Mutual Submission: Transforming Relationships Through the Gospel
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "The gospel changes everything and it works everywhere. So instead of using kind of the same rebellion, the same type of violence that is typical in that culture that Rome would be using, Tim Mackey again from the Bible Project says the cross is where it stops. So Paul addresses these slaves, these masters in this congregation, in the people of God and he tells the slaves it's not about serving and pleasing people, it's about serving and pleasing Jesus." [01:02:01]
2. "Brokenness has become the defining feature of much of American life. Broken families, broken public schools, broken small towns and inner cities, broken universities, broken healthcare, broken media, broken churches, broken borders, broken government. Hit the nail on the head. We don't add to or participate in that brokenness." [01:09:35]
3. "It's about practicing respect and justice and integrity, and all aspects of our professional lives. It's about how our attitudes and our actions and our vocations and in all of life reflect our commitment to honoring God and serving others. By engaging in that in our daily lives, we participate in God's mission as we do that. And what's God's mission? God's mission is to restore and to renew all things." [01:11:18]
4. "The gospel proved to be a proclamation of emancipation. Slavery must ultimately disappear when men accept the doctrines of human equality and spiritual brotherhood and the lordship of Christ." [49:28]
5. "We don't add to or participate in the brokenness all around us. What we take from here, what we take from what Paul is talking about, the issue of the heart, the issue of treating each other with mutual submission, mutual respect and reverence because of our reverence and love for Jesus. As we do that, whether we do it overtly, covertly, subversively, however that happens, we're participating in God's mission. Jesus said, I am making all things new. Let's join him today. Let's join him this week in making all things new." [01:11:18]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Paul subverts and undermines slavery in many ways. One of the ways that he does that is that in the sections talking about wives and husbands and children and parents, Paul actually grounds those things in scripture. In the case of slaves and masters, we see no scriptural grounding. We see no scriptural context that Paul gives. He doesn't mention any scripture and so we can say it's important to recognize what Paul doesn't say." [54:13]
2. "Christian masters, you don't own your slaves. They and you belong to Jesus. Take your example from Jesus. Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. Christian masters that Paul is addressing here in first century Rome, take your example from Jesus too. How does he treat those under him? He gives his life to them." [01:05:37]
3. "Paul's instruction is radically subversive. Where there are hierarchical relationships, Paul addresses the subordinate members first, giving them unprecedented dignity. They are full and equal participants in the people of God among God's new people. This new humanity that we've talked about, there is no place for control, for domination, for manipulation, for exploitation." [56:09]
4. "Paul's saying don't exploit each other, serve each other. Don't manipulate each other, honor each other. Do not threaten them because you know that he who is both their master and yours is in heaven and there is no favoritism with him. They are equal. Paul levels the playing field. Jesus levels the playing field. There's no favoritism in the kingdom of God." [01:05:37]
5. "We do things differently than the culture around us, and in every aspect of our lives. And this is where I would say we can know whether we are doing this or not, because we look to these principles, and we evaluate our own lives, we evaluate our own hearts. Part of that is that we don't add to, or participate in the brokenness all around us." [01:07:46]
6. "Slavery in first century Roman culture was not race-based or ethnicity-based. And that's an important one. Because when we think back to the history of our culture and how slavery worked out with the slave trade and everything, it was all race-based and ethnicity-based. Back then it was not. In fact, slaves back then were integrated into all levels of society. So you had them at all levels. And because of that, education was actually encouraged." [46:59]
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1. "The gospel changes everything and it works everywhere. So instead of using kind of the same rebellion, the same type of violence that is typical in that culture that Rome would be using, Tim Mackey again from the Bible Project says the cross is where it stops. So Paul addresses these slaves, these masters in this congregation, in the people of God and he tells the slaves it's not about serving and pleasing people, it's about serving and pleasing Jesus." [01:02:01]
2. "Brokenness has become the defining feature of much of American life. Broken families, broken public schools, broken small towns and inner cities, broken universities, broken healthcare, broken media, broken churches, broken borders, broken government. Hit the nail on the head. We don't add to or participate in that brokenness." [01:09:35]
3. "It's about practicing respect and justice and integrity, and all aspects of our professional lives. It's about how our attitudes and our actions and our vocations and in all of life reflect our commitment to honoring God and serving others. By engaging in that in our daily lives, we participate in God's mission as we do that. And what's God's mission? God's mission is to restore and to renew all things." [01:11:18]
4. "The gospel proved to be a proclamation of emancipation. Slavery must ultimately disappear when men accept the doctrines of human equality and spiritual brotherhood and the lordship of Christ." [49:28]
5. "We don't add to or participate in the brokenness all around us. What we take from here, what we take from what Paul is talking about, the issue of the heart, the issue of treating each other with mutual submission, mutual respect and reverence because of our reverence and love for Jesus. As we do that, whether we do it overtly, covertly, subversively, however that happens, we're participating in God's mission. Jesus said, I am making all things new. Let's join him today. Let's join him this week in making all things new." [01:11:18]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Paul subverts and undermines slavery in many ways. One of the ways that he does that is that in the sections talking about wives and husbands and children and parents, Paul actually grounds those things in scripture. In the case of slaves and masters, we see no scriptural grounding. We see no scriptural context that Paul gives. He doesn't mention any scripture and so we can say it's important to recognize what Paul doesn't say." [54:13]
2. "Christian masters, you don't own your slaves. They and you belong to Jesus. Take your example from Jesus. Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. Christian masters that Paul is addressing here in first century Rome, take your example from Jesus too. How does he treat those under him? He gives his life to them." [01:05:37]
3. "Paul's instruction is radically subversive. Where there are hierarchical relationships, Paul addresses the subordinate members first, giving them unprecedented dignity. They are full and equal participants in the people of God among God's new people. This new humanity that we've talked about, there is no place for control, for domination, for manipulation, for exploitation." [56:09]
4. "Paul's saying don't exploit each other, serve each other. Don't manipulate each other, honor each other. Do not threaten them because you know that he who is both their master and yours is in heaven and there is no favoritism with him. They are equal. Paul levels the playing field. Jesus levels the playing field. There's no favoritism in the kingdom of God." [01:05:37]
5. "We do things differently than the culture around us, and in every aspect of our lives. And this is where I would say we can know whether we are doing this or not, because we look to these principles, and we evaluate our own lives, we evaluate our own hearts. Part of that is that we don't add to, or participate in the brokenness all around us." [01:07:46]
6. "Slavery in first century Roman culture was not race-based or ethnicity-based. And that's an important one. Because when we think back to the history of our culture and how slavery worked out with the slave trade and everything, it was all race-based and ethnicity-based. Back then it was not. In fact, slaves back then were integrated into all levels of society. So you had them at all levels. And because of that, education was actually encouraged." [46:59]
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