Christian Manner of Justice, Deut. 24, Eph 6:5-9, 1 Tim. 6:17-19, May 17, 2026, Sunday School (Int.)

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[00:00:00]Would you believe and did you know that the old saying when in Rome do as the Romans is biblically incorrect.

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[00:00:41]It has nothing to do with the boss, but everything to do with how you respond to the boss. Oh boy. In this lesson entitled Christian Manner of Justice, I'm going to show you what does God say about how we ought to handle one another in a social way.

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[00:04:31]We are dealing with lesson number 11 and welcome to this Sunday school edition.

[00:04:39]Our date for discussion is May the 17th, 2026.

[00:04:44]Uh our subject matter is Christian manner of justice and we have a multiple segment of scriptures. We're in Deuteronomy the 24th chapter verses 14- 21 and then we shoot over to Ephesians the 6th chapter verses 5-9 and then 1 Timothy the 6th chapter uh yes verses 17- 19 and the key text says when thou cutest down thine harvest in thy field and hast forgotten the sheath in the field. Thou shalt not go again to fetch it. It shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow, sayith, that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

[00:05:40]Deuteronomy chapter 24 number 19. This is a long lesson and so because of the multiple scriptures, I will not take the time to read them.

[00:05:54]Father, thank you for this lesson. May you be glorified in all that we say and do. May your will be done in Jesus name.

[00:06:03]Amen. I'm going to show you that the Bible does not support when in Rome do as the Romans. Many people use that phrase, but I always have the saying, never teach what you've heard, only teach what you've studied. And so if I do as the Romans, whatever the Romans do, that means I do it. Then that would bring a disgrace to God. I'm going show you in this lesson that in the three different passages of scripture, God tells us how to handle one another, how to handle the poor, the weak, the fatherless, the widow, the stranger, and so many things because God believes in justice.

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[00:07:06]Oh yeah, we getting ready to make it happen because talking ain't teaching.

[00:07:13]I'm going to make that a coffee mug one day. Let's do this Christian manner of justice where in verses number 14 and 15. Verses 14 says, "Thou shalt not oppress."

[00:07:32]See that? Now, notice the type of servant. He says right here, "A higher servant."

[00:07:40]Now, see, God gives instructions because God deals with the small details that we bypass. He said, "The one that is poor and needy, whether he be of your brethren or of the strangers that are in thy land within thy gates." Oh, I see that. Thy, thy, thy, and thy.

[00:08:12]Yes. Yeah. Let's look at Yeah. I'm not doing the greatest. Verse 20. Verse 15 says, "At his day, his day, thou shalt give him his hire pay him.

[00:08:30]Neither shall the son go down upon it."

[00:08:35]What is the it? His hire.

[00:08:38]Here's the reason why he is poor and settle his heart upon what? that what is his pay? Now watch what God says. Lest he cry against you unto the selfexistent one and then it'll end up being a sin unto you. In other words, it would be a sin for you not to pay that man what is owed to him. So, Israel is in the plains of Moab Amber near the Jordan River and Moses is speaking to them. He's bringing them up because they're getting ready to enter into the promised land.

[00:09:21]Moses himself will not be able to enter the promised land because he nor Aaron sanctified the Lord in the eyes of the people.

[00:09:33]And because the sin that the both of them committed, Aaron is has to die and Moses will die. He will be able to see the promised land, but he will not be able to enter. This is also the second generation that he is speaking to. He is rehearsing to them the law, the law that was given to Moses at Mount Si. They're in the plains of Moab getting ready to enter and Moses getting his farewell speaks to them.

[00:10:04]But he gives them instructions on what they are supposed to do once and when they enter into the promised land. Now that old generation had to die according to Numbers 26 and 65 because they murmured against God and therefore God allowed them to wander in the wilderness for 40 years until they all died off from 20 up except Joshua and Caleb. So he instructs them what the Lord says about justice, about compassion, about fair treatment. and they were not to oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy. He says, "Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy." And the word oppress means to defraud. It means to take advantage of uh advantage of to cheat or rob them or even to do him wrong. He is called a hired servant which is a man at wages by day or by year. He has been hired by you or someone to perform a task. And God says because he is poor and needy. Now that's two different things and especially now they can be used interchangeably but because they're used side by side they stand a little bit on their own. Poor means that he's suffering. He's in a state of poverty. Poor means that he's humble and lowly. But needy means that he's in a sense of want. He's a beggar or he's poor. So because everybody that's poor doesn't mean that they are begging or in a need or in a situation of want. It just means that they're humble and lowly. So he uses these two terms. He's poor and he's needy. So the poor person here is also needy. So according to Deuteronomy 15 and8, God commanded the community to open wide their hands to them. Notice he's called a bondervant and uh not a bondervant but a hiret servant because he says don't take advantage of the hire servant. Then he uses the word thy. I said in my notes three times, but it is actually four times. And let me change that in my notes because I just found it. He says, "Do not oppress the hired servants, whether he be of thy brethren, thy stranger, thy gate." And then there is another thine that is in that lesson.

[00:12:54]Now there are two main types of servants. There is a bond servant in Leviticus 25 and 44. And then there is the hire servant in Leviticus 2539-4.

[00:13:07]So the brother who is poor could not be a bond servant. Leviticus 25 39. He could only serve as a hired servant because you had to hire him and pay.

[00:13:24]So he says whether he be of your brethren which means related to you or a stranger which is a guest a foreigner or a sjourer you could not take advantage of him. He says at his day thou shalt give which means bestow to bring and to pay him his hire his payment of contract his salary his fair his wages his benefit pay up. He says, "And then don't let the sun go down with that man's money in your pocket."

[00:14:00]He says, "Because he's poor and he settles in his heart. He needs that money. And if you don't give it to him, then it is sin unto you." Oh my.

[00:14:13]verses number 16, he says, "The fathers," here we go, "shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers." Watch this. Every man should be put to death for his own sin.

[00:14:41]ah everyone. So every person was to be held accountable for their own sin committed in the land that's still in this day. Just because their brother in the body of Christ is sinning doesn't mean God is going to judge that whole uh the body of Christ nor that church.

[00:15:06]If a brother or sister is committing sin in a local church, God is not going to judge that church. God is going to judge that person. So if the son is guilty of sin, the father will not be punished for it. Now, there are some things that the government might do, especially a spouse, make you pay your spouse's debt, try to make you pay your parent debt, so on and so forth. But he says that if a son does wrong, the father is not going to be put to death for it. If the father does wrong, the son is not going to be put to death for it. Each person will be put to death for their own actions.

[00:15:55]Verse number 17, crumble down and fall. Now watch. Now this one is this is kind of interesting. Thou shalt not pervert pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless.

[00:16:17]You see that? nor take a widow's reignment to pledge. That's three things. Thou thou shalt not pervert. Pervert. What is that? Pervert the judgment of the stranger. Now that stranger is a person who doesn't live there.

[00:16:37]So God is now talking about how to deal with uh justice in the land because God is about justice. He's not just a God that wants us to speak in tongues and and some of that stuff that people be saying in this damn time. Leave it alone. He's a God that wants us to make sure that we perform justice in the land at all times. He mentions the stranger. He mentions the fatherless. He said, "Don't even take a widow's reignment to place."

[00:17:14]We're going to talk about that in a minute. Uhhuh. Curl over. But thou shalt remember that thou was a bondman.

[00:17:29]Notice that word bondman.

[00:17:31]Notice he didn't call him a hired servant.

[00:17:37]He called him a bond men or a bond servant.

[00:17:46]Ah you was that when you were in Egypt and watch what happened. The Lord thy God is the one that redeemed you then.

[00:18:04]Therefore, because of that, he says, "I command you to do this." This is not him asking. There's no asking about it.

[00:18:14]So, once again, the Lord leaves and y'all forgive me for, you know, doing all of that, but something is coming down on me even as I'm teaching. So, y'all continue to pray with and for me.

[00:18:25]Do not oppress the poor. Do not pervert the judgment of strangers. He said, "Thou shalt not pervert," which means to turn aside, to stretch or to spread out.

[00:18:36]By implication, to bend away, or even to twist the judgment, the judgment means the verdict. It is the sentence. It's a legal decision or and even a claim.

[00:18:54]So everyone must receive true justice regardless as to what class of people they are of. You must not turn aside or pervert a legal claim or judgment. You must not turn aside or pervert the sentence or the judgment. In other words, you must not twist or turn aside the proper justice for the groups that was mentioned. So the stranger uh are those who are not related. They are the foreigners in the land. Your brother is someone who's related regardless. Jesus or God says regardless to where they come from, if they are bond, if they are free, if they are one of your brethren, if they are servant, he says in this text that you cannot pervert judgment. Let me move that over.

[00:19:56]I feel better. I know. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:20:02]Much better. Then he mentions the widow which means a desolate house. So raignments were often used for collateral when they borrowed money. He said they don't take a widow's raignment to pledge. The Lord said do not take the poor's pledge overnight which means while the sun is going down. they were to give it back to him for the evening time because sometimes people could not afford to pay a debt. So they would give you a garment as collateral to hold it until I'm able to satisfy this debt. But he says don't take her raignment to pledge. Yeah, she needs that. He says, "But thou shalt remember to mark the time to recount and bring to mind that you were a bondman, not a hired worker, but you were forced to work." And the Bible said that the Egyptians made the work with rigor, made them work with rigor. Exodus 1 and13.

[00:21:10]They made their lives with bitter hard bondage. Exodus 13-14.

[00:21:16]And God says, "I'm here. I heard their cry. I'm coming down to deliver them."

[00:21:22]Exodus 3 and7, he says, "And the Lord redeemed you from there from the bond the Egyptian bondage when you were a bondsman, a bondservant. You were forced to work."

[00:21:38]God says, "I redeemed you then." Redeem means to ransom, to release, and to deliver by any means. He says, "Therefore, I'm commanding you to do this. Look out for the who uh uh the poor, the stranger, the widow, the fatherless." In other words, God is establishing an order or a system of justice in the land once they make it to the land. Oh, it gets even deeper. Wait, there's more.

[00:22:20]Let's look at the next three verses here. Verse 29 says, "When thou cutest down when when you cutest down your harvest," in other words, when you reap in thy field and has forgot a sheath in the field, thou shalt not go again. Watch what he says. Don't go again to fetch it. The what? The sheath.

[00:23:00]In other words, while you are reaping, while you are harvesting the land, it's summertime. Your grain is coming up and you grabbing all that you're getting to you're harvesting it. He says, "And what happens is you remember or you forgot a sheath where in the field, what does he say? Thou shalt not go again to fetch it." Uhhuh. It shall be for, here's the good part, the stranger.

[00:23:36]It's going to be for the fatherless and it's going to be for the widow because God was always taking care of the fatherless, the widow, the stranger. Uh because they were not strong enough, powerful enough, successful enough to fend or to defend themselves or for themselves. The fatherless and the widow could sometimes be in the same house because a child father dies. He or she is fatherless and then their mother becomes the widow.

[00:24:18]And so there's more than one way to even look at this particular category. But God is even interested in the stranger.

[00:24:26]And I need you to know that everybody that came out of Egypt were not all Israelites. There was some Egyptians or some strangers the Bible called them that came out with them. I believe it was them that really persuaded them to build that golden calf and talk about let's go back. He says that the Lord thy God may bless thee. The Lord thy God may bless thee.

[00:24:56]in all the work of thy hands. You see that?

[00:25:01]He said, "Don't be greedy."

[00:25:05]Yeah, that's the problem right there with our society. We are too greedy and we don't want to save nothing for nobody. He says, "Don't go back into the field and fetch it. Leave it. Let some other people who are not able to work that job, let them receive the benefits of what you have planted, what you have already harvested. He says, don't go and get it. Leave it there. When when you beat the olive tree, thou shalt not go over the bows again.

[00:25:54]It shall be, look at that, for the stranger, fatherless, and for the widow. God is really concerned with them. So he goes from the field. He is now dealing with the olive tree. And we're going to come back with that in a minute. When thou, this is the third, when thou gather the grapes, now we're in the vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterwards. He says, "It shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow."

[00:26:39]So the Lord mentions three areas of concern in order to provide for the less fortunate. He mentions cutting down the harvest of the land, beating the olive tree, and gathering the grapes of the vineyard. There will be people that are poor in the land, and the Lord will provide for them. The way he provides for them is by what's left in the field uh in each section of labor. His concern is the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. First, when they cut down the harvest of the field and left some, he says, "Leave it."

[00:27:29]They were not to wholly reap even the corners of the field. Leviticus 19:9. He said, "To leave them for the poor and stranger." Leviticus 19 and 10. And they were not to gather every grape of the field. Leviticus 19:10. leave it. God's response when they obeyed, he said that the Lord your God will bless you in all of your hands in all that you do.

[00:27:57]Secondly, he says, when you beat the olive tree, do not go over the bowls again. In other words, do not get every little bit of the olives from the tree.

[00:28:08]Leave some of the tree for the less fortunate. And then when you gather the grapes from your vineyard, don't gather every little bit. If you miss a branch, don't worry about it. Let it alone. Let it be for that those categories. He said what's going to happen is God is going to bless your hands. He's going to bless you where you always have. God will provide. And that's God's way of saying thank you.

[00:28:40]So regardless of what they doing wrong, regardless of the fact that they take everything and just grab everything and sweep the floor and take the trash and the dust with them and the air and the floor and the material that the floor is made out of. God says, "Be courteous. Be cautious. Think about those around you that are less fortunate." Come on. Buy somebody breakfast. Buy somebody a happy meal while you in there. Sometime I go into a restaurant, I'll see another person, they'll say, "May I help you?" I say, "Yes, I want this and I want their check as well." I'll go in the restaurant say, "Ma'am, can I have your check? I just want to pay your check because I'm I'm I'm just feeling pretty good." My name is Rodney Jones. I don't always say pastor or elder or doctor, superintendent.

[00:29:33]I'm in the streets. I want to be known as Rodney Jones, Brother Jones, Mr. Jones, and every now and then, Elder Jones. Come on, somebody. And so, take the time to think about your neighbors, those surrounding you, those sitting in the same p the pew. Woo, I started to say pull pit.

[00:29:55]Sitting around in the same pew with you.

[00:29:58]You know that when you went to go get something to eat that they didn't have it. Come on. accidentally slide some money in your girlfriend's purse.

[00:30:10]I'm gonna say this and move on. I was in a state conference and uh they was asking for a certain offering, right?

[00:30:19]And the Lord told me to take my money that what they was asking for and put it in that lady's purse. I didn't go in her purse. She was going in her purse looking for something to give. Realized she didn't have nothing. And that's when I did it real discreetly. Nobody needed to know. And I slipped it in there. When I slipped it in there, I just kept looking straight. She put her head down and started crying. After church, she told me. Not only didn't she have money, she didn't have no gas in her car. And so I said, "Oh my god." I took her to the gas station, opened up that cap. It said that means she never would have made it home. Come on, somebody. She though wasn't really poor, but she was sure was needy. All right, let's move on. We're in the book of Ephesians.

[00:31:11]All right, the sixth chapter, verses 5 through 6, verses number five says, "Servants," right there, he says, "Be obedient to them that are your masters."

[00:31:29]I'm gonna put that word right there.

[00:31:34]Yeah.

[00:31:36]Uhhuh.

[00:31:38]He said that they are your master according to the flesh on earth natural.

[00:31:54]Now he says to do this with fear and trembling, but he says to do it in singleness of your heart and to do this as unto Christ. So the Bible speaks about if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. His old lifestyle changes.

[00:32:15]2 Corinthians 5 and 17. And so Paul teaches the church of Ephesus how to handle themselves among others.

[00:32:25]These are new believers or believers in a Roman government, in a Roman culture.

[00:32:32]How does a believer live in Rome? Well, when in Rome, be believers. When in Rome, live godly principles. When in Rome, do not be as the Romans. Paul writes this letter from prison. He's bound, but his writing is not. He tells them how they must handle themselves around what scripture calls masters.

[00:33:02]Now, the word master here is one who binds himself uh servant is one who binds himself, I'm sorry, to render service to another. If you want the notes for this, I'm g put it right here.

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[00:34:08]So he says servants. A servant is one who either hires themsself who renders a service to someone. A servant can be a bondervant or a hired servant like previously. And the difference in the two is there what when I was going to school there's what we call an indentured servant. In other words, someone who paid a debt for you but you had to serve them. And you can serve them in the house or by cooking or by teaching their children. Whatever it is, you are called a servant. He says to be obedient to listen to and to hearken to your master.

[00:34:50]The master is the person that has authority. Now, is this dealing with slavery? No, it is not dealing with slavery. The Bible does not support slavery. God never wanted another man to own another man. So be very careful how you allow people to tell you see see Bible see and then and this is where they going to bring out the original term for servant would be slavery.

[00:35:16]That's what they're going to bring. But don't let people bring negative negativity into your mind. Teach the word according to the word. Now they're called masters according to the flesh which means these are physical natural earthly masters which would include your boss, your supervisor, your conductor, your principal or whatever the case may be. He says to do this with uh fear and trembling. Trembling which means a reverence a deep respect to do it respectfully seriously while also holding accountability at the same time. Because the word trembling also carries a heavy weight of being fearful of not doing the wrong thing. In other words, you're very discreet at how you handle because believers are supposed to be discreet at everything we do on the job. We're supposed to represent God on the job.

[00:36:25]And so fear and trembling, it describes an inward attitude of deep respect, humility, and carefulness. He says, "Do it with singleness of heart," which means with sincerity, with honesty, undivided motives. He says, in other words, to do this with integrity.

[00:36:48]And he says, but to do this as unto the Lord.

[00:36:53]So, it's not so much as you doing this for the man to the man, but you've been hired. You've been hired to do a job. Do it to the best of your ability.

[00:37:09]Do it skillfully because you're really doing it as unto the Lord. You're obeying God's word and you're representatives of Christ at the same time. But watch what he says. Don't do it with this going to be the the hard one right here. Oh, sorry. He says, "Not when I service," Uhhuh. "As men pleasers, but" he says, "Here we go. You're really the servants of Christ."

[00:37:47]That's your boss.

[00:37:49]You're the servant of Christ. You're doing the will of God, ladies and gentlemen. That's the part that hurts is to do it from the heart.

[00:38:02]And so believers are not to do jobs any old kind of way. I feel like it. You on time for the convocation, but you're late for your work. That's not right.

[00:38:12]There should be a balance in the lives of every believer.

[00:38:17]how you are so strong and faithful to being uh an usher or y'all call it an urser or whatever. You ought to be that faithful on the job. Don't be early to check out. Be early to get there and check out either on time or a little bit off the clock. Come on, somebody.

[00:38:37]Because your real boss is God. He says he don't do it with eye service. Eye service. Ah, that means you're only doing it to be seen. It's a service performed only under one's eye, under supervision, under inspection. I'm only picking this piece of paper up cuz I know Charlie is watching me. But if honey, if Charlie wasn't watching me, I wouldn't pick up nothing cuz that's above my pay rate. That's why you didn't get promoted. Because it's not about what your boss sees, it's about what God sees. He says, "Not even as men pleasers." That means studying to please men.

[00:39:18]It's a courting of the favor of men. In other words, you're only doing this to impress. He says, "No, you should not be doing this to impress or doing it because you know that somebody's watching you." He said, "But you're to do it as the servants of Christ." You got that job. You are saved now. Now watch this. Paul is writing to a church that is in Rome that's being afflicted, that's being abused, that's uh going through a series of an injusticness.

[00:39:53]Yeah. Yeah. Fraud and everything else.

[00:39:55]But Paul says you still have to operate in godly principles and God will take care of the rest. He says, he says that you are servants of Christ and you are doing the will of God, not as men please us and all that other kind of stuff. Oh, I didn't even know all this was on here.

[00:40:18]Oh my god. Oh.

[00:40:21]All right. Keep on hitting buttons. He said with good will with good will doing service as to the Lord not to men. You see that? So on my job working 9 to5 I'm going to get that man from 9 to5 because what you're doing first you've been commanded by God to give that man 9 to5. you've been hired to do it, he says, but you're also representatives of Christ. And then what you're really doing, you're doing a service as to the Lord and not to men. When your focus is that I'm doing this to to God, the attitude changes. He says, "Knowing or having a knowledge that whatsoever good thing any man performs or does the same shall he receive, but watch this of the Lord." Ah, whether he is bond or free. In other words, Paul says to stay focused or your focus should be on the fact that you are a servant of the Lord, you're representing him and you are serving him when you're working at your job, knowing that whatsoever good thing, the word good thing means faithful conduct. It's a righteous action.

[00:42:01]A good thing is an honorable work.

[00:42:05]while they work as servants, they should understand who is going to reward them.

[00:42:11]He says the same shall receive of the Lord whether he be bond or free. So God is the one that rewards us for the good that we do. Paul said it doesn't matter if the person is a servant, which means they're bound or not, or free. God rewards us for the good that we do. He says, "And your master." So, see, he deals with the servants, then he deals with the master. Because in this chapter, he deals with the father, the children, the servant, the master, so on and so forth. He says, "Do the same."

[00:42:56]Yeah. Do the same things. See that S right there? unto them that would be the service. Now watch what it says forbearing threatening knowing there's a know there's another that your now that's the master your master which is Jesus also is in heaven watching neither is there respect or partiality of persons with him. So he shifts now to the masters who have servants. This includes employers, leaders, supervisors, people in authority, pastors. Come on. It makes no difference. The Bible has principles for everyone. He does not leave the believers who had servants under them out because there were believers who had servants under them as well. He's writing to those who are reading scripture. Everybody's not going to read it. But he says, "Remember those who have servants or people that are under them, remember you need to do the same things to them. You need to treat them fairly, treat them cordially, treat them properly, treat them right, and everything else." because he says uh he entreated them to treat the servants with fairness, sincerity and uh with righteousness. Now forbearing, threatening, it also means stop intimidating them. Oh my god.

[00:44:48]Let's go to this last segment of our scriptures. I did not know I had all that in. Yes. 1 Timothy 6 verse 17-19.

[00:45:01]Here you go. Charge.

[00:45:05]Yeah. Charge them. Which ones? That are rich. Rich where? In this world that's got money, wealth, cash. Because there's a difference between money and wealth.

[00:45:17]Yeah. that they be not highminded, nor trust, now watch what he calls this.

[00:45:28]Don't trust in uncertain riches.

[00:45:36]but to trust in the living God, who God giveth us richly all things for our enjoyment. So Paul is writing to a young Timothy who was the pastor of a church. He gives them instructions on how to pastor and what to teach the people.

[00:46:02]Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to help oversee the church and to correct false teachings also. He left them there to establish what we call order and strengthen believers spiritually.

[00:46:17]And Ephesus was a place known for being wealthy but spiritually corrupt.

[00:46:25]They were socially divided by classes and by wealth. And so Paul informed Timothy what to teach them those who were trusting in their wealth.

[00:46:39]He says, "Charge them. Command them firmly. Instruct seriously.

[00:46:46]Urge with authority those that are rich in this world, which means have this earthly wealth, resources, and an abundance of it that they don't be highminded, which means proud and arrogant." Because this was a serious time with Timothy because of the time that he lived in when Ephesus was known for a place that had its wealth.

[00:47:14]And for some reason when people got wealth or money, I keep telling you there's a difference between wealth.

[00:47:20]Wealth deals with land, gold, oil, stuff like that. Money is just cash. It's legal tender that alleges that somewhere I have wealth that covers this.

[00:47:37]So Paul told him to stand firm on this and teach them not to be high-minded, proud or arrogant. For some reason, you got $2 more than me and now you're arrogant and you're proud and I worked and got it. Now you got to do it. Watch this. He says tr tell them don't even trust in uncertain riches. Trust means to place your confidence in to be dependent or having a security in something in uncertain riches which means temporary wealth. Because these riches are unstable possessions. They can get burnt up. They can get dried up.

[00:48:19]The thief can come and get it or the moth can come and get it or you can lose it. It's uncertain.

[00:48:26]It's unstable. He says, "But what you need to trust in is the living God."

[00:48:31]Uhhuh. "Who giveth us richly?" Now, notice the play on the word rich.

[00:48:36]Richly. God is the one who supplies us richly or abundantly all things. So, the people who got this money need to recognize this wealth that you got, God is the one that provided. Everything we got on this land is God's and it has been provided by God. He says for our enjoyment. He's not through. He says I need you to also charge them.

[00:49:06]Charge them that they do good.

[00:49:11]That they do good. that they be rich not in money but in good works using the m o n e y or I have to be very careful just in case somebody pull a tech on me when the Bible said wealth or rich why you keep using the word money ready to distribute willing to communicate Mhm. And I'll come back to that. Oh, I didn't know all that existed.

[00:49:48]Verse 19 said, he says, aying up in store for themselves, now he's talking about the rich, a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

[00:50:11]Yeah, your actions. Your actions. So Paul's still focusing on those that are rich in with this world's goods, money, and wealth. He said they should humble themselves and open their hands and give rather than being rich in wealth. They need to be rich in good works. And this is the second part of the command that Timothy was told to charge them with.

[00:50:36]First he says charge them not to be highminded but trust in God. Secondly he says charge them to use their money to do good or to be rich in doing good works. So the word do good means to do what is honorable to become helpful towards others. To do good means to act beneficially to do what is honorable. Here he says that they do good that they be rich in good works, rich abounding and overflowing in good works or righteous deeds.

[00:51:16]So Paul contrasts rich in good works with rich in this world. So he's really saying, tell them to take their riches and do good. I thank God that there are a lot of millionaires that have uh financed colleges, hospitals, uh, and all of these other things and and that have invested in people. I love it. I'm not a man of a whole lot of money, but believe me, I'll give a child my last for education. I'll give a child my last to put food on their table and clothes on their back. I do it every week. You don't believe me? Ask the members of New Nation. I'll never forget one of my pastoral anniversaries. I gave out my pocket $900 to all of the youth. Some of them were not members of the church. They member now, but I said for every A you have, I'm going to give you $20. And if you have straight A's, that's an extra 20.

[00:52:25]them young folk on my anniversary said, "Pastor, we gonna break your bank." And they did. Nine. I peeled it out. They had to come that Tuesday and I peeled it out. But I loved every bit of it. God didn't let me die. I'm still here. He says, "What they need to be is ready to distribute and willing to communicate."

[00:52:49]The word distribute means to share freely. to distribute uh means to impart or even to divide. What are they dividing or imparting? Their money. It's an investing in people. He says they need to be prepared and ready to distribute or to distribute. Yeah, there's only one way to say it. And willing to communicate.

[00:53:12]Willing mean or communicate means to fellowship through giving to share with others their wealth. It means to be liberal. So Paul, not to be messed up, but to be liberal and yes, very careful on how you do it. He's not saying just take your money and toss it.

[00:53:34]So Paul used these two words that are slightly related. So to distribute is to divide among people or to impart what one has including wisdom. To communicate is more of sharing through fellowship what a person has. And to communicate is when one is liberal in their giving to others. There it is ladies and gentlemen. It's interesting how we just talked about sharing your one's riches and boom, there it is right there.

[00:54:15]I praise God for this moment. Listen, if the Rottney Jones Sunday school have blessed you, go ahead and give back.

[00:54:25]Pour back into me. Uh since I am pouring out to you, I don't spend a lot of time in offering and I'll always put it at the end because I need to work first. We have a problem in our culture now. As soon as you swipe your card, they want a tip. They ain't done nothing. All you did is stand at the cash register and just took my money and now you want a percentage. This the culture that we live in. I got some announcements I want to start making. I am so excited, ladies and gentlemen. There it is. my August 8th Sunday school conference at 10:00 a.m. to 2:00. I have Dr. Wayell Henson coming that Sunday school girl. I have Miss Janica Wright, creator of the Sunday school with Miss Janica. She teaches primary. I have Sister Michelle Phillips who does the graphics. She will be she and her husband, my assistant pastor, will be teaching and training about AI, what it is, how to use it, and all of that. There is an early bird special. You have up until June the 6 to register for the early bird. After that, then we're going back to the regular.

[00:55:53]also the jurisdictional Illinois 30 ecclesiastical jurisdiction department of Sunday school where I serve as the Sunday school superintendent. This is a free This one is free free 999. I need you to register so that I know that you are coming. Yes, there are a lot of things that we're going to be dealing with on that day. I need you to come. If you want to come there, it is free. Yes, it is absolutely free.

[00:56:24]Just register. That's all you have to do is just register. Take the time. And whoa, that's way off.

[00:56:33]Oh my goodness. OMG.

[00:56:36]And then lastly, right there, y'all, nine years started with 89 subscribers.

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[00:56:47]I'm trying to reach that 60,000 mark. I need you all to help me with that 60,000 mark. I am so happy. It is my birthday.

[00:57:03]Yes, it is my birthday.

[00:57:08]What a great lesson we had. I'm so excited about Christian manner of judgment. As you go back to your classes, make sure that you let your students know that it's not about them.

[00:57:19]It's not about their job. It's not about the supervisor, the boss, the president.

[00:57:24]It's not about the principal or the leader. It's about their actions. It's about how they handle the situation.

[00:57:32]It's about your reply. Make sure that they know that they're supposed to be working on the job as they are working for the Lord or operating as unto the Lord because God is the one that will bless their efforts. Also remind them that don't be greedy. Open up your hands to your neighbor, to friends, to your enemy. If your enemy hungers, feed him.

[00:57:59]If he thirsts, give him something to drink is what the Bible lets us know.

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