Pastor Rusty Milton
Ephesians 6:5-10 ESV

Those with authority must lead carefully. God is concerned not only with what we do, but how we do it. Are your methods of leading Biblical? God is concerned with how we lead people, commanding us to do so without threats or coercion, but with the perspective of ourselves as subjects of our heavenly Master. Paul outlines three objectives to guide leaders: those in authority have a duty to protect, must not threaten or shame, and must be just and fair.

Ephesians 6:5-10
English Standard Version

Bondservants and Masters

5 Bondservants,[a] obey your earthly masters[b] with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. 9 Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master[c] and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.