Redefining Faithfulness, Pastor Rick Paladin
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1 Kings 2:1-4NAS1 As David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 "I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man. 3 "Keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you may succeed in all that you do and wherever you turn,
1 Kings 2:1-4NAS4 so that the LORD may carry out His promise which He spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons are careful of their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.‘
In the military:
Disobedience is called “insubordination.”
Taking authority from a commander is “mutiny.”
What is it called in Jesus’ church?
Admiral James Stockdale
“You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.”
Luke 16:10-12NAS
10 "He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much ; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much. 11 "Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you? 12 "And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
Matthew 25:15NAS
"To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another , one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey.
Matthew 25:21NAS
"His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things ; enter into the joy of your master.'
Matthew 25:26NAS
"But his master answered and said to him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed.”
Book of ActsThey redefined faithfulness
Acts 1 Jesus gone; Replace Judas
Acts 2 Holy Spirit; 300 addedBasics of church life
Acts 3 Beyond walls
Acts 4-5 Overcoming obstaclesBold leadership
Acts 6 What we’re doing is not working
Re-org for effectiveness(Racial issues)
Acts 10 Gentiles allowed in
Acts 13 Missionary journeys begin
Acts 15 Counsel of JerusalemDisputes in relationshipsRe-org – Reach the world
Acts 16, on Reaching the worldPlanting churches
Growth that adds volume without productivity = fat
Growth that decreases productivity = cancer
Growth that increases Kingdom productivity = Theo-growth
Genesis 14:14NAS
14 When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he led out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen , and went in pursuit as far as Dan.