Yahweh said, "Be Faithful!"

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Dr. Brian M. Carmichael Sr.

Holy Temple M.B. Church

The LORD said, "Be . . . " • Sermon • Submitted 5 years ago • Presented 5 years ago • 58:18

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Luke 16:9–13 NKJV

9 “And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home. 10 He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. 11 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 And if you have not been faithful in what is another man’s, who will give you what is your own? 13 “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

Faithfulness Matters in Everything

Luke 16:9 NKJV

9 “And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home.

The unrighteous manager used his master’s money to buy earthly friends; believers are to use their Master’s money in a way that will accrue friends for eternity—by investing in the kingdom gospel that brings sinners to salvation, so that when they arrive in heaven

Matthew 6:19–21 NKJV

19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

FAITHFUL OVER SMALL MATTERS

Luke 16:10 NKJV

10 He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.

Luke 19:12–15 NKJV

12 Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. 13 So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’ 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’ 15 “And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

Luke 19:17 NKJV

17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’

When it comes to MONEY are you

Crafty and Cunning

Shifty and Shady

Double dealing and Dishonest

Fraudulent and Fake

OR ARE DO YOU

Receive it Thankfully

Hold it Loosely

Use it Wisely

Give it Freely

Invest it Eternally

FAITHFULNESS PRODUCES FAITHFULNESS WHICH PRODUCES FAITHFULNESS

Luke 16:11 NKJV

11 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

The ‘unrighteous wealth’ means ‘worldly wealth’, not wealth that has been dishonestly acquired

UNFAITHFULNESS WITH MONEY

WITH PRAYING

WITH WORSHIP

WITH SHARING

WITH STUDYING

WITH SERVING

Luke 16:12 NKJV

12 And if you have not been faithful in what is another man’s, who will give you what is your own?

UNFAITHFUL WITH OTHERS (HOW DO YOU TREAT THINGS YOU BORROW? WHEN IN THE REST ROOM DO YOU CLEAN UP BEHIND YOURSELF?

1 Peter 4:10–12 NKJV

10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you;

Faithfulness to our Master over Everything

Luke 16:13 NKJV

13 “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

Who do you Love?

John 14:15 NKJV

15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.

Who are you Laboring for?

Joshua 24:14–15 NKJV

14 “Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”