SERVING GOD WITH MOSES TETTEH

OUR SUBSTANCE
THE END OF THE MATTER
ECCLE 12: 13

HONOUR GOD AND OBEY HIS COMMANDS,

BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE MUST DO.
GOD WILL JUDGE EVERYTHING
EVEN WHAT IS DONE IN SECRET,
THE GOOD AND THE EVIL
EVANGELISM: WHAT HAS GOD
SAID? ROM 9:13FF
ANYONE WHO CALLS ON THE LORD WILL BE SAVED
BUT BEFORE PEOPLE CAN ASK THE LORD FOR HELP, THEY MUST BELIEVE
IN HIM;
AND BEFORE THEY CAN BELIEVE IN HIM THEY MUST HEAR ABOUT HIM;
AND FOR THEM TO HEAR ABOUT THE LORD, SOMEONE MUST TELL THEM;
AND BEFORE SOMEONE CAN GO AND TELL THEM, THAT PERSON MUST
BE SENT.
IT’S WRITTEN, ”HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THE PERSON WHO COMES TO BRING
THE GOOD NEWS.
THE GOOD NEWS AND FAITH
BUT NOT ALL THE JEWS ACCEPTED THE GOOD NEWS.
ISAIAH SAID, “LORD, WHO BELIEVED WHAT WE TOLD THEM?”
SO FAITH COMES FROM HEARING THE GOOD NEWS,
AND PEOPLE HEAR THE GOOD NEWS WHEN SOMEONE TELLS THEM
ABOUT CHRIST.
THE GREAT COMMISSION:
MATT 28:18FF
ALL POWER IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH IS GIVEN UNTO ME.
SO, GO AND MAKE FOLLOWERS OF ALL PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD.
BAPTIZE THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
TEACH THEM TO OBEY EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE TAUGHT
YOU,
AND I WILL BE WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END OF
THIS AGE
SERVING GOD WITH OUR
SUBSTANCE IS A CHOICE
JOSHUA: AS FOR ME AND MY
HOUSE, WE SHALL SERVE THE
LORD
FAITH IS ABOUT DISCIPLINE: WHAT HAS
GOD SAID?
TWO MEN AND TWO CHOICES:
GEN 4: 3 – 5
CAIN BROUGHT SOME FOOD FROM THE GROUND AS A GIFT TO GOD.

ABEL ALSO BROUGHT THE BEST PARTS FROM SOME OF THE FIRSTBORN OF
HIS FLOCK

THE LORD ACCCEPTED ABEL AND HIS GIFT, BUT DID NOT ACCEPT CAIN AND
HIS GIFT.
SO CAIN BECAME VERY ANGRY AND FELT DEJECTED
CAIN AND ABEL – GOD
JUDGES EVERYTHING
HOW DO WE KNOW IF GOD
HAS REJECTED US?
DOES NOT ANSWER OUR PRAYERS

WE FEEL DEPRESSED

WE FAIL TO COMMUNICATE WITH GOD

WE HIDE FROM GOD

WE GENERALLY WANT OUR WORSHIP TO COST
US NOTHING

PRAYER

CHARITY

EVANGELISM

WORSHIP
DAVID REMEMBERED HIS
YOUTHFUL DAYS
SHEPHERD

FIGHTING GOLIATH

PLAYING THE HARP

BEERSHEBA

AMALEKITES
DAVID – WORSHIP THAT
COSTS NOTHING
KING DAVID – I DON’T WANT WORSHIP
THAT COSTS ME NOTHING
THE WIDOW’S MITE
TALE OF TWO BODIES OF
WATER
THE DEAD SEA:
NO FISH, NO PLANTS, GIVES NO WATER, 30% SALTY, NO LIFE

SEA OF GALILEE:
DIFFERENT TYPES OF FISH, FRESH, GIVES WATER IT RECEIVES FROM
THE JORDAN RIVER, FULL OF LIFE
SEA OF GALILEE: VIBRANT,
ALIVE, DIFFERENT TYPES OF
LIVING THINGS
SEA OF GALILEE: FULL OF
LIFE
THE DEAD SEA: NO FISH OR
PLANT LIFE
THE DEAD SEA: VERY SALTY
GIVING TO GOD
SELF MOTIVATION

GROUP ACTIVITY

LEADERSHIP ROLES

PARTICIPATION

DIRECT GIVING
TALE OF TWO MEN
1. A RICH MAN WHO ENJOYED LIFE AND WAS NOT CHARITABLE

2. A POORMAN WHO LIVED ON THE STEPS OF THE RICHMAN AND

RECEIVED LITTLE HELP FROM HIM

THEY BOTH DIED AND THE RICHMAN ASKED ABRAHAM FOR MERCY.
MALACHI: JACOB AND ESAU
MALACI 1:2
THE LORD SAID, ESAU AND JACOB WERE BROTHERS. I LOVED JACOB
BUT I HATED ESAU.
I DESTROYED HIS MOUNTAIN COUNTRY AND LEFT HIS LAND TO THE
WILD DOGS OF THE DESERT.

A LAMP UNTO THE FEET, A LIGHT UNTO THE PATH

HONOR TO GOD
THE LORD SAYS, ‘A CHILD HONORS HIS
FATHER,
AND A SERVANT HONORS HIS MASTER.
I AM A FATHER, SO WHY DON’T YOU HONOR
ME?
I AM A MASTER, SO WHY DON’T YOU
RESPECT ME?
RESPECT FOR GOD
BUT YOU ASK, ‘HOW HAVE WE SHOWN YOU DISRESPECT?’

YOU HAVE SHOWN DISRESPECT BY BRINGING UNCLEAN FOOD TO

MY ALTAR’

BUT YOU SAY, ‘WHAT MAKES IT UNCLEAN?’

IT IS UNCLEAN BECAUSE YOU DON’T RESPECT THE ALTAR OF THE

LORD’
PLEASING MEN
‘WHEN YOU BRING BLIND ANIMALS AS SACRIFICE, THAT IS
WRONG.

WHEN YOU BRING CRIPPLED AND SICK ANIMALS, THAT IS

WRONG.

TRY GIVING THEM TO YOUR GOVERNOR. WOULD HE BE PLEASED

WITH YOU?

HE WOULD NOT ACCEPT YOU’, SAYS THE LORD ALL POWERFUL.

SEEKING FORGIVENESS

‘NOW, ASK THE LORD TO BE KIND TO YOU, BUT HE

WON’T ACCEPT YOU WITH
SUCH OFFERINGS,’ SAYS THE LORD ALL POWERFUL
GIFTS
‘I WISH ONE OF YOU WOULD CLOSE THE TEMPLE DOORS SO THAT YOU
WOULD NOT LIGHT USELESS FIRES ON MY ALTAR!

I AM NOT PLEASED WITH YOU AND WILL NOT ACCEPT YOUR GIFTS, SAYS
THE LORD ALL POWERFUL.

FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST I WILL BE HONORED AMONG NATIONS.

EVERYWHERE THEY WILL BRING INCENSE AND CLEAN OFFERINGS TO ME,

BECAUSE I WILL BE HONORED AMONG THE NATIONS.’
HONORING THE LORD
BUT YOU DON’T HONOR ME, YOU SAY ABOUT THE LORD’S ALTAR, ‘IT IS
UNCLEAN, AND THE FOOD HAS NO WORTH.
YOU SAY, ‘WE’RE TIRED OF DOING THIS AND YOU SNIFF AT IT IN
DISGUST,’ SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY.
AND YOU BRING HURT, CRIPPLED AND SICK ANIMALS AS GIFTS. YOU
BRING THEM AS GIFTS, BUT I WONT ACCEPT THEM FROM YOU,’ SAYS
THE LORD.
THE PERSON WHO CHEATS WILL BE CURSED.
HE HAS A MALE ANIMAL IN HIS FLOCK AND PROMISES TO OFFER IT.
BUT THEN HE OFFERS TO THE LORD AN ANIMAL THAT HAS SOMETHING
WRONG WITH IT.’
WARNING TO THE PRIESTS
‘I AM A GREAT KING, SAYS THE LORD ALL-POWERFUL, ‘ AND I AM
FEARED BY ALL NATIONS.’
PRIESTS, THIS COMMAND IS FOR YOU, ‘LISTEN TO ME, PAY ATTENTION
TO WHAT I SAY.
HONOR MY NAME, SAYS THE LORD ALL POWERFUL
IF YOU DON’T, I WILL SEND A CURSE ON YOU AND YOUR BLESSINGS
I HAVE ALREADY CURSED THEM BECAUSE YOU DO NOT PAY
ATTENTION TO WHAT I SAY
PRIESTS
A PRIEST SHOULD TEACH WHAT HE KNOWS AND PEOPLE SHOULD
LEARN THE TEACHINGS FROM HIM.
BECAUSE HE IS THE MESSENGER OF THE LORD ALL-MIGHTY.
BUT YOU PRIESTS HAVE STOPPED OBEYING ME. WITH YOUR TEACHING
YOU HAVE CAUSED MANY PEOPLE TO GO WRONG
YOU HAVE BROKEN THE AGREEMENT WITH THE TRIBE OF LEVI.
YOU TAKE SIDES IN COURT CASES, SO I HAVE CAUSED YOU TO BE
HATED AND DISGRACED IN FRONT OF EVERYONE.
THE LORD JESUS
YOU HAVE TIRED THE LORD WITH YOUR WORDS.
AND YOU ASK, ‘HOW HAVE WE TIRED THE LORD?
YOU DID THIS BY SAYING THE LORD SAYS, ‘EVERYONE WHO DOES EVIL
IS GOOD AND HE IS PLEASED WITH THEM.’
OR YOU HAVE SAID, ‘WHERE IS THE LORD WHO IS FAIR?
THE MESSENGER WHO YOU
WANT WILL COME
THE LORD ALL POWERFUL SAYS, ‘I WILL SEND MY MESSENGER, WHO WILL
PREPARE THE WAY FOR ME.
SUDDENLY, THE LORD WHOM YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR WILL COME TO HIS
TEMPLE.
THE MESSENGER OF THE AGREEMENT, WHOM YOU WANT, WILL COME
NO ONE CAN LIVE THROUGH THAT TIME. NO ONE CAN SURVIVE WHEN HE
COMES.
HE WILL BE LIKE A PURIFYING FIRE AND A LAUNDRY SOAP
LIKE SOMEONE WHO HEATS AND PURIFIES SILVER, HE WILL PURIFY THE
LEVITES AND MAKE THEM PURE LIKE GOLD AND SILVER
STEALING FROM GOD
SHOULD A PERSON ROB GOD?
BUT YOU ASK, ‘HOW HAVE WE ROBBED GOD?
YOU HAVE ROBBED ME IN YOUR OFFERINGS AND THE TENTH OF YOUR
CROPS.
SO, A CURSE IS ON YOU BECAUSE THE WHOLE NATION HAS ROBBED ME
BRING TO THE STOREHOUSE A FULL TENTH OF WHAT YOU EARN SO
THERE WILL BE FOOD IN MY HOUSE.
BLESSINGS
TEST ME IN THIS. I WILL OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN FOR YOU,
AND POUR OUT THE BLESSINGS YOU NEED
I WILL STOP THE INSECTS SO THEY WONT EAT YOUR CROPS
THE GRAPES WON’T FALL TO THE GROUND BEFORE THEY ARE PICKED
ALL THE NATIONS WILL CALL YOU BLESSED BECAUSE YOU ARE A
PLEASANT COUNTRY
THE BOOK OF LIFE
THEN THOSE WHO HONORED THE LORD, SPOKE WITH EACH OTHER,
AND THE LORD LISTENED AND HEARD THEM.
THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO HONORED THE LORD AND RESPECTED HIM
WERE WRITTEN IN HIS PRESENCE IN A BOOK TO BE REMEMBERED.
THE LORD SAID, THEY BELONG TO ME, ON THAT DAY THEY WILL BE MY
VERY OWN.
AS A PARENT SHOWS MERCY TO HIS CHILD WHO SERVES HIM, I WILL
SHOW MERCY TO MY PEOPLE
GOOD AND EVIL PEOPLE
YOU WILL THEN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL
PEOPLE; BETWEEN THOSE WHO SERVE GOD AND THOSE WHO DON’T.

(BUT) FOR THOSE WHO HONOR ME, GOODNESS WILL SHINE UPON YOU
LIKE THE STARS, WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS.
MAY GOD BLESS US ALL, AMEN