Introduction Christ is our God and our Saviour (cf. v. 13). “God deigns to receive an ‘ornament’ from slaves, whose condition was so low and mean that they were wont to be scarcely accounted men” (Calvin).
1. Submit in All Things 9a Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, “18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully” (1 Pet 2:18-19).
2. Please in All Areas 9b and to please them well in all things… “This desire of pleasing must be limited to those things which are proper; as is evident from other passages of a similar nature” (Calvin).
3. Answer Not Again 9c not answering again… “When conscious of a fault, to palliate or stand in justification of it doubles it.” (Matthew Henry).
4. Determine Not to Steal 10a Not purloining… “Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer” (Prov 28:24).
5. Exemplify Faithfulness. 10b …but shewing all good fidelity… “Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord” says the master to them (Mt 25:21).
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Ps Lim graduated from the Far Eastern Bible College in 1997. He was ordained into the ministry in October, 1999 as pastor of Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC), Singapore, where he continues to minister.