Session 12 of our series on 1 Timothy and Brian looks at 1 Timothy 6:1-2 and the Silent Social Revolution

1. silence

2. GENERATION NEXT
FIRST TIMOTHY 6:1-2

3. for no-status followers

4. RECENT BITS OF THE STORY - Chapter 5
1. APOSTOLIC LEADERSHIP-
- PEOPLE BECOMING FAMILY [5:1]
2. WIDOWS
- THE CHURCH BECOMING THEIR FAMILY
3. CORE LEADERS
- GOOD LEADERSHIP BEING VALUED

5. THE NEXT STAND-ALONE ISSUE
FIRST TIMOTHY 6:1,2

6. WHAT IS THE NEXT A STAND ALONE SUBJECT?
All slaves should consider their masters as
worthy of special respect so that God’s name
and our teaching will not be slandered. The
ones who have masters who are believers
should not think less of them because they are
brothers but should serve them even better
because the people who benefit from their
service are believers and therefore beloved.
Teach and encourage these things.

7. HOUSEHOLD SLAVES
who follow Jesus
All slaves should consider their masters as worthy of special respect so that
God’s name and our teaching will not be slandered. The ones who have
masters who are believers should not think less of them because they are
brothers but should serve them even better because the people who benefit
from their service are believers and therefore beloved. Teach and encourage
these things.

8. LET’S HAVE A CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT IS
BEING SAID
and how it would have been understood

9. GET ALL THE PIECES OF INFORMATION
All slaves should consider their masters as
worthy of special respect so that God’s name
[will not be slandered] and our teaching will not be
slandered. The ones who have masters who
are believers should not think less of them
because they are brothers but should serve
them even better because the people who
benefit from their service are believers and
therefore beloved. Teach and encourage these
things.

10. GET ALL THE PIECES OF INFORMATION
All slaves should consider their masters as
worthy of special respect / so that God’s
name [will not be slandered] / and our teaching
will not be slandered. / The ones who have
masters who are believers should not think
less of them because they are brothers / but
should serve them even better / because the
people who benefit from their service are
believers and therefore beloved. / Teach and
encourage these things.

11. GET ALL THE PIECES OF INFORMATION
All slaves should consider their masters as
worthy of special respect / so that God’s
name [will not be slandered] / and our teaching
will not be slandered. / The ones who have
masters who are believers should not think
less of them because they are brothers / but
should serve them even better / because the
people who benefit from their service are
believers and therefore beloved. / Teach and
encourage these things.

12. GET ALL THE PIECES OF INFORMATION
All slaves should consider their masters as
worthy of special respect / so that God’s
name [will not be slandered] / and our teaching
will not be slandered. / The ones who have
masters who are believers should not think
less of them because they are brothers / but
should serve them even better / because the
people who benefit from their service are
believers and therefore beloved. / Teach and
encourage these things.

13. GET ALL THE PIECES OF INFORMATION
All slaves should consider their masters as
worthy of special respect / so that God’s
name [will not be slandered] / and our teaching
will not be slandered. / The ones who have
masters who are believers should not think
less of them because they are brothers / but
should serve them even better / because the
people who benefit from their service are
believers and therefore beloved. / Teach and
encourage these things.

14. GET ALL THE PIECES OF INFORMATION
All slaves should consider their masters as
worthy of special respect / so that God’s
name [will not be slandered] / and our teaching
will not be slandered. / The ones who have
masters who are believers should not think
less of them because they are brothers / but
should serve them even better / because the
people who benefit from their service are
believers and therefore beloved. / Teach and
encourage these things.

15. GET ALL THE PIECES OF INFORMATION
All slaves should consider their masters as
worthy of special respect / so that God’s
name [will not be slandered] / and our teaching
will not be slandered. / The ones who have
masters who are believers should not think
less of them because they are brothers / but
should serve them even better / because the
people who benefit from their service are
believers and therefore beloved. / Teach and
encourage these things.

16. GET ALL THE PIECES OF INFORMATION
All slaves should consider their masters as
worthy of special respect / so that God’s
name [will not be slandered] / and our teaching
will not be slandered. / The ones who have
masters who are believers should not think
less of them because they are brothers / but
should serve them even better / because the
people who benefit from their service are
believers and therefore beloved. / Teach and
encourage these things.

17. NOTICE THE STAND ALONE INFORMATION
1. All slaves should consider their masters
as worthy of special respect /
2. so that God’s name [will not be slandered] /
3. and our teaching will not be slandered.
/
4. The ones who have masters who are
believers should not think less of them
because they are brothers

18. PIECES OF
STAND ALONE INFORMATION
5. but should serve them even better /
6. because the people who benefit from
their service are believers and therefore
beloved.
7. Teach and encourage these things.

20. 1. The kingdom presence of God comes when
slaves make a decision to honour
2. The presence of that honour is the
presence of God
3. The presence of that honour is consistent
with Christian teaching about the nature of
God.
4. Slaves should not take advantage of a
master who is a brother.

21. 5. Slaves should honour believing masters
even more
6. The more should come from the
environment of reciprocated love
7. Because these things are kingdom of
God and not kingdom of this world they
need to be taught and encouraged.

22. WHO are
the SLAVES
and WHO are
the MASTERS
in OUR WORLD
And what is the Jesus-looking
kingdom principle here ?

24. 1. Non-Christian masters would have
experienced honour from slaves
regardless of how they were treated and
when there was no direct benefit for the
slave.
2. Christian masters would have had the
opportunity to work as brothers in the
cause of the kingdom of God as
represented by the household.

25. 3. The power of human status to separate people
and alienate them on the basis of class, status
and privilege would have been destroyed.
4. The households of the empire would have
shone the light of the glory of God and the
communities would have seen something
happening that was rarely or never seen in any
other way.
5. The kingdom of God would have come and the
long walk toward the end of slavery would
have begun.

26. REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY DESERVE

27. SILENT DECISIONS
LEADING TO UNDEMANDED ACTIONS
THAT BRING THE PRESENCE OF GOD’S LOVE
FOR THE POWER PERSON
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY DESERVE

28. CREATE A SILENT
SPIRITUAL
REVOLUTION
DECISION BY DECISION - SLAVE BY SLAVE –
HOUSEHOLD BY HOUSEHOLD

29. THAT
CANNOT
BE RESISTED

30. for the places in your world
where you have no status
but other people DO !

31. for the places in your world
where you have no status
but other people DO !
What silent decisions are you going to make?

32. silence