Covenant Reformed Church of Elk Grove

Very helpful sermon. This subject has been misunderstood by so many. Thank you.

This was so very helpful for me as it has explained what happened to a family member of mine. I struggled with "why" but now I have the answer.

Such a blessed comfort, to be part of the Zion denoted in Scripture!

The scriptures regarding Zion in both Old and New Testaments are seldom ever heard about at length or taught about in today's churches. Instead today Zionism is only brought up regarding an articially created political state in the Middle East. The sermon proves that this is not what's Zion refers to in Scripture.

The sermon is highly relevant to the MLK50 conference involving SBC. Because they have thrown away exegetical faithfulness to passages like this on slavery the racial division in churches will only continue to increase along with religious, political, and social turmoil. The Leaven of false teaching and abolitionism started it all. A major division regarding race and MLK within Christianity is currently being tweeted and blogged about vigorously. This message is biblically faithful but heretical to a Democratic Socialist worldview. Divisions are therefore necessary as evidenced by Romans 16 verses 17 + 18 to Mark and avoid those contrary to the doctrine of scripture.

Scripture tells us that God used slavery as a punishment when a nation's collective sins became too gross. But some of the enslaved would be God's own eg Daniel, so within slavery, restraint needed to be shown by slave masters. Humans are born free and that's what God intended. I am a British citizen with Nigerian ancestry and for the past 3 years am doing development work in Nigeria. The culture there is cruel and consists of daily HUMAN SACRIFICE even among those who claim Christianity, and the version of Christianity among Nigerians would be unrecognizable to those in the West. When you see how Nigerians lack respect for Black life, you may understand why God would use enslavement to punish such a people. Human sacrifice is worse than horrific (aka "ritual killing" in Nigeria). Please google it and pray for Nigeria (and Africa) that human sacrifice and sorcery, prevalent EVERYWHERE would stop. I have not met a true Christian in Nigeria, neither have I heard the true Gospel there. Everyone though describes himself as "born again", yet the level of malice greed and envy is unprecedented. Please kindly pray that God would send His Gospel to this Dark land, and that human sacrifice and sorcery will be STOPPED, once and for all. Thank you.

Another faithful message by a faithful man. Pastor Carlsen silences some of his critics by proving the context of 1 Peter 2:18. The pastor proves that the context is truly slaves and masters, not free employees and their employers. The scriptures no where say that slave holding is sinful. We hope neo-abolitionists and neo-calvinists will listen and submit to God's word.

This also contrasts Free Market Economics & Slavery verses Modern Welfare & Communism. The sermon is a breath of fresh air in sharp contrast to most preaching on the passages regarding slavery.

Don't miss listening to part 2 about slavery in the next sermon entitled, "Context Explains the Rule." Great practical insights there. Most pastors and teachers use passages on slavery to teach us rules about employers and employees. This is incorrect since it is contrary to and different from the relationship in slavery. The pastor straightens that out.

Must hear this which continues from the previous sermon on slavery. Absolutely important and relevant to everyone.

The pastor is on a roll in 1st Peter. His opening is powerful and puts the Christian in marriage in context versus the world and it's values. He entirely blasts feminist and liberal ideas of marriage, the role of the wife, which have resulted in social tumult, high divorce rates and infidelity, and popular cohabitation instead of marriage. He underlines real attractiveness and the need for Christian wives to be submissive in the same manner with Christian husbands as they are instructed to be with unbelievers, which is normally overlooked. If a wife does not show respect to her husband, as per this instruction, the marriage is doomed.

Amen to the sermon, another example of conservative versus liberal interpretation. Clears Abraham of false charges from today and honors Sarah as an example of a strong and courageous woman of faith. Abraham acted wisely in a hostile and dangerous situation and Sarah followed his lead. Hear the Psalm comes to mind where God says "touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm". Telling Pharaoh "thou art a Dead man" God defends Abraham and Sarah twice in similar situations using the same strategy where Abraham justly calls Sarah his sister, both for hers and his own sake. Abraham was no paranoid or coward and had previously armed his slaves to rescue Lot when Sodom was taken captive by Kings with a considerably smaller Army. I've never heard a pastor teach this passage this way while always I had considered that Abraham told partial truth wisely for Just Cause, And appeared Vindicated. Here in a passage, which Feminist would call male patriarchy as if abusive, Sarah is shown to be justified and in fact protected by a just husband and faith in God in calling Abraham 'Lord' and obeying him with courage and honor! God's moral and social order is again upheld with dignity.

The previous comment compels a response for the sake of others. Any impartial listener to the sermon will find that these objections are directly addressed: 1. It is totally accurate to say that God ordained the institution of slavery as much as family and marriage. Specifically the 4th and 10th Commandments the pastor shows endorses, legitimizes as good & moral and regulates slavery as much as the 5th and 7th Commandments do for family and marriage. If we disagree that the Ten Commandments defines God's moral laws and social order then we can only conclude that there is a heretical Liberal Christianity and not true Biblical Christianity asserted. (Such was the false Christianity, Deism of Jefferson & false prophet MLK who denied Jesus virgin birth & Resurrection also). Jesus said he came not to abolish the Law but to fulfill. So Slavery passes The Ten Commandments test! 2. Now the Ten Commandments were revealed and written for mankind because of the Fall. Slavery was most often the result of wars or indebtedness. But Poverty can be a result of persecution, such as in the New Testament, as much as of foolishness or sloth. 3. As the pastor says the abuse of an institution does not negate that Institution as legitimate. 4. Slaves is the term intended in the original langua

The transcript for this excellent message is now available for download to PDF or to your Kindle device. The pastor in this message is right, this really is a litmus test Passage, as with other passages on slavery, as to how faithful pastors and teachers are in honestly and plainly interpreting the scriptures. Are they PC or faithful to Gods Word? Any other conclusion by consequence denies the Holiness of God, the perfectness of Christ as Savior (i.e. Jesus approved slavery) and even the inspiration of scripture as being from God himself. The Bible is absolutely clear on the subject, and only "the fear of man brings a snare." There was great public discussion and tumult regarding the subject in 2017 and this message stands in sharp contrast to the Liberal media's charges about the Southern states, the Founders and American history. Has Social order and morals become better or worse since abolition and the Civil War, from a Biblical perspective?

I believe that any system under which the Lord institutes is good and perfect; however when left under man's governing will eventually become corrupt. Only the Lord can make a system perfect. I would tread carefully when dealing with such sensitive matters and the handling of God's word to state his word with great care so that no harm or offense is done to the glory of God.