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I've come to eastern
Tennessee today to speak with
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Ed Reid on the subject
of stewardship, Christian
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stewardship from a
biblical point of view.
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A moment ago, Ed, we
talked about tithing.
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That's the practice of taking
a tenth of one's income and
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giving it to the Lord
in harmony with what He has
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asked us to do in both
the Old Testament and the New
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Testament.
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But someone wanting to
tithe or thinking of tithing is
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going to ask the question
"Where do I put this money?
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To whom do I give the money?"
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Where do we tithe?
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ER: A very good question
and it's a common question that
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people have.
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There are three things,
elements, that are involved
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in an honest tithe and
that is the percent, which
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everyone pretty
well agrees is 10.
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The second one is
the place to return it.
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And then the third one is
"What should it be used for?"
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So, the tithe is not like
an offering because it belongs
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to God.
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And you know, Leviticus 27:30
says the tithe is holy and it
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belongs to the Lord.
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So, God determines what
is done with it, not me.
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If I want to support a
ministry with my offering, I
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can do that but my
tithe is a different story.
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So, since we have Numbers
18:21 that God says he wants
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to support the preachers with
his tithe, he could take his
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tithe back to heaven if he
wanted to or he could do it
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like the they did to the
sacrificial Lamb, burn it up.
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It's his.
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He could do
whatever he wants to.
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But he says, I've used
it to support the ministry.
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And it's a very,
very interesting thing.
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In the Bible, and in the
Old Testament and the New
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Testament there was a central
storehouse to which the tithe
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is brought.
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And it's a very interesting
one and it's to show you how
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important it is right over
in the Book of Exodus, just two
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chapters away from the Ten
Commandments, and this would
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be Exodus 23 and I'll point
it out to you as well so you
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can see it, Exodus 23:14-19,
three times every year all
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the males had to appear
before the Lord in Jerusalem
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and the real interesting
thing about it, this to me is
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a fascinating thing,
it's Pentecost, well, first
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Passover, then
Pentecost, then the Feast of the
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Tabernacles, three times
a year all the males, and v.
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19 says the first fruits of
your land you shall bring to
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the House of the Lord.
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In other words, part of that,
and you see it also over in
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Deuteronomy, the 12th chapter
of the law of the storehouse,
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three times a year they
brought their tithes to the
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storehouse.
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Now this is an interesting
situation because even though
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in Israel, there were 48
cities given to the Levites.
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So essentially, they were all
over the place, including the
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six cities of refuge - you
know three were on each side
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of the Jordan.
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JB: Right.
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ER: Still, three times a year
God asked them to come to the
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central storehouse in
Jerusalem to bring their
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tithes.
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Then the Bible talks in
Nehemiah and 2 Chronicles how
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the Levites took it back
out to their fellow Levites to
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pay their salaries but there
was this central storehouse,
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I guess for accountability.
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In fact, when Jesus was
12 years old in the temple,
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remember?
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Talking with the elders?
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He was there because the
Bible says it was Passover
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and his family had a custom
of going to Jerusalem on the
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Passover.
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And there were lots of people.
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He got lost in the crowd.
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They thought he was with him.
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You understand?
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JB: That's right.
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ER: Because everybody came.
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JB: Sure ER: This is
a very important thing.
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Here's a real interesting one.
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Three times a year-and two
of those feasts were eight days
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long so they're gone like a
whole month of the year, just
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traveling to Jerusalem
and being in those feasts.
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Well, you know there are
war-like tribes all around
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the Israelites and you
would think, well, somebody is
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going to take their land
or come and ransack their
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property, but God says
in Exodus 34, when you come
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those three times a year,
I'm going to protect your place
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and nobody is
going to bother it.
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ER: Isn't that incredible?
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JB: And that's what God did.
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ER: Oh yeah.
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Amazing.
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JB: That's remarkable.
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So tithing, then, to
the central storehouse.
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ER: That's what
our church practices.
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I would just say that that's
what our church practices but
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I will just tell you that
you bring it to the church for
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the salary of the pastors.
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This is not to pay
parking lots or buy choir robes.
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This is for pastors'
salaries, those salaries of
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church workers, you
know, throughout the Christian
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denomination.
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So that's what you
do with your tithe.
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You take it to a
central storehouse.
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If you belong to a Christian
denomination, you would take
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it to that denomination
to pay their pastors.
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That is the Biblical model.
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JB: It requires a bit of
faith, doesn't it, on the
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part of the person to look
at his or her paycheck and say,
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I'm cutting 10% out of that
and taking that to the Lord.
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ER: Yes.
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Oh yes, indeed.
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And it takes even more if
you don't think the church is
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doing the right thing.
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JB: What do you do if
you don't think the church is
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doing the right thing?
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ER: Remember that the people
that handle the tithe, that's
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their
responsibility at that point.
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I've just done what
God has asked me to do.
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And God will hold
them responsible if it is
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mismanaged.
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And by the way, you read
earlier in our presentation
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here Malachi 3.
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JB: Yes.
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ER: Well that was given
at a time of great apostasy.
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You know, the tithe
legislation is back in
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Leviticus,
Exodus and Deuteronomy.
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But here you have in Malachi,
the last book of the Old
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Testament, a time of
great apostasy right before that
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great long period of
quietness and no prophets for
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400 years and God is
saying come back to me but they
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weren't tithing because
of problems in the church.
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But God said,
that's not your problem.
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That's my problem.
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I'll deal with that.
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You do what I ask you to do.
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JB: I notice that
Jesus commended the lady who
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brought the two mites.
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Now we are not
told it was tithe.
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It was that plus
it was all she had.
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ER: Yes.
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JB: He commended her because
she made a gift to a church
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who was planning to kill him.
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ER: Yes indeed.
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JB: Church can't get
much worse than that.
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ER: That's exactly right.
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JB:And Jesus still said
this is the right thing to do.
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ER: Yes.
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JB: And in fact - let's
talk about this briefly because
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you're going to get the
people that say, Oh, that's
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Jewish.
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What I find is that if
Christians don't want to do
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something, they blame the Jews.
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That's a Jewish thing.
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They do that about all
kinds of different things.
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ER: Yes.
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JB: How do we know that
it's a New Testament principle?
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ER: Well, it's really
interesting that you ask
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that.
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By the way, the Old Testament
was the only Bible that Jesus
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and the disciples had.
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JB: Right.
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ER: That's where we believe
in the principles of the Old
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Testament.
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But you have tithing clearly
taught in the Old Testament.
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Jesus in Matthew 23:23
talked about how detailed the
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leaders, especially
the Pharisees, were.
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You tithe the mint,
the anise and cumin ...
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but he's not criticizing them.
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He says this you ought to
do but don't leave the other
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things undone-justice
and mercy and so on.
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And then Paul, over in
his writings, in Corinthians,
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looks back at the Old
Testament and says: Those who
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preach the gospel should live
of the gospel, just like they
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did in the Old Testament.
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JB: That's right.
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ER: So it's clearly there.
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Plus over in Hebrews
7:10, where it talks about
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returning tithe unto the
Lord who is a priest forever in
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the order of Melchizedec
so it's clearly in the New
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Testament as well.
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JB: That's right.
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You have Jesus
endorsing the system.
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Paul endorsing the system.
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The writer to the
Hebrews endorsing the system.
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It can't get much more
clearer than that, can it?
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ER: That's true.
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JB: No it can't.
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And what I'd like to do is
as we've spoken already, we're
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talking about tithing not
just as a well let's all pull
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together and pay the bills.
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It's not just that.
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God has given this to
us as a spiritual exercise.
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As a step of faith and
as preparation for real
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challenges that are coming.
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ER: You brought in the
spiritual aspect of it and I
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am 100% agreeable with that.
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But let me just tell
you, more than we think, Jesus
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tied our
stewardship to eternal life.
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Now this is amazing.
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This is not a
legalistic thing but it shows an
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attitude.
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Let me show you an example.
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The rich young
ruler came to Jesus.
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And he said, "What can I
do to inherit eternal life?"
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Well Jesus said, "Keep
the Commandments", and he says
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"which ones" so Jesus
started quoting some of the 10
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commandments.
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He says I've been doing
this since I was a little kid.
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What do I lack yet?
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And then this bombshell
of the whole New Testament.
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"Sell everything you
have and give it to the poor.
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Then you will have treasures
in heaven and come and follow
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me.
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Well, he went away
sorrowful because he had great
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possessions.
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But the interesting
thing about it when we see it
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because Matthew, Mark
and Luke all talk about this
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story.
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It's an amazing thing.
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He was sincere when he
asked, "what could I do?"
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If Jesus said, "well, you
know, give a tithe, you know,
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or put some of you money
into an escrow account and give
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the interest to the
poor", he didn't say it.
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He asked him to give
everything, because he knew
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that man's
problem was the money.
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He doesn't you and he
doesn't ask you or me to do that
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unless that's our big problem.
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But remember his first
question, "What do I need to
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do to inherit eternal life?"
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Don't let money get
in the way, Jesus said.
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You come and follow
me and you'll be safe.
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So give everything.
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But he lost
eternal life over that.
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JB: He let money get in the way.
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ER: Oh yes.
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Isn't that incredible?
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Now another amazing one
is this, when Zacchaeus-tax
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collector, Jewish tax
collector-he decided he
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wanted to see Jesus.
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Now this is amazing because
when you want to see Jesus,
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He wants to see you too.
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But when he came to the
place where Jesus was to pass,
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people were lined up already.
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We know he was a rich
man, he was a short man, and he
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wanted to see Jesus.
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So, he ran ahead,
climbed up in a tree.
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Now he's an attorney or a CPA.
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He's probably got
a business suit on.
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He climbed a tree.
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This is incredible.
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JB: Wearing his best clothes.
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ER: Jesus walks
under the tree, looks up.
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This is incredible.
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He calls him by name,
though they have never met.
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Now the story is he
invited himself home for lunch.
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And when Jesus, by the
way, you can imagine what
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Zacchaeus must have
thought of because when you get
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Jesus, you get 12
hungry disciples that don't get
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regular meals, so 13
hungry men are coming to lunch.
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But of course,
he's a wealthy man.
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At the end of the meal,
Zacchaeus stands up and says
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- this is after one encounter
with Jesus - "I am gonna do
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something now.
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My life is
going to be different.
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Anything that I have
taken from people I am going to
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return it fourfold and I am
going to give half of what I
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have to the poor."
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Jesus did not tell him
"good idea, that's a wonderful
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idea".
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He said, "Today, salvation
has come to your house.
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The rich young ruler and
Zachaeus both tie stewardship
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to eternal life.
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JB: Because for very many
people their stewardship, or
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lack thereof, or their
stewardship practices reveal
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what is going on in the heart.
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ER: Exactly.
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Jesus' whole goal for us
is to transform us from the
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inside out through the Holy
Spirit's power so that we can
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be fit to live in the company
of the holy beings in heaven.
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And that's an amazing thing!
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No selfishness will be there.
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JB: Great points.
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Back with more with Ed Reid
and stewardship principles in
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just a moment.
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Don't go away.
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And it's time for
today's Bible question.
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In the Bible it talks
about God and Jesus and the Holy
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Spirit.
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I've heard our preacher
call them the trinity and that
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they are like one
person, but also three separate
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individuals.
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I'm confused, is there
one God or are there three?
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There's one God.
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But that one God is
made up of three separate
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individuals.
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The Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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Does that sound simple?
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If not, I'm not
worried about that one bit.
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We're discussing GOD here -
I don't expect that everything
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about God would be super
easy for us to understand.
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But I know we can understand
enough about this to make it
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easy for us to accept by
faith what the Bible says.
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One place in the Bible
that shows us this clearly is
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Matthew chapter 3.
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Verse 16 talks about
Jesus being baptized.
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So there you have Jesus.
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That's one Person.
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Verse 16 then talks about the
Holy Spirit resting upon Him.
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That's another Person.
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So now there's two.
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And then verse 17 mentions
a voice from heaven saying,
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this is my beloved Son
in whom I am well pleased.
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That's the Father, and
there you have three distinct
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individuals.
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The Father, the Son
and the Holy Spirit.
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They are not one Being, or
one God who expresses Himself
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in three ways.
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They are three persons.
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But are they all God?
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Now I don't know that anyone
would doubt that the Father
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is God.
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He is referred to as God
in the Bible countless times.
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I don't think we
need to debate that.
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But is Jesus God?
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Let's hear what
the Bible plainly says.
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John 1:1 says, "In the
beginning was the Word, and
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the Word was with
God, and the Word was God."
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And then verse 14 says, "And
the word was made flesh, and
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dwelt among us."
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That's Jesus we're talking
about - and the Bible plainly
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says He is or was God.
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No question.
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Or should I say
He is and was God.
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But what about the Holy Spirit?
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Is the Holy Spirit Divine?
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Yes He is.
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In Acts 5 Peter speaks to
Ananias and tells him he has
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lied to the Holy Spirit - and
then he says that Ananias has
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lied to God.
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A parallel thought - lying
to the Holy Spirit is lying to
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God.
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The Holy Spirit can be sinned
against - you read about that
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in Matthew 12.
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The Bible says that the Bible
was given by inspiration of
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God, and we read that holy
men of God spoke as they were
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moved by the Holy Spirit.
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From many directions you
can see clearly that the Holy
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Spirit is God.
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Three gods?
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No.
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One God, made up
of three Persons.
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The Biblical word is the
"Godhead" - and that's what
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the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit comprise
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together.
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The crash of the housing
market left a lot of people
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" under water" as they say
-owning more in their homes
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than their homes are worth.
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And this has
affected average home buyers,
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as well as those
who own luxury homes.
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Bought for a certain
price, and now worth much less
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than what was originally paid.
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But what did
almost everyone say?
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You can't go
wrong in real estate.
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Evidently you can.
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Which tells me that nothing
is certain when it comes to
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investments.
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Anything can take
an unexpected turn
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What would you do if
your financial ship hit
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an iceberg and sank?
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Maybe you've experienced
that, and if so I feel for you.
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What does someone have
when they wake up and discover
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they've got nothing at all?
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God says in Malachi
3:10, I will... open you
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The windows of heaven,
and pour you out a blessing,
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that there shall not be
room enough to receive it.
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There's little in
this world that is certain.
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There's any number of
things to invest your money in
00:16:01.73\00:16:03.96
and not all of them are
as shady as some well-known
00:16:03.96\00:16:06.20
Ponzi schemes
that have cleaned out
00:16:06.20\00:16:07.66
a lot of people.
00:16:07.66\00:16:08.60
There's gold and
gold has had some
00:16:08.60\00:16:10.30
golden times
silver, stamps, art,
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antique tractors - seriously
or you could put your money
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in the bank or under a mattress.
00:16:14.93\00:16:15.90
People who invest
in the stock market
00:16:15.90\00:16:18.73
can make thousands or millions
in a day, on paper at least,
00:16:18.73\00:16:21.70
but it works the
other way as well:
00:16:21.70\00:16:23.76
fortunes can be wiped
out in a single trading day.
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There isn't much
that is a sure bet.
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Except...
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God has said that
He will pour us out
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a blessing so
great that we won't have
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room enough to receive it.
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Now that IS NOT to
say all our investments
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will pay big and
that we'll never have any
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money worries..
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It IS to say, God
promises to look after
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and to bless the one
who is faithful to Him
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in his or her finances.
00:16:45.30\00:16:46.23
If you'll be faithful
to God He has promised
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to look after you no
matter how bleak things look.
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Even though you migh
be called to endure some
00:16:52.70\00:16:55.50
let your faith remain strong.
00:16:55.50\00:16:56.80
You can't see the
end of the line from here
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but God can and you
can trust Him today.
00:16:59.10\00:17:02.56
I'm John
Bradshaw for It Is Written
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Let's live today by Every Word.
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JB: Thank you for
being with me today.
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Today I am speaking with
Ed Reid on the subject of
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Christian stewardship.
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Ed, we have been speaking
about tithing and as you look
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at tithing in the
Bible, well, there's two things
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here: The Word of God says
in Malachi, particularly: Tithes
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and offerings.
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We alluded to this a moment
ago but let's briefly touch
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on the difference between
tithing and offering and how
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both are important.
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ER: Well, the Bible is
very clear that God is the owner
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of everything.
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Psalms 24:10, Genesis 1:1,
etc. But the real bottom line
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is God says I've reserved
the tithe and made it holy and
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you give that for the
support of ministry but tithe is
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almost always mentioned in
conjunction with offerings as
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well, our free will
offerings, as we call it, and
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they are special offerings
like the building of the
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temple, and so on, but a
thank offering, or a special
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offering that we give.
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But the Bible specifies a
percentage for tithe, a tenth
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and I say only a tenth
because who be fool enough
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not to have the Creator
of the Universe not as a
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partner, a 10th partner,
running your whole business
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for you.
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But the offerings are not
given a percentage because
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they are at our discretion,
based on as the Bible says,
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as God has prospered you.
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So I could say, my wife and
I have been tithing on what we
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call 10 plus 10 for many years.
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We do a 10th for tithe
and a 10th for offering.
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But as we get older and our
children are educated and our
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debts are paid off, we can
do more than that and there are
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many people in their
professional life who make
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significant enough
income that once their tenth of
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their profit or their
increase or their income is
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taking away as the tithe
then they could give away huge
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portions as offerings to
advance the cause of God that
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they like and so that's not
a percentage, it could even be
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more than a tenth,
it could be a lot more.
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JB: Which leads me
to an important point.
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Some people may wish to do more.
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Now some people
approach tithing as (groan) 10
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percent, I'll get
10% of that ER: Yeah.
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JB: The idea of giving
tithes and offerings should be
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onerous to us.
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We should consider
it a huge blessing.
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ER: Look for opportunities.
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JB: Yeah, opportunities.
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Now, what would you say
to someone who is kind of
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struggling with the whole
concept of tithing and maybe
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giving more in
terms of offering?
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ER: I would just say that
tithing is not an expression
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of gratitude or generosity.
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It is a matter
of simple honesty.
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Once I get that part taken
care of, then the gratitude
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comes in with my offerings
and I can just look at my
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life and say, "God has
blessed our family so much, I
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just want to say thank you."
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And I want to say it on
a regular basis because God
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blesses me so much.
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That's what offerings are.
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And I want to say, for
example, I want to keep our
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church looking nice, or
paid off, whatever it is.
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And I want to make
contributions to that because
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the way our church looks is
a reflection of what I think
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about God.
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I mean there's lots of
things about that that are very
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interesting and if I want to
advance other ministries that
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are, you know, maybe
independent or supporting
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ministries, I can do
that with my offerings because
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they are discretionary.
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Oh, and let me
say another thing.
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Since God is the owner of
every thing, when I am done
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with it, what do I do with it?
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JB: There's a good question.
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ER: Give it back to him.
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Now once my needs are taken
care of and my family's needs
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are taken care of, then I
return to God what I don't
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need and I make provision
to do that through my estate
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plan when I pass away.
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And much of the ministry
of It Is Written and other
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organizations depend on
estate planning and gifts of
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people returning to God.
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Now these are considered
offerings, because I have
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already tithed it all along
so I have the discretion to
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do what I do with that.
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So I can give it for
certain ministries that have
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attracted my
attention over the years.
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JB: So most people, they
will never have as much money to
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give, as they will
have when they die.
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ER: That's exactly right.
00:20:49.96\00:20:52.90
Sure.
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And I would say that if
you do, you're giving while
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you're living and you're
knowing where it's going.
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I would only save what I
actually needed to keep, like
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maybe the house I lived
in but other assets I would
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return to God so I am sure I
can see the benefit of it, so
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that I can send
Godpods to Papua New Guinea, or
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wherever.
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Do you see what I'm saying?
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JB: Yeah, sure.
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ER: Or I can sponsor
evangelism in Las Vegas or
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wherever it might be.
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I can see the good it will
do right now, with my own eyes.
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JB: Let's encourage
people from the Bible.
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What are the encouraging
principles, thoughts, Bible
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verses that will
encourage people to be faithful
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stewards to put God first,
to have the courage to say,
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Lord, if belongs to you I
want to give it to you and if
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I've got more I want
to give it to you too.
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ER: Well, this is a good
question because in spite of
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the fact that tithes and
offerings are clearly taught
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in Scripture, they are almost
always accompanied with God's
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promised blessings.
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He doesn't have to do that,
I mean, it's just something we
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should do.
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But he promises us to bless us.
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Just think about it.
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From Malachi 3, I will
open the windows of heaven and
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pour out such blessings
you don't have enough room to
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receive it.
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JB: Right ER: And I love
the part in verse 11 that you
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read: I will rebuke
the devourer for your sake.
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Your old car is
going to run longer.
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Your tires will wear longer.
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You know, things
like that really happen.
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JB: Have you experienced that?
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ER: I have indeed.
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JB: So have I.
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ER: Yeah.
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This is incredible.
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JB: The tires that you
were going to have to replace.
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We were looking for
something to buy ...
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well, let's wait a week ...
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Wow, look at
that, we get it 75% off.
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Where did that come from?
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I think it's a
blessing from God.
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ER: Yes, it is indeed.
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JB: Oh, question.
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How about the person who says
I've just found me a get rich
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quick scheme.
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I'll tithe and
expect God to make me rich.
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ER: Well the real interesting
thing is if it is the chicken
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or the egg question.
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Should we tithe to get
blessings or do we tithe the
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blessings we already have?
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God says you be faithful with
the blessings I've given you
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and I'll keep the channel open.
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There will be
more blessings coming.
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JB: That's right.
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I don't know that it's
wise to be selfish about it.
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Okay, if I do this, God is
going to make me a rich man
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or a rich woman.
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You know, that may happen
but that's really not the point,
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is it?
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ER: Many people will
lose their lives because of
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riches.
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And so I will just tell
you that as a young man, I told
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God in prayer You have my
permission to do whatever it
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takes to save me,
and I really meant it.
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But then I added please help
me learn my lessons the easy
00:22:56.30\00:22:57.70
way.
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In other words, if it's not
healthy for me to be wealthy,
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I'll be happy
with what you give me.
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And I'll give your tenth to
you, be honest and offerings
00:23:02.80\00:23:04.66
as I am able to do.
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JB: Biblically speaking, this
is a very important subject.
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ER: Oh yes.
00:23:08.00\00:23:09.00
JB: Tremendously important
and God has proven time and
00:23:09.00\00:23:12.36
time again that he is faithful.
00:23:12.36\00:23:13.86
Wouldn't you say one of
the key ideas undergirding this
00:23:13.86\00:23:17.73
subject is simply ...
00:23:17.73\00:23:18.80
it's a matter of
faith and trust in God.
00:23:18.80\00:23:23.50
ER: Oh, it has to be.
00:23:23.50\00:23:24.16
It wouldn't make sense to
a CPA to say that you could
00:23:24.16\00:23:26.80
live just as well on 90%
less 10% and when you add in
00:23:26.80\00:23:30.66
offerings, say
another 10% on 80%.
00:23:30.66\00:23:32.70
But some of the people who
have done that, big people,
00:23:32.70\00:23:35.00
like JC Penny and
LaTurno, the big earth moving
00:23:35.00\00:23:37.16
equipment, some of these
people lived on 10% and gave
00:23:37.16\00:23:39.16
God 90% because they said,
you know, God has blessed me,
00:23:39.16\00:23:43.13
it's his money and I'll
use it to advance His kingdom.
00:23:43.13\00:23:46.30
JB: Friend, I want to
encourage you today to put
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God first and to be faithful.
00:23:47.90\00:23:48.96
Be faithful with your
finances and the stewardship
00:23:48.96\00:23:51.70
matters and you can
know you can trust God.
00:23:51.70\00:23:55.70
He will never let you down.
00:23:55.70\00:23:57.26
You can't out give God.
00:23:57.26\00:23:57.76
You will never worse off
because you followed biblical
00:23:57.76\00:24:01.73
principles when it comes
to matters of finances and
00:24:01.73\00:24:03.83
stewardship.
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Ed, thank you.
00:24:04.83\00:24:05.96
Thanks for joining me today.
00:24:05.96\00:24:06.90
This has been a blessing.
00:24:06.90\00:24:07.93
ER: Well, we have had a
good time discussing a very
00:24:07.93\00:24:09.76
fascinating topic.
00:24:09.76\00:24:10.96
JB: And an important subject.
00:24:10.96\00:24:11.73
ER: Yes.
00:24:11.73\00:24:12.53
JB: I appreciate your time.
00:24:12.53\00:24:13.36
Thank you very much.
00:24:13.36\00:24:14.23
ER: Thank you.
00:24:14.23\00:24:15.30
Friend, how about we pray
together and ask God to bless
00:24:15.30\00:24:17.73
us as we step forward
faithfully to put the Lord
00:24:17.73\00:24:22.13
first and to follow those
Biblical principals he has
00:24:22.13\00:24:24.46
given us in
terms of stewardship.
00:24:24.46\00:24:26.23
Ed, lets pray.
00:24:26.23\00:24:27.63
Our father in
heaven, we are thankful.
00:24:27.63\00:24:29.83
You have told us that we
can trust you, we can give to
00:24:29.83\00:24:32.73
you, we can be faithful
stewards, confident that you
00:24:32.73\00:24:37.33
will never let us down, you
will never leave us high and
00:24:37.33\00:24:39.43
dry.
00:24:39.43\00:24:40.53
We are not
going to be worse off.
00:24:40.53\00:24:43.26
What a joy, Lord, to
know that we can do our part
00:24:43.26\00:24:45.33
financially but then
participate with Jesus in
00:24:45.33\00:24:47.50
being faithful in walking
side-by-side with him and
00:24:47.50\00:24:50.66
allowing your will to
be done in our finances.
00:24:50.66\00:24:52.86
We need your wisdom.
00:24:52.86\00:24:53.80
We need your guidance
but we are confident in your
00:24:53.80\00:24:56.56
blessing.
00:24:56.56\00:24:58.43
Keep us now, we
pray, in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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