LESSON ONE
God’s Ownership Over All
As Christian stewards we must realize that in Christ “we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28). In this lesson, you will see the basis of God’s claim on your life. Jesus Christ created us (Colossians 1:16). He bought us with his precious blood (1 Peter 1:18, 19). And God anointed him as our Lord (Ephesians 1:20–23; Acts 10:36; Romans 10:12). Thus, the whole of our life—our personality, influence, material substance, everything—is his, even our successes. The Bible tells us that since Christ died for us, “those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again” (2 Corinthians 5:15). Not to acknowledge and act upon God’s total ownership of everything we are, have, and will be is to rob ourselves of his blessing and make ourselves unfit for his service (2 Timothy 2:15, 16, 19–21).
Lesson Objective: To surrender everything we have to God because we can rest in his ownership of all
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