Tonight's message is one that
we want you to give your ear to
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because it is of crucial
importance to your physical
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well-being as well as
your spiritual well-being.
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It is called:
Give All, Get All God!
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Of course the crew always
wonders what does Give All,
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Get all God mean?
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We have a sermon
coming up called TBA.
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To be announced,
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My producer, Cheryl Volsch, is
looking at this and she thought
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TBA meant there was no
sermon there and I was going
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I told her no, TBA is
going to be the sermon.
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TBA is what the sermon
title is, To Be Announced.
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she was wondering
what is that all about?
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Well, it's going to be announced
on the night of the sermon!
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That is coming up
later on this week.
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But this is Give All, Get
All God and I'm going to ask you
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to turn with me, if you
will, to the book of Isaiah.
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What book did I say?
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Isaiah 55, and before we read
the word of God, let's go to God
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and prayer. Father God we love
You and we pray now that You
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would help us to understand
our study for this evening,
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because it is of importance
to us and to Your kingdom.
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And to the work of God.
Give us open and receptive minds
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and hearts, and we thank you
in Jesus name. Amen and Amen!
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I'm in Isaiah 55:8, 9.
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This then is the word of God.
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Let me make, at the
very beginning, an elementary
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and basic statement.
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Here it is: God is not man
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and man is not
God, praise the Lord!
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God does not think like we do,
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God does not act like we do,
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God is not moved like we are.
His ways are higher than ours.
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His thoughts are purer
than ours, His motives are more
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just than ours, and God
has a bigger picture of life
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then we do.
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the Bible says, we see
now through a glass darkly.
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Most of our opinions are a
construct of what we do not know
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as opposed as
to what we do know.
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there is so much in the Universe
we, as human beings, don't know.
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our opinions are formed by
that little bit of knowledge
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that we do know.
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God has a bigger picture, knows
all, understands all, sees the
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end from the beginning and
as such God's ways, the way He
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deals with us in this Universe
is quite at difference or
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variants then the way we
deal with this Universe or
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see this Universe.
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God is not mean,
Amen! God is not vindictive.
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God is not
vengeful. God is not spiteful.
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God, frankly,
doesn't behave like we do.
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There are some things
that are Divinely ordained,
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that don't make sense to us.
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Oft times, in our Christian
experience, you will find
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that God will take you through
a series of steps, or a series
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of experiences that don't
particularly make sense to
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you, that you don't particularly
like, and that perhaps take us
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beyond the comfort zone that
we are accustomed to reside in.
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that is why we have
a faith factor in our
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Christian experience.
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Successful Christian living
it's not only doing those things
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that we see and that we
understand, but it is also
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following those commands given
to us by God that sometimes
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don't really make sense to
us, and that don't add up to us,
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but that we find in retrospect,
if we follow God and listen
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to God, and obey God even
when it doesn't add up for us,
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that all things indeed
worked together for good to them
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that love Jesus and who
are called to His holy purpose.
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God adds by
subtraction, what did I say?
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God adds by subtraction.
Let's go to the book of 1 Kings,
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What book did I say?
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1 Kings 17:11-12.
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That we may eat and die.
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We see here a very abject
case, this is a woman who has
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basically given up on
life. She is there with her son,
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mentally she has let go,
she has resigned herself to
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the obvious
reality of the situation.
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I am a widow, I have no
husband, my son has no father,
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we have no benefactor,
or protector, we have no
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respite and no resources.
we are going to eat this last
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little bit of food
and then it's over.
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This is our last supper.
We will eat it and sustain
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as long as this
little bit of food will last.
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Her language alludes to her
mental state, it clues us in
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to what is going on in her head.
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We are ready to die!
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She is called, in the word
of God, the widow of Zarephath.
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She is not a Hebrew,
she is from Zarephath.
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Zarephath is a Phoenician
city on the Mediterranean coast
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about midway between the
cities of Tira and Sidon.
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She doesn't know Jehovah well,
she doesn't know Elijah at all.
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So here comes this
guy, that she doesn't know.
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She is ready to eat
her last meal and die.
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He represents a God that
she has only heard about,
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doesn't really know well,
and this guy appears and says,
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listen, rather than eat
your last food, give it to me.
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Does that make sense to
you? I've got no husband,
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no resources, my son has
no father, we are poor, we are
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destitute, with nothing to
eat, we have a little flour,
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and a little oil, I'm
going to gather some sticks,
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eat this last
supper, lay down and die.
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I have one meal left and here
comes some guy, representing
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some God, Who is not even
from our country and says,
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wait a minute,
give me that food.
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Does that make sense to you?
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But I say again,
God adds by subtraction.
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this stranger says, if you
give me the food, I promise you
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that your food
will never run out.
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Sound plausible to
you? Makes sense to you?
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Sound like
something you would do?
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I have one slice of bread
and somebody knocks on the door.
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And says, give me that bread,
and I promise you the next time
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you go into your
pantry, bread will be there.
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Excuse me!
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God will see to it
that your flour and your oil
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will never run out.
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Give all, get all,
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sounds rather
counterintuitive doesn't it?
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It doesn't make sense, does it?
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Yet, God says, all.
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We serve a give all, get all God
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God says when you
give all, you get all.
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If you hold back, you don't get.
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God adds by subtraction
ladies and gentlemen,
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and He multiplies by division.
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So she took a chance
and God honored that faith.
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That flour never ran out,
and the oil never ran out.
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She gave all and
praise God, she got all.
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God adds by subtraction.
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the book is
Matthew, what book did I say?
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I'm in Matthew 14:14, I will
give you a second to find it
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Christ is moved with
compassion on you and me.
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I've seen this happen enough
times that when you come to
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your end, Jesus is
at His very beginning.
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Tell you a story, I am
going to embarrass my stepson.
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He's right there
behind that camera.
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You know in the past
year he's got 4 automobiles?
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4 of them, if he
could nod, he'd nod.
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Got 4, and he
bought none of them.
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God gave him 4 cars.
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4 cars, because
he needed 4 cars.
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He got one car, it was a
gift, it lasted about a month.
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It died on the road.
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I had to tow it with my truck.
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As that car died,
he got another car.
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Then he got a
truck with a bad engine.
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Somebody gave him another
truck with a good engine.
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He took the truck with
the bad engine, he took the
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good engine out of the bad
truck and the bad engine out of
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the good truck and now he has
a good truck with a good engine.
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Then he got a Buick Park
Avenue given to him, then he got
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an Oldsmobile given to him.
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4 cars, because
he needed 4 cars.
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He has a wife and 3 children.
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He is here
doing the work of God.
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His wife is at
home with 3 babies.
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He had no car and
God it gave him 4.
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Praise God! One
day somebody came to
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3ABN and said here is a
100 dollars give it to Kevin.
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I said, where's mine?
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They said, no give it to him.
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I said okay! and
I gave it to him.
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Because he needed it, because
he has a wife and 3 children.
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One of them is just 14 months.
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God takes care of His own,
and God adds by subtraction.
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Amen! And when you put
your hand in hand of God,
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God takes care of you. Amen!
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Verse 21 of that same chapter.
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You know the feeding of the 5000
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5 loaves and 2 fishes.
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Jesus divided and multiplied,
He multiplies by division.
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Not only does God add by
subtraction, He multiplies
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by division. Praise the Lord!
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We call this the feeding of the
5000 but that may be just a bit
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sexist because there
were many more then 5000.
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The 5000 only counts men.
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Now when we are
doing calculations at 3ABN
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to try and find how
many households we are in,
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we say that every subscription
is three households.
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So if you have one
subscriber there are 3 people
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in the household, usually
a household contains mother,
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father, and we
account for one child.
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That's pretty
much standard industry.
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So let's add this to
this particular story.
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If there were 5000
men, there were at least
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15,000 people
there, that were fed.
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That's women and
children, minimum 15,000.
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Christ fed them all.
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Multiplication factor
of 3, at least 15,000.
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God and God only adds by
subtraction and multiplies
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by division.
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Let me say something,
everything, everything
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belongs to God. Amen!
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everything, we own nothing!
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How many own their own home?
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Good! Nobody!
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We like to say that
we own our own home,
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I own my own house.
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the bank owns your house.
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Unless it is paid for.
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Even if your house is paid
for, and you stop paying taxes,
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what does the government do?
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Take your house
and sell it for taxes.
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I know a church in New
York State, they bought a
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piece of land and they
did something so that the
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church became exposed.
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The city sold
their church at auction.
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A lady bought a whole
Seventh-day Adventist church
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for 25,000 dollars.
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She changed the locks,
and locked the Seventh-day
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Adventist congregation
out of their own church.
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They sold it for taxes.
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Lady put down 25,000
dollars and owned a Seventh-day
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Adventist church
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So now the church had to buy
their church back from this lady
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because they didn't file a
simple form with the government.
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She said, I will sell it
back to you for 75,000 dollars.
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They got her down, they
got her down, but she did make
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a little money.
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So what do we own in this world?
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Nothing! we don't own anything!
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We are truly pilgrims and
strangers, it all belongs to God
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Everything belongs to God.
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We own nothing
except our character. Amen!
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The only thing you
own is your character.
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God said, it all belongs to Him.
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I'm the book of
Psalms, what book did I say?
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Psalms 24:1.
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So the houses belong to God,
and the land belongs to God.
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The people belong to
God, you and I belong to God.
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It all belongs to God, we are
truly pilgrims and strangers.
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We are just passing through,
this is why you ought not
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set down your roots to deep.
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Wear this earth lightly,
I know you have to live,
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you have to work, you have
got to eat, we have to support
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our families, but the truth
is this earth is passing away.
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So don't get too
comfortable down here. Amen!
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The world and they
that dwell therein.
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We serve a give all, get
all, God and God's got dibbs.
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Now you may not
know what dibbs is.
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Dibbs is an intercity
thing that we used in Buffalo
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when I was growing up.
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Anybody know what
the word dibbs mean?
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Got to be an intercity
guy to know what dibbs are.
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Dibbs are claims, you see
when you are poor, living in the
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intercity, if anybody
got anything, everybody else
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expected them to share it.
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So if you came out with a
big candy bar, as a child our
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friends would say, I got dibbs.
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which means I'm
claiming a piece of your candy.
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That's what dibbs are.
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dibbs are claims.
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If you were selfish and didn't
want anybody to get anything,
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any piece of what you
had, you would say immediately
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no dibbs.
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That means, hands off,
Candy is mine, you are not
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going to get any.
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But if anybody beat you to it,
if they could say, I got dibbs
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before you said no dibbs,
you had to share your candy.
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If enough people had
dibbs, sometimes you didn't even
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get any of your own candy.
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So I am saying
that God got dibbs.
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God has claims on our lives,
on every aspect of our lives.
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God's got a claim on us.
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1 Corinthians
says, we read it earlier
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and I referred to it in
the question and answer period.
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Jesus says, God says you
were bought with a price.
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Therefore, glorify God in your
body because we belong to God.
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We are signed, sealed,
and delivered from sin.
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Humanity then owes it's very
existence to our God in heaven.
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Can you say, Amen?
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So we belong to God
and everything we have
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belongs to God,
and God's got dibbs.
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The book is Haggai,
what book did I say?
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Haggai, I will give you just
a second to find it because it
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is a little difficult sitting
there in the Old Testament.
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Haggai 2:8.
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It all belongs to God.
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The Bible also says, by the
way, ladies and gentlemen, it is
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God who gives you
strength to get wealth. Amen!
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So don't get caught up in what
we call Nebuchadnezzar disease.
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Do you know what
Nebuchadnezzar disease is?
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If you don't
know I will tell you.
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Nebuchadnezzar disease is a
disease that you get a little
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affluent and you began thinking
that everything I got is the
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consequent of my labor and
I can enjoy it as I please.
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You know you get a new house,
the day they give you the key
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you stand outside of your
house and say, see that house
00:21:46.83\00:21:50.84
my house, I
worked to get that house.
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Or you get a new car, and
you stand in front of your car,
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and say, see
that car, it's my car.
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I worked to get that car.
Or you throw open your closet
00:22:07.64\00:22:12.33
and see all your nice suits
and ties, and say, see those
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suits, my suits, I
worked to get all that.
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I deserve that.
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You forget that it is
God Who gives us the strength
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to get wealth.
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Were God to remove His
protective hand from us,
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all of that would be
gone, ladies and gentlemen.
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We are to glorify God.
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I know a fellow who is a member,
a friend of mine at church,
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who bought a brand-new car.
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told his wife, that is
your car this is my car.
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You ride in that car, you
don't get to touch that car.
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You know where that car is?
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Back in the shop because the
wife said if I don't ride in it,
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we don't own it,
took it back. Gone!
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Had another
friend, Elder in my church.
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Bought a brand-new Cadillac
in 1994 and put a 5000 dollar
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alarm system on it, I didn't
know you could buy a 5000 dollar
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alarm system for car.
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They cost 4750
dollars, just at 5000 dollars.
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The alarm system was so
sensitive that you didn't even
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touch the car, if you just stood
near the car, the car would
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say, "Get back,
you're in My space. "
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True story, the car
would say, Step back!
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"You are too close. "
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He parked the car in the carport
right outside the bedroom window
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His wife told me, Pastor I think
if he could get that car in
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the bedroom with us at
night, he would bring it
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in the very bedroom.
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Loves that car!
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Do you know where
that car is today?
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Well if you know I wish
you would tell him because
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he doesn't have a clue.
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He had a 30 days,
and they stole it.
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4700 dollar alarm system,
kill switch and everything else
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and they came
and got it. Stole it!
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They took it, you see how
you wear this world loosely?
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because all of these things
are going to burn, they are not
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going to be here forever.
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I have lived in New York
and Pastored for 30 years
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and I had 3 cars stolen.
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My very first car stolen.
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My second car, you know I
bought a, don't tell anybody,
00:24:29.37\00:24:33.87
I bought a sports car.
00:24:33.90\00:24:35.05
I was still single and
said I'm going to be married and
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pastoring so I had
enough money I bought a 280 ZX.
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I bought it,
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and they stole it.
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The only reason I got it back is
because I was visiting somebody
00:24:48.30\00:24:52.98
in the hospital and
it was on the empty.
00:24:53.01\00:24:55.66
I said I'm going to make
this visit, then I will put
00:24:55.69\00:24:58.11
gas in the car.
00:24:58.14\00:24:59.11
So they stole it while I
was in the hospital visiting one
00:24:59.12\00:25:00.75
of my members and it went
3 blocks and ran out of gas.
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So they just
abandoned it and left there.
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So they say come get your car,
it's 3 blocks down the road.
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It's only
reason I still have it.
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Then I bought another car.
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When I was working in
the conference office in the
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parking lot with, do
you know what a club is?
00:25:13.39\00:25:15.60
That thing you put on, I had
a club on it, had a kill switch
00:25:15.63\00:25:18.45
on it, and something
to immobilize the pedal.
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11o'clock in the morning,
conference office, 20 seconds
00:25:21.23\00:25:25.71
they had it and gone.
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Gone, and my secretary came in,
bless her little heart, Maggie
00:25:26.89\00:25:31.42
Rivera, when she got
upset she couldn't speak English
00:25:31.45\00:25:35.46
and couldn't speak Spanish.
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She's trying to speak English
and trying to speak Spanish
00:25:36.65\00:25:38.77
and she was saying...
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I said Maggie what?
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She said they stole your car.
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took it out of the conference
office parking lot, 20 seconds.
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Cut off the club, cut off
the thing on the break, disabled
00:25:55.22\00:25:59.07
the kill switch,
and gone in 20 seconds.
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So when we talk about it is
mine we ought to realize that it
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all belong to God.
00:26:08.67\00:26:12.90
Don't be too upset because
the same Lord that got me
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that first car
could give me another one.
00:26:16.76\00:26:18.77
God is still good to His people.
00:26:18.80\00:26:20.98
So the Earth is the
Lord's, the gold is God's.
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The silver is God's, it
all belongs to God and we are
00:26:23.98\00:26:27.87
but trustees, we are stewards.
We take care of the things
00:26:27.90\00:26:34.26
that God allows to
have, and we give back to God.
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In doing so we are
saying thank you to God
00:26:39.20\00:26:43.55
for giving us things.
00:26:43.58\00:26:45.16
It is only fair that when
someone gives you a present,
00:26:45.19\00:26:48.33
you say, thank you. AMEN!
00:26:48.36\00:26:51.26
When God gives you the
gift of life, you say thank you
00:26:51.29\00:26:55.33
by returning a portion of
your life to Him for service.
00:26:55.36\00:27:00.74
Is that unreasonable?
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It is not!
00:27:01.91\00:27:03.36
Everything belongs to God, so
if we have control of anything
00:27:03.39\00:27:09.04
they are on loan to
us by a God who owns all.
00:27:09.07\00:27:14.81
That makes us not
on owners but stewards.
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Control of
something that belongs to God.
00:27:18.60\00:27:22.59
I'm in the book of
Matthew, what book did I say?
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Matthew 25:14, this is
a rather lengthy reading.
00:27:24.31\00:27:30.60
so I'm going to give
you a moment to find it.
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A powerful statement!
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A powerful parable!
00:30:50.08\00:30:51.95
One it says this, everybody
has something that they can do
00:30:51.98\00:30:58.78
to advance the kingdom
of God, will you say, Amen?
00:30:58.81\00:31:02.47
You may not be able to preach
or teach, or sing, but God
00:31:02.50\00:31:07.53
has given you something that
you can do to lift up Jesus.
00:31:07.56\00:31:12.29
One of your tasks while you
are here on earth, is to find
00:31:12.32\00:31:17.76
that thing and employ
it for the goodness of God.
00:31:17.79\00:31:22.21
If all you do is come to church
and sit and sing, Oh How I
00:31:22.24\00:31:28.99
Love Jesus, you are
doing yourself and your God
00:31:29.02\00:31:33.45
a great
disservice, can you say Amen?
00:31:33.48\00:31:36.74
There are those who say,
well you know what I don't say
00:31:36.77\00:31:39.61
too much on my job about Jesus.
00:31:39.64\00:31:41.21
I just live the life quietly,
and I say to you, chicken!
00:31:41.24\00:31:45.84
The Bible says, let the
redeemed of the Lord say so!
00:31:52.13\00:31:56.90
If nothing else you can
tell what great things God
00:31:56.93\00:32:01.43
has done for you.
00:32:01.46\00:32:03.17
And if you are in
Jesus, I guarantee God has done
00:32:03.20\00:32:06.43
a lot for you.
00:32:06.46\00:32:07.62
You can share that and by
sharing that you are giving God
00:32:07.65\00:32:11.21
interest on the talent of speech
that He has given you. Amen!
00:32:11.24\00:32:14.50
If you can sing, sing for God.
00:32:14.53\00:32:17.46
If you can teach, teach for God.
00:32:17.49\00:32:19.50
If you can
preach, preach for God.
00:32:19.53\00:32:21.34
God has given you something
to do and if you are doing
00:32:21.37\00:32:24.20
nothing, you are saying
God You were not fair to me,
00:32:24.23\00:32:26.84
You didn't give me anything.
00:32:26.87\00:32:27.96
God gives all of us talents.
00:32:27.99\00:32:30.58
Listen, if you use what you've
got, God will give you more.
00:32:30.61\00:32:36.24
You may not be the
best singer, keep on trying.
00:32:36.27\00:32:41.16
God will help you.
00:32:41.19\00:32:42.16
You may not be the best
speaker, keep on trying,
00:32:42.17\00:32:45.33
God will help you.
00:32:45.36\00:32:46.39
You know playing basketball
prepared me to preach.
00:32:46.42\00:32:48.28
I don't have fear of audiences,
but when I was in high school
00:32:48.31\00:32:51.65
I was a very good
practice basketball player.
00:32:51.68\00:32:54.24
excellent in practice,
get in the game and freeze.
00:32:54.27\00:32:57.55
The coach would say, Murray
why don't you do in the game
00:32:57.58\00:33:03.29
what you did in practice?
00:33:03.32\00:33:04.61
I said, because I get scared.
00:33:04.64\00:33:07.75
He said something to me
that stayed with me to this day.
00:33:07.78\00:33:11.84
C. A., nobody cares about you,
it's not important, they are
00:33:11.87\00:33:18.11
not looking at you,
you are part of the team.
00:33:18.14\00:33:20.39
It is not about
you, it's about the team.
00:33:20.42\00:33:23.00
If you do your job,
everything will be fine.
00:33:23.03\00:33:26.07
And that stayed with me.
00:33:26.10\00:33:27.44
Now when I stand up
in front of audiences,
00:33:27.47\00:33:28.97
it's not about me,
nobody cares about me.
00:33:29.00\00:33:32.77
It's about the word of God.
00:33:32.80\00:33:34.50
My job is to get you to
understand that Jesus loves you.
00:33:34.53\00:33:38.64
He has a calling on
your life, and if I do that,
00:33:38.67\00:33:40.80
then I've done God's will.
00:33:40.83\00:33:43.64
Let me tell you a secret, not
even in my notes, it's a secret.
00:33:43.67\00:33:45.35
Being afraid of audiences
is the ultimate selfishness.
00:33:45.38\00:33:51.46
It is! it is the
ultimate selfishness.
00:33:51.49\00:33:55.45
If you forget about yourself
and concentrate on what God
00:33:55.48\00:33:58.28
has called you to do, you
will have no problem being
00:33:58.31\00:34:01.06
in front of audiences
00:34:01.09\00:34:02.12
it's the ultimate selfishness.
00:34:02.15\00:34:03.27
It is! most folks
don't want to see you fail.
00:34:03.30\00:34:06.55
They don't, they
want to see you succeed.
00:34:06.58\00:34:09.72
They want to see you do well.
00:34:09.75\00:34:11.37
So concentrate on the word
of God, forget about yourself
00:34:11.40\00:34:14.43
and you will do fine.
00:34:14.46\00:34:15.84
Now that's not in my
notes, just some ecclesiological
00:34:15.87\00:34:19.19
obiter dictum, some
etiological gastroenteritis.
00:34:19.23\00:34:22.55
It's a sneeze trying to
get you to catch the virus.
00:34:22.58\00:34:24.94
So concentrate on God because
God's got dibbs on your time,
00:34:24.97\00:34:30.99
and He has got
dibbs on your talents.
00:34:31.02\00:34:33.10
He's got claims on you, requires
one seventh of our time.
00:34:33.13\00:34:36.95
and that one seventh
is called the Sabbath.
00:34:36.98\00:34:41.23
So He has got claims,
He's got dibbs on your time.
00:34:41.26\00:34:45.78
If you give Him your
time He gives you a blessing.
00:34:45.81\00:34:49.43
How many can
ratify, how many can affirm,
00:34:49.46\00:34:52.30
the blessing that
comes from worshiping on the
00:34:52.33\00:34:54.45
Sabbath day, huh?
00:34:54.48\00:34:56.23
Pastor Gilley preached this
morning, I preached this morning
00:34:56.26\00:34:59.94
We went all over the
city up and down, up and down
00:34:59.97\00:35:02.80
But we are not
tired, we are not burnt out
00:35:02.83\00:35:04.87
because there's energy,
there's strength, there is a
00:35:04.90\00:35:07.11
blessing from
preaching on the Sabbath day.
00:35:07.14\00:35:08.87
Ed Barnett preach somewhere
this morning didn't he?
00:35:08.90\00:35:10.72
Do you feel tired? NO!
because God gives you a blessing
00:35:10.75\00:35:14.66
on the Sabbath day.
00:35:14.69\00:35:17.67
Forgive me, I have to
talk about something real fast.
00:35:17.70\00:35:18.67
It's not in my notes. Listen!
Satan will try to keep you
00:35:18.69\00:35:22.59
from worshiping on the Sabbath.
00:35:22.62\00:35:23.88
There is a thing
I call Sabbathitis.
00:35:23.91\00:35:27.27
Inflammation of the
Sabbath, heard about it?
00:35:27.30\00:35:30.65
Yeah, you go to bed
Friday feeling fine.
00:35:30.68\00:35:33.26
You get up Sabbath morning
and something starts aching you
00:35:33.29\00:35:36.22
didn't even know you had
Friday when you went to bed.
00:35:36.25\00:35:38.19
Called Sabbathitis, head
hurts, back hurts, feet hurt,
00:35:38.22\00:35:43.48
children act up,
husband acts up, wife acts up,
00:35:43.51\00:35:46.77
it's called Sabbathitis because
Satan wants you to say forget
00:35:46.80\00:35:49.64
about it, I'm going to bed.
00:35:49.67\00:35:51.47
So you have this splitting
headache that last to about
00:35:51.50\00:35:56.24
one o'clock, and at one o'clock
you're splitting headache, gone!
00:35:56.27\00:36:04.01
But you know what else is gone?
00:36:04.04\00:36:06.13
Your blessing!
00:36:06.16\00:36:07.59
Because you stayed home
and Hebrew said you should
00:36:07.62\00:36:11.51
assemble yourself together,
so you lost your blessing
00:36:11.54\00:36:15.07
and Satan won,
it's called Sabbathitis.
00:36:15.10\00:36:16.99
It's inflammational Sabbath
because Satan wants you to
00:36:17.02\00:36:20.82
pull up the covers and say
forget about it I'm staying home
00:36:20.85\00:36:22.13
you miss your blessing,
don't let that happen to you.
00:36:22.16\00:36:26.05
Do not let it happen, give
God His one seventh of that time
00:36:26.08\00:36:30.44
and God will give you a blessing
that will keep you throughout
00:36:30.47\00:36:32.91
the whole week.
00:36:32.94\00:36:34.02
There is a joy in
being in God's presence.
00:36:34.05\00:36:37.16
there is a joy being in the
house of God on Sabbath day.
00:36:37.19\00:36:40.83
If you've never had it, it
is because you haven't tried it.
00:36:40.86\00:36:43.66
Because if you try it
your going to like it.
00:36:43.69\00:36:45.54
Guaranteed!
00:36:45.57\00:36:47.86
Christ used to preach all day,
heal all night and His disciples
00:36:47.89\00:36:51.33
How did You get
all that strength?
00:36:51.36\00:36:52.65
Christ says there's
presence, there's power in
00:36:52.68\00:36:56.08
My Father's presence
00:36:56.11\00:36:57.44
If you will get up on Sabbath
morning, brush your teeth,
00:36:57.47\00:36:59.61
comb your hair, grab
your Bible and come to church,
00:36:59.64\00:37:01.22
God will give you a blessing.
00:37:01.25\00:37:02.56
I guarantee He will.
00:37:02.59\00:37:04.37
So God demands then
one seventh of our time.
00:37:04.40\00:37:07.84
Isaiah chapter 58, the
book is Isaiah 58:13, 14
00:37:07.87\00:37:12.76
"Then shalt thou delight thyself
in the Lord; and I will cause
00:37:27.97\00:37:31.74
thee to ride upon the
high places of the earth,
00:37:31.77\00:37:34.57
and feed thee with the
heritage of Jacob thy father:
00:37:34.60\00:37:37.77
for the mouth of the
Lord hath spoken it. "
00:37:37.80\00:37:41.47
God said you honor Me on the
Sabbath day and I guarantee you
00:37:41.50\00:37:46.39
a blessing they
cannot be counterfeited.
00:37:46.42\00:37:49.82
Take your foot off the Sabbath,
give Him one seventh of our time
00:37:49.85\00:37:53.48
Now, along with the one seventh
of our time, God also asks for
00:37:53.51\00:37:58.32
one tenth of our increase. Amen!
00:37:58.35\00:38:03.34
When seventh of our time,
one tenth of our increase.
00:38:03.37\00:38:06.98
We are going to
the book of Proverbs.
00:38:07.01\00:38:08.10
What book did I say?
00:38:08.13\00:38:09.10
Proverbs 3:9
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Now let's take a look
at that and break it down
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just a little bit.
00:38:29.14\00:38:30.11
Honor the Lord with your
increase, when you get something
00:38:30.12\00:38:33.56
since God was
responsible for you getting it,
00:38:33.59\00:38:37.11
He claims a little
piece of it for His own. AMEN!
00:38:37.14\00:38:40.61
Honor the Lord with
your substance and with the
00:38:40.64\00:38:43.93
first fruits of your increase.
00:38:43.96\00:38:45.72
So God is saying listen, before
you spend what you have on
00:38:45.75\00:38:49.81
what you want,
give Me mine first.
00:38:49.84\00:38:53.97
Amen! Give it to Me first.
00:38:54.00\00:38:57.71
Because giving it to God first
acknowledges that you respect
00:38:57.74\00:39:04.01
the fact that it was
God who gave it to you.
00:39:04.04\00:39:07.42
So God said, give Me mine
upfront, and then take the rest
00:39:07.45\00:39:13.14
and do with it as
you please, under God.
00:39:13.17\00:39:18.04
But you make sure
that God gets His first.
00:39:18.07\00:39:24.45
You don't give Him the leftovers
you don't give Him the leavings.
00:39:24.48\00:39:29.15
You don't spend all on you,
do what you want, and if you
00:39:29.18\00:39:31.66
have a few pennies
just toss them God's way.
00:39:31.69\00:39:35.29
Give God His first.
00:39:35.32\00:39:38.78
It is and acknowledgement
that God was the one who
00:39:38.81\00:39:42.38
gave it to you plus, God has
guaranteed that if you give Him
00:39:42.41\00:39:49.59
His first, He will see to
it that the rest stretches
00:39:49.62\00:39:55.80
out to a little bit.
How many can say Amen?
00:39:55.83\00:39:56.93
God says give Me Mine
first, and I will make sure that
00:39:56.96\00:40:03.69
the rest is taken care of.
00:40:03.72\00:40:06.13
Now what does God
want, how much does He want?
00:40:06.16\00:40:10.45
If I return it to God what
is He going to be happy with?
00:40:10.48\00:40:14.87
I'm in the book of
Leviticus, what book did I say?
00:40:14.90\00:40:17.80
Leviticus 27:30
00:40:17.83\00:40:23.31
So then, this portion that God
is claiming, He says does not
00:40:37.68\00:40:46.22
belong to you, it is Mine.
00:40:46.25\00:40:49.87
It belongs to the Lord.
00:40:49.90\00:40:51.86
God says I claim 10 percent.
00:40:51.89\00:40:56.65
I claim it as mine.
00:40:56.68\00:40:58.93
If you will give Me the 10
percent, then I will help your
00:40:58.96\00:41:05.74
other 90 percent
stretch out and meet your needs.
00:41:05.77\00:41:11.91
We serve a give
all, get all, God.
00:41:11.94\00:41:16.63
God facilitates spiritual growth
00:41:16.66\00:41:20.31
Let me say this to you
also, what we do with our money
00:41:20.34\00:41:24.88
may be the greatest indication
or indicator of what's going
00:41:24.91\00:41:29.05
on in our hearts and our lives.
00:41:29.08\00:41:31.48
They say show me what a
person spends his money on,
00:41:31.51\00:41:36.46
and I will show you
where he is spiritually.
00:41:36.49\00:41:39.40
So we go to someone's house,
we can see what they spend
00:41:39.43\00:41:40.41
their money on you have
got an idea of what's going on.
00:41:40.44\00:41:45.20
Amen! you are pretty much
what you spend your money on.
00:41:54.07\00:42:03.32
Amen! Amen!
00:42:03.35\00:42:10.21
Your spiritual barometer
00:42:10.25\00:42:13.79
can be determined by
what you spend your money on.
00:42:13.83\00:42:19.42
Amen!
00:42:19.45\00:42:22.90
Amen!
00:42:30.40\00:42:31.96
Giving is an act of worship.
00:42:38.03\00:42:42.73
Amen! Amen!
00:42:42.76\00:42:51.01
If you don't like giving to
God there is something wrong
00:42:52.72\00:43:00.80
with your relationship with God.
00:43:00.84\00:43:04.62
If you hate to give money
to the cause of God, something
00:43:04.65\00:43:12.63
is wrong with your relationship.
00:43:12.66\00:43:15.24
Because loving the Lord is more
than singing Oh How I Love Jesus
00:43:15.27\00:43:21.50
It is supporting
the cause of Christ.
00:43:21.53\00:43:25.60
So if you don't like to
give, if you really hate giving
00:43:25.63\00:43:31.09
God money, something is wrong.
00:43:31.12\00:43:34.84
Amen! Amen!
00:43:34.87\00:43:42.18
Amen! The book is
Malachi, what book did I say?
00:43:48.06\00:43:52.92
Malachi 3:6-12 Last
book in the Old Testament.
00:43:52.95\00:43:59.98
God is saying, prove Me.
00:45:27.25\00:45:28.60
Test Me! Try Me!
00:45:28.63\00:45:32.72
You guys are
stealing from the Lord
00:45:32.76\00:45:38.14
when you don't pay
tithes and offerings.
00:45:38.17\00:45:43.48
God has given us something
and He claims part of it back
00:45:43.52\00:45:50.79
and the Lord says, there
are people out there who are
00:45:50.82\00:45:54.76
embezzling from Me.
00:45:54.79\00:45:56.76
They are stealing
that which is Mine.
00:45:56.79\00:45:59.99
You are taking My money
and mixing it with yours.
00:46:00.02\00:46:05.10
This ladies and gentlemen
is misappropriation of funds.
00:46:05.13\00:46:10.23
What does Jesus say?
00:46:10.26\00:46:13.24
What does God say?
00:46:13.27\00:46:14.90
He says you are
cursed with a curse.
00:46:14.93\00:46:19.65
Taking God's money and
trying to make ends meet and not
00:46:19.68\00:46:26.46
realizing that giving God
His and letting God make your
00:46:26.49\00:46:31.93
ends meet is the sure way to go.
00:46:31.96\00:46:34.73
I had a young lady years ago
walk up to me with her statement
00:46:34.76\00:46:39.42
in hand, and said Pastor, here's
my income, here's my out go
00:46:39.45\00:46:44.97
my upkeep is going to be
a downfall if I pay tithe.
00:46:45.00\00:46:50.68
I looked at her numbers,
and she was the kind of person
00:46:50.71\00:46:54.64
who balanced her
checkbook to the penny.
00:46:54.67\00:46:56.52
Everything in, everything out.
00:46:56.55\00:46:59.36
she said I can't pay tithe.
00:46:59.39\00:47:02.12
I told her living hand to
mouth penny to penny like this,
00:47:02.15\00:47:07.29
you can't afford
not to pay tithe.
00:47:07.32\00:47:08.76
I said one flat tire,
one problem with your car,
00:47:08.79\00:47:14.81
and you are bankrupt.
00:47:14.84\00:47:16.66
You are living from hand
to mouth, check to check, and
00:47:16.69\00:47:21.16
making your bills, you are
paying your bills every month.
00:47:21.19\00:47:23.70
But one little upset and
your whole financial picture
00:47:23.73\00:47:27.75
goes out of whack.
00:47:27.78\00:47:28.85
She said show me
where I can pay a tithe.
00:47:28.88\00:47:33.88
I can't, all I can show
you is the promise of God.
00:47:33.91\00:47:37.08
That God says when you put
Me first, I will put you first.
00:47:37.11\00:47:41.13
I submit it to you,
pay your tithe and let's
00:47:41.16\00:47:44.70
see what happens!
00:47:44.73\00:47:45.91
I said I guarantee you, God
is going to take care of you.
00:47:45.94\00:47:49.27
Then I prayed right after
that, saying Lord please let
00:47:49.30\00:47:52.33
this one come through.
00:47:52.36\00:47:53.36
You know in two weeks she
lost her job, and she came to my
00:47:53.39\00:47:59.69
study, see I told
you, see I lost my job.
00:47:59.72\00:48:03.23
So the church helped
her out for one month.
00:48:03.26\00:48:09.01
And one month to the day
she came skipping into my study,
00:48:09.04\00:48:12.46
Got a new job, got a raise.
00:48:12.49\00:48:16.61
Executive Secretary in a bank,
making about 5000 dollars more,
00:48:16.64\00:48:25.49
and I said told Ya!
00:48:25.52\00:48:28.32
We served a give all get all God
00:48:32.69\00:48:36.20
When you give your all to
God God gives His all to you.
00:48:36.23\00:48:41.61
He says prove Me, the Lord
of hosts if I will not open
00:48:41.64\00:48:45.73
unto you the Windows of Heaven
and pour you out a blessing
00:48:45.76\00:48:49.13
you won't be able to receive it.
00:48:49.16\00:48:50.43
And that blessing
doesn't always mean money.
00:48:50.46\00:48:52.48
Sometimes it means health,
it means others get sick and you
00:48:52.51\00:48:56.95
don't get sick.
00:48:56.98\00:48:58.38
Amen! You know we had a
Bible worker in New York City
00:48:58.41\00:49:03.86
bless her, Eva Phelps, drove
from California to New York
00:49:03.89\00:49:08.12
on a pair of bald tires.
00:49:08.15\00:49:09.93
Got arrested in Cleveland
Ohio and the cops said Lady I
00:49:09.96\00:49:13.60
wouldn't go across the
street on those bald tires,
00:49:13.63\00:49:15.94
let alone go from New York
to California to New York City
00:49:15.97\00:49:19.60
4 bald tires, got to New
York city, pulled up in front of
00:49:19.63\00:49:23.63
the conference office
and 2 of those tires exploded
00:49:23.66\00:49:25.94
and went flat.
00:49:25.97\00:49:26.94
3000 miles on bald tires, she
got right to where she was going
00:49:26.95\00:49:31.01
and all of a sudden
went boom, boom flat.
00:49:31.04\00:49:33.55
There were people there
who gave her brand-new tires
00:49:33.58\00:49:36.51
right at that moment.
00:49:36.54\00:49:38.47
It wasn't an accident that
she drove 3000 miles on bald
00:49:38.50\00:49:42.57
tires and they went
flat right in front of the
00:49:42.60\00:49:44.39
conference
office, I don't think so.
00:49:44.42\00:49:45.94
I think Jesus
takes care of His own.
00:49:45.97\00:49:47.38
I think when you stand up
for God, God stands up for you.
00:49:47.41\00:49:50.65
Listen! If your tires have gone
flat in Podunk Mississippi, God
00:49:50.68\00:49:55.22
is still God, isn't He?
00:49:55.25\00:49:57.49
God takes care of you and you
ought to be able to look back
00:49:57.52\00:50:00.05
over your life and see a pattern
a providential intervention
00:50:00.08\00:50:03.10
where ever and when
ever you stood up for God
00:50:03.13\00:50:07.96
and God did
some special for you.
00:50:07.99\00:50:09.86
You ought to be able
to see that in your life.
00:50:09.89\00:50:11.35
because God is so very true,
let's go to the book of Matthew
00:50:11.38\00:50:14.51
and the clock is
becoming my enemy again.
00:50:14.54\00:50:17.05
Matthew 23:23
00:50:17.08\00:50:20.55
God is saying, pay
your tithe, pay Him gladly,
00:50:36.20\00:50:41.74
give to those who need,
you give and God will see
00:50:41.77\00:50:47.47
that you get.
00:50:47.50\00:50:48.79
Amen! Even in worship,
got to do this real fast.
00:50:48.82\00:50:52.91
When you come to church you
know you don't come to receive
00:50:52.94\00:50:55.66
Did you know that?
00:50:55.69\00:50:56.96
People say I come to get a
blessing, you don't come to
00:50:56.99\00:50:57.96
church to get a
blessing, that's wrong.
00:50:57.99\00:51:01.14
You say what my battery goes
down I come to church to get
00:51:01.17\00:51:05.18
my batteries recharged, that's
not worship, that's Wal-Mart.
00:51:05.21\00:51:07.19
You don't do that, you
don't come to get a blessing,
00:51:07.22\00:51:08.61
you come to receive a blessing.
00:51:08.64\00:51:10.18
People say I come church to
get revived, get my batteries
00:51:10.21\00:51:15.08
recharged, I often say
what do you do when you're
00:51:15.11\00:51:17.33
batteries are empty?
00:51:17.36\00:51:18.47
You come to church to give, the
motto in the Bible is to give.
00:51:20.75\00:51:24.57
You come to church to
give worship, to give praise.
00:51:24.60\00:51:26.22
But you always come
to give, you come to give
00:51:26.25\00:51:28.36
and God sees that you get.
00:51:28.40\00:51:30.15
So you give a little praise,
you give a little of yourself,
00:51:30.18\00:51:33.37
and God gives you a blessing.
00:51:33.40\00:51:34.79
You don't come to get a blessing
you come to give yourself
00:51:34.82\00:51:37.01
and God gives you the blessing.
00:51:37.04\00:51:38.31
That is the biblical model,
we serve a give all get all God.
00:51:38.34\00:51:42.84
When you give all, God
sees to it that you get all.
00:51:42.87\00:51:46.13
He sees to it that your
wants are taken care of.
00:51:46.16\00:51:48.34
He's sees to it that
your mortgage is paid.
00:51:48.37\00:51:50.47
He sees to it that
your lights stay on.
00:51:50.50\00:51:52.31
He see to it you get health
so that you can get wealth.
00:51:52.34\00:51:54.82
So you can work and take
care of yourself and take care
00:51:54.85\00:51:57.01
of His cause. Amen!
00:51:57.04\00:51:58.22
Jesus says do for Me
and I will do for you.
00:51:58.25\00:52:03.04
Praise God, let's
go to 2 Corinthians 9:7
00:52:03.07\00:52:07.56
because my time is
slipping away from me.
00:52:07.59\00:52:08.82
You know someone gave
me some Counsel today,
00:52:08.85\00:52:10.97
they said Pastor, start
out running we notice that you
00:52:11.00\00:52:13.49
start out slow and the
time runs away from you
00:52:13.52\00:52:15.48
then you get fast toward
the end so start out fast.
00:52:15.51\00:52:18.25
And you can slow down at
the end but I keep reversing it
00:52:18.28\00:52:22.42
so now I'm running
because I'm running out of time.
00:52:22.45\00:52:24.01
God loves a cheerful
giver, so God not only tells you
00:52:38.96\00:52:42.08
what to give, He
tells you how to give.
00:52:42.11\00:52:43.61
Give it cheerfully because
God doesn't need your money.
00:52:43.64\00:52:48.67
Amen! God
doesn't need your money.
00:52:48.70\00:52:53.70
God can create money, God has
people out there with millions
00:52:53.73\00:52:57.94
of dollars who He could
shake that money out of.
00:52:57.97\00:53:01.57
God doesn't need to get
your money, you need to give it.
00:53:01.60\00:53:07.15
Because it
blesses you when you give.
00:53:07.18\00:53:10.49
You have hurt this whole nation
because when you refuse to
00:53:10.52\00:53:14.62
give of your funds, the person
that is ultimately damaged
00:53:14.65\00:53:18.63
is you!
00:53:18.66\00:53:20.19
You hold on, you can't receive.
00:53:20.22\00:53:23.34
God can't put
anything into a clenched fist.
00:53:23.37\00:53:26.10
Amen! You have to let go.
00:53:26.13\00:53:29.69
and so that God and bless you.
00:53:29.72\00:53:31.92
So when you give to God
you can claim the promise
00:53:31.95\00:53:35.15
God I gave to You, now
You promised to give to me.
00:53:35.18\00:53:38.97
God is good and true to
His word, can you say Amen?
00:53:39.00\00:53:43.03
That's what this
thing tithe is all about.
00:53:43.06\00:53:46.00
When you hold back, the only
person you hurt is yourself,
00:53:46.03\00:53:49.49
ladies and gentlemen and
God says you don't believe Me
00:53:49.53\00:53:52.99
Prove Me! Try Me! Test Me!
00:53:53.02\00:53:56.95
Ironclad money back guaranteed!
00:53:56.98\00:54:01.54
You take care of My kingdom
I'll take care of your needs.
00:54:01.57\00:54:05.96
How many trust God tonight?
00:54:05.99\00:54:08.25
How many believe
that God will bless them?
00:54:08.28\00:54:11.55
Are you going to pay your tithe?
00:54:11.58\00:54:14.23
Then a little offering to thank
God over and above the tithe?
00:54:14.26\00:54:20.67
You do it and I guarantee
you, God is going to bless you.
00:54:20.70\00:54:26.19
Because God is
as good as His word.
00:54:26.22\00:54:28.17
He cannot lie, He does not lie,
He has proved it in my life,
00:54:28.20\00:54:32.98
and so many, many others.
00:54:33.01\00:54:35.54
Amen! Try Him! Trust
Him! He's as good as His word.
00:54:35.57\00:54:41.95
Let's stand now and dedicate
our wallets now to Jesus,
00:54:41.98\00:54:44.68
as we dedicate our lives.
00:54:44.71\00:54:46.13
Father God, we are praying
to You now, because we love You.
00:54:46.16\00:54:50.60
We understand Your
will for our lives.
00:54:50.63\00:54:53.64
We know and understand
that You ask one seventh of our
00:54:53.67\00:54:57.67
time called the Sabbath,
00:54:57.70\00:54:58.75
and one tenth of our
increase called the tithe.
00:54:58.78\00:55:01.93
And then offerings as you bless.
00:55:01.96\00:55:04.04
Help us Lord to understand
this truth, that when we give
00:55:04.07\00:55:08.29
to You, You give to us.
00:55:08.33\00:55:10.78
When we bless Your
kingdom, You bless our lives.
00:55:10.81\00:55:14.77
Oh, Lord, Help us to give
not grudgingly, not of necessity
00:55:14.80\00:55:20.28
Not just so we can get,
but that we can advance the
00:55:20.31\00:55:24.76
kingdom of the Most High God.
00:55:24.79\00:55:26.13
Bless us and keep us, give
us health and strength to serve
00:55:26.17\00:55:32.27
You and to dedicate our
talent and our lives to You.
00:55:32.30\00:55:35.69
and we will love You
and praise You and serve
00:55:35.72\00:55:39.02
You forever, in
Jesus Name! AMEN!
00:55:39.05\00:55:43.64