WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:07.440 You may be seated, kids, you now may be excused to your King's Kids class, and if you would, 00:00:07.540 --> 00:00:10.560 please open up your Bibles to Colossians chapter 3. 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:15.080 I'm going to read 3.22 through 4.1. 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:21.179 We've come to the end of this section in Colossians that's called kind of the household code or 00:00:21.179 --> 00:00:27.519 the household rules, and we've seen Paul time and again instructing on these sets of relationships, 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:33.939 wives and husbands, children and parents, and now bond slaves and their masters. 00:00:36.060 --> 00:00:37.320 Hear God's Word. 00:00:41.740 --> 00:00:49.879 Bond servants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye service 00:00:49.879 --> 00:00:54.320 as people pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 00:00:54.320 --> 00:01:05.840 Lord, whatever you do, work heartily as for the Lord and not for men. 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:12.500 Knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward, you are serving 00:01:12.500 --> 00:01:14.859 the Lord Christ. 00:01:15.859 --> 00:01:20.680 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality. 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:28.700 Masters, treat your bond servants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a master 00:01:28.700 --> 00:01:30.280 in heaven. 00:01:31.900 --> 00:01:34.640 May God bless the reading of his Word. 00:01:37.820 --> 00:01:39.260 Name that tune. 00:01:41.240 --> 00:01:42.020 Name that movie. 00:01:42.019 --> 00:01:44.159 Snow White. 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:44.719 Hi-ho! 00:01:45.500 --> 00:01:46.280 Hi-ho! 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:48.399 It's? 00:01:50.579 --> 00:01:51.500 Name that movie. 00:01:52.319 --> 00:01:55.359 Snow White, 1937 Disney classic. 00:01:56.399 --> 00:01:58.239 We got a bunch of happy dwarves going to work. 00:02:00.219 --> 00:02:07.879 And then later on, in the same movie, we have an interesting situation with Snow White. 00:02:08.019 --> 00:02:10.280 She's confronted with this cluttered house. 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:11.819 Oh, no, what is she going to do? 00:02:12.780 --> 00:02:13.919 She needs to clean it up. 00:02:13.979 --> 00:02:15.039 How is she going to clean it up? 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:19.259 She's going to whistle while she works. 00:02:21.939 --> 00:02:23.259 Whistle while you work. 00:02:27.580 --> 00:02:33.520 And she enlists these creatures from the forest to help her clean her house. 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:36.439 Could you imagine Snow White working for you? 00:02:36.539 --> 00:02:37.520 That would be great. 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:40.560 Man, she would make a great employee, wouldn't she? 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:47.120 But brothers and sisters, here I am right now to tell you we can do far better than whistle 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:48.340 while we work. 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:52.500 Because Jesus is the controlling center of our lives. 00:02:53.860 --> 00:02:57.160 We worship while we work. 00:02:58.540 --> 00:02:59.820 Christian, who do you work for? 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:01.260 You work for Jesus. 00:03:01.259 --> 00:03:05.519 We work for Jesus. 00:03:05.519 --> 00:03:13.039 Now, if you are a Christian, also known as a saint, a holy one. 00:03:13.799 --> 00:03:16.979 If you're a saint, you know what? 00:03:17.620 --> 00:03:22.699 You're going to have to work like the majority of the 8.1 billion people on the planet. 00:03:23.739 --> 00:03:24.819 We've got to work. 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:26.199 We've got to work to make a living. 00:03:26.739 --> 00:03:28.139 God has given us good things. 00:03:28.299 --> 00:03:31.579 If you want a 30-second theology of work, here it is. 00:03:31.979 --> 00:03:33.099 God created work. 00:03:33.239 --> 00:03:34.219 It is good. 00:03:34.659 --> 00:03:36.019 Sin distorts work. 00:03:36.119 --> 00:03:37.319 Now it can be a toil. 00:03:37.699 --> 00:03:41.299 But Christ redeems our work so that now we can take joy in working for Him. 00:03:41.639 --> 00:03:45.639 And then at the final consummation, when we're all in glory together, 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:50.879 we get to work some more for the glory of His name. 00:03:52.739 --> 00:03:55.939 Brothers and sisters, we don't get a pass when it comes to work. 00:03:56.359 --> 00:03:59.759 Rather, we are to work a certain way and for a certain who. 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:02.439 We are to work for Jesus. 00:04:02.579 --> 00:04:04.959 So if you're a subordinate worker in the room, 00:04:05.119 --> 00:04:08.479 or if you're a supervisor in the room at work, 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:13.500 we are to work for the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:04:13.500 --> 00:04:17.420 Christ, we can do far better than whistle while you work. 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:20.920 We get to worship while you work. 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:22.720 This section that we're in right now, 00:04:22.819 --> 00:04:26.060 Paul has addressed wives and husbands. 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:29.879 With Christ as their controlling centers, 00:04:30.259 --> 00:04:32.100 wives are to submit to their husbands. 00:04:32.259 --> 00:04:34.079 Husbands are to lead their wives. 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:35.980 And it's to be good. 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:38.339 Children are to obey their parents. 00:04:38.620 --> 00:04:41.420 Parents, dads, you are to lead your children. 00:04:41.420 --> 00:04:41.500 Children are to lead their children. 00:04:41.900 --> 00:04:43.020 And it is good. 00:04:43.020 --> 00:04:47.640 And here we are talking about bond servants and masters. 00:04:48.460 --> 00:04:50.319 Does anybody have slaves in the house? 00:04:51.540 --> 00:04:52.080 No. 00:04:53.939 --> 00:04:55.640 Does anybody feel enslaved? 00:04:55.960 --> 00:04:58.100 Well, don't answer that one. 00:04:58.400 --> 00:04:59.720 Don't want you to answer that one. 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:09.660 Now, if you're interested in the New Testament, 00:05:09.660 --> 00:05:11.280 when it talks about slavery, 00:05:11.520 --> 00:05:13.080 what is meant by slavery, 00:05:13.640 --> 00:05:19.580 and how that differs from the chattel slavery of Africans in our country, 00:05:19.660 --> 00:05:21.020 that's a blight on our history. 00:05:22.060 --> 00:05:23.720 If you want to know the difference between that. 00:05:23.820 --> 00:05:26.040 Or you're wondering as you're reading through this, 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:31.480 why doesn't Paul just tell these masters to let their slaves free? 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:35.500 I want you to grab this article. 00:05:35.900 --> 00:05:37.900 Does the New Testament support slavery? 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:42.439 It is on the Connect desk in the vestibule on your way out. 00:05:42.860 --> 00:05:44.720 But here's how I'm going to proceed this morning. 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:51.100 Given that this particular relationship is having to do with work, 00:05:51.700 --> 00:05:55.460 I'm going to move forward applying this passage 00:05:55.460 --> 00:05:58.820 to those who are in a subordinate role of work 00:05:58.820 --> 00:06:02.300 and those who are in a supervising role at work. 00:06:03.660 --> 00:06:07.500 And I think we're going to capture the intent of what God is saying. 00:06:08.760 --> 00:06:09.760 Brothers and sisters, 00:06:10.220 --> 00:06:12.680 whether you're a subordinate or a supervisor, 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:14.340 you work for the Lord Jesus. 00:06:14.339 --> 00:06:16.659 And so here is how we're going to proceed. 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:19.339 Brothers and sisters, 00:06:19.339 --> 00:06:20.219 you need a reminder. 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:24.159 We are saints who work. 00:06:25.239 --> 00:06:26.839 And then I want to help you think, 00:06:26.979 --> 00:06:29.579 how does a saint who is a subordinate work? 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:30.459 That's two. 00:06:30.719 --> 00:06:31.919 And then number three is, 00:06:32.259 --> 00:06:35.039 how does a saint who is a supervisor work? 00:06:37.099 --> 00:06:39.039 Whether you're a subordinate or a supervisor, 00:06:39.239 --> 00:06:41.519 if Christ is the controlling center of your life, 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:45.639 you are a saint and you work for Jesus, 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:48.299 changes the way you work. 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:52.000 We are saints who work. 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:57.339 You've probably noticed I've been using the word saint a lot. 00:06:57.339 --> 00:07:01.659 If you flip back in Colossians 1, 00:07:02.459 --> 00:07:03.199 verse 2, 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:06.859 Paul is writing these Christians in Colossae, 00:07:06.979 --> 00:07:07.639 this church, 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:09.399 and he says in verse 2, 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:15.139 to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae. 00:07:15.719 --> 00:07:18.819 Saint is just a word that means holy one. 00:07:18.819 --> 00:07:20.540 And if you look at 312, 00:07:20.659 --> 00:07:22.500 do you remember when I preached this weeks ago? 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:23.079 We are told, 00:07:23.339 --> 00:07:25.180 put on then as God's chosen ones, 00:07:25.599 --> 00:07:27.000 holy and beloved, 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:31.439 beloved saints chosen by God's grace. 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:35.159 Do you know who's going to work tomorrow? 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:35.719 Raise your hand. 00:07:37.139 --> 00:07:38.699 Man, you walk into work. 00:07:39.019 --> 00:07:40.740 Do you know who's walking into work? 00:07:42.459 --> 00:07:44.399 A saint of the living God. 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:47.979 A beloved saint. 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:53.239 There are such a variety of occupations represented in this room. 00:07:54.479 --> 00:07:57.139 And every one of us who've been flipped by the grace of God, 00:07:57.259 --> 00:08:00.560 we enter our workplaces as holy ones, 00:08:00.699 --> 00:08:01.779 as saints. 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:04.779 So let me just kind of unpack that for you, 00:08:04.819 --> 00:08:05.659 just to convince you, 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:06.959 remind you of who you are. 00:08:07.739 --> 00:08:09.899 Remember chapter 1, verse 13, 00:08:10.060 --> 00:08:12.139 we have been delivered from the domain of darkness 00:08:12.139 --> 00:08:14.519 and transferred into the kingdom of the beloved son. 00:08:15.419 --> 00:08:17.939 You're a saint because you've got a new king 00:08:17.939 --> 00:08:18.740 and a new kingdom. 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:23.579 And Jesus has become the controlling center of your life. 00:08:24.219 --> 00:08:25.479 He's no ordinary king. 00:08:26.159 --> 00:08:28.659 In 115, he is the firstborn of creation. 00:08:29.099 --> 00:08:30.339 The king of creation. 00:08:30.719 --> 00:08:33.580 And in 118, he is the firstborn from the dead. 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:35.519 He's the king of the new creation. 00:08:35.659 --> 00:08:37.720 Do you know what kind of kingdom we're a part of? 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:40.299 We're part of a new creation kingdom. 00:08:40.299 --> 00:08:44.579 And you're a new creation in that kingdom, brother, sister. 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:45.299 You're a saint. 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:47.699 You got flipped by Jesus. 00:08:47.859 --> 00:08:51.059 You've been repoed by Jesus Christ. 00:08:52.219 --> 00:08:54.539 And you've also been given a new ID, 00:08:54.839 --> 00:08:55.819 a new identification. 00:08:56.219 --> 00:08:57.319 It's a holy ID. 00:08:59.959 --> 00:09:02.519 In 2.20, we read this. 00:09:02.859 --> 00:09:06.679 If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world. 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:10.079 And then 3.1, we read, if you've been raised with Christ. 00:09:10.839 --> 00:09:14.379 If you've died with Christ, if you've been raised with Christ, 00:09:14.439 --> 00:09:17.799 means you've been united with Christ in his death and resurrection. 00:09:18.699 --> 00:09:19.819 You're a new creation. 00:09:20.239 --> 00:09:20.879 The old is gone. 00:09:20.939 --> 00:09:21.539 The new has come. 00:09:22.859 --> 00:09:23.639 Changes everything. 00:09:24.319 --> 00:09:26.639 We're talking about your union with Christ. 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:30.479 And because you've been united with Christ in his death and resurrection, 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:35.059 you're dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. 00:09:35.059 --> 00:09:36.079 It changes everything. 00:09:37.219 --> 00:09:41.359 You're a saint who's walking into your workplace tomorrow, brother, sister. 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:43.639 We're not done. 00:09:43.819 --> 00:09:44.779 It changes your aim. 00:09:45.219 --> 00:09:47.059 3.1, we're to seek the things that are above, 00:09:47.139 --> 00:09:48.859 where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:52.239 Jesus is reigning on high over all things. 00:09:52.839 --> 00:09:54.219 Ephesians 1.22 says, 00:09:54.379 --> 00:09:55.879 all things have been put under his feet. 00:09:55.979 --> 00:09:58.439 So when you go into your workplace and you're thinking, 00:09:58.559 --> 00:09:59.559 everything's a mess here, 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:02.759 Jesus is reigning over it all. 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:05.659 Even your CEO. 00:10:07.979 --> 00:10:09.579 All things are under his feet. 00:10:11.019 --> 00:10:13.579 And we work for him. 00:10:14.439 --> 00:10:17.159 He is our greatest aim. 00:10:17.899 --> 00:10:21.159 He's the one in whom we're looking to please above all else. 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:24.600 And we're on a new time frame. 00:10:24.740 --> 00:10:25.659 Church, what time is it? 00:10:26.699 --> 00:10:27.719 It's Christ time. 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:30.740 We live in between the first coming and the second coming of Jesus. 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:33.579 And when he comes back, he's going to judge it all, even you. 00:10:34.019 --> 00:10:35.120 So you know what that means? 00:10:35.179 --> 00:10:36.059 You walk into work, 00:10:36.299 --> 00:10:37.939 and you might think I'm on company time, 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:39.439 and you are on company time, 00:10:39.539 --> 00:10:40.899 but you're also on Christ time. 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:43.620 And it matters to him. 00:10:44.699 --> 00:10:45.839 Your aim is Christ, 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:50.040 and you will one day give an account for your work life. 00:10:52.680 --> 00:10:54.840 We're on Christ time. 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:57.860 We live in light of the eternity 00:10:57.860 --> 00:11:04.019 that Christ has rescued us for in our daily working. 00:11:06.280 --> 00:11:07.960 But you also have new work wear. 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:11.519 We have new wardrobe. 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:15.960 Before you put on your work outfit tomorrow morning, 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:19.399 you've got to put on your Christ wear. 00:11:19.980 --> 00:11:23.620 You've got to put off the grave clothes of the old self 00:11:23.620 --> 00:11:27.319 that used to live under the dominion of darkness. 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:31.480 And you're to put on as chosen, 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:33.740 God's chosen, holy, and beloved, 00:11:34.939 --> 00:11:37.759 things like compassionate hearts, 00:11:39.259 --> 00:11:40.860 meekness, kindness, humility, 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:42.120 patience. 00:11:43.259 --> 00:11:44.879 You put that on first, 00:11:44.980 --> 00:11:48.379 and then you put your work outfit on over that. 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:52.039 So you walk into your workplace tomorrow, 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:54.100 and you've got Christ wear on 00:11:54.100 --> 00:11:56.659 underneath your business attire. 00:11:59.879 --> 00:12:02.860 It's Christ likeness 00:12:02.860 --> 00:12:04.779 that we're aiming at, 00:12:04.860 --> 00:12:05.620 that we're living for. 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:12.440 Hey, who's walking into the workplace tomorrow? 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:14.919 A saint! 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:19.840 I went to high school outside of Chicago, 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:22.960 and I grew up in a suburb called St. Charles, 00:12:23.259 --> 00:12:26.960 and our mascot, well, they were the fighting saints. 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:31.519 And on our football team, 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:35.700 I don't think there were any kind of biblical saints. 00:12:35.700 --> 00:12:42.500 But do you know what our school song was? 00:12:44.300 --> 00:12:47.800 Oh, when the saints come marching in, 00:12:48.660 --> 00:12:50.820 oh, when the saints come marching in, 00:12:51.160 --> 00:12:53.140 tomorrow morning, 00:12:53.300 --> 00:12:56.800 when you walk into your workplace, 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:59.839 you can be singing this song. 00:13:01.099 --> 00:13:02.939 Oh, when this saint 00:13:02.939 --> 00:13:05.719 comes walking in 00:13:05.719 --> 00:13:06.719 to this workplace, 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:09.919 oh, when this saint comes walking in, 00:13:10.479 --> 00:13:13.199 I'm going to work 00:13:13.199 --> 00:13:16.899 for King Jesus. 00:13:18.259 --> 00:13:22.620 Oh, when this saint comes walking in, 00:13:22.620 --> 00:13:26.700 do you know who's walking into work tomorrow, brother? 00:13:28.340 --> 00:13:29.639 A holy one of God. 00:13:30.980 --> 00:13:31.940 That's who you are. 00:13:32.060 --> 00:13:32.759 Don't forget it. 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:33.899 Remember who you are. 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:37.100 You've got a new kingdom, 00:13:37.299 --> 00:13:38.060 a new ID, 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:39.340 a new aim, 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:40.740 a new time frame. 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:41.980 You've got a new wardrobe, 00:13:42.360 --> 00:13:44.000 and that's who's walking in 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:45.840 because Jesus is the controlling center 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:46.759 of your life. 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:48.120 When you go to work tomorrow, 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:50.620 you can worship him 00:13:50.620 --> 00:13:52.039 while you work. 00:13:52.620 --> 00:14:01.379 That's who you are. 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:06.220 We are saints who work. 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:10.799 It's the intersection of two kingdoms 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:12.060 in the workplace. 00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:15.320 Now, if you are a saint 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:17.899 and you're a subordinate, 00:14:19.220 --> 00:14:19.680 point two, 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:23.279 how do you go about your work 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:25.839 as a subordinate for Jesus? 00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:29.699 And we see this in chapter 3, 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:31.159 verses 22 through 25. 00:14:31.739 --> 00:14:32.239 Now, remember, 00:14:32.359 --> 00:14:34.739 Paul is originally addressing bond slaves, 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:37.579 and I'm going to apply 00:14:37.579 --> 00:14:39.299 what Paul instructs here 00:14:39.299 --> 00:14:41.500 to work subordinates, 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:44.559 and you are a work subordinate 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:48.199 if you report to someone above you. 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:51.979 If someone has a responsibility 00:14:51.979 --> 00:14:53.479 and authority over you 00:14:53.479 --> 00:14:55.059 in terms of your work performance, 00:14:55.179 --> 00:14:56.079 then you are a subordinate. 00:14:57.359 --> 00:14:59.299 You might be a supervisor too, 00:14:59.439 --> 00:15:00.879 but you are a subordinate. 00:15:03.819 --> 00:15:04.919 In this passage, 00:15:05.059 --> 00:15:06.939 in 322 through 25, 00:15:06.939 --> 00:15:10.379 when Paul addresses subordinates, 00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:13.620 we see a what, 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:14.720 a how, 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:16.620 and a why. 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:18.039 The what. 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:19.580 Verse 22, 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:22.320 we read this. 00:15:24.419 --> 00:15:25.139 Bond servants, 00:15:25.939 --> 00:15:26.820 obey in everything 00:15:26.820 --> 00:15:28.799 those who are your earthly masters. 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:31.320 The what is obey. 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:34.320 If you are work subordinate, 00:15:35.180 --> 00:15:36.400 you are to obey 00:15:36.400 --> 00:15:37.320 your work supervisor. 00:15:38.740 --> 00:15:40.260 It's the same word used 00:15:40.260 --> 00:15:43.060 earlier in verse 20 00:15:43.060 --> 00:15:44.140 when talking about children, 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:45.020 obey your parents. 00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:45.680 It's the same word. 00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:46.600 It's the same exhortation. 00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:47.980 Obey. 00:15:51.180 --> 00:15:53.260 Obey in everything 00:15:53.260 --> 00:15:55.660 your earthly masters, 00:15:55.820 --> 00:15:57.320 your earthly supervisors. 00:15:57.320 --> 00:15:58.320 Obey in everything. 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:04.580 It's like God is addressing you, 00:16:05.160 --> 00:16:05.700 brother, sister, 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:07.280 in a subordinate role. 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:09.120 He's addressing you 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:09.560 and saying, 00:16:09.800 --> 00:16:11.440 here's how I want you 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:12.360 to live for me 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:14.060 in your workplace. 00:16:14.660 --> 00:16:15.840 I want you to be known 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:16.700 for your obedience 00:16:16.700 --> 00:16:18.520 to your supervisors. 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:20.480 I want you to be known for that. 00:16:22.940 --> 00:16:24.560 Now, when you read the words 00:16:24.560 --> 00:16:25.740 in everything, 00:16:26.800 --> 00:16:27.980 maybe you start getting 00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.660 a little nervous. 00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:32.019 Well, there's two qualifications 00:16:32.019 --> 00:16:32.559 with this. 00:16:33.819 --> 00:16:34.699 If you're a subordinate, 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:35.659 you are to obey 00:16:35.659 --> 00:16:36.500 your supervisor 00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:37.339 in everything 00:16:37.339 --> 00:16:38.480 with two qualifications. 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.819 First one is this. 00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:41.659 You are to obey them 00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:42.059 in everything 00:16:42.059 --> 00:16:43.299 insofar as what they are 00:16:43.299 --> 00:16:44.959 requiring of you 00:16:44.959 --> 00:16:46.779 pleases the Lord. 00:16:47.819 --> 00:16:48.899 So if your supervisor 00:16:48.899 --> 00:16:50.179 is asking you to lie, 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:50.980 you need to say, 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:52.120 sorry, boss, 00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:52.720 I can't do that 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:53.579 for the glory of Jesus. 00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:56.000 If your supervisor 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:56.620 is asking you 00:16:56.620 --> 00:16:57.600 to look the other way 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:58.399 because there's something 00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:58.980 going on 00:16:58.980 --> 00:17:00.200 that he doesn't want to be 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:00.779 or she doesn't want 00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:01.759 to be held accountable for, 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:03.960 you can't go along 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:04.539 with that. 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:08.579 If you are being told 00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:09.880 to treat someone 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:11.799 in a way that is grievous 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.640 in God's sight, 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:13.660 you can't do that. 00:17:14.620 --> 00:17:15.519 If you're told 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:17.240 to kind of make 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:18.799 some numbers change, 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:21.539 you can't do that. 00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:25.759 because you are working 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.440 for Jesus 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:28.139 in your workplace. 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:31.359 And so you are to obey 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:32.480 your boss in everything 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:33.659 insofar as it pleases 00:17:33.659 --> 00:17:34.200 the Lord. 00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:35.019 Secondly, 00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:36.259 you are to obey 00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:37.819 your supervisor 00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:38.779 in everything 00:17:38.779 --> 00:17:40.200 so long as it pertains 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:40.940 to work. 00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:44.559 So if your supervisor 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:46.480 is insisting 00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:47.740 that you take 00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:49.420 her marriage advice, 00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:51.820 you don't have to 00:17:51.820 --> 00:17:53.820 because she's 00:17:53.820 --> 00:17:55.259 out of her lane. 00:17:56.820 --> 00:17:57.560 She doesn't have 00:17:57.560 --> 00:17:58.420 authority over you 00:17:58.420 --> 00:17:58.779 for that. 00:17:58.900 --> 00:17:59.480 She doesn't have 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:00.600 responsibility for you 00:18:00.600 --> 00:18:00.980 in that. 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:04.440 If your supervisor 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:05.160 is telling you 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:05.800 how to invest 00:18:05.800 --> 00:18:06.320 your money, 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:07.759 you can take 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:09.580 that with a grain of salt 00:18:09.580 --> 00:18:10.539 but you don't need 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:11.100 to do that. 00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:12.900 You don't need 00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:13.720 to obey them in that. 00:18:13.800 --> 00:18:14.300 They don't have 00:18:14.300 --> 00:18:15.320 responsibility for you 00:18:15.320 --> 00:18:15.680 in that. 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:18.400 So insofar 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:20.720 as it's pleasing 00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:21.480 to the Lord 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.420 and it pertains 00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:23.180 to work, 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:25.299 you are to obey 00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:26.560 your supervisors 00:18:26.560 --> 00:18:27.140 and everything 00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:27.960 and you are to 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:28.700 obey them 00:18:28.700 --> 00:18:29.860 quickly 00:18:29.860 --> 00:18:30.640 and you are to 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:31.700 obey them well 00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:32.880 and you are to do it 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:34.019 with all of your heart 00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:36.080 which brings me 00:18:36.080 --> 00:18:36.779 to not just 00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.380 the what 00:18:37.380 --> 00:18:38.320 of obeying 00:18:38.320 --> 00:18:39.380 but the how 00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:40.519 we are to obey. 00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:42.840 And we see this 00:18:42.840 --> 00:18:44.279 in verses 22, 00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:45.819 all the way 00:18:45.819 --> 00:18:47.180 down into 24 00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:48.539 but what 00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.839 the apostle Paul 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:50.460 does here 00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:51.180 is he sets up 00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:51.980 a really interesting 00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:52.700 contrast. 00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:55.200 He wants us 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:55.700 to obey 00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:56.639 our supervisors 00:18:56.639 --> 00:18:57.579 but he goes 00:18:57.579 --> 00:18:57.940 in to say 00:18:57.940 --> 00:18:58.460 don't obey 00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.119 them this way, 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:01.420 obey them 00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:01.859 this way. 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.740 Look at the passage. 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:06.920 On servants 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:07.599 obey in everything 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:08.200 those who are 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:09.099 your earthly masters 00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:11.379 not by way 00:19:11.379 --> 00:19:12.539 of eye service 00:19:12.539 --> 00:19:14.240 as people 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:14.899 pleasers 00:19:14.899 --> 00:19:16.720 how not 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:17.720 to obey them. 00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.319 But here's how 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:20.220 you obey them 00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:21.159 but with sincerity 00:19:21.159 --> 00:19:21.619 of heart 00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:22.339 fearing the Lord 00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:22.899 whatever you do 00:19:22.899 --> 00:19:23.559 work heartily 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:24.359 as for the Lord 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:25.839 and not for men. 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:28.579 So how are we 00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.240 to obey 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:30.139 our supervisors? 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:31.319 Well in everything 00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:34.659 as to the Lord. 00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:39.259 this idea 00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.060 of eye service 00:19:40.060 --> 00:19:41.040 as people pleasers 00:19:41.040 --> 00:19:41.960 means you're 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.800 more concerned 00:19:42.800 --> 00:19:44.019 with what 00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:45.200 your earthly 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:45.779 supervisor 00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.480 thinks 00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:47.019 than what 00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:48.220 your eternal 00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:49.360 king thinks 00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:51.940 and that you're 00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.400 willing 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:54.019 to do 00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:54.980 eye service. 00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:57.000 It's this 00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:58.880 extrinsic 00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.480 outside 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.320 kind of 00:20:00.320 --> 00:20:00.960 motivation 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:01.900 that you're 00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:02.700 doing something 00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:04.319 like for your boss. 00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:05.860 Classic example 00:20:05.860 --> 00:20:06.580 it's summertime 00:20:06.580 --> 00:20:07.900 if there are 00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:08.880 people who work 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:10.380 for the 00:20:10.380 --> 00:20:11.480 Wisconsin Department 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.059 of Transportation 00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:12.779 this is nothing 00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:13.620 against you 00:20:13.620 --> 00:20:14.840 but let's say 00:20:14.840 --> 00:20:15.299 you're driving 00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:15.900 on the highway 00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:16.680 there's a work 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.279 crew working 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:17.700 and you're 00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.480 at a crawl 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.400 and you're 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:20.019 watching these 00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:21.360 guys lollygagging 00:20:21.360 --> 00:20:21.980 you know 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.900 talking it up 00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:23.759 leaning on 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.500 their shovels 00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.059 and then you 00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:25.519 watch their 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:25.920 supervisor 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.480 shows up 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:28.420 and then 00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:29.279 shovel starts 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.620 flying. 00:20:29.619 --> 00:20:32.519 That is 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.779 eye service 00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:35.039 people pleasing. 00:20:36.679 --> 00:20:37.639 They start 00:20:37.639 --> 00:20:38.500 working because 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.379 they see 00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:40.239 and want to 00:20:40.239 --> 00:20:41.139 impress a 00:20:41.139 --> 00:20:41.799 human being 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:43.699 but 00:20:43.699 --> 00:20:45.319 contrast 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.259 this 00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:47.659 eye service 00:20:47.659 --> 00:20:49.000 people pleasers 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.819 with this 00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.639 internal 00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.579 sincerity of 00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.079 heart 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:54.059 fearing the 00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:54.359 Lord. 00:20:56.399 --> 00:20:57.259 Whatever you do 00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:58.079 work heartily 00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:58.659 internally 00:20:58.659 --> 00:20:59.819 as for the 00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:00.119 Lord. 00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.679 Not for 00:21:02.679 --> 00:21:02.839 men. 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:04.919 This is 00:21:04.919 --> 00:21:05.379 intrinsic 00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:06.460 motivation. 00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:08.059 This is 00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.480 you work 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.019 hard and 00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.539 you work 00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:09.919 well 00:21:09.919 --> 00:21:10.720 for 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.599 anybody 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.339 because 00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.240 you serve 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.599 the Lord 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:14.099 in this. 00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:18.059 The best 00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.859 workers 00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:19.879 in town 00:21:19.879 --> 00:21:21.339 should be 00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:22.240 followers 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.919 of Jesus. 00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.259 Sincerity 00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:27.640 of heart. 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:31.319 We do 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:31.799 things with 00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.299 excellence. 00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:32.799 We do 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.859 things well 00:21:33.859 --> 00:21:34.680 and we 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:35.299 follow through 00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:35.660 on it. 00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.319 We work 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:37.160 hard. 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.940 The object 00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.500 of course 00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:40.900 is 00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:42.299 Jesus. 00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.440 We're 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:43.839 working for 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.039 Him. 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.440 Aimed at 00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:46.680 Him. 00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.319 Now you 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:48.720 tell me 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:50.819 who would 00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.359 you want 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:51.980 working for 00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.259 you? 00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:54.619 I 00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:54.940 service 00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.259 people 00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:55.579 pleaser? 00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.299 I 00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:58.099 work 00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.440 or 00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:59.900 working 00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:00.680 heartily for 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.220 the Lord. 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:03.079 Come on. 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.279 That's the 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:07.480 how. 00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.400 And now 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:09.779 the why. 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:11.279 In 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.440 verses 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.099 24 and 00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:12.539 25, 00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.220 24 you 00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.879 see this 00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:14.140 word 00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.619 knowing? 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.000 That's 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.180 going to 00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:15.539 show up 00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:15.960 again in 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.859 4.1 but 00:22:16.859 --> 00:22:17.859 that word 00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:19.059 knowing is 00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.940 to tell you 00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.299 something. 00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:20.839 If you're a 00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:21.319 subordinate 00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:22.579 who is 00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.299 working in 00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.799 a place, 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.700 you need 00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.140 to know 00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:25.660 something. 00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.080 And it's 00:22:27.080 --> 00:22:27.519 going to 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.279 inform, 00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.819 motivate you 00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.580 in order to 00:22:30.580 --> 00:22:31.180 work heartily 00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.559 for the 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:31.799 Lord, 00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.180 not for 00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.400 men. 00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.360 And what 00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:33.700 is it? 00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.680 Knowing that 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.039 from the 00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.360 Lord you 00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:36.819 will receive 00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.380 the inheritance 00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:38.240 as a reward. 00:22:38.340 --> 00:22:38.600 You are 00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:39.140 serving the 00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:39.720 Lord Christ. 00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:43.519 If you 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.080 are a 00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:44.740 saint who's 00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.319 working as 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.940 a subordinate, 00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:47.220 you must 00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.299 know that 00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:49.220 your reward 00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.100 is coming 00:22:50.100 --> 00:22:50.559 from the 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.200 Lord Jesus. 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:52.519 your bonus 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.259 is not 00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:54.019 based upon 00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.600 your work 00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.120 performance. 00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:56.299 Did you see 00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.580 the word 00:22:56.580 --> 00:22:57.019 inheritance? 00:22:58.340 --> 00:22:58.620 Do you know 00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:58.860 what that's 00:22:58.860 --> 00:22:59.080 for? 00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.440 That's for 00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.259 someone who 00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.900 is a 00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.420 son or 00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:05.000 a daughter. 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.420 It's not 00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:07.960 based on 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.500 performance. 00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.100 It's based 00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:10.940 on grace. 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.360 Your reward 00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:14.180 is the 00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.680 salvation 00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.500 that will 00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:15.980 come 00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:17.039 fully 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:18.559 realized. 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:18.919 realized. 00:23:20.419 --> 00:23:20.980 That's 00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.919 knowing 00:23:21.919 --> 00:23:22.659 that 00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:23.759 is why 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.059 we work 00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.659 heartily for 00:23:24.659 --> 00:23:25.039 the Lord. 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.659 We're being 00:23:28.659 --> 00:23:29.440 aimed here. 00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:31.859 It's 00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.440 Christ the 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.899 Lord who 00:23:32.899 --> 00:23:33.919 rewards us 00:23:33.919 --> 00:23:34.599 at the 00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:34.919 judgment, 00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.460 of course. 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.679 It's a 00:23:37.679 --> 00:23:38.139 promise. 00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.359 Full 00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:41.339 and final 00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.980 salvation 00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.500 to be 00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.000 realized 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.759 and enjoyed. 00:23:44.659 --> 00:23:45.279 It's the 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.899 reward of 00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.079 our 00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.700 inheritance. 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.079 We work 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:49.359 hard because 00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:50.099 God in 00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.619 His grace 00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:51.139 has poured 00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.480 out His 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.259 grace upon 00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.379 us and 00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:54.079 will continue 00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:55.000 to all the 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.559 way through. 00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.199 But we 00:23:57.199 --> 00:23:57.679 also have 00:23:57.679 --> 00:23:58.099 something of 00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.460 a warning 00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:58.759 in verse 00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.319 25. 00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:01.779 For the 00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.199 wrongdoer 00:24:02.199 --> 00:24:02.980 will be 00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.659 paid back 00:24:03.659 --> 00:24:04.240 for the 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.720 wrong he 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.179 has done. 00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:05.759 Know that. 00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.259 There's no 00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.960 partiality. 00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:08.419 You've got to 00:24:08.419 --> 00:24:09.000 know that. 00:24:09.679 --> 00:24:10.619 And if you 00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:11.319 are a 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:12.279 worker in 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.500 the room, 00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:12.819 if you 00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.199 are a 00:24:13.199 --> 00:24:13.500 saint, 00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.539 a subordinate, 00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.419 and you 00:24:15.419 --> 00:24:16.480 are doing 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.620 what is 00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:18.200 wrong, 00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.440 and you 00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:19.900 know it, 00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.660 you're wearing 00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.539 grave clothes 00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.839 at work, 00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.759 you're 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.319 deceiving 00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:26.700 your 00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.339 supervisors, 00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:29.140 you're being 00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.700 lazy, 00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:30.839 you're not 00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.519 trustworthy, 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.000 if you're 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.680 doing these 00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:33.940 things, 00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.400 that needs 00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:35.319 to stop 00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.720 because the 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.279 Lord sees 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:37.559 it. 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.279 But there's 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.860 another reason 00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.380 why this is 00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.559 here. 00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:46.519 let's say 00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:46.940 that you 00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.440 have a 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.019 supervisor 00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:50.279 who's 00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.799 wronging 00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.139 you. 00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:54.000 Isn't it 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.319 good to 00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:54.619 know 00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:58.679 that the 00:24:58.679 --> 00:24:59.259 Lord Jesus 00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.960 will hand 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.480 out 00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.359 consequences 00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.200 to your 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.759 supervisor? 00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:06.679 No 00:25:06.679 --> 00:25:07.440 partiality. 00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.779 Doesn't mean 00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.159 you need to 00:25:10.159 --> 00:25:10.740 stay at your 00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.159 place of 00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:11.619 employment, 00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:11.679 commitment, 00:25:12.699 --> 00:25:13.119 but what it 00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:13.559 does mean 00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:13.979 is like, 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.299 okay, 00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:16.359 I don't 00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:17.879 need to 00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:18.319 take this 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.719 into my 00:25:18.719 --> 00:25:19.299 own hands 00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.859 necessarily. 00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.739 I know 00:25:20.739 --> 00:25:22.019 the Lord 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.599 is seeing 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.279 this and 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.639 He will 00:25:23.639 --> 00:25:24.219 act. 00:25:27.219 --> 00:25:27.939 Did you 00:25:27.939 --> 00:25:28.619 notice all 00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.239 the references 00:25:29.239 --> 00:25:29.699 to the 00:25:29.699 --> 00:25:29.939 Lord? 00:25:32.939 --> 00:25:33.579 Fearing the 00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:33.899 Lord, 00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.299 work 00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.919 heartily as 00:25:35.919 --> 00:25:36.379 for the 00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.699 Lord, 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.839 knowing that 00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.399 from the 00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:38.719 Lord you 00:25:38.719 --> 00:25:39.179 will receive 00:25:39.179 --> 00:25:39.719 the inheritance, 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.259 you are 00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:41.380 serving the 00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.960 Lord 00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.779 Christ. 00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.180 The 00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.700 emphasis 00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:45.700 is loud 00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:47.319 and clear 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.019 if you are 00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.559 a subordinate. 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.559 You work 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.019 for the 00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.559 Lord Jesus. 00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:50.980 Do I 00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.240 have an 00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.420 amen? 00:25:53.100 --> 00:25:53.559 Okay, 00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.000 let's do 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.180 some 00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.620 assessment. 00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.019 If you're 00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.480 a subordinate, 00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:57.839 I want to 00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.400 help you to 00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:59.420 assess 00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:00.259 yourself. 00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.819 Brother, 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.200 sister, 00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.940 what is your 00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.579 aim at 00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:05.839 work? 00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:05.899 work? 00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.899 Who are 00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.720 you working 00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.259 for? 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.879 You've got to 00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.659 remind yourself 00:26:12.659 --> 00:26:13.119 of who you 00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.539 are before 00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.000 you walk 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.339 into your 00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:14.759 place of 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.220 employment. 00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.980 Whether that's 00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.659 a work site, 00:26:16.919 --> 00:26:17.299 that's an 00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:17.980 actual building, 00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.679 whether that 00:26:18.679 --> 00:26:19.019 is some 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.240 kind of 00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.000 home office, 00:26:20.179 --> 00:26:20.639 or you're 00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.179 visiting a 00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:21.519 client, 00:26:21.699 --> 00:26:22.419 whatever you're 00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:22.699 doing, 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.279 you need to 00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:24.019 remember first 00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.539 and foremost 00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.000 that you're 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:26.379 a saint who 00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:27.079 works and 00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:28.559 your aim is 00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.039 the Lord 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.500 Jesus. 00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:31.379 You're going 00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:31.799 to work for 00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.019 Him. 00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.819 Brother, 00:26:34.919 --> 00:26:35.119 sister, 00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.439 what's your 00:26:35.439 --> 00:26:36.159 attitude like 00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:37.639 at work? 00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.119 Do you 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.779 have a 00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.559 grave clothes 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:42.919 attitude? 00:26:43.159 --> 00:26:43.839 Let me point 00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.279 you to some. 00:26:44.699 --> 00:26:45.819 Verse 8 and 00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.139 9. 00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.619 Anger, 00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.019 wrath, 00:26:48.179 --> 00:26:48.519 malice, 00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:48.859 slander, 00:26:48.979 --> 00:26:49.519 obscene talk 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.799 from your 00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.019 mouth, 00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.519 lying to 00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.899 one another. 00:26:51.179 --> 00:26:51.559 Is that 00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:51.839 what's 00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.399 characterizing 00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:52.779 you at 00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.059 work? 00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.419 That attitude 00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:57.079 is to go. 00:26:57.239 --> 00:26:57.699 That's grave 00:26:57.699 --> 00:26:58.219 clothes. 00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.139 We're to be 00:26:59.139 --> 00:27:00.039 marked by the 00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.799 312, 00:27:00.959 --> 00:27:01.399 compassionate 00:27:01.399 --> 00:27:01.779 hearts, 00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:02.179 kindness, 00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:02.619 humility, 00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.059 meekness, 00:27:03.139 --> 00:27:03.759 and patience. 00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.019 Putting on 00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.519 the love, 00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.420 verse 14. 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.079 It's 00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.720 attitude. 00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.019 That's what 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.980 you bring to 00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.759 your place 00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.539 of employment 00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:17.039 and action. 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.259 Brother and 00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.539 sister, 00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.240 are you 00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.960 working as to 00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.480 the Lord with 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.160 sincerity of 00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.339 heart? 00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.660 Are you 00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.460 working hard? 00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:24.819 Are you 00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.759 working well? 00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:26.440 Are you 00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.440 pursuing excellence? 00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.960 Or are you 00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.879 being prodded? 00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:33.540 if you are 00:27:33.540 --> 00:27:34.780 known to be 00:27:34.780 --> 00:27:35.360 a Christian 00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:36.220 at your 00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.960 workplace, 00:27:37.800 --> 00:27:40.180 but you 00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.660 show up 00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:40.960 late, 00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.480 you do 00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.260 shoddy work, 00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:42.940 and you're 00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.680 continually being 00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.220 prodded to 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.980 work harder 00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.520 and faster, 00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:48.100 something needs 00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.660 to change. 00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:51.100 These are just 00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.680 standards for 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.160 everybody. 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.820 You work for 00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.320 the Lord, 00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.100 and so what 00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:55.600 will happen 00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:56.360 is if you're 00:27:56.360 --> 00:27:56.840 saying you're 00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:57.240 a Christian, 00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.680 but you're 00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.180 living like 00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.400 that, 00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.359 it undermines 00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.000 your witness. 00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.940 And the way 00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.299 that you 00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.859 regain your 00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:05.960 witness is by 00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.680 working heartily 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.019 unto the 00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.220 Lord. 00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.980 One final 00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.740 question before 00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.359 we move on 00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:13.880 to supervisors. 00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.940 Just a 00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.660 self-reflective 00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.079 question. 00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:18.900 Subordinate, 00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:21.420 would you 00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.880 want to be 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.720 your 00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.759 supervisor? 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.140 Would you 00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:29.380 want you 00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:30.000 working for 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.400 you? 00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:30.940 You get 00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.140 it? 00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.620 And if you 00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.019 wouldn't, 00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:34.700 why not? 00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.980 We work for 00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.480 the Lord, 00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.420 intrinsically 00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.200 motivated from 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.599 the heart. 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.380 Now let's 00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:46.880 say that you're 00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:49.519 a saint who 00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:49.859 is in a 00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:51.299 supervisory role. 00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.019 We see this 00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.599 in 4.1. 00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:56.699 Now you 00:28:56.699 --> 00:28:57.059 may be 00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.779 reporting to 00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:59.779 someone above 00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:01.159 you, which 00:29:01.159 --> 00:29:01.599 makes you a 00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:03.119 subordinate, but 00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.879 you have at 00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.259 least one 00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.980 person's 00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.919 reporting to 00:29:05.919 --> 00:29:06.139 you. 00:29:07.139 --> 00:29:07.919 You have 00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:09.240 responsibility for 00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.659 the work 00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:10.319 performance of 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.959 somebody else, 00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.500 and therefore 00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:12.819 you have 00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.679 authority in 00:29:13.679 --> 00:29:15.059 order to help 00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.819 them work 00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.199 better. 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.500 Now I just 00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:19.980 want to remind 00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.359 you of the 00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:20.779 nature of 00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.159 authority. 00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.500 I've been 00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:21.820 trying to 00:29:21.820 --> 00:29:22.220 make this 00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.279 case with 00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.900 each of 00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.660 these pairings, 00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.519 with wives 00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.019 and husbands 00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.519 and children 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.140 and parents, 00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.880 and here with 00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:29.080 workers and 00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:29.660 supervisors. 00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.540 Remember, 00:29:31.040 --> 00:29:32.000 authority is 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.960 an outworking 00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:34.500 of responsibility. 00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:36.240 If you have 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.519 responsibility for 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.100 someone, God 00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:38.460 gives you 00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.040 authority to 00:29:39.040 --> 00:29:39.540 act on their 00:29:39.540 --> 00:29:39.960 behalf. 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.680 And it's 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.259 true of the 00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.840 workplace. 00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:45.019 So supervisors 00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.519 have the 00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.880 distinct 00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.680 responsibility to 00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.920 make sure that 00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.680 his or her 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.560 subordinates are 00:29:49.560 --> 00:29:50.080 doing what 00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.380 they've been 00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:51.060 hired to do. 00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:52.139 So as a 00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:53.259 supervisor, you 00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.000 have authority 00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.899 over a 00:29:54.899 --> 00:29:56.899 subordinate as 00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:57.339 far as it 00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.879 relates to 00:29:57.879 --> 00:29:58.359 their work. 00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:02.379 So if you're 00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:04.440 a saint who's 00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.679 supervising at 00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:06.179 least one 00:30:06.179 --> 00:30:07.000 subordinate, God 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.899 requires something 00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:08.240 of you. 00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.179 He's saying, 00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.220 okay, here's how 00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.819 I want you to 00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.359 do your work, 00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.940 supervisor. 00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:14.079 And just like we 00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.879 saw with 00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.559 subordinates, 00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.599 there is a 00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:18.000 what, there is a 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.899 how, and there 00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:19.559 is a why. 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.299 You ready? 00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.359 The what? 00:30:22.659 --> 00:30:23.259 4.1. 00:30:23.419 --> 00:30:24.639 Masters, treat 00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:26.139 your bond 00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:26.519 servants. 00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.339 He's not saying 00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:28.980 treat them with 00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.319 candy. 00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:32.319 That word is 00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:33.559 more like direct 00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.539 them, manage 00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.839 them. 00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:37.359 All I want to 00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:38.000 put into place 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:40.139 here is dignify 00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:40.440 them. 00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.619 You treat your 00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.339 subordinates with 00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.720 dignity. 00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:44.819 dignity. 00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.180 Because they 00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.799 are either 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:49.100 full-on image 00:30:49.100 --> 00:30:49.880 bearers or 00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.740 they're blood-bought 00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.480 image bearers. 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:54.120 Treat them with 00:30:54.120 --> 00:30:54.559 dignity. 00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.079 And the 00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:58.380 you're in this 00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:58.839 is that you 00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.539 don't own 00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.860 them. 00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.360 But you do 00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:02.960 have responsibility 00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.940 for them at 00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.200 work. 00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.740 So you want to 00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.299 take this 00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:08.180 exhortation to 00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.019 our heart. 00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.960 There is a 00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:11.160 way in which 00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.799 you as a 00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.660 supervisor treat 00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:13.700 your subordinates. 00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.300 And now let's 00:31:15.300 --> 00:31:15.680 look at the 00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.279 manner of that, 00:31:16.360 --> 00:31:16.840 the way of 00:31:16.840 --> 00:31:17.460 that, how that 00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:19.140 actually looks 00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:19.580 like. 00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.080 We see that. 00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.759 Masters, treat 00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.240 your bond 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:23.460 servants, two 00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.600 words, justly 00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:25.220 and fairly. 00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:31.640 Justly and 00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.220 fairly. 00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:35.240 That word 00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.960 justly, here's 00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.400 how you need to 00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.000 think about it. 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.300 It's biblically 00:31:39.300 --> 00:31:40.180 speaking, it's 00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:41.700 doing your 00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.500 subordinates 00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.100 right. 00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:45.299 You do them 00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.580 right. 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.860 And that 00:31:47.860 --> 00:31:48.640 starts with 00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:49.559 being very 00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.440 clear with 00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.880 them what's 00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.519 expected of 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:51.720 them. 00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.900 So if you're 00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:54.460 a supervisor 00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.480 in the room 00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.000 and you're not 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.559 using some 00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.059 kind of job 00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.539 description, 00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.640 you need to. 00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.759 To be just. 00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:02.000 To be clear. 00:32:02.860 --> 00:32:03.640 To help them 00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:03.960 know what 00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.340 they're supposed 00:32:04.340 --> 00:32:04.840 to do. 00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.160 Clear on 00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.900 what's expected. 00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.059 And make sure 00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.480 that thing's 00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:10.860 updated. 00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:13.559 And you 00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:13.860 want to be 00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.580 consistent with 00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:15.200 consequences. 00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.779 That's being 00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.180 just. 00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:19.480 You want to 00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:19.860 help them 00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:20.559 understand what's 00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.200 expected of 00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.380 them. 00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:22.000 And when they 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.860 fall short, you 00:32:22.860 --> 00:32:23.420 can reprimand 00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:23.660 them. 00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.400 And when they 00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.019 do well, you 00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.680 reward them. 00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.220 But you're 00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.600 consistent. 00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.180 And it's all 00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.860 based upon this 00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:29.980 objective realities 00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:31.140 laid out for 00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.779 them in their 00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.440 job description. 00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.400 You are to be 00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:35.440 honest and 00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.360 helpful in 00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:37.759 instructing how 00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.559 they are to do 00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.299 their jobs 00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.980 well. 00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.559 You're to be 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.619 impartial in 00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.039 all of it. 00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:43.059 Not showing 00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.519 favorites. 00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.099 You don't want 00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.899 to be accused 00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.740 if you're a 00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.839 Christian supervisor 00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:48.240 showing favor to 00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.700 a Christian 00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.259 subordinate, 00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:50.019 especially if 00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.279 they're not 00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.980 performing well. 00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:55.839 one of the 00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.480 other ways that 00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.339 we are just is 00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:58.259 making sure those 00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:59.420 who are our 00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.240 subordinates are 00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:01.680 rightly compensated 00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.740 for their time 00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.339 and labor. 00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:06.180 And we 00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.680 never, 00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:09.980 never give 00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.559 them reason to 00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.240 sin against God. 00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.579 Never. 00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.839 Justly. 00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.880 We dignify 00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.700 people that way. 00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:21.240 And then we 00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.559 treat them 00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:21.920 fairly. 00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:24.340 It's not just 00:33:24.340 --> 00:33:25.900 doing one of 00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.640 your subordinates 00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:26.960 right. 00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.480 It's doing all 00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:29.340 of your subordinates 00:33:29.340 --> 00:33:29.600 right. 00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:32.279 It's equity. 00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.460 It's fairness 00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:34.500 across the board. 00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:37.039 That you're 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:39.100 consistent in 00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:40.580 your treatment of 00:33:40.580 --> 00:33:41.240 all the 00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:42.039 subordinates that 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.740 you're responsible 00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.160 for. 00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:44.819 No partiality. 00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:46.319 No favoritism. 00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:46.860 No 00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:50.100 I think what 00:33:50.100 --> 00:33:50.799 Paul is getting 00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.680 at here is 00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:54.180 what's shown up 00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.799 in this household 00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.240 code. 00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.380 It shows up 00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:57.019 between wives 00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.460 and husbands. 00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:58.539 He says to 00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:58.880 husbands, 00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.460 don't be harsh 00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.100 with your wives. 00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.140 And then he 00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:01.900 says to fathers, 00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:02.759 hey, don't 00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.600 discourage your 00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:03.860 children. 00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.620 I think what's 00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:07.200 getting at here 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.980 with just and 00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.780 fair is 00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:10.500 excluding harsh 00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:12.199 treatment of 00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:13.139 your subordinates. 00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:16.299 If you're being 00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:17.440 harsh and 00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.460 unpredictable, 00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.359 do you know 00:34:19.359 --> 00:34:20.079 what it does? 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:23.319 It destabilizes 00:34:23.319 --> 00:34:23.759 the work 00:34:23.759 --> 00:34:24.239 environment. 00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.559 But if you're 00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.440 being just 00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:28.279 and fair, 00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:31.279 it stabilizes 00:34:31.279 --> 00:34:32.179 your work 00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.719 environment. 00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:36.219 All for Jesus. 00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:40.299 Now why? 00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:41.019 We've seen the 00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.259 what? 00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.639 Treat them with 00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:42.980 dignity. 00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.099 The how? 00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:45.179 Justly and 00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.480 fairly. 00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.799 Now the why. 00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:48.819 Again, it's 00:34:48.819 --> 00:34:49.299 queued up with 00:34:49.299 --> 00:34:49.599 the word 00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:49.980 knowing. 00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.539 Knowing that 00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.460 you also have 00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.339 a master in 00:34:53.339 --> 00:34:53.599 heaven. 00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.759 If you're a 00:34:57.759 --> 00:34:58.400 supervisor in 00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:58.719 the room, 00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.519 you don't get 00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:00.960 to do whatever 00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.639 you want with 00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.339 your subordinates 00:35:02.339 --> 00:35:04.500 because you have 00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.940 a heavenly 00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.879 supervisor that 00:35:05.879 --> 00:35:06.420 you're accountable 00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:06.699 to. 00:35:08.259 --> 00:35:09.059 He'll hold you 00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.440 accountable. 00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:12.320 by the way 00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.679 you treat 00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.519 your subordinates. 00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.599 You work for 00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.079 the Lord, 00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.740 supervisor. 00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.380 You work for 00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.619 him. 00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.820 And if he's 00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.320 the controlling 00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:21.200 center of your 00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:21.659 life, 00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:23.539 it will show up 00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.019 in the way 00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.860 that you treat 00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.960 those you're 00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.900 responsible for 00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.800 in the workplace. 00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.840 So let's do 00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.700 some self-assessment, 00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.300 supervisor. 00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.420 You go into 00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:34.059 work tomorrow. 00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:36.279 what is your 00:35:36.279 --> 00:35:36.759 aim? 00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:39.420 Who are you 00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.019 working for? 00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:40.739 Who are you 00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:41.639 supervising for? 00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.880 Not for the 00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.559 eyes of man. 00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:47.519 Not to impress 00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.599 your subordinates, 00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:50.519 but for the 00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.039 Lord Jesus. 00:35:51.759 --> 00:35:52.279 What kind of 00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:53.820 attitude are you 00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.860 to bring as a 00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.320 supervisor? 00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.179 Are you to be 00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:58.019 unjust, 00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:58.900 unfair, 00:35:59.299 --> 00:35:59.880 unpredictable, 00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:00.719 and harsh? 00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:03.639 That does not 00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:05.259 line up with 00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:06.000 the Christ wear 00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.439 that you were 00:36:06.439 --> 00:36:06.879 to be putting 00:36:06.879 --> 00:36:07.559 on that morning. 00:36:09.299 --> 00:36:09.859 No. 00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:11.599 We are to live 00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.839 out Christ's 00:36:12.839 --> 00:36:13.379 likeness. 00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:14.119 That doesn't 00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.659 mean you're a 00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.259 pushover. 00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.319 That means you 00:36:17.319 --> 00:36:19.239 are just and 00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:21.459 fair to all 00:36:21.459 --> 00:36:21.819 of your 00:36:21.819 --> 00:36:22.739 subordinates. 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.799 What kind of 00:36:24.799 --> 00:36:25.219 action? 00:36:25.339 --> 00:36:26.099 It's that just 00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.819 and fairness, 00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.779 consistent and 00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:28.239 clear. 00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:30.919 you do all 00:36:30.919 --> 00:36:31.179 of your 00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:31.679 subordinates 00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.019 right. 00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:36.459 Because you're 00:36:36.459 --> 00:36:37.019 worshiping while 00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.399 you work. 00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.539 Now, if you 00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.039 are a 00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:43.000 supervisor and 00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.659 people know 00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:44.919 you as a 00:36:44.919 --> 00:36:45.979 Christian and 00:36:45.979 --> 00:36:46.679 you are being 00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.459 unjust and 00:36:47.459 --> 00:36:48.059 unfair, you're 00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.759 being harsh, 00:36:48.979 --> 00:36:51.199 impatient, you 00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.579 might get 00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:54.179 results, but 00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:54.459 are you 00:36:54.459 --> 00:36:55.279 pleasing Jesus? 00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.119 And the answer 00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.699 is no, you're 00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.019 not. 00:36:58.239 --> 00:36:59.539 That needs to 00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:00.579 change for the 00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.219 glory of Jesus. 00:37:02.879 --> 00:37:03.579 So, supervisor, 00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.039 here's the 00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:05.439 question for you. 00:37:07.459 --> 00:37:08.139 Would you 00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:08.719 want to be your 00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.199 subordinate? 00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:11.899 Would you 00:37:11.899 --> 00:37:12.279 want to be 00:37:12.279 --> 00:37:12.879 reporting to 00:37:12.879 --> 00:37:13.239 you? 00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:19.379 Whether you 00:37:19.379 --> 00:37:19.699 are a 00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:20.219 subordinate 00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:23.139 or supervisor 00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:25.319 or both, 00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:25.460 work life? 00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.480 If you're a 00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:29.640 saint, you 00:37:29.640 --> 00:37:30.200 work for 00:37:30.200 --> 00:37:30.780 Jesus. 00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:34.140 Your work 00:37:34.140 --> 00:37:36.440 life is to 00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:38.220 magnify Christ, 00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:39.900 to telescope 00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:41.200 him so that 00:37:41.200 --> 00:37:42.059 other people can 00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:43.059 see how wonderful 00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.760 he is. 00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:45.140 It shows up in 00:37:45.140 --> 00:37:45.480 the way you 00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:46.960 work, how you 00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:48.180 interact with 00:37:48.180 --> 00:37:49.620 fellow workmates, 00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:53.460 to work in a 00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:55.279 manner worthy 00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:56.980 of the Lord. 00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.619 I started this 00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:00.139 sermon talking 00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:01.679 about snow 00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:02.440 white, whistling 00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:03.159 while you work. 00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.179 Brothers and 00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.779 sisters, we can 00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:06.719 do far better 00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:07.279 than whistle 00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:08.380 while you work 00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:09.900 because Christ 00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.900 is the controlling 00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:12.159 center of our 00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.839 lives. 00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.880 I mean, he's the 00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:16.099 king of creation. 00:38:16.299 --> 00:38:16.920 He is the king 00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.339 of the new 00:38:17.339 --> 00:38:17.880 creation. 00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:19.140 He is full 00:38:19.140 --> 00:38:20.059 reign of every 00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:21.500 area of our 00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:21.900 lives. 00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.840 Because he's the 00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.700 controlling center, 00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:25.280 we worship him 00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:26.440 while we work. 00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:28.820 Remember 00:38:28.820 --> 00:38:30.559 chapter 3, 17, 00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:31.480 in whatever you 00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:33.559 do, whatever you 00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:35.519 do in word or 00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:38.400 deed, do 00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:39.019 everything in the 00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.400 name of the 00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:39.880 Lord Jesus, 00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:40.740 giving thanks to 00:38:40.740 --> 00:38:41.400 God the Father 00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:41.900 through him. 00:38:42.140 --> 00:38:42.760 If you're a 00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:44.220 wife, do 00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:44.860 everything in the 00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.240 name of the 00:38:45.240 --> 00:38:45.700 Lord Jesus, 00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.320 word or deed. 00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:46.720 If you're a 00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:47.860 husband, do 00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.980 everything, word 00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:49.360 or deed. 00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:49.860 If you're a 00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.660 child or parent, 00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.460 everything, word 00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:51.840 or deed. 00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:52.860 Subordinate, 00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:54.480 everything, word 00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:54.840 and deed. 00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.000 Supervisor, 00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.680 everything, word 00:38:57.680 --> 00:38:58.160 and deed. 00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.980 Do everything in 00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:00.539 the name of the 00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:01.480 Lord Jesus Christ. 00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:01.860 He's your 00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.660 controlling center. 00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:07.180 Brothers and 00:39:07.180 --> 00:39:07.500 sisters, 00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:10.980 saints of the 00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.440 living God, 00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:14.139 God, when you 00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:14.880 go in to work 00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:17.300 tomorrow, you 00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:18.059 can go in 00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:22.760 singing, oh, 00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:23.119 when the 00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:26.280 saint comes 00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:29.300 walking in, oh, 00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:30.019 when this saint 00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.820 comes walking 00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:32.940 in, I'm doing 00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:34.039 all my work for 00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:35.300 my King Jesus. 00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:37.659 Oh, when the 00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.920 saint comes walking 00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:40.960 in, walking out, 00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:43.960 we work for 00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:45.360 Jesus, therefore, 00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:46.720 we worship him 00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:47.440 while we work, 00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.760 and it is a 00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:50.860 witness to him 00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:51.840 while we work. 00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:53.300 Let me pray. 00:39:58.360 --> 00:39:59.539 Lord Jesus, we are 00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:00.519 so thankful that 00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:02.300 you call us 00:40:02.300 --> 00:40:02.900 out. 00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:04.760 you call us 00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:05.980 out of the 00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:07.920 worldly grime 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.740 of work, 00:40:09.740 --> 00:40:11.460 and you call 00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:12.880 us to do 00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.599 our work from 00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:14.280 our hearts 00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:15.900 for you with 00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.400 all that we 00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:16.660 got. 00:40:17.660 --> 00:40:18.440 Lord Jesus, 00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:19.220 you're worthy. 00:40:20.220 --> 00:40:20.740 Would you, 00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.579 Father, do a 00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:22.280 work by your 00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:23.320 spirit in which 00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:24.519 we, this 00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.700 week, even 00:40:25.700 --> 00:40:27.220 tomorrow, we 00:40:27.220 --> 00:40:29.340 work aimed 00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:29.900 at Jesus on 00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:31.460 Christ's time 00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:32.480 because you 00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:33.900 have wonderfully 00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.820 changed us. 00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:37.360 Lord Jesus, 00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.740 you are worthy. 00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.360 It's your name 00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:40.800 we pray. 00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:41.920 Amen.