𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘨𝘺𝘱𝘵, 𝘏𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺. 𝘏𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘓𝘢𝘸. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘯𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯.

𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴! 𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥: 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯-𝘵𝘩𝘦-𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘥! 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘺.

𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦: 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭!

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.

– Rev. Clarence Stam

Zion Covenant Reformed Church

42nd Lord’s Day 2024 • Vesper Service

Sermon Title: “Eighth Commandment - Rich in God”

Sermon by Rev. Clarence Stam

Delivered by Elder Andy Domondon

Sermon Text/s: Exodus 20:15 and Luke 12:13-34; Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 42

Sermon Points:

1. By receiving, not taking 

2. By sharing, not keeping

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