Harvest truly is plenteous,
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but the laborers are few.
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Pray Ye therefore,
the Lord of the harvest,
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that He will, He
will send forth laborers
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into His harvest.
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Also, I heard the
voice of the Lord saying,
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"Whom shall I send?
And who will go for us?"
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Then said, I.
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"Here am I, send me, send me''.
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Life on the Edge
will enable you to be
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an effective
harvester for the Lord.
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We now invite you
into our classroom to come,
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experience, Life.
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Welcome to "Life on the Edge''.
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For those of you who
are joining us from home,
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we're happy that you are
able to join our class here
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at the Lay
Institute for Evangelism.
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We've been learning how to teach
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the different things
that the Bible teaches.
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And how to mark
them on our Bible,
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so wherever we go, we
can teach this lessons
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to those who are
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This is your first time with us.
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We want to encourage
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and a pencil and a notepad.
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We're going to be
learning the study
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as well as marking
it at the same time.
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And we're going to have
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and grab your
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So you can mark
through the study with us.
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If this is your first time,
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we're coming to
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We don't want you to miss out
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on what we've covered so far.
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that we're using here.
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Now we're going to
be studying today about
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Stewardship and this
study we're going to mark
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at St as we go
through the Bible.
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This is the code
that we're going to use.
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The purpose of
the study is to show
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that everything belongs to God
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and as stewards
we're responsible to Him.
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We've been talking
about how important it is
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for every study to
be center in Christ
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and as we center
the study in Christ.
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We see that Jesus
gave all and wants us to be
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closer to Him
through our willingness
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to be faithful
with what He has given.
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And we're going to go
through 17 texts in the study.
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These are the texts
that we're going to be using.
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You want to make
sure you have these texts
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as a reference either
on the front of your Bible
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or the back of your Bible.
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So that when you want
to, you're gonna to give
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a Bible study
on the Stewardship,
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you're able to find
those texts right away.
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Now we're going to be
studying what the Bible
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teaches about Stewardship.
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But before we
open the word of God,
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as we've learned
the Bible was inspired
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by the Holy Spirit.
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And as we study it,
we want the Holy Spirit
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to be the one guiding
us through the lessons.
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So we're going to
pray for the guidance
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of the Holy Spirit at this time.
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Let us pray.
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Dear Lord and heavenly Father,
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we thank you for the
privilege of studying Your word.
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We thank you Lord that
we're able to open our Bibles
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and freely be able
to study and discuss it.
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And Lord we pray
for your Holy Spirit
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to give us wisdom
and clarity of mind.
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Lord, we pray for
the power of Your word
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to be able to penetrate
our hearts and our minds
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and to change and transform us.
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These things we pray in
the name of Jesus, amen.
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Stewardship, as we
study about Stewardship,
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there is a very
important principle
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that we've to establish
from the very beginning.
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We're gonna find this principle
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in Deuteronomy Chapter 10.
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And we're gonna
be reading verse 14.
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Deuteronomy Chapter 10 verse 14.
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This is the very
first text of our study.
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And we're gonna mark it 1St.
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And we draw a line,
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above the line you have
nothing since we just started.
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And below the line
we're going to be going to
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Genesis 1:26 after this,
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you're gonna write Genesis 1:26.
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We're on
Deuteronomy Chapter 10 verse 14.
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Gloria, could you
read that first please.
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"Indeed heaven and
the highest heavens,
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belongs to the Lord your God,
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also the earth
with all that is in it."
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Thank you Gloria.
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Here in this verse
what it tells us that
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everything in the
earth belongs to who? To God.
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To God, it says the earth
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and everything in
it belongs to God.
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We're gonna look
very quickly this text is
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not on your notes,
but we're gonna look
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quickly at Psalms 24, verse 1.
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It tells us a
little clear even what
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that everything belongs to God
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here in Chapter
24 verse 1 of Psalms,
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Chapter 24 verse 1.
I'm gonna read that one
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it says "The
earth is the Lord's,
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and the fullness
thereof, the world,
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and they that dwell therein."
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Everything on the
earth, the Lord, it says,
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even then that dwell in therein.
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So that means we
even, we belong to the Lord.
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Everything on the heavens,
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everything on the earth,
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everything belongs to the Lord.
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Now when you are talking about
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let's think about our business.
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Who usually makes the
decisions in a business?
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The boss, the owner, okay.
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Now what we see
that a lot of times
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when people have
many possessions,
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they put someone in
charge of those possessions
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and that person
is called steward.
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A steward is
someone who takes care
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of someone else's possession.
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We just saw that God is
the owner of all, everything.
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So He had more possessions
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that any of us could ever have.
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So He too assigned
someone to be His steward
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to take over and to
look over His possessions.
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And as the owner, He is the one
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that has the
right to make decisions
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on how these
things are being used.
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So we're gonna look at
to see who God designed
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to be the steward
of His possessions.
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Genesis Chapter 1 verse 26.
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Genesis, the
first book of the Bible.
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We're looking at
Chapter 1 verse 26.
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This is the
second text of our study.
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At the end of this reference
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you are going to mark 2St,
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which has came from Deuteronomy
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Chapter 10 verse 14.
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that goes above the line
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and below the line you
are going to be marking
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Malachi Chapter 3
verses 8 through 10,
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that's where we
will be going after that.
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We're at Genesis
Chapter 1 verse 26.
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Scott, can you
read that first please.
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"Then God said, Let
us make man in our image,
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according to our likeness,
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let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea,
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over the birds of the
air and over the cattle,
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over all the earth, and
over every creeping thing
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that creeps on the
earth." Thank you Scott.
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According to this verse,
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what did God do
here? Gave man dominion.
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Gave man
dominion over everything.
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Man here, Adam here
was representing mankind
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and God gave him
dominion over everything.
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He had just created the world,
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that all belongs to
Him and He left it for man
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to take care of it.
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So we understand that
everything belongs to God,
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and God assigned man
as the steward of it.
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Now we're gonna
look at the Bible to see
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what the Bible
says, God requires of us
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as stewards of His possessions.
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We're gonna look
first up Malachi Chapter 3
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and we're gonna be
reading verses 8 through 10.
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Malachi Chapter 3
verses 8 through 10.
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Malachi is the last
book of the Old Testament.
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Malachi Chapter 3
verses 8 through 10.
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This is the third
text of our study.
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At the end of this reference,
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you're gonna mark
3St above the line
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Genesis 1:26,
that's where we came from
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and we will be going
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to Nehemiah Chapter
10 verses 37 and 38.
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We're in Malachi
Chapter 3 verses 8 through 10.
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Tom, can you read
that first please.
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"Will a man rob God?
Yet you have robbed me.
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But you say, in what
way have we robbed you?
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In tithes and offerings.
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You are cursed with a curse,
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for you have robbed
me, even this whole nation.
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Bring all the
tithes into the storehouse,
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that there may
be food in my house,
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and try me now in
this as the Lord of hosts,
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if I will not open for you
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the windows of heaven,
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and pour out for
you such blessing,
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that there will not be
room enough even to receive it."
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Thank you, Tom.
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As we look at this passage here,
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what does it tell us that
God is expecting us to do?
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Bring tithe and
offerings. What is the tithe?
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Is a ten percent
of all that we earn?
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A tithe is a ten percent.
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Now is that all that
God is expecting of us.
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His, an offering too.
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This is the
thanksgiving offering,
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a free will offering
that's beyond what the tithe is.
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And that He
leave it to us to give
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as we're thankful,
so He has not designed
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a specific amount.
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Now as we look at this text.
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What does God
consider those who do not bring
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the tithe and the
offering? Robbers and thieves.
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Now if you
considered a robber and a thief,
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isn't that breaking
one of the commandments?
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Yes. Which One?
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Thou shall not
steal, thou shall not steal.
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Now we learned that if we break
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one of the
commandments we break all,
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so this is a serious matter.
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When God is
expecting us to bring a tithe
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and our offerings
and we do not do that,
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then we're
considered to be thieves.
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So we've broken a commandment.
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Now in here it tell us to bring
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the tithe and offerings,
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where does it say to bring it?
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To the
storehouse. To the storehouse.
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Now what is this storehouse?
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Could it be a room in my house?
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Could it be my bank account?
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Now as good Bible students,
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we're gonna find out
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what the Bible
says is thestorehouse?
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Where does the
Bible tells us to bring
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the tithe and the offerings.
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We're gonna go to
Nehemiah Chapter 10
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verse 37 and 38.
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Nehemiah is in the
Old Testament if you go,
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if you open your
Bible right in the middle
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you're probably following Psalms
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and you're gonna
go two books back,
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that's Nehemiah.
And we're going to look
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at Chapter 10 verse 37 and 38.
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This is the
fourth text of our study,
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you're gonna mark at 4St.
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We just came from Malachi 3,
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8 through 10 and
we're going to be,
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going to Luke 21
verses 1 through 4.
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We're in Nehemiah Chapter 10.
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Nehemiah Chapter
10 verses 37 and 38.
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Jessica, could
you read that first.
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I don't have. Is someone there
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that could read it for us?
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Tom, can you read
that for us, please.
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37, 38. We're in Nehemiah
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Chapter 10 Verse 37 and 38.
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"To bring the
firstfruits of our dough,
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our offerings, the
fruit from all kinds of trees,
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the new wine and
oil, to the priests,
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to the storerooms
of the house of our God
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and to bring the tithes
of our land to the Levites,
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for the Levites
should receive the tithes
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in all our farming communities.
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And the priest, the
descendant of Aaron,
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shall be with the Levites,
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when the Levites receive tithes
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and the Levites shall bring up
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a tenth of all the
tithes to the house of our God,
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to the rooms of the storehouse."
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Thank you. Here,
where does it say
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that this storehouse is?
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God's house which we--
Today we call it the church.
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Okay, so we're to
bring the tithe and offerings
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to God's house, the church.
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Now some of us may
think well, you know,
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I cannot trust the church,
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because the church today,
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they just do not use money well.
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They use it in a wrong way
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and so instead I'm
gonna keep that money,
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I'm gonna put it separate.
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And when I see someone in need,
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I'll give it to them.
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But God has told
us, to take the money
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and bring it to the storehouse.
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And it says here
that, that is God's house.
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Now has He left it to us
to decide what to do with it?
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No, it's made clear, but
let's look out what Jesus
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says when He sees,
when He sees that the church
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in a prosthesis,
in the worse condition
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that it could have been.
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And what He thinks
about bringing the offerings
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to the church in that condition.
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We're gonna look
at Luke Chapter 21
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verses 1 through 4.
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Luke Chapter 21,
Luke in the New Testament
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Matthew, Mark, Luke, Chapter 21.
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And we're going to be
reading verses 1 through 4.
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This is the fifth
text of our study,
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you are going to mark 5St.
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We just came from
Nehemiah Chapter 10
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verses 37 and 38.
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We will be going to Deuteronomy
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Chapter 8 verse 18.
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We're in Luke Chapter
21 verses 1 through 4.
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Shalida, could
you read that first?
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"And he looked up,
and saw the rich men
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casting their
gifts into the treasury.
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And he saw also a
certain poor widow casting
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in thither two mites.
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And he said, of a
truth I say unto you,
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that this poor widow hath
cast in more than they all.
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For all these
have of their abundance
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cast in unto the
offerings of God,
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but she of her
penury hath cast in
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all the living that she had."
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Thank you, Shalida.
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Here we see a widow
that comes to the temple.
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And she gives
how much? Two mites.
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Two mites above two pennies.
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And Jesus says that
this is all that she has,
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so she gave
everything that she had.
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Now this is the
church, that was plotting
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to kill Jesus
and Jesus knew this.
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When He saw this woman
giving everything that she had.
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Did she come and
say, no don't do that,
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don't give the
money to the church,
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don't you see the
church is misusing it.
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Your need, keep it yourself
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or give it to someone
else, is that what He said.
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No, Jesus instead
commended the woman
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for bringing her offering.
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He knew the
condition of the church.
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And yet He commended
the woman for giving.
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So the Bibles made it clear,
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God has made us
steward of His possessions
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and He expects us to
bring a tenth of our earnings
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to the house of God.
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And to bring
offerings as He blesses us,
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and to leave it to Him.
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It is not for us to
judge what happens with that.
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God will judge each individual.
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Now our part is
to give and to give
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with a cheerful heart.
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Now we see here
that we've seen here
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the importance of giving.
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But some may say well,
when God says everything
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belongs to Him, but the
money that I make really
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belongs to me,
because I'm the one
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that goes to work
and makes the money.
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You know, if I don't
work, no money comes,
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so it's my money,
it's not really God's.
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But let see what the
Bible says about that.
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We're gonna look at Deuteronomy
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Chapter 8 verse 18.
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Deuteronomy in
the Old Testament.
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Deuteronomy, fifth
book of the Old Testament,
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we're looking at
Chapter 8 verse 18.
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This is the sixth
text of our study.
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We're gonna mark at the
end of this reference 6St.
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We just came from
Luke 21 verses 1 through 4.
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And we will be going to Mark
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Chapter 10 verses 17 through 30.
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We're reading now Deuteronomy
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Chapter 8 verse 18.
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Roberto, can you
read that for us please.
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"And you shalt
remember the Lord your God,
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for it is he who gives
you power to get wealth,
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that he may establish
his covenant which he swore
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to your father,
as it is this day."
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Thank you, Roberto.
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Here it tells us
that God gives us
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the power to get wealth.
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So even the strength
that we've to go work,
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it comes from, from God.
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The fact that
we're alive right now,
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it's only because
of the power of God.
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So we cannot say that anything
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that we've really belongs to us,
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even our own lives,
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it comes from God himself.
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Now let us look at a story here
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that will show us in a clear way
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this concept of stewardship.
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We're going to be going to
the book of Mark, Chapter 10.
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And we're gonna be
reading verses 17 through 30,
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Mark in the New Testament,
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second book of the New Testament
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Matthew, Mark. And
we're going to Chapter 10,
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reading verses 17 through 30.
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This is the
seventh text of our study,
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you're gonna mark 7St.
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We just came from Deuteronomy
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Chapter 8 verse 18
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and we will going to Luke
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Chapter 14 verse 33.
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We're now Mark Chapter
10 verses 17 through 30.
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Gloria, could you
read verses 17 through 23.
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Mark Chapter 10, starting
in verse 17 through verse 23.
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Now as He was
going out on the road,
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one came
running, knelt before Him,
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and asked Him, "Good Teacher,
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what shall I do that I
may inherit eternal life?"
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So Jesus said to him,
"Why do you call Me good?
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No one is good
but One, that is, God.
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You know the commandments,
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'Do not commit adultery,'
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'Do not murder,' 'Do not steal,'
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'Do not bear false witness,'
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'Do not defraud,'
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'Honor your
father and your mother.'
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" And he answered and
said to Him, "Teacher,
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all these things I
have kept from my youth."
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Then Jesus,
looked at him, loved him,
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and said to him,
"One thing you lack,
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Go your way,
sell whatever you have
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and give it to the poor,
00:20:23.37\00:20:25.23
and you will have
treasure in heaven,
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and come, take up the
cross, and follow Me."
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But he was sad at this word,
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and went away sorrowful,
for he had great possessions.
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Then Jesus looked around
and said to His disciples,
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"How hard it is for
those who have riches
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to enter the kingdom of God!"
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And the disciples were
astonished at His words.
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But Jesus answereth
again, and saith to them,
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Children, how hard it
is for those who trust
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in riches to enter
the kingdom of God."
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Okay let's stop right there.
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Now here we've a young
man who comes to Jesus.
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This young man ask the
question that many of us
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have had at some
point in our life.
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What do I have to do to be safe?
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And Jesus begins to
list the Ten Commandments.
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This young man has
known and follow them
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since he was a youth.
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And then Jesus asks
them to do a great thing.
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He asks them to give
up all his possessions
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to sell them and give them away.
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And this young man he says,
00:21:43.71\00:21:47.24
and he was sad at the
saying and went away grieved.
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He went away grieved,
00:21:51.94\00:21:53.92
because he had
great possessions.
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In verse 21 it says,
00:21:58.48\00:22:00.65
"Then Jesus
beholding him loved him."
00:22:00.66\00:22:03.31
Can you imagine Jesus here,
00:22:03.32\00:22:04.85
He loved this young man,
00:22:04.86\00:22:06.37
this young man
comes and asks Him.
00:22:06.38\00:22:09.51
How to have
salvation, Jesus response to him
00:22:09.52\00:22:12.95
and he chooses to
hold onto his possessions,
00:22:12.96\00:22:18.03
instead of
receiving the salvation
00:22:18.04\00:22:20.24
that Jesus had offered him.
00:22:20.25\00:22:22.37
This must have
broke Jesus heart,
00:22:22.38\00:22:27.20
to see this young man
He says, He loved him,
00:22:27.21\00:22:30.28
to see him walk
away without the precious
00:22:30.29\00:22:33.74
salvation that He has for him.
00:22:33.75\00:22:36.13
Could you read
verse 25 for us please?
00:22:36.14\00:22:40.13
Gloria, yes.
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"It is easier for a
camel to go through the eye
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of a needle, than for a rich man
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to enter into
the kingdom of God."
00:22:49.29\00:22:51.40
Now this saying
right here really left
00:22:51.41\00:22:54.94
the disciples perplexed.
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Here Jesus uses an illustration
00:22:57.20\00:22:59.55
and in this
illustration He uses the camel,
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one of the largest
animals in Palestine.
00:23:02.32\00:23:05.91
And the eye of a
needle, one of the smallest
00:23:05.92\00:23:09.83
openings known to
the Jews of that time.
00:23:09.84\00:23:13.09
And He says it
will be easier for this
00:23:13.10\00:23:16.04
large animal to go
through this small opening,
00:23:16.05\00:23:20.45
than for a rich man
to come to go to heaven.
00:23:20.46\00:23:25.63
What Jesus is
explaining right here,
00:23:25.64\00:23:28.23
it's an impossibility.
00:23:28.24\00:23:31.04
It is impossible for a camel
00:23:31.05\00:23:34.28
to go through
the eye of a needle.
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Instead the
disciples were concerned
00:23:36.46\00:23:39.36
as many of us could be
as we read this because,
00:23:39.37\00:23:42.63
what about
Abraham, and David, and Job,
00:23:42.64\00:23:46.29
who had great possessions
00:23:46.30\00:23:47.27
that they're not gonna be safe,
00:23:47.28\00:23:48.36
is that what Jesus is saying.
00:23:48.37\00:23:50.55
No. Praise the Lord
that Jesus had not leaved
00:23:50.56\00:23:53.67
the disciples confused,
00:23:53.68\00:23:54.74
He continued by saying,
00:23:54.75\00:23:57.61
could you read
now verses 26 and 27.
00:23:57.62\00:24:02.70
"And they were
greatly astonished,
00:24:02.71\00:24:05.19
saying among themselves,
''Who then can be saved''?
00:24:05.20\00:24:09.05
But Jesus looked
at them and saith,
00:24:09.06\00:24:11.36
''With men it is impossible,
00:24:11.37\00:24:14.23
but not with God,
00:24:14.24\00:24:15.96
for with God all
things are possible."
00:24:15.97\00:24:19.62
Thank you, Gloria.
00:24:19.63\00:24:21.11
Here He says with
men it is impossible,
00:24:21.12\00:24:25.08
with men it is impossible,
00:24:25.09\00:24:26.64
If a man has riches,
00:24:26.65\00:24:29.80
for him it is
impossible to go to heaven.
00:24:29.81\00:24:32.79
But then He says,
00:24:32.80\00:24:33.77
but with God all
things are possible.
00:24:33.78\00:24:38.05
So when we
surrender our riches to God,
00:24:38.06\00:24:42.82
then our riches are well,
00:24:42.83\00:24:44.23
as well as
ourselves are with God.
00:24:44.24\00:24:46.09
And with God, all
things are possible.
00:24:46.10\00:24:50.47
But if we choose to
hold onto the riches
00:24:50.48\00:24:53.23
and to the things of this world.
00:24:53.24\00:24:55.31
It will be impossible
for us to make into heaven.
00:24:55.32\00:24:59.87
With God, all
things are possible.
00:24:59.88\00:25:02.04
If our riches,
if our possessions,
00:25:02.05\00:25:04.14
if everything that we belong,
00:25:04.15\00:25:05.52
if our lives are in God's hands.
00:25:05.53\00:25:09.19
It is possible for
us to make it to heaven.
00:25:09.20\00:25:12.69
If they're not,
it is impossible.
00:25:12.70\00:25:16.83
Now when we put all of
our things our possessions,
00:25:16.84\00:25:22.09
our riches in
God's hand that means,
00:25:22.10\00:25:24.56
they belong to Him now.
00:25:24.57\00:25:26.47
And He chooses
what to do with them.
00:25:26.48\00:25:31.58
It means that now we've
to be willing to give it all
00:25:31.59\00:25:36.23
if He asks for it all,
00:25:36.24\00:25:39.85
or to give
whatever He asks for it,
00:25:39.86\00:25:41.82
that is given all to Jesus.
00:25:41.83\00:25:46.79
Now when we're holding to them,
00:25:46.80\00:25:48.59
to holding onto
this, to these riches,
00:25:48.60\00:25:51.39
to the things of this world,
00:25:51.40\00:25:53.06
what we're doing is
rejecting the salvation
00:25:53.07\00:25:55.64
that Jesus came to give us.
00:25:55.65\00:25:57.53
We're gonna read few more
verses here 28 through 30,
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Shalida, can you
read those for us?
00:26:01.22\00:26:03.87
verses 28 through 30.
00:26:03.88\00:26:08.56
"Then Peter began
to say unto him, Lo,
00:26:08.57\00:26:11.26
we've left all,
and have followed thee.
00:26:11.27\00:26:14.00
And Jesus answered and said,
00:26:14.01\00:26:15.91
Verily I say unto you,
00:26:15.92\00:26:17.59
There is no man that
hath left house, or brethren,
00:26:17.60\00:26:21.02
or sisters, or
father, or mother, or wife,
00:26:21.03\00:26:24.40
or children, or lands,
for my sake, and the gospel's.
00:26:24.41\00:26:28.24
But he shall receive an
hundredfold now in this time,
00:26:28.25\00:26:31.89
houses, and
brethren, and sisters,
00:26:31.90\00:26:34.54
and mothers, and
children, and lands,
00:26:34.55\00:26:37.39
with persecutions and in
the world to come eternal life."
00:26:37.40\00:26:42.34
Thank you, Shalida.
00:26:42.35\00:26:43.45
Here Jesus give us the promise
00:26:43.46\00:26:45.16
to those who are
willing to give all,
00:26:45.17\00:26:46.59
all, not just your possessions
00:26:46.60\00:26:47.96
but even leave mother and father
00:26:47.97\00:26:50.08
if necessary to follow Jesus.
00:26:50.09\00:26:52.84
And He says, you
shall receive a hundredfold,
00:26:52.85\00:26:56.68
anything you give up for Christ,
00:26:56.69\00:26:58.16
you're gonna receive even
greater blessings from Him.
00:26:58.17\00:27:00.99
So we should not be
afraid of that which God
00:27:01.00\00:27:05.02
asks from us
because we're gonna receive
00:27:05.03\00:27:06.94
greater things from Him.
00:27:06.95\00:27:09.05
We're going to look
at this idea of giving
00:27:09.06\00:27:12.05
all to see truly
what the Bible means
00:27:12.06\00:27:15.41
by giving all to Jesus.
00:27:15.42\00:27:17.13
We're going to look
at the book of Luke,
00:27:17.14\00:27:20.61
Chapter 14 verse 33.
00:27:20.62\00:27:23.44
Luke 14 verse 33 that is a
next book Luke 14 verse 33.
00:27:23.45\00:27:35.46
This is the
eighth text in our study,
00:27:35.47\00:27:37.73
you're gonna mark it 8St.
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We just came from Mark
10 verses 17 through 30.
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And we will be
going to Luke Chapter 5
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verse 27 through 29.
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We're now in Luke
Chapter 14 verse 33.
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Scott, can you
read that for us? Sure.
00:27:56.21\00:27:58.56
Luke 14:33 "So likewise,
whoever of you does not
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forsake all that he
has cannot be my disciple."
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Now here he is saying
for us to be considered
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disciples of God,
what do we've to do?
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Forsaketh all. Forsaketh all.
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it says to give all.
00:28:15.60\00:28:17.53
So if we profess
to be Christians,
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and we're not giving it all,
00:28:19.13\00:28:20.40
are we really true Christians?
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It says here, for
you to be a disciple
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you have to be forsaketh all.
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Now let's continue to
look at what this idea
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forsaking all,
given all is in Chapter 5
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of the same book,
we're still in Luke,
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where we're going to look at
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Chapter 5 verses 27 through 29.
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Luke Chapter 5
verses 27 through 29.
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This is a ninth
text of our study,
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you're gonna mark it 9St.
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Above the line
Mark 10:17 through 30
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that's what we came from.
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And below the line
1 Thessalonians 5:17,
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correction on that,
we just came from Luke.
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So that you will have
to fix that over there.
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We're now in Luke
Chapter 5 verses 27 through 29.
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Tom, can you read
that for us please.
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"After these
things he went out and saw
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a tax collector named
Levi, sitting at the tax office
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and he said to him, Follow me.
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So he left all, rose
up, and followed him.
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Then Levi gave him a
great feast in his own house,
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and there were a great
number of tax collectors
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and others who
sat down with them."
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And their scribes
and the Pharisees,
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I'm sorry, I went one more.
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That's fine. Now here
we see that this Levi,
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he come and says that,
that Jesus came to him.
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He calls him and says follow me,
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and he says that he left all.
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But then in the
following verse it says,
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that he made a great
feast in his own house.
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Now if he had given all,
how come he has the house?
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And how is he
able to give a feast.
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Now when God asks
us to give it all,
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it doesn't mean
get rid of it all,
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what it means is
to surrender it all.
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To giveth means,
we live in His hands,
00:30:17.96\00:30:22.54
for Him to
decide, for Him to take it
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if He wants it or
part of it, as He wants to
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and when He wants to.
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So we're just
surrendering to Him
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that does not necessarily
mean we get rid of it all.
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There might be
times when He asks us like
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He did the young ruler
to give it all at once.
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But we've to
surrender it all to Him.
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Now we
established at the beginning,
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before we started
the study of stewardship,
00:30:48.21\00:30:51.06
that everything belongs to God.
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And then we look in
Psalms 24:1 it says,
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even those who
dwell on the earth,
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even we belong to God.
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When we talk about stewardship,
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a lot of times
we think of money,
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but money is not
all that God gave to us.
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And He expects us
to be good stewards of
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everything that He gave us.
00:31:11.89\00:31:13.89
So we're gonna be
looking at some other things
00:31:13.90\00:31:15.67
that God has put
in our possession,
00:31:15.68\00:31:17.53
and what God wants us
to do with these things?
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Now, when we talk about money,
00:31:21.51\00:31:23.48
some people have a lot of money,
00:31:23.49\00:31:25.33
some people have a
little bit of money.
00:31:25.34\00:31:28.08
But there is a
something that God has given us
00:31:28.09\00:31:30.67
that we all have
the same amount of--
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and that is time, one
of God's greatest gift.
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We all have the same
amount of time in a day.
00:31:36.23\00:31:38.59
And God has specific
things that He has told us
00:31:38.60\00:31:43.04
in His word that
He wants us to do.
00:31:43.05\00:31:46.05
So we're gonna look
at some of these things.
00:31:46.06\00:31:48.01
We're gonna begin by looking at
00:31:48.02\00:31:51.48
1st Thessalonians
Chapter 5 verse 17,
00:31:51.49\00:31:55.96
1st Thessalonians
Chapter 5 verse 17.
00:31:55.97\00:31:58.41
This is a 10th
text of our study,
00:31:58.42\00:32:01.39
you're gonna mark it 10St.
00:32:01.40\00:32:03.07
We just came from
Luke 5:27 through 29
00:32:03.08\00:32:06.52
and we will be
going to John 5:39.
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1st Thessalonians,
in the New Testament
00:32:10.57\00:32:14.52
that is the first
book of the T-section,
00:32:14.53\00:32:17.28
1st Thessalonians Chapter 5,
00:32:17.29\00:32:20.91
and we're going to
be reading verse 17.
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Roberto, could
you read that for us?
00:32:24.42\00:32:27.15
"Pray without ceasing."
"Pray without ceasing."
00:32:27.16\00:32:30.16
What does that mean
to pray without ceasing?
00:32:30.17\00:32:34.09
Keep praying, it's
without stopping constantly.
00:32:34.10\00:32:37.52
So one thing God
wants us to do in our time
00:32:37.53\00:32:39.45
is to pray without ceasing.
00:32:39.46\00:32:41.72
Now this is a very important
aspect of the Christian life.
00:32:41.73\00:32:44.84
And therefore we're
gonna have a Bible study
00:32:44.85\00:32:46.41
just on this, and that's
gonna be our next studies.
00:32:46.42\00:32:48.39
You don't want to miss that one.
00:32:48.40\00:32:49.89
But we wanted to make
sure that we understand
00:32:49.90\00:32:52.38
God wants us to
spend time in prayer.
00:32:52.39\00:32:57.64
And that's a
very important aspect
00:32:57.65\00:32:59.52
of our walk with God.
00:32:59.53\00:33:02.48
Let's look out
another aspect that He,
00:33:02.49\00:33:05.10
that God expects us
to do with our time.
00:33:05.11\00:33:08.98
John Chapter 5
verse 39, John 5 verse 39.
00:33:08.99\00:33:15.28
John, Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John Chapter 5.
00:33:15.29\00:33:22.61
And we're going to
be reading verse 39.
00:33:22.62\00:33:25.26
This is a 11th
text of our study,
00:33:25.27\00:33:28.37
so you're gonna mark it at 11St.
00:33:28.38\00:33:30.12
We just came
from 1st Thessalonians
00:33:30.13\00:33:32.17
Chapter 5 verse 17.
00:33:32.18\00:33:34.44
We will be going
to Matthew Chapter 28
00:33:34.45\00:33:37.07
verses 18 through 20.
00:33:37.08\00:33:39.81
We're now in John
Chapter 5 verse 39.
00:33:39.82\00:33:44.00
Jessica, could
you read that for us?
00:33:44.01\00:33:46.82
"You search the
scriptures because
00:33:46.83\00:33:48.40
you believe they
give you eternal life."
00:33:48.41\00:33:51.13
But the scriptures point to me.
00:33:51.14\00:33:53.11
Thank you, Jessica.
00:33:53.12\00:33:55.07
Here God is telling us
00:33:55.08\00:33:56.42
that He wants us to do what?
00:33:56.43\00:33:58.83
Search the scriptures and
He is talking to the Pharisees.
00:33:58.84\00:34:01.49
Now, He says you
think you're gonna find
00:34:01.50\00:34:03.29
eternal life in the scriptures.
00:34:03.30\00:34:06.86
But it says what
does the scriptures do?
00:34:06.87\00:34:10.01
It testify of me.
00:34:10.02\00:34:11.08
Where do we find salvation?
00:34:11.09\00:34:13.19
In Jesus, in Jesus.
00:34:13.20\00:34:15.23
Where do we, where
do we hear about Jesus?
00:34:15.24\00:34:19.11
In the
scriptures, in the scriptures.
00:34:19.12\00:34:22.81
Now the Pharisees, they
have memorized the Bible,
00:34:22.82\00:34:26.12
they knew the
scriptures and they thought
00:34:26.13\00:34:28.66
with that they have
salvation, but was that enough?
00:34:28.67\00:34:31.49
No, because salvation is Jesus,
00:34:31.50\00:34:34.31
but we must
search the scripture,
00:34:34.32\00:34:36.70
because it is in the scriptures
00:34:36.71\00:34:38.81
that we will find Jesus.
00:34:38.82\00:34:39.90
The scriptures testify of Him.
00:34:39.91\00:34:42.45
So God expects us to spend time
00:34:42.46\00:34:46.72
studying His word, to
spend time studying His word.
00:34:46.73\00:34:50.85
Let's look at
other aspects of our time
00:34:50.86\00:34:53.88
in Matthew Chapter 28.
00:34:53.89\00:34:56.63
Matthew, the first
book of the New Testament.
00:34:56.64\00:34:59.53
Matthew Chapter 28,
last Chapter of the book.
00:34:59.54\00:35:06.14
And we're going to be
reading verses 18 through 20.
00:35:06.15\00:35:10.61
This is the 12th
text of our study.
00:35:10.62\00:35:14.34
We just came from
John Chapter 5 verse 39.
00:35:14.35\00:35:17.87
And we will be reading James
00:35:17.88\00:35:20.04
Chapter 1 verse 27 after this.
00:35:20.05\00:35:22.92
We're in Matthew
Chapter 28 verses 18 through 20.
00:35:22.93\00:35:28.41
Shalida, could
you read that for us?
00:35:28.42\00:35:30.97
"And Jesus came and
spake unto them, saying,
00:35:30.98\00:35:34.45
All power is given unto
me in heaven and in earth.
00:35:34.46\00:35:37.72
Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations,
00:35:37.73\00:35:40.52
baptizing them in
the name of the Father,
00:35:40.53\00:35:42.48
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.
00:35:42.49\00:35:44.83
Teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever
00:35:44.84\00:35:47.28
I have commanded you,
and, lo, I am with you alway,
00:35:47.29\00:35:50.63
even unto the end
of the world. Amen."
00:35:50.64\00:35:53.32
Thank you, Shalida.
00:35:53.33\00:35:54.55
What does it tell us here that,
00:35:54.56\00:35:56.11
that God wants us
to do with our time?
00:35:56.12\00:36:01.13
Go to all the nations and what?
00:36:01.14\00:36:03.80
Teach, teach them all
things that He has commanded.
00:36:03.81\00:36:07.69
So He wants us to go,
we re studying our word,
00:36:07.70\00:36:10.86
we're searching the
scriptures and He wants us
00:36:10.87\00:36:12.99
then go and teach others,
00:36:13.00\00:36:14.84
the things that
are found in His word.
00:36:14.85\00:36:18.07
We've to spend
time, teaching others
00:36:18.08\00:36:21.47
about the word of God.
00:36:21.48\00:36:23.92
James 1:27, James 1:27.
00:36:23.93\00:36:28.36
After the
T-section Hebrew, then James,
00:36:31.08\00:36:34.90
Chapter 1 verse 27.
00:36:34.91\00:36:40.36
This is the 13th
text of our study,
00:36:40.37\00:36:44.06
you will mark it 13St.
00:36:44.07\00:36:46.08
We just came from
Matthew 28 verses 18 through 20.
00:36:46.09\00:36:49.90
And we will be going
to Matthew Chapter 25
00:36:49.91\00:36:52.78
verses 34 through 40.
00:36:52.79\00:36:55.05
We're in James
Chapter 1 verse 27.
00:36:55.06\00:37:00.50
Gloria, could
you read that for us?
00:37:00.51\00:37:03.06
"Pure and
undefiled religion before God
00:37:03.07\00:37:07.08
and the Father is this,
To visit orphans and widows
00:37:07.09\00:37:11.87
and their trouble,
and to keep oneself
00:37:11.88\00:37:15.20
unspotted from the world."
00:37:15.21\00:37:18.14
Now here its
talking about undefiled--
00:37:18.15\00:37:22.07
pure and undefiled religion
00:37:22.08\00:37:24.34
and it describes
it as doing what?
00:37:24.35\00:37:28.27
Visiting the
fatherless and the widows.
00:37:28.28\00:37:34.43
God expects us to
make time to minister
00:37:34.44\00:37:36.93
to those in need.
00:37:36.94\00:37:39.59
To be like a family to them,
00:37:39.60\00:37:41.64
those who are fatherless
have lost their parent.
00:37:41.65\00:37:45.78
Those who are the
widows have lost her husband,
00:37:45.79\00:37:48.45
we've to be like a
family to those around us.
00:37:48.46\00:37:52.14
And God expects
us to spend time,
00:37:52.15\00:37:54.25
that takes time.
00:37:54.26\00:37:56.47
But God expects us to spend time
00:37:56.48\00:37:58.57
doing these things.
00:37:58.58\00:38:01.02
Let's look at Matthew
25 verse 37 through 36.
00:38:01.03\00:38:05.86
Matthew, the first
book of the New Testament.
00:38:05.87\00:38:09.75
Chapter 25,
Matthew 25 verses 34.
00:38:09.76\00:38:17.23
I'm gonna read
through verse 40, Matthew 25,
00:38:17.24\00:38:25.01
34 through verse 40.
00:38:25.02\00:38:27.24
This is the 14th
text of our study,
00:38:27.25\00:38:30.01
we're going to mark it 14St.
00:38:30.02\00:38:33.01
We just came from James
1:27 and we will be going
00:38:33.02\00:38:35.80
to Romans 12, 4 through 11.
00:38:35.81\00:38:41.58
We're on Matthew 25
verses 34 through 40.
00:38:41.59\00:38:46.80
Matthew 25, 34 through 40.
00:38:46.81\00:38:50.75
Scott, could you
read that for us? Sure.
00:38:50.76\00:38:53.74
"Then the King will say
to those on His right hand,
00:38:53.75\00:38:56.23
Come, you blessed of My Father,
00:38:56.24\00:38:57.99
inherit the
kingdom prepared for you
00:38:58.00\00:39:00.71
from the
foundation of the world.
00:39:00.72\00:39:02.85
For I was hungry
and you gave Me food,
00:39:02.86\00:39:04.89
I was thirsty and
you gave Me drink,
00:39:04.90\00:39:07.20
I was a stranger
and you took Me in.
00:39:07.21\00:39:10.32
I was naked and you clothed Me,
00:39:10.33\00:39:12.36
I was sick and you visited Me,
00:39:12.37\00:39:14.85
I was in prison
and you came to Me.
00:39:14.86\00:39:17.37
Then the righteous will
answer Him, saying, Lord,
00:39:17.38\00:39:19.94
when did we see You
hungry and feed You,
00:39:19.95\00:39:22.48
or thirsty and give You drink?
00:39:22.49\00:39:24.90
When did we see You a
stranger and take You in,
00:39:24.91\00:39:26.92
or naked and clothe You?
00:39:26.93\00:39:29.12
Or when did we see You sick,
or in prison, and come to you?
00:39:29.13\00:39:32.68
And the King will
answer and say to them,
00:39:32.69\00:39:35.64
Assuredly, I say to
you, inasmuch as you did it
00:39:35.65\00:39:39.60
unto the one of the
least of these My brethren,
00:39:39.61\00:39:43.25
you did it unto Me."
00:39:43.26\00:39:45.24
Thank you, Scott.
00:39:45.25\00:39:46.74
Here Jesus
describing the second coming,
00:39:46.75\00:39:50.23
He is talking about
those who have been saved
00:39:50.24\00:39:54.46
and what does He
described them doing.
00:39:54.47\00:39:58.26
Visiting people.
Visiting people, helping them,
00:39:58.27\00:40:01.54
those who are in need in person,
00:40:01.55\00:40:03.04
those who are
hungry, given them to eat,
00:40:03.05\00:40:05.02
give clothing
those meeting the needs
00:40:05.03\00:40:07.65
of people,
spending time with them.
00:40:07.66\00:40:11.62
God expects us to
spend time with people,
00:40:11.63\00:40:16.13
meeting their needs.
00:40:16.14\00:40:17.68
And this is
something that a lot of us say,
00:40:17.69\00:40:20.68
well, I don't have time to do.
00:40:20.69\00:40:22.49
I'd rather just
give it to nation,
00:40:22.50\00:40:24.94
so that someone else can go.
00:40:24.95\00:40:26.60
But God is saying to us.
00:40:26.61\00:40:29.26
He here describing
those who are save,
00:40:29.27\00:40:31.31
where those who took the time
to minister to those in need.
00:40:31.32\00:40:36.59
And Jesus
describe these as actually
00:40:36.60\00:40:39.91
ministering to Himself.
00:40:39.92\00:40:42.31
When we do
something for someone in need,
00:40:42.32\00:40:44.50
we're doing it to Jesus Himself.
00:40:44.51\00:40:48.29
Now we can say, you
know, how does God expect me
00:40:48.30\00:40:51.15
to spend time in prayer,
to spend time in His word,
00:40:51.16\00:40:54.66
to teach others about
His word and to spend time
00:40:54.67\00:40:57.35
ministering to, I
just don't have time.
00:40:57.36\00:40:59.35
I have too much work
and I've to take the kids to
00:40:59.36\00:41:03.08
soccer practice and then
I've to take my other child
00:41:03.09\00:41:05.84
to piano lessons and
this just too much to do.
00:41:05.85\00:41:10.80
Somebody else can do
it, but everyone of us
00:41:10.81\00:41:14.54
have the same
amount in a time in a day.
00:41:14.55\00:41:18.15
It is up to us as
how we use His time,
00:41:18.16\00:41:22.85
how we prioritize.
00:41:22.86\00:41:24.43
Now God has
given us certain things
00:41:24.44\00:41:27.17
that He expects us
to do with our time.
00:41:27.18\00:41:29.60
Now it is not wrong
to do these other things.
00:41:29.61\00:41:33.04
But those things
need to be secondary,
00:41:33.05\00:41:35.79
that which God has made clear
00:41:35.80\00:41:38.84
that He wants us
to do with our time,
00:41:38.85\00:41:42.19
We need to make sure
00:41:42.20\00:41:43.25
that there is time
for these things things.
00:41:43.26\00:41:45.84
And then the time
that is left we can use
00:41:45.85\00:41:48.52
for other things
that we want to do.
00:41:48.53\00:41:50.66
But we want to make
sure that's good stewards,
00:41:50.67\00:41:53.19
we're making
good use of the time
00:41:53.20\00:41:55.90
that God has given us.
00:41:55.91\00:41:58.26
Now we're going to
look at other things
00:41:58.27\00:42:00.47
that God has given us
00:42:00.48\00:42:01.52
and how He wants us to use them
00:42:01.53\00:42:04.21
for His honor and His glory.
00:42:04.22\00:42:05.87
Now God has given
people talents or gifts,
00:42:05.88\00:42:08.84
and we're going to
look at Romans Chapter 12
00:42:08.85\00:42:12.80
verse 4 through 11.
00:42:12.81\00:42:15.13
Romans Chapter 12
verse 4 through 11.
00:42:15.14\00:42:18.64
After the gospel's
Chapter-- book of Acts
00:42:18.65\00:42:21.95
and then Romans Chapter 12.
00:42:21.96\00:42:26.10
And we're going to
look at verses 4 through 11.
00:42:26.11\00:42:30.07
This is the 15th
text of our study.
00:42:30.08\00:42:33.78
We just came from
Matthew 25 verses 34 through 40.
00:42:33.79\00:42:37.51
And we will be going to
Romans Chapter 12 verse 1 and 2.
00:42:37.52\00:42:42.57
We're now in Romans Chapter 12
00:42:42.58\00:42:45.04
verse 4 through 11.
00:42:45.05\00:42:48.68
Tom, can you read
that for us please?
00:42:48.69\00:42:51.26
"For as we've many
members in one body,
00:42:51.27\00:42:54.66
but all the members do
not have the same function,
00:42:54.67\00:42:58.08
so we, being many,
00:42:58.09\00:43:00.09
are one body in
Christ, and individually
00:43:00.10\00:43:03.20
members of one another.
00:43:03.21\00:43:05.27
Having then gifts
differing according
00:43:05.28\00:43:07.87
to the grace that is
given to us, let us use them,
00:43:07.88\00:43:12.44
if prophecy, let us
prophesy in proportion
00:43:12.45\00:43:15.84
to our faith, or
ministry, let us use it
00:43:15.85\00:43:18.94
in our ministering, he
who teaches, in teaching,
00:43:18.95\00:43:22.69
he who exhorts, in exhortation,
00:43:22.70\00:43:25.56
he who gives, with liberality,
00:43:25.57\00:43:28.07
he who leads, with diligence,
00:43:28.08\00:43:30.56
he who shows
mercy, with cheerfulness.
00:43:30.57\00:43:33.68
Let love be without hypocrisy.
00:43:33.69\00:43:36.19
Abhor what is evil
and cling to what is good.
00:43:36.20\00:43:39.37
Be kindly
affectionate to one another
00:43:39.38\00:43:41.47
with brotherly love,
in honor giving preference
00:43:41.48\00:43:44.53
to one another, not
lagging in diligence,
00:43:44.54\00:43:47.43
fervent in
spirit, serving the Lord."
00:43:47.44\00:43:50.58
Thank you, Tom.
00:43:50.59\00:43:51.88
Not lacking in diligence.
00:43:51.89\00:43:54.67
Here it begins by
saying we've many members
00:43:54.68\00:43:58.95
in one body.
00:43:58.96\00:44:01.22
What is this body
that is describing here,
00:44:01.23\00:44:03.98
the Church. It
says Jesus is the head,
00:44:03.99\00:44:07.31
the body is His
church and it says
00:44:07.32\00:44:09.03
there is many
members in one body.
00:44:09.04\00:44:12.08
And all members
have not the same office.
00:44:12.09\00:44:14.54
Not all members have
the same part to play,
00:44:14.55\00:44:16.76
but they all
have a part to play.
00:44:16.77\00:44:18.87
It's like the parts of the body.
00:44:18.88\00:44:20.52
Now if we've that body
and we've the heart stops,
00:44:20.53\00:44:26.07
can the rest of
the body work, no.
00:44:26.08\00:44:29.61
Each part has an,
each part of the body has
00:44:29.62\00:44:33.56
an important job to do.
00:44:33.57\00:44:36.66
And as members of
the body of Christ,
00:44:36.67\00:44:39.40
as Christians we too have
00:44:39.41\00:44:41.71
an important part
to do in the church.
00:44:41.72\00:44:44.84
So God is
expecting us to use the gifts
00:44:44.85\00:44:48.12
that He gave us, to
help the work of the church.
00:44:48.13\00:44:54.39
So if we're going to church,
00:44:54.40\00:44:56.01
and we're sitting
there and we're listening
00:44:56.02\00:44:58.74
to the sermon and
then we leave home
00:44:58.75\00:45:01.45
and we say that
was a good sermon
00:45:01.46\00:45:03.08
and that's all that we're doing,
00:45:03.09\00:45:05.09
God is saying to you
today, you need to do more.
00:45:05.10\00:45:09.80
For those of us,
those of you who are joining
00:45:09.81\00:45:12.00
from home, if you are not part
00:45:12.01\00:45:14.58
of the work of your church.
00:45:14.59\00:45:16.91
God is saying now,
you must take part,
00:45:16.92\00:45:19.56
because you are part
of the body of Christ.
00:45:19.57\00:45:23.54
God is expecting
us to use the gifts
00:45:23.55\00:45:25.60
that He gave us in
the work of the church.
00:45:25.61\00:45:28.03
We cannot leave that aside
00:45:28.04\00:45:31.24
and we must be diligent
in the work of the church.
00:45:31.25\00:45:35.64
So God expects us
to use that the gifts
00:45:35.65\00:45:37.74
that He gave us a
talent for his for the Gospel
00:45:37.75\00:45:41.33
to go forward.
00:45:41.34\00:45:44.08
Now let's look at Romans,
00:45:44.09\00:45:45.72
right there in
the same Chapter even.
00:45:45.73\00:45:48.74
But we're gonna
look at verses 1 and 2,
00:45:48.75\00:45:51.76
Romans 1 and 2.
00:45:51.77\00:45:53.13
This is the 16th
text of our study,
00:45:53.14\00:45:56.17
you're gonna mark 16St.
00:45:56.18\00:45:58.34
We just came from
Romans 12 verses 4 through 11
00:45:58.35\00:46:03.28
and we will be going to Romans.
00:46:03.29\00:46:05.27
We're gonna be going to
Romans 14 verse 8 after this.
00:46:05.28\00:46:10.01
We're now at Romans
Chapter 12 verses 1 and 2.
00:46:10.02\00:46:15.23
Romans 12 verse 1 and 2.
00:46:15.24\00:46:18.52
Roberto, could
you read that for us?
00:46:18.53\00:46:20.59
"I beseech you
therefore, brethren,
00:46:22.99\00:46:26.04
by the mercy of God,
that you present your body
00:46:26.05\00:46:30.06
a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable to God,
00:46:30.07\00:46:35.65
which is your
reasonable service.
00:46:35.66\00:46:38.99
And do not be
conformed to this world,
00:46:39.00\00:46:42.88
but to be
transformed by the renewing
00:46:42.89\00:46:47.88
of your mind, that you may prove
00:46:47.89\00:46:50.41
what is that good and acceptable
00:46:50.42\00:46:53.25
and perfect will of God."
00:46:53.26\00:46:56.74
Thank you, Roberto.
00:46:56.75\00:46:58.37
Here God is
asking us to give what?
00:46:58.38\00:47:05.61
Our bodies as a
living sacrifice.
00:47:05.62\00:47:10.13
Our bodies as a
living sacrifice.
00:47:10.14\00:47:12.34
It says present your
bodies as living sacrifice,
00:47:12.35\00:47:14.28
acceptable onto God.
00:47:14.29\00:47:17.11
So our bodies even
we've to dedicate to God,
00:47:17.12\00:47:20.34
and to make sure that we're
when we talk about sacrifice,
00:47:20.35\00:47:24.65
the sacrifice
is that where offer
00:47:24.66\00:47:25.89
had to be without a
spot. They have to be perfect.
00:47:25.90\00:47:30.40
And so we've to keep
our bodies in good condition
00:47:30.41\00:47:34.25
to offer to God as
a living sacrifice.
00:47:34.26\00:47:37.35
And in a future
study we're actually going
00:47:37.36\00:47:39.03
to study a little bit
more about this aspect of God
00:47:39.04\00:47:42.54
requirement of our bodies.
00:47:42.55\00:47:44.04
But we need to
understand that this also
00:47:44.05\00:47:46.59
is something
that God has given us,
00:47:46.60\00:47:49.02
and our God expects
us to be good stewards
00:47:49.03\00:47:51.99
of our bodies, taking
good care of our health.
00:47:52.00\00:47:54.93
So that we're able to be,
to serve Him in a better way.
00:47:54.94\00:48:02.37
We're going to look
now at Romans Chapter 14
00:48:02.38\00:48:07.11
verse 8, Romans 14 verse 8.
00:48:07.12\00:48:09.75
That's just one Chapter
ahead Chapter 14 verse 8.
00:48:09.76\00:48:14.76
And this is the
17th text of our study.
00:48:14.77\00:48:18.40
This is we just came
from Romans 12 verse 1 and 2.
00:48:18.41\00:48:22.38
And this is the
last of our studies,
00:48:22.39\00:48:24.99
so we're gonna
mark and below the line.
00:48:25.00\00:48:27.98
We're in Romans 14
verse 8, Romans 14 verse 8.
00:48:27.99\00:48:34.36
Shalida, could
you read that for us?
00:48:34.37\00:48:36.81
"For whether we live,
we live unto the Lord,
00:48:39.92\00:48:42.88
and whether we die,
we die unto the Lord,
00:48:42.89\00:48:46.22
whether we live
therefore, or die,
00:48:46.23\00:48:48.57
we're the Lord's."
Thank you, Shalida.
00:48:48.58\00:48:52.35
Here it says whether we live,
00:48:52.36\00:48:54.87
we live for the Lord.
00:48:54.88\00:48:56.90
So if we're living our
lives should be for God.
00:48:56.91\00:48:59.96
And if we've to die,
00:48:59.97\00:49:01.95
we should be willing
to die for Him as well.
00:49:01.96\00:49:05.93
In 1st
Corinthians 10:31, it says,
00:49:05.94\00:49:08.33
"Whatever you do, do
all to the glory of God."
00:49:08.34\00:49:13.14
So in everything that we do,
00:49:13.15\00:49:14.46
everything that
God has given us.
00:49:14.47\00:49:16.07
The way that we use our money,
00:49:16.08\00:49:17.94
the way that we use our time,
00:49:17.95\00:49:20.07
the way that we
take care of our health,
00:49:20.08\00:49:22.03
our bodies, the
talents that He has given us
00:49:22.04\00:49:24.83
everything that we do.
00:49:24.84\00:49:28.70
We should do to the
honor and glory of God,
00:49:28.71\00:49:32.14
and for the salvation of others.
00:49:32.15\00:49:35.04
We're called to
live for the Lord,
00:49:35.05\00:49:40.48
whether we live or
die, that we do it for God.
00:49:40.49\00:49:46.28
Now as we think
of that young man,
00:49:46.29\00:49:49.84
who came to Jesus
and went away sorrowful,
00:49:49.85\00:49:54.83
not having
received the salvation
00:49:54.84\00:49:58.52
that God has purchased for him
00:49:58.53\00:50:00.55
and was offering to him.
00:50:00.56\00:50:02.21
That young man
decided to instead choose
00:50:06.00\00:50:09.18
the things of this world.
00:50:09.19\00:50:11.75
Now Jesus, is saying to
you today surrender your life,
00:50:11.76\00:50:17.26
surrender your
possessions, your time,
00:50:17.27\00:50:21.03
give it all to me.
00:50:21.04\00:50:22.87
Live for me and I
will give you life eternal.
00:50:22.88\00:50:27.36
It's your desire today to
be a good steward of everything
00:50:27.37\00:50:31.73
that God has given
you to give your life
00:50:31.74\00:50:33.85
and everything that
you have to the Lord.
00:50:33.86\00:50:38.09
To be willing to
dedicate it all for Him
00:50:38.10\00:50:41.05
and to trust in Him,
00:50:41.06\00:50:43.46
so that you can
have everlasting life.
00:50:43.47\00:50:47.38
Praise the lord.
Let's have a word of prayer.
00:50:47.39\00:50:50.18
Dear Lord, Heavenly Father,
00:50:50.19\00:50:51.54
we thank you for the
blessings that you give us
00:50:51.55\00:50:54.69
for all the things
that you have given us, Lord
00:50:54.70\00:50:57.25
because even life
itself comes from You,
00:50:57.26\00:50:59.95
and we thank you Lord
that we're here alive.
00:50:59.96\00:51:03.16
Thank you for the
health that You've given us,
00:51:03.17\00:51:04.99
for the
possessions You've given us,
00:51:05.00\00:51:06.34
for the time and the people
that You put in our lives.
00:51:06.35\00:51:08.85
And I pray dear Lord,
that today You help us
00:51:08.86\00:51:12.17
to truly make a decision
to surrender it all to you.
00:51:12.18\00:51:18.10
To give it all to
you and to dedicate it
00:51:18.11\00:51:20.88
for your honor and your glory.
00:51:20.89\00:51:23.08
Lord, may we not choose
to hold on to the things
00:51:23.09\00:51:26.80
that you've given us
instead of the life eternal
00:51:26.81\00:51:30.61
that you have
wanting to give us.
00:51:30.62\00:51:33.21
These things we pray
in Jesus name, amen, amen.
00:51:33.22\00:51:37.41
We're gonna look at
verse that comes up a lot
00:51:37.42\00:51:41.63
when you study with
people about stewardship
00:51:41.64\00:51:46.16
brings the question and
so we're gonna look at this
00:51:46.17\00:51:50.21
verse found in
Matthew 23 verse 23,
00:51:50.22\00:51:53.27
Matthew 23 verse 23.
00:51:53.28\00:51:56.93
When you present
the principle of tithe
00:51:59.87\00:52:03.65
and offerings,
sometimes people say well that's
00:52:03.66\00:52:07.30
in the Old Testament,
but in the New Testament,
00:52:07.31\00:52:09.49
the New Testament teaches
00:52:09.50\00:52:10.69
that you don't have to do this,
00:52:10.70\00:52:11.91
and they use this
verse to say that.
00:52:11.92\00:52:16.30
Can I've someone
read that for us?
00:52:16.31\00:52:20.71
Shalida, could you read it?
00:52:20.72\00:52:22.35
We're in Matthew
Chapter 23 and verse 23.
00:52:22.36\00:52:29.21
"Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites!
00:52:29.22\00:52:32.68
For ye pay tithe of
mint and anise and cummin,
00:52:32.69\00:52:36.67
and have omitted
the weightier matters
00:52:36.68\00:52:38.71
of the law,
judgment, mercy, and faith,
00:52:38.72\00:52:41.72
these ought ye to have done,
00:52:41.73\00:52:43.65
and not to leave
the other undone."
00:52:43.66\00:52:45.65
Thank you, Shalida.
00:52:45.66\00:52:46.78
Now some people will
say well, you know, he says,
00:52:46.79\00:52:48.87
woe unto you scribes
that pay tithe of mint
00:52:48.88\00:52:52.41
and anise and the cummin.
00:52:52.42\00:52:53.73
Now they were very, very strict
00:52:53.74\00:52:57.55
about paying the tithe.
00:52:57.56\00:52:58.66
They pay tithe on everything.
00:52:58.67\00:52:59.88
They were very
careful about these things.
00:52:59.89\00:53:01.56
And Jesus is saying to them,
00:53:01.57\00:53:03.93
woe unto you who pay the tithes.
00:53:03.94\00:53:05.82
So some people may
think well, you know,
00:53:05.83\00:53:07.77
this is saying
that now, you know,
00:53:07.78\00:53:09.22
they are just
depending the salvation
00:53:09.23\00:53:10.81
on these things and you
should not worry about that.
00:53:10.82\00:53:14.22
But then what we're doing
is we're cutting of this text,
00:53:14.23\00:53:17.08
because if we
look at the end of that
00:53:17.09\00:53:18.51
it says, it says
these ought ye to have done,
00:53:18.52\00:53:23.98
and not to leave
the other undone.
00:53:23.99\00:53:27.07
These you had to have done,
00:53:27.08\00:53:28.61
without leaving
the other undone.
00:53:28.62\00:53:29.99
In another words, Jesus
here is not telling them
00:53:30.00\00:53:32.80
not to pay tithe,
not to give their tithe.
00:53:32.81\00:53:35.39
What He is saying is
that this alone is not enough,
00:53:35.40\00:53:40.36
that they still
have to do the other.
00:53:40.37\00:53:43.09
They have to have
a mercy and faith,
00:53:43.10\00:53:45.67
these things have to be there.
00:53:45.68\00:53:49.06
But Jesus in no way
here if you look at the text,
00:53:49.07\00:53:51.91
you know, that
Jesus is not really saying
00:53:51.92\00:53:54.38
that they should
not be pay tithe.
00:53:54.39\00:53:58.57
Now another
problem that usually comes
00:53:58.58\00:54:00.82
with these studies,
people will say well, you know,
00:54:00.83\00:54:03.60
right now as it
is, I've a hard time
00:54:03.61\00:54:07.44
paying all of my bills.
00:54:07.45\00:54:08.72
I mean, I'm having
to stretch my check,
00:54:08.73\00:54:11.21
I can barely make it.
00:54:11.22\00:54:13.30
How is it that I'm gonna be
00:54:13.31\00:54:15.04
giving tithe or offerings.
00:54:15.05\00:54:16.39
The Lord cannot
expect me to do that
00:54:16.40\00:54:18.22
because I just don't have it.
00:54:18.23\00:54:21.08
When people come to, this
is a very legitimate concern,
00:54:21.09\00:54:24.94
so we want to make
sure that we assure
00:54:24.95\00:54:27.04
people with the word of God.
00:54:27.05\00:54:28.67
God has many promises to give us
00:54:28.68\00:54:31.76
and this would
help us to be able to,
00:54:31.77\00:54:34.88
to make the steps
that He is asking us to do.
00:54:34.89\00:54:37.42
One place that you can
take him to is Matthew,
00:54:37.43\00:54:39.94
found in Matthew 2 Chapter 6.
00:54:39.95\00:54:42.52
Matthew Chapter 6,
verses 24 through 34,
00:54:42.53\00:54:49.61
24 through 34.
00:54:49.62\00:54:52.40
Matthew Chapter 6,
24 through 34, it says,
00:54:52.41\00:54:56.09
"No man can serve two masters,
00:54:56.10\00:54:57.85
for either he will hate the one,
00:54:57.86\00:54:59.44
and love the other
or else he will hold
00:54:59.45\00:55:01.85
to the one, and
despise the other.
00:55:01.86\00:55:03.69
Ye cannot serve God and mammon."
00:55:03.70\00:55:05.81
Here you cannot
serve God and money
00:55:05.82\00:55:08.35
or your
possessions, your riches.
00:55:08.36\00:55:10.09
Then it says,
"Therefore I say unto you,
00:55:10.10\00:55:12.77
Take no thought for
your life, what ye shall eat,
00:55:12.78\00:55:16.10
or what ye shall
drink, nor yet for your body,
00:55:16.11\00:55:20.22
what ye shall put on.
00:55:20.23\00:55:21.84
Is not the life more than meat,
00:55:21.85\00:55:24.02
and the body than raiment?"
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Okay, now Jesus began by saying
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you can't serve God and money.
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And then He
says take no thought,
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don't worry about life
or what you're gonna eat,
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what you're gonna drink,
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the things that we
usually purchase with money.
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Don't worry about these things.
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And then He says,
"Behold the fowls of the air,
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for they sow not,
neither do they reap,
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nor gather into barns,
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yet your heavenly
Father feedeth them.
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Are ye not much
better than they?
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Which of you by
taking thought can add
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one cubit unto his stature?
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And why take ye
thought for raiment?
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Consider the lilies of
the field, how they grow,
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they toil not,
neither do they spin.
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And yet I say unto
you, That even Solomon
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in all his glory was not arrayed
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like one of these things.
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Wherefore, if God so
clothe the grass of the field,
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which today is, and
tomorrow is cast into the oven,
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shall he not
much more clothe you,
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O ye of little faith?
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Therefore take
no thought, saying,
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What shall we eat?
or, What shall we drink?
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or, Wherewithal
shall we be clothed?
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For after all these
things do the Gentiles seek
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for your heavenly
Father knoweth that
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ye have need of
all these things."
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Now that here He says
that these are the things
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that the Gentiles seek for.
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Now do we as
Christians need to eat.
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Yes, do we need to be cloth?
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Yes, its not that we
don't need these things also
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but we as
Christians don't depend
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on ourselves to
receive these things,
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that's what the Gentiles do
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or those who do
not believe in God.
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But when we believe in God,
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when we trusted in
Him, then we don't have
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to provide those
things for ourselves.
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It is God who provides for us.
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And then He says
"But seek ye first
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the kingdom of God,
and all his righteousness
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and all these things
shall be added unto you."
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And this promise is for us too,
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for you at home,
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if you are having problems
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with your situation,
just trust it in God.
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