Colossians 3v23-24
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as though working for the Lord, not for human masters 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
6. Relate to my life: Throughout, claim promises, examine call to obedience and my heart
0. Context
We are alive in Christ and his resurrection. Therefore Colossians 3v 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. But not in a way to forget our bodies and this world but to live in this world with our mind set on heavenly things. With our minds set on purity and justice and eternal hope. Col 3v9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. 11 Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.
Then it gives some specific instructions based on our circumstance: husband father and slave. This verse seems to be part of a longer specific instruction for slaves.
1. Paraphrase:
In everything you do work at it with all your heart as if you were working for Christ. Even if you are a slave or an employee work for Christ not your boss because in the end it really is all for the Lord Christ and whatever we do for human masters will not last. It is his story and how we live for him is what matters. When we work for the Lord we are promised an eternal inheritance.
- What difference does it make to do everything as working for the Lord not humans?
- How does the context of this being written to slaves shape this verse?
- Is it appropriate to think of this verse in the context of being an employee?
- What did it mean to be a slave in this context?
- How do we serve the Lord in specific things our masters ask of us?
- What does it mean to work at everything with all your heart?
- What is the significance of doing this since they knew they would receive an inheritance?
3. Praying
God today teach me to work at the different priorities with all my heart as through working for you and the eternal life and inheritance I have in you. I am seeking to know our Father and you claiming hold of life eternal and the hope of dwelling in your house forever God.
4. Emphasizing each word or phrase 5. Cross Reference
6. Relate to my life: Throughout, claim promises, examine call to obedience and my heart
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