Well good evening.
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It's so good to have each one of
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you join us here tonight
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in Thompsonville, Illinois.
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We're at the 3ABN Worship Center
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and the event is
Give Me The Bible
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with Pastor Kenneth Cox.
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We've been enjoying this
series now this entire year.
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And we are looking
forward to tonight's subject.
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The series this weekend
is The Apple of God's Eye.
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Of course, that is God's church.
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That's the apple of His eye.
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He loves His church, and
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He loves the church so
much that He gave His life
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for the church and those
individuals who are part of it.
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And tonight we're going to
look at a very special subject
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involving you and me
and our personal finances.
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Because you know something,
when you become a steward
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and you see finances
not as money that you have
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and you give God part of it
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but you see the
financial condition of your life
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as something that God
owns. He owns everything.
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The Bible says He owns the
cattle on a thousand hills...
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but He also owns the hills.
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So He is the
One who owns it all.
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We are His stewards.
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And He says: "If you will take
care of that which I give you,
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I will definitely
take care of you. "
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And so tonight's subject
is going to be The Storehouse
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of the Church.
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And you'll want to be sure also
to be with us tomorrow night
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because tomorrow night's subject
is The Church Victorious.
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God says this church
is going to be victorious.
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And we're all looking
forward to that day when Jesus
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Christ comes again.
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Breaks forth in
the clouds of glory
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and we see Christ
coming for His church.
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Right now just before
Pastor Kenneth Cox comes
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we're going to enjoy
a beautiful old favorite
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of most of us: Just a
Closer Walk with Thee.
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And Jim Rhodes and Dona Klein
will be favoring us on the piano
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and on the organ.
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Thank you! Jimmy
Rhodes and Dona Klein.
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Enjoy that? Yes!
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That's wonderful!
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Enjoyed that! Well,
glad that all of you
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are here this evening.
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Appreciate you
being back with us.
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Also those of you that are
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joining us now by television
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or over the radio, we welcome
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you and glad that you tuned in.
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And we hope that
tonight's subject will
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be a special blessing to you.
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And we're just
very happy to be here
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and to share this weekend
with you as we're going through
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this series on The
Apple of God's Eye...
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or on His church - which
is something that God set up.
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He said "This was My church, "
something that the Lord set up.
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And that's the reason it becomes
so important that you and I
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understand about the church.
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And we talked about that
in our first presentation
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called Why A Church?
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What the purpose
of the church is.
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And then we took a look at
The Front Door of the Church
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which we found
out is Jesus Christ.
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He said: "I am the door"
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and that we "come in
through Jesus Christ. "
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And then we looked at
The Back Door of the Church.
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And we found out the back door
of the church is where you go
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out and minister to people.
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That's where you
and I go out to serve.
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That's what the back
door of the church is for:
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a place of fellowship
with the church members.
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So we hope that it
will be a blessing to you.
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And then tonight
we're taking a look at:
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Where God has things
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and tells us how
that we are to support it.
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Then our final
presentation is entitled
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The little poem:
What says the Bible,
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to you and to me?
What says the Bible,
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the blessed Bible?
This my only question be.
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Will the church
of God be victorious?
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What says the Word of God to me?
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That's what we need to know.
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And so we're going to
look at what the scripture says
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about the church. Where
God says that it's going
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and how that you and I fit
into that as we take a look
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at The Church Victorious.
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So we hope that
this series on the church
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has been a help to
you and a blessing to you
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in a special way. It's
good to be here with you.
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We thank each of
you for being part
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of this series that we've had.
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Tonight we're glad to have
Jim and Pam Rhodes with us.
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I know that I have
been blessed by their music.
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And Pam's going to sing for
us All in the Name of Jesus.
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Truth and beauty,
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happiness,
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It's all in the name
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of Jesus;
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Health and Heaven,
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peace and rest,
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It's all in the name
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of Jesus.
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Joy and gladness
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forgiveness too
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Life everlasting
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and free;
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All that I've longed for
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and all I need,
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It's all in the name
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of Jesus.
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Care and comfort,
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healing and grace
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It's all in the name
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of Jesus;
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Welcome, pardon,
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a hiding place,
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It's all in the name
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of Jesus.
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Warmth and sunshine,
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friendship true,
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Fulfillment and blessing untold;
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Hope for tomorrow
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and help for today,
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It's all in the name
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of Jesus.
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It's all in the name
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of Jesus;
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It's all in the name
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of Jesus.
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All my tomorrows
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and help for today,
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It's all in the name
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of Jesus.
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Jesus,
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Jesus,
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He's here
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and He will show you the way;
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Jesus,
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Jesus,
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He's all that you need
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today.
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God bless you.
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Our gracious Lord, tonight
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we come to You
asking for Your presence.
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Asking, Lord,
that the Holy Spirit
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may enlighten our minds.
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That it may
help us to understand
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Your desire for us to
learn to have faith in You...
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to depend upon You.
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To know that we are
completely safe in Your hands.
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Give us the understanding
that we need tonight
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that we might each be blessed,
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drawn into a close
relationship with You.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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Tonight's subject
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will not do you any good
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in theory.
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It won't do you any good
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in practice
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if you don't
approach it the right way.
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And few people understand that.
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That... they
think that maybe if they
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understand it,
that that's enough.
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Or if they
practice it, that's enough.
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No it's not.
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And to make sure
that we understand
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what the Lord has in
mind, I'm going to start tonight
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by giving you
three different samples
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of what Jesus Christ had to say.
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And when you take a look
at these three statements
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by our Lord, I hope it
will help us be in the right
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understanding for
the subject tonight.
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I'd like to start out
with these words by Jesus:
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So Jesus said:
"Don't lay up for yourself
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here on this earth treasures. "
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If you do, folks, somebody
else is going to enjoy it.
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Sorry, that's
just the way it works.
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People spend all their lives
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struggling and saving...
and laying up a treasure
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that somebody else enjoys.
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And Christ said: "Don't do that.
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If you're going
to lay up treasure,
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lay up treasure in heaven. "
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That's where we
need to put our treasure.
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OK. The second thing
that He said was this:
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Very, very good indication
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that if I put my
treasure in heaven
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that's where my heart will be.
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And by the way, the
reverse of that is not true.
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Find some
people... where your heart is
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there your
treasure will be. No...
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It's where your treasure is
that's where your heart will be.
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And so put your
treasure in heaven.
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That's where you
and I need to put it.
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And then Jesus
said this... He said:
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Don't worry about that.
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What shall I eat? What shall
I drink? What shall I wear?
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He said: "Don't
worry about that. "
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"All these
things... " What does He mean?
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What you eat. What
you drink. What you wear.
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All those things will
be added to you if you will
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seek first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness.
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Can you do that?
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Because this subject tonight
definitely is in relationship
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to that. That you have
to come to this experience
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where you're willing by
faith to trust the Lord.
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I have to come to the
place where I can say:
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"Here, I trust the Lord.
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I believe he will
completely care for me.
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Therefore, I don't have to have
a treasure here on this earth. "
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You remember what He
said to the disciples?
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He said: "I have sent you out...
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I sent you out without
sandals and without a knapsack
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and all these
things. " And He said:
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"Did you lack anything? "
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They said: "Nothing. "
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Well, you and I must come to
that experience where we trust
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God to the place that I
don't have to worry about that.
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And Jesus picked out
a particular experience
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and He mentioned
this to His disciples,
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and He said this to them:
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Now they were passing by
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and they were dropping
their gifts into the treasury.
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And they were
making a display of it
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so everybody would be sure
to know what they had given.
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You know how much that was?
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Huh?
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That was everything.
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You understand that?
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That was everything.
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That was everything she had.
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So when you want to take a
look at it, you won't weigh it
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in comparison. That
was everything she had!
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He said: "She's given
more than anybody else. "
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Out of the
abundance of things they have
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they've given
their offering to God.
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Everything that
she had she put it in.
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So, you can't look
at it on the basis of
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what she gave.
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You have to look at it on
the basis of what was left over.
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And she put in
everything that she had.
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Therefore, when I
come to giving, folks...
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when it comes to giving,
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I have to make
sure that my giving
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is prompted by faith.
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If you believe in giving
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and it's simply a theory to you,
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it won't do you any good.
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Or if you give and
you give as a practice
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and faith is not mixed into it,
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it won't do you any good.
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Therefore, when it comes to
giving, you and I must make sure
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that our giving is based
on how God wants us to give.
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Says:
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God makes it very clear
that He has a storehouse
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and He speaks
about food in His house.
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And therefore He says that
you and I are to bring the tithe
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into the storehouse.
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And when He's
talking about the storehouse
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He's basically
talking about the church.
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He said: "Bring all the
tithe into the storehouse. "
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That means that we as
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part of God's church -
as members of the church -
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that we need to
support the church...
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we need to bring the
tithe into the storehouse.
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It goes on and says here:
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They brought their tithe; it
was put there in the storehouse.
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So tonight I want us
to take a look at giving
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and what the scripture
has to say about giving,
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and you'll find basically there
are three types of offerings.
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The Bible speaks of three
different types of offerings.
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And the first type of offering
that the scripture speaks of
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is what's called a
free will offering.
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That is an offering that
you and I can bring to the Lord.
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Listen to what it says here:
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A free will offering is
an offering that you and I
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give to the Lord.
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And there's no
requirements about it, folks.
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There's no
requirements about it at all.
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It's just an offering that
I want to give to the Lord.
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It might be an offering
I'm giving out of thankfulness.
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It might be an offering
I'm giving because I want to
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give a particular
offering to the Lord.
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It's a free will offering.
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And if all you're doing
is... how should I say this?
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doing exactly what's prescribed,
00:23:35.31\00:23:39.36
then you're missing the blessing
00:23:39.66\00:23:41.66
because God wants
you and I to offer to Him
00:23:41.96\00:23:47.00
offerings that we
give out of our own choice
00:23:47.20\00:23:50.71
and our own free will.
00:23:50.91\00:23:52.86
Another type of offering
that the scripture speaks about
00:23:53.16\00:23:56.48
is that of what is
called firstfruits.
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That was another
offering that was given.
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And it says this:
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In other words, when
they planted their crop
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and they came to
the time of the harvest,
00:24:15.64\00:24:18.10
they were to bring
the very best part of that
00:24:18.40\00:24:22.42
crop - the firstfruits -
and offer that to the Lord.
00:24:22.63\00:24:26.12
That was a firstfruit offering.
00:24:26.43\00:24:28.97
So with you and I.
00:24:29.17\00:24:30.45
You know... Let's say
that something happens
00:24:30.75\00:24:36.11
and you have a windfall.
00:24:36.41\00:24:38.87
Then certainly we should
bring the firstfruits of that
00:24:39.17\00:24:44.09
and give it to the Lord, folks.
00:24:44.29\00:24:46.14
That's what He's talking about.
00:24:46.44\00:24:47.94
That is a blessing that
God has given to you and I.
00:24:48.24\00:24:51.34
We need to take and
present that to the Lord.
00:24:51.54\00:24:54.63
It's the firstfruits of it.
00:24:54.83\00:24:57.30
And then, of course,
the other is the tithe.
00:24:57.50\00:24:59.88
The tithe that you and I
are to bring... and it says:
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So it says that you
counted your flock there and
00:25:14.84\00:25:18.01
as they passed under the rod
00:25:18.21\00:25:20.18
every tenth one was the
Lord's and that's the tithe.
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And we are to return
the tithe to the Lord.
00:25:25.18\00:25:29.53
But again I want to stress
00:25:29.83\00:25:33.01
that if you're
doing it as a theory
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or you're doing it
just as a practice,
00:25:36.67\00:25:40.48
then you're
missing the blessing.
00:25:40.78\00:25:43.04
You're missing the
blessing if you don't understand
00:25:43.44\00:25:47.35
the relationship between
you and the Lord and by faith.
00:25:47.55\00:25:52.58
It says here: "The
tenth one shall be.. " what?
00:25:52.88\00:25:56.89
"holy to the Lord. "
00:25:58.13\00:25:59.77
There are certain
things that are holy.
00:26:00.07\00:26:02.48
You understand that?
00:26:02.78\00:26:05.02
Do you know what I mean by holy?
00:26:05.32\00:26:08.72
Do you remember in the
scripture about Korah and Dathan
00:26:08.96\00:26:14.80
and Abiram? Remember those three
that rebelled against Moses?
00:26:15.10\00:26:18.60
Huh? Remember that?
00:26:18.80\00:26:20.26
And they - through their
rebellion - they enlisted
00:26:20.56\00:26:25.42
250 other of the
princes of Israel.
00:26:25.62\00:26:29.59
Remember that? And
those men... those 250...
00:26:29.89\00:26:34.66
went and made censers.
00:26:34.96\00:26:37.61
And they took those censers
and they burned incense in them
00:26:37.91\00:26:43.15
before the Lord.
00:26:43.35\00:26:44.62
And when they burned
incense in it before the Lord
00:26:44.92\00:26:49.32
and offering that, it
made those censers holy.
00:26:49.52\00:26:54.84
And when they went out
there and they rebelled
00:26:57.76\00:27:01.20
and those 250 men were slain,
00:27:01.50\00:27:04.49
God told Moses:
"Gather up those censers.
00:27:05.64\00:27:09.86
They are holy and
they belong to the Lord. "
00:27:10.16\00:27:14.87
There are certain
things that are holy
00:27:15.17\00:27:18.25
that belong to the Lord.
00:27:18.45\00:27:20.32
And you and I, I
don't care what you do,
00:27:20.53\00:27:24.35
but I'll guarantee
you that them being holy
00:27:24.65\00:27:30.65
does not depend on what we do.
00:27:30.85\00:27:33.30
It depends on what God DID.
00:27:33.50\00:27:36.14
And therefore all I
can do is relate to it
00:27:36.45\00:27:40.33
as something that is holy.
00:27:40.53\00:27:42.64
Some of the things are... one:
00:27:42.95\00:27:45.43
The Sabbath is holy.
00:28:01.60\00:28:03.68
It's been made holy by God,
00:28:03.88\00:28:07.01
and therefore I
can only relate to it
00:28:07.31\00:28:11.88
as it is HOLY.
00:28:12.08\00:28:14.32
My actions... what I
do... doesn't make it holy.
00:28:15.96\00:28:21.50
It's holy.
00:28:21.60\00:28:23.51
That's something
that God did to it.
00:28:23.81\00:28:25.87
So the Sabbath is holy.
00:28:26.17\00:28:27.83
And also it says:
00:28:28.13\00:28:29.95
The Bible makes it very
clear that your body is holy.
00:28:41.55\00:28:45.92
What you do does
not make your body holy.
00:28:47.23\00:28:52.61
God is the One
that's responsible for that.
00:28:54.02\00:28:57.02
When you and I accept the Lord,
00:28:57.23\00:28:59.62
it says He gives
us the Holy Spirit
00:28:59.82\00:29:02.16
and our bodies become the
temple of the Holy Spirit.
00:29:02.36\00:29:07.27
Therefore they are holy,
and you and I must relate
00:29:07.57\00:29:12.49
to that as being holy.
00:29:12.69\00:29:16.12
That's why it's
important how I treat it
00:29:16.42\00:29:20.54
because it is holy.
00:29:20.74\00:29:23.60
But it also says
that the tithe is holy:
00:29:23.90\00:29:26.95
So the tithe is also
holy and it belongs to God.
00:29:36.26\00:29:41.48
Therefore I
must bring it to Him.
00:29:43.00\00:29:47.29
How I treat it
will not change it.
00:29:47.69\00:29:51.89
In other words,
what I'm trying to say is
00:29:52.72\00:29:55.02
if you don't return the tithe,
that will not make it unholy.
00:29:55.22\00:29:59.23
It's holy, and you and I need to
be very careful how we treat it.
00:30:00.52\00:30:06.36
So how is the tithe to be used?
00:30:06.66\00:30:09.00
Well the scripture tells us that
a tithe is simply one tenth.
00:30:09.31\00:30:13.75
That's a tithe.
What does that mean?
00:30:13.95\00:30:17.13
Well, that means
simply that if I make a dollar
00:30:17.43\00:30:22.20
then tithe is 10 cents.
00:30:22.40\00:30:25.68
If I make $10, it's a dollar.
00:30:25.98\00:30:30.53
If I make $100, it's $10.
00:30:30.83\00:30:34.43
In other words, the
Lord says that I am to return
00:30:34.73\00:30:39.20
the tithe to Him
00:30:39.40\00:30:42.20
because it's His; it's holy.
00:30:42.51\00:30:45.88
I need to give it to Him.
00:30:46.18\00:30:47.71
God chose the Levites
00:31:00.91\00:31:04.71
as His priests,
as His ministers,
00:31:04.92\00:31:09.20
and He said the
tithe is to be set apart
00:31:09.40\00:31:12.40
to care for the Levites.
00:31:12.60\00:31:14.54
That's what it
was set aside for.
00:31:14.74\00:31:16.94
And it was to take care
of them and provide for them
00:31:17.24\00:31:20.49
because they had no inheritance
00:31:20.69\00:31:23.81
among the children of Israel.
00:31:24.01\00:31:26.41
The only inheritance
they had was the tithe.
00:31:26.72\00:31:30.33
That was given to
them to care for them.
00:31:30.63\00:31:33.53
OK? I... I grew up in a home
00:31:33.83\00:31:38.62
where my father had a very,
very strange idea about this.
00:31:38.82\00:31:44.53
My father had been raised
in a home where he was taught
00:31:44.83\00:31:49.38
that the minister
was not to be paid.
00:31:49.68\00:31:53.75
That the minister was
to care for the church.
00:31:54.98\00:31:57.55
He was to have a job
and he was to work at a job
00:31:57.75\00:32:01.73
but he was not to be paid.
00:32:01.94\00:32:03.81
It was to be totally
on a volunteer basis.
00:32:04.11\00:32:07.48
And that's the way
my father was raised...
00:32:07.78\00:32:10.43
that's what he believed and all.
00:32:10.63\00:32:12.56
That is NOT what
the scripture teaches.
00:32:12.79\00:32:15.03
It says that that
was given to the Levites
00:32:15.33\00:32:19.34
to care for them...
to provide for them.
00:32:19.55\00:32:21.86
Now, we don't have a
Levitical priesthood today.
00:32:22.16\00:32:26.23
That Levitical
priesthood came to an end
00:32:26.53\00:32:30.76
and therefore we don't have it.
00:32:31.06\00:32:32.63
And so you have to
read very carefully now
00:32:32.93\00:32:35.77
what Paul has to say,
00:32:35.97\00:32:38.14
because he begins to
see how the transition...
00:32:38.34\00:32:41.62
transition is to be made.
00:32:41.82\00:32:43.36
Listen to what he says
here in the book of Hebrews:
00:32:43.56\00:32:45.56
Now you remember,
Abraham gave a tenth
00:32:54.90\00:32:58.24
of what he had gotten.
Gave it to Melchizedeck.
00:32:58.44\00:33:02.43
Remember that?
00:33:02.63\00:33:03.77
OK. Look at the point that
it's making here, and it says:
00:33:04.07\00:33:08.94
OK. Just like we
read, he says the Levites
00:33:20.41\00:33:23.01
have the commandment...
they were to receive the tithe.
00:33:23.22\00:33:25.65
Now, watch the transition:
00:33:32.26\00:33:35.57
Now understand
what he's saying...
00:33:43.08\00:33:45.49
He's saying now
Melchizedeck was not a Levite.
00:33:45.79\00:33:50.34
He was not of their genealogy.
00:33:50.64\00:33:54.58
He said he wasn't a Levite
00:34:03.59\00:34:06.33
but Abraham paid him tithe.
00:34:06.53\00:34:09.80
Now you've got to
understand the background here
00:34:10.10\00:34:14.69
because we're in
the process here, folks,
00:34:14.80\00:34:17.71
of going from the Jewish nation
00:34:17.91\00:34:21.45
into the Christian church.
00:34:21.65\00:34:24.05
Are you following me?
00:34:25.73\00:34:27.09
So these people were
used to taking their tithe
00:34:27.39\00:34:31.61
and giving it at the temple.
00:34:31.81\00:34:34.75
But now all of a sudden
00:34:35.05\00:34:37.05
the gospel is
going out to the world.
00:34:37.25\00:34:39.70
And so Paul is trying
to help them understand
00:34:40.00\00:34:42.77
that they needed to
give, but they needed to give
00:34:42.97\00:34:46.73
so the gospel could be expanded
00:34:46.93\00:34:49.20
and not
necessarily at the temple.
00:34:49.40\00:34:52.67
Paul is asking: "If we
have helped you spiritually,
00:35:04.04\00:35:07.71
if we have helped
you grow spiritually,
00:35:07.91\00:35:10.53
then is it wrong for
you to help materially? "
00:35:10.83\00:35:15.01
That's the point he's asking.
00:35:15.31\00:35:17.98
This is what
happened at the temple.
00:35:47.25\00:35:50.08
They brought their
sacrifices and they ate of that.
00:35:50.39\00:35:55.75
Paul is making the
point here, and he says:
00:35:56.05\00:35:58.81
So he says that this
is how the church of God
00:36:07.09\00:36:11.70
is to be supported.
00:36:11.90\00:36:14.49
The tithe is to be given
00:36:15.96\00:36:19.89
for the
proclamation of the gospel.
00:36:20.19\00:36:23.10
I want to make that clear.
00:36:24.35\00:36:25.78
The tithe is to be given for
the proclamation of the gospel:
00:36:26.08\00:36:30.55
for the preaching of God's Word.
00:36:30.85\00:36:33.53
That... that is not all, folks.
00:36:33.83\00:36:37.22
That's the tithe.. that's what
you and I return to the Lord.
00:36:37.52\00:36:41.84
But then we are free
00:36:42.92\00:36:46.48
to give free will offerings
or to give of the firstfruits.
00:36:46.68\00:36:50.90
Those are things that we can
give that God wants us to give.
00:36:51.20\00:36:55.45
So it says bring the tithe.
00:37:06.66\00:37:08.82
I need to be faithful in it.
00:37:09.12\00:37:11.54
I picked up and read a
story the other day about this
00:37:11.84\00:37:15.69
town - not a large town
00:37:15.89\00:37:19.62
but a country
community... a town.
00:37:19.82\00:37:23.44
And the church there in the town
00:37:23.74\00:37:25.91
where all the people went to
00:37:26.02\00:37:27.57
the treasurer that had been the
00:37:27.60\00:37:29.39
treasurer for years retired.
00:37:29.49\00:37:33.17
And so the church was
trying to get somebody to be
00:37:33.37\00:37:37.06
the treasurer of the church.
00:37:37.26\00:37:38.36
And they finally asked the
fellow who owned and operated
00:37:38.66\00:37:43.16
the grain elevator in the town.
00:37:43.36\00:37:45.13
They asked him if he would
be the treasurer of the church.
00:37:45.33\00:37:48.81
They knew him to be honest.
00:37:49.12\00:37:51.15
They knew him to
be a man of integrity.
00:37:51.45\00:37:53.50
And so they asked him if
he would be the treasurer
00:37:53.80\00:37:56.15
of the church. And so
after some consideration
00:37:56.35\00:37:59.60
he said that he would.
00:37:59.80\00:38:01.32
That he would
be the treasurer...
00:38:01.62\00:38:03.89
but he said under one condition.
00:38:04.19\00:38:06.03
And they said: "What's that? "
00:38:06.34\00:38:08.11
And he said: "Nobody...
00:38:08.41\00:38:10.39
nobody will ask me any questions
about the finances of the church
00:38:10.59\00:38:15.77
for one year.
00:38:15.97\00:38:17.30
Nobody will look
at the church books
00:38:17.70\00:38:22.74
for one year. "
00:38:22.94\00:38:24.88
And the people
said: "What do you mean? "
00:38:27.10\00:38:30.36
He said: "If you want
me to be the treasurer,
00:38:30.56\00:38:32.10
nobody asks me
any questions about it
00:38:32.30\00:38:34.25
and nobody will look at the
church books for one year. "
00:38:34.45\00:38:37.00
And they respected him.
He was an honest man and all.
00:38:37.30\00:38:42.01
And so they said: "OK. "
00:38:42.31\00:38:44.02
And he became the treasurer.
00:38:44.32\00:38:47.22
And everything
seemed to go fine.
00:38:47.52\00:38:49.83
And at the end of the year
00:38:50.03\00:38:52.39
everybody wanted to know
how things were and how they...
00:38:52.69\00:38:56.91
And so they had the
treasurer give them a report.
00:38:57.29\00:39:00.95
They found out that they had
00:39:03.54\00:39:09.28
that they owned on the church...
owed on the church building.
00:39:09.46\00:39:11.95
They found out that
they had $50,000 in a fund
00:39:13.51\00:39:18.12
for spreading the gospel.
00:39:18.43\00:39:20.11
They found out several other
funds that they had an excess
00:39:21.37\00:39:25.01
of money in. They said:
"How have you done this?
00:39:25.21\00:39:30.58
How has this happened
00:39:30.88\00:39:32.62
that all this money
is here in the treasury
00:39:32.72\00:39:34.79
and everything's been paid
for, we don't have any debts?
00:39:34.99\00:39:38.55
How did this happen? "
00:39:38.65\00:39:40.46
He said: "Ah,
it's very simple. "
00:39:42.72\00:39:44.28
He said just simply:
"When you brought your grain
00:39:44.58\00:39:48.25
to the elevator and
had it weighed and paid, "
00:39:48.35\00:39:51.17
he said, "I just
took your tithe out of it
00:39:51.27\00:39:53.59
and turned it
in to the church. "
00:39:53.79\00:39:55.27
And he said: "None
of you have missed it. "
00:39:56.74\00:39:58.93
You see, just simply
works that way, dear friends.
00:39:59.23\00:40:04.66
God just simply says that
if you and I return the tithe
00:40:05.06\00:40:09.43
to Him that He will bless us.
00:40:09.63\00:40:12.86
And the blessing
God pours out upon us
00:40:13.17\00:40:17.09
is beyond anything
that you and I can imagine.
00:40:17.29\00:40:21.48
Does this for us.
00:40:21.78\00:40:23.59
And so I'm... the thing that
I'm trying to get across tonight
00:40:23.79\00:40:27.69
dear friends... It
has a whole lot more to do
00:40:27.72\00:40:32.01
with your heart and your
relationship with the Lord
00:40:32.21\00:40:37.21
than it has to do
with what your head says.
00:40:37.41\00:40:40.26
You need to come to
the place where you say:
00:40:41.93\00:40:44.64
"Yes, I trust Him.
00:40:44.94\00:40:47.12
I trust Him completely. I
put my life in His hands. "
00:40:47.42\00:40:51.40
And He says: "If you
do, I'll bless you. "
00:40:51.70\00:40:54.27
Jesus here is talking
about practicing it...
00:40:54.57\00:40:58.75
practicing it, when
it won't do you any good.
00:40:58.95\00:41:02.59
Listen:
00:41:02.89\00:41:04.62
You see, just to
practice it and not have faith
00:41:24.45\00:41:29.38
or mercy or justice
won't do you any good at all.
00:41:29.58\00:41:34.36
But to have faith and
say "I trust You, Lord, "
00:41:35.99\00:41:40.64
and to put your
life in His hands...
00:41:40.84\00:41:42.67
Oh, yes, that makes a
great, great difference.
00:41:42.97\00:41:47.05
See this is also what
Christ was trying to get across
00:41:48.50\00:41:53.07
when He told this story.
00:41:53.27\00:41:54.80
OK?
00:42:20.74\00:42:22.49
Was he practicing it?
00:42:29.56\00:42:33.29
Oh, yes. "I give tithe
of everything I have. "
00:42:33.59\00:42:38.81
You see, I need to give, folks.
00:43:07.28\00:43:11.71
And I need to give to
see the gospel proclaimed.
00:43:13.34\00:43:19.19
I have that right to give...
00:43:19.69\00:43:24.31
to give back to God
what He has given me.
00:43:24.61\00:43:28.57
And I have some people
say: "Well, how... you know...
00:43:28.88\00:43:33.50
how can you give 10%? "
00:43:33.53\00:43:35.95
Well, let me tell
you, that's not hard.
00:43:36.25\00:43:39.81
That's not hard if
your heart is right.
00:43:40.11\00:43:43.42
If your heart is right... no.
00:43:45.16\00:43:47.58
That's not hard at all.
00:43:47.88\00:43:50.28
And by the way, let me
just tell you right now
00:43:50.58\00:43:53.51
the minister is not exempt.
00:43:53.81\00:43:57.92
OK? Ministers are human beings.
00:43:59.22\00:44:04.60
They have the same problems.
00:44:04.90\00:44:08.47
They face the same temptations.
00:44:08.67\00:44:11.49
Selfishness is not something
that ministers don't have.
00:44:11.79\00:44:16.71
That is part of the
things that they face.
00:44:19.01\00:44:22.26
So you need to listen
to this very carefully:
00:44:22.46\00:44:24.49
Do you understand that?
00:44:29.83\00:44:31.13
Aaron was what? He was a Levite.
00:44:31.43\00:44:34.73
So what does it
mean when it says:
00:44:35.03\00:44:36.37
"The priests, the
descendants of Aaron,
00:44:36.57\00:44:38.01
shall be with the Levites? "
00:44:38.21\00:44:40.76
It simply means this:
00:44:41.07\00:44:43.14
that Aaron and his sons were
set aside to be the priests,
00:44:43.44\00:44:48.56
and the Levites were to
help them... minister to them.
00:44:48.86\00:44:52.99
So he's saying, these that
were the priests and the Levites
00:44:53.29\00:44:57.30
they were to be with them
00:44:57.50\00:44:59.27
when the Levites
receive the tithes.
00:44:59.47\00:45:03.71
OK?
00:45:04.01\00:45:05.28
Listen... who?
00:45:07.42\00:45:08.80
In other words, they
were supported by the tithes.
00:45:16.31\00:45:19.60
The minister is
supported by the tithe,
00:45:19.90\00:45:23.90
but he in turn is
to return a tithe.
00:45:24.20\00:45:29.47
That is scripture.
00:45:29.77\00:45:32.06
See, you and I have to make sure
00:45:33.39\00:45:38.42
that we are not
being covetous or selfish.
00:45:39.40\00:45:45.28
That can't be part
of a Christian life.
00:45:45.68\00:45:50.95
I have to be
willing to give... to share.
00:45:51.25\00:45:55.21
This they were
to bring as He says.
00:46:02.23\00:46:05.32
OK... Said:
"Would you rob God? "
00:46:14.19\00:46:16.85
Robbed Him of
tithes and offerings.
00:46:24.78\00:46:27.86
Free will
offerings I am to bring.
00:46:29.24\00:46:32.74
That God wants me to bring.
00:46:33.04\00:46:34.70
That was his charge.
00:46:51.65\00:46:53.12
So this was the tithe
that was to be brought.
00:47:06.91\00:47:09.31
I don't know how many of you
have been in the situation...
00:47:09.71\00:47:15.67
but if you've been
like a student in school
00:47:15.88\00:47:21.49
or something like some of
us were where you didn't know
00:47:21.69\00:47:26.50
where the next nickel
was coming from, I mean
00:47:26.71\00:47:29.02
you talk about being poor...
00:47:29.23\00:47:32.11
we were so poor
when we were in school...
00:47:32.41\00:47:35.65
I can remember my
birthday came around.
00:47:35.85\00:47:38.97
And... and we just didn't
have any money period, you know.
00:47:39.27\00:47:43.26
And by the way, this - to
me - is still the nicest gift
00:47:43.56\00:47:48.15
I have ever received in my life.
00:47:48.35\00:47:50.70
My wife didn't have any money.
00:47:51.00\00:47:54.25
I mean, we were just broke.
00:47:54.55\00:47:57.46
We didn't have any money, so I
didn't expect any birthday gift,
00:47:57.76\00:48:01.81
you know... no money for one.
00:48:02.01\00:48:04.19
Anyhow, we were
sitting there in the apartment
00:48:04.49\00:48:08.75
eating a little meal, and
there beside my plate was a gift
00:48:08.96\00:48:14.66
that she had gotten me.
00:48:14.96\00:48:16.90
Wrapped up... put
it beside the plate.
00:48:17.21\00:48:18.92
And I opened it up...
00:48:19.22\00:48:21.20
and here inside a little box was
a lollipop she had gotten me.
00:48:21.40\00:48:26.30
And like I say, still - to
me - probably the nicest gift
00:48:26.51\00:48:32.39
I ever got.
00:48:32.59\00:48:34.07
So if you've been in that
situation where you're poor,
00:48:35.35\00:48:38.30
you know you don't know where
the next thing is coming...
00:48:38.40\00:48:41.19
Jim Gilley and I were sharing
these things, and I asked him
00:48:41.39\00:48:46.65
about it. And he said
that when they were in school
00:48:46.86\00:48:48.74
that he and
Camille had, you know,
00:48:48.94\00:48:54.44
just taken every penny
they had to be at school.
00:48:54.64\00:48:58.00
And he had gotten a little check
00:48:58.21\00:49:01.20
from a little business
they were trying to operate.
00:49:02.59\00:49:06.03
And the tithe on that for
what he had earned and stuff
00:49:06.33\00:49:12.01
was $62.50.
00:49:12.21\00:49:14.85
But he said... if
he paid the $62.50
00:49:15.25\00:49:21.21
that was it, they
didn't have anything left.
00:49:21.51\00:49:24.50
That was... that took everything
that they had to pay that.
00:49:24.60\00:49:27.59
And he said that he
struggled with that...
00:49:27.89\00:49:32.67
I mean, because it was
giving everything they had.
00:49:32.87\00:49:37.06
He struggled with that all
the way to the post office.
00:49:37.36\00:49:39.89
Finally... was
sending the tithe...
00:49:40.09\00:49:43.20
he was sending the tithe
back to the church where they
00:49:43.40\00:49:45.61
were members... and
they were in school.
00:49:45.81\00:49:48.64
And he said he
finally mailed it.
00:49:48.94\00:49:51.17
And he said he
walked over to the mail box
00:49:51.48\00:49:54.77
and opened up the mail box.
00:49:54.97\00:49:58.09
And he said here
was a letter in it.
00:49:58.29\00:50:01.34
He took it out,
and in that letter
00:50:01.54\00:50:03.59
was a check for $62.50.
00:50:03.79\00:50:08.40
The exact penny.
00:50:08.70\00:50:10.59
You see, God does not fail.
00:50:10.79\00:50:14.49
Never. He'll care for us if
you and I are just faithful.
00:50:14.79\00:50:19.53
So the offerings are
something that you and I
00:50:19.73\00:50:22.82
are to bring to the Lord.
00:50:23.02\00:50:24.57
Now if you want to
make sure that you're OK,
00:50:35.48\00:50:39.56
this is how:
00:50:39.76\00:50:41.14
So you and I are to give.
00:50:56.36\00:50:58.54
The blessing of God
will rest with you and I
00:50:58.74\00:51:02.12
if we give to the Lord.
00:51:02.22\00:51:03.77
This God wants to
give to you and to me
00:51:20.44\00:51:23.72
if we return the tithe to Him.
00:51:23.92\00:51:26.66
All you may need
00:51:30.70\00:51:33.90
He will provide,
00:51:34.11\00:51:38.06
God will take care
00:51:38.72\00:51:41.88
of you.
00:51:42.09\00:51:46.41
Nothing you ask
00:51:47.06\00:51:49.88
will be denied...
00:51:50.18\00:51:54.00
God will take care
00:51:54.54\00:51:57.58
of you.
00:51:57.88\00:52:02.27
God will take care
00:52:02.68\00:52:07.69
of you.
00:52:07.89\00:52:10.16
Through every day,
00:52:10.56\00:52:14.05
or all the way.
00:52:14.35\00:52:18.16
He will take care
00:52:19.01\00:52:23.91
of you.
00:52:24.11\00:52:26.73
God will take care
00:52:27.36\00:52:32.61
of you.
00:52:33.11\00:52:39.07
Let us pray.
00:52:40.43\00:52:41.51
Father in Heaven,
00:52:41.81\00:52:44.23
we thank you... thank
you for providing for us.
00:52:44.43\00:52:49.26
For giving... for making a way.
00:52:50.27\00:52:54.94
Help us, Lord,
that we will learn...
00:52:55.04\00:52:58.00
learn to walk with You by faith.
00:52:58.30\00:53:02.63
To learn to take the
things that You give us
00:53:02.93\00:53:06.59
and to lay up a
treasure in heaven
00:53:06.79\00:53:09.99
that we can enjoy
the blessing of God
00:53:11.16\00:53:15.25
in our lives. Bless
each one here tonight
00:53:15.45\00:53:19.68
that they might find in Christ
00:53:19.99\00:53:24.42
their security, their guidance,
their direction in their lives.
00:53:24.62\00:53:30.53
We thank you,
Lord, for being with us.
00:53:30.84\00:53:33.65
For this we ask
in Your name, Amen.
00:53:33.95\00:53:37.43
Well, our next presentation
brings us down to the
00:53:39.54\00:53:43.80
end of this series on
The Apple of God's Eye.
00:53:44.00\00:53:47.28
And our next one is
on The Church Victorious.
00:53:47.58\00:53:51.45
The Church Victorious.
00:53:51.65\00:53:52.91
You see, God speaks of
the church as His bride,
00:53:53.21\00:53:58.20
and He describes
what's going to take place.
00:53:58.50\00:54:01.88
And we're going to take a look
at what the scripture tells us
00:54:02.09\00:54:04.75
about God's church
down through the ages
00:54:04.95\00:54:07.66
and how it will be victorious.
00:54:07.96\00:54:10.36
So we hope that all of you
will be sure and be back with us
00:54:10.66\00:54:14.12
again for our next presentation.
00:54:14.32\00:54:16.27
And we hope that
you have a good evening.
00:54:16.47\00:54:19.00
And may God continue to
be with you and bless you
00:54:19.20\00:54:22.33
in a very, very special way.
00:54:22.53\00:54:24.36
Thank you and good
night to each one of you.
00:54:24.53\00:54:27.55
There's a popular movie
that depicts the complete
00:54:29.77\00:54:33.15
annihilation of the
world through earthquakes,
00:54:33.35\00:54:36.23
fires, tsunamis, and floods
00:54:36.43\00:54:38.84
in the year 2012 AD.
00:54:39.04\00:54:41.49
Jesus warns us against
setting dates in Matthew 24:36.
00:54:41.79\00:54:46.28
"But of that day and
hour, no one knows...
00:54:46.58\00:54:49.57
not even the angels of heaven
00:54:49.87\00:54:51.57
but My Father only. "
00:54:51.77\00:54:53.40
While this film
may be entertaining,
00:54:53.70\00:54:55.68
it has done nothing
but heighten the fear
00:54:55.88\00:54:58.34
of the people of this world.
00:54:58.54\00:55:00.27
For many years now, we
have seen the signs of a world
00:55:00.57\00:55:03.85
in a state of collapse.
00:55:04.05\00:55:05.55
And even unbelievers are
increasingly uncomfortable
00:55:05.85\00:55:09.42
with the way things are going.
00:55:09.45\00:55:11.51
Truly we stand on the very edge
00:55:11.81\00:55:14.19
of earth's
history. And believe me,
00:55:14.39\00:55:16.85
the $250,000,000 spent on
special effects for this film
00:55:17.05\00:55:21.43
don't even come close
00:55:21.63\00:55:23.40
to what is about to be
unleashed upon mankind.
00:55:23.60\00:55:27.09
The Bible warns of wars,
00:55:27.39\00:55:29.31
famines,
pestilence, and earthquakes
00:55:29.51\00:55:32.59
culminating in the
most spectacular upheaval
00:55:32.79\00:55:35.87
this world has ever seen.
00:55:36.07\00:55:38.09
Just listen to this description
00:55:38.29\00:55:39.86
found in
Revelation the sixth chapter.
00:55:40.16\00:55:42.81
"And behold, there
was a great earthquake
00:55:43.01\00:55:45.19
and the sun became
black as the sackcloth of hair
00:55:45.39\00:55:48.56
and the moon became like blood.
00:55:48.76\00:55:51.26
And the stars of the
heaven fell to the earth
00:55:51.46\00:55:53.59
as a fig tree
drops its late figs
00:55:53.79\00:55:56.39
when it is
shaken by a mighty wind.
00:55:56.59\00:55:58.86
Then the sky receded as a
scroll when it is rolled up
00:55:59.06\00:56:02.68
and every mountain and island
were moved out of its place. "
00:56:02.88\00:56:06.89
Friends, this will
not be a Hollywood movie.
00:56:07.29\00:56:11.21
These events will
surely take place,
00:56:11.51\00:56:13.75
and we must warn the
world as quickly as possible.
00:56:13.95\00:56:17.44
You see, there will
be no secret rapture.
00:56:17.74\00:56:21.70
Every human being alive
at the time will be affected
00:56:22.00\00:56:25.78
whether they are
wicked or righteous.
00:56:25.98\00:56:28.31
But while the fear that has
gripped the hearts of the wicked
00:56:28.51\00:56:31.68
will cause them to beg
for rocks to fall on them,
00:56:31.88\00:56:35.05
those who are righteous
will welcome these events
00:56:35.35\00:56:38.35
as signs of Christ's coming.
00:56:38.55\00:56:40.62
They will say:
"Behold! This is our God.
00:56:40.92\00:56:43.46
We have waited for
Him, and He will save us. "
00:56:43.66\00:56:47.09
Listen to these glorious words
00:56:47.39\00:56:49.54
from I Thessalonians 4:
00:56:49.74\00:56:51.55
"For the Lord Himself will
descend from heaven with a shout
00:56:51.85\00:56:54.96
with the voice of the archangel
00:56:55.93\00:56:57.95
and with the trumpet of God,
00:56:58.25\00:56:59.73
and the dead in
Christ will rise first.
00:57:00.03\00:57:02.32
Then we who are alive and remain
00:57:02.62\00:57:04.79
shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds
00:57:04.99\00:57:07.55
to meet the Lord in the air.
00:57:07.75\00:57:09.56
And thus we shall
always be with the Lord.
00:57:09.86\00:57:12.40
Wherefore, comfort one
another with these words. "
00:57:12.70\00:57:16.14
Oh friends, our burden
is to share this good news.
00:57:16.44\00:57:19.89
To bring comfort to
those who are living in fear.
00:57:20.19\00:57:22.73
That's why we continue to
preach the gospel of salvation
00:57:23.03\00:57:26.38
through Jesus Christ
to anyone who will listen.
00:57:26.58\00:57:29.76
To see a soul come to Jesus
and be saved is worth any cost
00:57:30.06\00:57:34.59
and all efforts. That's
why this ministry exists.
00:57:34.79\00:57:38.50
Won't you help us?
00:57:38.70\00:57:39.67
Please consider what you can do
00:57:39.86\00:57:41.72
for those who still
don't know about Jesus.
00:57:41.92\00:57:44.13
As the Holy Spirit impresses,
00:57:44.33\00:57:46.04
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00:58:00.36\00:58:02.86
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00:58:03.06\00:58:04.70
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00:58:04.90\00:58:07.07
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00:58:07.27\00:58:09.46