{"id":172,"date":"2007-12-02T14:24:49","date_gmt":"2007-12-02T19:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/messages\/2007\/appeals-in-spiritual-partnership\/"},"modified":"2009-10-19T12:51:13","modified_gmt":"2009-10-19T17:51:13","slug":"appeals-in-spiritual-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/2007\/appeals-in-spiritual-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeals in Spiritual Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Outline&mdash;Philemon 8&ndash;14<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Appeal based upon the work (vv. 8&ndash;9)&mdash;proper priorities<\/li>\n<li>Appeal on behalf of people (vv. 10&ndash;11)&mdash;Christ captured<\/li>\n<li>Appeal driven by godly relationships (vv. 12&ndash;13)&mdash;brotherly bonds<\/li>\n<li>Appeal harmoniously turned to high ethics (v. 14)&mdash;heavenly habits<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Observations on Tact<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tact (touch) is thoughtful application of other-centeredness in all relationships.<\/li>\n<li>In the Christian context, it is founded in a proper understanding of the image of God borne by the image-bearer to other image-bearers.<\/li>\n<li>It is the application of Christian grace to all men (in honor preferring one another, owe no man anything but to love him, speak the truth in love, etc.).<\/li>\n<li>Tact is a task.<\/li>\n<li>Tact is an obligation.<\/li>\n<li>Tact is an act of worship.<\/li>\n<li>Tact is an act of service.<\/li>\n<li>Tact is an act of obedience.<\/li>\n<li>Tact is an act of faithfulness.<\/li>\n<li>Tact is an act of competence.<\/li>\n<li>Tact is an act of self-control.<\/li>\n<li>Tact is an act of compassion.<\/li>\n<li>Tact is an act of grace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Take Home Points<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>There is no excuse for the Christian to be nasty to others.<\/li>\n<li>There is every excuse for the Christian to display the fruit of the Spirit.<\/li>\n<li>Make it your aim to do God&#8217;s work in God&#8217;s way for God&#8217;s glorious results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Download Recording<\/h3>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/audio\/msg20071202hi.mp3\" rel=\"external\">Broadband<\/a> Connection (Approx. 22 MB)<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/audio\/msg20071202lo.mp3\" rel=\"external\">Dial-Up<\/a> Connection (Approx. 2.7 MB)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline&mdash;Philemon 8&ndash;14 Appeal based upon the work (vv. 8&ndash;9)&mdash;proper priorities Appeal on behalf of people (vv. 10&ndash;11)&mdash;Christ captured Appeal driven by godly relationships (vv. 12&ndash;13)&mdash;brotherly bonds Appeal harmoniously turned to high ethics (v. 14)&mdash;heavenly habits Observations on Tact Tact (touch) is thoughtful application of other-centeredness in all relationships. In the Christian context, it is founded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}