1. “PRIORITY” “firstfruits” Exodus 23:19; Deuteronomy 26:2
“all the firstborn’ Exodus 13:2
“”without blemish” Numbers 18:25-32; Leviticus 1:3,10; 3:1
“no other gods” Exodus 20:3
“jealous God” Exodus 20:5; 34:14
Only unblemished serve Leviticus 21:16:23
Written for our learning Romans 15:4; Malachi 2:6; Hebrews 13:8

2. God Demands to Be Put First and Receive The Best
“PRIORITY”
“firstfruits” Exodus 23:19; Deuteronomy 26:2
“all the firstborn’ Exodus 13:2
“”without blemish” Numbers 18:25-32; Leviticus 1:3,10; 3:1
“no other gods” Exodus 20:3
“jealous God” Exodus 20:5; 34:14
Only unblemished serve Leviticus 21:16:23
Written for our learning Romans 15:4; Malachi 2:6; Hebrews 13:8
God Demands to Be Put First and Receive The Best

3. “BUT WE ARE NOW UNDER GRACE”
The Source of this doctrine is not God
Luke 12:48 “much will be required”
Matthew 6:33, 31 “seek first the Kingdom of God”
2 Peter 2:20,21 “end is worse for them that the beginning”
Hebrews 10:28,29 “worse punishment”
Titus 2:11,12 “soberly, godly”
Romans 6:15 “not under law but grace”
Matthew 7:13.14

4. Wrongly Ordered Priorities
Improper Minding of Earthly Things
Colossians 3:2 “set your mind on things above”
1 John 2:15 “Do not love the world”
Matthew 13:22 “cares of this world”
2 Timothy 4:10 “loved this present world”

5. Wrongly Ordered Priorities
Loving Family More Than God & His Truth
Matthew 10:37,38 “loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me.”
Luke 14:26 “hate his father and mother…cannot be My disciple”
Luke 5:4,5 “at Your word”
Luke 6:46 “do not the things I say”

6. Wrongly Ordered Priorities
Putting Popularity Above Truth
“Don’t have any enemies.”
Paul had enemies – Acts 9:20-23; 14:19; 1 Corinthians 15:32; 16:9; 2 Timothy 4:14,15
Peter & John had enemies – Acts 4:1- 3, 13-22
James had enemies – Acts 12:1,2
John had an enemy – 2 John 9,10
Jesus Christ – John 1:11; Matthew 27:11-44; Luke 4:28,29

7. Wrongly Ordered Priorities
What is more important – the truth or God or popularity of the preacher?
God’s word is truth – John 17:17
Soul are purified in obeying the truth- 1 Peter 1:22
Knowing it makes one free- John 8:32
To err from it means spiritual death- James 5:19,20

8. Wrongly Ordered Priorities
Believing a lie results in condemnation- 2 Thessalonians 2:11- 13
The word is the Gospel of our salvation – Ephesians 1:13
Truth of God has everything to do with our salvation – popularity of the preacher has nothing to do with it!
Romans 1:18 “suppress the truth in unrighteousness”
Acts 20:26,27 “whole counsel of God”

9. Wrongly Ordered Priorities
Putting Money Above Righteousness
Proverbs 11:4 “do not profit in the day of wrath”
Proverbs 11:28 “trust in his riches will fall”
Proverbs 13:7 “makes himself rich, yet has nothing”
Proverbs 23:4,5 “do not overwork to be rich”
Proverbs 28:22 “poverty will come”
1 Timothy 6:9-12 “love of money a root of all kinds of evil”

10. Wrongly Ordered Priorities
How Could God Have Made The Matter More Plain?
1 Peter 4:11 “oracles of God”
“When you agree to do something for a man, do it no matter what it takes!”
Romans 1:29-32 “those who practice such thing are deserving of death”

11. Wrongly Ordered Priorities
Putting The Love of Pleasure Above The Love of God
2 Timothy 3:1-5 “lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God”
Give God, Jesus Christ, the Bible and Worship and Service to God their proper place in our lives

12. “Do I Have My Priorities In Order?”
“Have I buried God’s interest under my own?”
Philippians 2:19-21 “all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus”
IF God does not have FIRST PLACE in our lives, He has NO PLACE AT ALL!