Hello and welcome to
Behold the Lamb Presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your
host, and I'm so thankful
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that you have
chosen to join us today.
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Today's message
is the 12th message
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out of 25 Bible
studies that we're partnering
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with Brother Richard Bland
of United Prison Ministries
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to do in conjunction with
this wonderful Bible study
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that is entitled,
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"Sharing God's
Love Makes You Happier,
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What the Bible Says."
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Today's message is
entitled, "Money Management."
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You know,
really, it is difficult
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to not find a subject
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that God has not
covered in some way,
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either by directly addressing it
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or through a story or
a principle in His Word.
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What an awesome all
knowing God we serve
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and the subject of
money is no different.
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Money can certainly be a
major issue in one's life,
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whether it is due
to the love of money,
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the lack of money
or the misuse of money.
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God fully understands
and truly wants to help
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and to guide us in
our daily use of finances.
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But before we welcome
Pastor Kenny Shelton to speak,
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let's visit the
3ABN Worship Center
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and be blessed to listen
to a song that is entitled,
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"How Wonderful Heaven
Will Be" by Steve Darmody.
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As I see the marks of sin
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I feel a sadness
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But there's a thought
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That always
brings a sweet release
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Soon our Savior will be here
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That day is drawing near
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When tears,
trials and heartaches
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All will cease
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Oh, how wonderful heaven will be
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To be with Jesus
throughout eternity
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No earthly thing can compare
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To what is waiting for us
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There
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Oh, how wonderful
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Heaven will be
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Oh, just think
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Of all the
countless joys of heaven
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A better land,
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A better life than we could know
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We will be forever safe
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Thru His forgiving grace
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This gift is ours
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Because He loves us so
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Oh, how wonderful
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Heaven will be
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To be with Jesus
throughout eternity
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No earthly thing can compare
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To what is waiting
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For us there
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Oh, how wonderful
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Heaven will be
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Oh, how wonderful
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Heaven will be
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To be with Jesus
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Throughout eternity
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No earthly thing can compare
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To what is waiting
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For us there
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Oh, how wonderful
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Heaven will be
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Oh, how wonderful
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Heaven will be
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Thanks for
joining us once again here
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at Behold the Lamb Ministries.
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You know, to me,
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it's very
interesting subject for today.
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Some will go
different directions
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when they hear the title of it
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"Money Management"
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and a lot of
different directions you can go,
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but I think as we
get into the study,
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you're gonna be
excited about knowing that God
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is interested in
how we manage our money
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and the blessings and
where it all comes from.
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So as usual,
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before we get into this subject,
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we're going to kneel
and we're going to pray.
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We invite you to kneel with
us and pray with us right now.
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Would you please?
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Loving, Father, in Heaven,
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we thank You for
the privilege of prayer.
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We thank You, we
can call You our Father,
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today we ask for the Holy Spirit
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to consume each and every
one of us as Your children.
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Lord, forgive me of any sin,
anything in my heart and life
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that needs not be there,
we need to hear from heaven.
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We know You
have a message for us
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and we know that's
going to be encouraging
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and give us strength.
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So we pray now as we rest
in Your care and Your keeping,
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Your Holy Spirit will
open our ears, our hearts,
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and our minds
that we may say Jesus
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in a better clearer way today,
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in Jesus' name we
pray and for His sake.
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Amen.
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We always say, you
know, if you have your Bible,
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we like for you
to get your Bible
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because you can't always trust
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what the
preacher's talking about or,
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you know, every preacher's
on, they're saying something,
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you know, how do
we know it's true
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if we don't check him out.
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So I invite you
to get your Bible
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and check it
out pen, and pencil,
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and write down some
things, that as we go along,
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we'll find our time is running,
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well, I go quickly
with it and write it down
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that way you can take it
home and study for yourself.
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Bible says, "Study to show
yourself approved unto God."
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Again we're on lesson number 12,
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which is about
"Money Management."
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If you have your Bible,
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I'd like for you
to turn with me first,
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I wanna read a verse,
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I think is very,
very, very interesting.
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Haggai that's H-A-G-G-A-I,
some people call Haggai
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and there's Haggai,
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that's about
three books of the Bible
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from at the end
of the Old Testament.
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So to go to the Old Testament,
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some people have a
hard time finding it
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and go right to
the very end of it
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and back up about
three and you'll find Haggai.
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You just have
Malachi and then you have,
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it's a Zechariah and Haggai.
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And if you get there
little bit beforehand,
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you might find
Nahum and then Habakkuk,
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and you might find Zephaniah.
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So then Haggai, so
it's right there find that,
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we're going to look Chapter 1,
we're going to read verses 5-7.
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These are interesting verses,
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I believe they go along
well with our lesson for today.
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Verse 5, Haggai
Chapter 1, verse what?
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Five, six, and seven, says,
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"Now therefore thus
saith the Lord of hosts..."
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I like this,
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it'd be a good sermon title,
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consider, notice
this, "Consider your ways."
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And then Bible goes on and says,
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"Ye have sown much
and bring in little."
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See, some of it
might refer to us,
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let's pay attention
to it closely, notice,
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"Ye have sown much,
but bring in little,
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you eat, but
you have not enough,
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you drink
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but ye are not
filled with drink,
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ye clothe you, but
there is none warm,
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he that earneth
wages earneth wages
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to put into a bag..."
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Notice this with what?
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"With holes."
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No matter how
much some people earn,
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no matter what goes on,
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seem like they
never have enough.
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Take your money and you
put it in a bag as it were,
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you look around, it's all gone.
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You can't figure out why.
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That happens to a
lot of people, and what?
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Maybe there's a reason for that.
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Maybe there's a reason
for and we want to look at
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maybe few of
those reasons for today.
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I want to read something,
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I'm a thorough
believer in Spirit of Prophecy,
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a book called
Evangelism, page 530 says this.
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Now these are some
pretty clear pointed words
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but I think they're
very, very important today.
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It says, "Clearly,
plainly, earnestly, tell them,"
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that's us tell each one of us,
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"how thousands of men and
women are using God's money
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to corrupt themselves
to make this world a hell.
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Millions are spent for
that which makes men mad."
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Anybody agree with that?
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Millions of dollars every
day are spent on those things
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that's not good for mankind.
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It drives right out of
our mind and makes us mad.
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There's reasons why
that sometime we have things
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and they seem
like we have one day
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and they're gone the next.
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I like the book
The Great Controversy,
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page 487 says this,
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why are we studying
this about money management,
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because you're going to
have to give an account for it.
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I'm going to have to
give account for everything
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that crosses my path.
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You might think that, you
know, that God doesn't know.
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He knows everything.
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You might think, well,
the neighbors don't know,
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the church doesn't know.
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But as the end
result, God knows.
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And so we're
going to have to meet it
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in the judgment.
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If I'm going to have
to meet in the judgment,
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this subject, I
want to know about it.
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And here's what it says.
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Notice this, "In the judgment
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the use made of every talent..."
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A talent is a big word,
we'll look at that in a moment.
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It's more than just
money, talent, notice this,
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"will be scrutinized."
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Did you get that?
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"In the judgment made
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every talent
will be scrutinized."
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That simply means,
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it's going to be
carefully looked at.
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You hear somebody say, boy,
he's scrutinizing this thing.
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He's looking at
it very carefully.
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He's examining
it very carefully.
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Notice this, "How have
we employed the capital
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or what God has given
to lent us of Heaven?"
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Everything we have
been lent of heaven,
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we'll find that out
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if you never
learned that before,
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it's been lent
to us from heaven.
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So, "Will the Lord at
His coming receive His own,"
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with what?
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"With usury?"
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Now think about that.
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In others words, will
there be any interest?
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He's loaned us some things
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but will there be
an interest given.
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Give back the principal
and then there's interest,
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"Have we improved the...
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Think about the
powers entrusted to us,
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those who in our
heart, our brain,
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our mind
everything that we have,
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to the glory of God
and to blessing the world?"
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Think about that with
me, blessing the world.
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Why does God give us
things that He gives us?
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Is that just for
our own selfish use?
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Or is it to what be given
to help others along the way?
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Or is it given so that
the gospel can be preached
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into the world?
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"How have we used our time,
how have we used our voice,
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how have we used our pen,"
as it were writing things down
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or notes to
different people, whatever,
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"how have we used our money,
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how have we used our influence?"
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Have we used it to
His honor and His glory?
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After all, remember,
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everything is
going to be scrutinized.
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We're gonna have
to give an account.
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The article goes on and said,
"Whatever is done in love,"
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I like this,
"however small it may appear
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in the estimation of men,
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is accepted and
rewarded by God."
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Man may think, not
think it's important
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though we know where
they give, they might.
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God accepted that
above all the other stuff
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that was cast in
the offering plate
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as you well know.
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The Bible in Revelation 3:18,
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we'll just read
like the last part of it,
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it's very, very
interesting here.
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The counsel that Jesus
gives to us as a people.
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He says, "I counsel
thee to buy of me," what?
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"Gold," and
notice, "tried in the fire,
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that thou may be rich."
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So He's counseling us.
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But notice as Review
and Herald says this,
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April 1, 1890,
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"The gold that Jesus
would have us buy of him,"
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notice "is gold
tried in the fire,
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it is the gold of," what?
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"Faith and love."
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The faith and love.
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If we love God, if
we love our fellow man,
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then we're
going to want to what?
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Are we going to want to help?
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Or we're going to
want to give to them.
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Yes, it may have to be
that we're managing what?
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We're managing our
money so that we can help
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and to give to help
others along the way.
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Because Jesus said,
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I'm just
counting faith and love.
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How do you do what you do?
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You know, you may
well be giving a lot,
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we may be doing
this, but are you giving it
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from the right
motives of the heart?
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Why are we spending
time on money management?
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I asked myself that every
time we look at our lesson,
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I say now why are
we spending some time
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when we are at the
very end of earth history
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that Jesus is coming.
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We need to be getting ready.
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Why are we
spending time on this?
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Because you, I, we all of us
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are going to have to
give an account to God.
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Every one of us
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and it could be
that we missed heaven
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because we've been selfish.
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We don't want to be
selfish, we may miss heaven
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because we're not
giving God praise,
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for what He's given to us,
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what He has lent to us,
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to see what's going
to happen with that.
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So this could be
life and death issue,
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could it not be?
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So today I asked you
and I'm doing myself,
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do some self examination
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to see whether we talk
about these blessings of God.
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It might challenge
us of our selfishness
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or may be covetous.
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You know, people are
covetous around here,
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you know, lot of times
they'll go, oh, they covet,
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they're aggravated
because you have things in life,
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they covet what you
have or maybe they are,
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listen
carefully, idol worshippers,
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none of us would dare say
well, we make it to heaven
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and we can be idol
worshippers, we can't be.
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But remember things
that we have can become what?
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Could be idol, couldn't it?
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It could be home,
it could be money,
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could be talent,
could be all these things.
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I want you to
listen to this quote.
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It's a little bit long,
but it's very, very important.
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In fact, listen,
it's bone chilling,
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this quote is bone chilling.
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And we need to pay a
special attention to it.
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It might be too close
for comfort for some of us,
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but we still
need to listen to it.
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Why?
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Because the
enemy is alive and well
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and he's determined to
keep you out of heaven.
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He's determined to
keep me out of heaven.
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Well, we're not out doing this,
we're not running the streets,
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we're not out
doing all these things,
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but how are we?
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Are we selfish?
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Selfish, this will
not make it to heaven.
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Pride will not
make it to heaven.
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So those are the things
that we need to fight down here
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and gain some victory over.
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This is found in a little
book called Early Writings,
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page 266 and 267.
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Listen carefully to this.
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Now remember,
when it starts out,
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I saw, we need to pay attention.
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The article starts out,
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"I saw that
Satan bade his angels
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lay their snares."
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Does the Bible teach
that the devil is out to kill,
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steal and destroy?
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Yes, it is.
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So he's laying what?
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He's laying a
snare for you and me
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every day of our life
while we're snoring in bed,
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while we're
asleep, before we get up.
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The devil has laid
many snares to entrap you
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because he studied
you, he studied me,
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he knows what's
going on in your life.
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He knows what
destroys your peace.
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He knows what aggravates you.
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He knows what gets
underneath your skin.
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He knows what can upset you.
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He knows what's
gonna happen that we just,
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we're gonna blame God.
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We're gonna
blame everybody else.
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The enemy knows these things.
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And so it's just
destroys our whole day.
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And it destroys everybody
else's day if we let it.
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So the Satan and then,
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"I saw Satan bade
the angels lay snares,"
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notice, "especially
for those who are looking
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for the second coming of Jesus."
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Would there be anybody here
today that's looking forward
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to the coming of Jesus?
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Is there somebody here?
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Well, I've seen one
hand, can I see two?
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If I see two, do I see three?
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Praise God.
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See, that's the
way it should be.
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Yes, I'm looking
forward to the coming of Jesus.
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So now, I know Bible is clear,
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Spirit of Prophecy is
clear that the devil then says,
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we need to keep a close eye
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on those who are looking forward
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to the second coming
of Jesus and His Spirit.
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And especially, for
those who by God's grace
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keep His commandments
all of them, all ten.
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Satan told his
angels, notice this.
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Now I got little
offended by this,
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got little bit offended,
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got a little bit up
in the air about it.
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But, you know what?
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He was telling the
truth, and sometimes
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the truth hurts
you a little bit.
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Notice what the enemy said.
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"Satan told his angels."
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He's counseling
together with evil host
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of the billions and
trillions and whatever might be
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and he's looking
down, he's looking to church
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and he said, look,
the church is asleep.
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That aggravated
me, Brother Mark,
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I couldn't help that way.
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It's true.
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I know that it is a
majority are at asleep.
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We've gone to sleep.
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We've rocked ourselves to sleep.
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We've watered down things
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and no longer does
that matter anymore,
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well, it's not the
way they used to be,
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everything still the same.
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You're saved the same way
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that Adam and Eve was
saved in the beginning,
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God has not changes by grace.
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And so as we look at
this, this is very interesting.
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He said, "That the
churches were asleep."
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But he said this, most of,
all the churches are asleep.
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But he looked at the evil
angels, he said, but listen,
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"The sect of
Sabbathkeepers, we hate."
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The what?
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People who keep the
seventh day Sabbath we hate.
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"They are
continually working against us,
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taking from us our subjects
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to keep the hated law of God."
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So now what does he do?
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He tells them go do this,
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"Go and make the
possessors of lands and money
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drunk with cares,
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make them care more for money
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then for the
success of Christ's kingdom
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or the spread of
truth that we hate."
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The devil hates what?
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He hates truth.
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And if you love
truth, he hates you.
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The truth we hate, notice this,
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"We must keep in our ranks
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all the means of
which we can gain control.
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As they appoint meetings..."
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You ever noticed that
when you appoint meetings
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and do evangelistic work,
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it seemed like
the devil is there.
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Anybody ever noticed that?
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They're always there
and he shows up and maybe...
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I don't want him
to show up in me,
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but sometimes
he shows all right,
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he shows up, and he shows out,
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and all of a sudden
things begin to happen
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because the church is
wanting to move forward,
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wanting the souls
won to the kingdom.
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The devil knows
this so what does he do?
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When there's
meetings in different places,
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here's what he said.
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He told his evil angels go
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and "Cause
disturbances and confusion,"
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notice, I like this
way she put it in here,
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"confusion if possible."
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See, he can't do it.
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It's not possible if you
and I will hang together.
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You see, if our
minds of one accord,
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if we believe right
the message needs to go,
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and we're in one accord,
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the devil can't do
these things he knows that.
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But he says where it's possible,
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if you can cause
disturbances and confusion.
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Notice, he said,
"Destroy love one for another."
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Have you seen it in the churches
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destroy love when
people get all jealous,
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and all I should have,
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and it shouldn't be you,
and why is it you and not me?
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And then he says this,
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it gets right
down to it, he says,
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"Discourage and
dishearten their ministers."
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Are you listening?
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"Discourage and dishearten
the ministers," notice this,
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"for we hate them."
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The evil one says
those who are leading out,
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maybe teaching and
preaching wherever it might be,
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he said, we hate them.
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So we need to know how we stand,
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that doesn't really bother
me that we're hated by the enemy
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because we serve
one that is greater,
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but he can cause
a lot of problems
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if we don't hang together.
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That's why we need to know
what is truth and hang together
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on what is truth and
then division will not come.
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I mean, I read
something else on the back.
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This was very
interesting he says here.
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He said, now do this now,
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"Present every plausible
excuse to those who have means,
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lest they hand it out.
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Control the money
matters if you can,
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drive their ministers
to want," did you get that?
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"And distress.
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This will weaken
their courage and zeal.
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Battle every inch of the ground.
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When any shall attempt to give,
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put within them a
grudging disposition,
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that it may be sparingly."
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Other words, "If they
give make it sparingly."
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So devil doesn't care
if you give some time.
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He wants to be sparingly,
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even impressed
to give some time,
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and maybe we're not giving
to get this gospel work done.
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We become selfish
and self-centered.
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Let's just give
a quick example of,
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we're talking about selfishness,
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and covetousness, and
covetous, and selfish attitude.
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Notice this, just one
person, you remember Judas.
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Would you say maybe he
was a little bit selfish?
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He was coveter, do
you think maybe he was?
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Yeah.
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You remember, he
complained, remember Judas.
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He complained when
Mary came in, right?
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About year's wages of oil
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and she poured the
oil on Jesus' feet.
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And Judas stepped up and said,
oh, man, we can't have this.
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Man, why don't we sell this oil
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and then we'll
give it to the poor.
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The poor he was
talking about his own lining
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of his own pocket.
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He wasn't
worried about the poor.
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He wanted to keep it.
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He wouldn't want to
put it on Jesus' feet.
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People say, oh,
well, he loved Jesus,
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he will be saved in the kingdom.
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Interesting.
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Jesus, right.
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You think about
Jesus, did he loved Jesus?
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Judas loved Jesus,
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just enough to sell Him
for a few pieces of silver.
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That's how much he loved Him.
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And sometimes you and I, we,
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sell Him a lot
cheaper than that.
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Early Writings,
page 268 says this,
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"I saw that there were
even some like Judas among those
00:24:02.94\00:24:06.04
who profess to be
waiting for their Lord."
00:24:06.07\00:24:08.94
What?
00:24:08.98\00:24:10.31
I saw that
there were some people
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who say I want Jesus to come.
00:24:11.71\00:24:14.22
I believe in the
second coming of Jesus,
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but they're just like Judas.
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Listen carefully,
"Satan," the article goes on,
00:24:18.52\00:24:21.26
"Satan controls them
but they know it not."
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That's pretty dangerous.
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The enemy doesn't care
if we're sitting in church
00:24:28.43\00:24:30.00
and going
through all the motions,
00:24:30.03\00:24:31.50
he doesn't care, but it says,
00:24:31.53\00:24:33.70
I was shown here what that,
00:24:33.74\00:24:36.54
Satan controls them but
they don't even know it.
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So think they're out doing good.
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Early Writings, 269 says,
notice this, "Every selfish,
00:24:41.18\00:24:44.95
covetous person
will fall out by the way.
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All such will be
sifted out from God's people."
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Did you get it?
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We need to pray for
a little bit selfish
00:24:54.12\00:24:55.52
and we don't want to do
what God has said in His Word.
00:24:55.56\00:24:58.56
Maybe we need to
be little careful
00:24:58.59\00:24:59.93
so that can keep
me out of heaven.
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What's your attitude?
00:25:02.76\00:25:04.10
If I asked today,
00:25:04.13\00:25:05.47
what's your
attitude towards money?
00:25:05.50\00:25:07.37
What's my
attitude towards money?
00:25:07.40\00:25:09.54
Well, most of us kind of
like little bit of money.
00:25:09.57\00:25:12.87
It's kind of nice that I jingle
a few shekels in the pocket
00:25:12.91\00:25:15.68
once in a while,
isn't that right?
00:25:15.71\00:25:17.45
Reaching the pocket,
there's no shekels again,
00:25:17.48\00:25:19.38
and get discouraged.
00:25:19.41\00:25:21.18
But what is our attitude?
00:25:21.22\00:25:22.55
It's all right.
00:25:22.58\00:25:23.92
Money's all right.
00:25:23.95\00:25:25.29
Having things of
the world is all right,
00:25:25.32\00:25:26.65
if our attitude is all right.
00:25:26.69\00:25:28.22
Based on the Word of God,
00:25:28.26\00:25:29.82
what is our
attitude towards money?
00:25:29.86\00:25:31.86
That means the way you
really feel about money.
00:25:31.89\00:25:34.76
And the way that you feel
about money will determine,
00:25:34.80\00:25:38.93
you know, when you
start making decisions.
00:25:38.97\00:25:40.94
When you start making decisions
of what you're going to do,
00:25:40.97\00:25:42.94
it's your attitude toward
it that determines what you do.
00:25:42.97\00:25:46.31
So what is your attitude
in dealing with finances?
00:25:46.34\00:25:49.14
I'm not gonna go into this
00:25:49.18\00:25:50.51
'cause our time is
already short enough,
00:25:50.55\00:25:51.88
not that much time on it.
00:25:51.91\00:25:53.52
I thought it was interesting.
00:25:53.55\00:25:54.88
I found out a
questionnaire online
00:25:54.92\00:25:57.69
to determine what our attitude
really is concerning money.
00:25:57.72\00:26:00.86
You know, nowadays a
lot of people get together
00:26:00.89\00:26:02.32
the smarties and they sit down
and ask a bunch of questions
00:26:02.36\00:26:05.09
and the way you answer them
00:26:05.13\00:26:06.46
determines how your attitude is.
00:26:06.49\00:26:08.56
Well, I've kind of
found out my attitude
00:26:08.60\00:26:10.07
'cause I went ahead and did it.
00:26:10.10\00:26:12.50
I don't know if I'll
share with you or not
00:26:12.53\00:26:13.87
about it.
00:26:13.90\00:26:15.24
But it was very interesting,
00:26:18.87\00:26:20.21
11 questions
00:26:20.24\00:26:22.54
and if you
answer them truthfully,
00:26:22.58\00:26:25.71
when you come up to the end
00:26:25.75\00:26:27.08
it would tell you kind of
how you feel about your money.
00:26:27.12\00:26:31.65
And I'll just read one,
00:26:31.69\00:26:33.02
I thought that
was very interesting,
00:26:33.05\00:26:34.39
the third one.
00:26:34.42\00:26:36.93
Remember, there's three answers.
00:26:36.96\00:26:39.23
Think about the state
of my personal finances
00:26:39.26\00:26:44.27
and it makes me feel.
00:26:44.30\00:26:45.63
Other words, when thinking about
00:26:45.67\00:26:47.00
the state of my
personal finances
00:26:47.04\00:26:48.70
makes me feel.
00:26:48.74\00:26:50.34
A, uncomfortable,
00:26:50.37\00:26:53.94
two, indifferent,
00:26:53.98\00:26:56.51
three, gratified.
00:26:56.54\00:26:59.55
See.
00:26:59.58\00:27:00.92
Did anybody get that one or
I'm the only one who got it?
00:27:00.95\00:27:04.62
If I begin to think
00:27:04.65\00:27:05.99
about the state of
my personal finances,
00:27:06.02\00:27:09.16
right?
00:27:09.19\00:27:10.53
I'm thinking about my
personal finances now,
00:27:10.56\00:27:12.26
how do I view it.
00:27:12.29\00:27:14.63
Number one, I'm uncomfortable.
00:27:14.66\00:27:17.10
Number two, indifferent,
00:27:17.13\00:27:20.47
three, I'm gratified.
00:27:20.50\00:27:23.34
All these things mixed
together will give answers,
00:27:23.37\00:27:25.51
I decided to put four.
00:27:25.54\00:27:26.98
I want to put four
on rather than three.
00:27:30.38\00:27:33.62
And I say when I think
about my own personal finances,
00:27:33.65\00:27:36.58
it makes me sick.
00:27:36.62\00:27:39.99
I know, I'm the
only one that thinks.
00:27:40.02\00:27:42.99
So I'm putting
four down that question.
00:27:43.02\00:27:44.76
But the list goes on
and so we're more interested
00:27:47.70\00:27:50.13
I know and what
God has to say it.
00:27:50.17\00:27:53.03
It deals a lot with, you know,
what do you do with your money?
00:27:53.07\00:27:55.77
How do you pay your
bills and recharge thing
00:27:55.80\00:27:57.44
and all that kind of stuff?
00:27:57.47\00:27:58.81
I'll tell you
basically how mine came out.
00:27:58.84\00:28:01.01
Okay, how mine came out.
00:28:01.04\00:28:02.38
I answered him, truthfully,
and put down the answers,
00:28:02.41\00:28:04.08
it just says, and
most people will say,
00:28:04.11\00:28:06.31
well, that ain't right.
00:28:06.35\00:28:07.68
It says, number
one, your mind is open.
00:28:07.72\00:28:10.29
The way I answer
those question, it says,
00:28:10.32\00:28:11.89
your mind is open,
00:28:11.92\00:28:14.32
you're willing to learn
00:28:14.36\00:28:17.03
and you're
willing to be flexible.
00:28:17.06\00:28:19.66
And it says, start a
budget and then stay on track.
00:28:19.69\00:28:22.96
Talking about
planning, and planning enough.
00:28:23.00\00:28:25.73
One of the questions I
liked on there too, was simply,
00:28:25.77\00:28:28.14
you know, at the end,
when it's all said and done,
00:28:28.17\00:28:30.37
is there enough money left
00:28:30.41\00:28:31.74
that you can
give to your church?
00:28:31.77\00:28:33.84
It's kind of an
interesting thought.
00:28:33.88\00:28:35.21
Some people say, I don't have.
00:28:35.24\00:28:36.58
First things first,
00:28:39.01\00:28:40.35
what does the Bible
say about money management?
00:28:40.38\00:28:43.35
Where does the money?
Where does these things?
00:28:43.39\00:28:45.12
Where does it come from?
00:28:45.15\00:28:46.92
And are we accountable
for in how we use it?
00:28:46.96\00:28:52.79
As I've read the
Bible, over the years,
00:28:52.83\00:28:54.93
I've found that the
Bible we talked about teaches
00:28:54.96\00:28:57.37
that saving
money really is good.
00:28:57.40\00:29:01.10
You know, watching your nickels
and your dimes, it's good,
00:29:01.14\00:29:04.44
it's a wise practice to do that.
00:29:04.47\00:29:07.48
And that's for a lot
of different many reasons.
00:29:07.51\00:29:09.64
But maybe first
things first for us today
00:29:09.68\00:29:12.41
is to realize that
God is our provider
00:29:12.45\00:29:14.95
in everything, isn't that right?
00:29:14.98\00:29:18.02
Most familiar
passage of scripture
00:29:18.05\00:29:19.92
found in Philippians 2:19,
00:29:19.95\00:29:21.52
everybody can quote it
says, "My God shall," do what?
00:29:21.56\00:29:25.46
"He shall supply all your need
00:29:25.49\00:29:27.46
according to his
riches in glory by," what?
00:29:27.50\00:29:31.57
"By Christ Jesus."
00:29:31.60\00:29:33.30
So the good news, notice
this, everything, number one,
00:29:33.34\00:29:36.24
because you have people say,
00:29:36.27\00:29:37.61
I've had people come
up to your face and say,
00:29:37.64\00:29:39.17
I earned it.
00:29:39.21\00:29:40.54
I went out, I
work, I did the job.
00:29:40.58\00:29:42.21
It's my money,
00:29:42.24\00:29:43.58
I do with what I
want to do with it.
00:29:43.61\00:29:45.15
They forget that,
00:29:45.18\00:29:46.51
that really does
not belong to them.
00:29:46.55\00:29:49.22
There's reasons for that
00:29:49.25\00:29:50.59
and the Bible becomes
very clear about that.
00:29:50.62\00:29:53.12
God does lend it to us.
00:29:53.15\00:29:55.56
You know, notice with that,
00:29:55.59\00:29:56.93
He's going to
supply how many needs?
00:29:56.96\00:29:58.29
All. All.
00:29:58.33\00:29:59.93
And then he goes
and you say, yeah,
00:29:59.96\00:30:01.33
but all of us needs what?
00:30:01.36\00:30:02.70
He reminds me in the
Book of Psalms 50:10-12.
00:30:02.73\00:30:06.57
I'll just say a couple
of little lines on that.
00:30:06.60\00:30:08.44
And I think we mentioned it.
00:30:08.47\00:30:09.80
We had prayer before we come up.
00:30:09.84\00:30:11.17
He reminds us,
00:30:11.21\00:30:12.54
God's gonna
supply all of my needs
00:30:12.57\00:30:13.91
and He comes down and says,
00:30:13.94\00:30:15.28
after all, you know,
00:30:15.31\00:30:16.64
I own the cattle
on the thousand hills.
00:30:16.68\00:30:18.01
Woo! That's good news.
00:30:18.05\00:30:19.38
I'm looking at, he's
just letting you know,
00:30:19.41\00:30:20.75
he's teasing you a
little bit with that
00:30:20.78\00:30:22.12
if you know what
I'm talking about.
00:30:22.15\00:30:23.49
He owns a lot more than that.
00:30:23.52\00:30:24.85
He's letting you know
00:30:24.89\00:30:26.22
that he owns the
cattle on the thousand hill
00:30:26.25\00:30:27.59
and then it goes on
00:30:27.62\00:30:28.96
and it gets a little
bit stronger with that.
00:30:28.99\00:30:30.33
He said, okay, all
right, some didn't get it.
00:30:30.36\00:30:32.23
He said, "The world is," what?
00:30:32.26\00:30:34.30
"The world is mine
and the fullness thereof."
00:30:34.33\00:30:38.00
So God makes it
clear number one.
00:30:38.03\00:30:39.90
I own you think that hill
is yours it's not, it's mine.
00:30:39.93\00:30:42.80
You think those
cattle are yours,
00:30:42.84\00:30:44.17
they're not, they're mine.
00:30:44.21\00:30:45.77
You think the world, some of you
00:30:45.81\00:30:47.14
own part of this real
estate here you got it.
00:30:47.18\00:30:49.21
It's not, it's mine.
00:30:49.24\00:30:50.58
I own the world and
everything that's in it.
00:30:50.61\00:30:53.65
Now that's needs this.
00:30:53.68\00:30:55.02
We need to get that
straight in our head.
00:30:55.05\00:30:56.38
Number one, all those
who have been very selfish,
00:30:56.42\00:30:58.75
and I know there's no one
here but there may be others
00:30:58.79\00:31:00.79
who will hear these
later, you've been selfish,
00:31:00.82\00:31:03.43
you've forgotten God,
00:31:03.46\00:31:04.96
you think it all belongs to you.
00:31:04.99\00:31:06.96
But God says to you straight
right from the beginning,
00:31:07.00\00:31:09.06
the get go that it's not yours.
00:31:09.10\00:31:11.33
It all belongs to Him.
00:31:11.37\00:31:13.00
So what are we doing
with what He loans to us?
00:31:13.03\00:31:17.07
Wow!
00:31:17.11\00:31:20.01
And one of the ways
that God provides naturally
00:31:20.04\00:31:23.45
for His work,
and for His people,
00:31:23.48\00:31:25.38
is the thing we call money,
00:31:25.41\00:31:26.92
which is like a weekly
check you get when you work
00:31:26.95\00:31:29.05
or whatever it might be.
00:31:29.08\00:31:31.35
We have money and so
that purchases things
00:31:31.39\00:31:34.02
and you buy things with money.
00:31:34.06\00:31:36.22
You know, that's good.
00:31:36.26\00:31:39.19
But he says, I'm
gonna loan you this money,
00:31:39.23\00:31:40.86
but you have to take care of it.
00:31:40.90\00:31:43.50
There's some responsibility,
00:31:43.53\00:31:45.17
did anybody
tell you that at home
00:31:45.20\00:31:46.53
when you were
growing up, your dad said,
00:31:46.57\00:31:47.90
well, here's some money
00:31:47.94\00:31:49.27
but there's some responsibility
goes along with money.
00:31:49.30\00:31:51.31
You just don't go on spending.
00:31:51.34\00:31:52.67
Boom. It's gone like that.
00:31:52.71\00:31:54.04
You got to think it
through a little bit,
00:31:54.08\00:31:55.41
kind of think about
00:31:55.44\00:31:56.78
what you're
gonna spend and so on.
00:31:56.81\00:31:58.15
Responsibility
to take care of it,
00:31:58.18\00:31:59.51
and the Bible talks about this.
00:31:59.55\00:32:00.88
It says, God says
00:32:00.92\00:32:02.25
I want you to
be a good and what?
00:32:02.28\00:32:03.62
Steward, a good steward.
00:32:03.65\00:32:05.99
What is the steward?
00:32:06.02\00:32:07.56
A steward would be somebody
that's taking care of something
00:32:07.59\00:32:10.13
right that he doesn't
own for somebody else.
00:32:10.16\00:32:12.99
So you are a
steward, and I am a steward,
00:32:13.03\00:32:15.06
I'm taking care of what?
00:32:15.10\00:32:17.03
Things that God has loaned
me, I'm taking care for Him,
00:32:17.07\00:32:20.54
and when He come
back what does He expect?
00:32:20.57\00:32:24.51
In Matthew Chapter 25,
00:32:24.54\00:32:25.87
is just a quick example of that,
00:32:25.91\00:32:27.24
you know, we won't go
into it, verses 14-27.
00:32:27.28\00:32:31.05
Matthew 25:14-27,
00:32:31.08\00:32:34.32
is about the
talent, you remember.
00:32:34.35\00:32:36.15
He gave one man what?
00:32:36.18\00:32:38.12
He gave one man five,
00:32:38.15\00:32:39.62
he gave another man
two and another one, one.
00:32:39.65\00:32:43.09
The five became
ten, the two became four,
00:32:43.12\00:32:47.60
the one became zero.
00:32:47.63\00:32:50.50
Did you get it?
00:32:50.53\00:32:51.87
Because God because
the one wouldn't hit it,
00:32:51.90\00:32:53.57
and he didn't want to invest,
he didn't want to do anything,
00:32:53.60\00:32:55.40
just want to get one
when the master come out here.
00:32:55.44\00:32:57.41
Hey, everybody, God
doesn't say, God said,
00:32:57.44\00:32:59.37
I don't know what they're about.
00:32:59.41\00:33:00.74
I want an interest.
00:33:00.78\00:33:04.71
But why?
00:33:04.75\00:33:06.08
Because God's
gonna do something.
00:33:06.11\00:33:08.05
He's gonna bless you.
00:33:08.08\00:33:10.69
So he took the one
and gave it to the guy
00:33:10.72\00:33:12.79
with the ten.
00:33:12.82\00:33:14.46
So he had more,
00:33:14.49\00:33:16.86
that's God,
there's still good news.
00:33:16.89\00:33:20.20
Here's my, here's
what people say some time.
00:33:20.23\00:33:22.26
Well, I don't have any
talents, I don't have any gifts.
00:33:22.30\00:33:26.00
Somebody say, I
don't have any gifts.
00:33:26.03\00:33:27.37
I don't have any
talents, there's nothing.
00:33:27.40\00:33:30.84
Is because maybe they've never
read the passage of scripture
00:33:30.87\00:33:33.68
that we should
probably read today.
00:33:33.71\00:33:35.98
1 Peter 4:10,
00:33:36.01\00:33:39.31
makes it very, very, very clear.
00:33:39.35\00:33:41.28
"Every man has received."
00:33:41.32\00:33:44.59
Did you get it?
00:33:44.62\00:33:46.02
We know at least one.
00:33:46.05\00:33:47.39
But it makes it clear,
"Every man has received."
00:33:47.42\00:33:49.96
So every person has
received at least one gift,
00:33:49.99\00:33:52.33
one talent,
whatever that might be.
00:33:52.36\00:33:54.10
You'll say well, I
don't know what that is.
00:33:54.13\00:33:56.03
Remember a gift, or a talent.
00:33:56.06\00:33:58.07
It could be a
religious endowment.
00:33:58.10\00:34:01.70
A talent could be
very much example,
00:34:01.74\00:34:04.14
somebody say,
well, you account here.
00:34:04.17\00:34:05.57
How about a good mind?
00:34:05.61\00:34:07.84
I'd like to have a good mind.
00:34:07.88\00:34:09.34
Man!
00:34:09.38\00:34:10.71
What a blessing that,
00:34:10.75\00:34:12.08
what a gift that
is to have a good mind
00:34:12.11\00:34:13.88
that works good
and can remember well.
00:34:13.92\00:34:16.25
These are good,
that's a good gift,
00:34:16.28\00:34:17.79
that's a talent.
00:34:17.82\00:34:19.15
How about time?
00:34:19.19\00:34:20.52
And certainly money,
00:34:20.56\00:34:22.52
strength, willing
heart, willing mind,
00:34:22.56\00:34:26.39
person that's good,
00:34:26.43\00:34:27.90
people that like to
invite you and take care of you,
00:34:27.93\00:34:30.20
these are gifts from God.
00:34:30.23\00:34:32.13
Now remember, if
these are gifts from God,
00:34:32.17\00:34:34.27
in other words, if
you have a good mind,
00:34:34.30\00:34:36.57
what you got to
go around bragging
00:34:36.60\00:34:38.21
about I've got a good
mind, you tell, I got a mind.
00:34:38.24\00:34:40.84
You know, IQ
really, really great.
00:34:40.88\00:34:43.41
You didn't have no IQ,
God loans you that mind.
00:34:43.45\00:34:47.48
You didn't make yourself,
you didn't make your own mind.
00:34:47.52\00:34:49.68
Did you?
00:34:49.72\00:34:51.05
Some says, what do we have
to, what we have to brag about?
00:34:51.09\00:34:52.95
Nothing, except if you have
a good mind, give God praise.
00:34:52.99\00:34:55.86
That's a talent, that's a gift.
00:34:55.89\00:34:57.49
Thank You, Lord, for
you've given me this gift
00:34:57.53\00:35:00.46
because I know this
because the Bible says so.
00:35:00.50\00:35:03.87
It's found in James 1:17.
00:35:03.90\00:35:05.80
The Bible says,
"Every good gift," what?
00:35:05.83\00:35:08.90
"And every perfect
gift comes from," what?
00:35:08.94\00:35:12.01
"From above."
00:35:12.04\00:35:14.44
And, of course,
that comes down right,
00:35:14.48\00:35:16.34
out of heaven.
00:35:16.38\00:35:17.71
Yeah, it comes down for life.
00:35:17.75\00:35:19.08
That's right. This is beautiful.
00:35:19.11\00:35:20.45
So every good
gift, every perfect gift
00:35:20.48\00:35:22.68
is from above.
00:35:22.72\00:35:24.05
So if you look at it as a gift,
00:35:24.09\00:35:25.55
then you say, oh,
it comes from God,
00:35:25.59\00:35:28.19
looks like I have nothing again.
00:35:28.22\00:35:29.99
Everything is from God. Good.
00:35:30.03\00:35:31.83
Gifts and talents
then are from God.
00:35:31.86\00:35:34.30
But you know what?
00:35:34.33\00:35:35.66
They are to be
used to help others,
00:35:35.70\00:35:39.83
not only just, it
takes care of yourself.
00:35:39.87\00:35:41.84
Absolutely true.
00:35:41.87\00:35:43.20
But if you really begin to
read and study the Word of God,
00:35:43.24\00:35:45.01
what God wants us to do
00:35:45.04\00:35:46.47
is everything that you don't
need to take care of yourself
00:35:46.51\00:35:49.54
and take care of your family,
00:35:49.58\00:35:50.91
needs to be put
into the cause of Christ
00:35:50.95\00:35:52.98
to win souls in
the kingdom of God.
00:35:53.01\00:35:54.95
Where your treasure is,
there your heart will be also.
00:35:54.98\00:35:57.75
You know, how many
of us really think,
00:35:57.79\00:35:59.12
I'm thinking about myself.
00:35:59.15\00:36:00.49
I'm getting...
00:36:00.52\00:36:01.86
Is it okay, say sick and tired.
00:36:01.89\00:36:03.73
I'm gonna say it anyway.
00:36:03.76\00:36:05.33
I'm sick and tired.
00:36:05.36\00:36:07.63
When somebody is
not gonna dig this.
00:36:07.66\00:36:10.60
Get sick and tired.
00:36:10.63\00:36:11.97
I think, I'm looking out here
00:36:12.00\00:36:13.34
and I look out here in a hallway
00:36:13.37\00:36:14.70
at different things
00:36:14.74\00:36:16.07
and I see the
carpet all messed up.
00:36:16.10\00:36:17.44
I see stains and stuff
on the floor right there.
00:36:17.47\00:36:19.07
And I think how sad
that is but you know what?
00:36:19.11\00:36:20.98
I haven't done
anything about it,
00:36:21.01\00:36:22.61
but I guarantee I'm
going to by the grace of God.
00:36:22.64\00:36:24.91
You know, why?
00:36:24.95\00:36:26.28
Because I will not
tolerate that in my house.
00:36:26.31\00:36:28.88
In my own personal home
if it's like that, I do God,
00:36:28.92\00:36:31.49
well, you don't
have the money do it.
00:36:31.52\00:36:32.85
I'll find a way to get
the money to have it changed.
00:36:32.89\00:36:34.99
Are somebody with me?
00:36:35.02\00:36:36.52
I'm as well just sit
down, there is no use.
00:36:36.56\00:36:38.99
Think about it with me.
00:36:39.03\00:36:41.20
We will find a way
to buy the new couch.
00:36:41.23\00:36:45.10
Can I say the big screen?
00:36:45.13\00:36:49.14
We can't give $5 to the church.
00:36:49.17\00:36:51.24
But I can go and spend
2000 on the big screen.
00:36:51.27\00:36:53.41
Are you still with me?
00:36:53.44\00:36:55.21
Now I mean, if
somebody had money
00:36:55.24\00:36:56.58
and they can have big screen,
00:36:56.61\00:36:57.95
I'm saying there's
nothing wrong with that,
00:36:57.98\00:36:59.31
but they have
to give to God too.
00:36:59.35\00:37:02.68
How long would
we put up with stuff
00:37:02.72\00:37:04.42
that we see around
here deteriorating?
00:37:04.45\00:37:07.42
Well, we don't have
the money do it with, what?
00:37:07.46\00:37:10.13
We have to trust
God and move in faith
00:37:10.16\00:37:12.03
that He's
promised to do something,
00:37:12.06\00:37:13.56
after we begin to
move out on this thing.
00:37:13.60\00:37:17.20
What do you do?
God gives you finances.
00:37:17.23\00:37:18.97
And again this is
not about tithing issue.
00:37:19.00\00:37:21.30
But first thing we do,
if we didn't bring this up,
00:37:21.34\00:37:23.51
it would not be
fair in this study
00:37:23.54\00:37:26.01
because God says in Malachi
3:10, tells us what to do.
00:37:26.04\00:37:29.04
Do you remember that?
00:37:29.08\00:37:31.01
What does God expect
from me when He blesses me?
00:37:31.05\00:37:34.75
And give, bringing, thank
you all the tithes into the...
00:37:34.78\00:37:37.72
Somebody stay with me on this.
00:37:37.75\00:37:39.09
"Bring you all the
tithes into the storehouse."
00:37:39.12\00:37:42.12
You know, what storehouse is?
00:37:42.16\00:37:43.86
It talked about in the Hebrew.
00:37:43.89\00:37:46.29
In the Hebrew, it
says a place to deposit,
00:37:46.33\00:37:50.30
a place to store it.
00:37:50.33\00:37:53.17
And there is no mailing address
00:37:53.20\00:37:59.14
on that one.
00:37:59.17\00:38:00.51
Some of you won't
get that till next week.
00:38:00.54\00:38:03.95
But it's good to think
about, that's what it says why?
00:38:03.98\00:38:06.95
'Cause too many read something
and they try to make it say,
00:38:06.98\00:38:09.58
what it doesn't say.
00:38:09.62\00:38:11.55
Let's not do that, let's just
what it says, it says, right?
00:38:11.59\00:38:14.09
Let's just deal with it.
00:38:14.12\00:38:16.22
Is that all right?
Let's just deal with it.
00:38:16.26\00:38:18.19
People say, well, we
don't know what storehouse is.
00:38:18.23\00:38:20.53
Storehouse is where you deposit
00:38:20.56\00:38:22.16
or where you put
for the cause of God,
00:38:22.20\00:38:25.30
work of God.
00:38:25.33\00:38:27.74
Though I, "Bring
ye all the tithes
00:38:27.77\00:38:29.10
into the storehouse,
00:38:29.14\00:38:30.47
that there may be
meat in mine house."
00:38:30.51\00:38:32.27
that means food,
translation is food,
00:38:32.31\00:38:34.74
that means, I like
this, that means fresh food.
00:38:34.78\00:38:38.38
They're gonna be fresh food.
00:38:38.41\00:38:39.81
And one of it is
leaf or leafy food.
00:38:39.85\00:38:42.72
Don't like vegetarian, we don't.
00:38:42.75\00:38:45.65
Good stuff anyway. Did
you get it, in mine house?
00:38:45.69\00:38:48.36
And then prove me
or give a test to me
00:38:48.39\00:38:50.66
for we say at the Lord
00:38:50.69\00:38:52.03
that I will not open
the windows of heaven.
00:38:52.06\00:38:54.03
You know this and pour out what?
00:38:54.06\00:38:55.76
Blessings, that there shall
not be room enough to receive.
00:38:55.80\00:38:58.60
I mean, how many
want that? I want that.
00:38:58.63\00:39:01.30
I want to open those windows up
00:39:01.34\00:39:02.80
and just let those
blessings just come out.
00:39:02.84\00:39:04.74
God said, I'm gonna open them up
00:39:04.77\00:39:06.24
and I'm just
going to pour them out,
00:39:06.27\00:39:08.24
so fast and so quick, you
can't receive them at all.
00:39:08.28\00:39:11.01
There's not enough
banks to hold it off.
00:39:11.05\00:39:12.51
Somebody is not there.
00:39:12.55\00:39:14.82
God could do that. Could He not?
00:39:14.85\00:39:16.72
If He chooses to do that,
you know what it is with me.
00:39:16.75\00:39:19.39
I don't, I guess,
he didn't trust me.
00:39:19.42\00:39:22.76
People say, well, I
like to read, well, I'm...
00:39:22.79\00:39:25.49
I've been praying the
Lord to make me trustworthy.
00:39:25.53\00:39:29.73
Because you realize what is,
00:39:29.76\00:39:31.10
sometime when you
have money in lottery,
00:39:31.13\00:39:32.77
you know, people
win lot of money there,
00:39:32.80\00:39:34.24
it ruins their whole life.
00:39:34.27\00:39:35.90
If you ever read there,
where people win the lottery
00:39:35.94\00:39:37.61
in different things
00:39:37.64\00:39:39.34
and you go check
with them a year or later
00:39:39.37\00:39:40.78
and they spent
millions, their life is ruined,
00:39:40.81\00:39:43.45
families torn apart.
00:39:43.48\00:39:44.81
Money's not the answer
00:39:44.85\00:39:46.31
but the blessings of God
00:39:46.35\00:39:47.68
on what He sees fit to give you.
00:39:47.72\00:39:50.39
And He'll
continue to multiply that
00:39:50.42\00:39:51.75
if we use it the proper way.
00:39:51.79\00:39:54.62
You say, well, I
don't know quickly well,
00:39:54.66\00:39:56.26
I don't know about, you
know, what I give what...
00:39:56.29\00:39:59.56
In the New
Testament, Hebrews 7:2-4.
00:39:59.59\00:40:03.06
It talks about
Abraham, gave it to Him,
00:40:03.10\00:40:05.70
that means the tithe, right?
00:40:05.73\00:40:07.07
He gave it to Him.
00:40:07.10\00:40:08.57
You say, you give
it, we owe that to God,
00:40:08.60\00:40:10.61
God has demanded that, a tenth.
00:40:10.64\00:40:12.47
So it becomes very, very clear.
00:40:12.51\00:40:14.61
In Leviticus 27:32,
it talks about there
00:40:14.64\00:40:20.02
"The tenth of your tithe
shall be holy unto the Lord."
00:40:20.05\00:40:22.88
That means it's
not yours, is it?
00:40:22.92\00:40:24.25
It belongs to Him,
it's holy unto the Lord.
00:40:24.29\00:40:27.26
People say, well,
your New Testament tithing,
00:40:27.29\00:40:28.62
you know what?
00:40:28.66\00:40:29.99
They're looking for
ways to continue to rob God
00:40:30.03\00:40:32.79
and ease their conscience.
00:40:32.83\00:40:34.86
Can't do that.
00:40:34.90\00:40:36.23
Do you remember Jesus
talking about tithing Himself,
00:40:36.26\00:40:38.00
you remember in Matthew 23:23,
00:40:38.03\00:40:40.40
He said, "You're
paying tithe," on what?"
00:40:40.44\00:40:44.04
Remember, we're
talking about anise and cumin
00:40:44.07\00:40:46.01
and so on, so forth, right?
00:40:46.04\00:40:50.28
Yeah, He's talking
about paying and He said,
00:40:50.31\00:40:51.91
"You should not do one,
and leave the other," what?
00:40:51.95\00:40:55.12
"Another undone." Very good.
00:40:55.15\00:40:56.48
Let me read that to you
00:40:56.52\00:40:57.85
so we don't get
confused anybody else
00:40:57.89\00:40:59.95
and myself too.
00:40:59.99\00:41:01.32
Notice what it says,
this becomes very clear.
00:41:01.36\00:41:03.29
Jesus teaching, they say
it's not in the New Testament,
00:41:03.32\00:41:05.59
well, we've got
some problems here.
00:41:05.63\00:41:07.76
Matthew 23:23, He said,
00:41:07.80\00:41:09.56
"Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees,
00:41:09.60\00:41:11.37
hypocrites!"
00:41:11.40\00:41:12.73
Man, if you get
up here in the pulpit
00:41:12.77\00:41:14.10
and call everybody,
00:41:14.14\00:41:15.47
you hypocrites,
that everybody walk out,
00:41:15.50\00:41:16.84
and leave, and get
offended, and get hurt.
00:41:16.87\00:41:18.87
Snakes and Vipers oh, my,
00:41:22.14\00:41:24.78
"Woe unto you scribes and
Pharisees, and hypocrites!
00:41:24.81\00:41:27.42
You pay tithe," right?
00:41:27.45\00:41:29.28
"Of mint and anise and cumin
00:41:29.32\00:41:31.65
and have omitted
the weightier matters,"
00:41:31.69\00:41:33.32
which is what?
00:41:33.36\00:41:34.69
"The law,
judgment, mercy and faith."
00:41:34.72\00:41:37.79
Jesus goes on to say,
00:41:37.83\00:41:39.16
"These out ye to have done
and not leave the other," what?
00:41:39.19\00:41:43.40
"Undone."
00:41:43.43\00:41:44.83
There it is, right
there talking about tithing.
00:41:44.87\00:41:47.50
Don't leave the other undone.
00:41:47.54\00:41:48.94
Sabbath School Worker
in 2/21/1905 said this,
00:41:52.07\00:41:56.48
notice how this might fit.
00:41:56.51\00:41:57.85
I know it's
taking some time on it,
00:41:57.88\00:41:59.21
probably should
have been two parts
00:41:59.25\00:42:00.58
because there's so
much information on this
00:42:00.62\00:42:01.95
but so then what, the
Sabbath School Worker,
00:42:01.98\00:42:04.65
I mean says this,
00:42:04.69\00:42:06.12
and maybe you've
seen this happen.
00:42:06.15\00:42:08.26
That somehow you make
money or you make good money,
00:42:08.29\00:42:11.19
but there's just
not enough to go around
00:42:11.23\00:42:13.43
and everything you go to
do, it seemed like it backfires,
00:42:13.46\00:42:16.30
and you end up losing it,
and it just didn't come back.
00:42:16.33\00:42:18.73
There's a lot of different
reasons for different things
00:42:18.77\00:42:20.44
so I don't think it
just fits for everybody.
00:42:20.47\00:42:22.97
But, you know, we just
can't seem to make ends meet.
00:42:23.00\00:42:26.01
We're making good
money, why we're not able to?
00:42:26.04\00:42:27.78
Maybe we're not
doing the right thing
00:42:27.81\00:42:29.18
with what God has lend us.
00:42:29.21\00:42:31.81
There's
conditions to the blessings
00:42:31.85\00:42:33.75
and the
window's being opened up.
00:42:33.78\00:42:35.62
Notice what this says,
00:42:35.65\00:42:36.99
"Those who are selfishly
withholding their means
00:42:37.02\00:42:39.92
need not be surprised..."
00:42:39.95\00:42:41.59
Is somebody with
me, don't be surprised,
00:42:41.62\00:42:44.29
if you're
withholding your means.
00:42:44.33\00:42:47.60
"If God's hand
scatters your possessions.
00:42:47.63\00:42:51.73
That which
should have been devoted
00:42:51.77\00:42:53.40
to the advancement
of his work and cause,
00:42:53.44\00:42:56.27
but which has been withheld,
00:42:56.30\00:42:58.31
maybe in various
ways be taken away."
00:42:58.34\00:43:01.44
Majority of people in
the world today it's said,
00:43:04.95\00:43:07.72
live from paycheck to paycheck,
00:43:07.75\00:43:10.75
hand to mouth,
that's all they could do.
00:43:10.79\00:43:13.12
And maybe that's the
way it's meant to be,
00:43:13.15\00:43:14.49
and you're still faithful,
and so on and so forth.
00:43:14.52\00:43:16.12
But, you know, that's
what maybe God has in mind.
00:43:16.16\00:43:18.53
But there are many
00:43:18.56\00:43:20.30
and could do
better with God's blessing
00:43:20.33\00:43:23.23
if they would
do the right thing.
00:43:23.26\00:43:24.60
God wants us.
00:43:24.63\00:43:25.97
It's very clear
we're accountable to God
00:43:26.00\00:43:28.00
for what He provides.
00:43:28.04\00:43:29.74
And we should be
willing to return that portion
00:43:29.77\00:43:31.77
back to Him,
00:43:31.81\00:43:33.14
remember 10%
tithe, and also what?
00:43:33.17\00:43:35.61
An offering.
00:43:35.64\00:43:36.98
The audacity for
us to come to church
00:43:37.01\00:43:38.65
without bringing
an offering to God,
00:43:38.68\00:43:40.92
think about it.
00:43:40.95\00:43:42.28
Oh, I'll give an offering,
00:43:42.32\00:43:43.65
you know, best
thing for us to do
00:43:43.69\00:43:45.02
I found out myself
00:43:45.05\00:43:46.39
because I've been
cheating God a lot.
00:43:46.42\00:43:49.26
I'll just throw in
$1 for an offering.
00:43:49.29\00:43:51.29
Offering are for the
blessings that He gives us.
00:43:51.33\00:43:54.63
That makes sense.
00:43:54.66\00:43:56.00
So are we thankful for
the roof over our head?
00:43:56.03\00:43:58.13
Are we thankful for automobile?
00:43:58.17\00:43:59.70
Are we thankful
for all the good things
00:43:59.73\00:44:01.57
that God has given us every day?
00:44:01.60\00:44:03.04
Then how in the world
can we put a quarter in
00:44:03.07\00:44:04.41
on Sabbath,
00:44:04.44\00:44:05.77
and say this is
for the blessings.
00:44:05.81\00:44:07.58
The offering proves,
00:44:07.61\00:44:09.41
God says, 10% that's
Mine, anyway, that's holy.
00:44:09.44\00:44:13.35
But now I'm going to see
how much you really love Me
00:44:13.38\00:44:15.88
because I'm gonna
let you breathe my air,
00:44:15.92\00:44:18.69
I'm gonna let
you plant your seed
00:44:18.72\00:44:20.06
and I'm going to
cause it to grow and sprout
00:44:20.09\00:44:22.22
and bring forth fruit.
00:44:22.26\00:44:24.89
Think about it,
the food is mine,
00:44:24.93\00:44:27.00
nothing grow, the rain
is mine, everything is.
00:44:27.03\00:44:29.43
Now I'm going to see
how much you like it,
00:44:29.46\00:44:31.63
and what will you
like to give back?
00:44:31.67\00:44:36.34
See how we've been selfish.
00:44:36.37\00:44:38.17
So sometimes, it's like for us,
00:44:38.21\00:44:39.54
we like to put a
percentage on it,
00:44:39.57\00:44:41.24
so that we don't cheat God.
00:44:41.28\00:44:43.38
It doesn't say how
much, I'm not trying to beat,
00:44:43.41\00:44:45.15
I'm just thinking
about it might be good.
00:44:45.18\00:44:46.95
Well, I'm gonna put 3%
00:44:46.98\00:44:48.62
or I'm going to
give 5% as an offering
00:44:48.65\00:44:51.25
because that way I
know they won't be,
00:44:51.29\00:44:54.89
want to see what I've got here.
00:44:54.92\00:44:56.52
It's very
important 'cause we can't say
00:44:56.56\00:44:59.16
we appreciate the
blessings He gives,
00:44:59.19\00:45:00.70
and then we're not
willing to give back.
00:45:00.73\00:45:03.03
Right?
00:45:03.06\00:45:04.40
Let's just think about that,
00:45:04.43\00:45:05.77
not that anybody
here's doing that,
00:45:05.80\00:45:07.14
but it's food for thought.
00:45:07.17\00:45:08.50
There may a lot
of other people here.
00:45:08.54\00:45:09.87
Bible says we're to give, what?
00:45:09.90\00:45:11.24
How are we to give, a long face?
00:45:11.27\00:45:12.61
Give cheerfully is
what the Bible said.
00:45:12.64\00:45:14.04
When we give, we
give make it happy,
00:45:14.08\00:45:15.88
2 Corinthians 9:7
says, 2 Corinthians 9:7
00:45:15.91\00:45:19.48
"Every man according as
he purposeth in his heart,
00:45:19.51\00:45:22.78
so let him give, not," what?
00:45:22.82\00:45:25.99
"Grudgingly or out of necessity,
00:45:26.02\00:45:28.52
for God loveth
a cheerful giver."
00:45:28.56\00:45:31.49
When we give, yes, right?
00:45:31.53\00:45:34.56
Sitting down and
making our tithe check, yes.
00:45:34.60\00:45:36.77
Why?
00:45:36.80\00:45:38.13
Because God said,
I'm going to bless that.
00:45:38.17\00:45:40.97
I'm going to bless it
more than you can give,
00:45:41.00\00:45:42.84
I'm going to bless it,
00:45:42.87\00:45:44.21
I'm gonna make
it come back to you
00:45:44.24\00:45:45.57
so many different
ways you have no idea.
00:45:45.61\00:45:48.64
I will say that before
00:45:48.68\00:45:50.01
I used to have a push
power mower for years,
00:45:50.05\00:45:53.05
when I was younger.
00:45:53.08\00:45:54.65
And always paid
tithe when I cut the lawns
00:45:54.68\00:45:56.69
and different things as a kid,
00:45:56.72\00:45:58.35
and I could not
wear out that lawn mower.
00:45:58.39\00:46:01.89
I mowed so many lawns,
that the tires fell off of it
00:46:01.92\00:46:06.43
and I had to buy new tires.
00:46:06.46\00:46:08.26
But that motor was just humming,
00:46:08.30\00:46:10.63
first little crank,
00:46:10.67\00:46:12.10
start and just
go, and go, and go,
00:46:12.13\00:46:14.74
then it began, the
frame begin to rust
00:46:14.77\00:46:16.97
until the motor failed plumping
on through to the ground.
00:46:17.01\00:46:19.47
I could crank it and
that baby would just hum.
00:46:19.51\00:46:23.24
God was blessing.
00:46:23.28\00:46:24.81
He may not do
through other things
00:46:24.85\00:46:26.35
but He's blessing that more.
00:46:26.38\00:46:28.08
He's blessing the refrigerator,
00:46:28.12\00:46:29.58
He's blessing
your air conditioner,
00:46:29.62\00:46:30.95
things that you don't know
00:46:30.99\00:46:32.32
that could blow up in your face.
00:46:32.35\00:46:33.69
God is doing that,
get cheerful giver,
00:46:33.72\00:46:36.62
give according to
every man purposely said,
00:46:36.66\00:46:38.49
or men chooses or
intended in his heart,
00:46:38.53\00:46:41.36
they did not give grudgingly.
00:46:41.40\00:46:42.86
That means don't give
with a sad, long face.
00:46:42.90\00:46:45.67
Don't be sad about it.
00:46:45.70\00:46:47.04
Thank you, Lord, that
I'm able to give back to you.
00:46:47.07\00:46:49.20
He loves a cheerful
giver, think about that.
00:46:49.24\00:46:52.94
Or imagine don't
give of necessity.
00:46:52.97\00:46:54.98
What does that mean?
00:46:55.01\00:46:56.34
When He says don't give
grudgingly or of necessity?
00:46:56.38\00:46:58.71
That means in distress,
00:46:58.75\00:47:00.48
it's stressing me out
that I have to pay tithe,
00:47:00.52\00:47:02.42
it's stressing me out
that I have to give offering.
00:47:02.45\00:47:04.22
No, God said, don't
give that way or oh,
00:47:04.25\00:47:07.49
I have to do it, if I
don't do at the church...
00:47:07.52\00:47:11.33
You have more to
answer to Him than the church,
00:47:11.36\00:47:13.06
I can tell you that, I do too.
00:47:13.09\00:47:15.13
Bible says in Luke 6:38 simply
"Give and it shall be," what?
00:47:15.16\00:47:20.80
"Give and it shall
be given unto you."
00:47:20.84\00:47:24.54
We see that
when we give, I mean,
00:47:24.57\00:47:25.91
overflowing we see that.
00:47:25.94\00:47:28.08
We give, God gives back to us.
00:47:28.11\00:47:30.08
Now is that...
00:47:30.11\00:47:31.45
Sometimes I know that
God sometime gives us things,
00:47:31.48\00:47:34.58
so that we can
give them to others.
00:47:34.62\00:47:38.12
Let's be careful
about all of these things.
00:47:38.15\00:47:39.95
And God will make sure
that He leads and guides us
00:47:39.99\00:47:42.12
in the right way.
00:47:42.16\00:47:43.83
We give so that we
can give to other people.
00:47:43.86\00:47:47.86
He actually means sometime
when He gives you something
00:47:47.90\00:47:49.86
that you may
keep it for yourself.
00:47:49.90\00:47:52.73
Is somebody there with me?
00:47:52.77\00:47:55.14
You don't have to
give everything away.
00:47:55.17\00:47:57.27
There's got to be
a good balance there,
00:47:57.31\00:47:59.74
just keep it for yourself
00:47:59.77\00:48:01.34
for His honor,
and for His glory.
00:48:01.38\00:48:03.98
But I think this,
00:48:04.01\00:48:05.35
when He does
give you those things,
00:48:05.38\00:48:06.85
it's good for us
to hold it loosely
00:48:06.88\00:48:09.55
in our hand what He gives us,
00:48:09.58\00:48:11.59
so that we can when
He says give it away,
00:48:11.62\00:48:13.92
we give it away
without, not be grudging.
00:48:13.96\00:48:18.03
Hold it loosely,
00:48:18.06\00:48:19.39
what He allows you to
keep, hold it loosely.
00:48:19.43\00:48:20.76
Don't get that death grip on.
I'm not gonna let it go, man.
00:48:20.80\00:48:22.73
I've got to have this.
00:48:22.76\00:48:24.10
In this study it's
about God's goodness,
00:48:27.20\00:48:29.04
I want you to see
that's about God's goodness,
00:48:29.07\00:48:31.51
how He supplies our needs,
and how He gives us blessings,
00:48:31.54\00:48:34.54
it's certainly including money,
00:48:34.58\00:48:36.44
as my grandpa used to say,
00:48:36.48\00:48:38.11
"To see how you're
going to act, Kenny."
00:48:38.15\00:48:40.08
Did anybody get that?
00:48:40.12\00:48:43.18
He used to give me a
shovel and put me in the barn
00:48:43.22\00:48:46.39
with the corn.
00:48:46.42\00:48:47.82
He gave me a shovel and he said,
00:48:47.86\00:48:49.19
now, I'm gonna see
how you're gonna act.
00:48:49.22\00:48:50.56
Well, I knew right then,
00:48:50.59\00:48:51.93
I better shovel
for all I'm worth.
00:48:51.96\00:48:53.83
That's how I'm gonna
act, I better shovel.
00:48:53.86\00:48:55.70
God lends us this
stuff and then He says to me,
00:48:55.73\00:48:57.63
He says to you,
00:48:57.67\00:48:59.00
Levi, how you're
going to act with it?
00:48:59.03\00:49:00.94
Brother Kenny, how
you're going to act with it?
00:49:00.97\00:49:02.80
Everyone, how are you going
to act with these blessings?
00:49:02.84\00:49:05.34
I give them to you as a
test. How are you going to do?
00:49:05.37\00:49:07.28
There's
conditions of being blessed,
00:49:07.31\00:49:09.64
we know that.
00:49:09.68\00:49:11.01
Deuteronomy
30:19, notice it says,
00:49:11.05\00:49:14.32
"I set before you," what?
00:49:14.35\00:49:15.82
"Life and death and
blessings and curse."
00:49:15.85\00:49:18.15
So God sets
those things before us
00:49:18.19\00:49:19.75
and then we make a
choice, what it's going to be.
00:49:19.79\00:49:22.16
You know, if we
do what God said,
00:49:22.19\00:49:23.53
that's condition.
00:49:23.56\00:49:24.89
If we do what God
says, we're gonna be blessed.
00:49:24.93\00:49:26.26
If we don't do what
God has asked us to do,
00:49:26.29\00:49:27.63
we're not going to be blessed.
00:49:27.66\00:49:29.00
God cannot do for us.
00:49:29.03\00:49:32.33
You see, if we don't follow,
00:49:32.37\00:49:34.24
what He has
said, His conditions.
00:49:34.27\00:49:36.34
I think that
makes a lot of sense.
00:49:36.37\00:49:37.71
I think it really does.
00:49:37.74\00:49:39.24
Scripture teaches this clearly,
Matthew 7:11 teaches clearly,
00:49:39.27\00:49:43.68
"If ye then, being evil,
know how to get good gifts,"
00:49:43.71\00:49:46.88
you remember this
one, "to your children,
00:49:46.92\00:49:48.98
how much more shall your
heavenly Father in heaven
00:49:49.02\00:49:52.15
give good things
to them that ask Him?"
00:49:52.19\00:49:54.89
God wants to give us things.
00:49:54.92\00:49:56.96
God wants us to have things.
00:49:56.99\00:49:58.83
There's nothing
wrong with having things.
00:49:58.86\00:50:01.23
There's nothing wrong with it.
00:50:01.26\00:50:02.60
But do we know how to use
them to His honor and His glory.
00:50:02.63\00:50:06.37
He can give some
people an awful lot of stuff
00:50:06.40\00:50:08.74
because they
contentedly give back,
00:50:08.77\00:50:10.81
and give back, and give
back, and it just keeps flowing.
00:50:10.84\00:50:14.18
Remember, the one
who asked us to give
00:50:14.21\00:50:15.74
is the one who
gives us to begin with.
00:50:15.78\00:50:19.08
Think about it.
00:50:19.11\00:50:20.45
I mean, this is something
we need to really think,
00:50:23.82\00:50:25.69
the Bible said we just need
to, was it Matthew 7:7, it says,
00:50:25.72\00:50:28.59
"Ask and it shall be
given unto you," do what?
00:50:28.62\00:50:32.59
Yeah, yeah.
00:50:32.63\00:50:33.96
"Seek and you shall find,
00:50:34.00\00:50:35.33
knock and it
shall be opened to you."
00:50:35.36\00:50:37.60
The gospel said
all we have to do
00:50:37.63\00:50:38.97
is ask in faith believing.
00:50:39.00\00:50:41.54
This is simple is it,
if you think about it.
00:50:41.57\00:50:44.31
Nothing wavering, James 1:6,
00:50:44.34\00:50:49.04
"Let us ask in
faith, nothing wavering."
00:50:49.08\00:50:52.15
That means we're not staggering
at the promises of God.
00:50:52.18\00:50:55.65
We're not staggering,
00:50:55.68\00:50:57.02
when God asked
us to do something.
00:50:57.05\00:50:58.72
We're not doubting when God says
00:50:58.75\00:51:00.32
that we need to be
doing these things.
00:51:00.36\00:51:01.99
We don't hesitate
00:51:02.02\00:51:03.73
when there's a need
00:51:03.76\00:51:05.09
and God has given us
that which we can help with.
00:51:05.13\00:51:07.76
We don't, we're
not staggering on that,
00:51:07.80\00:51:09.36
we're not going to hesitate.
00:51:09.40\00:51:11.23
Why?
00:51:11.27\00:51:12.60
I don't do because I believe
that God's behind every promise
00:51:12.63\00:51:14.27
that He's made.
00:51:14.30\00:51:15.64
If He said, ask, He means ask.
00:51:15.67\00:51:17.01
If you ask, He says
that's going to happen.
00:51:17.04\00:51:19.77
Well, maybe not
exactly where you would like it
00:51:19.81\00:51:21.54
but it's going to happen,
God's going to work it out.
00:51:21.58\00:51:23.35
Tests going to be given.
00:51:23.38\00:51:26.72
He's given us His word
00:51:26.75\00:51:28.08
that He's going to fulfill
the promises in the Bible
00:51:28.12\00:51:29.95
here for us, how good.
00:51:29.98\00:51:31.82
I'll ask you a
question, does God love you?
00:51:31.85\00:51:33.69
If I said today, do you really
believe that God loves you?
00:51:33.72\00:51:36.73
Yeah, yeah, we can't
deny it because He did what?
00:51:36.76\00:51:38.86
He gave his Only Son. I
mean, that's a simple answer.
00:51:38.89\00:51:41.06
Does God love me?
00:51:41.10\00:51:42.43
People say, God doesn't love me.
00:51:42.46\00:51:43.80
Yes, God love you.
00:51:43.83\00:51:45.17
Calvary proves that He loves
us with an everlasting love.
00:51:45.20\00:51:49.74
We dishonor, amen.
00:51:49.77\00:51:51.17
We dishonor God,
00:51:51.21\00:51:52.84
when we question
and doubt His promises.
00:51:52.87\00:51:55.38
So that's the only thing
00:51:55.41\00:51:56.75
keeps them from being fulfilled.
00:51:56.78\00:51:58.11
Are you getting me
what you're asking for
00:51:58.15\00:51:59.48
and praying for?
00:51:59.51\00:52:00.85
It's sometimes
because we use it wrongly,
00:52:00.88\00:52:02.22
or under what?
00:52:02.25\00:52:03.59
It's not for our best interest,
00:52:03.62\00:52:04.95
or we just don't have the faith.
00:52:04.99\00:52:07.42
We don't have the faith to
believe that God can do it.
00:52:07.46\00:52:09.42
We need to know
always that God can do it
00:52:09.46\00:52:11.56
regardless of what it is.
00:52:11.59\00:52:12.93
Person is sick, God
can heal, can He not?
00:52:12.96\00:52:15.33
God can touch, He can heal.
00:52:15.36\00:52:16.83
It's never too late for God.
00:52:16.87\00:52:18.53
He's always there.
He's always on time.
00:52:18.57\00:52:20.67
Never get discouraged
00:52:20.70\00:52:22.04
because if the
discouragement may come
00:52:22.07\00:52:23.84
because we don't have the
faith to put in operation,
00:52:23.87\00:52:26.54
that's what
moves the arm of God.
00:52:26.57\00:52:28.01
God help us to have faith.
00:52:28.04\00:52:29.54
Bible said,
"Faith cometh by," what?
00:52:29.58\00:52:31.45
"Faith comes by
hearing and hearing
00:52:31.48\00:52:33.05
by the Word of God."
00:52:33.08\00:52:34.42
You want more
faith, get into Word,
00:52:34.45\00:52:35.78
you can hear the Word of God,
00:52:35.82\00:52:37.15
come to the Sabbath
school, come to worship hour,
00:52:37.19\00:52:39.15
study in your home,
00:52:39.19\00:52:40.52
we can do your worship
of morning and evening,
00:52:40.56\00:52:42.66
and hear the Word of God,
00:52:42.69\00:52:44.03
and then faith
will be developed.
00:52:44.06\00:52:46.03
That you know that you
can ask in faith believing
00:52:46.06\00:52:48.30
and God's going to hear.
00:52:48.33\00:52:49.73
Yes, God loves you,
There's no doubt about it.
00:52:49.76\00:52:55.17
Solomon presents that, the ants,
00:52:55.20\00:52:57.77
you know, lot of time
we want to be blessed.
00:52:57.81\00:52:59.37
We want a lot of stuff,
00:52:59.41\00:53:00.74
but we don't
want to turn the tap.
00:53:00.78\00:53:02.51
We'll lay around and do nothing,
00:53:02.54\00:53:03.88
you're not going to
be blessed that way.
00:53:03.91\00:53:05.55
Solomon gives
that and I think in...
00:53:05.58\00:53:07.98
Was it Proverbs 6:6-11,
00:53:08.02\00:53:10.45
He gives the
illustration of the ants,
00:53:10.49\00:53:12.15
He said, go to the
ants and consider His way.
00:53:12.19\00:53:15.12
Look at the ant, how he works,
we should be able to work to
00:53:15.16\00:53:17.89
how much more He
loves each one of us.
00:53:17.93\00:53:20.60
4 Testimonies, quickly,
00:53:20.63\00:53:21.96
we're winding down
just a couple more minutes,
00:53:22.00\00:53:23.43
4 Testimonies 4:56 says,
00:53:23.47\00:53:25.53
"We may learn from
these little ant teachers
00:53:25.57\00:53:27.90
a lesson of faith.
00:53:27.94\00:53:29.50
Should we improve
with the same diligence
00:53:29.54\00:53:32.87
the faculties which are
00:53:32.91\00:53:34.24
and all-wise Creator
has bestowed upon us,
00:53:34.28\00:53:37.31
how greatly
would be our capacity
00:53:37.35\00:53:39.48
for usefulness be increased.
00:53:39.51\00:53:42.02
God's eyes upon the
smallest of His creatures,
00:53:42.05\00:53:45.65
does He not, then,
regard man formed in His image
00:53:45.69\00:53:50.43
require of him
corresponding returns
00:53:50.46\00:53:53.06
for all the
advantages that He has given?
00:53:53.09\00:53:55.56
Yes, He does.
00:53:55.60\00:53:58.07
Apostle Paul said,
00:53:58.10\00:53:59.73
talking about
the love of Christ.
00:53:59.77\00:54:01.17
He said, the love of
Christ constrainteth us.
00:54:01.20\00:54:04.14
Let the love of
Christ constrain you today.
00:54:04.17\00:54:07.58
What does that really mean?
00:54:07.61\00:54:09.24
The love of Christ compels me,
00:54:09.28\00:54:12.81
the love of
Christ holds me together,
00:54:12.85\00:54:18.25
the love of Christ sticks to us.
00:54:18.29\00:54:21.52
It should, should it not?
00:54:21.56\00:54:24.39
The love of
Christ keeps us together,
00:54:24.43\00:54:30.57
love of Christ, it's a principle
00:54:30.60\00:54:34.07
that we need to
have in our life.
00:54:34.10\00:54:37.27
You say, I don't have
much to give today as we close,
00:54:37.31\00:54:40.14
not even getting our
way through it at all.
00:54:40.18\00:54:42.31
But it's all
right, you'll catch it,
00:54:42.34\00:54:44.91
that this is
about God's goodness.
00:54:44.95\00:54:46.88
Be faithful to God,
00:54:46.92\00:54:48.25
God's going to
be faithful to you.
00:54:48.28\00:54:50.22
If you haven't
been, get faithful.
00:54:50.25\00:54:52.32
Now's the time you say,
00:54:52.35\00:54:54.12
well, I have been
faithful for years.
00:54:54.16\00:54:55.59
I encourage you to be
faithful from this moment on,
00:54:55.62\00:54:58.03
and then every week you
go back and start making up
00:54:58.06\00:55:00.23
where you haven't been faithful
because I guarantee you,
00:55:00.26\00:55:02.76
the gates of heaven
will be closed to any of us,
00:55:02.80\00:55:06.10
who have stolen from
God, anybody but from God.
00:55:06.13\00:55:09.37
The gates will be closed.
00:55:09.40\00:55:10.91
It's said the liar and a
thief will be outside the walls,
00:55:10.94\00:55:13.21
you don't have
to guess about it.
00:55:13.24\00:55:14.84
And remember, He
keeps a close eye upon
00:55:14.88\00:55:17.41
every account,
everything that's done,
00:55:17.45\00:55:20.18
God knows.
00:55:20.22\00:55:22.05
And do we love Him enough?
00:55:22.08\00:55:23.92
Do we love Him?
00:55:23.95\00:55:26.59
God says, when much is
given, much will be required.
00:55:26.62\00:55:29.39
If little given,
then little required.
00:55:29.42\00:55:31.89
So it's all balanced out.
00:55:31.93\00:55:33.26
May God help us to see today
00:55:33.29\00:55:35.26
that we need to
manage our money,
00:55:35.30\00:55:36.90
and manage it properly
00:55:36.93\00:55:38.43
according to what God says
that we need to do with it.
00:55:38.47\00:55:40.77
Let's pray quick prayer,
shall we before time runs out?
00:55:40.80\00:55:43.14
Let's just pray.
00:55:43.17\00:55:44.51
Father in heaven,
00:55:44.54\00:55:45.87
Thank you for
Your precious word.
00:55:45.91\00:55:47.24
Thank You that
You're reminding as our God,
00:55:47.28\00:55:48.61
You own everything.
00:55:48.64\00:55:49.98
And we would
certainly love You enough
00:55:50.01\00:55:51.35
that we want to respond
and give back to Your cause.
00:55:51.38\00:55:52.81
Thank You, Lord, for
hearing and answering prayer,
00:55:52.85\00:55:54.55
in Jesus' name, amen.
00:55:54.58\00:55:56.65
Well, God bless you.
00:55:56.69\00:55:58.02
And we're glad you
joined in for today.
00:55:58.05\00:55:59.45
Pray for us.
00:55:59.49\00:56:00.82
We needed your
continued support.
00:56:00.86\00:56:02.19
We thank you very much for that.
00:56:02.22\00:56:03.56
And we'll see you next time.
00:56:03.59\00:56:06.93
Welcome back.
00:56:06.96\00:56:08.30
No doubt, God is instructing us
00:56:08.33\00:56:10.27
to be faithful
stewards with our finances.
00:56:10.30\00:56:13.23
But in order to do that
00:56:13.27\00:56:14.74
our hearts need to be connected
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with His in love, compassion,
direction, and mercy.
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We must learn to pray
and to wait on His guidance
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before we act.
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And as always
remember to give back,
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give back with a
cheerful heart in our tithes
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and in our offerings to God.
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We pray that this
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to study again and again,
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