1. Tuesday Night Teaching Bible Study
Shiloh Baptist Church
April 3, 2018
Principles of Prosperity
“character of giving”

2. Principle of Tithing
Luke 6:37-38

3. Luke Volume I of Luke-Acts Gentile Physician writing to Gentiles
Relies on the testimony of eyewitnesses to the account
Written during Paul’s first imprisonment during the early 60s
Humanity and Compassion of Jesus are paramount in this account

4. Kingdom Principles
Weightier Matters - Principles that sum up the whole will of God.
Justice – Kristis
from the Heb. right, justice, equity, Matt. 23:23
Mercy – eleos
Ἔλεος, ου, ὁ, compassion, mercy, i.e. active pity, Matt. 23:23
the attitude that God requires of us. In Mt. 9:13; 23:23 it denotes the kindness owed in mutual relationships.
This is the character of Yahweh (Exodus 34:6-7)

5. Kingdom Principles
Weightier Matters - Principles that sum up the whole will of God.
faith – pistis
Assurance
Trust, believe

6. Rules of Kingdom Living
Sermon on the Mount
Luke 6:27-36

7. Rules of Kingdom Living
Love (Agape) - of persons, to treat with affection, to caress, love, be fond of.
show love, demonstrate love (1Jn 3:17); 3. LN take pleasure in, to love based on its regarded value (John 12:43)
to have a warm regard for and interest in another, cherish, have affection for, love
Liddell, H. G. (1996). A lexicon: Abridged from Liddell and Scott’s Greek-English lexicon (p. 4). Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
Swanson, J. (1997). Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Greek (New Testament) (electronic ed.). Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
Arndt, W., Danker, F. W., Bauer, W., & Gingrich, F. W. (2000). A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature (3rd ed., p. 5). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

8. Rules of Kingdom Living
Our lives must reflect the character of God. How God treats us is how we must act to one another. This calls for sacrifice and denial of self. Love has to do with mercy. James 2:13

9. Judge Not
(Krino) to divide, to separate, hence, to select. Then to come to a decision, to judge
to separate, put asunder, especially (which was probably the primary application of the word) grain from the chaff, in the act of winnowing.
Bullinger, E. W. (1908). A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament (Fifth Edition, Revised, p. 77). London: Longmans, Green, & Co.
Bloomfield, S. T. (1840). A Greek and English Lexicon to the New Testament (p. 230). London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans.

10. Judge Not
This is the separation form the wheat and the chaff. Considering what is good and what is not. Judgment is to take the place of God and sentence someone to hell. We have no authority to do so.

11. Judgement in the NT
Jesus’ concept of judgment is crucial. If it is wrong, his ministry has no relevance for our relationship with God. If it is right, our situation is hopeless and intolerable apart from his forgiving word.
Kittel, G., Friedrich, G., & Bromiley, G. W. (1985). Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (p. 472). Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans.

12. Judgement in the NT
The theme is traditional in moral exhortation, based on the observation that people constantly pass judgment on one another and that this practice destroys human relationships. Passing judgment, whether mere gossip or a more serious scrutinization of other people’s lives, is an unethical, even a foolish, habit. It undercuts the very existence of religious communities. In short, ethically sensitive persons must avoid the practice.
Betz, H. D. (1995). The Sermon on the mount: a commentary on the Sermon on the mount, including the Sermon on the plain (Matthew 5:3-7:27 and Luke 6:20-49). (A. Y. Collins, Ed.) (p. 615). Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.

13. Why are we so quick to judge?
Judgement
Why are we so quick to judge?

14. Judgement
In their own day-to-day conduct the disciples are forbidden to usurp the place of God in judging and condemning other people. The context would suggest that it is the attitude which fails to show mercy to the guilty which is here being attacked. It is not the use of discernment and discrimination which is forbidden, but the attitude of censoriousness.
Marshall, I. H. (1978). The Gospel of Luke: a commentary on the Greek text (pp. 265–266). Exeter: Paternoster Press.

15. Judgement vs. Accountability
Note: Judgement is not accountability. You hold people accountable to improve upon character and integrity with the hope for repentance to remain in right relationship with God.

16. Accountability Pastor is charged to keep the congregation accountable.
II Timothy 3:16-17 and II Timothy 4:2-5

17. Condemn Not Condemn (katadikazo)
to exercise δίκη (right, order, law) against any one; with the definite signification, to pronounce judgment against, to condemn
Καταδικάζω, to adjudge against, i.e. pronounce guilty:—condemn.
B. In the NT. Except in Mt. 12:7 the use is always in the absolute in the NT. In Lk. 6:37 the opposite is apolýein, “to acquit.”
Kittel, G., Friedrich, G., & Bromiley, G. W. (1985). Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (p. 418). Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans.
Bullinger, E. W. (1908). A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament (Fifth Edition, Revised, p. 177). London: Longmans, Green, & Co.
Strong, J. (2009). A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek Testament and The Hebrew Bible (Vol. 1, p. 40). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.

18. Forgive Forgive – apoluo
ἀπολύω, to loose from, set free, release from, to disband as an army.
to free fully, i.e. (lit.) relieve, release, dismiss (reflex. depart), or (fig.) let die, pardon
grant clemency, pardon
Bullinger, E. W. (1908). A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament (Fifth Edition, Revised, p. 216). London: Longmans, Green, & Co.
Strong, J. (2009). A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek Testament and The Hebrew Bible (Vol. 1, p. 14). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.
Swanson, J. (1997). Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Greek (New Testament) (electronic ed.). Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

19. Rules for Kingdom Living
Notice that each of these words are written in the imperative. Therefore, Jesus is emphatic about this as he is speaking to the multitude.
These are the principles of Kingdom Living that God expects us to adhere to and abide by. This must be in concert with our financial stewardship and giving.