GOD’S OWNERSHIP AND OUR STEWARDSHIP

Psalms 24:1 — “The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof”


Genesis 1:28— “And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”


Leviticus 25:23 — “The land is mine and you are but aliens and my tenants.” (NIV)


Deuteronomy 8:18 — “Remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth.” (NIV)


Deuteronomy 10:14—“Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it.”


Job 41:11—“Who has first given to me [God], that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.”


Psalm 8:6—“You have given him [mankind] dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet”


Psalm 89:11-12—“The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.”


Psalm 100:3—“Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.”


Haggai 2:8 — “The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the LORD of hosts.”


1 Corinthians 4:7—“What do you have that you did not receive? If you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?”


1 Corinthians 6:19-20 — “You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”


Romans 11:36 — “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things.”


1 Corinthians 4:2 — “Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.” (NIV) 


Matthew 25:21 — “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’”


Colossians 1:25—“I became a minister of the according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.”


1 Peter 4:10—“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace”