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>> Amen.
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>> Our reading today is
taken from Luke 6:37-38.
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"Do not judge, and
you will not be judged.
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Do not condemn, and
you will not be condemned.
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Forgive, and you
will be forgiven.
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Give, and it
will be given to you.
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A good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, and running
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over, will be
poured into your lap.
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For with the measure you use,
it will be measured to you."
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Amen. >> Amen.
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>> Amen. ¤¤
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>> ¤ This is the
day the Lord has made ¤
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¤ We will rejoice and be
glad in it ¤ ¤ We will rejoice
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and be glad ¤ ¤ This is
the day the Lord has made ¤
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¤ Ooh, ooh, ooh ¤
Ooh, ooh ¤ This is the day
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>> ¤ This is the day >> ¤ The
Lord has made >> ¤ The Lord has
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made >> ¤ We will rejoice >> ¤
We will rejoice >> ¤ And be glad
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in it ¤ We will rejoice and
be glad ¤ >> ¤ This is the day
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>> ¤ This is the day
>> ¤ The Lord has made
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>> ¤ The Lord is my strength ¤
The Lord is my song ¤ He has
become my salvation
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>> ¤ The Lord is my strength ¤
The Lord is my song ¤ You are my
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God, I will exalt you ¤ ¤ You
are my God, I will exalt you ¤
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¤ This is the day the Lord
has made ¤ ¤ We will rejoice
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and be glad in it ¤ ¤ We
will rejoice and be glad ¤
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¤ This is the day the Lord
has made ¤ ¤ This is the day
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the Lord has made ¤ ¤ We
will rejoice and be glad in it ¤
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¤ We will rejoice and
be glad ¤ ¤ This is the day
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>> ¤ This is the day >> ¤
The Lord has made >> ¤ Ooh, ooh
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¤ Ooh, ooh ¤ Ooh, ooh >> Amen.
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>> O God, you
are an awesome God.
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Wow. So generous.
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So holy. So you.
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A few more minutes
left with You in Your house.
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Speak, Lord.
Your children listen.
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In Jesus' name. Amen. Amen.
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Hey, let's do retro today.
You okay with retro right now?
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I'm gonna read an
old-fashioned story.
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I mean, it just
feels old-fashioned.
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It is old-fashioned. It's old.
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This story is from
the Outback of Australia.
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And as I read it,
you'll pick up on it.
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It just has that
ancient feel to it.
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But hang on, because this story
happens to touch an area of one
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of my own weaknesses.
It may bless you, as well.
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So without any further ado, let
me read to you "Mr. Bingle's Old
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Coat." You ready? "'Splendid,'
said Mrs. Bingle, pulling the
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collar up of Farmer Bingle's new
coat, pressing down the flaps.
Real velvet collar.
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Yes, and such a piece of cloth.
$45 for the whole thing." $45 --
back in that day, it is
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the equivalent -- there's a note
scribbled here -- $1,000 U.S.
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$1,000 U.S. So $45 is nothing to
sneeze at. "'Ooh! $45?', echoed
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Sam and Jim, admiringly. 'Yep,
$17 for the tailor and the
trimmings and $28 for the cloth.
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It'll do me till I'm gray.'
'What are you gonna do with the
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old one, Pa?' 'Well, it's a
first-rate coat, I'll admit, but
I was thinking some of giving it
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to Parson Graves,'" their
pastor. "'You see, it'll go on
my account for the year, and I
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won't have to pay as much on his
salary.' So it was agreed, yes,
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it was, that Parson Graves
should have the old overcoat.
Accordingly, on the next outing,
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when the farmer, with his wife,
was about to drive into the
country town, he asked at the
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last moment, 'Now, where's that
coat?' 'Oh, bless me,' cried
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Mrs. Bingle. 'I've been so busy
cleaning and making supper, if I
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didn't clear forget about it.
Sally, Sally!' She ran into the
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house calling the young lady who
helped in the kitchen. 'Run up
to the spare bedroom and
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take the overcoat that hangs
there and some of the papers
that lays on the shelf and wrap
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it up well for me and bring it,
please.' Soon, Sally brought it,
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and the huge bundle lay in Mrs.
Bingle's lap as she rode. 'Oh,'
she said as she stroked
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the package. 'It's a good coat,'
half regretfully, smoothing a
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little corner. 'Hate to see
it go,' agreed the farmer, 'but
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never you mind, woman. It's more
blessed to give than to receive,
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you know.' The Bingle household
awoke the next morning with the
impression that something of an
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event was impending in the
family, which impression became
with full wakefulness, defined
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into the remembrance that the
new overcoat was to be worn for
the first time on that day.
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'Yo, Jim, run upstairs, please.'
Father tried to not act excited.
'Run upstairs and get my
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overcoat, will you?' Jim bounded
up the stairs, but delayed until
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his mother put the last touches
on the bow to her bonnet
strings. 'I can't find it,' a
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voice from upstairs. 'Well,
where are you looking?' 'In the
closet of your room.'
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'It's in the closet of the spare
room,' called his father.
Another long delay.
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And then Jim came downstairs
without it. 'I tell you, it's on
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one of them pegs in our closet,'
said Mrs. Bingle. 'I'll go
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myself. It's dark, and he can't
see. But it's there, for I put
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it there myself.' 'No,' said Mr.
Bingle, calling after. 'It's in
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the spare chamber closet. I put
it there.' She was heard briskly
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moving from one room to another,
then back, then back, then back,
and then down the stairs, where
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she stood before them in
silence. On her face, blank
consternation, and on her arm,
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the old overcoat. [ Gasps ]
'When did you hang it there?'
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'Well, I don't know. The day
after it came, I guess. The old
one always hung there,
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so I took it down and hung the
new one there.' Mrs. Bingle sank
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into a chair. 'It's gone.' 'Gone
to Parson Graves,' the boys
stared open-mouthed, unable
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at first to fully take in the
calamity. 'But you can get it
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again,' at length, Jim said
hopefully. 'Of course you can,
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Dad,' Sam said. 'You can just
tell Parson Graves it was all a
mistake and it was the old coat
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you meant for him, and of course
he'll change it around.' His
father shook his head
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ruefully. 'Nope. That
will not do. It's done.
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It can't be undone,' he said
with a groan. 'Don't one of you
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never let on about its being a
mistake.' The family and the old
coat --" I love this line.
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"The family and the old coat
were late to church. Thus,
missing the sight of the
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entrance of the new coat, but it
lay over the arm now of the
little sofa behind the pulpit.
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And Farmer Bingle could never
recall a word of that service
through which he sat trying to
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bring himself into some friendly
recognition of the fact he had
presented his minister with a
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$45 --" $1,000 -- "overcoat
which he could not hope to have
count at anything near its full
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value on his yearly assessment
for the pastor's salary. 'But
don't he look fine,
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though,' interjected Sam as Mr.
Graves came down the aisle. 'And
don't Mrs. Graves look
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happy,' said Jim. 'Enough to
make any woman happy to hang on
to a piece of cloth
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like that,' said Mrs. Bingle.
Mr. Bingle was unhitching his
horses as Mr. Graves came out
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the church door, and so Mr.
Bingle did not at first raise
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his eyes. As he listened to
the remarks passing by, a voice
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said, 'Bless me. What a
fine-looking fellow our parson
is anyhow. Where on Earth did he
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get that coat?' Another voice
spoke out, 'Must have had a
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fortune left him.' Mr. Bingle
could not help feeling that the
coat had been well-bestowed, as
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his wearer came to meet him with
outstretched hands and a few
quiet, though very earnest,
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words of acknowledgement of his
gift. The coat had fitted the
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farmer well, but there was
something more than the mere
feeling of a good cloth and the
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minister's dignified bearing.
And in the scholarly face which
appeared above it, something
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which stirred up feeling in many
members of the congregation that
this servant of the Lord had not
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hitherto been clothed in
a fashion worthy of his high
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office. 'Well, that's a shabby
old hat to wear,' said one of
the village storekeepers.
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'I'll see about that before
another Sabbath comes around.'
As Mr. Bingle felt the grasp of
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his pastor's hand, he began
almost to be glad that he had
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given the coat. And then, as the
fact of his having given it was
whispered about, he began to
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feel ashamed at receiving so
much credit for an act which he
never would have thought of
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performing, for an honest and
really warm nature lay under the
crust of parsimonious
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selfishness which had hardened
over his heart as it has, alas,
over so many which might
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overflow in deeds of kindness to
bless those who have given not
grudgingly, but their whole
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lives to the master's service. [
Breathes deeply ] 'I feel like a
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liar, yes, I do,' said Mr.
Bingle to his wife with an
energy that startled her as they
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rode home. 'To have that man
shaking me by the hand and
talking about my generosity and
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his wife's eyes beaming up at me
and me not able to write out and
tell them I'm a grudging,
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tight-fisted old -- I tell you
what.' He gave the horses' reins
such a vigorous yank that Jim
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and Sam, on the back backless
seat of the bobsleigh, nearly
went over backwards into the
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snow. 'I've got to get even with
myself somehow, but I don't just
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know how yet.' Suddenly,
everybody starts showing up.
Everybody starts showing up at
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the parsonage. Everybody's
bringing gifts to the Graveses.
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And, by the way, not cheap
goods and casts-out. No, no, no.
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In the generous supply of winter
comforts now coming to the
parsonage, each giver made sure
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it should be in keeping with
that fine new overcoat. And the
wives and the mothers
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had seen to it that Mrs. Graves
and the children should look fit
to walk beside that tailor-made
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piece of cloth. Mr. Bingle had
smiled with a light in his own
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eyes, which came up from
somewhere under the broken crust
when he saw a set of furs his
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wife brought out and carried
over to Mrs. Graves that night.
But in the early gray of the
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winter morning, he, with Sam's
help -- 'shh!' -- quietly
unloaded in the backyard of the
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parsonage a tub of butter,
potatoes, and six barrels of his
best apples, packed for market.
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'A goodly amount if I carted it
a half a mile farther,' he said
to his wife with a face which
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shone as he sat down to
breakfast. 'And not a soul heard
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us,' said Sam, rubbing his hands
in great glee. 'Oh, I wish I
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could have seen them when they
found out.' 'Now I'm even,' said
the farmer. 'And it was the best
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day's work I ever did when I
gave away that coat by
mistake.'" The end.
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Isn't that a great story? You
got to admit -- come on -- that
it touches us right where
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it hurts -- selfishness.
Selfishness. Are you a selfish
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person? Am I? Don't say
anything. Come on, selfishness.
The truth is that, just like
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Mr. Bingle, we've all been born
with selfishness, from the
parson to the farmer to you to
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me. But an accidental gift
he never would have given turned
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out to be the surgical strike to
break through the crusty shell
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of selfishness. Selfishness.
Where do we get it from, anyway?
Do we get it from Mr. Bingle's?
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No, we didn't get it from Mr.
Bingle's. You know where we got
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it from? From a fallen,
brilliant, demented angel who
once went by the name Lucifer,
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now goes by the name Satan, that
old serpent called the devil
that deceives the whole world.
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That's where we got it from.
Fair and square, born with it,
because selfishness is just a
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code word for "self-worship."
And we all self-worship, just
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like Lucifer. So, that's one
story, but there's another one,
and it's the other one that
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matters right now, because
embedded in this story is the
antivenom to the serpent's
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poison. Selfishness. Open your
Bible now to Luke 19. Luke 19.
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Come on. This is the second
story. Luke 19. "Hey, wait a
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minute, Dwight. Weren't we just
on Luke 19 last week?" Yep. You
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got it. In fact, we're going
right after last week's story
ends. You remember the story
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about the 10 servants, one mina
each? Yeah, we all remember that
one. Boy, that was a punchy one.
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Won't come back to that for
a while. The very next words --
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Let's go to them right now.
Luke 19. Drop down to Verse 28.
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Here it comes. "And after Jesus
had said this --" Said what?
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Told the parable about the 10
servant each receiving one mina.
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Oh, if you missed that one, go
online. It's sitting there for
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you. "After Jesus had said this,
He went on ahead, going up to
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Jerusalem." Goodbye, Jericho.
Hello, Jerusalem. Going up to
Jerusalem so that he
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could become the lamb of God who
takes away the sin of the world,
including my selfishness and
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your selfishness. That's where
He's headed. "And as He
approached Bethphage
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and Bethany --" House of Figs
and House of the Poor -- "at the
hill called the Mount of Olives,
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He sent two of His disciples,
saying to them, 'Hey, listen,
guys, go to the village ahead of
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you, and as you enter it, you
will find a colt tied there,
which no one has ever ridden.
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Untie it and bring it here. And
if anyone asks you, "Why are you
untying it?", you just say,
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"The Lord needs it."'"
Awkward! I mean, please.
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Can you imagine being -- giving
those instructions? You're
sitting out here in the
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little village park -- yes, you
are -- with that sweet little
honey of yours, that girlfriend
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of yours. Brand-new
Toyota that you're driving.
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You're so excited about it.
You're sitting in the park. You
don't notice that I walk by
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the park. I see the
keys. Bad mistake of your part.
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I see the keys in the ignition.
I jump in the car. I crank that
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engine over. You come racing --
"Whoa, whoa! What are you
doing?" "Well, I just want to
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ride this car that's never been
ridden in before. Do you have a
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problem with that?" "Problem?!"
Yeah, you know how it would be.
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Can you imagine doing it?
[ Chuckles ] Can you imagine?
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"'If anyone asks you, "Why are
you untying it?", just say, "The
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Lord needs it."'" Oh, but don't
forget, the disciples are headed
to Jerusalem, because they
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believe Jesus is now gonna be
crowned king. And when you're a
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king, you can requisition
anything you wish, thank you. So
they're not worried about it.
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Guess what. It happens
just as Jesus said it would.
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Anybody surprised? "Those who
were sent ahead went and found
it just as Jesus had
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told them. As they were untying
the colt, its owners asked, 'Yo!
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Why are you untying that colt?'
And they replied, 'The Lord
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needs it.'" And guess what.
"They brought it to Jesus, threw
their cloaks on the colt, and
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put Jesus on it. And as He
went along, people spread their
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cloaks along the road," and they
cut off palm branches, and thus
was born the name Palm Sunday.
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You see, that is Palm Sunday.
This story is happening on Palm
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Sunday. On Good Friday, it's all
over, and on Easter Sunday, a
new universe has begun.
00:33:44.09\00:33:51.83
Wow. For the next few moments,
brood with me over that
four-line word -- "The Lord
00:33:51.83\00:34:01.10
needs it." Come to think of it,
that's been the story of Jesus'
00:34:01.10\00:34:05.84
life from the get-go. He has
always been dependent on others
00:34:05.84\00:34:14.38
to meet His needs. "I need a
crib." And they scour through
that stinky stable to find a
00:34:14.38\00:34:18.72
crude box of cow feed into which
to bed the newborn king. "I need
00:34:18.72\00:34:23.22
some food." And a boy steps
forward with five loaves and two
fishes and ends up 15,000 people
00:34:23.22\00:34:29.76
getting fed.
Wow! "I need a drink."
00:34:29.76\00:34:32.47
So the Samaritan woman lowers
her jar into that dark recess of
that deep well to quench His
00:34:32.47\00:34:37.61
thirst. And guess what.
It turns out it's her thirst
00:34:37.61\00:34:40.98
that gets slaked.
Wow! "I need to sleep."
00:34:40.98\00:34:45.75
So Peter pushes towards him the
coxswain's pillow at the back of
the fishing skiff so the
00:34:45.75\00:34:50.99
dead-tired master can sleep
through the storm. "I need a
00:34:50.99\00:34:56.39
room." So Martha and Mary and
Lazarus offer a room of their
own for the Son of Man, who has
00:34:56.39\00:35:02.26
no place to lay down His head.
"I need a coin." Somebody in the
00:35:02.26\00:35:06.63
crowd flips him a dinar so that
He can finish his illustration.
00:35:06.63\00:35:11.31
"I need a donkey." So a stranger
says, "You may -- You can have
mine." "I need a prayer
00:35:11.31\00:35:16.11
partner." So all 11 of His
Disciples sleep while He prays
00:35:16.14\00:35:19.95
into His last night on
Earth. "I need a defender."
00:35:19.95\00:35:24.45
But, alas, no one speaks up
in His defense at that sham of a
00:35:24.45\00:35:28.06
trial. "I need a crown."
00:35:28.06\00:35:29.86
So some heartless soldiers
plait a crown of thorns and
00:35:29.86\00:35:33.36
shove it into his
tender brow. "I need a throne."
00:35:33.36\00:35:37.37
So some part-time carpenters
hammer together two pieces of
00:35:37.37\00:35:41.17
wood, a perch for the King
of Jews to be nailed and to
00:35:41.17\00:35:44.84
hang before the universe.
"I need a drink again."
00:35:44.84\00:35:50.81
So a compassionate soldier soaks
a sponge in sour vinegar and
00:35:50.81\00:35:57.62
raises it on the tip of his
spear to moisten the lips of the
00:35:57.62\00:36:03.06
dying savior.
00:36:03.06\00:36:04.76
"I need a grave." So a secret
admirer steps forward and says,
00:36:04.79\00:36:12.43
"I'll bury Him in mine." "I need
a witness." And, at last, 11
00:36:12.43\00:36:20.24
men, with courage born afresh of
Calvary, step forward and lead
an entire generation to step up
00:36:20.24\00:36:30.99
and say, "Sign me up," and they
did. Well, like I'm telling you,
Jesus has always been dependent
00:36:30.99\00:36:37.79
on others to meet the needs He
has, and it makes me wonder...
what's He need from you?
00:36:37.79\00:36:46.70
What's he needing from you? Need
a hint? There are three gimmes,
00:36:46.70\00:36:57.21
three give-mes, that Jesus
offers. Three strategic and
surgical strikes to break the
00:36:57.21\00:37:06.42
deadly grip of self-worship in
my mind and heart and in yours,
as well. Three gimmes.
00:37:06.42\00:37:12.46
I'm gonna run these three by
you right now. Give Me Number 1.
00:37:12.46\00:37:17.83
"The Lord needs it." That's
why He has Give Me Number 1
00:37:17.83\00:37:23.17
Give Me Number 1 -- "Give Me
your heart." The wisest man who
00:37:23.17\00:37:26.91
ever lived scribbled in his book
-- Proverbs 23:26 -- "My child,
give Me your heart."
00:37:26.91\00:37:33.31
The French have a proverb. I
like it. "He gives nothing who
00:37:33.31\00:37:37.89
does not give himself." He gives
nothing -- You have to look at
00:37:37.89\00:37:42.96
that for a while. He gives
nothing who does not give
himself. That's the first gift
00:37:42.96\00:37:49.86
God asks for. Whether you're 14,
44, or 84, it doesn't matter to
00:37:49.86\00:37:53.50
God. He says, "Listen, numero
uno, give me your heart. I want
00:37:53.50\00:38:01.04
your heart. I want your self."
That's what self-ish is about --
holding on to self.
00:38:01.04\00:38:09.75
"I want your heart." Why, no
wonder we have these red-letter
00:38:09.75\00:38:14.16
words. In the Apocalypse, the
Bible's last book, Jesus Himself
00:38:14.16\00:38:17.76
speaking. "Here I am!" He's
talking to you, He's talking to
00:38:17.76\00:38:20.83
me right now. "Boy, girl, I
stand at the door (of your
heart) and I am knocking.
00:38:20.83\00:38:23.93
If you hear My voice and
open the door, I will come in to
00:38:23.93\00:38:26.90
you." If you've never given your
heart to Jesus before, you've
never said, "Lord, come in to my
00:38:26.90\00:38:30.71
life --" He's standing there
right now. I am promising you,
00:38:30.71\00:38:33.58
He is knocking right now and
He's saying, "Yo, would you be
willing to let me in?"
00:38:33.58\00:38:39.08
Three give-mes. Give Me Number
1 -- "Give Me your heart."
00:38:39.08\00:38:44.45
I had a young man in my office
just a few days ago. He's lived
a tough life, but --
00:38:44.45\00:38:48.79
hallelujah -- God's turning it
around. And he was sharing some
00:38:48.79\00:38:52.56
of the stories of his recovery.
And I reminded him, "Lookit,
lookit, lookit, boy, first
00:38:52.56\00:38:56.67
things first. You have to
give Him your heart first.
00:38:56.67\00:39:00.70
Don't make any plans for your
life until you've given Him your
00:39:00.70\00:39:04.11
heart." "Well, I'm graduating
with this degree and then I'm
going to do this and I'm gonna
00:39:04.11\00:39:08.21
conquer the world." No, you're
not. You give Him your heart
00:39:08.21\00:39:13.21
first. Then you move out for
those dreams. Jesus, I hear you
00:39:13.21\00:39:19.79
knocking at my door. I open the
door of my life to you, myself
00:39:19.79\00:39:24.56
to you. The serpent has injected
his venom deep into my very
soul, but, Jesus, you come in
00:39:24.56\00:39:29.16
and bleed me. Antidote, antidote
that venom. Antivenom that
00:39:29.16\00:39:37.17
poison away. He says, "I'll do
it. Give me your heart. You have
to give me something.
00:39:37.17\00:39:42.24
We have to break the back of the
serpent in your life. Give it to
00:39:42.24\00:39:47.98
me." Three give-mes. "The Lord
has need of it." That's why.
"The Lord needs it."
00:39:47.98\00:39:54.52
Give Me Number 2 -- "Give
Me your time." Oh, boy, God is
00:39:54.52\00:39:59.53
really -- I got to tell you
this. He is really huge on time.
00:39:59.53\00:40:03.70
Watch this. 2 Corinthians 6:2.
"Now is the time of God's favor,
00:40:03.70\00:40:10.37
now is the day of salvation."
Mer-cy! William Temple, the
00:40:10.37\00:40:16.28
great Archbishop of Canterbury
back in the 20th century --
William Temple never forgot the
00:40:16.28\00:40:20.65
lesson his father taught him
when he was a boy. The father
kept telling William,
00:40:20.65\00:40:25.02
"William, William --" Always
complaining about no time.
"William, you have all the time
00:40:25.02\00:40:30.49
there is. There's no more. You
have it." The truth is, we have
00:40:30.49\00:40:40.10
just as much time as this face
I'm gonna show you right now,
right here. You're gonna see it
00:40:40.10\00:40:45.27
on the big screen. Held in my
hand, we have all the time in
the world, as much time
00:40:45.27\00:40:51.88
as this young man, 11 years old,
sitting on the prestigious cover
00:40:51.88\00:40:58.95
of Time magazine. His name is
Orion Jean. Did I say he's 11?
Did I tell you that he is
00:40:58.95\00:41:07.00
honored as the Kid of the Year?
Did I mention that? Did I tell
you yet that he is an
00:41:07.00\00:41:14.37
11-year-old Seventh Day
Adventist and member of the
Dallas Temple Church in Texas?
00:41:14.37\00:41:20.74
>> Amen! >> Did I tell you that?
I wanted to tell you right off
00:41:20.74\00:41:25.58
the bat so when you hear
his list of credentials, you're
00:41:25.58\00:41:30.12
gonna say, "Whoa!" And he's only
11. At the age of 9 -- I will
tell you this -- he gave a
00:41:30.12\00:41:34.72
speech. They have a national
speech contest for kindness, and
he gave a speech on kindness.
00:41:34.72\00:41:38.73
And what's the line in that
speech? He wrote this line and
00:41:38.73\00:41:42.36
spoke it. "Kindness is a virtue
we can all possess if we are
willing to." And then, guess
00:41:42.36\00:41:47.20
what. He forms an organization,
at the age of 9, called The Race
00:41:47.20\00:41:51.81
to Kindness. He won $500 for
doing such a great speech, and
he took his $500 and he started
00:41:51.81\00:41:57.75
investing it. He invested it
in 600 toys for children in the
00:41:57.75\00:42:01.35
Children's Medical Center
in Dallas, Texas. He handed the
00:42:01.35\00:42:07.52
toys away, and then he forms a
national organization called, as
I told you, Race to Kindness.
00:42:07.52\00:42:12.53
And now you know what they're
doing? They're distributing food
00:42:12.53\00:42:16.16
and books. 100,000 meals have
been distributed because this
00:42:16.16\00:42:20.20
9-year-old boy said, "I can do
something for Jesus." 500,000
books have been given
00:42:20.20\00:42:25.77
away to students who don't have
access to literature because of
00:42:25.77\00:42:31.08
the cost. A half-a-million books
because this boy said, "I can do
something for Jesus if I use my
00:42:31.08\00:42:36.52
time for Him." Now, don't you
dare come up to me after this
00:42:36.52\00:42:40.89
service and say, "You know,
Pastor, I really would like to
volunteer my services in this
00:42:40.89\00:42:44.89
church, but I just don't have
the time." You tell that to
Orion Jean, will you?
00:42:44.89\00:42:49.40
He was sitting on ABC
television. They're interviewing
00:42:49.40\00:42:53.40
him and they're asking him "why
you do what you do." And he told
00:42:53.40\00:42:57.34
them, "You know, I used the
things that I saw on the news
every day -- people losing their
00:42:57.34\00:43:01.84
jobs and their homes and access
to food and books and clothing,
things we sometimes take for
00:43:01.84\00:43:06.48
granted, and with a little bit
of kindness, we can hopefully
give back those things.
00:43:06.48\00:43:10.25
And I decided I could help give
back those things." I'm so proud
00:43:10.25\00:43:14.82
of this kid. >> Yes! >> Of
course, I'm really proud of him
00:43:14.82\00:43:18.83
because he's a Seventh
Day Adventist young man.
00:43:18.83\00:43:21.43
Gift Number 2 -- "Give
Me your time." Orion did.
00:43:24.70\00:43:29.77
He's interviewed by Angelina
Jolie. Now, that would be an
00:43:29.77\00:43:34.21
interview. And it's here in Time
magazine. Yeah. Little
embarrassed to talk about not
00:43:34.21\00:43:42.82
having enough time. "Give me
your time." Jesus invites you.
What's the deal with
00:43:42.82\00:43:46.25
volunteering? It's not
just about killing time.
00:43:46.25\00:43:49.16
It is a strategic giving
that antidotes the venom of
00:43:49.16\00:43:53.66
self-worship. When you give
time, you're crushing, you're
crushing that serpent's venom.
00:43:53.66\00:43:57.90
You're crushing it. >> Yes.
>> When you give yourself, when
00:43:57.90\00:44:02.27
you give your time... "The Lord
needs it." He doesn't need it
00:44:02.27\00:44:10.78
'cause He doesn't have enough
time. He needs it because you
have too much time.
00:44:10.78\00:44:15.62
He says, "Give it to me." Give
it to me." Alright, there are
00:44:15.62\00:44:19.32
three of these. What's
the point of all these gimmes?
00:44:19.32\00:44:22.12
Well, I'll tell you. The point
is, it is the act of giving.
00:44:22.12\00:44:26.73
That's what I'm trying to
share with you. It is the act of
00:44:26.73\00:44:30.20
giving that breaks the crust of
selfishness and antidotes the
venom of self-worship.
00:44:30.20\00:44:35.24
He just kind of bleeds it out of
you when you give. Oh, but there
00:44:35.24\00:44:39.37
are three. There's one more.
Okay, so, number 3 -- "Give Me
00:44:39.37\00:44:43.85
your means." "Well, what do you
mean by 'means,' Dwight?" Well,
I put "Give Me your means"
00:44:43.85\00:44:47.95
because I didn't want to be
really in your face and say what
God is really saying here, and
00:44:47.95\00:44:52.92
that's, "Give me your money."
That's what He's saying. "Give
00:44:52.92\00:45:00.10
Me your money." That's the
hardest give that there is. You
can give your time till
00:45:00.10\00:45:03.40
you're blue in the face, but
it's the money we hang on to
till the bitter end.
00:45:03.40\00:45:10.41
"Give Me your money."
Whew! "Are you serious?"
00:45:10.41\00:45:16.01
As serious -- As they say, as
serious as a heart attack. It's
the number-one, the numero
00:45:16.01\00:45:22.15
uno, subject that Jesus deals
with in His entire four Gospels'
00:45:22.15\00:45:27.32
lifetime. He talks more about
money than any other subject. He
must know that the gimme
00:45:27.32\00:45:33.03
there breaks, antidotes the
venom of self-worship. Ed
Gungor, in his book -- I love
00:45:33.03\00:45:40.30
the title of this book
-- "Religiously Transmitted
00:45:40.30\00:45:46.04
Diseases." Huh? Huh?
"Religiously Transmitted
00:45:46.04\00:45:49.31
Diseases"? Are you serious? Ed
Gungor, in his book "Religiously
00:45:49.31\00:45:53.62
Transmitted Diseases" -- he got
it right here. "Giving touches a
00:45:53.62\00:45:57.95
nerve in us that nothing else
does. We look a lot like God
00:45:57.95\00:46:01.49
when we do it." Why? For God so
loved the world that He what,
what, what? He gave.
00:46:01.49\00:46:05.09
We look like God. "We look
a lot like God when we do it.
00:46:05.09\00:46:08.20
When you give, you defy the fear
that you won't have enough." You
were thinking, when those
00:46:08.20\00:46:14.10
kids went by, "No, I'm not gonna
give that $20. I'll give a $1.
00:46:14.10\00:46:16.77
Because if I give the $20, what
do I have?" That's why we don't
00:46:16.77\00:46:21.58
give. We fear that we won't
have enough. Come on, be honest.
00:46:21.58\00:46:25.48
Yep. "You insult greed" -- when
you give -- "the impulse to
acquire or possess more than one
00:46:25.48\00:46:31.95
needs or deserves. If you really
believe that God owns it all and
00:46:31.95\00:46:36.99
that He is your source and
provider, giving will be a
simple matter," because it's His
00:46:36.99\00:46:42.60
anyway. Huh? Keep reading. "The
arena of giving is the only
place where exactly what's going
00:46:42.60\00:46:48.00
on in your heart is revealed.
"Hit the pause button there,
00:46:48.00\00:46:51.54
Dwight." I will. If you're
honest with me and you tell me
00:46:51.54\00:47:00.42
what you give... you tell me
what you give, I will
immediately buy what you tell
00:47:00.42\00:47:06.62
me. Learn about your
spirituality. Somebody talked
about the widow's mite.
00:47:06.62\00:47:12.49
Is that what you talked about?
That beautiful baby named Luke?
00:47:12.49\00:47:16.20
Why was the widow's -- Why was
the widow commended by Jesus?
00:47:19.17\00:47:27.98
She gave nothing. The others
were pouring in these bags of
money and feeling so good
00:47:27.98\00:47:32.15
because everybody's saying,
"What a giver." Why was she
commended by Jesus? Because you
00:47:32.15\00:47:39.02
are commended not by the amount
you give, but by the amount you
keep. And the guys dumping in
00:47:39.02\00:47:45.49
the big gold were keeping a lot.
So it's not the amount. Don't
00:47:45.49\00:47:51.23
feel bad. It's what you have
left over. That's what we give
00:47:51.23\00:47:57.14
out of. Yeah. "According to
Jesus, giving keeps your heart
in motion toward God and away
00:47:57.14\00:48:01.14
from material things. Your heart
will follow the direction of
00:48:01.14\00:48:07.98
your giving." "For where your
treasure is --" What did Jesus
say? "Where your treasure is...
00:48:07.98\00:48:12.49
there your heart will be also."
Yeah. And, yet, do you know that
00:48:12.49\00:48:16.76
there's some people -- in the
Church, even -- If you ask them,
you say, "Come on, I want you to
00:48:16.76\00:48:22.33
be honest with me," they're not
giving anything at all. Maybe $1
when the kid goes by.
00:48:22.33\00:48:26.67
"Well, she's such a cute
little girl. I'll give her $1."
00:48:26.67\00:48:31.54
No giving to the God who gives
you every beat of your heart?
00:48:31.54\00:48:38.55
"No." No giving to the Lord who
gives you every breath of your
00:48:38.55\00:48:46.62
lungs? "No." No giving at all?
"No." You got to be kidding me.
00:48:46.62\00:48:53.63
"I don't look at the books."
God does -- your books. You know
00:48:53.63\00:49:04.54
what? You and I cannot afford
not to give if eternity is the
endgame. Hey, listen, if
00:49:04.54\00:49:15.75
eternity's not a big deal for
you, you want to grab for all
the gusto you can, be my guest.
00:49:15.75\00:49:19.75
Spend it all now. You
don't have to save a penny, boy.
00:49:19.75\00:49:22.69
Just let it go. But if eternity
is where you wish to spend the
00:49:22.69\00:49:28.20
rest of eternity in, then giving
is what breaks the anti...
anti-worship that Lucifer calls,
00:49:28.20\00:49:45.01
rightfully, the "I"
worship, self-worship. Wow.
00:49:45.01\00:49:49.75
Let's listen to Jesus before He
became Jesus. He was just Christ
00:49:49.75\00:49:53.62
when He spoke these words, the
preincarnate Christ. Malachi 3.
00:49:53.62\00:49:56.29
These might be familiar to you.
"Will a mere mortal rob God?",
00:49:56.29\00:50:00.93
Christ asked. "Yet you rob Me."
"How? Come on, Jesus. We don't
00:50:00.93\00:50:04.70
rob you. How are we robbing
you?" He answers, "'In tithes
00:50:04.70\00:50:09.47
and offerings.'" "No, you got to
be kidding me." "No, I'm not
kidding you." Verse 10.
00:50:09.47\00:50:16.71
"So bring the whole tithe."
That's code language, by the
00:50:16.71\00:50:19.85
way. The word "tithe" is a code
word in the New Testament --
also in the Old Testament -- 10%
00:50:19.85\00:50:24.45
of your gain, 10% of your gain.
"Bring the whole tithe into the
storehouse, that there may be
00:50:24.45\00:50:28.96
food in My house." 'Test me in
this,' says the Lord Almighty,
00:50:28.96\00:50:31.99
the Lord of Hosts, 'and see if I
will not throw open the
floodgates of heaven and pour
00:50:31.99\00:50:35.33
out so much blessing that there
will not be room enough to store
00:50:35.33\00:50:39.07
it.'" Can you believe it? He is
gonna reward your crushing the
venom of the serpent in your
00:50:39.07\00:50:45.54
life. He will
reward you for doing that.
00:50:45.54\00:50:48.34
You can't believe it. What did
Jesus just say in our Scripture
reading a moment ago?
00:50:48.34\00:50:53.62
"Give and it will be given
to you. A good measure, pressed
00:50:53.62\00:50:57.35
down, shaken together, and
running over will be poured into
00:50:57.35\00:51:01.99
your lap." I could line them up
on this platform right here.
Men, women, children, teens,
00:51:01.99\00:51:07.73
college students, graduate
students. I could line them up
00:51:07.73\00:51:11.43
right here, and they would
give their testimonies to you, I
00:51:11.43\00:51:16.57
promise you. And you know
what their testimonies would be
00:51:16.60\00:51:21.34
about? How when they faithfully
returned God's tithe -- because
00:51:21.34\00:51:24.68
it's His tithe, not ours -- how
when they faithfully returned
00:51:24.68\00:51:28.28
their little 10% and cheerfully,
mind you -- cheerfully gave the
00:51:28.28\00:51:31.95
offerings that
they were able to give.
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How? God has
proven to be their CFO.
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What does CFO stand for?
What's the "C" stand for?
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>> Chief. >> Chief.
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What's the "F" stand for?
Financial. What's the "O"?
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>> Officer. >>
The one who makes the
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decisions, the CFO.
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They said, "It's no big deal
to me. I asked God one day, 'You
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become my CFO, and I'll give
you my dreams. I'll give you my
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career. I'll give you my
children. I'll give you my job
00:52:02.02\00:52:05.72
-- or no job. I'll give it
all to you, and you be my CFO.'"
00:52:05.72\00:52:13.80
Wow. "You manage my finances.
You know we have more month than
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money many times. But, God, I'm
counting on you. I'm counting on
you to take that 90% or maybe
00:52:21.90\00:52:28.24
only 80% left over now. I'm
counting on you to take what
would have been the 100% and
00:52:28.24\00:52:32.71
stretch that 100% bigger than it
could ever have been had I kept
the 100% to myself.
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I'm counting on You because You
are the omnipotent creator of
this universe, and if You could
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open the floodgates of heaven,
You can take care of me. I'm
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counting on You. I'm counting on
You." God doesn't need our
money, our quarters, our dollar
00:52:45.56\00:52:52.67
bills, our $500 checks. Pssht!
This isn't about God needing our
00:52:52.67\00:52:56.30
money. This is about the venom
inside of us needing to be bled
out of us, and giving is the
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antivenom that saves us. Not
long after the story of "Mr.
Bingle's Old Coat," these
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words were written. Put them
on the screen for you. About the
00:53:14.22\00:53:18.26
same time in Australia, these
words were written. "Let us
surrender ourselves a
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living sacrifice and give our
all --" "No, come on." No, "All
to Jesus. It's His.
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We're His purchased possession.
Those who are recipients of His
grace, who contemplate the cross
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of Calvary, will not question
concerning the proportion --"
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"How much is this? Do you have a
tithe-light in this church? You
know, not 10%, but how about
00:53:37.35\00:53:40.92
9%?" No, we don't have
tithe-light. Don't contemplate
00:53:40.92\00:53:45.72
concern over the proportion to
be given. No, when we
"contemplate the cross of
00:53:45.72\00:53:50.66
Calvary, will not question
concerning the proportion to be
given, but will feel that the
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richest offering is all too
meager, all disproportionate to
the great gift of the only
00:53:55.26\00:54:04.01
begotten son of the Infinite
God. Through self-denial, the
poorest will find ways of
00:54:04.01\00:54:09.31
obtaining something to give back
to God." There it is. That's it.
Four words -- "The Lord needs
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it." And for the venom that's
still in me and the venom that
00:54:19.12\00:54:27.13
still circulates in you, giving
will break the serpent's back.
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I want to sing
a chorus with you.
00:54:36.37\00:54:38.17
Before we do, I want you to just
check out this Connect Card.
00:54:38.17\00:54:41.41
If you'll just text the words --
the last one of this series --
00:54:41.41\00:54:45.01
"Signup6" to
269-281-2345. Just "Signup6."
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Here are three next steps.
"'The Lord needs it' -- so I
00:54:50.09\00:54:53.36
want to give my heart to
Jesus -- please contact me."
00:54:53.36\00:54:58.53
If you've not given your heart
to Jesus, you're sitting up in
00:54:58.53\00:55:00.56
the balcony, you're sitting here
in the front of the church, it
00:55:00.56\00:55:02.53
doesn't matter to me.
You're watching online somewhere
00:55:02.53\00:55:04.30
on the planet. You
want to give your heart to
00:55:04.30\00:55:06.47
Jesus, if you will put a check
mark there, we'll be in touch
00:55:06.47\00:55:09.94
with you electronically.
Let's talk about giving your
00:55:09.94\00:55:13.58
heart to the one who
gave his life for you.
00:55:13.58\00:55:15.74
Box number 2 -- "'The Lord needs
it' -- so I want to give my time
00:55:15.74\00:55:18.81
to Jesus -- please have the
Volunteer Engagement Committee
00:55:18.81\00:55:21.62
contact me with new
opportunities to serve."
00:55:21.62\00:55:23.79
"Please. I'm willing. I'm
willing to share some time."
00:55:23.79\00:55:26.29
You put a check mark
there, we'll be in touch.
00:55:26.29\00:55:28.46
Final box -- "'The Lord needs
it' -- so I want to give my
00:55:28.46\00:55:31.39
means to Jesus -- choosing
Him to be my CFO as I faithfully
00:55:31.39\00:55:35.83
return His tithe and
cheerfully give my offerings."
00:55:35.83\00:55:39.00
"Sign me up. Sign me
up, Jesus. You're my CFO."
00:55:39.00\00:55:43.17
Let's turn our
eyes to him right now.
00:55:43.17\00:55:45.21
Will you stand to your feet, and
let's just sing that beautiful
00:55:45.21\00:55:48.44
chorus "Turn
Your Eyes Upon Jesus."
00:55:48.44\00:55:51.18
Let's end with focusing
heavenward on our CFO, the
00:55:51.18\00:55:54.95
savior of our
lives and our deliverer.
00:55:54.95\00:55:59.22
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That's our prayer, Lord
Jesus, in Your name. Amen.
00:56:47.04\00:56:52.97
>> Amen!
00:56:52.97\00:56:55.88
>> Before you go, let me take an
extra moment to share with you
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an opportunity to get into
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All across the world, more and
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to examine
Scriptures for themselves.
00:57:06.42\00:57:08.39
If you've felt drawn to learn
more about God's Word, but you
00:57:08.39\00:57:11.39
don't know where to start or
you're just looking for a more
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in-depth examination of Bible
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I want to send a series
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This one's entitled "Why
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00:57:22.34\00:57:24.97
Each guide begins with a story,
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00:57:24.97\00:57:28.41
Then, through a series of focus
questions, you'll be learning
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portions of the Bible you
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00:57:30.85\00:57:33.05
And when you're through, you'll
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So just call our
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