Larry Osborne 8/8/21
Why does this passage not condemn of slavery.
message priority Mark 8:36 - what good is it to gain the whole word and lose our soul.
Better to wisper from the cave than speak out from the grave.
CS Lewis - Screwtape Letters- it does not matter if he becomes a pacifist or militarist, because he can it more important than his religion and faith.
1. Become Jesus followers
2. Believers are called to renew their minds and be transformed to love God and others first.
3. Believers infiltrate and our example impact our culture. Ephesus Christians caused a crash in greek temple economy
Radical unity in Christ
1. Joint heirs with Jesus - all the rights and responsibilities - Romans 8:17 share in His sufferin and glory
2. We become equal peers in the body of Christ. Gal 3:28 All one in Christ
3. We continue to live in a fallen world where inequities and injustice reign 2 Corinthians 4::4 God blinds unbelievers
4. We all have the same responsibilities
- represent Jesus well Col 3:17
- bloom where you are planted
- love God with all you've got and neighbors as yourself
examples...Joseph, Daniel
Chris Brown 10/7/2018
Paul a prisoner of Christ Jesus
our position in heaven should always trump our place in life.
Onesimus a slave who had been in Philemons house church in Greece
Matt 5 - be reconciled/ forgive to others before worshipping God
Matt 18:21
when we do wrong we need to make it right
when we have been wronged, we need to let it go
True christianity will be seen in how we love those who have wronged us and are different than us.
Turkey loving others only happens when we remember that we deserved a death penalty, need a mediator, needed our debts paid