CHRISTIAN DUTY

• Duty is a very important part of the Christian life. • Duty and privilege go hand-in-hand.

– Duty is defined as: • Conduct due to parents and superiors; • Conduct, service, or functions that arise from ones position."

– Privilege is defined as: a right granted as a benefit, advantage, or favor.

• Christians have many duties which are privileges, and certain attitudes and actions are expected of us. – In this two part series we will focus on 4 areas:

• What God has a right to expect of us. • What the church has a right to expect of us. • What our family has a right to expect of us. • What the world has a right to expect of us.

WHAT HAS OUR FAMILY A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• Our family has a right to expect support

2nd Cor 12:14

Here for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I do not seek what is yours, but you; for children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

WHAT HAS OUR FAMILY A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• Our family has a right to expect support

1st Tim 5:8

But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

WHAT HAS OUR FAMILY A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• Our family has a right to expect support

• Our family has a right to expect fair play (Mat 7:12).

"In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

WHAT HAS OUR FAMILY A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• Our family has a right to expect support• Our family has a right to expect fair play (Mat

7:12). • Our family has a right to expect a clean life

(Titus 2:11-12). For the grace of God has appeared, bringing

salvation to all men, 12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,

WHAT HAS OUR FAMILY A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• Our family has a right to expect support• Our family has a right to expect fair play (Mat

7:12). • Our family has a right to expect a clean life

(Titus 2:11-12). • Our family has a right to expect proper training

Prov 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

WHAT HAS OUR FAMILY A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• Our family has a right to expect support• Our family has a right to expect fair play (Mat

7:12). • Our family has a right to expect a clean life

(Titus 2:11-12). • Our family has a right to expect proper training Eph 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger,

but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord

WHAT HAS OUR FAMILY A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• Our family has a right to expect support• Our family has a right to expect fair play (Mat

7:12). • Our family has a right to expect a clean life

(Titus 2:11-12). • Our family has a right to expect proper training

Titus 2:4

so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

WHAT HAS OUR FAMILY A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• Our family has a right to expect support• Our family has a right to expect fair play (Mat

7:12). • Our family has a right to expect a clean life

(Titus 2:11-12). • Our family has a right to expect proper training • Our family has a right to expect consideration

(Heb 10:24). and let us consider how to stimulate one

another to love and good deeds

WHAT HAS OUR FAMILY A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• Our family has a right to expect support• Our family has a right to expect fair play (Mat 7:12). • Our family has a right to expect a clean life (Titus 2:11-

12). • Our family has a right to expect proper training • Our family has a right to expect consideration (Heb

10:24). • Our family has a right to expect love. (John 13:34-35) "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I

have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

WHAT HAS OUR FAMILY A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• Our family has a right to expect support• Our family has a right to expect fair play (Mat

7:12). • Our family has a right to expect a clean life

(Titus 2:11-12). • Our family has a right to expect proper training • Our family has a right to expect consideration

(Heb 10:24). • Our family has a right to expect love. (John

13:34-35)• Our family has a right to expect faithfulness (Eph

5:22; 5:25).

Eph 5:22Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Eph 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

WHAT THE WORLD HAS A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• The world has a right to expect honesty (Rom 12:17).

Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men

WHAT THE WORLD HAS A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• The world has a right to expect honesty (Rom 12:17).

• The world has a right to expect the gospel (Mark 16:15-16).

And He said to them, " Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 " He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned

WHAT THE WORLD HAS A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• The world has a right to expect honesty (Rom 12:17).

• The world has a right to expect the gospel (Mark 16:15-16).

• The world has a right to expect a good example (Phil 2:15).

so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,

WHAT THE WORLD HAS A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• The world has a right to expect honesty (Rom 12:17). • The world has a right to expect the gospel (Mark 16:15-

16). • The world has a right to expect a good example (Phil

2:15). • The world has a right to expect that we obey its laws Rom 13:1-2 Every person is to be in subjection to the governing

authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves.

WHAT THE WORLD HAS A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• The world has a right to expect honesty (Rom 12:17). • The world has a right to expect the gospel (Mark 16:15-

16). • The world has a right to expect a good example (Phil

2:15). • The world has a right to expect that we obey its laws

Titus 3:1 Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be

obedient, to be ready for every good deed,

WHAT THE WORLD HAS A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• The world has a right to expect honesty (Rom 12:17). • The world has a right to expect the gospel (Mark 16:15-

16). • The world has a right to expect a good example (Phil

2:15). • The world has a right to expect that we obey its laws• The world has a right to expect our help when and where

we can (Gal 6:10). So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all

people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith

WHAT THE WORLD HAS A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• The world has a right to expect honesty (Rom 12:17). • The world has a right to expect the gospel (Mark 16:15-

16). • The world has a right to expect a good example (Phil

2:15). • The world has a right to expect that we obey its laws• The world has a right to expect our help when and where

we can (Gal 6:10). • The world has a right to expect that we keep ourselves

unstained from it (James 1:27). Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and

Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world

WHAT THE WORLD HAS A RIGHT TO EXPECT OF US?

• The world has a right to expect honesty (Rom 12:17). • The world has a right to expect the gospel (Mark 16:15-

16). • The world has a right to expect a good example (Phil

2:15). • The world has a right to expect that we obey its laws• The world has a right to expect our help when and where

we can (Gal 6:10). • The world has a right to expect that we keep ourselves

unspotted from it (Js 1:27). • The world has a right to expect that we will put Christ

and His church before it (Matt 6:33) But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all

these things will be given to you as well

• Yes, we have Christian duties which are really privileges. – We have examined:

• What God has a right to expect of us. • What the church has a right to expect of us. • What our family has a right to expect of us. • What the world has a right to expect of us.

– We need to sincerely ask ourselves: "Am I fulfilling my God given duties?"

• Am I a Christian? • Am I living the Christian life?