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