Nov. 17, 2024
Not Quite Valentine’s Day in November
1. Wives and Husbands (vs. 18, 19)
A. Wives
B. Submit
C. Husbands
2. Children and Fathers (vs. 20, 21)
A. You Have a Father You Can Please 20
B. A Warning to Fathers (v. 21)
3. Bond servants and Masters (vs. 22-4:1)
A. How You Act When the Boss Is Around (vs. 22-24)
B. In the Fear of the Lord
C. Judgment (v. 24)
D. First Century Labor Law (v. 4:1)
Reflection:
1. Which of these relationships that Paul outlines challenges you most right now?
2. In your obedience to Jesus how would your relationships be changed or renewed?
Follow UP in the Word through the Week…
Monday:
Read: Galatians 3:27-28
In the days in which we live where identity is so confused how would you explain these verses to your friends?
Tuesday:
Read: Mark 10:42-45
What is the main idea of what Jesus is saying here? How do you see this playing out in real life?
Wednesday:
Read: Matthew 7:9-11
As a child or a parent has this been your experience? How much more can you trust the Lord?
Thursday:
Read: Philemon 1:15-20
Realizing that Onesimus was a runaway slave, how does that help you understand the message Paul is sending to Philemon? Overall how would you describe Paul’s opinion of slavery with these verses: Galatians 3:-28, and Colossians 3:11?
Friday:
Read: Acts 17:26
Who is the one man Paul is referring to? When faced with all of the human made divisions that exist among us how does this verse help solve those divisions and even hatred between people?
Saturday:
Read: Leviticus 19:13
How would these verses and others like them help a Christian who employs people to take their role as a calling from the Lord?