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TAKING GOD AT HIS WORD
*“I WANT YOU TO TITHE AND GIVE SO I CAN REWARD YOU” *
*PART 2 OF SERIES*
*DECEMBER 14TH, 2003*
KEY TEXT:
MALACHI 3:10 – /BRING THE WHOLE TITHE INTO THE STOREHOUSE, THAT THERE MAY BE FOOD IN MY HOUSE.
TEST ME IN THIS, ‘SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY’, AND SEE IF I WILL NOT THROW OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT SO MUCH BLESSING THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE ROOM ENOUGH FOR IT.”/
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THROUGHOUT THE YEARS……..GOD HAS RELEASED GREAT BLESSINGS WHEN HIS CHILDREN WHOLEHEARTEDLY FOLLOWED HIM!!!
IF YOU /‘HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH, WITH THE FIRSTFRUITS OF ALL YOUR CROPS; THEN YOUR BARNS WILL BE FILLED TO OVERFLOWING, AND YOUR VATS WILL BRIM OVER WITH NEW WINE/.”
(PROV.
3:9)
THIS IS A FANTASTIC SET OF PROMISES FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
BUT DO YOU REALIZE THAT THESE INSPIRED PROMIESES STILL APPLIES TO US TODAY??
AFTER ALL…..
THIS SECOND PROMISE COMES JUST THREE VERSES AFTER THIS GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT…
TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING, IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM…….(NOW
HERE’S THE PROMISE)…….AND HE WILL MAKE YOUR PATHS STRAIGHT!!!
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SINCE WE CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR FATHER TO GIVE US WISDOM AND GUIDANCE IN OUR DAILY LIFE…..
THEN WHY NOT TRUST HIM COMPLETELY TO PROVIDE FOR US FINANCIALLY WHEN WE PUT HIM FIRST IN OUR GIVING???
TODAY I WANT TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON THE INCREDIBLE BLESSINGS THAT GOD HAS PROMISED US ONCE WE DECIDE TO GIVE OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS TO HIM!!!
THE BIBLE CLEARLY TEACHES THAT THE LORD IS LOOKING TO BLESS US AS A RESULT OF OUR IMPORTANT STEPS OF FAITH!!!
WE ESTABLISHED THAT LAST WEEK!!!
NOW TODAY……….WE WILL LET GOD GET SPECIFIC WITH US!!!
THE BOOK OF MALACHI REVEALS HOW IMPORTANT THE TITHE IS TO GOD!!!
TITHE MEANS 1~/10…….OR 10% OF OUR INCREASE.
IT COMES TO GOD BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE IS DONE
WE PUT GOD FIRST EVERYTIME WE GIVE!!!
WHEN GOD’S PEOPLE REFUSED TO HONOR HIM WITH THEIR WEALTH…….GOD ACTUALLY ACCUSED THEM OF STEALING FROM HIM!!!
IMAGINE THAT!!!
BEING ACCUSED BY GOD HIMSELF OF STEALING!!!
/WILL A MAN ROB GOD????/
/YET YOU HAVE ROBBED ME!!!/
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/BUT YOU ASK, ‘HOW DO WE ROB YOU~/”/
/IN TITHES *AND *OFFERINGS!!!/
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/AND THEREFORE YOU ARE UNDER A CURSE – THE WHOLE NATION OF YOU – BECAUSE YOU ARE ROBBING ME!!!/
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/BRING THE *WHOLE* TITHE (THAT MEANS OFFERINGS TOO)…..INTO THE STOREHOUSE, THAT THERE MAY BE FOOD IN MY HOUSE!!!/
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/TEST ME IN THIS, ‘SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY’….AND SEE IF I WILL NOT THROW OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT SO MUCH BLESSING THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE ROOM ENOUGH FOR IT” (MAL.
3:8-10)/
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GOD’S WORD SAYS….THAT WHEN HIS PEOPLE OBEYED HIM BY GIVING THEIR TITHES AND OFFERINGS…….HE WOULD SHOWER THEM WITH MATERIAL BLESSING!!!
BUT WHEN THEY REFUSED TO FOLLOW HIS WISHES REGARDING THEIR GIVING……………THE BIBLE SAYS….THEY FELL….’UNDER
A CURSE!!!!!
NOW……..
I WATCH CHRISTIANS……….AND WE CAN BE FUNNY SOMETIMES ABOUT MONEY…..
AS FUNNY AS THE WORLD!!!
SOMETIMES CHRISTIANS …….GOOD MEANING CHRISTIANS GET SWEPT UP IN A DEBATE OVER WHETHER OR NOT WE’RE */REQUIRED TO GIVE OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS/*…???
WHEN THAT’S NOT THE REAL QUESTION AT ALL!!!!
THE REAL QUESTION IS……….*DOES
THE PROMISE OF MALACHI 3:9 AND PROVERBS 3:9 STILL APPLY TODAY?????!!!*
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WELL PASTOR………YOU KNOW……THAT TITHE THING…..AND THAT OFFERING THING (FIRST FRUITS) …
THAT’S OLD TESTAMENT CONCEPTS!!!
WELLL…..
SO ARE MANY OF THE PROMISES THAT YOU ENJOY STANDING ON!!!
BUT ALL OF GOD’S WORD IS YEAH AND AMEN!!!
ALL OF HIS PROMISES ARE TRUE!!!
WHEN HE SAYS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THAT WHAT A MAN SOWS HE WILL REAP….
THAT APPLIES TO OLD TESTAMENT PRINCIPLES AS WELL AS NEW TESTAMENT ONES!!!
THAT ARGUMENT IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO WASH WITH GOD!!!
SO MY QUESTION IS THIS…
DO YOU BELIEVE GOD WILL NEVER DESTROY THE EARTH BY WATER AGAIN???
(YES!!)
WELL HOW DO YOU KNOW???
YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THAT IS BASED ON AN OLD TESTAMENT PROMISE FOUND IN GENESIS 9:12-16…
IN THAT PASSAGE GOD SAID…
“/THIS IS THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT I AM MAKING BETWEEN ME AND YOU AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE WITH YOU……A COVENANT FOR ALL GENERATIONS TO COME….(THAT
INCLUDES US THEN)……..I HAVE SET MY RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS…..AND IT WILL BE THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND THE EARTH……../
/NEVER AGAIN WILL THE WATERS BECOME A FLOOD TO DESTROY ALL LIFE!!!/
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/WHENEVER THE RAINBOW APPEARS IN THE CLOUDS, I WILL SEE IT AND REMEMBER THE EVERLASTING COVENANT BETWEEN GOD AND ALL LIVING CREATURES OF EVERY KIND ON THE EARTH”!!!!/
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THIS PROMISE DID NOT HAVE TO BE RESTATED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT…..IN ORDER TO BE VALID TODAY…
JUST AS THE PROMISE OF PROV 3:5, 6 ABOUT GUIDANCE DID NOT HAVE TO BE RESTATED!!!
OUR DECISION TO TITHE AND GIVE OUR FIRST FRUITS OFFERING…………IS NO DIFFERENT!!!
WHEN WE DO THESE THINGS…..ACCORDING TO GOD’S WORD…
IT REFLECTS OUR RELIANCE ON HIM AS THE SOURCE OF ALL OUR BLESSINGS!!!
THIS KIND OF FAITH PLEASE THE LORD AND BRINGS ABUNDANT BLESSING!!!! \\ \\
DON’T GET CAUGHT UP….AND FALL PREY TO ‘LEGALISTIC RIGHTEOUSNESS” AND REQUIRE THE NEW TESTAMENT TO COMMAND US TO TITHE AND GIVE OUR OFFERINGS BEFORE WE USE THIS SIMPLE MEASURE AS A GENEROSITY STANDARD.
WE COULD MISS MANY OF GOD’S RICHEST BLESSINGS IF WE REFUSE TO TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD!!!
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POWER PRINCIPLES OF TITHING AND GIVING)
BOTH BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES DEMONSTRATE THE POWER OF TITHING AND GIVING IN A CHRISTIAN’S LIFE!!!
SINCE GOD’S WORD REPEATEDLY USES THE SOWING AND REAPING ILLUSTRATION TO ENCOURAGE GIVING BACK TO HIM,
IT’S A POWERFUL EXERCISE TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN WE TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD AND TITHE AND GIVE OUR FIRST FRUITS OFFERINGS AS A STARTING POINT FOR GIVING!!!
WHAT WILL WE REAP????
I’VE DISCOVERED FOUR AWESOME THINGS………..THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE LIFE OF A BELEIVER WHEN THESE COMMITMENTS ARE MADE AND FOLLOWED THROUGH ON!!!
*POWER PRINCIPLE 1 – TITHING MOTIVATES GREATER FAITHFULNESS!!*
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DID YOU KNOW THAT JESUS ACTUALLY TAUGHT HIS FOLLOWERS TO LIVE BY A HIGHER STANDARD THAN THE ONE GIVEN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT?
OBVIOUSLY, WE, TOO, WANT TO PLEASE HIM AND BE FAITHFUL TO HIS CALL!!!
JESUS CONTRASTED THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW WITH THE PLAN FOR HIS FOLLOWERS!!!
LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I MEAN!!!
IN FACT THE FOLLOWING CHART CITES SEVERAL EXAMPLES AND RAISES THE QUESTION: WHICH IS THE HIGHER STANDARD….THE LAW OF MOSES….OR THE WAY OF CHRIST???
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OLD TESTAMENT NEW TESTAMENT
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!! DO NOT MURDER ANYONE WHO HATES HIS
(EXODUS 20:13) BROTHER IS A MURDERE
(I JOHN 3:15)
DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY ANYONE WHO LUSTS
(EXODUS 20:14) COMMITS ADULTRY IN
HEART (MATT 5:28)
DO NOT SWEAR FALSELY DO NOT SWEAR AT ALL
BY GOD’S NAME (LEV 19:12) (MATT 5:28)
THE ENTIRE TITHE WILL BE GIVE AS YOU ARE
HOLY TO THE LORD PROSPERED
(LEV 27:32) (I COR 16;2)
IF YOU’RE A STUDENT OF THE WORD AT ALL………YOU WILL FIND…..THAT
JESUS’ WAY….*ALWAYS*
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