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Managing God’s gift in your life
Apostle Saint
EkohSlide2
TEXT
1Co 4:2
Moreover it is required in
stewards
, that a man be found faithful. Slide3
WHO IS A STEWARD
Definition by Dictionary.com: a
person who manages another's property or financial
affairs; one
who administers anything as the agent of another
or others.
Grk
.
Oikonomos
. House manager. One who oversees another’s estate.Slide4
WE ARE STEWARDS
The Bible says we are stewards.
What are we stewards of?
We are stewards of the “gifts” and “graces” of God.
1Pe 4:10
As every man hath received the
gift
,
even so
minister the same one to another, as good
stewards of the manifold grace of God
.
Define gift and grace.
We all have received gifts and grace from God.
But we must know this, see Col. 1:16; 1Cor. 4:7.
All gifts are to serve him. Whether singing or dancing.Slide5
A SCRIPTURAL REFERENCE
I
want us to look at this scripture about Lucifer.
Eze
28:12
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of
Tyrus
, and say unto him, Thus
saith
the Lord GOD; Thou
sealest
up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Eze
28:13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone
was
thy covering, the
sardius
, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy
tabrets
and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou
wast
created.
Eze
28:14
Thou
art
the anointed cherub that
covereth
;
and I have set thee
so
:
thou
wast
upon
the holy mountain of God
; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze
28:15
Thou
wast
perfect in thy ways
from the day that thou
wast
created, till
iniquity was found in thee.
Eze
28:16
By the
multitude of thy merchandise
they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will
cast thee as profane out of the mountain
of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze
28:17
Thine
heart was lifted up because of thy beauty
, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Eze
28:18
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of
thine
iniquities, by the iniquity of thy
traffick
;
therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee
, and
I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
Eze
28:19
All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and
never
shalt
thou
be
any more
. Slide6
LUCIFER
1. The Gift: Verse 13:
the workmanship of thy
tabrets
and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou
wast
created
.
2. The Purpose: Verse 14:
the anointed cherub that
covereth
; and I have set thee
so.
3. The Sin: Verse 15/16:
till iniquity was found in thee.
Eze
28:16 By the multitude of thy
merchandise
they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast
sinned.
4. The Cause: Verse 17:
Thine
heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy
brightness. PRIDE. Treating the gift as if it was earned.
5. The Judgment: Verse 17/18: (1)I
will cast thee to the
ground (2)bring
forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour theeSlide7
CONCLUSION
What can we learn from all these?
1. Gift must be treated as gift. Grace must be treated as grace.
2. God’s gifts and grace are primarily given to us FOR HIM. So they must not be merchandised.
3. We must never take his glory. All the glory must go to God. See Acts 12:21-23. Another good example is Alexander
Dowie
and William Branham.