Chapter 3 notes for Slave by John Macarthur

• From the teaching of Jesus we learn that slaves are not greater than their master; neither are they privey to the Masters plans
• Jesus used slave language to define the reality of what it means to follow Him. Discipleship, like slavery entails a life of total self-denial, a humble disposition toward others, a wholehearted devotion to the master commands in everything an eagerness to serve Him in his absence, and motivation that comes from knowing he is well pleased.
• A slaves's life was one of the couplete surrender, submission, and service to the master- and the people of recognized the parallel
• Exclusive ownership: Roman law considered slaves to be property in the absolute control of the owner.
• As Paul told the Romans, "thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of Righteousness (Rom 6:17-18)
• As Christians, we are part of a people for his own possession (Titus 2:14), having joined the multitude of those who belong to Christ Jesus(Gal 5:24) and who worship Him as our Master in heaven(col 4.1) Just as first century slaves would receive new names from Christ.
• Rev. 3:12 "I will write on him the name of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and my new name." Believers in the eternal state will serve the Lord as his slaves forver, and his name will be on their foreheads (Rev 22:4)
• As Christ is Lord, so the Christian is slave, even bondslave, owing unquestioning, obedience. Paul explicitly compares spiritual with literal slavery (e.g. Colossians 3:22-24)
• You are not your own, you are bought with a price
• To be akive at all means fruitful labor- the slaves exist only to work!(1 corintians 6:19,20, Philippians 1:22) So represented, consecration is complete moral submission to Christ's absolute claim and ownership.
• 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Don't you realize your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a huge price. So you must honor God with your body.
• "By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep his commandments."
• As slaves we are expected "to obey Jesus Christ(1 peter 1:2), "to present [our] bodies as living and Holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is our spiritual service of worship" (rom 12:1), and to keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight(1 john 3:22)
• you have been bought with a price Paul told the corinthians therefore Glorify God in your body (1 corinthians 6:20) Whatever you eat drink or whatever you do it all for the Glory of God.
• We cannot simultaneously serve God & money, worship the true God and idols, or live according to the spirit and the flesh. 1 cor 10:31;Col 2:12;3:17 1 Thess 2:12
• Believers are to please him in all resects (col 1:10)
• 1 Thess 4:1 ...and to do that which is acceptable to God (rom 14:18). We are called to seek his glory in everything we do, longing to conduct ourseves in a manner worthy of his name 1 cor 10:31; col 2:12; 1 Thess 2:12
• Matthew 6:31-33
• Those who make pleasing God their highest priority can be confident that he will take care of them.
• No one understands this principle better then the Apostle Paul. As a "slave to Christ,"he had given everything to serve his master. Paul's ministry was not an easy one. Paul had been beaten, imprisoned, endangered, and threatened with death. Yet in spite of it all, God always provided Paul with all that he needed to faithfully accomplish his ministry.
• Paul wrote "Be anxious for nothing" He wrote to the Philippians, "but in everything by prayer & suplication... let your requests be made known to God" (4:6)

• Paul tells timothy "If we have food & covering with these we shall be content" 1 Tim 6:8)
• Based on Lifetime of trusting his master, Paul could confidently tell the Phillipians , "My God will supply all your needs according to his riches & Glory in Jesus Christ (4:19)
• Paul told the corinthians, "God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything you may have abundance for every good deed" 2 cor 9:8) Paul himself relied daily on Christ resting in God's promise to him: "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness (2 cor 12:9)
• Rom 8:55
• The desire to please the master is heightened by the knowledge that each one of us will give an account of himself to God (Rom 14:12)
• For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done" 2 cor 5:10

Chapter 2 notes for Slave by John Macarthur

1 Corinthians 7:21-23

New Living Translation (NLT)

²¹ Are you a slave? Don’t let that worry you—but if you get a chance to be free, take it. ²² And remember, if you were a slave when the Lord called you, you are now free in the Lord. And if you were free when the Lord called you, you are now a slave of Christ. ²³ God paid a high price for you, so don’t be enslaved by the world.^[a]

Footnotes:1 Corinthians 7:23 Greek don’t become slaves of people.

• Roughly one fifth of the empire's population were slaves totaling twelve million at the outset of the first century AD
• The institution of slavery itself was never really questioned. Slaves may have resented their bondage but given the chance they acquired slaves themselves. When freed, they simply moved up a notch in the system, becoming themselves masters and mistresses.  
• Household slaves received greater honor than other slaves because they worked more closely with their masters.
• A wicked slave was a greeat liability and would cause serious damage to the owners welfare.
• Slavery offered a certain amount of social and economic protection to whose masters were kind of well respected these slaves sole concern was carrying out interests of their owner.
• If a master was a prestigious or powerful member of the community such as government official his slaves would also be respected because of their relationship to him A great deal of honor would be given to the slaves of someone highly regarded by roman society.
• To be a slave was to be totally in someone's else's possession, totally subjected to one's master in everything.
• ***Greek philosopher Aristotle defined a slave as a human being who was considered an article of prosperity, someone who belonged completely to another person.***
• The only thing that slaves had in common with the 1st century is that each of them had an owner. 
• A person's experience with slavery depended entirely on the slave owners family & customs. The character of the owner & class of society.

Out of Egypt

• Hebrew word for slave, 'ebed, appears in the Old Testament 799 times as a noun and another 290 times as a verb.
• The King James Version for example, never translates ebed as slave opting instead for servant or manservant the vast majority of the time.
• Slavery was apart of Israel's history from her earliest days as a nation. Even before Issac was born, in Genesis 15, God revealed to Abraham that his descendants would one day experience great suffering as slaves in foreign land.
• The exodus from Egypt did not give the Israelites complete autonomy Rather,it used them into different kind of bondage. Those who had once been the property of pharoah was now the property of the Lord.

"You shall be my own possession among all the peoples," God told them as they camped at foot of mount Sinai(EX 19:5) Later he told mosses, For the Israelites are my slaves I brought out of the Land of Egypt I am the Lord your God (Lev 25:55HCSB).

• To call oneself an israelite was the same as calling oneself a slave of God.
• Having been rescued from egypt centuries before, God's people again founf themselves in wholesale captivity (shows the connection between Babylonian captivity & exodus; In a great reversal of God's deliverance in the exodus: in the exodus he will enslave Israel & her enemies Jer 17:4 
• Many of Israel's heros including Abrham moses, Joshua, David, Elijah and the prophets are specifically referred to as his slaves.
• Non-Jewish slaves on the otherhand were regarded and treated like chattels or movable property (Lev 25:44-46)

The Master's Law

• James did not boast about being Jesus' half brother but instead called himself James, A slave of God & of the Lord Jesus Christ (James 1:1: 4CSB)
• The word doulos or slave is even used throughout the book of relationship to describe the believer's eternal relationship.
• The words doulos or slave is even used throughout the book of Revelations to describe the believer's eternal relationalship to the Lord.

Jihad & Ze'Shaun

I was just chilling on facebook and I noticed this young lady's FB note. Why did she name her baby Jihad in 2009. We are doomed as society if these hood rats continue to have babies at this current rate. I think I am finally starting to understand why President Obama wants to not only continue abortions but use federal money for the abortions.

Despite what you might have thought having a child is not some new accessory like a like a Prada purse. I personally think that time should be given on a proper name.

• S: (n) jihad, jehad, international jihad (a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels)
• S: (n) jihad, jehad (a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal)
• infidel - heathen: a person who does not acknowledge your god

http://www.terrorismawareness.org/know-about-jihad/

Knowing what we know today February 25,2009 why would an AMERICAN name their child Jihad ***** ********? The only type of people that would name their child Jihad would be supporters of terrorism. You would have to be a complete radical and devout Jihad supporter. Even some Muslims don't even subscribe to the Jihadist way of thinking. Either that or you think its a "cute" name.

There also should be some consideration if you are responsible and mature enough to raise a child. This was another facebook note from a different FB user.

"I THINK TO MYSELF & I WONDER WHERE WOULD I BE 2DAY IF GOD DIDNT BLESS ME WIT MY BEAUTIFUL SON & I THINK GOD EVERYDAY FOR MY BABY,THE LIFE I LIVED THE PPL I HUNG THE NIGGAS I TALKED TO THE THINGS I DID TRYNA BE A HOT HEAD I PROBALY WOULDNT EVEN BE HERE....REALTALK...MY SON IS A BLESSN"PPL SAY OH WHEN I GOT PREGNANT IT WAS A MISTAKE" I HAVE NO REGRETS ABOUT ZE'SHAUN & HE DEFINTILEY WASNT A MISTAKE HE IS A BLESSN 2 ME IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS...YES I HAD TO MAKE ALOT OF SACRIFICES FOR HIM LIKE DROPN OUT OF SCHOOL WHEN UR A MOTHER THATS THINGS U HAVE 2 DO,BUT IT DONT MAKE ME LESSER THEN ANYOTHER WOMEN..HE MADE ME THE WOMEN I AM 2DAY A STRONG,MATURE,PROUD & HAPPY BLACK MOTHER & I WOULD MAKE ANY SACRIFICES & DO ANYTHING 4 MY KING..I ENJOY STAYN HOME EVERYDAY PLAYN WIT HIM CUDDLEN WIT HIM & MAKEN HIM LAUGHT..I ALSO THINK GOD 4 GIVEN ME THE HAPPIEST SON N THE WORLD,HES THE LIL MAN N MY LIFE THAT LOOKS AT ME & MAKE ME FEEL LIKE THE BEAUTIFULEST WOMEN N THE WORLD & WHAT KEEPS ME GOIN EVERYDAY..I LOVE MY BABY SO MUCH I LOVE BEIN A MOMMY,HES MY BLESSN BABY & I WOULDNT CHANGE IT FOR THE WORLD....LOVE MOMMY"


After a comment on the note:

"thanks cuz love u 2 and i do plan on going bck 2 school nand n the beging i had no choice but 2 drop out but im just tired of the first a bitch say when i get into it wit them ais atleast i finish school and that urk my nerves i love my baby and i wouldnt change nothn bout my life and zay gne have a good life wit or wit out me haen a GED and that 4 sure love u 2..and thank 4 the encouragement""

You should also not have a baby just so you can feel love and acceptance for the first time in your life.

Good Luck on getting that GED.

Our Future looks brighter then ever with baby ZE'SHAUN and Jihad!!!