Shining Light In The Workplace - Frank Brancato

Responsibilities that accompany the privilege of being a

Christian are many. One of which is the necessity of

providing a proper example to those that are in the world or

as the New Testament in the King James version describes those

that are without you. And I as members of the body of

Christ, have a awesome He of setting the proper example, to

those that are outside of the Ark of Safety, those that are

outside of the Lord's Church. You remember that?

Jesus said that we are to be lights of the world and the salt

of the earth you remember, on the great Sermon on the Mount,

in the fifth chapter of the Book of Matthew beginning there in

verse 13, very familiar verses of scripture, where Jesus said,

ye are the salt of the earth but if the salt Had lost its Savor

wherewith, shall it? Be salted?

It is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out and

be trodden Under Foot of man, ye are the light of the world.

A city that is set on a hill. Cannot be hid.

Neither do men, light a candle and put it under a bushel, but

on a Candlestick and it giveth light unto all that are in the

house. Let your light.

So shine before men that they may see your good works.

And And glorify your father, which is in heaven.

But in doing this, we must understand this requires

outstanding, and honorable conduct on our part, in 1st

Peter, chapter 2 and verse 12. The Bible says they're having

your conversation honest. Among the Gentiles that, whereas

they speak against you, as evildoers, they may by your good

works, which they Shall Behold. God in the day of visitation.

You know, I think the point that we need to understand is and

living the Christian Life and we can look at this from a very

practical standpoint. I am sure.

Truly, there are all of us who have had things happen in our

life where the world looks to us and is wondering how it is, that

we are going to handle the circumstance that has happened

to us. Sometimes tragedy will strike in

a particular person's life and if they Our Christian, the world

is watching just to see how strong their faith is going to

be the point being. And that's what we need to

understand when we go through those times.

And when we behave ourselves properly and the reason that we

are behaving ourselves properly is because of our faith than God

gets the glory. That's what's wonderful about

that when people understand that, when we go through things

in our lives, When we behave properly and the reason for it

is because of our faith it is God.

That gets the glory. You know, our Good Conduct is

especially necessary as we go about the business of making a

living for ourselves. The reason that that is and I

got to thinking about this concept or this idea the other

day that of all the things that we do.

The thing that we do on a regular basis more More than

anything else. Perhaps is the time that we

spend in the workplace. Now I'll tell you something.

If there's ever a time when a Christian can slip usually it's

found in the workplace. Say for example work for 40

hours for a for a particular establishment and you're working

for a particular employer. You're going to work by and

large 40 hours a week you're working eight hours a day, five

days a week, that's a long time if you're in Is Miss and you're

successful at it. Chances are, you're spending

even more time than 8 hours a day.

Maybe 12 years, 12 hours, 16 hours, whatever, it might be in

the field of business. The point being is, if we are

going to spend a great deal of time like that in doing that,

then chances are we raise the risk of slipping because of the

time that we're spending in that activity, Hear the words of the

Apostle Paul and second Thessalonians chapter 3 and

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verses 11 and 12 you remember when Paul said for we hear that

there are some which walk among you disorderly.

Now, what was it that they were doing?

That was disorderly. He said, working not at all, but

are busybodies now them that are such.

We command and exhort by our Lord, Jesus Christ that with

Ghent that with quietness, they work and Eat their own bread.

You remember when we studied this about a year ago as we

studied, Paul's letters to the church at thessalonica that he

wrote the second one by divine inspiration for the purpose of

correcting, the notion, or the idea that Jesus was going to

come back. So soon that they were going to

be able to cast aside their daily responsibilities in terms

of what they were obligated to do and providing for themselves.

With and their household and their families and all of their

other responsibilities that they have day by day.

They were casting those things aside because of their

misunderstanding of what Paul meant in the first letter about

when Jesus was going to come back.

What did Paul say that they were doing?

They were working. Not at all know what happens

when you sit around. I do and do absolutely nothing.

You know, there's no to adage that says Idle Hands are too.

For the devil, but an idle mind is his Workshop.

You know, what they did? They were idle working, not at

all and because of that, they became busy bodies in other

men's business, in other men's Affairs, that was sinful.

And that's what he had to correct.

The question is tonight though, how can we know or how can we be

sure that we are behaving properly?

He toured or around those that are in the world in our business

Affairs. First of all, how to keep

business in its proper place or proper perspective.

Number one, we must remember, what should take priority in our

life. It is the fact of life and I

alluded to it just a moment ago, rather briefly that you and I

have a responsibility to live and provide for our families.

We understand. That the Bible teaches that, in

fact, if I'm the person and I am of able mind and Able Body and I

am able to go out and work for a living and I choose not to do

that. Not only is it a sin because I'm

providing as the Apostle Paul writing to a young evangelist.

Timothy said those very things he said that a man that would

provide not for his own, especially of his own house.

Has denied the faith and he is worse than an Infidel.

He Is worse than an unbeliever and we know that an Infidel or

an unbeliever. The fate of that person is going

to find himself in a devil's. Hell for all eternity.

The Apostle Paul said that a person that finds himself in the

category of not providing for his own, especially of his own

house, has denied the faith and he's worse than the unbeliever.

Whose fate is eternal condemnation. in fact, let me

just say this, I believe with all my heart that if I'm

able-bodied enable mind, And I choose not to go out and even

though I'm a Christian, but I choose not to go out and work

with my hands and support my family.

If I make that choice, I believe that the Lord's church is under

no obligation whatsoever to help me if I choose not to.

Now, God takes care of his people.

He really does. Let me make that point.

Not only does he take care of us through his Providence and we

understand if we seek first, the kingdom of God, and his

righteousness, and all these things will be added unto us.

Thew chapter 6 and verse 33. We believe that with all of our

heart one way is that God answers our prayers and provides

for us? And when we work in a secular

capacity, God Is providing for us.

And God is fulfilling the promise that Jesus wants made in

The Sermon on the Mount. Also, God's people being members

of the body of Christ, the money that is given by way of the

contribution, is another way that God helps his people that

are in need and I Going to tell you something, if I all of a

sudden one day decide that I want to be a freeloader and I

want to stop doing what my responsibility dictates to me

that I must do and I decide on no longer going to try and work.

I do not believe that the church is responsible for fulfilling

the promise Jesus gave in helping me at all.

You know what somebody needs to do to really help me is pushed

me out the door and tell me to get a job.

Or tell me to do what is my responsibility to do?

That's the help that I would need in that second

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Thessalonians chapter 3 and verse 6.

You remember that the Apostle Paul said.

Now we command you brethren in the name of our Lord.

Jesus Christ that you withdraw yourself from every brother that

walketh disorderly and not after the tradition, which he received

of us. The Lord's church is not

responsible because I'm irresponsible And I'm lazy.

And I refuse to do that, which is my obligation to do.

But, you know, misplaced priorities can be very harmful

to our well-being. Hear the words of Solomon of old

as he tells us what is truly profitable in Proverbs Chapter

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11 and verse 4, it says rich is profit, not in the day of Wrath,

but righteousness, delivereth from Death, you know what?

I got to thinking Out, when I read that verse of scripture the

other evening, I got to thinking about the rich man and Lazarus.

And I'm not going to that very, very much or in any great

detail. I'll just say this by way of

remembrance you remember how the Bible pictures, him and

incidentally, whether they're this is a parable or whether

this is Jesus, recanting. Something that actually

happened, really doesn't make any difference.

Jesus is either saying this already happened and therefore,

you can use it as an example or he's saying it, it's possible to

happen. Therefore Parable, either way,

this is things you need to know and these are things that are

possible and this is the way that it is.

Jesus said there was a certain man, that was a rich man and

fared sumptuously every day. I got to thinking about this

because on the other hand here was just poor beggar.

That was waiting for the crumbs to fall from the rich man's

table. My point is this, you know, when

they both died, one says he was, he died the rich man and was

buried, you know, I would imagine we can picture in our

minds. I couldn't we the great big

funeral that this man had oh, what a send-off, good luck at

your new location. I would just imagine that they

sent out all of the, all of the music and all of the flares and

all of the Pomp and Circumstance for this man, that was Which the

Bible says he was in torment and all the riches that he had in

his life. Did him?

No good. It might have paid for a fancy

funeral but it did no good after this life.

But then the beautiful account of Lazarus carried to Abraham's

bosom, a place of rest, a man who had nothing in this life,

you see righteousness and not riches is what's going to matter

over there. We should seek after

righteousness rather than riches.

But listen at the expense of righteousness.

I am not saying that it is wrong for a person to make a living.

I'm also saying and it's not wrong to go make a good business

deal, maybe even have a large sum of money, that's not the

point. And that's not what Solomon's

talking about Solomon is talking about the things that you need

to have as priorities in your life because the riches in this

life, if you seek after them if our priorities are not what they

ought to be and we seek after riches instead of righteousness

or at the expense of righteousness.

Just remember that those riches would do it.

No good. After this life in Proverbs

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Chapter 11 and verse 28. It says he that trusteth in his

riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish as a

branch and so it is far better to have a little with

righteousness than to be rich and wicked in Proverbs chapter

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16. And verse 8, it says better is a

little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

Right. But secondly, it is so important

and this is a pattern for Success.

It really is we must involve God in our business Affairs.

We really need to do that. It is when we seek out other

ways outside of God, when we forsake God, and when we leave

God out of our plans when we run into trouble, but if we would

involve God in our business, Affairs in doing, so our Efforts

are more likely to succeed and Proverbs chapter 16 and verse 3.

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It says, commit thy Works unto the Lord and thy thoughts shall

be established. You know, a good example of this

was Joseph and the 39th chapter of the Book of Genesis in verses

2 through 5, where the Bible talks about him being a

prosperous man and talks about how he was blessed, but he was

blessed. Because God was in his plans.

Also, when we involve God in our business Affairs, we are more

likely, to be able to To enjoy what we receive you ever stopped

to consider that when you are blessed by God, God wants you to

enjoy that. How do I know that listen to

this? Listen to proverbs 10 and 22.

This was a very encouraging passage of scripture.

For me, it says, the blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he

addeth no sorrow with it. The blessings that come from

God. There is not a sorrowful string

attached to that, that tells me, that God intends for me, to

enjoy, what he's blessed me with notice.

These chapter 5 and verses 18 through 20, which says, behold

that which I have seen it is good and comely for one to eat

and to drink and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he

taketh Under the Sun, all the days of his life which God

giveth him for it is his portion every man.

Also to whom God have given riches and wealth and hath given

him the poor to eat thereof. Of and take his portion and to

rejoice in his labor. This is the gift of God for.

He shall not much remember the days of his life, because God,

answereth him in the joy of his heart.

But thirdly, you know, why that we need to involve God in our

business Affairs and not put too much emphasis on business?

In getting things in its proper perspective.

Because there is nothing that is sure about business ever.

Had somebody say to you, hey, getting on the ground floor on

this deal. It's a sure thing ever hear

somebody say that get involved in a business transaction.

That is a sure thing. You know, it doesn't make any

difference about all the guarantees that man might give

in such categories like that. Or in such circumstances like

that because there is no such thing as tomorrow.

There is no such thing in the surety of Tomorrow.

We never know what might happen tomorrow.

We can do all the greatest planning in the world, we really

can. And by the way, it's good to

plan. We need to plan.

We need to purpose. That is a Biblical concept.

We need to plan and purpose but with all the planning, there are

things that are Extenuating circumstances beyond our control

and the greatest extenuating circumstances, beyond our

control. Is if God decides to send Jesus

back or we lose our life, and therefore in our life, there is

no tomorrow. All the planning in the world.

Cannot erase that. Proverbs chapter 27 verse 1,

Proverbs 27:1

says boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest, not

what a day may bring forth. You know, we've been studying in

our Wednesday evening studies in the book of James.

And in the fourth chapter of the Book of James beginning in verse

13, listen to how James pictures this.

Go to now ye that say today or tomorrow, we will go into such a

city and continue their a year and buy and sell and get game.

Whereas you know, not what shall be on the morrow for.

What is your life? It is even a vapor that

appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away for that,

you ought to say, if the Lord Wills, we shall live and do this

or that, but now you rejoice in your boastings all such

rejoicing. He is evil, you know, there's

another shortcoming with reference to business and that

is that wealth is a fleeting commodity.

What you can acquire in business is fleeting, in Proverbs chapter

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23 and Verses 4 and 5. It says Labour, not to be rich

cease from thine own wisdom wilt, thou set thine eyes upon

that, which is not for riches. Certainly make themselves Wings.

They fly away as an eagle. Oil toward heaven.

Have you ever sat next to someone who's life?

Was about used up, they were about done in this hole in this

old world and they start reflecting back on their life.

You ever notice? When somebody does that,

sometimes they have things that they regret You don't.

Regret is a horribly burden. Something really is.

You know, involve the people, then my young life and my short

life and I've ever talked to that was older, that was getting

to the point their life. When they knew that in some

short time they no longer would be here.

I have never once. Heard somebody say, if I only

would have spent more time at the office, not even once. if I

only would have made more money, you know what they say?

I wish I was a better mother. Wish I was a better father.

Wish I was a better example. Wish I can go back and change.

What was a priority in my life? Because of the example that I

sit, that's what people say. Because that's really what

matters when a person gets to the end of life and I realize

that can no longer spend what it is that they would amass.

Then you realize what's important, they start thinking

about the things in the sinful practices may be that they had

in their life, whatever it is, Regret is a burdensome thing

because we start thinking of all the things we should have been

and we're not That's sobering to me, the things that really

matter. Many people come to learn the

truths that are found in and spoken in the Book of Proverbs

only after a lifetime of mistakes and come to realize

that they have wasted. So many years chasing something

that's fleeting you ever hear that song on the radio, the one

called the dollar There's a story of a little boy, who asked

his mother wears where daddy goes when he leaves.

And that's sobering to me. That a boy asks, his mother.

Where does daddy go? And she says, well, he goes out

and works and then they pay him for his time, but he goes

upstairs, and gets a quarter. And three dimes, and comes back

and asks his mother. He says How much time will this

buy me? How much time?

It's sobering to me. He says, would it is it enough

to take take me fishing or throw a football in the street?

If I'm a little short, just tell me how much does daddy need.

To spend some time with me. there come a day when business

won't really matter, will it We need to look and understand

those things and what's important, we only get one shot

with our kids. We only get one shot with our

example. We only get one shot with the

way that we are going to live to influence others for that, which

is good. And that, which is right.

We go through here, once we need to make it count, in all that we

do. Keeping these now in in proper

perspective. And realizing, we do have a

responsibility for providing for our own.

Now, I want to talk to you about two things and I'm going to

quit. Number one, let's learn how to

be a successful laborer. You know, the Bible says some

things about that. It is very important that even

understanding the priorities that I just said and we've just

established and what's really important?

We need to understand. We have a responsibility of

being a successful labor First of all, what not to do the very

first thing not to do when you are a laborer is and I'll say

this from personal experience, if you are a laborer or working

for another what not to do, number one, don't be lazy.

Personal experience. I know this personally.

It will greatly irritate your boss.

If a person is lazy, it will greatly irritate.

Your boss biblical concept, proverbs, 10, and verse 26.

You know what? Solomon says that it's like to

have a guy that works for you. That's lazy.

You know what? It's like, sometimes we think go

put my time in, no, you know, it's Solomon said about being

lazy, listen, he said as vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the

eyes, so, So is the sluggard to them.

That send him. You know, smoke in your eyes,

not very fun, is it? How about vinegar on the teeth?

These things aren't happy things.

These things aren't comforting thing.

That's what it's like for the boss.

That sends a sluggard or a lazy man to go do a job.

Yes. Being lazy will greatly irritate

your boss. Secondly, don't be slothful in

your work. If slothfulness is let go long

enough, it will ruin. In the company in which you work

for as quickly as the competition will.

Incidentally, how long do you think that a company would be

able to compete if every single member that worked or every

single employee that worked in that company was lazy and

slothful? How long would that business

stand? Well, I'll tell you this pretty

soon. It would no longer be able to

compete. So what's it have to do?

It has to make a decision. It either raises his Sue's or

start to eliminating expenses. You know what the very first

expense to eliminate is labor. You start getting rid of

employees and pretty soon. You see how it's connected.

Sometimes the worker, or the employee doesn't understand the

concept that that person is directly responsible for.

Whether he has a job in the future to some degree, because

if he slothful and lazy pretty soon company, can't compete.

They start eliminating jobs, maybe even yours.

Don't be slothful in what you do working wise, Proverbs, 18 and 9

cents. He, that is slothful in his work

is brother to him. That is a great waster.

What should you do though? You should develop skill in your

work. You know, I know that sometimes

we don't think that we get all the do or the just do that that

we've got coming sometimes that's true.

But by and large the principal is though.

That when you have skill in your work, it does not go.

Unnoticed, another biblical principle in Proverbs chapter 22

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and verse 29, it says seest Thou, a man diligent in his

business. He shall stand before Kings.

He shall not stand before mean men.

It is not going to go unnoticed secondly, be diligent in your

work to ensure promotion and Proverbs chapter 12 and verse

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Verse 24, it says the hand of the diligent shall bear rule,

but the slothful shall be under tribute and here's a good one.

Impress people with the quality of your work and not the

quantity of your words. You ever hear somebody tell you

how good they are, how valuable they are.

You know, when I've ever done anything in my life, that was of

any value, it spoke for itself. And sometimes when I want to

oversell, maybe what I've done, chances are, it's because I've

been deficient. But if I would go out and be

diligent, then, the activity that I've done and the results

of the things that I've done will speak for themselves.

You know, you don't have to I'm a firm believer in this if

you're a boss. You don't, there's something

wrong with a fellow. That's keeps having to go to his

employees, and say, I'm the boss.

I'm the boss. I'm, they know, you're the boss.

And if you want them to respect you as the boss, then you

conduct yourself in a way or in a manner that warrants that kind

of respect. Also, if your subordinate to

that person you're working, you don't have to keep going out and

continually telling what you're doing your record speaks for

itself. So let's be known by the quality

of our work. And not the quantity of our

words. Proverbs 14.

And 23, says, in all labor, there is profit, but the talk of

the lips tendeth, only to poverty, You know, in today's

competitive job market, I realized the sad State of

Affairs when characteristics and qualities like the ones I'm

going to speak of right now are few and far between.

It's a sad State of Affairs on society but it still holds true

that these are things that really make a difference.

These are things that make a difference in your life, develop

the skills of diligence and honesty, you develop those

skills, you put your nose to the grindstone as it were.

My dad used to say this. He said Son, you will never get

into trouble in your life. if, for every nickel you're paid

your worth a dime, He said if you can do that you will never

go wanting you will never lose out on a promotion.

You will be successful for the rest of your life.

If you will have the attitude that whatever I am paid, if I'm

paid a nickel, I'm going to be worth a dime.

Now if we do that and we have that kind of diligence and we're

honest people, we are going to go so far in this life and we

are going to set the proper example to those again.

That are without heating. The wisdom of Proverbs can help

one become a very valuable commodity to those that are

around us. But secondly, Proverbs also

provides wisdom on how to be a successful manager or employer.

You know, I tell you, it is very important to understand that

when we've been given a position of authority that we don't step

over that line of authority and use that to be destructive to

someone else. Really, if you talk about being

an employer or being a manager, you're talking about a leader.

Now, if you're a leader, you want to be able to do something,

you want to be able to move people to Greatness, you want to

be able to inspire Fire people. Now I freely admit there is no

way that I can motivate somebody that does not want to be

motivated. I am convinced a person

motivates themselves. If they are going to forge ahead

or be anything, they must have the intestinal fortitude as it

were to rise up and be that. I understand.

But you and I as perhaps we might have some influence in

their life, we become the Catalyst in their life to help

them desire to be those things. That's an effective leader,

that's an effective manager. And to be a wise manager, notice

a few more things about that, we must be diligent in our planning

and not Hasty in getting things done.

Again, that goes back to the biblical concept of purposing.

We have to sit down a little bit, you know, Jesus talked

about that when he talked about the kingdom.

What did he say? Said you got to count the cost.

You see just because we're Christians doesn't mean that we

have to be ignorant. We have to be smart about this

because we have faith in God and put our trust in him.

We still have to be smart about the Affairs of our business.

That means we have a responsibility, God's doing his

party promised to do his part. He's right there for us, but we

have a responsibility to plan and make the right decisions

that will best suit our companies in our businesses and

Whoever it is that we are over Proverbs 21 and five says, the

thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty of sniffs, but

everyone that is Hasty only to want.

You know, there's something else we need to do.

That's not very easy for young people, really isn't.

Now, just say this to you, I'm fortunate about this because I

was raised different, I really was, I was raised that it was a

good thing to seek the counsel of somebody older that was

ingrained in me, I respected. My father, who was my example?

So that's not hard for me to do, I'll just freely admit that it's

one of my easy ones, have a lot of other things that are

difficult, but that's one of my easy ones.

But I know that young people sometimes, do not want to almost

like it's taking something away from them, to seek, the counsel

of someone that is wiser, or someone that may have more

knowledge on that subject. But notice what the Bible says

about that we must nurture and utilize counsel from others,

Proverbs 15, and 22 says, without counsel purposes are

disappointed. But in a multitude of

counselors, they are established.

You know, the old adage? We we all know this that a wise

man, learn from the experience of others.

That's exactly what that's all about and, you know, we can

learn and those of us that are young, let's step out of the

business world and let's look to living the Christian Life in the

Lord's Church. Those of us that are young.

Now we all follow God's word. What did Paul say though?

He said follow those as they follow Christ.

So There are those that are older older wiser people in the

Lord, in the church that we can go and seek counsel after them,

and as long as they're doing, what's in the Bible, Paul said

we can imitate them. We can be imitators of them, not

just because of their status or position because they are

following Christ. And with that kind of an

example, we can learn from those as well.

But thirdly a good man. Juror will stay on top of his

job. You know, I thought this was

very interesting about this because these are practical

things. If you would go take a business

course or a business seminar, they tell you these things.

They would tell you, you have to sit down and plan.

There are those in financial services that say, plan your

work and work, your plan. There are those the people that

say people don't fail to plan, they just they don't plan to

fail. They just fail to plan and so

on. These are Concepts in the world.

And yet, the Bible pictures that we need to stay on top of our

jobs, we need to purpose or plan.

Can we need to seek out? Good Counsel, all these things

are found in the Bible. Proverbs 27.

Beginning in verse 23, be thou, diligent to know the state of

thy flocks yet to know what the score is be.

Diligent to know the state of your flocks and look well to the

herds for riches are not forever and death.

The crown in door to every Iteration the hey appeareth and

the tender grass show us the itself and herbs of the

mountains are gathered. The lamps are for the clothing

and the goats are for the price of the field.

And thou shalt have goats milk enough for thy food for the food

of the household and for the maintenance of thy maidens.

And again, To be a good leader. You've heard me say this before?

But to be a good leader is to figure out.

You know, I think that's what Paul meant through divine

inspiration when he gave those qualifications to be an elder.

You know, the greatest leadership position known to man

is right in the body of Christ, and that's the Elder.

You know what an awesome responsibility that is and the

strict and stringent qualifications of becoming an

elder. It's because you've got to

figure out a way to deal with every single personality and get

the most and the best from them and that's not easy to do but to

Be an Effective leader whether it's business life or the

church, it requires us to do that and something else too.

Being a good leader is necessary that we provide good treatment

for those that are subordinate to us, you know, we can bark out

some orders and be mean and we can do some things like that.

And to our face, they can act a certain way.

But if you really want to get the most, and I listened, I

freely admit, there are people, there are people that are bad.

People. There is Jesus pictured, that

will not go into that any further.

We just talked about that though very recently.

Jesus said there's good seeds in Bad Seeds.

There are bad people in this world.

That's a fact, but by and large, the rule is this, if I will

treat somebody that subordinate to me, for example, in business,

kindly or treat them. Well, I'm going to get more from

that person. In fact, notice what the Bible

says How about that, too. And Proverbs 29 and 21.

Beautiful words. He that delicately bringeth up

his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the

length. Think about that.

How would you nurture a child? If you nurture, or brought along

a subordinate, that work for you and that way?

Again, the rule there are exceptions, but the rule is,

he'll be like a son to you. When you get older, what a

children do it take care of dads.

It, take care of their moms. That's what they do.

That's what Solomon's trying to picture you.

Take care of them and you bring them up like they're your own

children, treat them with respect and care and delicately

bring them up and when they get old, they will be like a child

to. You they'll take care of you.

That's a beautiful picture. Isn't it of how it is that we

can both work together? Standing that the example that

we sit, whether were a subordinate or whether we're the

boss, the world is watching. And just remember, if, what we

are doing, is because we're Christians because of our faith,

that's the best part of the whole thing.

God gets the glory and conclusion tonight, I'm through,

we know that a Christian must always behave himself properly

in the presence of those in the world.

We know that we know that we must work out in the world.

Old and support ourselves and support our families.

We must work hard and doing. So, we also understand that one

of the easiest ways to destroy our influence, is to misbehave

in the workplace or misbehaving business, but let's also always

have the proper have behavior and keep business in its proper

perspective and never lose sight of the fact that it is

righteousness and not riches. We should truly aspire to have.

Many examples in God's word where people were rich, but they

won't go down in history as those that were Rich, they were

Rich. Sure.

But they'll go down in history. As those of great faith, they'll

go down in history as great men for other reasons, and God's

word other than because of riches.

Every time Jesus pictured riches or rich man in lieu of

righteousness, was in a negative way.

It was in a negative fashion. Set our things on things above

and not on things on the Earth. We thank you for listening to

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