A Compelling Testimony: Maintaining a Disciplined Walk, Christlike Character, and Godly Relationships as God's Servant

Ses s i on 5: Cu l t i vat i ng Our Charac ter : The Outward Di sc i p l i nes 201

1. We are to personally submit in the various roles that God has assigned to us.

a. To our spiritual leaders, Heb. 13.7, 17

b. To civic leaders and governmental authority, Rom. 13.1-7

c. On the job (i.e., masters and slaves), (even to difficult or unjust bosses!), 1 Pet. 2.21-23

d. For the sake of our subordinates who are in the Lord, Philem. 1-16

e. Within the marriage bonds (as the Church does to Christ), Eph. 5.22-33

f. To our parents, Eph. 6.1-3

g. To one another in the fear of Christ, Eph. 5.21

h. On the heals of the judgments of God against iniquity, Joel 1.14; 2.12

2. We are to embrace the lowliness of Christ as the heart and soul of our personal walk with God and others.

a. Christ’s lowliness is the key to our rest and repose on our spiritual journeys through this world, Matt. 11.28-30 – Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. [29] Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and