How would believers under the yoke of slavery use their slavery to serve Christ?

Christ expects His people to be fearless and faithful as they face challenging circumstances.

Christ is enough for His people, no matter what they are facing.

Revelation 2:8-11 gives Christ's encouragment for the church in Smyrna. They were facing difficult times, and it was going to get worse. These are Christ's instructions for how they would remain faithful to Him. .

The church has the responsibility to ordain men into the eldership. She must do so with caution.

There is a balance to maintain between the use of God's good gifts (like wine), and upholding godly caution for the well-being of pour souls.

Timothy's usefulness in ministry was connected with taking care of his health. God's concern about our bodies should govern how we treat our bodies.

The process of church discipline requires a spirit of impartiality. There is only one way for believers to avoid reaching the point where they are in need of church discipline: they must abide in Christ.

God has established a process to correct sinning elders in the church, which is the process of church discipline.

Before God gives instructions for correcting elders, he gives rules for protecting them.