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The Layman and His Bible

God's Ownership

The aim of this study is to lead the student to understand that he
is God's manager of his possessions.

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Lesson 18 of 29

Psalm 42:1

1 A Psalm of David. and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Psalm 50:10, 11

10 For of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

Haggai 2:8

8 The is mine, and the is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.

Genesis 1:1

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

1 Corinthians 6:19, 20

19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Hebrews 1:3

3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Deuteronomy 8:18

18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

Luke 12:42

42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

1 Corinthians 4:2

2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Malachi 3:8-11

8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In

9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

Leviticus 27:30-32

30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD.

31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.

32 And concerning the of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the shall be holy unto the LORD.

Numbers 18:21

21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Matthew 23:23

23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done,

1 Corinthians 9:11-14

11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

Luke 18:28-30

28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left and followed thee.

29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come

Luke 6:38

38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; and together, and shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

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The Layman and His Bible

God's Ownership

The Seventh-Day Resource Centre
69-71 King Street, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia.