The Doctrine Of Ownership. Part [8] 02/12/2025 (Morning thought)

Job 1: 20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21 And said naked came I out of my mother's womb and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

The rich, and the poor go down to their graves the same exact way, as far as owning anything goes. And it was this grim reality that dawned upon Job, as he went through his learning curve of trials. All of his earthly possessions were not really his, he was just a steward of God’s blessings, and when this truth dawned upon his mind, he concluded that we are just strangers in this world, passing through but for a brief moment, and that everything in the material world is ultimately God’s own, to dispose of at His discretion.

Michael Jackson left a catalog of songs which he had previously bought from the Beetles that is currently worth over half a billion dollars. He had to leave it all behind, when he died. The faithful who believe in God also have to leave it all behind, because we had never really owned anything on this planet. Abraham had to leave it all behind, Lot and his wife had to leave it all behind, and Bernie Madoff had to leave it all behind.

And to those persons who are currently billionaires, when their numbers are called in heaven, they too, will have to leave it all behind. We reiterate again, that we are born as stewards and we die as stewards, hence the reason why the doctrine of ownership is so critically important for us to grasp, for it gives us the correct perspective on the temporal things of this earth, which are to be managed in the context of stewardship.

Ecclesiastes 2:15 Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

The Doctrine Of Ownership. Part [7] 02/12/2025 (Evening thought)

Isaiah 40:15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

Isaiah 40:25 To whom then will you liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one fails. 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

Isaiah, writing under the guidance of The Holy Spirit, summarizes the entire issue of ownership, and he places our planet in the correct perspective, in comparison, or in contrast to the big picture. Our final introductory passage comes from the pen of Paul, who shaves the cold facts down to a bare- bones formula, and summarizes the issue of owning anything into precis form, so that we would always bear in mind the fact that nothing that we think is ours, is really ours.

When taken together, the previous passages clearly teach us that we are born as stewards, and we die as stewards. In every single instance, where the rich and famous die they cannot carry any of their riches or material goods that they have accumulated over a lifetime with them.

 1st Timothy 6: 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!