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Tychicus – the Encourager a Small Character with Big Character Colossians 4:7-9 Tychicus The Encourager Bro. Wan Wei Yew 11th November 2018 | 11am @ ZGM Tychicus – The Encourager A Small Character with Big Character Colossians 4:7-9 Who was Tychicus • Tychicus • Tye-Chee-Kus • Tee-Chee-Kus • Too-Khee-Kos • Tychicus • Fortuitous = Fated to be fortunate; lucky • Tychicus • Ephesians, Colossians, Acts, Titus, 2 Timothy Ephesians 6:21-22 Final Greetings 21So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything. 22I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts. Colossians 4:7-9 Final Greetings 7Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servantb in the Lord. 8I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts, 9and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you of everything that has taken place here. Acts 20:1-6 Paul in Macedonia and Greece 1After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia. 2When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. 3There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jewsa as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. 4Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus. 5These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas, 6but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days. Titus 3:12 Final Instructions and Greetings 12When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 2 Timothy 4:9-12 Personal Instructions 9Do your best to come to me soon. 10For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia,b Titus to Dalmatia. 11Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry. 12Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. 13When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments. Tychicus was from Asia Minor Delivering the Epistles Delivering the Epistles Tychicus • Beloved Brother • Faithful Minister • Fellow Servant Colossians 4:7-9 Final Greetings 7Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servantb in the Lord. 8I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts, 9and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you of everything that has taken place here. A. He is a Beloved Brother (Col 4:7) Final Greetings 7Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servantb in the Lord • Adelphos • ἀδελφός • ad-el-fos‘ • a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian • Agapétos • ἀγαπητός • ag-ap-ay-tos‘ • the Beloved, a title of the Messiah (Christ); or • as beloved beyond all others by the God who sent Him; of Christians, as beloved by God, Christ, and one another A. He is a Beloved Brother (Col 4:7) Acts 20:1-6 Paul in Macedonia and Greece 1After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia. 2When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. 3There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jewsa as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. 4Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus. 5These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas, 6but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days. A. He is a Beloved Brother (Col 4:7) Acts 9:26-31 Saul in Jerusalem 26And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. 27But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. 28So he went in and out among them at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. 29And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists.c But they were seeking to kill him. 30And when the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus. A. He is a Beloved Brother (Col 4:7) A. He is a Beloved Brother (Col 4:7) A. He is a Beloved Brother (Col 4:7) A. He is a Beloved Brother (Col 4:7) B. He is a Faithful Minister (Col 4:7) Final Greetings 7Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servantb in the Lord • Diakonos (deacon) • διάκονος • dee-ak'-on-os • a waiter, servant; then of any one who performs any service, an administrator • Pistos • Πιστός • pis-tos‘ • trustworthy, faithful, believing B. He is a Faithful Minister (Col 4:7) Acts 6:1-6 Seven Chosen to Serve 1Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenistsa arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. 2And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. 3Therefore, brothers,b pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. 4But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” 5And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. 6These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them. B. He is a Faithful Minister (Col 4:7) Final Greetings 7Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servantb in the Lord B. He is a Faithful Minister (Col 4:7) B. He is a Faithful Minister (Col 4:7) B. He is a Faithful Minister (Col 4:7) C. He is a Fellow Servant (Col 4:7) Final Greetings 7Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servantb in the Lord • Sundoulos • σύνδουλος • soon'-doo-los • a fellow slave, fellow servant; of Christians: a fellow worker, colleague C. He is a Fellow Servant (Col 4:7) Colossians 3:22-24 22Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters,f not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. C. He is a Fellow Servant (Col 4:7) Exodus 21:1-6 Laws About Slaves 1“Now these are the rules that you shall set before them. 2When you buy a Hebrew slave,a he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. 3If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out alone. 5But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ 6then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall be his slave forever. C. He is a Fellow Servant (Col 4:7) • Matthew 20:26b-28 • Mark 10:43b-45 • John 13 C. He is a Fellow Servant (Col 4:7) C. He is a Fellow Servant (Col 4:7) C. He is a Fellow Servant (Col 4:7) .
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