{"id":1371,"date":"2007-11-18T01:01:39","date_gmt":"2007-11-18T01:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.followgreg.com\/revdonaldng\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2020-12-02T12:15:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T12:15:36","slug":"the-20-mule-team-church-sermon-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.followgreg.com\/revdonaldng\/the-20-mule-team-church-sermon-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"The 20-Mule Team Church: Sermon Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/ESV\/2%20Thessalonians3%3A6-13\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2 Thessalonians 3:6-13<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How long is your lunch hour?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I. Paul\u2019s Work Ethic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. Paul wasn\u2019t directing his remarks on our work places but on our worship-places, the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B. NRSV\u2014\u201ckeep away from believers who are living in idleness\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Greek\u2014\u201cliving in disorder\u201d or \u201cbeing disruptive\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KJV\u2014\u201cwithdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; J.B. Phillips\u2014\u201cdon\u2019t associate with the brother whose life is undisciplined\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Clarence Jordan\u2014\u201cpart company with every brother who bucks out of the harness\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>II. Church Load<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul was urging Christian believers to pull together in the ministry of the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>II. Out of Harness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 20-Mule Team is a good image of how a church should function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IV. Get Harnessed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. A life completely unfettered is a life of emptiness and meaninglessness. Freedom is only real when we are in a community that involves us in worthwhile tasks to spend our time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B. Jesus said, \u201cTake my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/ESV\/Matthew11%3A28-30\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew 11:28-30<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 How long is your lunch hour? I. Paul\u2019s Work Ethic A. Paul wasn\u2019t directing his remarks on our work places but on our worship-places, the church. B.<span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.followgreg.com\/revdonaldng\/the-20-mule-team-church-sermon-notes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The 20-Mule Team Church: Sermon Notes<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[52],"class_list":["post-1371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","tag-thessalonians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.followgreg.com\/revdonaldng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.followgreg.com\/revdonaldng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.followgreg.com\/revdonaldng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.followgreg.com\/revdonaldng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.followgreg.com\/revdonaldng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1371"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.followgreg.com\/revdonaldng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2145,"href":"http:\/\/www.followgreg.com\/revdonaldng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions\/2145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.followgreg.com\/revdonaldng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.followgreg.com\/revdonaldng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.followgreg.com\/revdonaldng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}