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Taking or Receiving? Luke 20.9-19. How do we become like the wicked tenants?. We abandon stewardship and covet ownership . What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not? 1 Corinthians 4.7
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We abandon stewardship and covet ownership What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not? 1 Corinthians 4.7 Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? Galatians 3.2
We try to take possession of an inheritance that can only be given. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. Romans 8.15
We develop a squatter’s mentality I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." Mark 10.15
We attempt to keep the fruits of the vineyard for our exclusive use When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. James 4.3
Receiving is being a good Steward To this John replied, "A man can receive only what is given him from heaven. John 3.27 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1.12