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Does It Pay To Serve God?

Does It Pay To Serve God? Ø Jews during Malachi’s day thought it a drudgery to serve God.

Does It Pay To Serve God? Ø Jews during Malachi’s day thought it a drudgery to serve God. Ø Often more emphasis is placed on what serving God costs than what it pays.

Does It Pay To Serve God? Ø Jews during Malachi’s day thought it a drudgery to serve God. Ø Often more emphasis is placed on what serving God costs than what it pays. Ø Bible does emphasize the cost (Matt. 19: 16 -22; Jno. 12: 42, 43)

Does It Pay To Serve God? Ø Jews during Malachi’s day thought it a drudgery to serve God. Ø Often more emphasis is placed on what serving God costs than what it pays. Ø Bible does emphasize the cost (Matt. 19: 16 -22; Jno. 12: 42, 43) Ø However, some only view Christianity from what it will cost, not what it pays.

Does It Pay To Serve God? Ø Jews during Malachi’s day thought it a drudgery to serve God. Ø Often more emphasis is placed on what serving God costs than what it pays. Ø Bible does emphasize the cost (Matt. 19: 16 -22; Jno. 12: 42, 43) Ø However, some only view Christianity from what it will cost, not what it pays. Ø Paul was the very opposite (Eph. 3: 8 -9).

Does It Pay To Serve God? Ø Jews during Malachi’s day thought it a drudgery to serve God. Ø Often more emphasis is placed on what serving God costs than what it pays. Ø Bible does emphasize the cost (Matt. 19: 16 -22; Jno. 12: 42, 43) Ø However, some only view Christianity from what it will cost, not what it pays. Ø Paul was the very opposite (Eph. 3: 8 -9). Ø There is an element of truth in the statement Jews made during Malachi’s day. It is vain to serve God given certain circumstances…

Does It Pay To Serve God? It is vain to serve God… 1. Unscripturally 2. -- all O. T. examples prove this.

Does It Pay To Serve God? It is vain to serve God… 1. Unscripturally 2. -- all O. T. examples prove this. 3. -- people can deceive themselves (Jer. 17: 9). 4.

Does It Pay To Serve God? It is vain to serve God… 1. Unscripturally 2. -- all O. T. examples prove this. 3. -- people can deceive themselves (Jer. 17: 9). 4. -- people do not believe God means what He says!

Does It Pay To Serve God? It is vain to serve God… 1. Unscripturally 2. -- all O. T. examples prove this. 3. -- people can deceive themselves (Jer. 17: 9). 4. -- people do not believe God means what He says! 5. -- many worship as if it is directed to man, not God.

Does It Pay To Serve God? It is vain to serve God… 2. Half-Heartedly -- Matt. 6: 33; Mk. 12: 30.

Does It Pay To Serve God? It is vain to serve God… 2. Half-Heartedly -- Matt. 6: 33; Mk. 12: 30. -- James 4: 4 -- Trying to have some of each makes people unhappy in both.

Does It Pay To Serve God? It is vain to serve God… 2. Half-Heartedly -- Matt. 6: 33; Mk. 12: 30. -- James 4: 4 -- Trying to have some of each makes people unhappy in both. -- James 1: 26 -- Is religious, but does not apply it.

Does It Pay To Serve God? It is vain to serve God… 2. Half-Heartedly -- Matt. 6: 33; Mk. 12: 30. -- James 4: 4 -- Trying to have some of each makes people unhappy in both. -- James 1: 26 -- Is religious, but does not apply it. -- Can mechanically go through motions (Mal. 1: 13)

Does It Pay To Serve God? It is vain to serve God… 2. Half-Heartedly -- Matt. 6: 33; Mk. 12: 30. -- James 4: 4 -- Trying to have some of each makes people unhappy in both. -- James 1: 26 -- Is religious, but does not apply it. -- Can mechanically go through motions (Mal. 1: 13) -- Amos 8: 5, rather than Ps. 42: 1; 25: 1

Does It Pay To Serve God? It is vain to serve God… 2. Half-Heartedly -- Matt. 6: 33; Mk. 12: 30. -- James 4: 4 -- Trying to have some of each makes people unhappy in both. -- James 1: 26 -- Is religious, but does not apply it. -- Can mechanically go through motions (Mal. 1: 13) -- Amos 8: 5, rather than Ps. 42: 1; 25: 1 -- II Cor. 9: 7 -- any service needs to be rendered cheerfully.

Does It Pay To Serve God? It is vain to serve God… 3. Deceitfully -- Mal. 1: 14

Does It Pay To Serve God? It is vain to serve God… 3. Deceitfully -- Mal. 1: 14 -- Misrepresenting ourselves (Acts 5? )

Does It Pay To Serve God? 4. How is it profitable to serve God when the wicked prosper (3: 13 -15; 7 -10)

Does It Pay To Serve God? 4. How is it profitable to serve God when the wicked prosper (3: 13 -15; 7 -10) -- Abel?

Does It Pay To Serve God? 4. How is it profitable to serve God when the wicked prosper (3: 13 -15; 7 -10) -- Abel? -- Jeremiah?

Does It Pay To Serve God? 4. How is it profitable to serve God when the wicked prosper (3: 13 -15; 7 -10) -- Abel? -- Jeremiah? -- Servants of God have riches now, but not in ways that necessarily distinguish us visibly from those who are wicked.

Does It Pay To Serve God? 4. How is it profitable to serve God when the wicked prosper (3: 13 -15; 7 -10) -- Abel? -- Jeremiah? -- Servants of God have riches now, but not in ways that necessarily distinguish us visibly from those who are wicked. -- Paul was rich, but one couldn’t tell it physically.

Does It Pay To Serve God? 5. It does pay to serve God…

Does It Pay To Serve God? 5. It does pay to serve God… 6. -- Socially (Eph. 4: 32; Gal. 5: 22, 23).

Does It Pay To Serve God? 5. It does pay to serve God… 6. -- Socially (Eph. 4: 32; Gal. 5: 22, 23). 7. -- Emotionally (Phil. 4).

Does It Pay To Serve God? 5. It does pay to serve God… 6. -- Socially (Eph. 4: 32; Gal. 5: 22, 23). 7. -- Emotionally (Phil. 4). 8. -- Financially (Ps. 37: 25; Matt. 6: 33).

Does It Pay To Serve God? 5. It does pay to serve God… 6. -- Socially (Eph. 4: 32; Gal. 5: 22, 23). 7. -- Emotionally (Phil. 4). 8. -- Financially (Ps. 37: 25; Matt. 6: 33). 9. -- Physically (I Cor. 6: 19 -20).

Does It Pay To Serve God? 5. It does pay to serve God… 6. -- Socially (Eph. 4: 32; Gal. 5: 22, 23). 7. -- Emotionally (Phil. 4). 8. -- Financially (Ps. 37: 25; Matt. 6: 33). 9. -- Physically (I Cor. 6: 19 -20). 10. -- ETERNALLY (I Pet. 1: 3 -5).

Does It Pay To Serve God? 5. It does pay to serve God… 6. -- Socially (Eph. 4: 32; Gal. 5: 22, 23). 7. -- Emotionally (Phil. 4). 8. -- Financially (Ps. 37: 25; Matt. 6: 33). 9. -- Physically (I Cor. 6: 19 -20). 10. -- ETERNALLY (I Pet. 1: 3 -5). 11. Yes, it pays to serve Jesus, it pays every day, every step of the way, and it pays most importantly in eternity.