Lord’s Day 42 Themes and Divisions
C. Bouwman
God’s redeemed people are
generous in giving
1.
Who owns all
things
2.
How God wants us
to use his property
The owner of all instructs
us how to care for his possessions
1.
What God forbids
2.
What God requires
W. Bredenhof
The gospel guides us to be
the “righteous rich”
We’ll consider the:
1.
Shadows of the
righteous rich in the Old Testament
2.
Fulfillment of
the righteous rich in the New Testament
The eighth commandment
speaks about the believer and earthly goods
It speaks about:
1.
The ownership of
earthly goods
2.
The obtaining of
earthly goods
3.
The use of
earthly goods
C. Stam
The LORD commands us in
the eighth commandment to be rich in God
1. By receiving, not taking
2. By sharing, not keeping
R. H. Bremmer
God and our money
We see:
1.
That money comes
from him
2.
That we must not
misuse it
3.
That we must
spend it in love for him and for the neighbour
B. Holwerda
Life before the Lord in
communion with each other
1.
The basis of
social life
2.
The restoration
of social life
3.
The demand for
social life
K. Dijk
God’s gifts and us
1. The misuse
2. The good use of God’s gifts
The promotion of your neighbour’s
welfare
1.
Why must I do this?
2.
How can I do this?
Our material goods and our
God
1.
We may receive them
from his hand
2.
We must acquire them
according to his will
3.
We can use them to
his glory