goes beyond church. Eight. Knowing that whatever good anyone does, you'll receive the same from the Lord, whether he's a slave or free.

[42:36] God will react to you when you do that. Did you see that? So don't just do it thinking that, well, it's boring. Do it knowing that God will react. God will reward you. This is all in the scripture.

[42:49] And because we don't teach these things, people are in church and are living reckless lives. Verse nine. Then he goes to the masters. Do the same thing to them.

[43:01] Giving up threatening. Knowing that your own master also is in heaven. And there is no partiality with him. God will also judge you. So those of you who are seniors at work, at school, in different places, be careful the way you treat people.

[43:16] Because God is also your boss. He's watching you. I rest my kiss. Thank you for choosing to listen to this message by David Entry.

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[43:43] Be blessed.