Os Hillman's presentation at Hawaii marketplace virtual conference, October 2020

1. Your
matters to God
Seeing work through God’s eyes
Os Hillman

2. Atlanta, Georgia USA 6 million

3. Os & Pamela

4. Justin and Charis (daughter)

5. www.Slideshare.net/oshillman
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6. TGIFBookstore.com

8. How many of you are
in full-time Christian work?

9. Is
God in
Control?

10. God’s Redemptive Plan
Relationship
Adam & Eve
“Free will”
The Fall
Satan
-Orphan
heart
Jesus
LK 19:10
Jn10:10
Power of Attorney
Ezek 22:30
Intercede
Jesus Death
All Authority
Mt 16:19.”keys”
John 14:12
“greater works”
Jesus Returns
Satan
“Ruler of world”
Jn 12:21
Psalm 115:16, “The heavens are the
heavens of the Lord,
but the earth He has given to
the sons of men.”
7500 Covenants

11. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested,
that He might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:7-9

12. Satan’s Corporate Mission
STEAL your money
KILL your destiny
DESTROY your family
John 10:10

13. Killer Sheep

14. How did work get
such a bad rap!?
Understanding God’s View of Work

15. So what really happened in
that garden?
“Cursed is the ground”
Gen 3:17
Lost
dominion
Joy to
Toil
Sweat
Thorns

16. Luke 19:10
“for the Son of Man has
come to seek and to save
that which was lost.”
• Relationship to God
• Work

17. God’s View of
Work & Calling

18. Consider this amazing
fact about God and Jesus

19. God sent his only son to earth and made him
work as a carpenter for over half his life.
Then He recruited 12 common workers
to fulfill His mission on earth.

20. Is Your Work Worship?

21. Key Issues/Barriers
• Sacred/Secular
• Equality in Calling
• Defining Ministry
• Local Church as
An Equipper

22. 300 AD
“Catholic Distortion”
Sacred vs secular
1200 AD
“Protestant Distortion”
Work = vocation vs a Calling
Net?
• 2nd class citizens
• Work is less spiritual
• Money is evil
• Workers viewed for $
by clergy vs calling

23. 2 Men Lost

24. 84% of Christian 18 to 29-year-olds admit that they
have no idea how the Bible applies to their field or
professional interests.
---Barna Group, June, 2012.

25. Unspoken, implied hierarchy
of spiritual calling.
Pastor
Missionary
Church Worker
Stay-at-home mom
Plumber
CEO/Executive
Scum of the Earth
Ad Agency Executive

26. God Desires to Establish Our Work
May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon
us; establish the work of our hands for us--
yes, establish the work of our hands.
Ps 90:17

27. Give $
Dt 8:18
WORK
Meet
human
needs
Work is
worship
“Avodah”
Platform
Influence -
societal
transformation
“Ministry”
equates to
“Service”
“diakonia”
Work IS Ministry Work TO Minister
Col 3:23-25
And whatever you do,
do it heartily,
as to the Lord and not to men,
knowing that from the Lord
you will receive the reward
of the inheritance;
for you serve the Lord Christ.
Care
for
Poor
Lev 19:9-10

28. Jesus, the carpenter’s son

29. Jesus & Paul modeled
work life ministry.
• Of 132 public appearances in NT,
122 in the marketplace
• Of 52 parables Jesus told, 45 had a
workplace context.
• Of 40 miracles in the book of Acts,
39 were in the marketplace.

30. Work, in its different forms is mentioned
more than 800 times in the Bible more
than all the words used to express
worship, music, praise and singing
combined.

31. “I have need of your ‘donkey’”

32. Where did David go after being
anointed by Samuel?
Returned to the sheep after being anointed
by Samuel to be king – 1 Samuel 16:19

33. “Usually a person
should keep on with the
work he was doing
when God called him.”
I Cor. 7: 20

34. Paul to Titus on Island of Crete
“Likewise exhort the young men to be sober-
minded, in all things showing yourself to be a
pattern of good works..…. that they may
adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all
things.”
Titus 2:6-10

35. “What Defines a Christian
in the Workplace?”
– NY Times Reporter

38. He Instructs Us and Gives Us Our Ability. BezaIel
• …chosen Bezalel .. . him with the Spirit of God, with
skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts-- to
make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and
bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to
engage in all kinds of craftsmanship. “Ex 31:1-6
“They are to make them just as I commanded you.”
–Ex . 31: 11
God will instruct us in performing our work.

39. Do you see a man who excels in
his work? He will stand before
kings; He will not stand before
unknown men.
Proverbs 22.9

40. “I have offended God and mankind
because my work didn’t reach the quality
it should have.”
Leonardo Da Vinci

42. What you uncover,
God covers.
What you cover,
God uncovers
through humiliation.
He who covers his sins will not prosper,
but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. Prov. 28:13

43. Sometimes your talent takes you
beyond where your integrity can
keep you.
The greater the success,
the greater the integrity test.

44. Compromise always
leads to deceit.

45. When we live in compromise we lose
confidence in the faith dimension of our
lives and struggle to hear God's voice.

47. It’s the servants
who see
water turned into
wine.

50. 5 Dimensions of Faith Works
Eqypt – “Flesh/Carnal”
The World System – “Sweat & Toil”
Esau
Principle-based
Formula – “10 Steps “Religion”
Moses
“Spoken Word”
“Speak to the Rock!”
Spiritual authority – Keys of Kingdom
Directed by Holy Spirit –
Your “Staff”
“Relationship w God”
Implement purely
on skill
Life of Sin
So he said to me, "This is the word
of the LORD to Zerubbabel: `Not by
might nor by power, but by my
Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty
(Zech 4:6)
Spirit-led
Romans 8:14
“I will instruct you and teach
you in the way you should
go; I will guide you with My
eye.” Ps 32:8
“Joseph Pit”
Character development

51. Moses
“Perform miracles.”
“But take this staff in your hand so you can
perform miraculous signs with it."
Ex 4:17

52. Understanding
Our Spiritual Authority
in our Work Life Call
Keys of the Kingdom – Matthew 16:19
Speak to the Mountain!
Mark 11:23

53. What is your personal “brand”?
Perception is Reality
What message do you communicate
through your life?
 Late vs on time for meetings?
 Pay bills on time?
 Return calls when I say I will?
 Serve others?
 Integrity?
 Generous?
 Workaholic?
 Joyful?
 Controlling?
 Serving God?
 Disorganized?

54. Psalm 15 - The Marketplace
Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle?
Who may dwell in Your holy hill?
2 He who walks uprightly,
And works righteousness,
And speaks the truth in his heart;
3 He who does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;

55. 3 Phase Obedience Cycle
His business,
His way.
My business,
my way. My business.
His way.
Convenience
Crisis
Conviction
His business,
His way!
Intimacy
w/ God
Orphan
Sonship

56. God has determined our purpose
“For we are God’s
workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus to do good
works, which God prepared in
advance for us to do.”
– Ephesians 2:10

57. The Local Church
Cruise Ship or Aircraft Carrier?

58. “The Church of Jesus looks
more like a luxury cruise liner
instead of a an aircraft carrier
designed to equip and
commission an army.”
Doug Spada, WorkLife Ministries
…to prepare God's people for works of service. . Eph 4:11

59. The local church should be a Holy Spirit
“Killer Sheep” training camp established to train men and
women to destroy the works of Satan.

60. Ekklesia
Was not a religious institution, but was first developed as a ruling assembly
of citizens in the Grecian democracy to govern its city-states.
General public in Jesus’ day understood ekklesia to mean both the secular
institution and the government systems it represented.

61. Ekklesia is a people movement designed to operate
24/7 in the marketplace for the purpose of having an
impact on everybody and everything.

62. Problem: We Have Unbiblical View of Work and Ministry
Church leaders often fail to see work as a holy calling.
Church leadership has spent lots of its
energy equipping us to do their ministry,
instead of our ministry in the workplace.

63. “The Two Types of Churches”
Peter Wagner
Nuclear Church
Unique rulebook
1 2
Extended Church
Unique rulebook

64. Jesus spent 3 years investing in 12
workplace place leaders.
How much does the local church spend
training workplace leaders to see their work
as a calling and a ministry?

65. Two Pillars of the Temple
Priest
Jakin
It establishes.
Businessman/King
Kinsman Redeemer
Boaz
In it is strength.
1 Kings 7:21-22
The pillar to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz.

66. David – Bringing God’s
Presence into the City
“When they came to the threshing floor of
Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of
the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled.
The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah
because of his irreverent act; therefore God
struck him down and he died there beside the
ark of God.” - 2 Sam 6:6-7

67. It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the
LORD our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him
about how to do it in the prescribed way." 1 Chron 15:13-14
“For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal
is not based on knowledge.” Romans 10:2

68. Paradigm Shifts Required: How we define success.
Pastor
• Attendance
• Programs (inside 4 walls)
• Budget
Versus (God’s Economy)
• Maturity of believers - equipping
men & women to fulfill THEIR
destinies-Change Agents
• City impact
• Cultural Influence
DNA change
Business Owner
• Increased market share
• Competitive advantage
• Increased profits
• Wealth building for the individual
Versus (God’s Economy)
• Discovering God’s purpose for
the business
• Solving problems in Culture
• Funding Kingdom enterprises
• Pastoring employees
• Blessing your city

69. “I believe that one of
the next great moves of
God is going to be
through believers in the
workplace.”
Dr. Billy Graham

70. The church on Monday should be having
more impact than the church on Sunday!

71. Nuclear Church is Called to EQUIP You & Me!
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some
evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of
the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of
Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the
knowledge of the Son of God…..Ephesians 4:11-13

72. Is your name known in Hell?
Dead or Alive!
Wanted!
And the evil
spirit
answered
and said,
“Jesus I
know, and
Paul I know;
but who are
you?”
Acts 19:15

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79. Prayer