NOBILITY

NOBILITY, 1 PETER 2:18-25

“THE RIGHTEOUS ARE WILLING TO DISADVANTAGE THEMSELVES TO ADVANTAGE THE COMMUNITY; THE WICKED ARE WILLING TO DISADVANTAGE THE COMMUNITY TO ADVANTAGE THEMSELVES.” BRUCE WALTKE

BIG IDEA: HOW DO CHRISTIANS BEAR UP UNDER THE STRUGGLES OF LIFE …

SUFFERING AND CHRISTIANS, VS.18-21

   THE ISSUE OF SLAVERY,

   TIM KELLER, “WHILE MUCH CAN BE SAID ABOUT THIS SUBJECT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT SLAVERY IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD WAS NOT THE SAME AS THE NEW WORLD INSTITUTION THAT DEVELOPED IN THE WAKE OF AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. SLAVERY IN PAUL’S TIMES WAS NOT RACE-BASED AND WAS SELDOM LIFE LONG. IT WAS MORE LIKE WHAT WE WOULD CALL INDENTURED SERVITUDE … THE MODERN READER WINCES AT THE WORDS “SLAVES” AND “MASTERS” LARGELY BECAUSE WE IMMEDIATELY THINK ONLY OF MODERN AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, IN WHICH SLAVERY WAS RACE-BASED, LIFE LONG AND BASED ON KIDNAPPING.”

   THE ISSUE OF SERVICE (CHRISTIANS IN THE WORK PLACE)

SUFFERING AND CHRIST, VS.21-25

APPLICATION