Defining Winning Biblically | Pastor Bill Scheer | Guts Church

• Leadership 

Mark 10:43
“Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great  among you shall be your servant.”

• Here at Guts our aim is to Help People Win. The basis of this is we have  to define a win from the beginning based upon God’s Promises.  • Standards for leadership: 

• Get out front 

• Take responsibility  

• Take the hit 

• Jesus: 

• Sat with them 

• Held them accountable 

• Challenged them  

• Leadership is the catalyst to executing a win in life.  

Stewardship  

• Faithfully managing what God has entrusted you.

Matthew 25:14-30  
14 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far  country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to  them. 15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another  one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a  journey. 16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded  with them, and made another five talents. 17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. 18 But he who had received one went  and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money. 19 After a long time the  lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 

20 “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other  talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained  five more talents besides them.’ 

21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you  were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things.  Enter into the joy of your lord.’ 22 He also who had received two talents  came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained  two more talents besides them.’ 23 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good  and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make  you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ 

24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew  you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering  where you have not scattered seed. 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid  your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’ 

26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant,  you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not  scattered seed.  

27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my  coming I would have received back my own with interest. 28 So take the  talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents. 

29 ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have  abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be  taken away. 30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer  darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

1 Corinthians 4:2  
Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.

Tithe  
The tithe is the giving of the first tenth of your increase, income, or  produce to God as worship, honor, obedience, and stewardship.

Genesis 14:20  
And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tithe of all.

• This tithe occurred before the Law and showed: 

• Honor 

• Worship 

• Acknowledgement of God’s blessing 

• The tithe is returning to God the first portion of what He has entrusted to  us.

Malachi 3:8-12 
8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings. 9  You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation. 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.11 “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the Lord of hosts; 12  “And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land,” Says the Lord of hosts.

• Fundraising: 

We need something from you. 

• Tithe: 

God wants something for you. 

Proverbs 3:9  
Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; 

• From here, make sure your working definitions are sound and can stand  any test.