A MASTER/SERVANT RELATIONSHIP
9. “Exhort bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back,
10. not pilfering [thieving], but showing all good fidelity [honesty], that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.”
Titus 2:9,10 (NKJV)
• If you are an employee under a person or company, the Bible admonishes you, as a Christian, to be obedient to your master or employer.
- Not only that, but also, you should be well pleasing in all things, that is, you do your best to please your master (Titus 2:9).
- Not answering back: if you are being instructed, corrected or scolded, you should not talk back (Titus 2:9).
- Your obedience should not be to the masters who are good only, but froward or harsh masters as well.
18. “Servants be submissive to your masters with all fear, NOT ONLY TO THE GOOD AND GENTLE BUT ALSO TO THE HARSH.
19. For this is commendable, if because of conscience towards God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.”
1 Peter 2:18,19 (NKJV)
• You should do, whatever you do for your master, employer, as if you do it for the Lord (Ephesians 6:5-7).
5. “Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, IN SINCERITY OF HEART ❤️, AS TO CHRIST;
6. not with eyeservice, as men pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
7. WITH GOODWILL DOING SERVICE, AS TO THE LORD, AND NOT TO MEN.
Ephesians 6:5-7 (NKJV)
- If you are submissive and obedient to the person you work for, your boss, you are not being stupid; you only display the good virtues of God in you– the unbelievers will have nothing evil to say of you (Titus 2:8).
- Through your conduct, the Word of God is adorned–you make the teaching about Christ, the gospel, attractive to others (Titus 2:10).
• In addition to that, you should be faithful and financially accountable; not pilfering or thieving, that is, not stealing things, regardless of the value– no matter how small.
- Some believers do not have a good testimony where they work, they collude with other employees to steal and swindle their masters.
- The reason why a number of believers do not excel in what they do is because; they employ, apply, the principles of the world to succeed, but it cannot work for them– a servant cannot serve two masters (Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13).
- If you want to prosper in what you do, follow the principles of the Bible (Matthew 7:24-27).
• If you have a callous, froward, or harsh master, submit to him anyway.
- If your employer is cruel and unkind, and yet you are faithful, loyal, and obedient to him– God will safeguard your interests, deal with him, if he mistreated you (Ephesians 6:9).
- God is not partial, He is a just God (James 5:1-4).
• Truth
- At times the reason why some masters are unfair is because some employees are not faithful–they are not diligent in their works (Proverbs 22:29).
- Some do the work given to them with levity–they have a laid-back attitude to work. They do not work for the money they earn.
- Albeit, if you are faithful in what you do, God will give you a better job–if your faithfulness is apparent or obvious (1 Timothy 4:15).
• Take Note:
- If you are honest, you live right where you work; through your good conduct, you make the gospel attractive to others–you adorn the gospel.
- Some believers cannot witness for Christ where they work or live.
- The life they live, sinful life, has shut their mouth–they cannot witness for Christ (Acts 1:8).
- Remember, if you are good to your master, God will reward you. If you are faithful in another man’s thing, yours shall be given to you (Luke 16:12).
“Knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.”
Ephesians 6:8 (NKJV)
14. “YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15. “Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
16. “LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.”
Matthew 5:14-16 (NKJV)
• You will not fail in Jesus’ name.
Peace!