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1. We are stewards of God's earth. (V.33)

2. God expects a return on  his investment in us. (V.34)

3. Evildoers will plunder God's earth and refuse to accept his sovereignty. (V.35)

4. Evildoers will repeatedly rebel against God's sovereignty. (V.36)

5. God in his grace will send his son expecting us to accept and obey him. (V.37)

6. Evildoers will reject the word of God in greed, rebellion, defiance and haste. (V.38)

7. Evildoers will murder God's…

1. God calls us and tests us through the instruction he gives us. (V.28)

2. In the things of God, we start with rebellion and then compliance. (V.29)

3. In the things of God, we feign compliance but resort to disobedience. (V.30)

4. God's salvation is for those who obey. (V.31)

5. God expects us to learn from the happenings that surround us. (V.32)

1. The universe belongs to God and we are but stewards. (V.1)

2. God is a just employer. (V.2)

3. God is our provider and cares for everyone. (V.3,4,5,6,7)

4. God will compensate us as per his sovereign rule. (V.8)

5. God's reward system is beyond human comprehension. (V.9,10,11,12)

6. God is fair, objective, righteous, unbiased and his generosity cannot be understood easily (V.13,14,15)

7. God's thoughts and ways are not similar to mankind.…

1. God's expectations of forgiveness are beyond human understanding. (V.22)

2. We will all be brought before the judgement seat of God. (V.23)

3. Individual books of account will be opened. (V.24)

4. God will exact a price for all our actions. (V.25)

5. We will cry out to God in our moment of deep affliction. (V.26)

6. God in his grace will blot out our sins. (V.27)

7. God delights in mercy and not judgement. (V.28)

8. God expects compassion…

1. God cares immensely for little children and His image is embedded in them. (V.10,11)

2. God is granular in salvation. (V.12)

3. God rejoices over one repentant sinner as compared to the majority. (V.13)

4. God wants to save all little children. (V.14)

1. God will fish for the souls of men. (V.47)

2. God will separate the good from the bad. (V.48)

1. God's treasures are found by seekers who will give up everything for it. (V.44)

2. God's precious word needs to be pored over with extreme focus. (V.45)

3. God's word is priceless and we can stake everything that we consider precious on it. (V.46)

1. We need to move out to spread the word. (V.1)

2. We need to improvise in our evangelistic efforts. (V.2)

3. God is always sowing into people's lives. (V.3)

4. God's word will be resisted and bitten by the enemy. (V.4)

5. God's word needs to be deeply rooted in our lives or we will wither and be scorched in times of testing. (V.5,6)

6. God's word will be unfruitful if we give priority to our wants and delusions of wealth. (V.7)

7. We need to hear,…

1. The beginning of God's work is small and negligible. (V.31)

2. God's blessings will enlarge His kingdom and yield large results through you. (V.32)

3. God's word will change and transform the surroundings. (V.33)

1. We need to sow good seed. (V.24)

2. The enemy will bring in obstacles (V.25)

3. Alongwith our good seed evil will rear its head (V.26)

4. We will share concern with God regarding evil (V.27)

5.We will seek God's permission to uproot evil (V.28)

6.God sovereignly decides the appropriate time to destroy evil (V.29)

7. God will segregate evil from good - evil to be destroyed, good to be gathered to him (V.30)