Title Ephesians 06:5-9 Industrial Recovery
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Industrial recovery (Ephesians 6:5-9)
Thank you for allowing the Word of God. Help me to listen to the word of God with all my heart. The word of God is the word of life, the word of truth. Help me to receive the Word of God with joy, Amen, blessing, and strength. May your Holy Spirit work, that your will may be done.
When God created human beings, he created them as amazing beings. As a spiritual being, He made him a great being to have fellowship with God. Only humans were created to have fellowship with God. God created them to rule over all that God created. That is why humans are called the lords of all things.
(Genesis 1:28) "God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth." These are words of great blessing and God's promises.
God has exalted human beings, and if we live according to this blessing, it is a wonderful life. Through the Fall incident in Genesis 3, they betrayed God and sinned by eating the fruit of the forbidden fruit. All people became sinners, and because of that sin, they turned away from God and came under the control of Satan instead of God. This is a tragedy, a misfortune, a curse. A lot of unfortunate things are happening in this world right now. All of this is because of that. But God wants to restore man.
In this way, humans are living in a life dominated by all things and the order in chaos has been changed. It is said that God cursed the earth. This means that the circumstances of God's life have changed in this way. How many difficult and painful changes in our lives? We are made to sweat and live hard. In this way, because humans who departed from God sinned, everything became human-centered, boasting about humanity, and turning into lust and pleasure-centeredness. All this is destined to perish. Look at the Tower of Babel civilization. Human beings continue to develop the world's civilization, and the world's civilization continues to crumble.
(Rev 18:2-3) “He cried out with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, it is fallen, it has become a dwelling place for demons, a gathering place for every unclean spirit, and a gathering place for every unclean and detestable bird. For the sake of wine the nations fell, and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth were rich because of the power of their luxury." - Babylon the Great is a contrast to the civilization of the world. The things that humans love and boast about will all fall apart at the end of the world. Everything built around humans eventually collapses. Its motive and purpose are greed and greed, and since it is human-centered, individual-centered, selfish, and one's own, conflicts of interest and conflicts occur.
God wants us to restore all industrial fields while living as Christians. First of all, you want to restore each person individually. And he wants to restore various industrial sites. This is the mission and responsibility given to the saints.
Social structures can be divided into two categories. It can be divided into the owners of the industry and the people employed.
Because we have families, we have to be part of the industry anyway. In the midst of this, difficult relationships such as situations of trying to take away each other and situations of conflict with each other continue, and an atmosphere of self-interest, resulting in conflict and conflict. How should believers live in such a situation?
The text is from 2000 years ago and was written at that time. But it is also applicable to the present situation. At that time, it was a society by manpower, a society by slavery. These are the words to masters and slaves, the lives of servants, to masters and servants. Whether we are business owners, employers, or employees, we participate in one way or another in our work life and industrial activities.
If you are a saved person and a believer, how should you live? An important place in our lives is work. Jerry Wight's book "Your Occupation" (Subtitle: Survival or Satisfaction?" talks about what a job means. Is it just to make a living? To survive? Or to get satisfaction beyond survival. What is the Most Satisfying Life as a Believer? This book reveals that the life of a believer is a life that fulfills the role of light and salt as a disciple of Christ in the workplace, whatever the job.
There are not many believers who shine and influence. There are many believers in the government, schools, and workplaces. It is not easy to find someone who influences or sets an example for others. How to live an exemplary life? Many people have been saved, but they do not fully understand the meaning of the gospel. A life of blessing is a life that is with me, helps me, and truly gives me joy, gratitude, and happiness. This is the preciousness and true meaning of the gospel, and how many people try to pass it on to others? Rather, there are too many people who hide My Gospel. You must really know the gospel correctly. We have to live a life that shines the light of the gospel by winning victory with the gospel in a difficult work life, a life enjoyed by the beautiful gospel, and a life of showing and spreading it.
1. Words to the servants: “obey” and “serve”
Through this text, two important principles are discussed in the industrial field and workplace. One is telling business owners, people who own industries, and bosses the message they should live with as business ethics, and the other is a message to employees.
The first four verses of the text (Ephesians 6:5-8) have a lot to say to the servants (employees). This further shows its importance. The two most important words in these four verses are the verbs.
① Obey ② Serve - Obedience is an important principle of all social order.
(Ephesians 5:22) "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord" - a message to the family.
Obey your husband, obey him.
(Ephesians 5:24) “But as the church is to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.”
Submission between husband and wife, husband and wife are equal, they are one body, and they must obey for the sake of the family.
Last week's message was to obey our children. Today, he is telling us to work with an attitude of obedience as the church does to Christ in the workplace.
(Ephesians 6:5-7) Be trembling in obedience, do not blind yourselves in sincerity, do not please only men, but do it as you do before the Lord, please.
(Ephesians 6:8) He is saying that there is a reward that the Lord blesses. A proper attitude is an act of transgression before God, and all things must be done with an attitude of loyalty to God.
(Ephesians 6:6) The will of God is to save us, to expand the kingdom of God, and to preach the gospel. When you become such a believer, how good is it to preach the gospel in the workplace?
If you have a work life like a church worship service, God will bless your workplace. When Joseph held the covenant and stood right before God, Potiphar received God's blessing. If you believe, wherever you go, you must live a life of hard work as you would before God, and this is the secret to success.
2. Words to the Master
(Ephesians 6:9) He said to his employer, do as he said before, and stop blackmailing. You really love your employees and you do it for them, and you should do it this way. Why? Because the Lord is above masters and servants. God never treats you with outward appearances. have no choice but to succeed You need to know business ethics and work ethics. You must do your duty as a believer. The mission of the believer is salvation, the expansion of the kingdom of God, and the spread of the gospel. However, this work is not done by our efforts or determination.
3. Pray only for the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
You must receive the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the filling of the Holy Spirit.
(Ephesians 5:18) “Only receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit.” When you depend on the Lord, look only to the Lord, seek God’s will, receive God’s guidance, be faithful, and lead a life of prayer, you will be blessed personally and your family will be blessed. , companies, and society will be blessed. The surroundings will be restored through us. We must do our best in the field of life that is given to us.
Prayer> Thank you for blessing us with you. Please allow the guidance and faith of the Holy Spirit and let the light of the saints shine. Help us to preach the gospel through us. Help me to know the meaning of life and to pray and win.