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2 Corinthians 510 For we must all appear before
the judgment seat of Christ that every one may
receive the things done in his body, according to
that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 2
Corinthians 511 Knowing therefore the terror of
the Lord, we persuade men but we are made
manifest unto God and I trust also are made
manifest in your consciences.
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Romans 1410 But why dost thou judge thy
brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy
brother? for we shall all stand before the
judgment seat of Christ. Romans 1412 So then
every one of us shall give account of himself to
God.
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1 Corinthians 310-15 According to the grace of
God which is given unto me, as a wise
masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and
another buildeth thereon. But let every man take
heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other
foundation can no man lay than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon
this foundation gold, silver, precious stones,
wood, hay, stubble Every man's work shall be
made manifest for the day shall declare it,
because it shall be revealed by fire and the
fire shall try every man's work of what sort it
is. If any man's work abide which he hath built
thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any
man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss
but he himself shall be saved yet so as by fire.
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Living life for what will outlast it

• A Pious Attitude Regarding Self
• A Overstated Attitude Regarding Sin
• A Non-Chalant Attitude Regarding Service (WORKS)

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The Incredible Accounting of our Stewardship

• The Stewardship of
• The LIFE of God
• The GOSPEL of God
• The GIFTS of God
• The RESOURCES of God

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2 John 18 Look to yourselves, that we lose not
those things which we have wrought, but that we
receive a full reward.
REWARD 1 VERBAL COMMENDATION (For Being
Counted Worthy)
REWARD 2 ROYAL CLOTHES (For Living
Righteously)
REWARD 3 ACTUAL CROWNS (For Investing In His
Kingdom)
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• Her Biblical Identity
• Her Beautiful Character
• Her Boundless Responsibilities
• Her Bountiful Reward

Proverbs 3124-31
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Questions
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The Conveyor Belt of Time
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• Acts 175 But the Jews which believed not, moved
  with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of
  the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set
  all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the
  house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to
  the people.

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Investing the Word of God in People produces

• Hope

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• 1 John 511-12 And this is the record, that God
  hath given to us eternal life, and this life is
  in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life and
  he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

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• Matthew 1625 For whosoever will save his life
  shall lose it and whosoever will lose his life
  for my sake shall find it.

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Investing the Word of God in People produces

• Hope

• Joy

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• John 1010 The thief cometh not, but for to
  steal, and to kill, and to destroy I am come
  that they might have life, and that they might
  have it more abundantly.

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Investing the Word of God in People produces

• Hope

• Joy

• Reward

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• Luke 1215 And he said unto them, Take heed, and
  beware of covetousness for a man's life
  consisteth not in the abundance of the things
  which he possesseth.

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• Genesis 31 Now the serpent was more subtil than
  any beast of the field which the LORD God had
  made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God
  said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the
  garden?

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• Genesis 39 And the LORD God called unto Adam,
  and said unto him, Where art thou?

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• Isaiah 508 He is near that justifieth me who
  will contend with me? let us stand together who
  is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

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• 1 Corinthians 213 Which things also we speak,
  not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but
  which the Holy Ghost teacheth comparing
  spiritual things with spiritual.

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• Psalms 494 I will incline mine ear to a
  parable I will open my dark saying upon the
  harp.
• Psalms 782 I will open my mouth in a parable I
  will utter dark sayings of old

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• 1 Corinthians 29-10 But as it is written, Eye
  hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
  entered into the heart of man, the things which
  God hath prepared for them that love him. But God
  hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit for the
  Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things
  of God.

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Questions
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• How hast thou helped him that is without power?

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• Romans 620 For when ye were the servants of
  sin, ye were free from righteousness.
• (ENSLAVED)

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• 2 Timothy 226 And that they may recover
  themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are
  taken captive by him at his will.
• (ENSNARED)

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• Ephesians 22 Wherein in time past ye walked
  according to the course of this world, according
  to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit
  that now worketh in the children of disobedience
• (ENGULFED)

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• Romans 620 For when ye were the servants of
  sin, ye were free from righteousness.
• (ENSLAVED the POWER of SIN)
• 2 Timothy 226 And that they may recover
  themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are
  taken captive by him at his will.
• (ENSNARED The POWER of SATAN)
• Ephesians 22 Wherein in time past ye walked
  according to the course of this world, according
  to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit
  that now worketh in the children of disobedience
• (ENGULFED The POWER of Satans SYSTEM)

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• Psalms 6211 God hath spoken once twice have I
  heard this that power belongeth unto God.
• 2 Corinthians 131 This is the third time I am
  coming to you. In the mouth of two or three
  witnesses shall every word be established.

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• Romans 116 For I am not ashamed of the gospel
  of Christ for it is the power of God unto
  salvation to every one that believeth to the Jew
  first, and also to the Greek.

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• John 112 But as many as received Him, to them
  gave He power to become the sons of God, even to
  them that believe on his name

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• Acts 18 But ye shall receive power, after that
  the Holy Ghost is come upon you and ye shall be
  witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all
  Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost
  part of the earth.

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• 1 Peter 15 Who are kept by the power of God
  through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed
  in the last time.
• Acts 2618 To open their eyes, and to turn them
  from darkness to light, and from the power of
  Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness
  of sins, and inheritance among them which are
  sanctified by faith that is in me.

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• How hast thou helped him that is without power?

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• Luke 323-38 And Jesus himself began to be
  about thirty years of age, being (as was
  supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of
  Heli, Which was the son of Matthat, which was the
  son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which
  was the son of Janna, which was the son of
  Joseph, Which was the son of Mattathias, which
  was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum,
  which was the son of Esli, which was the son of
  Nagge, Which was the son of Maath, which was the
  son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei,
  which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of
  Juda, Which was the son of Joanna, which was the
  son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel,
  which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son
  of Neri, Which was the son of Melchi, which was
  the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam,
  which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son
  of Er, Which was the son of Jose, which was the
  son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which
  was the son of Matthat, which was the son of
  Levi, Which was the son of Simeon, which was the
  son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which
  was the son of Jonan, which was the son of
  Eliakim, Which was the son of Melea, which was
  the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha,
  which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of
  David, Which was the son of Jesse, which was the
  son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was
  the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
  Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son
  of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was
  the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
  Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of
  Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was
  the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
  Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of
  Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the
  son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, Which
  was the son of Cainan, which was the son of
  Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the
  son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, Which
  was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of
  Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the
  son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
  Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of
  Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the
  son of God.

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• Genesis 128 And God blessed them, and God said
  unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
  replenish the earth, and subdue it and have
  dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the
  fowl of the air, and over every living thing that
  moveth upon the earth.

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• Luke 1910
• For the Son of man is come to seek and to save
  that which was lost.

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• 2 Corinthians 112 For I am jealous over you
  with godly jealousy for I have espoused you to
  one husband, that I may present you as a chaste
  virgin to Christ.

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• Luke 811 Now the parable is this The seed is
  the word of God.

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• John 112 But as many as received Him, to
  them gave He power to become the sons of God,
  even to them that believe on His name

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• How hast thou helped him that is without power?

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• How savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

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• 1 Corinthians 1212 For as the body is one, and
  hath many members, and all the members of that
  one body, being many, are one body so also is
  Christ.

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• 1 Corinthians 1214-18 For the body is not one
  member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because
  I am not the hand, I am not of the body is it
  therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall
  say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the
  body is it therefore not of the body? If the
  whole body were an eye, where were the hearing?
  If the whole were hearing, where were the
  smelling? But now hath God set the members every
  one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

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• How savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

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• Isaiah 4028 Hast thou not known? hast thou not
  heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the
  Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not,
  neither is weary? there is no searching of his
  understanding.
• Isaiah 4029 He giveth power to the faint and
  to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

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• Ephesians 122-23 And hath put all things
  under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over
  all things to the church, Which is His body, the
  fulness of Him that filleth all in all.
• 1 Corinthians 1227 - Now ye are the body of
  Christ, and members in particular.

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• How savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

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• How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom?

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• Proverbs 1114 Where no counsel is, the people
  fall but in the multitude of counsellors there
  is safety.

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• 1 John 57 For there are three that bear record
  in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy
  Ghost and these three are one.
• John 11 In the beginning was the Word, and the
  Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• John 114 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
  among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as
  of the only begotten of the Father,) full of
  grace and truth.
• Luke 131 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in
  thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call
  his name JESUS.

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• Isaiah 96 For unto us a child is born, unto us
  a son is given and the government shall be upon
  his shoulder and his name shall be called
  Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The
  everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

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• Proverbs 1114 Where no counsel is, the people
  fall but in the multitude of counsellors there
  is safety.

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• Proverbs 1921 There are many devices in a man's
  heart nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that
  shall stand.

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• How hast thou plentifully declared the thing as
  it is?

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• 2 Timothy 41-2 I charge thee therefore before
  God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge
  the quick and the dead at his appearing and his
  kingdom Preach the word be instant in season,
  out of season reprove, rebuke, exhort with all
  longsuffering and doctrine.
• 2 Timothy 43-4 For the time will come when they
  will not endure sound doctrine but after their
  own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,
  having itching ears And they shall turn away
  their ears from the truth, and shall be turned
  unto fables.

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• Ephesians 415 But speaking the truth in love,
  may grow up into him in all things, which is the
  head, even Christ
• Colossians 46 Let your speech be alway with
  grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how
  ye ought to answer every man.

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• Luke 422 And all bare him witness, and wondered
  at the gracious words which proceeded out of his
  mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
• Matthew 1234 O generation of vipers, how can
  ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the
  abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

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• How hast thou plentifully declared the thing as
  it is?

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• To whom hast thou uttered words?

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• John 334 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the
  words of God for God giveth not the Spirit by
  measure unto him.
• Mark 1615 And he said unto them, Go ye into all
  the world, and preach the gospel to every
  creature.
• 2 Corinthians 520 Now then we are ambassadors
  for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us
  we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled
  to God.

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• To whom hast thou uttered words?

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• Matthew 1236 But I say unto you, That every
  idle word that men shall speak, they shall give
  account thereof in the day of judgment.

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• Proverbs 188 The words of a talebearer are as
  wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts
  of the belly.
• Romans 1617 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark
  them which cause divisions and offences contrary
  to the doctrine which ye have learned and avoid
  them.
• Philippians 214 Do all things without murmurings
  and disputings

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• Matthew 1815 Moreover if thy brother shall
  trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault
  between thee and him alone if he shall hear
  thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
• Matthew 1236 But I say unto you, That every
  idle word that men shall speak, they shall give
  account thereof in the day of judgment.

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• To whom hast thou uttered words?

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• Whose spirit came from thee?

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• 1 Corinthians 211 For what man knoweth the
  things of a man, save the spirit of man which is
  in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man,
  but the Spirit of God.
• Luke 829 (For he had commanded the unclean
  spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it
  had caught him and he was kept bound with chains
  and in fetters and he brake the bands, and was
  driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
• Galatians 522,23 But the fruit of the Spirit is
  love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,
  goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance against
  such there is no law.

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• Ephesians 518 And be not drunk with wine,
  wherein is excess but be filled with the Spirit

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• Whose spirit came from thee?

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