Hello and welcome to
Foundation Of Our Faith.
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We are pleased
that you are with us
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and if you are hearing my voice,
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it just may be that the
Lord wants you to stay with us
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during this hour so you
can receive the blessing
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that God has for you on this,
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your favorite program
Foundation Of Our Faith.
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My name is John Dinzey
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and I appreciate
that you are with us
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so that you can
receive the blessing
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that's coming
straight form God's Word.
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I would like to tell
you a little bit about
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what you have
missed up to this point
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because this is the
third in a series of four.
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And we have Dr. Roland Hill
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presented first the
message "It's done."
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Then we heard "Vision
delayed but not destroyed."
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That was
another powerful message
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and there were several
here that heard this message,
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I think we have
many new people today.
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If you were blessed
yesterday by the message,
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would you say amen?
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Amen, praise the Lord.
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Today the message is entitled,
"Wealth is in your worship."
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"Wealth is in your worship."
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If you're not
acquainted with Dr. Roland Hill,
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I would like to tell
you a little bit about him.
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He is a pastor in the
Allegheny East Conference
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and he is now 39
years in ministry,
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soon will be 40
years of ministry
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and the Lord has
used him in a mighty way
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to preach in
different places in the world.
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And he is
happily married 39 years
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with his wife Dr. Susie
that is from Honduras I hear
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and we hope to get her
on 3ABN Latino as well.
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And we are grateful to hear that
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he's very busy, he
has written 18 books
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but I think that
number will grow very soon.
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Dr. Roland Hill has a passion
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for bringing
people to Jesus Christ
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and presenting God's Word.
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So I would encourage
you to grab your Bible
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and join us
during this hour to hear
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this message from God's Word.
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Before he preaches this message,
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we're going to encourage
you to listen very carefully
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to the words of this message
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in song I would call
it, by our musical guest.
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Lyndon is with us.
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Lyndon Carriger is a person
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that is humbly giving
himself to ministry in music.
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I was encouraged as
I asked him yesterday
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because he literally
stepped out in faith.
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He left a job that had
a promising news career
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and he also was
involved in photography
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for this television station,
but the Lord said, Lyndon,
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it's time for you
to go into ministry.
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And Lyndon in prayer
with his wife decided
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that the time had come.
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And when they
firmly made this decision,
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you know, you begin to wonder,
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wait a minute I'm
getting a paycheck
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that I get every
week or every two weeks,
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what's gonna happen now?
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And so the Lord had the answer
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because very shortly
after that decision was made,
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he was offered a job
as a musical director
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in a local church
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and the Lord has
been taking care of him.
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Amen?
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Amen.
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Today, he will be a presenting
a message in song entitled
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"The Lord's prayer," and
I think you will be blessed
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as you hear him
bring this to us.
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I would like to encourage you
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to pay close
attention to the message today
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because it's a message
that will transform your life.
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And so
immediately after the song,
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Dr. Roland Hill will be with us.
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I would like to
invite you to please stand,
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we're going to have prayer.
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We're gonna ask for
the Lord to bless us.
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Amen.
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Let us pray together.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
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we want to thank
You for this opportunity
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that we have to hear
a message from heaven.
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And, Father, we thank You
for bringing Dr. Roland Hill.
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We thank You for
bringing Lyndon Carriger.
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We ask You,
Father, to use them both.
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Bless them with the Holy Spirit.
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Speak to us through them
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and we pray that as
we hear the message,
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you will help us to understand
what our responsibility is
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after we hear this message.
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We pray that You will
help us to enter into the joy
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that will be
presented to us in this message.
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We ask You,
Father, for these things
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in the name of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ.
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Amen, amen.
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You may be seated,
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we'll leave you
with brother Lyndon.
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God bless you.
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Our Father
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Which art in heaven
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Hallowed be
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Thy name
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Thy kingdom come
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Thy will be done
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On earth
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As it is in heaven
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Give us this day
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Our daily bread
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And forgive us
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Our debts
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As we forgive our debtors
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And lead us not into temptation
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But deliver us from evil
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For Thine is the kingdom
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And the power, and the glory
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Forever
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Amen
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Thy will be done
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On earth
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As it is in heaven
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Give us this day
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Our daily bread
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And forgive us
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Our debts
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As we forgive our debtors
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As we forgive our debtors
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And lead us not into temptation
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But deliver us from evil
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For Thine is the kingdom
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And the power
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And the glory
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Forever
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Amen
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Amen
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What a powerful, powerful song.
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I think we could say amen again.
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Amen.
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You can do a little
bit better than that, amen.
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Amen.
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God is so faithful
and God is so wonderful,
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it is exciting to
be in the house of God.
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It's exciting to hear God
speak in so many different ways.
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I invite you to turn with
me in your scripture today
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to one of my favorite
passages of scripture.
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Isaiah Chapter 28
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and I want you to
follow along as we read
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verses 13 and 14.
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Isaiah 58:13, 14
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a very familiar passage to some
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and it has become one of
the most powerful passages
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in my personal ministry and life
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as I've watched God explode
this passage of scripture.
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Isaiah 58:13, 14 "If
you turn away your foot
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from the Sabbath,
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from doing your
pleasure on My holy day,
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and call the Sabbath a delight,
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the holy day of
the Lord honorable,
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and shall honor Him,
not doing your own ways,
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nor finding your own pleasure,
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nor speaking your own words,
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then you shall
delight yourself in the Lord,
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and I will cause you to ride
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upon the high
places of the earth,
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and feed you with the
heritage of Jacob your father.
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The mouth of the
Lord has spoken."
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My message today is entitled
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"Wealth, it's in your
worship not in your works."
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I'll say it again,
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"Wealth is in your
worship not in your works."
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Father God, as we
spend this time in Your Word,
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we ask for a double
anointing of Your Spirit.
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We know that unless You speak,
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we will not hear,
unless You touch us
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we will not be transformed
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and we've come to be transformed
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under the
preaching of Your Word,
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so do it today in a special way
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is our prayer in
the name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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Wealth.
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It's a very intriguing word.
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In fact, wealth is
a captivating word.
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Wealth is a tantalizing
word, but I've discovered wealth
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is often a misunderstood word.
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You know for yourself that
there are ambivalent feelings
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and sometimes anxious feelings
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when we mention the word wealth,
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but I want to bless you today.
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I want to lift you up
and help you understand
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what the word of God has
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you and I to
understand about wealth.
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Listen carefully,
you would be excited
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when you hear this clear
word of God about wealth.
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"Wealth is what you
are, not what you have."
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Oh, I need to say that again.
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So you got to understand,
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"wealth is what you
are, not what you have."
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Can I infuse
with some energy today
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over the subject of
"wealth is in your worship
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not in your works"?
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I want you to
understand that you are wealth.
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And I said it, you are wealth.
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I want everyone
that hears this message
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to leave here understanding
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that you don't
have to chase wealth,
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you are wealth.
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Locked up inside of you
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is the divine ore
that gives you value,
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therefore allowing you
to give value to the world.
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So I say again
that you are wealth
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and you must say to
yourself, I am wealth.
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In fact, take the time right now
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and say, "I am wealth."
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Yeah, let's try that again
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because we struggle
with the word wealth,
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so we don't want to say it
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but I want you to know that
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you are wealth,
so say it with me.
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"I am wealth."
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You see, wealth is
really the assignment
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and allocation of value.
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That's what wealth is,
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it is the allocation
and assignment of value.
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And God assigned
value to all mankind.
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Yeah, I think that's important
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for my audience to
know, you have value
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and God created you with value.
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Listen now, in the beginning
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God created men
and he gave them value.
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He gave them value.
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Genesis 1:1 said, "In
the beginning God created"
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and in that creation
account God gave men value.
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Created- Genesis 1:26 says,
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"Created in the
image of God," value.
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I need to say that again,
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created in the image
of God, that's value.
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But further redeemed
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by the blood of
the Lamb, that's value.
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So no matter whether I
have a lot or I have a little
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or I have nothing
at all, I am wealth.
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You see, all
inanimate and animate objects,
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listen now, need
you to give it value.
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Oh, I'm gonna
share something with you,
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I hope you're ready for it.
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You see, you give
value to the world,
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the world doesn't
give value to you.
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I know a lot of
people love BMWs,
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they're nice cars.
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But I noticed
something about BMWs, that,
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what is it that
530i, the biggest one?
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It sits on the lot
and I asked the question,
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"What value does it have?"
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If it sits there for ten years,
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all it will do was
deteriorate and devaluate.
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Listen carefully
now, only when I get in it
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or you get in it
does it have value.
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Can I repeat myself again?
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You see, that car
has absolutely no value
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until I get in it,
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but we've gotten
it so messed up today
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that we give it value
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and then we need to drive
it in order to give us value.
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Yeah, have real mercy.
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You see, wealth
from this perspective
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is very difficult
for us to comprehend
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because wealth for
most of us is about
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the accumulation of property,
of money, and investments.
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So wealth is what
I've earned, not what I am.
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Oh, let me say that again.
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We struggle with this definition
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that wealth is the assignment
and allocation of value.
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So when we start
talking about wealth,
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we think in terms of
what we have accumulated.
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We think about what
we have and so wealth now
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is what we
earn, not what we are.
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The Genesis story counteracts
this thinking by declaring
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wealth is in your
worship, not in your works.
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Genesis 1:1 reading again.
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In fact, I want you to read it.
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I know you know it
but I want you to read it
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because this is
a powerful passage
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that sets the
basis for all value.
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Genesis 1:1 the
word of God says,
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"In the beginning
God created the heavens
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and the earth.
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God created the
heavens and the earth.
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God created the
heavens and the earth."
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I know that
that's being redundant
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but it is critical in an age
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when people think
that we have evolved.
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You see, God declares
from the very beginning
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that He is the
source of all value,
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therefore He is the
source and author of all wealth.
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He declares that I'm the one
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who brought this
world into existence.
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I am the one
that gives you value.
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Genesis Chapter 2,
turn with me there.
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Genesis 2:1,
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here again is a
powerful statement about
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what God has done.
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Genesis 2:1,
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"Thus the heavens and the earth,
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and all the host of
them, were finished.
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And on the seventh
day God ended His work
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which He had done,
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and He rested on the seventh day
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from all His work
which He had done.
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Then God blessed the seventh day
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and sanctified it
because in it He rested
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from all His work
which God created and made."
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Here is Hebrew parallelism.
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He says in verse 2,
"His work He had done,
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His work He had done."
00:20:36.07\00:20:39.67
And then in verse 3 he says,
00:20:39.70\00:20:41.43
"His work God had
created and made."
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Notice the stress point here.
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"His work, He had done
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His work, He had done.
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His work, He had done.
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His work, He had done.
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His work, He had done."
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The emphasis is "His work."
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God is making it clear
that man had absolutely
00:21:13.39\00:21:17.44
positively not one
thing to do with the creation.
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It was solely the work of God.
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Therefore, man did not
earn the worth and the wealth
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that they have, it
is what I call grace.
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Man's wealth
wasn't earned or deserved,
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it was an act of God's grace.
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Undeserved and unearned,
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undeserved,
listen, and unearned.
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When I begin to understand
that wealth is a gift from God,
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it should evoke from me praise.
00:22:04.61\00:22:09.05
It did to David
when he reflected
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on the goodness of God,
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the mercies of God,
the provisions of God.
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Turn to Psalm 150
and watch what David does
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as he thinks about the
God who created everything.
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Psalm 150.
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Notice what David does.
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He gets excited and
starts praising Him.
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He says, "Praise the Lord!
Praise God in His sanctuary.
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Praise Him in
His mighty firmament!
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Praise Him for His mighty acts,
00:22:41.82\00:22:44.00
Praise Him according to
His excellent greatness!
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Praise Him with the
sound of the trumpet,
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Praise Him with
the lute and harp!
00:22:49.41\00:22:51.47
Praise Him with
the timbrel and dance,
00:22:51.50\00:22:53.47
Praise Him with
stringed instruments and flutes!
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Praise Him with loud cymbals,
00:22:56.00\00:22:57.76
Praise Him with
clashing cymbals!
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Let everything that has breath,
00:22:59.98\00:23:04.12
praise the Lord!"
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And the reason
why David did this
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is because he understood
that his worth and his wealth
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was an act of God's
grace, it was a gift
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and therefore he
understood his wealth
00:23:19.78\00:23:23.14
was in his
worship, not in his works.
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See, God understood the dangers
00:23:28.78\00:23:36.65
of wealth disconnected
from worth and from worship.
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God understood the dangers
00:23:42.85\00:23:44.36
when wealth was
disconnected from worship.
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God knew men, as
the centuries passed,
00:23:47.16\00:23:52.46
would catch a
disease called Affluenza.
00:23:52.49\00:23:59.10
That's the social
disease of abundance.
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God knew that when
we start being blessed
00:24:03.73\00:24:06.62
we would do like
Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4:30,
00:24:06.65\00:24:10.86
we will look out
over Babylon and say,
00:24:10.89\00:24:13.38
look at the
kingdom that I have built,
00:24:13.41\00:24:17.52
look at the house that I earned,
00:24:17.55\00:24:19.86
look at the car
that I have earned,
00:24:19.89\00:24:22.45
look at the life that
I have built for myself
00:24:22.48\00:24:25.43
and think that it
was because of our might
00:24:25.46\00:24:28.08
and because of our strength.
00:24:28.11\00:24:29.45
So God
established the Sabbath day,
00:24:29.48\00:24:35.23
a day of
worship, as an opportunity
00:24:35.26\00:24:38.65
to express continually
00:24:38.68\00:24:41.20
our gratitude for
the gift of wealth.
00:24:41.23\00:24:48.77
Notice that Adam
and Eve's first day
00:24:48.80\00:24:53.33
on this prosperous planet
00:24:53.36\00:24:57.04
was a worship
day, not a work day.
00:24:57.07\00:25:03.15
It was a praise
day, not a planting day.
00:25:03.18\00:25:11.41
It was a re-creation
day, not a recreation day.
00:25:11.44\00:25:15.69
It was a shouting
day, not a shopping day.
00:25:15.72\00:25:19.97
It was a holy
day, not a holiday.
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See, it was God's
plan for Adam and Eve
00:25:24.76\00:25:27.60
standing on the
eve of the Sabbath
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to look back over the six days
of the creative work of God.
00:25:33.08\00:25:40.53
The grass, the trees, the
sun, the moon, the animals,
00:25:40.56\00:25:45.87
all the creeping
things of the earth,
00:25:45.90\00:25:47.92
all of the prosperous
things that were before them,
00:25:47.95\00:25:51.33
it was God's plan for
Adam and Eve to look on them
00:25:51.36\00:25:54.66
and to stand in awe
and amazement and say,
00:25:54.69\00:25:57.98
"God, I didn't do this.
00:25:58.01\00:26:00.79
You did it and I
thank you for allowing me
00:26:00.82\00:26:03.48
to be positioned in it."
00:26:03.51\00:26:05.96
But it was also
God's plan and God's desire
00:26:05.99\00:26:11.57
for them to stand there
on the eve of the Sabbath,
00:26:11.60\00:26:13.88
the beginning of the Sabbath
00:26:13.91\00:26:15.31
and to look forward
for six days and to say,
00:26:15.34\00:26:18.95
"God, everything
that I will experience
00:26:18.98\00:26:22.69
in the six days going forward,
00:26:22.72\00:26:24.97
I will trust You for the success
00:26:25.00\00:26:27.55
and I will
believe You for the wealth
00:26:27.58\00:26:29.52
that You will
continue to sustain me with."
00:26:29.55\00:26:33.72
You see, Sabbath is a
weekly reminder your wealth,
00:26:33.75\00:26:39.39
listen now, your
wealth is in your worship,
00:26:39.42\00:26:43.75
not in your works.
00:26:43.78\00:26:46.40
Please don't miss this point,
00:26:46.43\00:26:49.30
don't leave here
without understanding this.
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The practice of
Sabbath observance,
00:26:52.45\00:26:55.54
listen carefully, the
practice of Sabbath observance
00:26:55.57\00:26:59.84
is a public confession
00:26:59.87\00:27:03.72
that you believe
that wealth is a gift,
00:27:03.75\00:27:09.90
it's God's
emancipation proclamation.
00:27:09.93\00:27:14.48
Sabbath is a reminder
00:27:14.51\00:27:16.71
that God is the
creator, the sustainer,
00:27:16.74\00:27:21.70
and the protector of everything.
00:27:21.73\00:27:26.30
It's a reminder that not
only is God our righteousness,
00:27:26.33\00:27:30.88
God is our wealth.
00:27:30.91\00:27:37.26
You see, we are because He is,
00:27:37.29\00:27:40.35
therefore we have because He is.
00:27:40.38\00:27:45.03
See, the Sabbath proclamation
00:27:45.06\00:27:49.62
is actually a
paradox of production.
00:27:49.65\00:27:56.24
Say that again.
00:27:56.27\00:27:58.24
The Sabbath proclaims
the paradox of production.
00:27:58.27\00:28:05.99
You see, God
commands that we work.
00:28:06.02\00:28:09.62
Turn your Bibles
to Exodus Chapter 20
00:28:09.65\00:28:14.17
and verse 9.
00:28:22.60\00:28:30.16
The Bible says,
00:28:30.19\00:28:32.24
"Six days shall you lay around,
00:28:32.27\00:28:40.04
six days should
you be on vacation."
00:28:42.03\00:28:46.85
No, He said, "Six
days shall you labor."
00:28:46.88\00:28:51.98
In other words,
God does require work
00:28:52.01\00:28:55.22
because work was
designed by God to be a blessing
00:28:55.25\00:29:00.24
because God is a God that works.
00:29:00.27\00:29:04.08
And since we were
created in his image,
00:29:04.11\00:29:06.18
we must do like
God does, we must work.
00:29:06.21\00:29:11.72
But now when we look at our work
00:29:11.75\00:29:18.13
while we put forth
all of our human effort
00:29:18.16\00:29:23.40
and God wants us to
put forth our human effort.
00:29:23.43\00:29:27.21
But on closer examination,
00:29:27.24\00:29:30.55
at the work that has
been done and is being done,
00:29:30.58\00:29:35.38
we discover that it is God doing
00:29:35.41\00:29:38.29
all the work in and through us.
00:29:38.32\00:29:42.87
So it's a paradox.
00:29:42.90\00:29:44.37
It looks like I'm
doing all the work
00:29:44.40\00:29:48.17
but on closer examination,
00:29:48.20\00:29:49.84
it's literally God
doing all the work.
00:29:49.87\00:29:52.36
Therefore, I can't get
any praise or glory from it,
00:29:52.39\00:29:56.12
it all has to go to God
00:29:56.15\00:29:57.89
since I didn't do any
work in the first place.
00:29:57.92\00:30:01.45
See, the Sabbath
00:30:01.48\00:30:06.41
becomes God's
emancipation proclamation.
00:30:06.44\00:30:13.38
And it becomes this first of all
00:30:13.41\00:30:14.85
because it humbles
us, say humbled us.
00:30:14.88\00:30:19.63
When I was a child we
used to sing this song,
00:30:19.66\00:30:22.08
"Humble me, humble me,"
00:30:22.11\00:30:26.77
we don't sing that song anymore.
00:30:26.80\00:30:31.36
But Sabbath is
humbling because when we look at
00:30:31.39\00:30:34.24
what has
transpired over the six days,
00:30:34.27\00:30:37.84
we're humbled because we know
00:30:37.87\00:30:39.94
it was God that did the work
00:30:39.97\00:30:43.86
and translating Paul's text
into our own passage for today,
00:30:43.89\00:30:49.11
"For by grace I am wealth,
00:30:49.14\00:30:52.23
through faith and
that not of yourselves,
00:30:52.26\00:30:54.67
it is the gift of God
lest any man should boast."
00:30:54.70\00:30:58.31
So God says, when
I say you are wealth,
00:30:58.34\00:31:00.93
it has nothing to do
with what you've done,
00:31:00.96\00:31:03.31
it has all to do
with what I have done.
00:31:03.34\00:31:07.14
But then after it
humbles us, it liberates us.
00:31:07.17\00:31:14.93
No longer are we enslaved
to an endless work week.
00:31:14.96\00:31:21.81
Can I get a shout glory?
00:31:21.84\00:31:24.67
No longer do we feel like
00:31:24.70\00:31:26.03
we have to have
25 jobs to get ahead.
00:31:26.06\00:31:30.25
Now, we understand
that wealth is a gift
00:31:30.28\00:31:33.40
and while God
requires it to work,
00:31:33.43\00:31:35.91
listen now, our wealth is
not in proportion to our work
00:31:35.94\00:31:40.07
because if our wealth was
in proportion to our work,
00:31:40.10\00:31:42.96
we wouldn't have anything.
00:31:42.99\00:31:44.13
Can I get a shout glory?
00:31:44.16\00:31:47.10
So it liberates us,
00:31:47.13\00:31:48.49
it unshackles us
from selfishness,
00:31:48.52\00:31:51.28
it unchains us from materialism,
00:31:51.31\00:31:53.67
and emancipates us
from the God of work.
00:31:53.70\00:32:00.31
Because we understand
now wealth is in my worship,
00:32:00.34\00:32:07.20
not in my works.
00:32:07.23\00:32:09.69
See, the Sabbath
emancipation is vital.
00:32:09.72\00:32:11.83
Sabbath is vital.
00:32:11.86\00:32:13.74
Listen to me,
audience, Sabbath is vital.
00:32:13.77\00:32:20.26
And the reason why in
a consumer driven economy
00:32:20.29\00:32:23.54
based on the
bootstrapping philosophy
00:32:23.57\00:32:26.35
where we really
believe, "Huh, I've done it,
00:32:26.38\00:32:30.41
I've picked myself
up by own bootstraps,"
00:32:30.44\00:32:33.58
but do you realize,
00:32:33.61\00:32:34.77
if you pick yourself up
with your own bootstraps,
00:32:34.80\00:32:37.40
you're gonna
land on your backside.
00:32:37.43\00:32:42.08
Deuteronomy Chapter 8,
come on, turn with me there.
00:32:42.11\00:32:44.18
Deuteronomy Chapter 8.
00:32:44.21\00:32:48.76
God foresaw this, He saw us,
00:32:48.79\00:32:54.65
so He gave this
passage Deuteronomy Chapter 8,
00:32:54.68\00:32:58.47
speaking to people who
have the disease of affluenza
00:32:58.50\00:33:02.47
and for the first time
in the history of America,
00:33:02.50\00:33:04.98
and in the first time
in the history of the world
00:33:05.01\00:33:07.73
people are being
blessed way beyond
00:33:07.76\00:33:11.18
what we've ever thought.
00:33:11.21\00:33:13.61
So God warned and here it is.
00:33:13.64\00:33:17.59
Deuteronomy 8:11,
00:33:17.62\00:33:20.08
"Beware that you do not
forget the Lord your God
00:33:20.11\00:33:23.25
by not keeping His commandments,
00:33:23.28\00:33:25.19
His judgments, and His statutes
00:33:25.22\00:33:26.67
which I command you today,
00:33:26.70\00:33:28.24
lest - when you have eaten
and are full," sounds like us,
00:33:28.27\00:33:33.18
"and have built
beautiful houses"
00:33:33.21\00:33:34.91
sound like us,
"and dwell in them
00:33:34.94\00:33:37.27
and when your herds
and flocks are multiplied,"
00:33:37.30\00:33:41.05
meaning you have more
than one car, hallelujah.
00:33:41.08\00:33:42.54
"And your silver and
your gold are multiplied,"
00:33:42.57\00:33:45.04
you got CDs and investments
00:33:45.07\00:33:47.37
"and all that you
have is multiplied,"
00:33:47.40\00:33:49.47
listen now, "when
your heart is lifted up,
00:33:49.50\00:33:52.16
and you forget the Lord your God
00:33:52.19\00:33:57.14
who brought you
out of the 'projects,
00:33:57.17\00:34:01.74
who brought you
out of rule, America,'
00:34:01.77\00:34:04.95
and He blessed you
and He multiplied you,
00:34:04.98\00:34:07.97
He brought you out
of the house of bondage,
00:34:08.00\00:34:10.57
and He led you through the great
00:34:10.60\00:34:12.49
and terrible wilderness,
00:34:12.52\00:34:13.83
in which were fiery
serpents and scorpions
00:34:13.86\00:34:16.34
and thirsty land in
which there was no water,
00:34:16.37\00:34:18.86
who brought you
water from the rock
00:34:18.89\00:34:23.67
and he fed you in the
wilderness with manna,
00:34:23.70\00:34:26.73
and he did this to prove you
00:34:26.76\00:34:28.27
that I am the one
who is your wealth."
00:34:28.30\00:34:34.38
Can I be plain,
can I be straight,
00:34:34.41\00:34:35.93
can I shoot to you,
can I talk to your heart,
00:34:35.96\00:34:38.07
can I waken you up,
can I get you excited,
00:34:38.10\00:34:40.58
can I get you informed?
00:34:40.61\00:34:42.70
There are only
two kinds of wealths,
00:34:42.73\00:34:46.80
two kinds of wealth.
00:34:46.83\00:34:49.78
There's what is
called hellish wealth.
00:34:49.81\00:34:52.66
Yeah, I said it,
00:34:52.69\00:34:56.70
it's a gift
straight from the devil.
00:34:56.73\00:34:59.56
And then
there's heavenly wealth,
00:34:59.59\00:35:01.89
both of these are gifts.
00:35:01.92\00:35:05.43
Hellish wealth,
Matthew Chapter 4,
00:35:05.46\00:35:08.29
come on, turn with me there.
00:35:08.32\00:35:09.35
Matthew 4:8-11,
00:35:09.38\00:35:16.54
"The enemy of our souls,
the devil himself shows that
00:35:16.57\00:35:20.51
he is the author
of some of the wealth
00:35:20.54\00:35:22.70
that we see around here."
00:35:22.73\00:35:26.32
Matthew 4:8, Again,
the devil took Him up
00:35:26.35\00:35:31.70
on an exceedingly high mountain,
00:35:31.73\00:35:33.02
and showed Him all the kingdoms
of the world and their glory.
00:35:33.05\00:35:36.14
And he said to Him,
00:35:36.17\00:35:37.32
"All these
things I will give You."
00:35:37.35\00:35:39.94
Do what?
00:35:39.97\00:35:41.00
"Give You if You will
fall down and worship me."
00:35:41.03\00:35:45.73
Then Jesus said to
him, "Away with you, Satan!
00:35:45.76\00:35:48.48
For it is written, 'You
shall worship the Lord your God,
00:35:48.51\00:35:51.61
and Him only you shall serve.'"
00:35:51.64\00:35:54.47
The enemy understood the
power of the gift of wealth
00:35:54.50\00:35:59.39
and he offered to God.
00:35:59.42\00:36:01.03
Listen, here are
the two terms he said,
00:36:01.06\00:36:03.08
"I will give
You." "I will give You."
00:36:03.11\00:36:05.98
He understands
that wealth is a gift.
00:36:06.01\00:36:09.78
He said, "I will give
You if You will worship me.
00:36:09.81\00:36:13.27
Come with me now
00:36:13.30\00:36:14.35
because you've got to understand
00:36:14.38\00:36:16.24
the final issues on earth,
my brothers and my sisters,
00:36:16.27\00:36:19.15
will be over worship.
00:36:19.18\00:36:23.29
And the worship will
be tied to economics,
00:36:23.32\00:36:26.87
money, and wealth.
00:36:26.90\00:36:28.73
Revelations 13:6 says,
"They can't buy or sell
00:36:28.76\00:36:31.51
save they have the
mark of the beast."
00:36:31.54\00:36:33.13
That's because
these are economic terms.
00:36:33.16\00:36:36.22
And so worship
will come to play.
00:36:36.25\00:36:39.71
Understand, don't
get- Listen to me now,
00:36:39.74\00:36:43.76
don't get envious of
the wealth of the wicked
00:36:43.79\00:36:50.30
because it was
and is a gift straight
00:36:50.33\00:36:55.15
from the hand of the devil.
00:36:55.18\00:36:59.08
Understand the wealth of
the wicked burns with pride,
00:36:59.11\00:37:04.46
it's ablaze, listen, with greed.
00:37:04.49\00:37:08.76
It's inflamed with selfishness.
00:37:08.79\00:37:12.79
Hellish wealth is
never about distribution,
00:37:12.82\00:37:16.82
only about display.
00:37:16.85\00:37:20.87
And I want you to listen to me,
00:37:20.90\00:37:22.00
that's why the bling
is so important today,
00:37:22.03\00:37:27.04
because hellish
wealth is never about
00:37:27.07\00:37:29.62
distributing to our communities,
00:37:29.65\00:37:31.69
to help humanity, to
build the kingdom of God.
00:37:31.72\00:37:34.69
It's all about me and how I look
00:37:34.72\00:37:38.93
so that the devil
gets all of the glory.
00:37:38.96\00:37:42.74
And I noticed
something about hellish wealth,
00:37:42.77\00:37:44.96
it strips from its
owners all of its self-worth
00:37:44.99\00:37:50.71
and dignity and
ultimately destroys them.
00:37:50.74\00:37:57.27
And then
there's heavenly wealth.
00:37:57.30\00:37:59.61
Hallelujah for heavenly wealth.
00:37:59.64\00:38:03.03
Do you know that God
makes a promise to you,
00:38:03.06\00:38:07.15
a covenant of prosperity?
00:38:07.18\00:38:10.94
Turn your Bibles to
Deuteronomy Chapter 8.
00:38:10.97\00:38:16.39
I just love the word
of God, I hope you do too
00:38:16.42\00:38:20.39
because it's so
plain and simple.
00:38:20.42\00:38:22.97
Deuteronomy 8:18,
powerful passage of scripture
00:38:23.00\00:38:28.04
that I think we overlook.
00:38:28.07\00:38:29.23
Verse 18.
00:38:29.26\00:38:31.60
And you shall
remember the Lord your God,
00:38:31.63\00:38:34.26
for it is He who gives you
00:38:34.29\00:38:35.94
the power to get poverty.
00:38:35.97\00:38:43.18
Let me ready that again.
00:38:43.21\00:38:44.95
And you shall
remember the Lord your God,
00:38:44.98\00:38:46.47
for it is He that gives
you the power to stay broke.
00:38:46.50\00:38:52.32
Listen.
00:38:52.35\00:38:54.28
"But you shall
remember the Lord your God,
00:38:54.31\00:38:55.96
for it is He who gives
you the power to get wealth."
00:38:55.99\00:38:58.85
Why?
00:38:58.88\00:38:59.98
"That He may
establish His covenant
00:39:00.01\00:39:02.13
which He swore to your
fathers, as it is this day."
00:39:02.16\00:39:04.75
God said, I'm giving you
outward signs of my covenant
00:39:04.78\00:39:08.49
by blessing you financially.
00:39:08.52\00:39:12.46
You see, heavenly wealth
was designed by God to humble us
00:39:12.49\00:39:16.45
and when we receive it we say,
00:39:16.48\00:39:17.79
"God, we don't
deserve it, we didn't earn it,
00:39:17.82\00:39:20.90
and You now trust
with this heavenly wealth."
00:39:20.93\00:39:26.33
And when we get
it, rather than trying
00:39:26.36\00:39:28.75
to buy more houses
and more cars for display,
00:39:28.78\00:39:32.02
we use it for distribution
for the kingdom of God,
00:39:32.05\00:39:35.64
we use it to bless humanity.
00:39:35.67\00:39:40.41
And then
heavenly wealth moves us,
00:39:40.44\00:39:42.90
listen carefully, to
total life stewardship.
00:39:42.93\00:39:50.02
It moves us to say,
"We will manage everything
00:39:50.05\00:39:53.64
that God permits us to possess
00:39:53.67\00:39:57.15
to His name's unending
glory so when they look at us,
00:39:57.18\00:40:01.35
they are convinced we
serve a living Savior."
00:40:01.38\00:40:09.01
Solomon was blessed
with heavenly wealth.
00:40:09.04\00:40:12.15
1 Kings 3:12, 13
you remember Solomon.
00:40:12.18\00:40:17.26
Solomon came to the
kingdom and he had enough sense
00:40:17.29\00:40:20.59
to not ask for wealth.
00:40:20.62\00:40:24.08
He said, "God, give
me an understanding heart
00:40:24.11\00:40:27.16
so that I can know how to come
in and out among your people."
00:40:27.19\00:40:31.58
He said literally, God,
I've seen what wealth can do
00:40:31.61\00:40:36.44
and what I need,
God, is I need wisdom.
00:40:36.47\00:40:38.95
Listen church, you need
wisdom when you receive wealth
00:40:38.98\00:40:43.86
because while wealth
is a blessing from God,
00:40:43.89\00:40:47.01
there are some downsides
if you don't have worship.
00:40:47.04\00:40:52.01
And God says now, let's
go there and read it 1 Kings.
00:40:52.04\00:40:55.25
I think it's a powerful text,
00:40:55.28\00:40:57.60
it solidifies
what I've been saying.
00:40:57.63\00:41:01.66
Beginning with verse 12,
00:41:01.69\00:41:03.74
1 Kings 3:12.
00:41:03.77\00:41:10.28
"Then Solomon sat down on
the throne of the Father."
00:41:10.31\00:41:12.76
That's 2, let's go to 3.
00:41:12.79\00:41:16.74
"Behold, I have done
according to your words,
00:41:16.77\00:41:19.44
see I have given you a
wise and understanding heart,"
00:41:19.47\00:41:23.99
he gave him wisdom,
"so that there has not been
00:41:24.02\00:41:26.55
anyone like you before you
nor shall there be any like
00:41:26.58\00:41:29.75
arise after you and I
have also" listen now,
00:41:29.78\00:41:33.94
"I have also" listen
now I have also given you
00:41:33.97\00:41:39.07
what you didn't ask
for, both righteous and honor
00:41:39.10\00:41:42.58
so that there should
be no one anyone like you
00:41:42.61\00:41:45.24
among the kings of all the day."
00:41:45.27\00:41:47.30
He said, "I have given you."
00:41:47.33\00:41:49.18
Solomon didn't earn his
wealth, God gave it to him.
00:41:49.21\00:41:55.71
See, we underestimate
00:41:55.74\00:41:58.31
the power of worship.
00:41:58.34\00:42:06.11
We don't know that worship
has transformative power.
00:42:06.14\00:42:11.93
See, worship is
freighted with divine power.
00:42:11.96\00:42:17.72
Worship is explosive,
00:42:17.75\00:42:20.27
and worship can
transform wealth.
00:42:20.30\00:42:23.35
Listen to me,
worship can transform wealth.
00:42:23.38\00:42:27.88
It can transform hellish
wealth to heavenly wealth.
00:42:27.91\00:42:30.93
The story of Zacchaeus
is a clear example of it.
00:42:30.96\00:42:34.23
Zacchaeus who got his
wealth in the wrong way
00:42:34.26\00:42:37.16
by distortion, by
cheating, by lying,
00:42:37.19\00:42:42.18
but he heard
about a man named Jesus
00:42:42.21\00:42:44.29
who had nothing but
was worth everything,
00:42:44.32\00:42:49.33
and he went to find Jesus.
00:42:49.36\00:42:51.24
Isn't it something, how
wealth will send you up a tree?
00:42:51.27\00:42:57.51
And Zacchaeus goes up the tree,
00:42:57.54\00:42:59.22
Jesus sees him, calls him down
00:42:59.25\00:43:02.01
and at the moment
that Zacchaeus saw Jesus,
00:43:02.04\00:43:06.67
he fell down, that's
another way of saying
00:43:06.70\00:43:09.16
he worshiped God and
in the moment of worship,
00:43:09.19\00:43:12.10
his hellish wealth
became heavenly wealth.
00:43:12.13\00:43:15.20
How do I know?
00:43:15.23\00:43:16.34
Because all of a
sudden repentance came
00:43:16.37\00:43:19.12
and restitution came.
00:43:19.15\00:43:20.64
When you're in
the presence of God,
00:43:20.67\00:43:22.17
you will repent and
there will be restitution
00:43:22.20\00:43:24.89
that follows and Zacchaeus says,
00:43:24.92\00:43:26.92
unsolicited by Jesus,
00:43:26.95\00:43:29.20
I will give half of my
goods to the poor and four fold
00:43:29.23\00:43:32.75
what I have
stolen, I will give back.
00:43:32.78\00:43:34.88
That's what happens
00:43:34.91\00:43:36.12
in the presence
of God in worship.
00:43:36.15\00:43:39.95
Can I excite you, can
I excite my communities?
00:43:39.98\00:43:44.10
When we have true worship,
00:43:44.13\00:43:46.56
things will happen in
our communities, in our home,
00:43:46.59\00:43:50.28
but now heavenly wealth can
be changed to hellish wealth.
00:43:50.31\00:43:54.93
Solomon, let's just note,
it was given wealth by God.
00:43:54.96\00:43:58.66
You read it for yourself,
you read it in the scriptures.
00:43:58.69\00:44:02.41
But if you go down to 1 Kings 4,
00:44:02.44\00:44:06.53
you'll see that
the heavenly wealth
00:44:06.56\00:44:08.10
became hellish wealth.
00:44:08.13\00:44:10.27
Let's go ahead and
read it, 1 King chapter 4,
00:44:10.30\00:44:15.85
chapter 11 that is, and verse 4.
00:44:15.88\00:44:17.95
Chapter 11 and verse 4.
00:44:17.98\00:44:23.98
"For it was so,
when Solomon was old,
00:44:24.01\00:44:27.93
that his wives turned
his heart after other gods,
00:44:27.96\00:44:33.59
and his heart was not
loyal to the Lord his God,
00:44:33.62\00:44:37.25
and was the heart, it
was not like the heart
00:44:37.28\00:44:39.94
of his father David."
00:44:39.97\00:44:43.06
You know, I get really tired
of hearing older people say,
00:44:43.09\00:44:47.03
"Pray for the young folks,"
00:44:47.06\00:44:49.94
like the old folks
don't have any problems.
00:44:49.97\00:44:54.91
Word of God says
that in his old years,
00:44:54.94\00:44:57.87
Solomon allowed the women
to take his eyes off of God
00:44:57.90\00:45:02.96
and the wealth that he
received from God as a gift
00:45:02.99\00:45:06.15
now became hellish wealth
00:45:06.18\00:45:09.61
and he became
abusive as a leader
00:45:09.64\00:45:12.66
and started worshiping
00:45:12.69\00:45:13.78
and building
temples to other Gods.
00:45:13.81\00:45:17.30
In
Ecclesiastes, say chronically.
00:45:17.33\00:45:21.11
Listen now, a
worship of wealth rather
00:45:21.14\00:45:25.21
disconnected from worship.
00:45:25.24\00:45:29.14
See, we don't
know what worship is,
00:45:29.17\00:45:30.56
we are confused about worship.
00:45:30.59\00:45:32.18
We think worship is
a religious workout,
00:45:32.21\00:45:35.09
so you got some
groups that will get all up
00:45:35.12\00:45:37.30
and then get all jumping around,
00:45:37.33\00:45:39.07
they think that
they're in worship.
00:45:39.10\00:45:41.16
That's not worship,
that's a religious workout.
00:45:41.19\00:45:45.55
Then there are those who believe
00:45:45.58\00:45:46.61
worship is a
spiritual tranquilizer,
00:45:46.64\00:45:49.37
I come to church and
God gives me an aspirin
00:45:49.40\00:45:52.25
and I'm able to make it
through the end of the week
00:45:52.28\00:45:55.35
and then there are
those who believe that
00:45:55.38\00:45:57.25
worship is a religious ritual,
00:45:57.28\00:45:58.93
so they've got to
have one style of worship
00:45:58.96\00:46:01.65
and they go
through all of the hymns
00:46:01.68\00:46:03.67
in the worship book and
you can't miss one stanza,
00:46:03.70\00:46:06.83
you got to sing all 29 verses.
00:46:06.86\00:46:12.84
But worship is not that,
00:46:12.87\00:46:15.07
worship is the adoration of God.
00:46:15.10\00:46:17.53
It is the recognition
of the awesomeness of God,
00:46:17.56\00:46:20.39
it is knowing that
you're in the presence
00:46:20.42\00:46:22.16
of an all-knowing,
all-seeing, all-powerful God,
00:46:22.19\00:46:25.79
it is the
overshadowing of the almighty,
00:46:25.82\00:46:28.41
it is experiencing
the presence of God.
00:46:28.44\00:46:32.01
And the German
theologian Rudolf Otto said,
00:46:32.04\00:46:35.12
"It's experiencing
the numinous tremendum"
00:46:35.15\00:46:39.32
or the numinous experience.
00:46:39.35\00:46:41.63
Isaiah experienced it.
00:46:41.66\00:46:43.77
In Isaiah 6:5
after King Uzziah died,
00:46:43.80\00:46:50.03
he said he saw the
Lord, high and lifted up.
00:46:50.06\00:46:53.71
And listen what happened.
00:46:53.74\00:46:55.11
He said, "Woe is
me! For I am undone!
00:46:55.14\00:46:57.68
Because I am a
man of unclean lips,
00:46:57.71\00:46:59.62
and I dwell in the midst
of a people of unclean lips,
00:46:59.65\00:47:02.29
for my eyes have
seen the King of glory."
00:47:02.32\00:47:05.47
See true worship
humbles you and brings you down.
00:47:05.50\00:47:11.38
But then it rejuvenates
you because in true worship,
00:47:11.41\00:47:15.91
in Sabbath
worship, listen carefully,
00:47:15.94\00:47:18.07
in Sabbath worship
God replenishes the value
00:47:18.10\00:47:23.45
that you've given to
things during the week.
00:47:23.48\00:47:26.35
Oh, I feel like preaching now.
00:47:26.38\00:47:28.39
See, all week long
you were exhausting
00:47:28.42\00:47:30.55
your value and your worth
00:47:30.58\00:47:33.36
because we don't
have an unlimited soul.
00:47:33.39\00:47:35.44
It all comes from God,
00:47:35.47\00:47:36.85
so God said, "I gave it to you."
00:47:36.88\00:47:38.16
Now all week long,
you're giving it out,
00:47:38.19\00:47:40.15
you're giving it
out, so that by the time
00:47:40.18\00:47:41.98
you get to Sabbath you're
done, you need a replenishing.
00:47:42.01\00:47:46.54
So God says,
"You're humble to recognize
00:47:46.57\00:47:49.96
you didn't have any,
00:47:49.99\00:47:51.18
so now I'm gonna
replace it on the Sabbath."
00:47:51.21\00:47:56.75
So God gives us back value.
00:47:56.78\00:47:59.38
That's why people who
don't stop to take time
00:47:59.41\00:48:02.19
with God on the
Sabbath always feel worthless,
00:48:02.22\00:48:06.08
always feel depressed,
always feel valueless.
00:48:06.11\00:48:11.64
But see, worship is not just
simply an emotional encounter.
00:48:11.67\00:48:17.03
God says, Isaiah, that's
our text that we let off,
00:48:17.06\00:48:19.45
this is where we come in now,
00:48:19.48\00:48:20.51
Isaiah 58, he says,
there is a day to worship on.
00:48:20.54\00:48:26.74
He said, I've set aside a
time of day, the Sabbath day
00:48:26.77\00:48:30.88
and when you stop on my Sabbath
00:48:30.91\00:48:32.22
and honor it, you'll be blessed.
00:48:32.25\00:48:34.00
So there's a day, the Sabbath,
00:48:34.03\00:48:36.20
the seventh day of
the week, that's the day.
00:48:36.23\00:48:39.29
But listen now, he
says, "There is a way."
00:48:39.32\00:48:44.54
Isaiah 58:13-14
go through and says
00:48:44.57\00:48:48.31
"If you turn away
your foot from the Sabbath,
00:48:48.34\00:48:50.70
from doing your
pleasure on My holy day,
00:48:50.73\00:48:52.93
and call the Sabbath" a what?
00:48:52.96\00:48:55.12
"A delight."
00:48:55.15\00:48:57.49
He said the Lord will bless you.
00:48:57.52\00:48:59.19
So the weight is on
Sabbath, it has to be reverend,
00:48:59.22\00:49:02.03
it has to be self-denial,
00:49:02.06\00:49:03.63
it has to be
filled with sacrifice,
00:49:03.66\00:49:05.16
it has to be focused and
it has to be celebratory,
00:49:05.19\00:49:09.20
it has to be exciting.
00:49:09.23\00:49:10.54
So the Sabbath ought to be
00:49:10.57\00:49:11.67
the most
exciting day of our life.
00:49:11.70\00:49:13.34
You're praising God and saying,
00:49:13.37\00:49:14.57
"Thank you,
Lord, for the Sabbath
00:49:14.60\00:49:16.07
because now I
will be replenished
00:49:16.10\00:49:18.15
in my value on the Sabbath."
00:49:18.18\00:49:19.88
You see, ultimately,
Sabbath is about relationship.
00:49:19.91\00:49:26.62
It's a weekly reminder of
my rendezvous with my lover.
00:49:26.65\00:49:31.79
Oh, you see, when I love Jesus,
00:49:31.82\00:49:39.50
all week long I'm
preparing to see him
00:49:39.53\00:49:41.80
because I've been
working all weekend,
00:49:41.83\00:49:43.39
I've been away from him.
00:49:43.42\00:49:46.24
But now the
Sabbath becomes the time
00:49:46.27\00:49:48.93
that I'm looking forward to
00:49:48.96\00:49:54.32
and I'm doing everything I
can to prepare for that time.
00:49:54.35\00:49:59.87
So when the Sabbath comes,
00:49:59.90\00:50:03.00
I don't worry about a
checklist of what I cannot do
00:50:03.03\00:50:06.29
and don't do on the Sabbath.
00:50:06.32\00:50:09.55
Because y'all know how so
many Sabbath keepers have done,
00:50:09.58\00:50:12.10
we got a checklist, you can't
take a bath on the Sabbath,
00:50:12.13\00:50:18.06
you can't wash your
hair on the Sabbath,
00:50:18.09\00:50:20.44
you can't even
breathe on the Sabbath.
00:50:20.47\00:50:25.95
And God says you
don't need a checklist
00:50:25.98\00:50:27.85
when you're
coming to spend 24 hours
00:50:27.88\00:50:29.66
with the one that you love.
00:50:29.69\00:50:30.93
Listen, ladies, if
your husband has been away
00:50:30.96\00:50:34.20
for six days and he calls you
00:50:34.23\00:50:37.76
and says, "Baby,
I'm on my way home
00:50:37.79\00:50:40.49
and I'm gonna
commit 24 hours with you."
00:50:40.52\00:50:43.58
When he gets home, if
he says to you, "Baby,
00:50:43.61\00:50:46.40
I'm gonna commit
24 hours with you
00:50:46.43\00:50:48.55
but I want to spend 3 hours
watching the football game."
00:50:48.58\00:50:55.50
And you will say,
sister, "Not here in this house.
00:50:55.53\00:51:00.04
Nothing wrong with the football
but you promised me that
00:51:00.07\00:51:03.35
you'll give me focused
attention for 24 hours."
00:51:03.38\00:51:06.16
And that's what God
is saying on the Sabbath.
00:51:06.19\00:51:08.32
If you give me 24 hours,
00:51:08.35\00:51:09.91
I will love on you
like you can't even imagine.
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You will spend time with the God
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who will replenish your value.
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And God says, not
only is there a day,
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not only is there a way,
but God says, there's a pay.
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Say pay.
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God makes a covenant.
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You read it
earlier Deuteronomy 8:18,
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he said, "I'm the Lord,
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thy God who gives you
the power to get wealth,
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that I may
establish the covenant."
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For years, I've
read this passage
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and I didn't
understand the precious
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problems of prosperity in this.
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For years, I
didn't understand that
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God wanted to
make this covenant real
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so the world would know
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that you and I are
serving a living Savior
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and that's why
many people are afraid
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to become full
followers of Jesus
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because they do not believe
that it pays to serve Jesus,
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but I got news for you.
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It pays to serve
Jesus, it pays every day,
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it pays all the
steps along life's way.
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Isaiah says it this way,
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said, "If you will
delight in the Lord,
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I will cause you," in
theology that's cosmology,
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that seeing that God
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is the source of
everything that He's behind
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or the cause behind
everything that happens.
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And God says since I'm the cause
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behind everything that happens,
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you don't ever have
to worry about anything.
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If I have to call into existence
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something new for you, I
will, because I'm the creator
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and if you'll honor me on
My Sabbath, that's I'll do.
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If I have to
create from nothing,
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I will do for you.
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But God says, I'm not
just a transcendent God,
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not somebody
sitting way up there.
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In my
African-American condition,
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it says like
this, God sits high,
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but He also looks low.
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God is eminent,
He's right here with us.
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And it's in the texts, He
says, I'm going to feed you.
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That means God is
personally involved
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in our salvation
and our wealth creation.
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Listen carefully now.
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God said I'm not
leaving your wealth creation.
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You need to hear this today,
you need to hear this today,
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God doesn't leave
your wealth creation
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to yourself by
yourself and with other people,
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He is personally
involved with it.
00:53:49.27\00:53:52.43
He said, I'm gonna feed you.
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And, brothers, one of
the most romantic things
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you can do with your spouse,
00:53:55.92\00:53:57.12
your wife is, oh, y'all
know what I'm talking about.
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You feed your
wife off your fork.
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Yeah, I saw some of y'all smile.
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You know, brother, when
you wanted to get romantic,
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you got your fork and
you put the little food
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in your girlfriend
or your spouse's mouth.
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God said, I want to
get romantic with you.
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On the Sabbath I want
to get romantic with you
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and I'm gonna
put it in your mouth.
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And God says, You
don't have to worry about
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what other people
are getting, listen,
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because I'm personally
concerned about your welfare.
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Don't compare,
listen, don't compare
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your wealth
creation with others.
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God is going to
give you what you need.
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Then He said,
"I'm gonna feed you
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with the heritage
of Jacob thy Father",
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what does that mean?
00:54:43.97\00:54:45.02
There are seven promises
based on Jacob's heritage.
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Number one, He said,
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"I'm gonna give you
holiness of character."
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God said, when
you're on My Sabbath,
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you'll be able to live a pure
life in an unholy community.
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Then He said, "I'm gonna give
you the blessing of health."
00:54:56.77\00:54:58.68
He said, I'm gonna
teach you how to live
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so that you'll live longer than
the people in your community
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because I tell
you about how to live.
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He said I'll give
you superior intellect.
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Can you imagine
being 24, listen, 24,
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listen 24 hours in the presence
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of the
all-knowing God loving on you?
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Don't you think you'll
come out being smarter?
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Skilled in
agriculture and husbandry,
00:55:21.50\00:55:25.47
superior craftsmanship.
00:55:25.50\00:55:27.88
Number 5,
"Unparalleled prosperity"
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and then last He said,
00:55:31.05\00:55:32.08
"I'm gonna make
you a great nation."
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These are the promises
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and they had
nothing to do with the work,
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has all to do with the worship.
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And not worship, it's
a covenant relationship.
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See, what the world needs to see
00:55:48.83\00:55:51.46
from the community, from you,
00:55:51.49\00:55:54.45
is that He honors
His covenant, He pays.
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I've been married for 39
years and don't I look good?
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My wife and I made a covenant,
I made a covenant to her.
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I would take care of
her and when you see her,
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she's a fine woman
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but if she
walked in this building
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and she was disheveled
and her hair was uncombed
00:56:14.60\00:56:17.93
and her clothes were
nasty and she was smelling,
00:56:17.96\00:56:20.19
you would wonder
about the covenant.
00:56:20.22\00:56:24.26
You would say, "You didn't
keep your part of the covenant
00:56:24.29\00:56:26.72
because you were going
to take care of your wife
00:56:26.75\00:56:28.75
and you- it
doesn't show that you do."
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So it is with God
when you honor His Sabbath.
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He said, "I'm gonna bless you
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and you're gonna look
like something to the world."
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So I ask you today,
00:56:38.68\00:56:40.89
will you stop
trying to be wealthy,
00:56:40.92\00:56:45.31
stop trying to find wealth,
00:56:45.34\00:56:48.43
stop trying to search wealth,
why don't you just be wealth.
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Say again, "I am wealth."
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Thank You, Father,
for the on promises
00:56:56.69\00:56:57.91
that You've given.
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We don't deserve it
and we don't earn it
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but, God, thank You
for giving us value.
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And now, God, on the
Sabbath we accept Your value
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and we will carry
it out into the world
00:57:13.32\00:57:15.01
and we will give
value to the world,
00:57:15.04\00:57:17.73
so that when people see us,
00:57:17.76\00:57:18.99
they'll see
blessings and prosperity
00:57:19.02\00:57:21.93
and then in turn we will give
them blessing and prosperity
00:57:21.96\00:57:25.20
and this is our prayer in
the precious name of Jesus.
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Amen, amen, and amen.
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