Dealing with the Servant/Master Passage in Colossians
Over the past several weeks I have been teaching through the unique relationships that Christians are called to within the Greco-Roman household. In those days, these homes operated under codes, which are more/less rules for relationships that had been adopted by the culture. Each household had a master. This would be the male leader of the home. His wife was to be subject to him but with a certain level of freedom. Children were also under the rulership of the the master while enjoying privilege. And slaves were also under the rulership of the master without any privilege. The master was free to exercise his authority in any way that seemed best to him. Often this was a harsh dictatorship kind of rule. He would leverage his authority in ways that were harsh in order to benefit his own desires or interests. Paul's main purpose was how to please the Lord in this cultural reality of household codes. While the basic authority structure of a God-designed home is affirmed in