SAINTS IN CAESAR’S HOUSEHOLD.<\/p>\n
Php_4:22.<\/p>\n
Introduction.<\/p>\n
1. Paul is sending a letter to the Church at Philippi.<\/p>\n
2. He sits in all the rude discomforts of an Eastern prison, writing amidst much difficulty, secured by a coupling chain to a soldier.<\/p>\n
3. Here are his closing words.<\/p>\n
I. Their Name. The New Testament has several names for believers, each of which expresses some great truth.<\/p>\n
1. Believers (Act_5:14; 1Ti_4:12). The central bond which bound them. Bond of faith.<\/p>\n
2. Brethren (Mat_12:48; Mat_23:8; Mat_28:10).<\/p>\n
a. This is a name by which they were known.<\/p>\n
b. It spoke of their common relation to a Father.<\/p>\n
c. And pledged them to the sweetness and blessedness of a family.<\/p>\n
3. Christians (Act_11:26). The sarcastic wits of Antioch called them Christians. Name suggesting not only adherents of some founder of a school or party, but followers of Christ.<\/p>\n
4. Disciples (Mat_27:57).<\/p>\n
a. Their humble attitude of learning.<\/p>\n
b. Their Lord’s authority acknowledged.<\/p>\n
5. Saint (1Co_1:2).<\/p>\n
a. A prophecy of personal character.<\/p>\n
b. What God expects us to be.<\/p>\n
II. Their Abode.<\/p>\n
1. Who was this Caesar? Nero, a monster of iniquity, a man who has been described as "half beast and half devil." He was a clown, a sensualist, and a murderer.<\/p>\n
2. His presence had poisoned the very atmosphere of the Imperial Palace, making it a sty of filth.<\/p>\n
3. And yet there were shining saints living there day by day.<\/p>\n
III. Their Danger.<\/p>\n
1. Moral.<\/p>\n
a. A strange place to find saints.<\/p>\n
b. Let no man say it is impossible to live a pure life in any circumstance.<\/p>\n
2. Spiritual. It was a materialistic atmosphere.<\/p>\n
3. Physical.<\/p>\n
a. Life was cheap.<\/p>\n
b. On the least pretext people were executed.<\/p>\n
IV. Our Danger.<\/p>\n
1. Our Nero has changed.<\/p>\n
2. It is not a persecuting world that is now our greatest foe, but a tempting world.<\/p>\n
3. To stand against the sword of the world is difficult. To stand against its sneers is more so. But to stand against its allurements is more difficult still.<\/p>\n
Autor: James Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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