2. I AM REWARDED

4. EPHESIANS 6:5-9
5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with
respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just
as you would obey Christ. 6Obey them not only
to win their favor when their eye is on you, but
as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from
yourheart.

5. EPHESIANS 6:5-9
7Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving
the Lord, not people, 8because you know that
the Lord will reward each one for whatever
good theydo, whethertheyare slaveor free.

6. EPHESIANS 6:5-9
9 And masters, treat your slaves in the same
way. Do not threaten them, since you know that
he who is both their Master and yours is in
heaven,and thereis no favoritism withhim.

7. SLAVES AND
MASTERS

8. THE HARD TOPIC
OF SLAVERY

9. People are made by God. People belong
to God.

10. People are made with dignity, value, and
worth in the image and likeness of God.

11. And to treat a person as you would a piece of
property or livestock, a possession, is to disrespect
the image and likeness of God that they bear.

12. 1TIMOTHY 1: 9-10
9 We also know that the law is made not for the
righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the
ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for
those who kill their fathers or mothers, for
murderers,

13. 1TIMOTHY 1: 9-10
10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing
homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and
perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to
the sounddoctrine

14. > LAWBREAKERS
> REBELS
> UNGODLY
> SINFUL
> SLAVE TRADERS

15. SLAVERY IN
ROMAN SOCIETY

16. JUST CONDITIONS
1. You would be paying off a debt.
2. The second way that people
became slaves is they would—of
their own volitional choice—place
themselves in a position of slavery.

17. UNJUST CONDITIONS
3. One is that people were taken as
prisoners of war.
4. Sometimes slaves were
previously abandoned infants.

18. GOOD WORKS
THAT GOD HAS
PREPARED IN
ADVANCE FOR US
TO DO

19. EPHESIANS 2:8-9
8 For it is by grace you have been
saved, through faith—and this is not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by
works, so that no one can boast.

20. EPHESIANS 2:10
10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in
Christ Jesus to do good works, which God
prepared in advance for us to do.

21. Relationship with Jesus leads to good works
like Jesus.

22. We’re not saved by our works; we’re saved
to our works by Jesus’ works.

23. EMPLOYEES

24. OBEY

25. Even Jesus Christ is under authority.
He’s under the Father’s authority. He’s
under His mother and father’s authority
as He’s growing up as a young man.

26. We all must be under authority. We all
must be under authority. We’re sinners
by nature and choice. We need to be
under authority.

27. Here’s the truth: you’re a person who is either
underauthorityor notunderauthority.
And if you’re a person who is not under authority,
that will involve your relationship with God
because you will not be under God’s authority or
the authority of God’s Word—and that puts you in
a dangerousplace.

28. Here’sthebig idea:
Aboveyourbossis anotherBoss,capital-B,
Boss,the Bossof bosses.
Hisname is JesusChrist.

29. DON’T STEAL
FROM YOUR
COMPANY

30. God wants your work to be an act of worship, to do
it well, to do it wholeheartedly, to do it lovingly, to do
it fairly,to do it honestly,to do it withintegrity.

31. And it doesn’t matter if you’re paid or unpaid; it’s
under the Lord. “Rendering service with a good
willas to the Lord,notto man.”

32. Ultimately, we’re going to stand before Jesus and
give an account for our whole life, including our
work.

33. REASONS FOR THE LACK OF SUCCESS
 Here’s what you should do: humbly go to your
employerand say,“I wantto do a greatjob.
 People fail is they can’t do the job.
 You won’t do the job.

34. EMPLOYERS

35. “If Jesus is your Boss, He’s in authority over you,
then you treat others under your authority as He
treatsyou.”

36. CARE FOR YOUR
EMPLOYERS

37. Care for your employees, care for those under
yourleadership.

39. Give a fair salary, a decent benefits package.

40. DON’T THREATEN

41. Employers watch how you use your authority
for those who are under your authority.

42. BOSSES WORK
FOR THE BOSS

43. Jesus is my Boss; that’s my motivation.

44. EPHESIANS 6:8
8 because you know that the Lord will
reward each one for whatever good they
do, whether they are slave or free.

45. Your boss’ Boss, the Lord Jesus, is keeping
account, and He will reward you.

46. I’m not sure my boss is going to promote me.”
Don’t worry about it; do what’s right, and Jesus
willrewardyou.

47. JESUS’ REWARD

48. Sometimes it’s internal reward.

49. Sometimes it’s an external reward. “

50. You’re moving your rewards to eternity.

51. You’re not losing your rewards; you’re moving your
rewards. And the good news with Jesus is this: He
doesn’thave limitedresources.

52. It’s not like a company that only makes so much
money and we’ve all got to fight over what slice of
the pie we get.

53. Our God is the Creator of heaven and earth. Our
God lacksnothing.OurGodgivesgenerously.

54. So, you’re not losing your rewards; you’re moving
them to the kingdom of God and Jesus, who is our
great Boss. He sees and knows, and He rewards
all.

55. OPPORTUNITY
TO
RESPOND

56. Be a good stewards and find a place for you
to be actively involved in the family of God.

57. I want to be one who makes good investments
for Jesus with my time, my talent, my treasure,
and I want to seea good returnon investment.”