Joel Radford – Ezra 8:24-30 – Securing God’s money
Drummoyne Baptist Church
English - September 16, 2012 10:00 - 7.3 MBChristianity Religion & Spirituality reformed baptist sydney Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah,(A) Hashabiah and ten of their brothers, 25 and I weighed out(B) to them the offering of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his advisers, his officials and all Israel present there had donated for the house of our God. 26 I weighed […]
24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah,(A) Hashabiah and ten of their brothers, 25 and I weighed out(B) to them the offering of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his advisers, his officials and all Israel present there had donated for the house of our God. 26 I weighed out to them 650 talents[a] of silver, silver articles weighing 100 talents,[b] 100 talents[c] of gold, 27 20 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics,[d] and two fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.
28 I said to them, “You as well as these articles are consecrated to the Lord.(C) The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers. 29 Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem before the leading priests and the Levites and the family heads of Israel.” 30 Then the priests and Levites received the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.
Sermon Notes:
Ezra takes precautions to secure God’s money
Uses reliable people, records, reminders, commands, audits
Ezra secures God’s money for good reasons
Lots of money, prevents temptation, prevents slander, is God’s
You should take precautions to secure God’s money
Use reliable people, records, reminders, commands, audits
You should secure God’s money for good reasons
Lots of money, prevents temptation, prevents slander, is God’s