Bosses

And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him. – Ephesians 6.9

God's instructions are not only for the workers. He also lays down some plans for the bosses. When we look at the whole picture we see the early admonition to submit to each other. That principle also applies to Christian bosses.

We can often treat what we call 'secular' matters differently that 'spiritual' things. We can have a church us and a business us.

But we cannot divorce the so called secular from the so called spiritual. Christian employers and bosses and such have a guideline. It is based on the basic principle of being in submission to each other.

Christian owners or bosses or managers or supervisors or in authority have a responsibility.

That is not the place for threatening or basic meanness. 'Doing the same to them' means that those in authority need to treat their employees just as if Jesus were working for them and remembering that they are not the ultimate 'boss.' They also have a Boss in heaven and He doesn't see bosses any better than the workers.

We can't expect the world to practice our standards, but we can show others what it means to be a Christian in every area of life.