Title: People who cool the heart
Contents
Key Verse: “They have refreshed me and your hearts; therefore, know these people” (1 Corinthians 16:18).
Wealthy Hymns: 353, 360
▣ Open the door of your heart
When did you have an open mind and a closed mind? It's time to meet someone with an open mind and open ears. We all wait and find that kind of person, but we don't think deeply about what I have to be. Rather than looking for someone who says, ‘Someone please cool my heart’, I’ll make someone cool my heart. Is there anyone like that? It is a word prepared to become a person who seeks out.
▣ Examine the Word
Paul urges people to remember (commemorate) their devotion and hard work with a deep interest in Bodnado and Agago, centering on the house (family) of Stephana. Let's look at who they were and what Paul was asking them to do.
1. What was the house of Stephana, the first fruit of Paul’s evangelism in the Achaia region, decided to do? (:15) *To serve the saints = ‘Those who are devoted to serving the saints (church)’
2. How should the church treat those who have decided to serve the church (them of Stephanas)?(:16) Do ( ) with everyone ( )
3. Paul is now in Ephesus. But who said he came here?(:17)
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4. Why does Paul rejoice that they have come? (:17)
5. How did they feel about Paul? (:18)
6. What was Paul supposed to do with these people (those who refreshed the hearts of the ministers) in the church?(:18)
▣ Apply the Word
1. Let's ask ourselves whether we are practicing obedience (:16) and knowing (honesty) (:18) to those who have dedicated their lives to God (anointed ones).
2. Let's reflect on whether we consider those who have dedicated themselves to God to be selected and refresh their hearts.
▣ The resolution of the word
When the two propositions of 'obedience and recognition' with the Lord's servants (people of God) are preceded and established as a relationship, we need to cool their hearts, and the attitude toward them should also be accepting. do you If there is a counterargument that it is not yet, it would be better to meditate on the text more.