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>> Would you all bow
your heads in prayer with me?
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Father God, what a blessing it
is to be here today, on your
Sabbath's Easter day, Lord.
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I just want to remember what
you have told us in your Word.
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You said in John 3:16 -- church,
say it with me -- "For God so
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loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son, that
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whosoever believes in Him shall
not perish, but have everlasting
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life."
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God, you are a great God, and
because you have sent your Son
and because He has risen, we
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believe, Lord. And so we stand
here today just praising your
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name, honoring, glorifying you,
Lord, for you are worthy. And we
are nothing without you,
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Lord. Thank you. In
your Son, Jesus', precious,
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holy, and powerful
name, we pray. Amen.
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You know, this morning, church,
I am blessed to be able to be up
here with my brother and friend
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Randall to be able to sing,
praise, and honor to God. But,
Randall, I understood that
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you have had a bit of a tough
time this week. So, would you
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tell us about that? I heard
the testimony, and it was good.
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>> Absolutely.
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You know, right now
I'm finishing up school.
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I'm in my last year of
P.T. school, and I'm on my third
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clinical right now.
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And that means just every day I
see a lot of ugly in the world.
I see a lot of broken people
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who come to my clinic
wanting fixing. And it's just
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encouraging for me and for them
to be able to share with them
that there's more than this.
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There's hope beyond the grave
because of the cross. There's
more than just this
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disease that you may have.
We have so much hope because of
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Jesus' sacrifice. And, honestly,
this is such a big Sabbath for
me because it's a lot bigger
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than Christmas, for me
personally, because if Christmas
is the start of Jesus'
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mission, Easter is the
triumphant ending and success of
Jesus' mission here on earth.
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And I just love it so much. And,
church, if you will stand with
me, let's sing about it
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together. >> Please stand.
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[ "Christ Is Risen" begins ] い
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[ Congregation sings ]
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>> Sing it with me.
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It's because He
lives. Claim it this morning.
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But we have hope. We
have hope this morning.
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Just because He lives.
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[ "Worthy Is the Lamb"
begins ] [ Congregation sings ]
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Worthy is He. Worthy
is He of all glory and
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honor, power, and praise.
And we have been giving Him
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glory and honor and
praise this morning.
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But at this time, God wants
to hear what is on your heart.
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If you have anything to offer
God this morning, whether it's a
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prayer request or just an
offering of thanks, at time this
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please come forward as we gather
before the Lord in prayer, as we
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sing "Worthy." い
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[ Congregation sings ]
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[ Song ends ] >> Oh, thank
you, Andrews University Wind
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Symphony. How about it,
congregation? How about a loud
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"amen"? How about a loud "amen"
for that beautiful rendition of
"Were You There?" -- when He
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rose up from the grave.
Beautiful. Thank you, Byron
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Graves and musicians. We needed
that. Hey, nice to see all of
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you on this beautiful
resurrection weekend Sabbath.
You're looking so spring-y.
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And we're so glad that you're
here. I want to introduce you to
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a friend of mine. This guy has
been -- We've been friends for
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some time now. He sits in my
study where I write, where I
have worship. He's just there.
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He's not a real
conversationalist. Let's see.
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Which door is he gonna come out
of? I need to invite him to come
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on out here. Oh, here he comes.
He's coming out the other door.
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Sorry. He's over here. Oh,
I want you to meet my friend.
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He's my buddy. He is my buddy.
Tabones. His name is Tabones.
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Thank you, Deacon
Dan. Oh, he's so happy.
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You know, he's never
come to church before.
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This is the first
time he's come to church.
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And I wanted it to be
on this weekend, and so --
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Don't talk to him because he
doesn't talk. He's a skeleton.
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Do you know what? When you were
in your mommy's tummy, already
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Jesus the Creator was beginning
to put a little, tiny skeleton
together, not this big, not this
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many bones, but as you keep
growing, one of these days
you're gonna have 206 bones from
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the tip of the toe to the crown
of the head just like Tabones,
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my friend. Yep. And do you know
what? You got a skeleton inside
of you right now, don't you?
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Can you feel your skeleton?
Anybody can feel your skeleton?
Grab your knee. Grab your knee.
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Grab your knee. Oh, oh. This
part right here. Grab the knee.
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Oh, I feel it. We got a skeleton
inside. Here's the question for
you. Did Jesus have a skeleton?
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Yes or no? >> Yes!
>> Well, of course.
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He had to have a skeleton. He
is human just like you and me.
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Jesus had a skeleton. Could you
see it? No, because He had, like
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you, skin all over it. But
you know what? I went -- So, I'm
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giving you a little report now.
I went to Jerusalem, where Jesus
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died. And I went to the two
graves. And they're not sure
which one is it, so I went to
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them both, where Jesus was
buried, and I checked them both
out. And I'm here to report to
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you right now -- Are you
listening? Right now I'm here to
tell you that I could not see --
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I'm telling you the truth.
I could not see any bones in
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Jesus' tomb. Do you
know why? >> Why? >> Why?
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>> Resurrected. [ Laughter
] >> Oh, I like an inquisitive
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mind like that. Yeah. Why
could I not see any bones?
00:22:53.44\00:22:57.97
>> Because He -- He raised
up and He... >> He raised up.
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You got it, my man. He raised
up, and He still has His
skeleton, but He raised up.
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Do you know what they call it
when you're sleeping in death
and you get raised up?
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There's a technical word for it.
They call it resurrection. Let
me hear you say it.
00:23:15.12\00:23:21.26
>> Resurrection. >> And when
Jesus came up, He still had His
00:23:21.26\00:23:27.10
same friends. He still went on
walks and talks with them. And
then one day -- schoo! --
00:23:27.10\00:23:32.07
there He went to Heaven. But the
very good news is He's coming
back soon, and when he
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comes back, if any of us is
sleeping in the grave, don't
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worry. If we have a grandma
sleeping in the grave, we have a
grandpa sleeping in the grave,
00:23:45.49\00:23:50.03
even a mommy or a daddy, don't
worry. When Jesus comes,
resurrection means the sleeping
00:23:50.03\00:23:59.07
wake up. He's gonna call our
names. And He's gonna say, "Yo,
you. Yo, Johnny, come on.
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I've come to take you home." Oh,
my. I want to be there. I don't
00:24:07.31\00:24:13.58
want to die. I want to be there
when Jesus comes, don't you? >>
00:24:13.58\00:24:17.69
Oh, yes, I do. >> But I'm not
worried. I'm not worried at all.
Who wants to -- Who would like,
00:24:17.69\00:24:22.86
on this resurrection Sabbath, to
pray to Jesus and say, "Oh,
Jesus, thank you for conquering
00:24:22.86\00:24:29.16
the grave. We're not afraid of
death because you're gonna come
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and you're gonna give us life
forever and ever." And, young
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man, did you have your hand up?
>> What? >> Did you have your
00:24:37.87\00:24:40.14
hand up? >> Yeah. >> Do
you want to pray? >> Yeah.
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>> Oh, good. Come on over.
What's your first name? >> Jack.
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>> Jack. Oh, I like that name
-- Jack. Okay, we're gonna pray
00:24:45.61\00:24:48.75
with Jack. Let's fold our hands,
close our eyes, and thank Jesus
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for being our Savior. Jack?
>> Dear Jesus, thank you for
00:24:54.22\00:24:57.73
this day. Thank you for Sabbath.
Thank you for all the wonderful
00:24:57.73\00:25:01.60
things that you have made. Thank
you for Easter. Thank you that
00:25:01.60\00:25:07.14
you have died on the cross.
Amen. >> Amen. Thank you, Jack.
00:25:07.14\00:25:10.21
That was beautiful. As you go
quietly and reverently back to
your seats, thank you,
00:25:10.21\00:25:14.51
Jesus. Just like Jack said,
thank you, Jesus, for being our
00:25:14.51\00:25:18.38
Savior. Happy
resurrection Sabbath to you.
00:25:18.38\00:25:20.98
[ "Christ the Lord
Is Risen Today" begins ]
00:25:25.39\00:25:30.49
[ Congregation sings ]
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[ Congregation sings ]
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[ Song ends ] >> Oh, God, we
sing those words -- "Ours the
00:29:03.10\00:29:10.68
cross, the grave, the skies."
Hallelujah. We've not come to
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this place without hope. We have
come with a sadness perhaps, but
we have not entered
00:29:17.49\00:29:25.06
here without hope. Let the
living Christ engage our minds
and address our hearts.
00:29:25.06\00:29:31.17
We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
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You may be seated. As we
celebrate the resurrection
00:29:34.20\00:29:40.88
of our Lord Jesus Christ today,
do you know what the number-one
00:29:40.88\00:29:47.18
cause of stress is this
resurrection weekend in the
00:29:47.18\00:29:52.25
United States, the number-one
reason why Americans are
00:29:52.25\00:29:56.86
stressed out on
this sacred weekend?
00:29:56.86\00:30:02.13
Number one. And by
the way, a few weeks ago,
00:30:02.13\00:30:04.87
we did a survey of the
student body -- 318 responses.
00:30:04.87\00:30:09.24
"What is your
number-one felt need?"
00:30:09.24\00:30:12.01
Number two in the
Andrews University student body
00:30:12.01\00:30:16.18
is the number-one
stressor in America right now.
00:30:16.18\00:30:21.12
Question -- does the
resurrection of Jesus Christ
offer any solution to our
00:30:21.15\00:30:29.46
number-one need? Let me
read a poem to you composed by
00:30:29.46\00:30:35.43
Paul Laurence Dunbar, a very
short poem simply titled "The
00:30:35.43\00:30:40.27
Debt." That's D-E-B-T. Three
verses. "This is the debt I pay,
00:30:40.27\00:30:48.71
just for one riotous day --
years of regret and grief,
sorrow without relief.
00:30:48.71\00:30:56.45
Pay it I will to the end, until
the grave, my friend, gives me a
true release, gives me the clasp
00:30:56.45\00:31:03.63
of peace. Slight was the thing
I bought. Small was the debt I
00:31:03.63\00:31:10.80
thought. Poor was the loan
at best. But, oh, the interest."
00:31:10.80\00:31:20.04
Debt. There isn't one of us here
that doesn't know the meaning of
that word that sounds just like
00:31:20.04\00:31:24.91
"death." And what's the
difference? And by the way, even
00:31:24.91\00:31:32.09
if it's not financial debt that
you face today, the truth of the
matter is that there's
00:31:32.09\00:31:37.79
depression. And what is
depression but emotional debt?
There is despair, and what is
00:31:37.79\00:31:43.73
despair but existential debt?
There is discouragement, and
what is discouragement but
00:31:43.73\00:31:48.60
personal debt? There's divorce,
relational debt, destruction,
00:31:48.60\00:31:56.41
painful debt, death, the
ultimate of debts. So, the
question this resurrection
00:31:56.41\00:32:05.42
weekend for us is, who shall
deliver us from this body of
debt? We turn to the
00:32:05.42\00:32:12.23
resurrection story. Open your
Bible with me, please, to the
00:32:12.23\00:32:15.63
Gospel of Luke. You got your
phone with you? Pull it out.
Luke chapter 24. Let's go to the
00:32:15.63\00:32:19.90
resurrection story. Luke chapter
24. I'm in the New International
00:32:19.90\00:32:23.44
Version today. Luke 24.
Didn't bring a Bible, grab the
00:32:23.44\00:32:27.74
pew Bible in front of you. Just
let your eyes rest on the story
of that first resurrection
00:32:27.74\00:32:34.48
long ago.
00:32:34.48\00:32:35.88
Luke chapter 24,
picking it up in verse 1.
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"And on the first day of the
week, very early in the morning,
00:32:38.15\00:32:41.49
the women took the spices they
had prepared, and they went to
00:32:41.49\00:32:44.83
the tomb. They found
the stone rolled away
00:32:44.83\00:32:47.60
from the tomb, and when they
entered, they did not find the
00:32:47.60\00:32:51.57
body of the Lord Jesus.
While they were wondering about
00:32:51.57\00:32:55.14
this, suddenly --" schoo! --
"two men in clothes that gleamed
00:32:55.14\00:32:59.57
like lightning
stood beside them.
00:32:59.57\00:33:02.44
And in their fright, the women
bowed down with their faces to
00:33:02.44\00:33:04.98
the ground." Whatever
beings these are, they
00:33:04.98\00:33:07.48
deserve worship, and
they are on their faces.
00:33:07.48\00:33:10.35
And the men speak. "But
the men said to them --"
00:33:10.35\00:33:13.99
I love this -- "'Why do you look
for the living among the dead?'"
00:33:13.99\00:33:18.49
"Did you have the address for
this cemetery to find the one
you're looking for?
00:33:18.53\00:33:23.67
Why are you looking -- There
aren't living around here. This
00:33:23.67\00:33:29.27
is a cemetery." "'Why do you
look for the living among the
00:33:29.30\00:33:31.87
dead? He's not here. He's risen.
Remember how he told you, while
00:33:31.87\00:33:35.98
he was still
with you in Galilee.'"
00:33:35.98\00:33:38.31
The words of Jesus -- now here
they come -- "'"The Son of Man
00:33:38.31\00:33:42.48
must be delivered over to the
hands of sinners, be crucified
00:33:42.48\00:33:46.59
and on the third
day be raised again."'
00:33:46.59\00:33:49.42
And then --" the last line
of the Easter story -- "And then
00:33:49.42\00:33:53.09
they remembered His words."
00:33:53.09\00:33:57.80
Turns out that our deliverance
from debt has a whole lot to do
with remembering because how
00:33:57.83\00:34:04.61
easily we forget, how we forget
that just yesterday I had to
have this, I had to have it, and
00:34:04.61\00:34:11.48
today I can't figure out how I
pay for this now. How easily we
00:34:11.48\00:34:17.19
forget. How did Paul Laurence
Dunbar put it? "Slight was the
00:34:17.19\00:34:21.92
thing I bought. Small was the
debt I thought. Poor was the
loan at best. But, oh, the
00:34:21.92\00:34:27.46
interest." And it's the interest
that kills us, en-chains us, and
00:34:27.46\00:34:30.67
suffocates us. We all know it.
How quickly we forget. Put that
last line up again --
00:34:30.67\00:34:37.11
Luke 24:8. "Then they remembered
His words," because how easily
00:34:37.11\00:34:45.65
we forget, all of us, which is
how we get into debt time after
00:34:45.65\00:34:50.22
time again. All of us -- we
forget. And by the way, how big
00:34:50.22\00:34:53.79
is this all of us? You'll be
surprised to hear this. You're
00:34:53.79\00:34:56.22
not alone. Let me run some stats
by you. Reach into your
resurrection weekend bulletin.
00:34:56.22\00:35:00.86
Pull out the study
guide for today. Pull it out.
00:35:00.86\00:35:04.50
Jot these numbers down,
will you? You didn't get a study
00:35:04.50\00:35:07.60
guide, here come our ushers.
They'll make sure you have one.
Just put your hand up -- up in
00:35:07.60\00:35:11.31
the balcony, as well -- and
we'll be happy to serve you.
Those of you who are watching on
00:35:11.31\00:35:15.48
television -- live stream or
television delayed -- we're glad
that you're here on this joyous
00:35:15.48\00:35:21.25
weekend. You see on the screen
there -- this is the little
00:35:21.25\00:35:26.69
series, "How to Survive the
Coming Economic Crisis." This is
00:35:26.69\00:35:30.76
a miniseries. It ends next week,
the final wrap-up. But today's
00:35:30.76\00:35:35.30
edition, "Breaking the Chains
of Financial Bondage" -- who
00:35:35.30\00:35:39.13
doesn't want that? Me too. Okay,
let's jot it down. We're not
00:35:39.13\00:35:41.94
alone. Here's the good news.
Misery loves company. Jot these
00:35:41.94\00:35:45.41
numbers down. At the end of last
year, 178.6 million Americans
00:35:45.41\00:35:52.41
had a credit card. Wow. Keep
going. And the average credit
00:35:52.41\00:35:56.52
card debt per borrower is
$5,736, up about 7.5% from 2016.
Can you believe it?
00:35:56.52\00:36:07.60
In fact, keep writing.
If you paid only the minimum
00:36:07.66\00:36:10.87
payments on a $5,000 credit-card
debt, you would be in debt for
00:36:10.87\00:36:15.54
more than 18
years. And -- get this.
00:36:15.54\00:36:18.47
And you would end up paying
$6,372 in interest based on
00:36:18.47\00:36:22.61
national averages, which
means -- add the $5,000 -- you
00:36:22.61\00:36:26.15
pay over $11,000 just to
pay off that $5,000 bill.
00:36:26.15\00:36:30.69
Go figure. Did you think they
were in this as a ministry to
00:36:30.72\00:36:34.59
you? [ Laughter ] Millennials
-- no, no, before that.
00:36:34.59\00:36:40.23
According to a NerdWallet study,
the average American household
00:36:40.23\00:36:45.83
-- get this -- has more than
$16,000 in credit-card debt.
That's not mortgage, student
00:36:45.83\00:36:49.77
loan, nothing. That's only
credit cards. Keep writing.
00:36:49.77\00:36:52.91
Millennials -- here we go now --
18 to 34 -- got millennials here
00:36:52.91\00:36:58.48
today. 18 to 34, millennials now
carry around $36,000 in debt.
That includes student loans.
00:36:58.48\00:37:06.22
That includes credit cards. That
includes mortgages -- very few
millennials with mortgages.
00:37:06.22\00:37:11.53
In fact -- jot this down --
total student debt in this
country now exceeds
00:37:11.53\00:37:15.66
$1.3 million. I'm sorry.
Trillion. I just can't say that
00:37:15.66\00:37:23.47
word. I just can't say that
word. [ Laughing ] Thank you for
00:37:23.47\00:37:26.74
correcting me. Man, I am so glad
you're here today. [ Laughter ]
00:37:26.74\00:37:30.58
I just can't say the word
"trillion." It just doesn't seem
00:37:30.58\00:37:33.18
possible. How could you have
$1.3 million -- $1.3 trillion of
00:37:33.18\00:37:39.49
student loans? I'm leaving that
number right now. You know what?
00:37:39.49\00:37:43.09
For this generation --
Seriously, for this generation,
mortgage is not the new debt.
00:37:43.09\00:37:46.66
They'll never have to worry
about mortgage because they'll
be paying off their education.
00:37:46.66\00:37:50.40
That's their houses
now. My. Okay. Keep going.
00:37:50.40\00:37:55.94
Thus, 75% of Americans live from
paycheck to paycheck, nothing
00:37:55.94\00:38:00.71
left over. Keep going. More than
half have less than $1,000
reserved somewhere for
00:38:00.71\00:38:05.28
emergency purposes.
00:38:05.28\00:38:06.68
And the final number --
according to USA Today, some 40
00:38:06.72\00:38:10.32
million Americans, or 16% of the
adults, think they will miss at
00:38:10.32\00:38:14.49
least one
credit-card due date in 2019.
00:38:14.49\00:38:17.83
"I will go in debt
further 'cause I'll miss it."
00:38:17.83\00:38:21.63
Why? Because we're in debt.
That's the big deal, the
number-one stressor in America.
00:38:21.66\00:38:25.97
So, like the women at the tomb
who are wondering as they go to
the tomb, "Who's gonna roll the
00:38:25.97\00:38:29.74
stone away?" we're asking the
same thing this resurrection
weekend -- "Who's gonna roll the
00:38:29.74\00:38:33.38
stone of my debt away, my little
credit card. I can't pay it
00:38:33.38\00:38:37.68
off." Hmm. "Then --" How's that
line go? "Then they remembered
00:38:37.68\00:38:44.05
Jesus' words." And what shall
the words of Jesus tell us?
00:38:44.05\00:38:48.92
Well, let's just go back to the
words that the angels quoted.
Jot this down in your study
00:38:48.92\00:38:52.23
guide. Remember, they said,
"Now, don't you remember what He
00:38:52.23\00:38:55.46
told you?" And here's what He
told them. "The Son of Man must
00:38:55.50\00:38:58.23
be delivered over to the hands
of sinners --" key word -- "to
00:38:58.23\00:39:01.94
the hands of sinners, be
crucified and on the third day
00:39:01.94\00:39:05.51
be raised again."
00:39:05.51\00:39:06.57
It's the Gospel story in one,
tiny sentence, and you just got
00:39:06.61\00:39:10.25
it. Answer me this question.
When Jesus died on the cross
2,000 years ago, on
00:39:10.25\00:39:14.28
Good Friday -- and by the way,
for His followers then, it was
an awful and tragic Friday.
00:39:14.28\00:39:19.09
But when Jesus died on the
cross, what does the Gospel
00:39:19.09\00:39:22.72
declare? What does the Bible
teach that God placed upon
Jesus? What did God place upon
00:39:22.72\00:39:31.70
Jesus? Let's find out. Isaiah
53:6. You remember this line.
00:39:31.70\00:39:35.74
"And the Lord has laid on Him
the --" what? -- the iniquity,
the sins, all of them.
00:39:35.74\00:39:41.08
You're saying, "What sins are
you talking about, Dwight?" I'm
telling about them all,
00:39:41.08\00:39:43.61
the ones that we laugh off with
a little snicker. "Not a big
00:39:43.61\00:39:46.48
deal." The ones that are so
oppressive with their guilt it's
like a ball and chain that we
00:39:46.48\00:39:50.19
carry through life. Those are
the sins. He took them all, all
00:39:50.19\00:39:53.12
of my sins. Is that just an
Old Testament bit of good news?
00:39:53.12\00:39:55.99
No. God laid the debt of all
my sins on the heart of the Lord
00:39:55.99\00:39:59.96
Jesus, and it crushed His heart.
It's also New Testament. Jot
00:39:59.96\00:40:04.17
this down. 2 Corinthians 5:21 --
"And God made Him who had no sin
to be sin for you and me, so
00:40:04.17\00:40:10.71
that in Christ we might become
the righteousness of God." Our
terrible indebtedness was
00:40:10.71\00:40:16.71
laid on Him. Ladies and
gentlemen, I want to tell you
00:40:16.71\00:40:19.88
something. This is great news.
His spotless, perfectly lived
life, un-indebted, was credit,
00:40:19.88\00:40:26.12
has been credited to you and
to me. In fact -- jot this down,
00:40:26.12\00:40:33.09
will you? -- "He died a debtor,
so that we might live debt
free." "Yeah, but, Dwight, come
00:40:33.09\00:40:38.83
on. Time out, time out. I know
-- Listen, listen. This is
talking about moral
00:40:38.83\00:40:42.84
indebtedness. Nobody here is
talking about financial
indebtedness, those
00:40:42.84\00:40:46.57
verses you're quoting." Oh, so
you want something that has a
little monetary jingle to
00:40:46.57\00:40:49.84
it?
00:40:49.84\00:40:50.91
I'll give you one, another
one -- 2 Corinthians chapter 8
00:40:50.95\00:40:54.42
on the screen, 8:9 --
"For you know the grace of our
00:40:54.42\00:40:57.92
Lord Jesus Christ that though He
was rich, yet for your sake He
00:40:57.92\00:41:02.29
became poor so that you, through
His poverty, might become rich."
00:41:02.29\00:41:07.76
I hate to tell you, but that's
about as monetary a depiction as
you can get anywhere in the
00:41:07.76\00:41:12.30
Bible. He who was the richest of
the rich took on the poverty of
00:41:12.30\00:41:16.04
you and me, and who are we?
We are the poorest of the poor.
00:41:16.04\00:41:21.81
Look at us. So that through that
transaction, we who are in debt
up to our eyeballs might be
00:41:21.81\00:41:27.25
delivered from our debt by
exchanging our debt for His
00:41:27.25\00:41:34.12
wealth and riches. The story
of the resurrection. Hallelujah.
00:41:34.12\00:41:41.40
But we forget. Put that line
again, please, the last line of
this Easter story that we read
00:41:41.40\00:41:47.47
-- "Then they remembered
His words." "Yeah, but come on,
00:41:47.47\00:41:52.31
Dwight. Please. What does this
have to do with freeing me from
financial bondage, from
00:41:52.31\00:41:55.91
financial debt?" That's a very
good question. Let me answer the
question with another question.
00:41:55.91\00:42:00.32
Could it be --
Now, think with me.
00:42:00.32\00:42:02.45
Could it be that the Christ who
bore our moral indebtedness to
00:42:02.48\00:42:05.65
the grave and He buried it in
that grave and He came up out of
00:42:05.65\00:42:08.89
the grave without that
moral indebtedness -- it's all
00:42:08.89\00:42:11.69
buried -- could it be that that
same Jesus has the capacity to
00:42:11.69\00:42:15.50
bury our financial indebtedness
in the hole in the ground and
00:42:15.50\00:42:19.93
leave it there and we
come up free and delivered?
00:42:19.93\00:42:27.28
I mean, couldn't
He do it? Of course.
00:42:27.28\00:42:31.41
It's just a rhetorical question.
You got to remember what He
00:42:31.41\00:42:34.65
said. That's
what the women said --
00:42:34.65\00:42:36.05
"Oh, I get it now. I
remember what He said."
00:42:36.05\00:42:37.72
You remember what He said
in the Sermon on the Mount?
00:42:37.72\00:42:40.52
See if you remember this one.
Jot it down in your study guide,
00:42:40.56\00:42:44.13
Jesus speaking, Sermon on the
Mount, Matthew 6:33. "Seek --"
what's the next word?
00:42:44.13\00:42:48.93
"Seek first." Ooh. "Seek first
the Kingdom of God and His
righteousness, and all
00:42:48.93\00:42:54.80
these things will be added to
you." "Now, Dwight, how's that
00:42:54.80\00:42:58.67
gonna get me out of financial
debt?" Oh, I want to share with
00:42:58.67\00:43:02.18
you a story. I just learned
this story this week. You're not
00:43:02.18\00:43:07.02
gonna -- Well, you might believe
it. [ Laughter ] I'm gonna say
00:43:07.02\00:43:11.09
this story 'cause I want to --
to the last action step. Let me
share with you a handful
00:43:11.09\00:43:14.22
of action steps, all right?
We're talking about credit-card
00:43:14.22\00:43:17.26
debt. That's all America's
thinking about on this holiday
weekend. So let's talk about
00:43:17.26\00:43:21.10
that. Let me just share with you
a series of action steps. Jot
them down real quick.
00:43:21.10\00:43:24.80
They're there in your study
guide. Number one, perform what
00:43:24.80\00:43:27.74
Dave Ramsey calls a
"plasectomy." Do you know what a
00:43:27.74\00:43:32.87
plasectomy is? It's cutting
up the plastic in your wallet.
00:43:32.87\00:43:37.15
Use cash. Use cash. We
get a little magazine here at
00:43:37.15\00:43:42.05
the church called Thriving. It's
put out by a Christian credit
00:43:42.05\00:43:45.55
union. I was going through that
magazine just two or three weeks
ago, and I came across this
00:43:45.55\00:43:52.16
interesting little bit of
practical counsel. I put it in.
00:43:52.16\00:43:54.93
It's not a fill-in-the-blank
thing, but you see it tucked
into your study guide.
00:43:54.93\00:43:58.67
Thriving is saying, "Okay,
number one, don't use debt --
don't use credit cards to buy
00:43:58.67\00:44:02.54
short-term consumer goods such
as clothing, entertainment, or
00:44:02.54\00:44:06.01
electronics." Just -- Come on.
Why? Because it's gonna be gone.
00:44:06.01\00:44:09.11
I'll outgrow it. Number two --
"Avoid debt over items with a
short life-span and little
00:44:09.11\00:44:13.72
resale value." That thing's
worth nothing now. And finally,
number three -- "Avoid debt
00:44:13.72\00:44:18.45
which comes with a very high
interest rate." And guess what.
Credit cards come with a very
00:44:18.45\00:44:22.19
high interest rate. Avoid
those. Okay. Cash. Number one.
00:44:22.19\00:44:26.93
Number two. No, no. Put
Dave Ramsey up. You got to hear
00:44:26.93\00:44:31.33
Ramsey speak for himself.
00:44:31.33\00:44:32.40
On the screen -- this is
Dave Ramsey -- "There is no --"
00:44:32.43\00:44:34.74
those are his caps -- "There is
no positive side to credit card
00:44:34.74\00:44:38.51
use. You will
spend 12% to 18% more
00:44:38.51\00:44:41.68
if you use credit
cards instead of cash."
00:44:41.68\00:44:44.51
Why? Because
you've already got it.
00:44:44.51\00:44:45.95
"I can afford it." If
you have to use plastic, I
00:44:45.95\00:44:49.32
suggest a debit card. I
use them for travel and the
00:44:49.32\00:44:52.52
occasional convenience of
ordering something over the
00:44:52.52\00:44:54.69
Internet or phone.
Other than that, I use cash."
00:44:54.69\00:44:59.23
You can be as poor as a church
mouse and still just use cash.
Okay, number two -- "Always pay
00:44:59.26\00:45:05.03
more than the minimum." We got
that one from those numbers a
00:45:05.03\00:45:08.24
moment ago. I mean, can you
believe that -- $5,000 balance?
Paying the minimum payment,
00:45:08.24\00:45:11.67
it'll take you over 18 years to
pay it off, and you end up
paying interest of $6,372, plus
00:45:11.67\00:45:17.41
the $5,000. They're not
trying to be your best friend.
00:45:17.41\00:45:22.35
Unh-unh. Pay more
than the minimum. Come on.
00:45:22.35\00:45:24.59
Pay more than the minimum.
00:45:24.59\00:45:25.99
Okay, number three -- "Pay off
your credit cards beginning with
00:45:26.02\00:45:28.99
the lowest balance in order
to experience success as soon as
00:45:28.99\00:45:31.83
possible." There's
some counselors out
00:45:31.83\00:45:33.33
there -- and
I've seen them online.
00:45:33.33\00:45:35.53
There's some counselors that
say, "No, no, take the
highest-interest-rate loan that
00:45:35.56\00:45:38.77
you're paying off and work on
that one." No, because you know
00:45:38.77\00:45:41.57
what? You'll be paying
that forever, and you will never
00:45:41.57\00:45:44.47
taste success. Take the smallest
one you got and just have a
party when you do the first one
00:45:44.47\00:45:49.88
and you pay it off, all right?
Number four -- "Reduce the
00:45:49.88\00:45:54.52
interest rate." The Motley Fool
website -- their address, by the
00:45:54.52\00:46:01.19
way, www.fool.com. I love that.
The Motley Fool -- you know what
00:46:01.19\00:46:05.06
they suggest? "The credit card
companies are so eager to keep
you as their customer, they will
00:46:05.06\00:46:11.03
oftentimes lower their finance
charge." Call them up. There's
an 800 number on the
00:46:11.03\00:46:15.30
back of your bill. Call
them up. But here's the caveat.
00:46:15.30\00:46:18.47
You have to call them before you
miss your first payment because
once you've missed a payment,
00:46:18.47\00:46:23.98
you are a liability to them.
They won't talk nothing with
00:46:23.98\00:46:28.58
you. So, call them while you're
still making the minimum
payments and say, "Sir, I'd love
00:46:28.58\00:46:33.02
to stay with your company. I
need you to lower my rate."
You'll be surprised what they'll
00:46:33.02\00:46:38.03
do for you. Okay, number five
-- "Beware of debt settlement
00:46:38.03\00:46:41.66
companies." Oh, brother. The
Federal Trade Commission gets a
00:46:41.66\00:46:44.63
heavy volume of complaints from
consumers about these. "Hey,
come on. Come over here.
00:46:44.63\00:46:47.37
Come to this website. Come over
here. We'll help you out, man.
00:46:47.37\00:46:49.34
We'll just take a little bit of
your money, and we'll help you
00:46:49.34\00:46:51.74
out." Forget it. You need to
either go straight to your
credit-card company,
00:46:51.74\00:46:55.98
go to the bank where you have
this loan, or call this number.
Now, this didn't get in your
00:46:55.98\00:46:59.88
study guide, and I want you to
put it on the screen, please.
Let's put that number.
00:46:59.88\00:47:02.52
It's an 800 number. Call the
National Foundation for Credit
00:47:02.52\00:47:05.82
Counseling. I called this number
last week to check it out. It's
00:47:05.82\00:47:09.99
okay. In fact, do you know they
are the first and largest
nonprofit dedicated in this
00:47:09.99\00:47:15.90
nation to financial well-being?
So, jot this down for a friend
of yours, all right?
00:47:15.90\00:47:19.53
You don't need it. But jot
it down for a friend of yours.
00:47:19.53\00:47:22.00
800 -- 800-388-2227. Give it
to your friend. Do her a favor.
00:47:22.00\00:47:29.21
Do him a favor. Hang on to
that number and give it to them.
00:47:29.21\00:47:32.98
All right. Because the point
is this -- you got to talk to
00:47:32.98\00:47:38.09
somebody. You have to talk. You
can't just keep it inside. And
that's action -- There are
00:47:38.09\00:47:41.19
only seven of these. Here comes
action step number six -- "Talk
00:47:41.19\00:47:45.36
to somebody."
You've got to talk.
00:47:45.36\00:47:48.36
James Scurlock in his
eye-opening book "Maxed Out"
00:47:48.40\00:47:51.03
puts it this way -- on the
screen -- "Maybe it's because of
00:47:51.03\00:47:54.77
what Dave Ramsey calls the
intense shame that everybody
00:47:54.77\00:47:58.77
feels about debt, the false
certainty that everybody else
00:47:58.77\00:48:03.01
has got it to together
except poor little me."
00:48:03.01\00:48:06.78
Wrong. "Or maybe
it's what Bob, the
00:48:06.78\00:48:10.19
Debtors Anonymous
member I interviewed, told me."
00:48:10.19\00:48:13.02
Bob said, "Debt is simply
not a socially acceptable topic.
00:48:13.02\00:48:16.32
One can talk about one's
sex life or even one's drug
00:48:16.32\00:48:19.29
addiction as though it were
fashionable, but owning up to
00:48:19.29\00:48:22.53
one's financial troubles means
being ostracized from the world
00:48:22.53\00:48:26.00
of polite conversation."
00:48:26.00\00:48:28.30
It's true. There's just a
stigma. There is shame attached
00:48:28.34\00:48:32.34
to this. You got to get over
that shame. You've suffered long
enough. Resurrection is about
00:48:32.34\00:48:39.15
freedom. It's time to begin the
freedom march. Talk to somebody.
00:48:39.15\00:48:43.08
You got that 800 number. Talk
to them. You got somebody that's
00:48:43.08\00:48:47.89
close that you feel safe with?
Talk to her. Talk to him. From
paupers to millionaires,
00:48:47.89\00:48:54.03
there are thousands of people
in debt. You're not alone.
00:48:54.03\00:48:59.13
Don't be shamed out of help. You
need help. Now, here it comes.
00:48:59.13\00:49:06.68
I promised you this short
story before I sit down. Here it
00:49:06.68\00:49:09.88
comes. I wish you could have
been in chapel this week. Were
you in chapel this week?
00:49:09.88\00:49:13.62
Aw, I wish you could have
been in chapel this week. It was
00:49:13.62\00:49:16.48
something else. We had a student
right up here. He is a pre-med
biology major from Pennsylvania.
00:49:16.48\00:49:21.19
His name -- Gianni Zanatta.
Okay? So, Gianni delivers the
00:49:21.19\00:49:25.96
chapel address, and I'm sitting
right over there. And he opens
00:49:25.96\00:49:31.37
up -- This is very clever. He
opens up with a black screen and
in white letters -- "Money."
00:49:31.37\00:49:35.80
Got all of our attention. And he
says, "Okay, guys, I'm gonna ask
00:49:35.80\00:49:39.17
you a series of questions, and
here come the questions.
Questions number one -- how many
00:49:39.17\00:49:42.44
of you take advantage of one
of these monthly subscription
00:49:42.44\00:49:45.95
services?" And on the screen,
there was Dollar Shave Club, and
00:49:45.95\00:49:49.45
there was Ipsy. Dollar Shave is
for the guys. Ipsy's for the
girls 'cause they'll send you
00:49:49.45\00:49:53.96
all that makeup that you want.
"Just keep -- keep telling us to
00:49:53.96\00:49:57.39
send it to you. With a bill, of
course, but just -- we'll keep
sending it." Now, he put up a
00:49:57.39\00:50:01.96
whole bunch of them. And hands
went up all over this place.
00:50:01.96\00:50:03.93
He said, "Okay, now I'm gonna
raise the bar a little. How many
00:50:03.93\00:50:07.14
pay monthly subscription fees
for music? That would be iTunes
00:50:07.14\00:50:09.90
or Spotify." "Oh, of course.
I got to have my music." Okay.
00:50:09.90\00:50:12.97
Good. And the only way you can
do that, by the way, is with a
00:50:12.97\00:50:17.31
credit card. They're pretty
clever. The only way you can do
that is with a credit card.
00:50:17.31\00:50:19.65
All right, number three. He
says, "Okay, but now, how many
of you pay for your own
00:50:19.65\00:50:23.55
food?" Well, far less hands
went up, but some hands went up.
00:50:23.55\00:50:27.12
All right. "How many of you
are paying for your apartment or
00:50:27.12\00:50:31.99
your dormitory room?" Fewer
hands still, but they're going
00:50:31.99\00:50:34.56
up. Finally, the last question
-- "How many of you are paying
your own school bill?"
00:50:34.56\00:50:39.97
I turned around to look. I saw
two girls sitting right there.
00:50:39.97\00:50:43.44
That was it. Now, there may
have been more. I couldn't see
00:50:43.44\00:50:46.27
everybody. And then he said,
"Let me tell you a story. As a
00:50:46.27\00:50:49.74
student at Andrews University,
this is what happened to me. You
00:50:49.74\00:50:53.58
know those little credit-card
things they keep sticking in
your bag at the bookstore 'cause
00:50:53.58\00:50:57.85
everybody wants to get into
that bag? I sent one in. I got a
00:50:57.85\00:51:02.49
credit card. It came to me, in
my name. $200 credit limit. Yes!
00:51:02.49\00:51:09.00
[ Laughter ] So, he said, "I
started using that credit card,
00:51:09.00\00:51:12.90
and I was paying the minimum
payment. Oh, boy, did they love
me paying the minimum payment.
00:51:12.90\00:51:16.91
Suddenly, a few months
later I went up to $400. Yo!
00:51:16.91\00:51:20.54
$400 credit limit. Good. And
so I kept paying that minimum
00:51:20.54\00:51:24.58
payment. Bum-bum. Suddenly,
I go up to $800 credit limit.
00:51:24.58\00:51:30.19
Wow. I kept making
my minimum payment.
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They -- true story -- They
raised me up to $1,600. My, my,
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my, my, my." But what he didn't
realize was happening is his
minimum payment was making his
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debt go like this.
Chk...chk...chk...chk...chk. And
one day it hit him.
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He was so embarrassed and
shamed. This is what he's saying
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right here. He said, "I didn't
want to talk to anybody, I was
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so embarrassed. I finally went
to some close friends, and I
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told them, 'You can't believe
what I've done.' Finally I went
to God," he said. He's a
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preacher's kid. He said, "God,
what am I gonna do? I got myself
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in a pickle now." And just like
that, not a voice, but a
conviction came to his mind.
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Schoo! "Yo, all that tithe that
you haven't been paying in order
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to pay off everything else --
what's happening with that?" And
he said it was just like,
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"Ah." And then he put it up on
the screen, so I'm gonna do the
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same thing right here. He
put up these familiar words from
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Malachi 3:10. And he took it
right beyond Malachi verse 10 --
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that's 3:10 on this one --
"Bring the whole tithe into the
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storehouse, that there may be
food in my house." "Bring me
that 10%," God says.
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"And I want you to test me in
this," says the Lord of Hosts.
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"I want you to
put me to the test.
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I want you to
put me on the line.
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See if I'll come through and
see if I'll not throw open the
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floodgates of Heaven and pour
out so much blessing that there
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will not be room
enough to store it."
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And most of us stop
right there, but he kept going.
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Good move, Gianni. "'I
--'" God speaking -- "'I
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will prevent pests from
devouring your crops, your cash
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crops. And the
vines in your fields
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will not drop their fruit before
it is ripe,' says the Lord
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Almighty." Why,
"'Then all the nations are
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gonna call you blessed,
for yours will be a delightful
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land,' says the
Lord God Almighty."
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And he told us, "When I read
those words, I said, 'Oh, my. I
know what I must do.'"
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He said, "So I began -- When I
would get my paycheck -- not a
big paycheck, but it would be in
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cash. As soon as I got back to
the room, what I would do is I
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would put that cash out, and I
would pull off God's 10%. And I
would say, 'All right,
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that's for God. That's
His, first, right off the top.'"
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And he said, "And I started
returning God's tithe. And then
a few weeks later, it
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suddenly hit me. Lookit, if
I could do that --" And this is
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the genius of it. "If I could do
that for God's tithe, I bet you
I could do that for food,
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clothing, whatever." So, he --
next paycheck, cash, he puts it
over here. "All right.
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I put a little bit for food, put
a little bit for clothing, some
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needs." Psch. "And guess what?"
he went on. "By faithfully
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setting aside what belongs to
God, I developed the ability to
budget my finances.
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And I set aside -- For every
need I had, I set aside a little
bit of cash, and slowly but
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surely --" No, I'm telling
you what, he's living evidence.
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He stood right here and said,
"Slowly but surely, my debt went
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down, down, down." Now, ladies
and gentlemen, I want you to
please note that God did not
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send him a mystery check of
$5,000 from some pen pal
somewhere to dig him out of that
00:54:48.85\00:54:52.69
hole. God said, "No, you got
a bright mind. You partner with
00:54:52.69\00:54:58.06
me. You learn the discipline of
setting my tithe aside, and then
you begin to let it spread into
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the rest of your financial
management as a 21-year-old or a
20-year-old or an 18-year-old.
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Doesn't matter to me. We'll
do it together, you and me."
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What did Jesus say a moment ago?
Put the words on the screen
again for us -- "Seek first the
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Kingdom of God and His
righteousness, and all these
other things that you want, you
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just got to have, the other
things that you need -- you will
00:55:25.52\00:55:30.36
have them all." Isn't that cool?
I mean, I heard the guy. He was
standing right here.
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Wow. You see, it's true.
Jot it down -- action step
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number seven. This is it.
Number seven -- when you make
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God first, He will make it last
and last and last." But you got
00:55:44.67\00:55:55.02
to make him numero uno.
00:55:55.02\00:55:57.09
You got to make him
ichiban. You make Him first.
00:55:57.12\00:56:02.52
"I'll take care of you, boy.
Hey, girl, I'll take care of
00:56:02.52\00:56:06.73
you. Sir, with that heavy
00:56:06.73\00:56:10.50
indebtedness that you and your
family are carrying, I'll take
00:56:10.50\00:56:14.37
care of you. You
make me first, and I will
00:56:14.37\00:56:19.11
make it last. Test me. Try me.
00:56:19.11\00:56:24.35
I'm the closest friend you have,
and I'll take care of you."
Isn't that wonderful?
00:56:24.38\00:56:29.95
Wow. Because when you make God
first, He really does make it
00:56:29.95\00:56:33.36
last and last and last. No
matter how indebted you are
right now -- I don't care the
00:56:33.36\00:56:36.56
cause of your indebtedness -- it
does not matter -- when you make
God first, He will make it last.
00:56:36.56\00:56:41.33
And listen to this. He will not
only make it last. It gets even
00:56:41.33\00:56:44.77
better than this. He will get
you out, and He will set you
free if you make Him first.
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So make Him first. That's the
echo from the empty tomb today
00:56:51.91\00:57:00.65
-- "Make me first, and I'll take
care of you. Until I return,
I'll take care of you."
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Amen. Yeah. Then
they remembered Jesus'
00:57:06.19\00:57:10.53
words. "We got it."
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>> I want to take an extra
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It's by the continued support
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Today I want to invite you,
though, to share with us how
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I get inspiring notes, e-mails
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from viewers literally all over
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Dwight, God has blessing me
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I would love to
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Just visit our
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Let me know what God has been
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I hope you'll join
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