April 1, 2005
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It’s Friday, and you know what that means, Bible Study!!!!! I thought we were going to do Esther Part Two, but instead our church has a visiting pastor from Uganda, Pastor Dongo, and he taught the study. It reminded me of a statement by Rich Mullins, that around the world if you looked at people’s Bibles, people would be underlining different things, and if you put the Bibles together, then you would find that the whole Bible would be underlined. This man is really special and was very happy. With the help of our church and a few other loccal churches he has been able to purchase land and has the first floor of a school built.
The topic of today’s Bible study is Christian Stewardship.
As people, we feel that if we possess something we own it. Our concept of ownership is the power to prevent someone else from possessing our using what we consider to be ours. If anyone takes away something that is ours, we consider it theft.
Biblical concept of ownership.
The true owner is one who has something without having received it from another.
The true owner doesn’t need anyting because he has everything.
Only one fits this definition, God.
1 Chron 29: 14, 16 Daniel knew he got everything from God. when he said, for all things come from You and of Your own we have given you.
We forget that what we give God is what he gave us first.
Acts 17:25 God is not in need of being served by hands, he doesn’t need anything.
1 Cor. 4:7, What did you have that you did not receive from God?
James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above. We receive from the Father of Life.
One day we will have to give an accounting of what and how we have used what is given to us.
We must follow the instructions of the owner and be a good steward of what God gives us.
Ex. 19:5 The Earth belongs to God.
Psalms 24:1 The Earth is the Lord’s and the fullness there of, the world and all who dwell in it.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created…
God owns it because he created it.
John 1:3 God created everything for His Glory and His pleasure.
That is awesome because he also created us.
Isaiah 43:7, Psalm 100:3
Romans 11:33 God has rights on everything because He created us.
We should be people whom God is well pleased. God was pleased with his servant Job, stating that there is no one like Him, God was also pleased with Jesus and his work, We, as children of God, should strive to be those in whom God is well pleased.
Hebrews 1:3 God sustains everything by the power of his Word.
God 1) created us
2) sustains us
3) redeems us
4) sanctifies us
We are striving for holiness, and we can only achieve this with the help of God, and then we can become the righteousness of God IN Christ. We cannot do it alone, we have to do it in Christ.
We become partakers of the Holiness of God IN Christ Jesus.
Job 21:30
Pastor Ted also stated that our salvation is not ours, it belongs to God.
Deut 29:29 the secret things belong to God.
I love hearing other teachers teach Bible study, for it just makes the Word so rich.
Heather
Comments (12)
Hi Heather, sounds like you had a rough childhood. Glad things are better now. It is a shame that you cannot trust who you think you should be able to trust. Right now we are going through something concerning someone who should have been able to be trusted.
Amen, it all belongs to God, and he lends it to us.
there is richness in a variety of teachers as each has had and continues to have their own experience of a relationship with God. thank you for sharing the Bible studies, i know i’ve learned from them. i also appreciate the comments on my site – there are times when i question whether to continue it’s existance .
I love how the same scripture that you read,will have new meaning the next time you read it!
God has blessed you with so many bible teachers. Wish I could be there with ya’ll one Friday….
I don’t mind at all! After all we are sisters in the Lord.
Wow, your Bible studies are always good ones. Thanks for sharing.
Rich mullins was way more than a musician… I am always blessed by things he had said.
peace of Christ to ya,
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God bless you Heather!! You are such a blessing!!
Love Lisa
Heather, Thank you so much for your comments on my site. You have helped me alot with dealing with my preker. I just hope that I could do more for her. Both sets of her grandparents are raising her, her mother really isn’t in the picture because she’s very young and is always working…..and my preker’s dad is getting out of jail this weekend. I’ve mentioned to his parents that if he would like to have a meeting with us to discuss his child, I would be more than willing to…..the little girl just does not know her limits. She can’t sit still for longer than a minute without touching, pulling, pushing or tugging at her friends in class. I can’t have her sitting at the table with her other friends because she doesn’t know how to leave them alone and she doesn’t focus on her work. It’s very disturbing for the other children….our director suggested to sit her alone on the other side of the classroom. I don’t really want to single her out as the “problem child” because I don’t like to label kids but it’s hard. I j ust feel for the little one. But thank you for your honest words about your experience on your site because it has helped me and it has opened up my eyes.
God Bless!!
WOW you are so lucky to have so many to teach you! AMEN…God bless you Heather………………………
That includes the food we think we need, the paycheck we rely on, and the future we plan. Amen.