Wonderful time in Ashland. Felt
like the Lord gave me a lot of liberty to preach. That being said, it just fills
my heart to be with you. This is my family. I love you. Love being here, being with you,
and I was thinking that these are the folks I want to die with.
So what a blessing. My text for this evening is First
Corinthians, chapter four, verse one. I just couldn't get past this
first verse, I was initially wanting to bring a message on
the mysteries of God and the Lord willing, next Sunday evening,
I'll bring that message, but. I couldn't get past what was
said in this first verse. Let a man so account of us as
of the ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of
God. Ministers and stewards. That's what I want to attempt
to preach on this evening, Ministers and Stewards. And I've actually
entitled this message, A Reminder of Your Calling. You and I are
called upon, this is our calling here in this life, to be ministers
and stewards. Now, would you turn with me to
Luke chapter 12. I'd like to introduce this message
with this scripture. Verse 13. And one of the company said unto
him. Master. Speak to my brother that
he divide the inheritance with me. Now, put yourself in this
fellow's place. If. You had one brother. And all the inheritance went
to him, and none went to you. You would probably be thinking
the same thing. You might not say it, but you'd
be thinking it. Speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance
with me. And look how our Lord replies.
And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider
over you? And he said unto them, Take heed
and beware of covetousness. For a man's life consisteth not
in the abundance of things which he possesseth. And he spake a
parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man
brought forth plentifully. And he thought within himself,
saying, What shall I do? Because I have no room where
to bestow my fruits. And he said, This will I do. I'll pull down
my barns and build greater. And there will I bestow all my
fruits and my goods. And I'll say to my soul, So thou
hast much good laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat,
drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be
required of thee Then who shall those things be which thou hast
provided? So is he that layeth up treasure
for himself, and is not rich toward God." I ask myself the
question, and I ask you the question. Would this verse of Scripture
describe you or me? That one who lays up treasure
for himself and is not rich toward God. I've entitled this message, A
Reminder of Your Calling, and I pray that the Lord will be
with all of us in making Himself known to us through this message,
a reminder of your calling. You know what? I need reminded.
You need reminded. Back to our text in 1 Corinthians
chapter 4. I don't want to be somebody who
lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God. Whatever
it is to be rich toward God, that's what I want to be. Don't
you? I know you do. You want to be
rich toward God. Now, Paul said, let a man so
account of us when he views us, he's talking about the apostles
at this time. He said, let a man so account of us as of the ministers
of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Now, the Corinthians
were guilty of Preacheritis, is I guess what I'd call it.
Some said, I'm a Paul, some said I'm of Apollos, others said I'm
Cephas. They were putting up preachers on a pedestal and they're
putting themselves up on a pedestal. saying, I'm in a little bit better
shape because this is my minister. This is my minister. Paul said,
no, don't think that way at all. Let a man view us as nothing
more and nothing less than ministers. Of God. And that word ministers
is literally galley slaves. That is the lowest position. Don't put a preacher up on a
pedestal. He's nothing more than a galley slave. A galley slave
of Christ. He takes his direction from Christ.
Now, being a galley slave, you think, well, that's a low calling.
Well, if it's a galley slave of Christ, it's a high calling,
isn't it? As a matter of fact, wherever he places me, that's
the best place to be. But Paul said, let a man judge
us, not by putting us up on a pedestal, but remembering we're galley
slaves of Christ and stewards of the mysteries
of God. A steward is somebody who is
responsible for somebody else's property. He manages somebody
else's property. Now, why does he say, let a man
so account of us as the ministers of Christ and stewards of the
mysteries of God? Well, verse six of this same
chapter, he says, these things, brethren, have I in a figure
transferred to myself and to Apollos, galley slaves. They knew what he was talking
about, under rowers, the people who were at the bottom of the
ship. They weren't the seamen. They were one at the bottom of
the ship, rowing the most difficult, the most unrecognized job. A galley slave. I mean, it's
the lowest place you could be. He says, I've transferred this
figure to myself as nothing more than a galley slave. Now, remember
who Paul was. Paul was Paul the Apostle. He's
the man that God used to write 13 books in the New Testament. He also says in the previous
chapter, I'm the wise master builder. The Lord used Paul more
than anybody else to expound the gospel. This is a very special
man. But he says, I'm transferring
this figure to myself, nothing more than a galley slave and
a steward. I say this about myself and Apollos,
for your sakes, that you might learn in us not to think of men
above that which is written. What's written about men? Well,
there's a whole lot of things, but let me remind you of this
passage of Scripture. Man at his best state is altogether
vanity. That's me. That's you. And you know that's the truth,
don't you? That's why I've used this language regarding myself. I'm nothing more than a galley
slave and a steward so that you won't think of men more highly
than you ought to think. A minister of Christ is the lowliest
servant, a subordinate. But he's still the minister of
Christ. Working under Christ's direction
now. I'm nothing but a. Galley slave. I'm nothing but a steward. But
if I'm a galley slave of Christ and if I'm a steward of Christ,
if he sent me. You gotta listen to what I say.
You really should, if he sent me. But that doesn't mean you
puff the minister up. He's nothing more than a gallant
slave and a steward. A steward is one who manages
what belongs to somebody else. Paul says, the doctrine that
we preach does not come from ourselves. We simply preach the
mysteries of God. Now, the mysteries of God. The other mysterious. You know,
the gospel, I keep finding it to be the more I learn of the
gospel, the more mysterious it seems to me, the more awesome,
the more glorious, the more high, the more holy, the whatever other
adjective I can describe. Yes, it is a mystery. But remember
this about a mystery. A mystery is not something we
don't know. It's not truth concealed. It's
truth revealed. It's that which we would not
know unless God had revealed. And the gospel is that which
God has revealed and that every truth in the scripture is that
which he has been pleased to make known, the mysteries of
the gospel. Like I said, Lord willing, I want to bring a message
next week on the mysteries of the gospel. A steward simply
declares the mysteries of the gospel, the revealed truth of
God. His doctrine doesn't come from
him. It comes from God. Now, if my doctrine is my doctrine,
we're in trouble, aren't we? We're wasting our time. But Paul
said, I'm a steward of the mystery of God, and that's what every
true preacher is. And what's required in a steward?
I love what he says. I want to bring another message
on this. Verse two. Moreover, it's required in stewards
that a man be found what? Faithful. Not brilliant. Not
successful. Not gifted. What do you want
with somebody who manages your affairs? If somebody is managing
your affairs, What is the one requisite you have for them?
Faithfulness. It's required in a steward that
a man be found faithful, faithful to his master, faithful to the
Word of God, faithful to the souls of men. I pastor this church. I'm not your Lord, obviously,
I'm not your boss, I can't make you do things, don't want to
make you do things, I'm not responsible to. And that doesn't mean I don't
grieve when someone's life in this church brings reproach to
the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. It does grieve me. And
it should. You know, hold your finger there
in 1 Corinthians 4 and turn over to Hebrews 13. Verse 7. Remember them. Which have the
rule over you, which are your guides. Now, the Lord has placed
somebody to have the rule, you know, that word rule, that doesn't
mean somebody who tells you what to do, where to go, how to spend
your money, what not to spend it on, where to what. That's
not talking about that at all. They're your guides. Paul said,
follow me. as I follow Christ. And a pastor
that can't say, follow me, do what I do, walk as I walk. If a pastor can't say that, follow
me as I follow Christ, he has no business being a pastor. Now,
it scares me. I pray for God's grace that will
enable me to do that. But that's the direction of Scripture. Look in verse 17 of the same
chapter. Obey them that have the rule
over you, that are your guides, and submit yourselves to them.
For they watch for your souls as they that must give account,
that they may do it with joy and not with grief. For this
is unprofitable for you." Now, what he's saying is the one who
has rule over you, make sure that when he brings your name
and gives an account for you and his responsibilities toward
you before the Father, and he prays for you, make sure he's
doing it with joy and not with grief. May God give me grace. May God
give you grace to be just like that, that we may do what we
do and give an account with joy and not with grief. A minister and a steward. Now,
this is a description of the Apostle Paul. This is a description
of what a pastor is, but this is also a description of every
believer. We are all called upon to be
ministers and stewards. Now this is your calling. This
is what God calls you to be. A galley slave, the lowliest
of service, and the steward. Now this calling is a high calling.
We read of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus as a heavenly
calling. We read where believers are partakers
of the heavenly calling. It's a holy calling. He saved
us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our
works, but according to His own purpose and grace which are given
us in Christ Jesus before the world began. Now, we're called
by God. We're called to be saints, sanctified
ones. We're called to be the children
of God. We're called to be the Lamb's wife. We're called to
be saved sinners. We're called to be His witness.
We're called to be believers. We're called to be Christians.
Remember, He saved us from our sins. He gave His precious blood
for us. He left the presence of His Father
for us to save us and to call us to these things. And listen
to me, I am called, you are called to be an under-rower, to be a
galley slave. to the lowest of positions. We're called to be stewards of
that which belongs to Him. Now, let's talk about this for
a moment. An underower of Christ. If His blessed person calls you
to be an underower, to be a galley slave, to have no recognition
at all, the lowest of service, Would that be degrading to you
or would it be your highest privilege? And some of us are quite willing
to do great things for Christ. Some of us are quite willing
to be used in a great and miraculous way. And we think of the great
things that we may one day do, but being an under rower, A galley slave. Now, if I love
Christ, I love to be whatever he calls me to be. A galley slave,
subordinate. Not the boss, but the servant.
Not the chief, but the lowest. Now, if Christ calls you to this,
this is what is so glorious about this, if Christ calls you to
this, you find this attractive, don't you? You want to be an
under-rower. You want to be a galley slave. If that's what he's called me
to, that's the best thing for me to be. A steward. What's a steward? He's somebody
who manages what belongs to somebody else. You're called upon to be
a steward. Look in verse 7 of 1 Corinthians,
chapter 4. For who maketh thee to differ
from another? Now, the fact of the matter is,
a believer does differ from an unbeliever. There's a big difference. There's
a real big difference. Not by nature. Not by nature. By nature, you and I are sinful
and worthless and helpless as everybody else. By nature, there
is no difference. All of us see it and come short
of the glory of God. By nature, altogether vanity. But there
is a difference. Well, who made you to differ? Well, God the
Father in election. I'm chosen of God. God chose me. Now, is that amazing or what?
God chose me before time began to be His. God the Father made
me to differ. Jesus Christ paid for my sins. He didn't die for everybody.
He only died for the elect. Now what a privilege it is to
have Him pay for your sins, put them away, so you're perfect
in God's sight. Yeah, you differ. You're without
sin before God. God, the Holy Spirit, has made
you a partaker of the divine nature. You have Christ in you,
the hope of glory. You have a new nature. You believe
on Christ. You love Christ. You love God
as He's revealed in His Word. You've been made to differ. Now,
who made you to differ? You know the answer to that question.
God made you to differ. And He says, what do you have,
what do you possess, that you didn't receive. Wherever you're at in life, who
put you there? The Lord did. He put you right
where you are. What do you have that you didn't
receive? Materially. Materially, what you have. How'd
you get it? God gave it to you. Well, I worked
hard for it. I'm sure you did. Who gave you
the grace to work hard for it? Who gave you the ability to work
hard for it? What do you have? I mean, concerning everything.
What gift do you have? What ability? It doesn't matter.
What do you have that you didn't receive? Most especially in grace,
what do you have that you didn't receive? You have the righteousness
of Christ. Why do you have it? He gave it
to you. Your sins were put away and forgiven. How come? He did
it. What do you have that you did
not receive? Now, all we have We're stewards
of it. You know, I really believe this. I'm not my own. I'm managing
what he gave me. And it's his. It's not mine.
I don't have any personal property. Now, I'm thankful for the stuff
he's given me. I'm thankful for the place he's put me in. I'm
thankful for you. I relate. But nothing that I have is mine.
And I like it being that way. I like it all belonging to Him.
It's wonderful, isn't it? You know, it really takes the
pressure off of you. When you've got all this stuff that you've got to keep,
you've got to make sure nobody takes it from you. When you don't
have anything, you don't need to worry about it. It's all His. He'll take care of it. What do
you have that you didn't receive? We're not our own. We've been
bought with a price. And what a price He paid. Now,
a steward. He said, we're ministers, we're
under rollers of Christ, we're stewards of the mysteries of
God, a steward is a servant and nothing more. So to be a faithful
steward, I must seek. To serve. And not to be served,
and you know, when I say that, I almost laugh at myself. I hate dealing with things like
that when it convinced me so much, but. Here's the Word of God. If I'm
going to be a faithful steward, I'm not going to seek to be served.
I'm going to seek to serve, to be a servant to you. That's the
very desire of my heart, if I'm a steward. I want to be a servant. A steward is called upon to be
faithful with his master's goods. Here the Lord gives us an unusual
parable about stewardship. Would you turn with me to Luke
16? And this is one of the One of the most, I guess, most different
parables in the scriptures. It's a parable about a steward. Verse one, Luke 16, verse one. And he said also unto his disciples,
there was a certain rich man which had a steward. That's someone
who was responsible for taking care of his property. And the
same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods, that
there was mismanagement going on. He'd not been a faithful
steward. And he called him and said unto him, how is it that
I hear this of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship. Before I go on, do you realize
that you and I in this life. Are called upon. To give an account
of our stewardship. The Lord has given you a stewardship. And you're to give an account
for that stewardship. For thou mayest no longer be
steward. Then the steward said within himself, verse three,
What shall I do? For my Lord taketh away from me the stewardship.
I can't dig. To beg I'm ashamed. I'm resolved
what to do, that when I'm put out of the stewardship, they
may receive me into their houses. So he called every one of his
Lord's debtors unto him, and he said unto the first, How much
owest thou, my Lord? And he said, a hundred measures
of oil. And he said to him, take thy bill and sit down quickly
and write fifty. Then said he to another, and how much o'st
thou? And he said, a hundred measures of wheat. And he said
to him, take thy bill and write four score. And the Lord commended
the unjust servant. Now, what he did was wrong. What
he did was wrong. He was trying to make it to where
those guys would be his debtors. He was going to make sure that
when he got lost at job, somebody's going to take him in because
of the favors. He said, I'll scratch your back, you scratch mine later.
That's what was going on here. And the Lord commended the unjust
steward, because he'd done wisely. For the children of this world
are in their generation wiser than the children of light. You
know, that's true. You know, unbelievers have a
lot more horse sense than believers quite a bit. You know, as far
as how to get on in this world, how to get, how to get. You scratch
my back, I'll scratch it. They know how to do that. And
he says in verse nine, And I say unto you, Make to yourselves
friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when you fail, they may
receive you in everlasting habitations. Go ahead, go. I think he's speaking
facetiously in a way. He's saying go for the gusto.
Go for the gusto. Take care of yourself, because
when you fail. He says in verse 10. He that
is faithful. In that which is least is faithful
also in much. And he that is unjust in the
least is unjust also in much. If therefore you've not been
faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust
the true riches? And if you've not been faithful
in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which
is your own? And no man can serve two masters,
for either he'll hate the one and love the other, or else he'll
despise the one and hold to the one and despise the other. You
cannot serve God and mammon. Now, the leading point in this
parable is faithfulness. What is a steward to do? He's
to be faithful. And he's to be faithful in that
which is least. And in the immediate context,
he's talking about giving when he says, he says, if you've not
been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who's going to commit
to your trust the true way of riches? May God put in my heart, may
God put in your heart this zeal to be faithful. That's what I want for myself. That's what I want for you to
be a faithful, a faithful individual. Now, that person who's faithful
in the little things, he's going to be faithful in the big things.
And that person who's not faithful in the little things, he's going
to be unjust in the big things also. Now, Paul speaks in our
text of being faithful to the mysteries of God. Now, our job
in this generation is to preach the Word and to be faithful to
the mysteries of God. When I preach the Gospel, I'm
not to pick out what part I want to preach and what part I don't
want to preach. We're called upon to declare God's truth to
this generation, who He is and what He did. And it's not up
to us to pick out what part we want to Preach, or what part
we want to leave out? No, we're to declare all the
mysteries of God. Everything God says is of infinite
importance. If He said it, that makes it
important. There's no such thing as a secondary truth. There's
no such thing as something that is not that important. If God
said it, it's important. And it's to be preached. The
mysteries of God. The gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ. The work of God the Father, the
work of God the Son, and the work of God the Holy Spirit,
and the saving of the sinner. The Father elected a people.
The Son redeemed those people. God the Holy Spirit regenerates
those people. I preach that. We preach that.
That we're called upon in Lexington, Kentucky to preach this message. Declare it. Look to God to take
care of the results. Now, we can't save anybody. Don't
pretend to be able to. But our responsibility is as
stewards of the mysteries of God. Now, be faithful in being
a steward. Be faithful in being a servant. You know, I think of what our
Lord said. He said he came not to minister,
be ministered to, but to minister and to give his life a ransom
for many. A steward is a trustee. And the
only job of the trustee is to make sure the will of the owner
is carried out. He doesn't add to it or take
from it. He just makes sure the will of
the owner is carried out. Don't you want to be Lord's steward? A faithful steward, you know,
I want to hear him say to me, well done. Thou good and faithful
servant, I I crave to hear Him say that to me. Well, He's going
to say that to every believer as they are in Christ. That's
true. That's true. But I want to be faithful over
my stewardship, don't you? Well done. I want to hear that.
Well done, thou good and faithful servant. We've been entrusted
with His gospel. That which is most precious to
himself, what a sacred trust and our purpose is to fulfill
that sacred trust. Now, Stewart. Not only is he
a trustee, not only is he a servant, but you know what a steward is
and what this is talking about by definition, a steward is a
guardian over his master's family. Now. Who's my family? Well, I've got three sisters,
a mom and dad. That's part of my family. Well, my true family,
though, is my wife and my daughter. That's part of my family. But
you know what? My family is you. That's my family. That's God's
family. And that is my true family. You
see these earthly relationships. They can be dissolved one of
these days. I can't imagine this. I mean, it's hard to grasp this,
but when I'm in heaven. Whereas the angels of God, I
won't have the same relationship with Lynn that I do now will
be different than that of any other believer, but the relationships
with believers will continue. This is my family, all of God's
people are my master's family, and the only way I act as a faithful
steward to him is by serving them. And if I'm not a servant
to you, I'm not a servant to him. And the only way I truly
serve him is by serving you. Turn with me to Matthew chapter
25 for a moment. When the Son of Man shall come
in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He
sit upon the throne of His glory. And before Him shall be gathered
all nations, and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd
divideth his sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on
his right hand, but the goats on his left. Then shall the king
say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
the world. 4. I was an hungred, and you
gave me meat. I was thirsty and you gave me
drink. I was a stranger and you took
me in. Naked and you clothed me. I was
sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came
unto me. With each other righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when
saw we thee that hungered and fed thee, or thirsty and gave
thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger and took thee in her
naked or clothed thee? When saw we thee sick or in prison and
came unto thee? They didn't think they did these things. They were not aware that they'd
ever done one thing for Him. Verse 40. And the king shall answer and
say unto them, Verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch as you have
done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have
done it unto me." Now, how I treat the Lord Jesus
Christ is seen in how I treat you. How interested I really
am in the Lord Jesus Christ is seen by how interested I really
am in you. How I love Jesus Christ, the
Lord, is seen truly in how I love you. And let's go on reading, I think
this is interesting, in Matthew 25, verse 41, Then shall he say
unto them on the left hand, Depart from me ye cursed. into everlasting
fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry,
and you gave me no meat. I was thirsty, and you gave me
no drink. I was a stranger, and you took me not in. Naked, and
you clothed me not. Sick, and in prison, you visited
me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when
saw we thee in hunger, or thirst, or a stranger, naked, or sick,
or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? We thought we did.
When did we do it? Then shall he answer them, saying,
Verily, I say unto you, inasmuch as you did it not, to one of
the least of these. You did it not to me. A steward is a guardian of his
master's family. And the steward represents his
master. You and I are ambassadors of
Christ. Now, you listen real carefully.
The Lord has given you a sphere of influence. And how that sphere
of influence You have views the Lord Jesus and the gospel you
believe will be seen in how they see how you treat them and how
you conduct yourself. And I'm asking myself this question,
I'm I'm asking you this question, people you work with, would they
find you to be a proud, contentious person or a lonely person? The
people you're around. Do they find you unapproachable?
or gracious and lowly. How do the people in your sphere
of influence see you? How about your family? How about
your family? How about your wife? How about
your husband? How about your children? Do they
see that Christ is all to you? Would they think well of your
master by how you treat them? I love that statement. If they
arrested people for being Christians, would they have enough evidence
to convict you? Do the people in your sphere
of influence know what you believe? Would they have any reason to
be interested in what you believe? As a steward, we are ambassadors
of Christ. Are we a good ambassador? Or a bad ambassador? Are we a
faithful steward or an unfaithful steward? And I guarantee you
that every one of us are thinking, well, I'm nowhere near as faithful
as I ought to be and want to be and could be by the way. No
doubt. I guarantee you that every one of us, we can look back and
blush at our stewardship and be embarrassed by our stewardship.
But you know what? Today's a new day. And this stewardship, I want
you to remember this. Don't be discouraged about this. Oh, I'm
a lousy steward. Well, you probably are. I won't
deny that. I am, too. I am, too. But you know that this stewardship
is a stewardship of grace. Turn with me to First Peter,
chapter four. First ten. As every man hath received the
gift." How did you receive the gift?
I know this much, you received it freely. Freely you received,
freely give. As every man hath received the
gift, even so minister the same one to another as good stewards
of the manifold grace of God. Now, here's what's so encouraging
about this, remember this, this is a stewardship of grace, not
of merit. And this is a new day. And no doubt our stewardship
has not been what it ought to be, but by the grace of God,
it's going to be what it ought to be. Now, there's not anybody
in here that ought to be discouraged. That ought to be pessimistic
or negative. This is a stewardship of grace. Do you know everything
God requires you to be and to do? He'll give you the grace
to do. That's a promise. And doesn't that give you a zeal
to be a good steward? A good steward of the manifold
grace of God. Now, I want to be. That steward
that the Lord spoke of in Luke chapter 12. Would you turn with
me there? This is what we're going to close with. Luke chapter 12. Now, I want to be a good steward
rather than a foolish and unfaithful steward. The unfaithful steward
seeks to be the chief rather than the servant every time. The unfaithful steward is all
about his own interests, his own happiness rather than his
master's. The unfaithful steward is more interested in being a
man-pleaser than a God-pleaser. The unfaithful steward is a lazy
steward. He gives little effort. The unfaithful
steward misuses what his master has entrusted with him. Now,
in this life, I don't know how all this works, but in this life
we are called upon to give an account of our stewardship. Now
look here in Luke chapter 12. I want to begin reading verse
42. And the Lord said, Who then is
that faithful and wise steward, whom his Lord shall make ruler
over his household to give them their portion of meat in due
season? Blessed is that servant whom his Lord, when he cometh,
shall find so doing, giving the household their portion
of meat in due season, being a faithful steward. Of a truth
I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that
he hath. But, and if that servant say in his heart, My Lord delayeth
his coming, and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidservants,
and to eat and drink, and to be drunken, Then the Lord of
that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him,
and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder,
and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. And that
servant which knew his Lord's will, and prepared not himself,
neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many
stripes, but he that knew not And did commit those things worthy
of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever
much is given, of him shall be much required. Now let me ask
you a question. Are you one of those people of whom much is
given? Are you? Has he given you much? Much grace? Much favor? Much mercy? Much love? Well, let me say this, of you,
much is required. I expect a whole lot out of you,
and I should. And you should expect a whole
lot out of me, because of whom much is given, much is required. And to whom men have committed
much of him, they will ask the more. You know, one one passage
of scripture that you are, our Lord said to his disciples, he
said, what do you more than others? Well, I'm. I'm like everybody
else, that's not good enough. What do ye more than others? Don't you have a reason to do
more than others? You surely do. Salvation is by
grace. And that's why you do. Well,
I pray that God will use this message to make us to be under
rowers and faithful stewards of the mysteries of God. Let's pray together.