The Discipline Of Submission
1) Abuses of the discipline of submission:
A) The Doormat—allows others to misuse and abuse you to the point where you are treated as a thing rather than a person
B) The Pleaser—wants more than anything else to avoid conflict
C) The Dependent—fears making decisions and allows others to make all their decisions for them
D) The Manipulator—follows all the outward rules of submission, but employs every subtle trick of the trade to get his own way. He tries to indebt others to him or win them over to his side
2) There is freedom in submission:
A) We lay down the burden of needing to get our way
B) We are free from the pressure to compete for position, authority, and recognition
C) We can drop a matter of discontent and forget it
D) We are free to give up our rights for the good of others
3) What images come to mind when you think of self-denial?
A) “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me” (Mark 8:34)
B) Self-denial is not the same thing as self- contempt. Self-contempt claims we have no worth; it denies the goodness of the creation; Self- contempt denies we can love ourselves and others at the same time
C) Self-denial means the freedom to five way to others; to hold others’ interests about our interests; (it) is the foundation for submission and saves us from self-indulgence
4) There are important limits t submission:
A) The limit of submission is at the point at which it becomes destructive
B) Sometimes that limit is easy to determine (e.g., participate in a criminal act) and sometimes hard (e.g., a student who is graded unfairly)
C) In determining the limits of submission we must depend on discernment and direction from the Holy Spirit
5) Seven acts of submission
A) Submission to the Triune God
B) Submission to hear, receive and obey the Word of God
C) Submission to our family
D) Submission to our neighbors and those we meet each day in life
E) Submission to the body of Christ, the believing community
F) Submission to the broken, despised, helpless, and undefended of the world
G) Submission to the world—to live responsibly in an increasingly irresponsible world
A) The Doormat—allows others to misuse and abuse you to the point where you are treated as a thing rather than a person
B) The Pleaser—wants more than anything else to avoid conflict
C) The Dependent—fears making decisions and allows others to make all their decisions for them
D) The Manipulator—follows all the outward rules of submission, but employs every subtle trick of the trade to get his own way. He tries to indebt others to him or win them over to his side
2) There is freedom in submission:
A) We lay down the burden of needing to get our way
B) We are free from the pressure to compete for position, authority, and recognition
C) We can drop a matter of discontent and forget it
D) We are free to give up our rights for the good of others
3) What images come to mind when you think of self-denial?
A) “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me” (Mark 8:34)
B) Self-denial is not the same thing as self- contempt. Self-contempt claims we have no worth; it denies the goodness of the creation; Self- contempt denies we can love ourselves and others at the same time
C) Self-denial means the freedom to five way to others; to hold others’ interests about our interests; (it) is the foundation for submission and saves us from self-indulgence
4) There are important limits t submission:
A) The limit of submission is at the point at which it becomes destructive
B) Sometimes that limit is easy to determine (e.g., participate in a criminal act) and sometimes hard (e.g., a student who is graded unfairly)
C) In determining the limits of submission we must depend on discernment and direction from the Holy Spirit
5) Seven acts of submission
A) Submission to the Triune God
B) Submission to hear, receive and obey the Word of God
C) Submission to our family
D) Submission to our neighbors and those we meet each day in life
E) Submission to the body of Christ, the believing community
F) Submission to the broken, despised, helpless, and undefended of the world
G) Submission to the world—to live responsibly in an increasingly irresponsible world
posted by Pete Houpt @ 1:59 PM
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