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Celebration of Discipline

Celebration of Discipline. The Path to Spiritual Growth. The Outward Discipline. Submission. Submission. Every Discipline has its corresponding freedom. Submission gives us the freedom to lay down the terrible burden of always needing to get our own way.

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Celebration of Discipline

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  1. Celebration of Discipline The Path to Spiritual Growth

  2. The Outward Discipline Submission

  3. Submission • Every Discipline has its corresponding freedom. • Submission gives us the freedom to lay down the terrible burden of always needing to get our own way. • People will spend weeks, months, even years in a perpetual stew because some little thing did not go as they wished.

  4. Submission • Submission frees us to distinguish between genuine issues and stubborn self-will. • “Usually the best way to handle most matters of submission is to say nothing.” • In the matter of submission; the real issue is the spirit of consideration and respect we have for each other.

  5. Submission • How do you feel when someone doesn’t act toward you the way you think they should? • “You scratch my back, I’ll scratch your back.” • Matthew 5:44 – obeying Jesus’ command • Matthew 5:39 – surrendering the right to retaliate

  6. Biblical Submission(Self-denial) • Mark 8:34-35 • Self-denial is a way to understand that we do not have to have our own way. • Self-denial does not mean losing our identity but rather finding it. • Matthew 22:39, prerequisite for loving others • Self-denial means the freedom to give way to others.

  7. Subordination as Taught by Jesus • Phil.2:7-8 • Leadership is found in servanthood • Jesus not only died a “cross-death,” He lived a “cross-life” (suffering servant). • Matthew 23:8-11, rejects the cultural givens of position and power • John13:3-17, Jesus modeled the cross-life • Matthew 26:52-53, Jesus chose the cross-death.

  8. Subordination as Taught by the Epistles • Phil.2:3-7, the example of Jesus as the reason for submission • I Peter 2:21-23; Ephesians 5:21 • The call for Christians to live the cross-life is rooted in the cross-life of Jesus. • Submission is a posture obligatory upon all Christians. • The only compelling reason for submission is the example of Jesus.

  9. Submission as Taught by the Epistles • Colossians 3:18-4:1 • He addressed those who had no legal or moral status in their cultural (wives, children and slaves) • He addressed the culturally dominant partner in the relationship (husbands, fathers, and masters) • The sting of this teaching falls upon the dominant partner. Why?

  10. The Limits of Submission • The limits of submission are at the points at which it becomes destructive. • I Peter 2:13,14, submission to government • Acts 4:19,20; 5:29, refusal to submit • Romans 13:1, subject to governing authorities • Acts 16:37, governing accountability

  11. Seven Acts of Submission • 1. To the Triune God, “Yielded and still” Yielding our mind, body, and spirit for His purposes. • 2. To the Scriptures, we yield ourselves first to hear the Word, second to receive, and third to obey. • 3. To our Family, “Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interest of others” (Phil. 2:4). A willingness to listen and share.

  12. Seven Acts of Submission • 4. To our neighbors and those we meet, living a life of simple goodness and helping those in need. Performing small acts of kindness such as… • 5. To the believing community, the Body of Christ, spontaneous opportunities for little tasks of service (Ministry). • 6. To the broken and despised; that is the helpless, the undefended, widows and orphans (James 1:27).

  13. Seven Acts of Submission • 7. To the world, that is living as a responsible member of an increasingly irresponsible world (starvation, environment).

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