WELCOME TO
THE GAMALIEL
CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Going the Second Mile
“And whoever compels you to go
one mile, go with him two.”
Matthew 5:41
Luke 9:23
“Then He said to them all, ‘If anyone
desires to come after Me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross daily,and follow
Me.’”
Christ challenges you to go beyond what
is expected. Go the second mile in your
service to God and others… even your
enemies!
Going the Second Mile
With Your Family
 Ephesians 6:4; Titus 2:4-5; Ephesians 6:1-2
Ephesians 6:4
“And you, fathers, do not provoke your
children to wrath, but bring them up in the
training and admonition of the Lord.”
Men: Are you leading your family to
Christ? Do you shower your wife and
children with your love and attention? Do
you nurture them in God’s Way?
Titus 2:4-5
“That they admonish the young
women to love their husbands, to love their
children, 5 to be discreet, chaste, homemakers,
good, obedient to their own husbands, that the
word of God may not be blasphemed.”
Ladies: do you do the bare minimum in
keeping your home? Do you show the love
and attention to your husband and children
that they need to thrive?
Ephesians 6:1-2
“Children, obey your parents in the
Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your father
and mother, which is the first commandment
with promise.”
Children: Do you do more than
expected? Or the bare minimum required
of you by your parents? Do you go beyond
simple obedience, and honor them?
Going the Second Mile
With Your Family
 Ephesians 6:4; Titus 2:4-5; Ephesians 6:1-2
With Your Job
 Ecclesiastes 9:10; 1 Peter 2:18
Ecclesiastes 9:10
“Whatever your hand finds to do, do
it with your might; for there is no work
or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave
where you are going.”
Do you work hard only when others are
watching? Or are you diligent in your
work!
1 Peter 2:18
“Servants, be submissive to your
masters with all fear, not only to the good and
gentle, but also to the harsh.”
Notice that this integrity is required
whether the master (employer) is good or
bad! It does not change what God requires
of you.
Going the Second Mile
With Your Family
 Ephesians 6:4; Titus 2:4-5; Ephesians 6:1-2
With Your Job
 Ecclesiastes 9:10; 1 Peter 2:18
With Your Brethren
 Colossians 3:12-13
Colossians 3:12-13
“Therefore, as the elect of God, holy
and beloved, put on tender mercies,
kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
13bearing with one another, and forgiving one
another, if anyone has a complaint against
another; even as Christ forgave you, so you
also must do.’”
Imagine the strength of this congregation
if every member determined to go the
second mile!
Going the Second Mile
With Your Family
 Ephesians 6:4; Titus 2:4-5; Ephesians 6:1-2
With Your Job
 Ecclesiastes 9:10; 1 Peter 2:18
With Your Brethren
 Colossians 3:12-13
With The Lost
 Acts 8:1,4; Luke 14:23
Acts 8:1, 4
“Now Saul was consenting to his
death. At that time a great persecution arose
against the church which was at Jerusalem;
and they were all scattered throughout the
regions of Judea and Samaria, except the
apostles.”
“4 Therefore those who were scattered went
everywhere preaching the word.”
Luke 14:23
“Then the master said to the servant,
‘Go out into the highways and hedges,
and compel them to come in, that my house
may be filled.’”
You would go the second mile to save
someone from physical danger… Will you
do so to save them from spiritual danger?
Going the Second Mile
With Your Family
 Ephesians 6:4; Titus 2:4-5; Ephesians 6:1-2
With Your Job
 Ecclesiastes 9:10; 1 Peter 2:18
With Your Brethren
 Colossians 3:12-13
With The Lost
 Acts 8:1,4; Luke 14:23
With Your Enemies
 Matthew 5:44-45
Matthew 5:44-45
“But I say to you, love your enemies,
bless those who curse you, do good to
those who hate you, and pray for those who
spitefully use you and persecute you, 45 that
you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for
He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the
good, and sends rain on the just and on the
unjust.”
Yes, it is required of you, even
with your enemies, to go the second mile!
Philippians 2:5-8
Christ Went the Second Mile
For You!
Philippians 2:5-8
“Let this mind be in you which was
also in Christ Jesus, 6who, being in the
form of God, did not consider it robbery to be
equal with God, 7but made Himself of no
reputation, taking the form of a bondservant,
and coming in the likeness of men. 8And being
found in appearance as a man, He humbled
Himself and became obedient to the point of
death, even the death of the cross.”
Will you do the same for Him?