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>>GOOD MORNING FRIENDS AND
WELCOME AGAIN TO SABBATH SCHOOL
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STUDY HOUR HERE AT THE GRANITE
BAY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
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CHURCH. VERY WARM
WELCOME TO THOSE OF
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YOU WHO ARE JOINING US ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE
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WORLD ON THE VARIOUS TELEVISION
NETWORKS AND ALSO THOSE WHO
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ARE WATCHING ON FACEBOOK.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
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FOR YOU HERE IN
JUST A FEW MOMENTS.
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I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME THOSE
OF YOU WHO ARE HERE IN PERSON,
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OUR REGULAR CHURCH MEMBERS
AND OUR VISITORS, A VERY WARM
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WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU.
AS WE CONTINUE OUR LESSON
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SERIES ON STEWARDSHIP. IF
YOU'VE BEEN COMING FOR A FEW
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WEEKS YOU KNOW WE STARTED A
NEW LESSON ENTITLED STEWARDSHIP:
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MOTIVES OF THE HEART .
AND TODAY WE FIND OURSELVES ON
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LESSON #5 WHICH IS ENTITLED
STEWARDS AFTER EDEN SO THAT WILL
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BE OUR SUBJECT THAT
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT TODAY.
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FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JOINING
US LIVE ON FACEBOOK WE WANT TO
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LET YOU KNOW ABOUT A SPECIAL
FEATURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO
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INCLUDE IN OUR STUDY TIME TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND TAKE SOME
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BIBLE QUESTIONS, RELATED TO THE
SUBJECT OF STEWARDSHIP, DURING
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THE TIME OF OUR LESSON TODAY.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE FACEBOOK AND
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YOU CAN MAKE A NOTE ON
THERE JUST ASK YOUR QUESTION.
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WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER AS MANY OF
THOSE QUESTIONS AS WE CAN DURING
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THE PROGRAM THIS MORNING.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T HAVE
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A LESSON
QUARTERLY - I KNOW THOSE
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OF YOU HERE IN PERSON,
WE DO HAVE A FEW EXTRA ONES.
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YOU CAN GET YOURS FOLLOWING
THE CHURCH SERVICE, THEY'RE OVER
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THERE IN THE FOYER FOR OUR
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VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS. YOU
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- AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD LESSON #5
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AND YOU CAN STUDY
ALONG WITH US TODAY.
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IT'S ENTITLED IS
OBEDIENCE LEGALISM?
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THIS IS ONE OF THE
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BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STUDY
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TIME THIS MORNING INVITE
YOU TO JOIN US AS WE'RE GOING TO
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LIFT OUR VOICES IN
SONG. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SINGING
ALONG WITH US. AND, AT THIS
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TIME, PASTOR ROSS IS GOING
TO HAVE OUR OPENING PRAYER.
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>>LET'S BOW OUR
HEADS FOR PRAYER.
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DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, AGAIN WE
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
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BE ABLE TO GATHER TOGETHER AND
OPEN UP YOUR WORD AND STUDY THIS
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IMPORTANT
SUBJECT OF STEWARDSHIP.
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EVERYTHING WE ARE
EVERYTHING WE HAVE IS YOURS.
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FATHER WE PRAY THAT YOU GIVE
US WISDOM TO KNOW HOW WE CAN USE
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THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE
GIVEN US TO YOUR GLORY.
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BLESS OUR TIME TODAY, FOR
WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME.
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AMEN. OUR LESSON
THIS MORNING IS GOING
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TO BE BROUGHT TO
US BY PASTOR DOUG.
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>>GOOD MORNING. >>GOOD MORNING.
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>>HOW IS EVERYBODY? WANT
TO WELCOME OUR FRIENDS THAT
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ARE WATCHING ON
TELEVISION OR ONLINE.
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AS PASTOR ROSS SAID, IF YOU HEAR
SOMETHING YOU HAVE A QUESTION
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ABOUT, THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING
ON FACEBOOK, THAT HAS TO DO WITH
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THE LESSON ON STEWARDSHIP
WE'RE DOING TODAY, THEN YOU CAN
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ACTUALLY TEXT THOSE
IN ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE.
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WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT WILL
TRY AND RETRIEVE THOSE FOR US
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AND GET THEM TO US
FOR THE LESSON TODAY.
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WE'RE GOING THROUGH LESSON
#5 TODAY IN OUR QUARTERLY ON
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STEWARDSHIP. AND A
LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT
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LESSONS HERE, I THINK,
FOR US TO LEARN AND TO GLEAN.
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TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING
WITH STEWARDS AFTER EDEN -
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STEWARDS AFTER THE GARDEN OF
EDEN - AND OUR MEMORY VERSE IS 1
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THESSALONIANS 2, VERSE 4, IF
YOU WANT TO READ IT THERE OUT OF
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YOUR QUARTERLY, 1
THESSALONIANS 2, VERSE 4.
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ARE YOU READY? "ON
THE CONTRARY, WE SPEAK AS
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THOSE APPROVED BY GOD TO
BE ENTRUSTED WITH THE GOSPEL.
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WE ARE NOT TRYING TO PLEASE
PEOPLE BUT GOD, WHO TESTS OUR
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HEARTS." ALL RIGHT
MAYBE JUST AS A BROAD
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INTRODUCTION TO THIS LESSON
ON STEWARDSHIP, LET'S REMEMBER
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SOME IMPORTANT
BASICS. YOU'RE HERE.
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YOU'RE BREATHING.
YOUR HEART'S BEATING.
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YOU'RE ALIVE. IT'S TEMPORARY.
THEY SAY THERE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW,
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100 PERCENT DEATH RATE AMONG
THOSE WHO LIVE LONG ENOUGH,
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WITH A COUPLE OF
VERY RARE EXCEPTIONS.
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YOU DO HAVE ENOCH AND YOU'VE GOT
ELIJAH, THEN THERE'LL BE SOME
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WHO LIVE AND REMAIN UNTIL THE
LORD COMES, BUT OTHERWISE, YOU
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GET OLD, YOU'RE GOING TO
DIE. YOU'RE HERE TEMPORARILY.
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IN THE JUDGMENT YOU WILL GIVE AN
ACCOUNT TO GOD FOR TWO PRINCIPAL
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THINGS: WHAT YOU DO WITH THE
TIME YOU ARE GIVEN AND WHAT YOU
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DO WITH THE THINGS THAT
YOU HAVE SOME INFLUENCE OVER.
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AND WE ARE STEWARDS,
TEMPORARILY, OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT
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OF TIME AND INFLUENCE OVER
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THINGS OR
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MEANS THAT GOD GIVES US.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY
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YOU DON'T TAKE IT WITH
YOU. YOU'RE HERE MANAGING A GIFT
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THAT'S BEEN GIVEN - A
GIFT OF LIFE AND THE GIFT OF
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A VARIETY OF THINGS. AND
SO WE ARE STEWARDS OF OUR
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TIME AND STEWARDS OF
THE MEANS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN
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US CONTROL OVER. NOW
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TODAY,
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IN PARTICULAR, AT WHAT THE BIBLE
HAS TO SAY ABOUT STEWARDSHIP
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AND SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES
OF STEWARDSHIP IN THE BIBLE.
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THE TERM 'STEWARD,' THAT YOU
FIND IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, COMES
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FROM NOT ONE WORD BUT A
PHRASE AND IT'S ASHAL ALBAT.
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WHICH MEANS ONE WHO IS ON OR
OVER A HOUSE; A PERSON WHO IS
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PLACED TO BE ON OR OVER THE
HOUSE, OSTENSIBLY OF ANOTHER.
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A BIBLICAL WORLD
VIEW OF STEWARDSHIP CAN BE
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CONSCIENTIOUSLY DEFINED AS
'UTILIZING AND MANAGING ALL
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RESOURCES GOD PROVIDES FOR THE
GLORY OF GOD AND THE BETTERMENT
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OF HIS CREATION. THE
CENTRAL ESSENCE OF BIBLICAL
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WORLD VIEW STEWARDSHIP IS
MANAGING EVERYTHING GOD BRINGS
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INTO THE BELIEVER'S SPHERE
OF INFLUENCE IN A MANNER THAT
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HONORS GOD AND
IMPACTS ETERNITY.'
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I LIKE THAT DEFINITION.
IT SAYS HERE 'THE CENTRAL
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ESSENCE OF BIBLICAL
WORLD STEWARDSHIP IS MANAGING
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EVERYTHING GOD BRINGS INTO THE
BELIEVER'S SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
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IN A MANNER THAT HONORS GOD AND
IMPACTS ETERNITY.' STEWARDSHIP
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BEGINS AND ENDS WITH AN
UNDERSTANDING THAT GOD IS THE
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ULTIMATE OWNER OF EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE SOME VERSES ON THAT.
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WELL YOU GOT REVELATION 22:13
WHERE HE SAYS "I AM THE ALPHA
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AND OMEGA, THE FIRST AND
THE LAST, THE BEGINNING AND THE
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END." SO GOD IS EVERYTHING AND
HE'S IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING.
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YOU HAVE PSALM 24:1, "THE EARTH
IS THE LORD'S AND EVERYTHING IN
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IT." WE WERE JUST SINGING,
BEFORE WE WENT ON THE AIR,
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THIS IS MY FATHER'S WORLD
. THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S AND
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EVERYTHING IN IT
AND ALL WHO LIVE IN IT.
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THE THINGS AND THE
BEINGS ALL BELONG TO GOD.
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DEUTERONOMY 10:14, "TO THE LORD
YOUR GOD BELONGS THE HEAVEN,
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EVEN THE HIGHEST HEAVENS, AND
EVERYTHING - AND THE EARTH AND
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EVERYTHING IN IT." MOSES
SAID, "BECAUSE THE LAND IS
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MINE AND YOU ARE
BUT ALIENS AND TENANTS."
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THAT'S LEVITICUS 25, VERSE 23.
AND YOU READ JOB 41:11 "WHO HAS
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A CLAIM AGAINST
ME THAT I MUST PAY?
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EVERYTHING UNDER
HEAVEN BELONGS TO ME."
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GOD IS SPEAKING THERE IN CHAPTER
41 HE SAYS 'EVERYTHING BELONGS
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TO ME.' AND SO - JUST -
STEWARDSHIP REALLY BEGINS BY
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UNDERSTANDING
THAT GOD OWNS IT ALL.
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THAT WE ARE TEMPORARILY - WE
HAVE SOME IMPACT OR INFLUENCE ON
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THE THINGS THAT ARE IN
OUR LIFE AND ON OUR TIME.
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SO, LOOKING AT STEWARDSHIP IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT, JUST TO GIVE
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YOU AN IDEA, IT SAYS, 'SOMEONE
WHO IS ON OR OVER ANOTHER
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PERSON'S HOUSE.' THERE IS AN
INDIVIDUAL YOU'LL READ ABOUT IN
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THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM
AND ABRAHAM HAD A STEWARD.
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HIS NAME WAS ELEAZER AND HE
WAS SO CLOSE TO ABRAHAM, HE -
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ABRAHAM CHOSE A PERSON
WITH SUCH IMPORTANT CRITERIA AND
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QUALIFICATIONS THAT HE AT ONE
POINT THOUGHT OF MAKING HIM THE
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HEIR OF ALL THAT HE HAD.
BEFORE ABRAHAM HAD A SON - AND
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HE'S FABULOUSLY WEALTHY
- WHO DOES HE LEAVE IT TO?
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SO IF YOU LOOK IN GENESIS
CHAPTER 15, VERSE 2, "BUT ABRAM
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SAID TO THE LORD" - THIS
IS GENESIS 15:2, "LORD, GOD,
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WHAT WILL YOU GIVE ME SEEING I
GO CHILDLESS AND THE HEIR OF MY
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HOUSE IS ELEAZER OF DAMASCUS?"
SO THERE IT GIVES YOU HIS NAME.
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LATER IN THE BOOK IT JUST TELLS
YOU THAT HE WAS A STEWARD OVER
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EVERYTHING ABRAHAM HAD. BUT
DO YOU THINK THAT BILL GATES
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GOES TO THE POST OFFICE HIMSELF?
DOES HE EVER MAIL ANYTHING?
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PROBABLY. DOES BILL
GATES GO GET HIS GROCERIES?
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OR WARREN
BUFFETT? OR JEFF BEZOS?
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OR PICK YOUR
FAVORITE BILLIONAIRE.
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THEY MAY, AT TIMES BUT, FOR THE
MOST PART, I THINK THAT THESE
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FOLKS PROBABLY HAVE
ADMINISTRATORS THAT HELP THEM.
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THESE HAVE TO BE PEOPLE - I
MEAN IF YOU MANAGED BILL GATES'
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CHECKBOOK YOU'D HAVE
TO BE PRETTY TRUSTWORTHY.
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YOU'D HAVE TO BE A PERSON
THAT HE HAD AN AWFUL LOT OF
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CONFIDENCE IN. I CAN
ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THAT
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HE HAS OTHER PEOPLE THAT
HELP HIM WITH HIS ACCOUNTS AND
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A LOT OF TRIVIAL MATTERS.
THOSE WOULD NEED TO BE PEOPLE,
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IF SOMEONE - WHO
SAID THAT, KAREN?
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HIS WIFE, YOU KNOW, MELINDA
GATES IS REALLY BUSY WITH A
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FOUNDATION. I'LL BET YOU
SHE HAS PEOPLE THAT HELP.
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THESE FOLKS HAVE PERSONAL
SECRETARIES AND ATTENDANTS THAT
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ARE BOOKING THEIR FLIGHTS,
THEY'RE PLANNING THEIR TRAVEL -
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THEY SAY, 'I WANT TO DO THIS.'
'I WANT TO DO THAT.' 'I WANT TO
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BUY ONE OF THESE.' 'I WANT'
- AND THEY TAKE CARE OF IT FOR
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THEM. THEY'RE
SORT OF LIKE A MODERN
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EQUIVALENT OF WHAT WE WOULD CALL
A STEWARD - THEY ARE A PERSON
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THAT THEY HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF
CONFIDENCE IN AND THOSE PEOPLE
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USUALLY HAVE INCREDIBLE
AUTHORITY TO DO THINGS, TO ORDER
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THINGS, TO SAVE THINGS,
TO BUY THINGS IN THEIR NAME.
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AND SO, IN BIBLE TIMES, ABRAHAM
- I MEAN HOW WEALTHY WAS HE?
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JUST TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT, WHEN
ABRAHAM WENT TO WAR, IT SAYS HE
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HAD 300 TRAINED
SOLDIERS IN HIS CAMP.
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SO - AND ABRAHAM HAD HUNDREDS
OF - AND HE CAME OUT OF EGYPT.
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HE HAD EVEN MORE AFTER
THAT. HE HAD GOLD AND SILVER.
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IT SAYS HE HAD MALE AND FEMALE
SERVANTS HE HAD SO MANY FLOCKS
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AND HERDS HE AND LOT COULD NOT
EVEN ABIDE TOGETHER. SO HE HAD
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THIS INCREDIBLE SUBSTANCE
HE COULDN'T MANAGE IT ALL.
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HE HAD TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO HE
COULD REALLY TRUST AND MAYBE IT
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WAS WHEN HE WAS COMING FROM UR
OF THE CHALDEES AND HE WAS GOING
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THROUGH DAMASCUS, HE FOUND
OR BOUGHT THIS SERVANT THAT WAS
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EXTREMELY FAITHFUL THAT HE
REALLY TRUSTED - HE MUST HAVE
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BEEN VERY BRIGHT.
HIS NAME WAS ELEAZER.
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SO MUCH SO THAT WHEN YOU LOOK
IN THE BIBLE AND YOU GO TO -
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SOMEONE IN A MINUTE IS GOING TO
READ FOR ME GENESIS 39, VERSE 4
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- YOU'LL DO THAT
IN JUST A MOMENT.
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I WANT YOU TO NOTICE GENESIS
24, VERSE 2, "SO ABRAHAM SAID TO
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THE OLDEST SERVANT OF HIS HOUSE
WHO RULED OVER ALL THAT HE HAD.
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HE SAID, 'PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND
UNDER MY THIGH AND I'LL MAKE YOU
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SWEAR BY THE LORD GOD OF HEAVEN
AND THE LORD GOD OF EARTH THAT
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YOU WILL NOT TAKE A WIFE FROM
MY SON OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE
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CANAANITES AMONG WHOM I DWELL.
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BUT YOU WILL GO TO MY COUNTRY
AND MY FAMILY AND TAKE A WIFE
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FOR MY SON ISAAC.'" (WHISTLES)
JUST THINK ABOUT THAT.
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HE NOT ONLY HAS THE KEY
TO HIS SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX.
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HE'S NOT ONLY GOT SIGNATORY
AUTHORITY ON HIS CHECKBOOK, HE'S
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SAYING 'I WANT YOU TO PICK THE
WIFE FOR MY SON.' YOU'VE GOT TO
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TRUST THAT STEWARD, AMEN?
AND THEY MADE HIM SWEAR TO ME
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- HE SAID, 'LOOK I'M TRUSTING
YOU.' NOW, IF YOU READ THE REST
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OF THAT CHAPTER WHERE
ELEAZER PICKS REBECCA -
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HE HAS TO PICK HER. HE
PRAYS - HE'S A MAN OF GOD.
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HE BELIEVES IN
THE GOD OF ABRAHAM.
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YOU READ THE PRAYER OF ELEAZER
- MATTER OF FACT, I WISH I COULD
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STOP HERE AND JUST LAUNCH
INTO THE SERMON ON THAT CHAPTER.
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BECAUSE IN THAT PASSAGE WHERE
ABRAHAM SENDS HIS STEWARD TO
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FIND A WIFE FOR HIS SON,
THE LANGUAGE, FIRST OF ALL,
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ELEAZER'S NAME NEVER
APPEARS. HE NEVER REFERS TO
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HIMSELF BY NAME. HE'S
JUST 'I AM THE SERVANT OF
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ABRAHAM,' SO HE IS VERY
CONTENT TO BE A SERVANT.
00:14:59.16\00:15:03.40
HE IS ENTRUSTED WITH CAMELS
LOADED WITH GOLD AND SILVER AND
00:15:03.43\00:15:08.20
GIFTS TO PAY A DOWRY FOR A WIFE.
SO HE COULD HAVE TAKEN THOSE
00:15:08.24\00:15:12.37
CAMELS AND SAID,
'I'M OFF TO DAMASCUS.
00:15:12.41\00:15:15.11
I'M GOING BACK TO SOMEWHERE
ELSE.' IT MEANS HE COULD RUN FOR
00:15:15.14\00:15:18.58
IT. HE HAD JUST BAGS OF MONEY.
00:15:18.61\00:15:21.52
BUT HIS PRINCIPAL LOVE
WAS TO DO THE WILL OF ABRAHAM.
00:15:21.55\00:15:26.72
AND HE COULD BE TRUSTED THAT HE
WAS GOING TO LEAVE WITH ALL THAT
00:15:26.76\00:15:29.86
MONEY AND COME BACK AGAIN WITH
A WIFE FOR HIS - FOR HIS SON.
00:15:29.89\00:15:34.00
SO, TO ME, THAT IS JUST -
YOU KNOW, IF WE STOP RIGHT HERE,
00:15:34.03\00:15:36.73
THAT JUST GIVES YOU A
MIND-BOGGLING CONCEPT OF HOW
00:15:36.77\00:15:39.73
IMPORTANT THE ROLE WAS
OF AN OLD TESTAMENT STEWARD.
00:15:39.77\00:15:44.04
IT REALLY NEEDED TO BE SOMEBODY
THAT YOU HAD A GREAT DEAL OF
00:15:44.07\00:15:47.68
CONFIDENCE IN.
SOMEONE - OR GO AHEAD READ FOR
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ME PLEASE GENESIS 39, VERSE 4.
>>GENESIS 39:4, "SO JOSEPH FOUND
00:15:51.41\00:15:58.29
FAVOR IN HIS
SIGHT AND SERVED HIM.
00:15:58.32\00:16:00.46
THEN HE MADE HIM OVERSEER OF HIS
HOUSE AND ALL THAT HE HAD HE PUT
00:16:00.49\00:16:04.03
UNDER HIS
AUTHORITY." >>WELL THAT'S A
00:16:04.06\00:16:06.26
STEWARD ISN'T IT?
IT DOESN'T CALL HIM A
00:16:06.29\00:16:07.60
STEWARD CALLS HIM
A WHAT? AN OVERSEER.
00:16:07.60\00:16:11.50
BUT HE'S RESPONSIBLE
FOR EVERYTHING POTIPHAR HAS.
00:16:11.53\00:16:15.60
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN THE FIRST
DAY. POTIPHAR WATCHED JOSEPH,
00:16:15.64\00:16:20.24
AND HERE HE WAS 17 WHEN
HE BOUGHT HIM AS A SLAVE.
00:16:20.28\00:16:22.84
WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG AFTER
THAT, BUT HE NOTICED THAT THIS
00:16:22.88\00:16:25.71
YOUNG MAN WAS A QUICK
LEARNER. HE WAS FAITHFUL.
00:16:25.75\00:16:30.45
EVERYTHING HE ASKED GOT DONE.
YOU KNOW AT AMAZING FACTS, YOU
00:16:30.49\00:16:37.43
KNOW, INCLUDING OUR EVANGELISTS
OUT IN THE FIELD WE HAVE
00:16:37.46\00:16:39.73
ABOUT A HUNDRED EMPLOYEES.
AND THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF
00:16:39.76\00:16:44.80
PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY
BUSY. BUT ANYTHING YOU GIVE
00:16:44.83\00:16:49.20
THEM THEY GET IT DONE.
THEY DON'T SAY 'YEAH WHEN I GET
00:16:49.24\00:16:52.87
AROUND TO IT.' THEY GET IT
DONE AND I'LL CALL THEM BACK AND
00:16:52.91\00:16:56.64
I'LL SAY, 'WELL WHEN YOU GET
A CHANCE.' THEY SAY, 'I ALREADY
00:16:56.68\00:16:58.55
DID IT.' I MEAN, DON'T
YOU LOVE PEOPLE LIKE THAT?
00:16:58.58\00:17:03.62
AND YOU WANT TO PUT THEM IN
CHARGE OF EVERYTHING BECAUSE
00:17:03.65\00:17:06.19
IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING THEY
TOUCH, THEY TAKE CARE OF IT.
00:17:06.22\00:17:09.22
THEY'RE ALWAYS BUSY BUT THEY'RE
ALWAYS - YOU'VE HEARD THE
00:17:09.26\00:17:11.13
EXPRESSION 'YOU EVER WANT
TO GET ANYTHING DONE GET A BUSY
00:17:11.16\00:17:14.20
PERSON'? AND HE SAW THAT
JOSEPH WAS THAT KIND OF PERSON.
00:17:14.20\00:17:19.57
ANYTHING LITTLE HE STARTED FAITH
- 'HE THAT IS FAITHFUL IN THAT
00:17:19.60\00:17:22.40
WHICH IS LEAST IS FAITHFUL IN
MUCH.' JOSEPH WAS NOT SWEEPING
00:17:22.44\00:17:26.07
THE DIRT UNDER THE
CARPET IN POTIPHAR'S HOUSE.
00:17:26.11\00:17:29.21
HE SAW THAT WHATEVER
HE DID HE DID IT WELL.
00:17:29.24\00:17:31.61
AND JOSEPH OFTEN CAME BACK AND
HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU
00:17:31.65\00:17:34.52
MIND, MASTER, IF
I MADE A SUGGESTION?
00:17:34.55\00:17:36.82
I THINK THERE'S A MORE EFFICIENT
WAY TO DO THIS.' AND HE WAS
00:17:36.85\00:17:40.06
ALWAYS IMPROVING ON THE
WAY THINGS WERE HAPPENING.
00:17:40.09\00:17:42.46
HE SAID, 'BOY, YOU KNOW WHEN
YOU - YOU'VE JUST GOT NATURAL
00:17:42.49\00:17:44.99
APTITUDE. ANYTHING
THAT YOU DO, YOU DO
00:17:45.03\00:17:46.80
BETTER.' AND HE JUST KEPT
PROMOTING HIM AND PROMOTING HIM.
00:17:46.83\00:17:50.80
AND HE SAID, 'BOY, EVERYTHING
I'VE GIVEN TO HIM IS EXCELLING.
00:17:50.83\00:17:54.50
ANYTHING THAT HE'S IN CHARGE
OF IS RUNNING.' AND HE JUST KEPT
00:17:54.54\00:17:59.84
GIVING MORE UNTIL PRETTY SOON
EVERYTHING IS UNDER JOSEPH'S
00:17:59.87\00:18:04.08
CONTROL, EXCEPT POTIPHAR'S WIFE
AND THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER STORY.
00:18:04.11\00:18:08.95
BUT YOU CAN READ HERE IN GENESIS
43, VERSE 19 THAT NOW JOSEPH -
00:18:08.98\00:18:15.86
YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY.
JOSEPH EVENTUALLY, BECAUSE HE
00:18:15.89\00:18:19.53
WAS A FAITHFUL SERVANT, HE
COULD BECOME A FAITHFUL MASTER.
00:18:19.56\00:18:26.17
NOW WHERE DID JOSEPH
LEARN TO BE A FAITHFUL SERVANT?
00:18:26.20\00:18:30.21
IN THE HOUSE OF POTIPHAR
OR IN THE HOUSE OF JACOB?
00:18:30.24\00:18:33.88
HE WAS WORKING IN HIS
OWN HOME WITH HIS FATHER.
00:18:33.91\00:18:37.28
YOU REMEMBER HIS FATHER
SAID 'I WANT YOU TO GO FIND YOUR
00:18:37.31\00:18:39.55
BROTHERS.' AND HE WENT
OUT TO FIND HIS BROTHERS.
00:18:39.58\00:18:41.78
HE WAS KEEPING
HIS FATHER'S SHEEP.
00:18:41.82\00:18:43.35
HE WAS FAITHFUL IN THE LITTLE
THINGS AND SO HE COULD LEARN.
00:18:43.39\00:18:47.76
YOU KNOW, THE BEST LEADERS
IN HISTORY HAVE OFTEN HAD VERY
00:18:47.79\00:18:52.26
DIFFICULT HISTORIES -
VERY DIFFICULT BEGINNINGS.
00:18:52.29\00:18:56.73
SOMETIMES THEY HAD POVERTY
AND A LOT OF HARD WORK AND THEY
00:18:56.77\00:19:00.20
LEARNED PRINCIPLES, THROUGH THE
POVERTY AND THE HARD WORK, THAT
00:19:00.24\00:19:03.91
HELPED THEM BE VERY SUCCESSFUL
PRESIDENTS AND LEADERS.
00:19:03.94\00:19:10.91
YOU MAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THE FACES OF THE PRESIDENTS
00:19:10.95\00:19:14.88
ON MOUNT RUSHMORE, ALL OF THEM
WENT THROUGH GREAT ADVERSITY.
00:19:14.92\00:19:20.29
AND LINCOLN - FATHER AND
MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS YOUNG.
00:19:20.32\00:19:25.26
JUST LIVING OUT THERE IN
THE WOODS - HAD TO LEARN HOW TO
00:19:25.29\00:19:27.73
WORK, YOU LEARN HOW TO BE
FRUGAL, YOU LEARN FAITHFULNESS.
00:19:27.76\00:19:31.00
ROOSEVELT WAS ACTUALLY BORN RICH
BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW HIS WIFE
00:19:31.03\00:19:35.30
DIED GIVING BIRTH AND HIS
MOTHER DIED ON THE SAME DAY.
00:19:35.34\00:19:38.21
AND IT SO BROKE HIS HEART THAT
HE LEFT EVERYTHING AND WENT TO
00:19:38.24\00:19:40.58
THE DAKOTAS AND LIVED
FOR TWO YEARS LIKE A COWBOY.
00:19:40.61\00:19:44.11
AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF
HIS CHARACTER WAS SHAPED DURING
00:19:44.15\00:19:47.48
THOSE YEARS. AND
THEN ROOSEVELT STRUGGLING
00:19:47.52\00:19:49.98
AGAINST POLIO - TALKING ABOUT
HIS COUSIN WHO LATER BECAME
00:19:50.02\00:19:54.89
PRESIDENT - AND
WASHINGTON AND THE OTHERS THERE.
00:19:54.92\00:20:00.63
ANYWAY, AND SO IT'S THROUGH
THESE THINGS THAT WE LEARN
00:20:00.66\00:20:03.37
FAITHFULNESS - JOSEPH LEARNED
THAT. SO NOW JOSEPH IS THE RULER
00:20:03.40\00:20:06.94
OF ALL EGYPT. HE'S
GOT STEWARDS UNDER HIM.
00:20:06.97\00:20:10.01
AND IT SAYS HERE IN GENESIS
43:19, "WHEN THEY DREW NEAR TO
00:20:10.04\00:20:14.51
THE STEWARD OF JOSEPH'S HOUSE,
THEY TALKED WITH HIM AT THE DOOR
00:20:14.54\00:20:17.85
OF THE HOUSE, AND SAID, 'O
SIR, WE INDEED CAME DOWN FIRST
00:20:17.88\00:20:23.65
TO BUY FOOD;'" - AND
HE'S IN CHARGE OF DISTRIBUTING
00:20:23.69\00:20:28.56
EVERYTHING. NOW
JOSEPH WAS REALLY A STEWARD
00:20:28.59\00:20:30.86
FOR PHARAOH WHEN
HE WAS RULING EGYPT.
00:20:30.89\00:20:33.60
PHARAOH SAID 'EVERYTHING
IN EGYPT IS IN YOUR CONTROL.
00:20:33.63\00:20:36.97
ONLY IN THE THRONE WILL I
BE GREATER THAN YOU.' SO EVEN
00:20:37.00\00:20:39.97
JOSEPH WAS A STEWARD BUT
HE HAD A STEWARD UNDER HIM.
00:20:40.00\00:20:44.51
AND YOU CAN READ HERE IT SAYS,
"HE COMMANDED THE STEWARD" -
00:20:44.54\00:20:47.28
THIS IS GENESIS 44:1, "HE
COMMANDED THE STEWARD OF HIS
00:20:47.31\00:20:50.45
HOUSE, SAYING, 'FILL THE MEN'S
SACKS WITH FOOD, AS MUCH AS THEY
00:20:50.48\00:20:53.92
CAN CARRY, AND PUT EACH MAN'S
MONEY IN THE MOUTH OF THE SACK."
00:20:53.95\00:20:58.25
NOW, IF YOU HAVE A FAITHFUL
STEWARD IT'S GOT TO BE SOMEONE
00:20:58.29\00:21:01.36
DISCREET. JOSEPH IS
UP TO SOMETHING AND HE
00:21:01.39\00:21:05.36
IS - HE'S TESTING HIS
BROTHERS. HE NEEDS HIS STEWARD
00:21:05.39\00:21:09.06
TO BE DISCREET.
HE NEEDS TO HAVE A
00:21:09.10\00:21:12.43
STEWARD HE CAN TRUST. I
MEAN, HE'S SAYING LOOK YOU'VE
00:21:12.47\00:21:14.97
GOT TO FIND A CLEVER WAY TO PUT
THEIR MONEY BACK IN THEIR BAGS.
00:21:15.00\00:21:17.94
JOSEPH KNEW ANYTHING HE ASKED
THE STEWARD TO DO, HE WAS GOING
00:21:17.97\00:21:21.48
TO DO IT - ASSUMING IT
WASN'T TO BE A HIT MAN.
00:21:21.51\00:21:27.08
AND THEN AGAIN, YOU READ IN THE
SAME STORY, GENESIS 44, VERSE 4,
00:21:27.12\00:21:32.29
"WHEN THEY HAD GONE OUT OF THE
CITY" - THE BROTHERS LEFT THE
00:21:32.32\00:21:33.96
CITY - "AND THEY WERE NOT
YET FAR OFF, JOSEPH SAID TO HIS
00:21:33.99\00:21:37.16
STEWARD, 'GET UP, FOLLOW THE
MEN; AND WHEN YOU OVERTAKE THEM,
00:21:37.19\00:21:41.03
SAY TO THEM, 'WHY HAVE
YOU REPAID EVIL FOR GOOD?'"
00:21:41.06\00:21:44.03
THE STEWARD OF JOSEPH ACTUALLY
HAD A POLICE FORCE UNDER HIS
00:21:44.07\00:21:48.17
POWER, AND SO HE HAD AUTHORITY.
SO, BEING A STEWARD FOR GOD,
00:21:48.20\00:21:53.27
DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU'RE POOR?
IS IT ONLY POOR PEOPLE THAT WILL
00:21:53.31\00:21:58.88
GIVE AN ANSWER TO WHAT
THEY DO WITH THEIR RESOURCES?
00:21:58.91\00:22:02.05
OR IS IT THE MIDDLE
CLASS, AND IS IT ALSO THE RICH?
00:22:02.08\00:22:05.59
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER
YOU LEARN MATH WITH A HUNDRED
00:22:05.62\00:22:08.69
DOLLARS OR WITH
PENNIES. THE PRINCIPLES OF
00:22:08.72\00:22:11.06
MATH ARE THE SAME. AND
HE THAT IS FAITHFUL IN THAT
00:22:11.09\00:22:13.96
WHICH IS LEAST IS
ALSO FAITHFUL IN MUCH.
00:22:14.00\00:22:16.56
NOW WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT SOME
OF THE OLD TESTAMENT EXAMPLES.
00:22:16.60\00:22:20.40
IF YOU GO TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 22
THERE IS A PROPHECY HERE ABOUT A
00:22:20.44\00:22:26.27
STEWARD THAT WAS IN THE
PALACE OF KING HEZEKIAH.
00:22:26.31\00:22:29.94
AND ISAIAH SAYS IN CHAPTER 22,
VERSE 15, "THUS SAYS THE LORD OF
00:22:29.98\00:22:35.05
HOSTS: 'GO PROCEED TO THIS
STEWARD, TO SHEBNA, WHO IS OVER
00:22:35.08\00:22:40.59
THE HOUSE, AND SAY: 'WHAT
HAVE YOU HERE, AND WHOM HAVE YOU
00:22:40.62\00:22:44.49
HERE, THAT YOU HAVE HEWN A
SEPULCHER HERE, AND HE WHO HEWS
00:22:44.53\00:22:48.70
HIMSELF A SEPULCHER ON HIGH, WHO
CARVES A TOMB FOR HIMSELF IN A
00:22:48.73\00:22:52.20
ROCK? INDEED, THE
LORD WILL THROW YOU
00:22:52.23\00:22:54.47
AWAY VIOLENTLY, O MIGHTY
MAN, AND WILL SURELY SEIZE YOU.
00:22:54.50\00:22:59.41
HE WILL SURELY TURN VIOLENTLY
AND TOSS YOU LIKE A BALL IN A
00:22:59.44\00:23:03.21
LARGE COUNTRY; THERE YOU SHALL
DIE, AND THERE YOUR GLORIOUS
00:23:03.24\00:23:07.32
CHARIOTS SHALL BE THE
SHAME OF YOUR MASTER'S HOUSE.
00:23:07.35\00:23:11.02
SO I WILL DRIVE YOU OUT OF YOUR
OFFICE, AND FROM YOUR POSITION
00:23:11.05\00:23:14.26
AND WILL PULL YOU DOWN.''" NOW
THIS IS BEFORE THE BABYLONIAN
00:23:14.29\00:23:19.79
CAPTIVITY. ISAIAH'S
FORETELLING THIS WILL HAPPEN.
00:23:19.83\00:23:22.76
IN THE HOUSE OF HEZEKIAH
WAS A STEWARD WHO WAS BEING
00:23:22.80\00:23:28.04
UNFAITHFUL. AND
SO HERE ISAIAH IS
00:23:28.07\00:23:32.11
PROPHESYING 'YOU'RE SPENDING
THE KING'S MONEY ON YOURSELF.
00:23:32.14\00:23:35.91
YOU'RE MAKING AN ELABORATE
SARCOPHAGUS - A TOMB FOR
00:23:35.94\00:23:40.62
YOURSELF. YOU'RE
HAVING IT ENGRAVED.
00:23:40.65\00:23:42.15
AND YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY
ON CHARIOTS.' YOU NOTICE THAT?
00:23:42.18\00:23:45.32
HE TALKS ABOUT THE CHARIOTS.
'AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE TAKEN
00:23:45.35\00:23:49.02
AWAY OUT OF YOUR OFFICE AND
YOU'LL BE CAST OUT AND YOU'RE
00:23:49.06\00:23:52.79
GOING TO BE CARRIED OFF AND DIE
IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.' NOW, WE
00:23:52.83\00:23:56.40
DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW
ALL OF THIS PLAYED OUT.
00:23:56.43\00:23:58.33
WE KNOW THAT HE WAS LATER
REPLACED BY A FAITHFUL STEWARD.
00:23:58.37\00:24:01.47
HE MAY HAVE BEEN AMONG THOSE WHO
WERE CAPTURED BY THE ASSYRIANS
00:24:01.50\00:24:04.47
WHEN THEY CAME AGAINST HEZEKIAH.
BUT THIS WAS A PROPHECY AGAINST
00:24:04.51\00:24:07.54
THE STEWARD THAT HAD CONTROL
OF THE KING'S RESOURCES THAT WAS
00:24:07.58\00:24:11.95
USING THE KING'S RESOURCES
SELFISHLY. NOW THAT SORT OF
00:24:11.98\00:24:16.15
DESCRIBES A BIG CHALLENGE
THAT WE ALL HAVE AS STEWARDS.
00:24:16.18\00:24:19.75
WE SOMETIMES FORGET THAT
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE BELONGS TO
00:24:19.79\00:24:22.92
GOD, AND WE TEND TO THINK 'IT
BELONGS TO ME.' AND IF, ALL OF A
00:24:22.96\00:24:27.60
SUDDEN, WE GET A WINDFALL - SOME
REASON YOU END UP WITH A LITTLE
00:24:27.60\00:24:32.63
EXTRA MONEY - SOMETHING COMES IN
THE BANK OR YOU FOUND OUT THAT
00:24:32.67\00:24:35.70
YOU MADE MORE ON A SALE THAN
YOU EXPECTED, OFTEN OUR FIRST
00:24:35.74\00:24:38.84
THOUGHT IS 'WHAT SHALL I
BUY? WHAT SHALL I DO FOR ME?'
00:24:38.87\00:24:43.01
DO WE THINK
'THIS IS THE LORD'S'?
00:24:43.04\00:24:45.08
'THE LORD HAS BLESSED ME BUT
EVERYTHING I HAVE BELONGS TO THE
00:24:45.11\00:24:47.25
LORD. LORD WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO DO WITH THIS?
00:24:47.28\00:24:51.22
THIS IS YOUR MONEY.' SO IN THE
JUDGMENT ARE WE THINKING OF ALL
00:24:51.25\00:24:55.82
THE BLESSINGS THAT GOD GIVES AND
HOW WE CAN USE THEM SELFISHLY?
00:24:55.86\00:24:59.69
IT IS NOT WRONG TO EVER BUY
SOMETHING NICE. BUT IF YOU'VE
00:24:59.73\00:25:03.63
GOT THE MIND OF A STEWARD, YOUR
FIRST THOUGHT IS GOING TO BE
00:25:03.67\00:25:07.40
'HOW CAN I USE THESE RESOURCES
FOR GOD INSTEAD OF THIS BEING AS
00:25:07.44\00:25:12.94
EXTRAVAGANT AS WE
CAN FOR OUR OWN LIVES?'
00:25:12.97\00:25:15.91
AMEN? ALRIGHT,
YOU STILL OUT THERE?
00:25:15.94\00:25:20.02
STEWARDS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT -
AND YOU LOOK IN LUKE CHAPTER 12
00:25:20.05\00:25:25.05
VERSE 47. IT SAYS,
"AND THAT SERVANT WHO
00:25:25.09\00:25:28.49
KNEW HIS MASTER'S WILL, AND
DID NOT PREPARE HIMSELF TO DO
00:25:28.52\00:25:32.63
ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, SHALL
BE BEATEN WITH MANY STRIPES.
00:25:32.66\00:25:36.50
BUT HE WHO DID NOT KNOW,
YET COMMITTED THINGS DESERVING
00:25:36.53\00:25:39.70
STRIPES, SHALL
BE BEATEN WITH FEW.
00:25:39.73\00:25:42.60
[FOR EVERYONE] TO WHOM MUCH
IS GIVEN, FROM HIM MUCH WILL BE
00:25:42.64\00:25:45.41
REQUIRED; AND TO WHOM MUCH HAS
BEEN COMMITTED, OF HIM THEY WILL
00:25:45.44\00:25:48.38
ASK THE MORE." SO
WHICH STEWARDS ARE
00:25:48.41\00:25:52.55
THE MORE ACCOUNTABLE?
TWO THINGS THAT IT SAYS HERE:
00:25:52.58\00:25:56.82
THE ONE WHO KNEW MORE
AND THE ONE WHO HAD MORE IS
00:25:56.85\00:26:01.19
MORE ACCOUNTABLE. IF YOU
HAVE ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
00:26:01.22\00:26:04.53
THAT'S A BLESSING, BUT
IT'S ALSO A RESPONSIBILITY.
00:26:04.56\00:26:08.30
IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES, THAT'S A BLESSING BUT
00:26:08.33\00:26:11.73
IT'S ALSO A
RESPONSIBILITY TO BE FAITHFUL.
00:26:11.77\00:26:15.70
GOD WANTS US TO BE FAITHFUL
WITH WHAT WE HAVE - WITH THE
00:26:15.74\00:26:18.84
KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE AND
WITH THE BLESSINGS WE HAVE.
00:26:18.87\00:26:24.15
SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THERE
IN HOSEA, IT SAYS 'MY PEOPLE ARE
00:26:24.18\00:26:26.51
DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
BECAUSE YOU'VE REJECTED
00:26:26.55\00:26:28.82
KNOWLEDGE; I'LL
ALSO REJECT THEE.'
00:26:28.85\00:26:31.59
AND SO WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE
00:26:31.62\00:26:34.96
AND EVEN THE
KNOWLEDGE WE CAN HAVE.
00:26:34.99\00:26:37.09
BECAUSE IF WE REJECT IT,
WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
00:26:37.13\00:26:40.96
SO TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN
OF HIM THEY WILL ASK THE MORE.
00:26:41.00\00:26:45.30
YOU READ IN TITUS CHAPTER
1, VERSES 6 AND 7, "IF A MAN IS
00:26:45.33\00:26:49.80
BLAMELESS," - ONE OF THE
CRITERIA FOR BEING A BISHOP IN
00:26:49.84\00:26:52.94
THE CHURCH - "IF A MAN IS
BLAMELESS, THE HUSBAND OF ONE
00:26:52.97\00:26:56.44
WIFE, HAVING FAITHFUL CHILDREN
NOT ACCUSED OF DISSIPATION OR
00:26:56.48\00:27:00.75
INSUBORDINATION. FOR A
BISHOP MUST BE BLAMELESS,
00:27:00.78\00:27:04.32
AS A STEWARD OF GOD, NOT
SELF-WILLED, NOT QUICK-TEMPERED,
00:27:04.35\00:27:09.99
NOT GIVEN TO WINE, NOT VIOLENT,
NOT GREEDY FOR MONEY," - SO
00:27:10.03\00:27:15.53
QUALIFICATIONS TO BE A STEWARD
FOR GOD ARE, FOR ONE THING, YOU
00:27:15.56\00:27:19.07
NEED TO REALIZE EVERYTHING
YOU HAVE - YOUR TIME YOUR FAMILY
00:27:19.10\00:27:22.54
EVERYTHING - BELONGS TO GOD.
AND WE ALL WILL ANSWER TO GOD
00:27:22.57\00:27:26.78
SOMEDAY FOR THOSE
THINGS. HE MUST BE BLAMELESS
00:27:26.81\00:27:31.15
AS A STEWARD OF GOD.
EVERYTHING, WE BELIEVE,
00:27:31.18\00:27:34.72
ESPECIALLY AS
CHRISTIANS, BELONGS TO GOD.
00:27:34.75\00:27:37.02
A QUOTE FROM THE
BOOK CHRISTIAN EDUCATION .
00:27:37.05\00:27:39.62
PAGE 301, "SHALL I OPEN MY HEART
TO THE HOLY SPIRIT SO THAT EVERY
00:27:39.65\00:27:43.76
FACULTY AND ENERGY MAY BE
AROUSED WHICH GOD HAS GIVEN ME
00:27:43.79\00:27:47.86
IN TRUST? I AM
CHRIST'S PROPERTY AND I
00:27:47.93\00:27:51.00
AM EMPLOYED IN HIS SERVICE.
I AM A STEWARD OF HIS GRACE."
00:27:51.03\00:27:55.64
SO A STEWARD WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE RICHES OF ANOTHER PERSON.
00:27:55.67\00:28:00.58
WHAT ARE THE RICHES THAT A
CHRISTIAN IS THE STEWARD OF?
00:28:00.61\00:28:04.18
THE RICHES OF HIS GRACE. SO
YOU, NOT ONLY AS A CHRISTIAN,
00:28:04.21\00:28:09.98
WANT TO BE FAITHFUL ABOUT WHAT'S
IN THE BANK; AS A CHRISTIAN YOU
00:28:10.02\00:28:13.86
WANT TO BE FAITHFUL
ABOUT WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART.
00:28:13.89\00:28:16.46
YOU WANT TO BE FAITHFUL
ABOUT WHAT'S IN YOUR HEAD.
00:28:16.49\00:28:18.63
GOD WANTS US TO FAITHFULLY
DISPENSE THE GOSPEL. ARE YOU A
00:28:18.66\00:28:22.63
STEWARD OF THE GRACE OF
CHRIST? LET ME PUT THAT PLAINLY.
00:28:22.66\00:28:26.37
DO YOU SHARE THE
GOSPEL WITH OTHERS?
00:28:26.40\00:28:30.94
JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 24,
TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND COMING,
00:28:30.97\00:28:35.61
'WHOSO THEN IS A FAITHFUL
SERVANT THAT GIVES EVERY MAN HIS
00:28:35.64\00:28:41.02
MEAT IN DUE SEASON, HE'LL
DECLARE UNTO THEM 'WELL DONE
00:28:41.05\00:28:43.52
GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT.' BUT
IF THAT SERVANT SAYS 'MY LORD
00:28:43.55\00:28:46.22
DELAYS HIS COMING' AND BEGINS TO
EAT AND DRINK WITH THE DRUNKEN,
00:28:46.25\00:28:49.99
AND BEAT HIS FELLOW SERVANTS,
THE MASTER OF THAT SERVANT WILL
00:28:50.03\00:28:52.93
COME IN A DAY WHEN HE'S NOT
LOOKING FOR HIM AND AN HOUR HE'S
00:28:52.96\00:28:55.93
NOT AWARE OF.' NOW THE FIRST
PART OF THAT HE SAID IF HE'S A
00:28:55.96\00:28:58.73
FAITHFUL SERVANT HE'S GIVING
HIS BRETHREN MEAT IN DUE SEASON.
00:28:58.77\00:29:04.34
PART OF SERVANTS - A STEWARD'S
JOB WAS TO DISTRIBUTE THE FOOD
00:29:04.37\00:29:08.84
FOR THE MASTER. WHAT DID
JESUS HAVE THE APOSTLES DO?
00:29:08.88\00:29:11.91
COUPLE OF MIRACLES YOU
REMEMBER? HE MULTIPLIED BREAD.
00:29:11.95\00:29:14.98
DID JESUS AND HAND OUT THE BREAD
OR DID JESUS GIVE THE BREAD THAT
00:29:15.02\00:29:17.52
HE MULTIPLIED TO THE DISCIPLES
AND THEY DISTRIBUTED IT?
00:29:17.55\00:29:20.79
AND THE MIRACLE ALSO
HAPPENED AS THEY DISTRIBUTED IT.
00:29:20.82\00:29:24.23
WHAT IS THAT BREAD? MAN DOESN'T
LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY.
00:29:24.26\00:29:29.86
ARE WE FAITHFUL
STEWARDS OF THE GRACE OF GOD?
00:29:29.90\00:29:33.44
ARE WE SHARING THE
TRUTH THAT WE HAVE?
00:29:33.47\00:29:36.91
DO YOU THINK FROM DAY
TO DAY, 'WHAT CAN I DO?'
00:29:36.94\00:29:40.38
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GOING
TO GO THROUGH THE DAY LIKE AN
00:29:40.41\00:29:42.48
EVANGELIST AND JUST, YOU KNOW,
BE CONVERTING ONE PERSON AFTER
00:29:42.51\00:29:44.98
ANOTHER. BUT WE
SHOULD BE THINKING EVERY
00:29:45.01\00:29:47.95
DAY, 'HOW CAN I BE A
STEWARD OF THAT GRACE?
00:29:47.98\00:29:49.98
HOW CAN I BE
SHARING IT WITH OTHERS?
00:29:50.02\00:29:52.05
HOW CAN I BE
DISPENSING THE BREAD OF LIFE?'
00:29:52.09\00:29:54.06
GIVING A TRACT TO SOMEBODY OR A
CARD TELLING THEM WHERE TO GO TO
00:29:54.09\00:29:58.96
A WEBSITE OR SAYING A WORD ABOUT
GOD AND ASKING THEM A QUESTION
00:29:58.99\00:30:02.63
ABOUT THEIR FAITH.
EVERY BELIEVER OUGHT TO
00:30:02.66\00:30:05.33
BE STEWARDS OF HIS
GRACE. NOT JUST PASTORS.
00:30:05.37\00:30:08.70
NOT JUST EVANGELISTS
OR CHRISTIAN TEACHERS.
00:30:08.74\00:30:10.87
IS THAT RIGHT? SO
STEWARDS ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:30:10.91\00:30:14.04
RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE RICHES OF ANOTHER.
00:30:14.08\00:30:17.55
WHAT IS THE GREATEST RICHES
OR THE GREATEST TREASURE THAT WE
00:30:17.58\00:30:21.25
HAVE AS BELIEVERS? IF
YOU LOSE ALL YOUR MONEY BUT
00:30:21.28\00:30:24.89
YOU STILL HAVE THE
GOSPEL, YOU'RE RICH.
00:30:24.92\00:30:26.99
BUT IF YOU LOSE THE GOSPEL
AND YOU HAVE YOUR MONEY, YOU'RE
00:30:27.02\00:30:29.79
BANKRUPT. SO WHAT
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
00:30:29.82\00:30:32.46
THING WE'RE TO BE STEWARDS
OF? THE GRACE OF CHRIST. AMEN?
00:30:32.49\00:30:37.97
ARE WE BEING FAITHFUL
STEWARDS OF HIS GRACE?
00:30:38.00\00:30:41.64
ARE WE SHARING IT WITH OTHERS?
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT
00:30:41.67\00:30:44.27
I WANTED TO KIND OF
TAP ON A LITTLE BIT.
00:30:44.31\00:30:47.21
SOMEONE IS GOING TO
READ FOR US MATTHEW 25:21.
00:30:47.24\00:30:51.01
>>"THIS LORD SAID TO HIM 'WELL
DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT.
00:30:51.05\00:30:55.45
YOU WERE FAITHFUL OVER A
FEW THINGS I WILL MAKE YOU RULER
00:30:55.48\00:30:58.89
OVER MANY THINGS. ENTER
INTO THE JOY OF YOUR LORD.'"
00:30:58.92\00:31:03.16
>>JESUS SHARES A COUPLE OF
PARABLES. ONE I FOUND - IT'S NOT
00:31:03.19\00:31:05.99
IN MY NOTES BUT IT'S STILL
IN THE BIBLE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
00:31:06.03\00:31:08.63
MATTHEW - I'M SORRY LUKE
19, VERSE 12, IT'S CALLED THE
00:31:08.66\00:31:13.44
PARABLE OF THE TALENTS AND
HE TELLS IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
00:31:13.47\00:31:16.04
BY THE WAY, LET ME
JUST PAUSE AND ADDRESS THAT.
00:31:16.07\00:31:18.64
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY, WHEN
YOU READ IN MARK AND LUKE AND
00:31:18.67\00:31:22.61
JOHN AND MATTHEW, THAT SOMETIMES
THE PARABLES SEEM TO HAVE A
00:31:22.64\00:31:26.41
WHOLE DIFFERENT TWIST - THE WAY
ONE IS RECORDED AS OPPOSED TO
00:31:26.45\00:31:29.25
ANOTHER? SIMPLE ANSWER:
JESUS WENT FROM TOWN TO TOWN.
00:31:29.28\00:31:34.16
THEY DID NOT PRINT HIS SERMONS.
00:31:34.19\00:31:36.36
HE WOULD PREACH THE
SAME PARABLES AND SERMONS IN
00:31:36.39\00:31:39.79
DIFFERENT TOWNS AND HE WOULD
CHANGE IT A LITTLE BIT BASED ON
00:31:39.83\00:31:42.63
HIS AUDIENCE. I
DO THAT ALL THE TIME.
00:31:42.66\00:31:45.67
AS I GO FROM CHURCH TO CHURCH, I
PREACH SOME OF THE SAME SERMONS.
00:31:45.70\00:31:48.37
POOR KAREN HAS HEARD THE SAME
SERMON SO MANY TIMES, BUT THEY
00:31:48.40\00:31:51.04
ARE ALWAYS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT BECAUSE SOME OF IT'S
00:31:51.07\00:31:53.21
EXTEMPORANEOUS AND I LOOK AT
THAT AUDIENCE AND I EMPHASIZE
00:31:53.24\00:31:55.91
CERTAIN THINGS AND JESUS
DID THAT WITH THE PARABLE OF THE
00:31:55.94\00:31:58.48
TALENTS. YOU'LL
KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT IN
00:31:58.51\00:32:00.98
THE DIFFERENT GOSPELS BECAUSE
THEY RECORDED IT BASED ON WHAT
00:32:01.02\00:32:03.55
THEY HEARD IN DIFFERENT TOWNS.
ALL RIGHT, LUKE CHAPTER 19 VERSE
00:32:03.59\00:32:07.92
12, "A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN WENT
INTO A FAR COUNTRY TO RECEIVE
00:32:07.96\00:32:12.89
FOR HIMSELF A
KINGDOM AND TO RETURN.
00:32:12.93\00:32:15.33
SO HE CALLED TEN OF HIS SERVANTS
AND DELIVERED TO THEM TEN MINAS
00:32:15.36\00:32:19.63
AND HE SAID TO THEM,
'DO BUSINESS TILL I COME."
00:32:19.67\00:32:22.87
NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
HE'S GIVEN THEM HIS RESOURCES.
00:32:22.90\00:32:25.74
'YOU'RE STEWARDS OF MY MONEY.
YOU'RE TO INVEST, YOU'RE TO BUY
00:32:25.77\00:32:30.81
AND SELL AND TRADE AND GROW THIS
WHILE I'M GONE.' WHAT DOES THE
00:32:30.85\00:32:36.35
LORD WANT US TO DO WITH
THE RESOURCES HE GIVES US?
00:32:36.38\00:32:41.26
THERE'S TWO KINDS
OF PEOPLE IN LIFE.
00:32:41.29\00:32:43.32
I ALWAYS USED TO
TELL MY KIDS THIS.
00:32:43.36\00:32:46.16
YOU'VE GOT CONSUMERS
AND YOU HAVE PRODUCERS.
00:32:46.19\00:32:50.30
NOW ALL OF US PRODUCE A
LITTLE. I MEAN ALL OF US CONSUME
00:32:50.33\00:32:55.54
BUT NOT EVERYONE PRODUCES.
SOME PEOPLE SPEND THEIR LIVES
00:32:55.57\00:32:58.24
CONSUMING WHAT
OTHERS HAVE PRODUCED.
00:32:58.27\00:33:00.84
BUT GOD WANTS US TO GO THROUGH
LIVES - OUR LIVES LEAVING MORE
00:33:00.88\00:33:05.31
THAN WE TAKE. WE
WANT TO MAKE THINGS BETTER
00:33:05.35\00:33:08.88
THAN WHEN WE FOUND THEM,
RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT TO JUST BE
00:33:08.92\00:33:11.59
CONSUMING, WE
WANT TO BE PRODUCING.
00:33:11.62\00:33:14.46
AND SO THIS IS WHAT THE LORD IS
SAYING TO THEM, 'I'VE GIVEN YOU
00:33:14.49\00:33:16.79
GIFTS, MULTIPLY THOSE GIFTS.'
"BUT HIS CITIZENS HATED HIM, AND
00:33:16.83\00:33:22.46
SENT A DELEGATION AFTER HIM,
SAYING, 'WE WILL NOT HAVE THIS
00:33:22.50\00:33:24.67
MAN TO REIGN OVER US.' AND
SO IT WAS THAT WHEN HE RETURNED,
00:33:24.70\00:33:28.30
HAVING RECEIVED THE KINGDOM THAT
HE COMMANDED THE SERVANTS TO
00:33:28.34\00:33:31.51
WHOM HE HAD GIVEN THE MONEY TO
BE CALLED TO HIM THAT HE MIGHT
00:33:31.54\00:33:34.54
KNOW HOW EVERY MAN
HAD GAINED BY TRADING.
00:33:34.58\00:33:38.48
THEN CAME THE FIRST, SAYING,
'MASTER, YOUR MINA HAS EARNED
00:33:38.51\00:33:42.62
TEN MINAS'. AND HE
SAID TO HIM 'WELL DONE,
00:33:42.65\00:33:45.52
GOOD SERVANT BECAUSE YOU WERE
FAITHFUL IN A VERY LITTLE, HAVE
00:33:45.55\00:33:48.89
AUTHORITY OVER TEN CITIES.'"
THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM MATTHEW'S
00:33:48.92\00:33:52.49
VERSION - "AND THE SECOND CAME,
SAYING, 'YOUR MINA HAS EARNED
00:33:52.53\00:33:55.76
FIVE MINAS.'" THEY ALL
STARTED WITH THE SAME AMOUNT.
00:33:55.80\00:33:58.90
"LIKEWISE HE SAID, 'YOU ALSO BE
OVER FIVE CITIES.'" SO JUST PARK
00:33:58.93\00:34:04.54
RIGHT HERE AND THINK ABOUT THIS:
ALL OF THE INVESTING AND TRADING
00:34:04.57\00:34:09.28
THAT THEY'RE DOING,
THEY'RE DOING FOR THE MASTER.
00:34:09.31\00:34:11.68
BUT DO THEY GET REWARDED?
SO DO THEY GET SOMETHING ALSO
00:34:11.71\00:34:16.69
FOR THEIR FAITHFULNESS AS
STEWARDS? HE REWARDS THEM.
00:34:16.72\00:34:21.76
THE LORD REWARDS HIS STEWARDS.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE COMES AND
00:34:21.79\00:34:30.17
HE SAYS "'MASTER HERE IS
YOUR MINA, WHICH I HAVE KEPT.
00:34:30.20\00:34:32.50
I PUT IT AWAY IN A HANDKERCHIEF
FOR I FEARED YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE
00:34:32.53\00:34:35.90
AN AUSTERE MAN. YOU
COLLECT WHAT YOU DID NOT
00:34:35.94\00:34:37.67
DEPOSIT AND REAP WHAT YOU DID
NOT SOW.' AND HE SAID TO HIM,
00:34:37.71\00:34:40.98
'OUT OF YOUR OWN MOUTH I WILL
JUDGE YOU. YOU WICKED SERVANT,
00:34:41.01\00:34:43.51
YOU KNEW THAT I WAS AN AUSTERE
MAN COLLECTING WHAT I DID NOT
00:34:43.55\00:34:46.35
DEPOSIT AND
REAPING WHAT I DID NOT SOW.
00:34:46.38\00:34:48.55
WHY DID YOU NOT AT LEAST PUT
MY MONEY IN THE BANK THAT AT MY
00:34:48.58\00:34:51.42
COMING I MIGHT HAVE
COLLECTED IT WITH SOME INTEREST?
00:34:51.45\00:34:54.62
AND HE SAID TO THOSE THAT STOOD
BY, 'TAKE THE MINA FROM HIM AND
00:34:54.66\00:34:57.76
GIVE IT TO HIM WHO HAS TEN
MINAS.' (BUT THEY SAID TO HIM,
00:34:57.79\00:35:00.43
'MASTER, HE HAS TEN MINAS.')
'FOR I SAY TO YOU THAT EVERYONE
00:35:00.46\00:35:03.43
WHO HAS MORE WILL BE GIVEN'"
- REMEMBER WHAT I SAID ABOUT YOU
00:35:03.47\00:35:06.84
GIVE MORE TO THE
BUSY SUCCESSFUL PERSON?
00:35:06.87\00:35:10.27
"EVERYONE WHO HAS,
MORE WILL BE GIVEN.
00:35:10.31\00:35:12.91
BUT BRING HERE THOSE ENEMIES
OF MINE THAT DID NOT WANT ME TO
00:35:12.94\00:35:15.34
REIGN OVER THEM AND SLAY
THEM BEFORE ME.'" SO THIS IS AN
00:35:15.38\00:35:19.48
INTERESTING PARABLE. IT
SAYS THAT THESE SERVANTS
00:35:19.51\00:35:22.22
- HE'S GOT THREE SERVANTS
- THEY'RE ALL GIVEN ONE MINA.
00:35:22.25\00:35:25.75
ONE TURNS IT INTO TEN, ONE TURNS
IT INTO FIVE, AND ONE DOESN'T DO
00:35:25.79\00:35:28.19
ANYTHING - DOESN'T
EVEN PUT IT IN THE BANK.
00:35:28.22\00:35:30.86
HE SAYS, 'AW, IT'S NOT
MINE. I'M JUST A STEWARD OF HIS.
00:35:30.89\00:35:33.26
I DON'T CARE.'
HE LOSES EVERYTHING.
00:35:33.29\00:35:37.03
HE'S IN OUTER DARKNESS WHERE
THERE'S WEEPING AND GNASHING OF
00:35:37.07\00:35:38.93
TEETH. THE ONES
WHO WERE FAITHFULLY
00:35:38.97\00:35:41.57
TRADING THEY GET REWARDED IN A
BIG WAY. HE SAYS, 'I'VE GONE TO
00:35:41.60\00:35:44.77
RECEIVE A KINGDOM AND IN THIS
KINGDOM THERE'LL BE MANY CITIES
00:35:44.81\00:35:49.38
AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU
LEADERSHIP OVER THE CITIES.
00:35:49.41\00:35:52.95
NOW, IF YOU'RE THE GOVERNOR OF A
CITY, EVEN IF YOU'RE A GOVERNOR
00:35:52.98\00:35:55.25
FOR SOMEONE ELSE, DON'T
YOU LIVE IN A BETTER HOUSE?
00:35:55.28\00:35:59.15
IF YOU'RE A GOVERNOR DON'T
YOU MAYBE DRIVE A BETTER CAR?
00:35:59.19\00:36:02.39
AND SO, I'M SAYING THOSE PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO BE PERSONALLY
00:36:02.42\00:36:04.79
BLESSED EVEN THOUGH
THEY'RE STILL SERVANTS.
00:36:04.83\00:36:07.96
JOSEPH WAS A SERVANT
OF PHARAOH. IS THAT RIGHT?
00:36:08.00\00:36:12.17
BUT DID HE LIVE
IN A PALACE? HE DID.
00:36:12.20\00:36:14.57
AND SO YOU WANT TO BE FAITHFUL
AND HE MAKES YOU RULER OVER
00:36:14.60\00:36:17.77
MUCH. OKAY, I
SPENT TOO MUCH TIME
00:36:17.81\00:36:19.54
ON THAT, BUT IT WAS FUN.
SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME
00:36:19.57\00:36:24.28
1 CORINTHIANS 4,
VERSE 1 IN JUST A MOMENT.
00:36:24.31\00:36:27.55
AND I'M GOING TO READ
COLOSSIANS. NOW WE'RE TALKING
00:36:27.58\00:36:29.72
ABOUT STEWARDS OF
THE MYSTERIES OF GOD .
00:36:29.75\00:36:32.55
I'M GOING TO READ
COLOSSIANS 2:2 AND 3.
00:36:32.59\00:36:35.89
"THAT THEIR HEARTS MAY BE
ENCOURAGED, BEING KNIT TOGETHER
00:36:35.92\00:36:39.19
IN LOVE, AND ATTAINING TO ALL
RICHES OF THE FULL ASSURANCE OF
00:36:39.23\00:36:44.17
UNDERSTANDING, TO THE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE MYSTERY OF GOD, BOTH OF
00:36:44.20\00:36:49.00
THE FATHER AND OF CHRIST,
IN WHOM ARE HIDDEN ALL THE
00:36:49.04\00:36:51.51
TREASURES OF THE
WISDOM OF KNOWLEDGE."
00:36:51.54\00:36:54.28
NOW YOU NOTICE IT TALKS HERE
ABOUT UNDERSTANDING WISDOM -
00:36:54.31\00:36:58.78
KNOWLEDGE IN THIS ONE VERSE.
YOU'RE NOT ONLY THE STEWARD.
00:36:58.81\00:37:02.08
YOU ARE A STEWARD OF A MYSTERY.
00:37:02.12\00:37:05.79
MOST PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS -
00:37:05.82\00:37:10.49
WHAT'S GOING ON - WHAT
THE GOSPEL IS ALL ABOUT.
00:37:10.53\00:37:12.89
AND TO US, THROUGH STUDY AND
THROUGH SPENDING TIME WITH THE
00:37:12.93\00:37:16.16
LORD, WE UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS
AND GOD HAS GIVEN US THE GIFT OF
00:37:16.20\00:37:20.07
HELPING UNPACK THESE
MYSTERIES FOR OTHERS.
00:37:20.10\00:37:23.30
GO AHEAD PLEASE READ FOR ME,
>>1 CORINTHIANS 4, VERSES 1 AND
00:37:23.34\00:37:28.41
2. "LET A MAN SO CONSIDER US AS
SERVANTS OF CHRIST AND STEWARDS
00:37:28.44\00:37:33.01
OF THE MYSTERIES OF GOD.
MOREOVER IT IS REQUIRED IN
00:37:33.05\00:37:37.09
STEWARDS THAT ONE
BE FOUND FAITHFUL."
00:37:37.12\00:37:40.52
>>AND HE TALKS ABOUT STEWARDS
OF THE MYSTERIES OF GOD AND WHAT
00:37:40.56\00:37:45.06
KIND OF STEWARD?
ONE BE FOUND FAITHFUL.
00:37:45.09\00:37:48.56
NOW WE DO HAVE SOME EXAMPLES
IN THE BIBLE OF PEOPLE THAT WERE
00:37:48.60\00:37:51.60
NOT FAITHFUL. YOU
CAN GO WITH ME TO LUKE
00:37:51.63\00:37:57.24
CHAPTER 16, VERSE 1, "THERE
WAS A CERTAIN RICH MAN WHO HAD A
00:37:57.27\00:38:06.78
STEWARD, AND AN ACCUSATION
WAS BROUGHT TO HIM THAT THIS
00:38:06.82\00:38:11.35
MAN WAS WASTING HIS
GOODS." NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
00:38:11.39\00:38:15.06
HE'S SPENDING IT SELFISHLY.
"SO HE CALLED HIM AND SAID TO
00:38:15.09\00:38:18.79
HIM, 'WHAT IS
THIS I HEAR ABOUT YOU?
00:38:18.83\00:38:21.46
GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF YOUR
STEWARDSHIP, FOR YOU CAN NO
00:38:21.50\00:38:23.40
LONGER BE STEWARD.'" IN OTHER
WORDS, HE'S SAYING, 'LOOK, I'M
00:38:23.43\00:38:27.80
GOING TO BE FINDING SOMEONE
ELSE, BUT I NEED AN ACCOUNTING.'
00:38:27.84\00:38:31.47
SO HE'S GOT A LITTLE TIME LEFT
IN OFFICE WHILE HE SUPPOSEDLY IS
00:38:31.51\00:38:34.18
GIVING AN ACCOUNT -
HE'S DOING AN INVENTORY.
00:38:34.21\00:38:37.95
"SO THE STEWARD SAID
WITHIN HIMSELF 'WHAT SHALL I DO?
00:38:37.98\00:38:41.22
FOR MY MASTER IS TAKING
AWAY THE STEWARDSHIP FROM ME.
00:38:41.25\00:38:44.09
I CANNOT DIG;'" HE SAID - POOR
PEOPLE YOU CAN ALMOST ALWAYS
00:38:44.12\00:38:47.56
FIND A JOB JUST
DIGGING DITCHES OR WHATEVER.
00:38:47.59\00:38:49.92
"'I'M ASHAMED TO BEG. I
[HAVE RESOLVED] WHAT TO DO,
00:38:49.96\00:38:53.70
THAT WHEN I'M PUT OUR OUT OF THE
STEWARDSHIP THEY MIGHT RECEIVE
00:38:53.73\00:38:56.67
ME INTO THEIR HOUSES.' SO HE
CALLED EVERY ONE OF HIS MASTER'S
00:38:56.70\00:39:00.44
DEBTORS TO HIM, AND HE
SAID TO THE FIRST, 'HOW MUCH
00:39:00.47\00:39:02.67
DO YOU OWE MY MASTER?'
AND HE SAID, 'ONE HUNDRED
00:39:02.70\00:39:05.21
MEASURES OF OIL.' SO HE SAID
TO HIM, 'TAKE YOUR BILL, AND SIT
00:39:05.24\00:39:07.71
DOWN QUICKLY WRITE
FIFTY.'" - 'I'LL SIGN IT OFF.
00:39:07.74\00:39:11.05
I'LL ENDORSE IT THAT YOU'RE
ALL PAID IN FULL.' HE SAID, 'OH
00:39:11.08\00:39:13.35
REALLY? WOW,
WHAT A BARGAIN.' SO HE
00:39:13.38\00:39:15.38
IMPLICATES HIS
MASTER'S DEBTORS WITH HIM.
00:39:15.42\00:39:19.19
HE SAID, 'I'M GOING TO MAKE
YOU AN ACCESSORY TO MY CRIME.
00:39:19.22\00:39:21.19
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE
CARE OF ME AFTERWARD.' THEN HE
00:39:21.22\00:39:25.19
SAID TO ANOTHER, 'AND
HOW MUCH YOU OWE MY MASTER?'
00:39:25.23\00:39:27.13
'HUNDRED MEASURES OF WHEAT.'
HE SAID, 'TAKE YOUR BILL, WRITE
00:39:27.20\00:39:29.40
DOWN FIFTY.' TO
ANOTHER, 'HOW MUCH DO YOU OWE?'
00:39:29.43\00:39:31.30
'HUNDRED MEASURES OF WHEAT.'
'TAKE YOUR BILL, WRITE EIGHTY.'
00:39:31.33\00:39:35.14
SO THE MASTER
FINDS OUT ABOUT THIS.
00:39:35.17\00:39:38.37
THE MASTER COMMENDS THE
UNJUST STEWARD BECAUSE HE DEALT
00:39:38.41\00:39:42.48
SHREWDLY. NOW PEOPLE
READ THIS PARABLE AND
00:39:42.51\00:39:45.51
I HAD TO PREACH A WHOLE SERMON
ON THIS PARABLE BECAUSE I MET A
00:39:45.55\00:39:47.92
LOT OF FOLKS THAT
WERE REALLY WORRIED.
00:39:47.95\00:39:50.12
'WHY WOULD JESUS COMMEND THIS
STEWARD FOR BEING A SCOUNDREL?
00:39:50.15\00:39:56.73
ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE
SNEAKY? ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE
00:39:56.76\00:40:00.00
CONNIVING AND DISHONEST?
WHY WOULD HE COMMEND HIM?'
00:40:00.03\00:40:04.30
I'LL ASK YOU, WHY DO YOU THINK
THAT THE MASTER COMMENDS THE
00:40:04.33\00:40:08.24
STEWARD?' IT SAYS IT SHOULD
BE - A STEWARD SHOULD BE FOUND
00:40:08.27\00:40:13.41
FAITHFUL. HE'S NOT FAITHFUL.
WHY IS HE BEING COMMENDED?
00:40:13.44\00:40:17.31
LET ME READ THE
REST OF IT FOR YOU.
00:40:17.35\00:40:20.65
JESUS SAID, 'FOR THE SONS OF
THIS WORLD ARE MORE SHREWD IN
00:40:20.68\00:40:24.05
THEIR GENERATION THAN THE SONS
OF LIGHT.' AND HE SAID 'TAKE
00:40:24.09\00:40:28.39
HEED MAKE FRIENDS FOR YOURSELVES
OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAMMON THAT
00:40:28.42\00:40:32.83
WHEN YOU FAIL THEY MIGHT RECEIVE
YOU INTO THEIR EVERLASTING
00:40:32.86\00:40:36.40
HOMES.' THEN HE SAYS HE THAT IS
FAITHFUL IN THAT WHICH IS LEAST
00:40:36.43\00:40:40.50
IS ALSO FAITHFUL IN MUCH.
CHRIST IS COMMENDING THE STEWARD
00:40:40.54\00:40:43.37
BECAUSE HE SAID 'THE
CHILDREN IN THIS WORLD, THEY'RE
00:40:43.41\00:40:46.41
THINKING 'WHAT WILL I DO?
WHAT'S MY FUTURE GONNA BE?
00:40:46.44\00:40:49.31
I NEED A PLAN FOR MY FUTURE AND
SO I'M GOING TO TAKE MY MASTER'S
00:40:49.34\00:40:52.35
MONEY AND I'M GOING TO MAKE SOME
ACCOMPLICES IN THIS CRIME WITH
00:40:52.38\00:40:56.48
ME SO THAT THEY THEN WILL HAVE
TO TAKE ME INTO THEIR HOUSES.
00:40:56.52\00:41:01.46
YOU KNOW THIEVES STICK TOGETHER
AND THEY'LL WATCH OVER ME
00:41:01.49\00:41:05.76
BECAUSE I'VE GOT
THE GOODS ON THEM.
00:41:05.79\00:41:09.93
THEY WERE IN WITH ME ON STEALING
FROM MY MASTER AND SO THEY'RE
00:41:09.96\00:41:13.67
GOING TO RECEIVE ME INTO
THEIR HABITATIONS.' HE'S ONLY
00:41:13.70\00:41:17.44
COMMENDING HIM BECAUSE HE
THOUGHT ABOUT THE FUTURE AND
00:41:17.47\00:41:20.44
PREPARED FOR IT. THE
LORD IS SAYING 'THE CHILDREN
00:41:20.48\00:41:22.74
OF THE WORLD ARE WISER THAN
MANY CHRISTIANS BECAUSE WE DON'T
00:41:22.78\00:41:24.88
EVEN THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE.
WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THE ETERNAL
00:41:24.91\00:41:27.75
FUTURE.' THIS MAN IT WAS
AT LEAST - HE STOPPED AND HE
00:41:27.78\00:41:30.85
THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND HE
MADE A PROVISION FOR IT.
00:41:30.89\00:41:33.09
GOD WANTS US TO MAKE A
PROVISION FOR THE FUTURE TOO.
00:41:33.12\00:41:35.92
AMEN? ALRIGHT,
MAYBE WE'LL PARK THERE
00:41:35.96\00:41:38.09
REAL QUICK AND WE HAVE
SOME QUESTIONS THAT CAME IN.
00:41:38.13\00:41:40.20
PASTOR ROSS, YOU MIGHT
HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THERE.
00:41:40.23\00:41:43.00
>>WE DO. WE WANT
TO THANK THOSE OF YOU
00:41:43.03\00:41:45.23
WHO SENT IN YOUR
QUESTIONS DURING THE PROGRAM.
00:41:45.27\00:41:47.94
WE'RE GOING TO
ANSWER A FEW OF THEM HERE.
00:41:47.97\00:41:49.47
PASTOR DOUG, THE FIRST QUESTION
THAT WE HAVE: 'MATERIALISM MAY
00:41:49.50\00:41:52.11
BE WRONG BUT WHAT ABOUT AMBITION
AND THE DESIRE TO ACHIEVE THINGS
00:41:52.14\00:41:56.75
IN YOUR LIFE?'
>>WELL, I THINK THE LORD WANTS
00:41:56.78\00:42:00.08
US TO BE - AMBITION FOR PERSONAL
GLORY IS NOT GOOD, BUT THE LORD
00:42:00.12\00:42:08.16
DOES WANT US TO
HAVE, I THINK, GOALS.
00:42:08.19\00:42:11.19
I THINK THE LORD
WANTS US TO HAVE DREAMS.
00:42:11.23\00:42:14.23
I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE VISION.
00:42:14.30\00:42:16.80
IF I WERE TO ASK YOU 'DO YOU
WANT TO HIRE, IN YOUR COMPANY,
00:42:16.83\00:42:21.34
SOMEBODY THAT HAS NO
AMBITION OR HAS AMBITION?'
00:42:21.37\00:42:25.81
NOW IF THEIR AMBITION IS
PERSONAL - IT'S ALL ABOUT THEIR
00:42:25.84\00:42:28.14
OWN GLORY - THAT PERSON
CAN END UP BEING A PROBLEM.
00:42:28.18\00:42:30.38
BUT IF THEY'RE A PERSON WHO IS
EAGER TO SUCCEED, THEN THAT'S A
00:42:30.41\00:42:33.48
GOOD THING. AND SO YOU
WANT TO BE AN ACHIEVER.
00:42:33.52\00:42:37.72
IF I HAD TO STRUGGLE WITH HAVING
A LOT OF FRIENDS AROUND ME THAT
00:42:37.75\00:42:41.59
WERE UNDERACHIEVERS OR
OVERACHIEVERS - THERE ARE
00:42:41.62\00:42:44.49
PROBLEMS WITH OVERACHIEVERS -
BUT I'D RATHER HAVE PEOPLE THAT
00:42:44.53\00:42:47.50
WANT TO ACHIEVE
SOMETHING. >>ALRIGHT, I THINK WE
00:42:47.50\00:42:50.37
HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. IT
SAYS, 'WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
00:42:50.40\00:42:52.10
SAY ABOUT GAMBLING EVEN IN
MODERATION?' JUST A LITTLE BIT.
00:42:52.13\00:42:56.10
'SHOULD CHRISTIANS STAY
AWAY FROM EVEN THE LOTTERY?'
00:42:56.14\00:43:01.84
>>GAMBLING, NOW THERE'S NO
VERSE THAT SAYS 'THOU SHALL NOT
00:43:01.88\00:43:04.21
GAMBLE.' BUT THERE ARE PLENTY
OF PRINCIPLES IN THE BIBLE THAT
00:43:04.25\00:43:08.02
TELL US 'MAKE HASTE NOT TO
BE RICH.' AND THE WHOLE IDEA OF
00:43:08.05\00:43:13.39
GAMBLING IS THE IDEA TO WIN
OFF THE MISFORTUNE OF OTHERS WHO
00:43:13.42\00:43:17.93
WEREN'T AS LUCKY. THAT
KIND OF SPECULATION - AND
00:43:17.96\00:43:22.73
'YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY
THEIR FRUITS.' WHAT'S THE
00:43:22.76\00:43:25.60
FRUIT OF A CASINO?
PEOPLE GO IN THERE.
00:43:25.63\00:43:29.50
WHO IS THE ONE MAKING
THE MONEY? IT'S THE HOUSE.
00:43:29.54\00:43:33.44
THE PEOPLE GO IN - OFTEN POOR
PEOPLE - DESPERATE PEOPLE - AND
00:43:33.48\00:43:36.14
THEY TAKE THEIR MONEY AND THEY
SPECULATE AND THEY GENERALLY
00:43:36.18\00:43:40.22
LOSE. AND WE SHOULDN'T BE
GAMBLING WITH GOD'S RESOURCES.
00:43:40.25\00:43:47.42
'THOSE WHO WILL NOT WORK SHALL
NOT EAT.' GOD WANTS US TO WORK.
00:43:47.46\00:43:51.16
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PROVERBS
TALK ABOUT BEING DILIGENT, BEING
00:43:51.19\00:43:53.73
FAITHFUL, SAVING -
AND THE LOTTERY, IT'S JUST
00:43:53.76\00:43:57.93
GOVERNMENT-SANCTIFIED
GAMBLING, THAT'S ALL THAT IS.
00:43:57.97\00:44:02.17
AND SO, I HAVE NEVER
BOUGHT A LOTTERY TICKET.
00:44:02.20\00:44:04.87
I SAW THAT JUST THIS LAST WEEK
THAT THEY HAD A LOTTERY THAT WAS
00:44:04.91\00:44:09.81
GOING - 500 MILLION
DOLLARS - IN THE NEWS.
00:44:09.84\00:44:13.92
AND IN MY QUIET MOMENTS I
THOUGHT, 'BOY WHAT WE COULD DO
00:44:13.95\00:44:18.55
WITH THAT.' AND THEN I PICTURED
- I'M TELLING THE TRUTH I'M
00:44:18.59\00:44:21.59
CONFESSING I
FANTASIZED FOR JUST A MOMENT.
00:44:21.62\00:44:23.79
I THOUGHT BOY IF YOU COULD GO
OUT AND JUST HAPPEN TO BUY THE
00:44:23.83\00:44:27.60
WINNING TICKET - OF COURSE
YOU'RE - THE ODDS OF THAT ARE
00:44:27.60\00:44:30.30
LIKE, YOU KNOW,
GETTING HIT BY AN ASTEROID.
00:44:30.33\00:44:33.00
IT'S PRETTY SMALL ODDS
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WIN.
00:44:33.03\00:44:35.94
AND THEN I THOUGHT THEN I'D WIN
500 MILLION DOLLARS AND THEY'D
00:44:35.97\00:44:39.21
WANT TO PUT ME IN THE PAPER AND
THEY'D SAY PASTOR DOUG BOUGHT
00:44:39.24\00:44:42.78
THIS LOTTERY TICKET. I
THOUGHT I'D BE REALLY HARD TO
00:44:42.81\00:44:46.25
EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THAT GOD TOLD
ME TO BUY THIS LOTTERY TICKET.
00:44:46.28\00:44:50.82
I WENT THROUGH THIS WHOLE
FANTASY IN MY HEAD BUT I GOT
00:44:50.85\00:44:52.52
OVER IT PRETTY QUICK I
WANT YOU TO REST ASSURED.
00:44:52.55\00:44:56.16
I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE
TO HAVE 500 MILLION DOLLARS -
00:44:56.19\00:44:59.03
WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT WOULD -
00:44:59.06\00:45:03.60
IT WOULD SET A PRINCIPLE.
GAMBLING DESTROYS PEOPLE.
00:45:03.63\00:45:07.64
I REMEMBER WE HAD ONE MAN CAME
TO CHURCH - THIS HAD BEEN YEARS
00:45:07.67\00:45:09.90
AGO SO I CAN TELL YOU
THE STORY - HAD A GOOD JOB.
00:45:09.94\00:45:13.94
WORKED FOR THE STATE. AND
WHEN WE MET HIM HE CAME TO
00:45:13.98\00:45:17.05
CHURCH HE SAID, 'PASTOR DOUG'
I'D NEVER BEEN GAMBLING BEFORE.
00:45:17.08\00:45:20.85
JUST SOME FRIENDS INVITED
ME THERE WAS SOME CONVENTION.
00:45:20.88\00:45:22.92
WE WENT TO LAS VEGAS - ACTUALLY
WENT TO RENO - AND I STARTED
00:45:22.95\00:45:27.86
GAMBLING. AND I
WON A LITTLE AND THEN I
00:45:27.89\00:45:30.23
LOST A LITTLE AND I GOT SO
UPSET I CAME BACK THE NEXT WEEK
00:45:30.26\00:45:32.79
AND TRIED TO WIN IT
BACK. THEN I CAME BACK THE NEXT
00:45:32.83\00:45:35.33
WEEKEND TO TRY TO WIN IT
BACK.' AND HE SAID 'IT GOT
00:45:35.36\00:45:38.77
WORSE AND WORSE.
IT BECAME A HABIT.
00:45:38.80\00:45:40.34
EVERY WEEKEND I
WAS GOING TO RENO.
00:45:40.37\00:45:42.27
HE SAID, 'I HAD A WIFE, I HAD A
HOME THAT WAS PAID FOR, I HAD A
00:45:42.30\00:45:45.01
RETIREMENT.' HE SAID, 'I'VE
LOST MY FAMILY, I'VE LOST MY
00:45:45.04\00:45:47.61
RETIREMENT. I'VE GOT 60 THOUSAND
00:45:47.64\00:45:49.34
DOLLARS IN DEBT. MY
HEALTH IS DESTROYED.' AND
00:45:49.38\00:45:52.31
HE SAID, 'I WAS ADDICTED
TO GAMBLING.' HE CAME TO AN
00:45:52.35\00:45:54.22
EVANGELISTIC MEETING HE
GOT THE VICTORY AND WE ENDED UP
00:45:54.25\00:45:56.99
BAPTIZING HIM BUT
IT JUST DESTROYED HIM.
00:45:57.02\00:45:59.45
CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT BE
INVOLVED IN ANYTHING THAT A
00:45:59.49\00:46:01.66
PERSON GETS ADDICTED TO AND
THEY HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS - PUBLIC
00:46:01.69\00:46:06.96
ANNOUNCEMENTS EVERY NOW AND THEN
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING
00:46:07.00\00:46:09.43
WITH GAMBLING ADDICTIONS. SO
NO, I DON'T THINK - WHY WOULD
00:46:09.46\00:46:15.30
THE GOVERNMENT PAY FOR ADS
TO HELP PEOPLE RECOVER FROM
00:46:15.34\00:46:19.84
GAMBLING AND THEN PAY
FOR ADS TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
00:46:19.87\00:46:23.38
BUY A LOTTO TICKET?
ISN'T THAT KIND OF CONFLICTED?
00:46:23.41\00:46:28.25
OKAY, NO YOU SHOULDN'T
GAMBLE. SORRY, LONG ANSWER.
00:46:28.28\00:46:30.42
>>ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ANOTHER
QUESTION THAT IS 'WHAT ABOUT
00:46:30.45\00:46:32.95
TITHING WHEN YOU HAVE OR WHEN
YOU ARE ON SOCIAL SECURITY?'
00:46:32.99\00:46:37.53
>>IF YOU'RE ON A LIMITED INCOME
AND JUST ALL YOU'VE GOT YOU'RE
00:46:37.56\00:46:40.80
JUST LIVING ON SOCIAL SECURITY,
A PERSON MIGHT SAY, 'WELL, WHAT
00:46:40.83\00:46:43.23
DO I DO ABOUT TITHE?' AND
SOMEONE ACTUALLY WROTE US A
00:46:43.26\00:46:46.90
NOTE THIS WEEK AND THEY
MADE A GOOD OBSERVATION.
00:46:46.94\00:46:49.77
SOCIAL SECURITY IF - IF YOU'RE
ON SOCIAL SECURITY AT SOME POINT
00:46:49.80\00:46:54.21
TYPICALLY YOU OR YOUR SPOUSE
HAVE PAID SOMETHING INTO THAT.
00:46:54.24\00:46:59.35
AND AT SOME POINT WHEN YOU
RETIRE YOU WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER
00:46:59.38\00:47:02.48
SOME OF WHAT YOU
HAVE PAID INTO IT.
00:47:02.52\00:47:05.45
AT SOME POINT YOU MAY END UP
GETTING SOCIAL SECURITY THAT YOU
00:47:05.49\00:47:08.92
DIDN'T PAY INTO - IT'S ABOVE
AND BEYOND THAT - DEPENDS ON HOW
00:47:08.96\00:47:11.26
LONG YOU LIVE AND
A NUMBER OF FACTORS.
00:47:11.29\00:47:14.83
AND IT MIGHT BE HARD TO
CALCULATE, YOU KNOW, 'HOW MUCH
00:47:14.86\00:47:18.37
DID I ALREADY PAY TITHE ON
WHEN I WAS PAYING INTO IT?'
00:47:18.40\00:47:21.07
IF YOU PAID TITHE ON YOUR SOCIAL
SECURITY INCOME WHEN YOU FIRST
00:47:21.10\00:47:24.44
PUT IT INTO THIS
MYSTICAL ACCOUNT THAT THEY HOLD
00:47:24.47\00:47:29.21
SOMEWHERE, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING
'WELL, I'VE ALREADY PAID TITHE
00:47:29.24\00:47:32.48
ON THAT ONCE,' AND YOU COULD
PROBABLY JUSTIFY SAYING 'WELL,
00:47:32.51\00:47:35.75
SOME OF THAT ANYWAY, I'VE
ALREADY PAID TITHE ON.' I THINK
00:47:35.78\00:47:39.15
THE SAFEST THING TO DO
IS JUST PROVE THE LORD.
00:47:39.19\00:47:41.46
TEST THE LORD. YOU
CANNOT OUTGIVE GOD.
00:47:41.49\00:47:45.16
AND I JUST SEE TOO MANY EXAMPLES
IN THE BIBLE WHERE PEOPLE SAY
00:47:45.19\00:47:49.23
'I'M GOING TO TAKE A STEP OF
FAITH' AND 'GOD DOES NOT FORSAKE
00:47:49.26\00:47:53.07
THE RIGHTEOUS THEIR SEED DO NOT
BEG BREAD.' YOU BE FAITHFUL AND
00:47:53.10\00:47:57.24
SEE. I BELIEVE GOD
WILL COME THROUGH FOR YOU.
00:47:57.27\00:48:00.54
>>NEXT QUESTION THAT WE HAVE:
GENESIS CHAPTER 14, VERSE 20
00:48:00.58\00:48:03.61
SAYS THAT ABRAM GAVE
MELCHIZEDEK A TITHE OF ALL.
00:48:03.65\00:48:08.05
WHY DID MELCHIZEDEK NEED
TITHE? AND HOW DID HE USE IT?
00:48:08.08\00:48:12.92
>>WELL, TITHE IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT - BEFORE THE TIME OF
00:48:12.95\00:48:16.26
THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD -
MELCHIZEDEK WAS A PRIEST OF THE
00:48:16.29\00:48:20.20
MOST HIGH GOD. IT WAS NOT
UNCOMMON THEN TO SHOW A THANK
00:48:20.23\00:48:24.57
YOU OFFERING AND YOU WOULD
GIVE IT TO THE LEADER OF A CLAN.
00:48:24.60\00:48:28.17
AND SO MELCHIZEDEK WAS CALLED
THE KING PRIEST OF SALEM AND IT
00:48:28.20\00:48:33.24
WAS USED FOR THE MAINTENANCE
OF PROBABLY THE PERSONAL
00:48:33.27\00:48:36.38
MAINTENANCE AND HIS FAMILY
AND HIS HOUSEHOLD AS HE WAS A
00:48:36.41\00:48:39.45
REPRESENTATIVE OF
GOD IN THAT COUNTRY.
00:48:39.48\00:48:42.42
I BELIEVE
MELCHIZEDEK WAS A REAL PERSON.
00:48:42.45\00:48:45.15
SOME THOUGHT THAT HE WAS
JUST A SPIRITUAL TYPE OF CHRIST.
00:48:45.19\00:48:48.22
HE IS A TYPE OF CHRIST BUT
HE IS A REAL PERSON AND YOU GIVE
00:48:48.26\00:48:53.66
TITHES TO THE PRIESTS.
YOU NOTICE IT ALSO SAYS
00:48:53.70\00:48:56.63
REGARDING MELCHIZEDEK THAT HE
BROUGHT FORTH TO ABRAHAM BREAD
00:48:56.67\00:49:00.60
AND WINE FOR HE AND
HIS SOLDIERS THAT CAME OUT.
00:49:00.64\00:49:03.41
AND SO IT WAS ALSO THANKFUL THAT
- IT WAS A SIGN OF THANKSGIVING
00:49:03.44\00:49:07.28
FOR THE MINISTRY MELCHIZEDEK DID
FOR ABRAHAM AND HIS HOUSE COMING
00:49:07.31\00:49:10.21
BACK FROM THIS BATTLE.
AND SO MELCHIZEDEK ALSO GAVE.
00:49:10.25\00:49:14.45
AND SO HE WAS DOING A - CHRIST
- THE LAST SUPPER OF BREAD AND
00:49:14.48\00:49:16.82
WINE. HE'S THE
TYPE OF CHRIST THERE.
00:49:16.85\00:49:19.82
>>OKAY, I THINK WE HAVE
TIME FOR ANOTHER QUESTION.
00:49:19.85\00:49:21.52
IT SAYS, 'IF YOUR HOUSE NEEDS
REPAIRS AND YOUR CAR IS OLD IS
00:49:21.56\00:49:24.76
IT WRONG TO WANT MORE?'
>>WELL, IF YOU HAVE FEWER CARS
00:49:24.79\00:49:30.37
AND HOUSES YOU DON'T HAVE
TAKE CARE OF 'EM. BUT I'M BEING
00:49:30.40\00:49:34.57
SARCASTIC, I'M SORRY.
NOT JUST WANTING MORE, DO YOU
00:49:34.60\00:49:39.67
NEED MORE HOUSES
OR DO YOU NEED BETTER?
00:49:39.71\00:49:42.81
OR DO YOU NEED THE RESOURCES
TO WANT THINGS TO BE FIXED.
00:49:42.84\00:49:47.05
I HAVE DRIVEN THAT CAR THAT WAS
FALLING APART AND I HAVE LIVED
00:49:47.08\00:49:51.22
IN THAT HOUSE BEFORE
THAT WAS FALLING APART.
00:49:51.25\00:49:53.66
I CAN TELL YOU A LOT OF STORIES.
I HAD A CAR THAT JUST REALLY
00:49:53.69\00:49:55.92
STRENGTHENED MY FAITH EVERY TIME
I TURNED THE KEY. I'D PRAY THAT
00:49:55.96\00:49:59.43
IT WOULD START AND SOMETIMES
GOD DIDN'T ANSWER MY PRAYER.
00:49:59.46\00:50:03.06
AND I USED TO PARK IT ON A HILL
SO THAT IF I COULDN'T GET IT
00:50:03.10\00:50:07.04
STARTED - IT WAS OLD - THE
ENGINE WAS SO WORN OUT THAT I
00:50:07.07\00:50:10.44
HAD TO ROLL A LONG
WAYS AND POP START IT.
00:50:10.47\00:50:12.77
ANYONE EVER
HAVE THAT CAR BEFORE?
00:50:12.81\00:50:16.08
AND, YOU KNOW WHAT? THE
LORD TAUGHT ME THROUGH THAT.
00:50:16.11\00:50:18.05
BUT YOU EVENTUALLY YOU
PRAY FOR BETTER THINGS.
00:50:18.08\00:50:22.08
I'M SO THANKFUL
I'M IN MY CAR NOW.
00:50:22.12\00:50:24.39
IT'S GOT, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED
AND FIVE THOUSAND MILES ON IT
00:50:24.42\00:50:26.79
BUT I'M THANKFUL
THAT IT'S DEPENDABLE.
00:50:26.82\00:50:28.89
AND SO NO, IT'S NOT WRONG TO
WANT THINGS THAT ARE BETTER MORE
00:50:28.92\00:50:32.23
DEPENDABLE AND TO WANT A HOUSE
THAT IS NOT FALLING APART OR
00:50:32.26\00:50:36.13
ROTTING AWAY. AND SO,
I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST
00:50:36.16\00:50:39.47
HUMAN NATURE THAT WE
WANT TO ALWAYS IMPROVE OUR LOT
00:50:39.50\00:50:42.04
AND OUR ENVIRONMENT.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
00:50:42.07\00:50:45.24
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MINUTES
LEFT TO JUST SORT OF WRAP OFF
00:50:45.27\00:50:47.48
THE LESSON.
STEWARDS OF SPIRITUAL TRUTH .
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YOU KNOW THE GOSPEL IS SOMETHING
THAT WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE.
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IT'S A GIFT THAT IS
GIVEN US. IT'S A GIFT THAT
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WE WANT TO PROTECT.
DURING THE CONSTITUTIONAL
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CONVENTION IN 1787, IT'S
REPORTED THAT WHEN BENJAMIN
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FRANKLIN CAME OUT OF
INDEPENDENCE HALL SOMEONE SAID
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'WHAT KIND OF GOVERNMENT DO WE
HAVE A REPUBLIC OR A MONARCHY?'
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AND FRANKLIN RESPON - REPLIED 'A
REPUBLIC, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT.'
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A REPUBLIC IS A DELICATE
GOVERNMENT THAT DEPENDS ON BEING
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CONSTANTLY NOURISHED AND
NURTURED OR YOU CAN LOSE THE
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GIFT. THE GOSPEL
IS A GIFT BUT IT'S A
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GIFT THAT MUST BE GUARDED AND WE
MUST, EVERY DAY, BE GUARDIANS -
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STEWARDS ARE ALSO GUARDS, YOU
MIGHT SAY. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
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REMEMBERED - YOU REMEMBER
THE PASSAGE THERE IN EZEKIEL?
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'WHERE I'VE SET YOU' - SAYS
THERE IN EZEKIEL CHAPTER 33,
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'I'VE SET YOU AS A WATCHMAN ON
THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.' EZEKIEL 33
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VERSE 1, "THE WORD OF THE LORD
CAME TO ME SAYING, 'SON OF MAN,
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SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF YOUR
PEOPLE AND SAY TO THEM 'WHEN I
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BRING THE SWORD UPON THE LAND
AND THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND TAKE
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A MAN FROM THEIR TERRITORY
AND MAKE THEM THEIR WATCHMAN.
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WHEN HE SEES A SWORD COMING
UPON THE LAND, IF HE BLOWS THE
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TRUMPET AND WARNS THE PEOPLE
WHOEVER HEARS THE SOUND OF THE
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TRUMPET AND DOESN'T TAKE
WARNING, IF THE SWORD COMES AND
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TAKES THEM AWAY, HIS
BLOOD IS ON HIS OWN HEAD.
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HE HEARD THE SOUND OF THE
TRUMPET BUT HE DIDN'T TAKE
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WARNING. HIS BLOOD
SHALL BE UPON HIMSELF.
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BUT IF HE TAKES
WARNING HE'LL SAVE HIS LIFE.
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BUT, IF THE WATCHMAN SEES
THE SWORD IS COMING" - AN ARMY'S
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COMING - "AND HE DOESN'T BLOW
THE TRUMPET AND THE PEOPLE ARE
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NOT WARNED AND THE SWORD COMES
AND TAKES ANY PERSON AWAY AMONG
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THEM, HE'S TAKEN AWAY IN HIS
INIQUITY BUT HIS BLOOD I WILL
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REQUIRE THE WATCHMAN'S HAND."
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WE, AS BELIEVERS, ARE
STEWARDS OF THE GOSPEL.
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WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
TO GUARD THE GIFT AND ALSO TO
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PROTECT PEOPLE BY
GIVING THEM A FAITHFUL WARNING.
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WE HAVE A MESSAGE THAT WE
ARE GUARDIANS OF AND THIS IS A
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PRINCIPLE THAT YOU FIND
THROUGHOUT THE NEW TESTAMENT.
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I'LL GIVE YOU ONE LAST QUOTE
HERE AND THIS IS FROM THE BOOK
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TESTIMONIES VOL. 7 , PAGE 176.
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"GOD DESIRES TO BRING MEN INTO
DIRECT RELATION WITH HIMSELF.
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IN ALL HIS DEALINGS WITH
HUMAN BEINGS HE RECOGNIZES THE
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PRINCIPLE OF
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
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HE SEEKS TO ENCOURAGE A SENSE
OF PERSONAL DEPENDENCE AND TO
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IMPRESS THE NEED
OF PERSONAL GUIDANCE.
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HIS GIFTS ARE
COMMITTED TO MEN AS INDIVIDUALS.
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EVERY MAN HAS BEEN MADE A
STEWARD OF THE SACRED TRUSTS.
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EACH IS TO DISCHARGE HIS TRUST
ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTION OF
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THE GIVER. AND BY
EACH ACCOUNT OF HIS
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STEWARDSHIP MUST
BE RENDERED TO GOD."
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WE WILL ALL GIVE AN ACCOUNT TO
GOD FOR BEING FAITHFUL STEWARDS.
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WELL, THANK YOU
FOR PARTICIPATING.
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THANK YOU FOR THOSE
WHO SENT IN QUESTIONS.
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WANT TO REMIND YOU
ABOUT THE FREE OFFER.
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IT'S CALLED
OBEDIENCE IS IT LEGALISM?
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ASK FOR OFFER #706 WHEN YOU
CALL IS OBEDIENCE LEGALISM ?
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AND WHEN YOU DO PLEASE READ IT
AND SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
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YOU COULD BE A
STEWARD OF HIS GRACE.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOD BLESS YOU AND WE'LL LOOK
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FORWARD TO STUDYING HIS
WORD TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
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>>FRIENDS, HAVE YOU EVER
HEARD OF THE BOWHEAD WHALE?
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THIS ENORMOUS LEVIATHAN IS THE
SECOND-LARGEST CREATURE IN THE
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WORLD. DARK AND
STOCKY, IT ROAMS THE
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FERTILE ARCTIC NORTHERN WATERS.
THESE MASSIVE CREATURES CAN
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BE MORE THAN 65-FEET LONG
AND WEIGHT MORE THAN 75 TONS.
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THAT'S HEAVIER
THAN THE SPACE SHUTTLE.
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YET, IN SPITE OF THEIR TITANIC
SIZE, THEY'RE ABLE TO LEAP
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ENTIRELY OUT OF THE
WATER. CAN YOU SAY 'BELLY FLOP'?
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THE BOWHEAD WHALE GETS ITS NAME
FROM ITS BOW-SHAPED SKULL - AND
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THEY'VE GOT ONE
GINORMOUS NOGGIN.
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MATTER OF FACT, THEIR HEADS ARE
ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF THEIR BODY
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SIZE, WHICH COMES IN HANDY WHEN
YOU FIND OUT HOW THEY USE THEIR
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HEADS. THEY'VE
GOT VERY THICK SKULLS.
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SOMETIMES THEY GET TRAPPED UNDER
THE SURFACE AND THEY USE THEIR
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HEADS TO RAM THE ICE.
THEY CAN BREAK A BREATHING HOLE
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IN THE ICE THAT IS A FOOT AND A
HALF THICK. FRIENDS, YOU HAVE TO
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JUST IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE
LIKE TO BE WALKING AROUND ON THE
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ARCTIC ICE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
HAVE THE GROUND BENEATH YOU
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CRACK AND SPLIT AND RISE AS ONE
OF THESE SEA MONSTERS PUSHES ITS
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HEAD UP TO BREATH FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN 90 MINUTES.
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BECAUSE BOWHEADS MAKE THEIR
HOME IN THE COLDEST PART OF OUR
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WORLD, THEY HAVE THE
THICKEST BLUBBER OF ANY WHALE.
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BUT THIS, PLUS THEIR FRIENDLY
AND CURIOUS NATURE, MADE THEM
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PRIME TARGETS WHEN THE EUROPEAN
WHALERS DISCOVERED THE BOWHEADS.
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THEY HUNTED THEM
NEARLY TO EXTINCTION.
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FORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF
CONSERVATION EFFORTS, WE'VE
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SLOWLY SEEN THEIR NUMBERS
BEGIN TO INCREASE SINCE THE 60S.
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ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING FACTS
ABOUT THE BOWHEAD WHALE IS ITS
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LONGEVITY.
SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED, BY
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EVALUATING HARPOON TIPS FOUND IN
THEIR SKULL, AND EXAMINING THEIR
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EYE TISSUE, THERE ARE BOWHEAD
WHALES OUT THERE THAT ARE
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PROBABLY OVER 200 YEARS OLD.
YOU REALIZE THAT MEANS THERE
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ARE BOWHEAD WHALES SWIMMING THE
OCEANS RIGHT NOW THAT WERE ALIVE
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BEFORE ABRAHAM
LINCOLN WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
AMONG THE OTHER AMAZING
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MEGA-FACTS ABOUT THE BOWHEAD
WHALE, IS ITS MEGA-MOUTH.
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THEY HAVE THE LARGEST MOUTH
OF ANY IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
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AND WHEN THEY OPEN THEIR PIE
HOLE FULL EXTENDED, IT'S LARGE
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ENOUGH TO PARK A
MEDIUM-SIZED SUV INSIDE.
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YET, IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT
THEY'VE GOT SUCH BIG MOUTHS,
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THEY SURVIVE BY EATING THE VERY
SMALLEST CREATURES IN THE OCEAN
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- PLANKTON, KRILL, AND
OTHER MICROSCOPIC ANIMALS.
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FRIENDS, I'M ALWAYS AMAZED
BY THE CREATURES GOD HAS MADE.
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THIS BOWHEAD WHALE IS ABLE
TO DIVE TO THE DEEPEST OCEANS.
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THEY CAN BREAK THROUGH THE ICE
AND MOVE MOUNTAINS WITH THEIR
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HEAD AND COMPLETELY LEAVE THE
WATER AND FLY THROUGH THE AIR.
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AND YET, THEY DO ALL THAT
BY GAINING STRENGTH FROM ALMOST
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MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS.
IT HELPS US REMEMBER THAT WE
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SURVIVE THROUGH THE
LITTLE PROMISES IN GOD'S WORD.
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JESUS, WHEN TEMPTED BY THE
DEVIL, HE QUOTED JUST A FEW
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LITTLE VERSES AND HE
SENT THE ENEMY RUNNING.
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YOU CAN ALSO HAVE THAT SAME
DURABILITY AND LONG LIFE AS THE
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BOWHEAD WHALE, BY TRUSTING
IN GOD'S WORD AND HIS PROMISES.
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>>LET'S FACE IT, IT'S
NOT ALWAYS EASY TO UNDERSTAND
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EVERYTHING YOU
READ IN THE BIBLE.
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WITH OVER 700,000 WORDS
CONTAINED IN 66 BOOKS, THE BIBLE
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CAN GENERATE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
TO GET BIBLICAL STRAIGHTFORWARD
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