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Number one in your notes.

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Write this down.

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Taylor Swift is not the only
one who has eras.

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You know the eras tour.

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Okay.

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There are four eras of giving
in scripture.

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Let's talk about eras.

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What I'm about to do, and I
gotta do this as fast as I did it

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all day, I'm gonna blaze
through this with you is let me help

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you understand.

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It's just like Star Wars.

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There's the prequels, then
there's the Star wars series, then

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there's the new trash ones
that Disney made that we don't like.

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So there.

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Amen.

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So there's eras of Star Wars.

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And then you find out, wow,
Anakin turned and he wasn't always

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evil and blah, blah, blah.

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So in the Bible, there's eras
like that, and you can trace the

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lineage.

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Okay, so let me help you,
because you all have a spiritual

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lineage.

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Father Abraham, any sons, and
many a.

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I'm just kidding.

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All right, all right.

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That's how we did it.

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So Father Abraham.

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Why do we call him Father Abraham?

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Because it was credited to him righteousness.

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When he chose to abandon
paganism, the gods of his father,

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to actually go serve the
Hebrew God.

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And as he went into a
direction he knew not.

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That's what the Bible says.

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It was credited to him, righteousness.

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And he became the father of
many nations.

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So if you accept Christ Jesus,
then you trace the lineage of Jesus

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to David and from David to Abraham.

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Are we all on the same page?

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So those are eras.

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So I'm gonna take you through
the eras.

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Now.

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Take a look at my Bible.

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And this Bible is the
Protestant Bible.

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This is the true Bible.

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Okay, Now I'm gonna tell you
it's true because there are 66 individual

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books that teams of scholars
over the eons have scrutinized and

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determined that the 66
individual books are all inspired

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by God, which means they came
through human hand, but they were

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written through a human hand,
but inspired by God.

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And they compiled the 66
individual books to create the Bible.

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Does this make sense?

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And so anything in addition to
this is not scripture.

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But this is scripture.

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And when you go to the book of
Genesis and you read it all the way

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through the book of
Revelation, you are essentially reading

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four eras.

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Okay, that's the way to
thinking of it.

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So let's go faster.

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Pre Mosaic era.

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This is the first era that you
see in the Book of Genesis.

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This means before the law of Moses.

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So this is before the law of Moses.

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This is the pre, meaning
before Mosaic, meaning Moses.

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So this is what was happening
before the law of Moses.

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Now, I'm going to read this to
you to illustrate a point.

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Genesis, the 14th chapter.

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It says, and Melchizedek, King
of Salem, brought out bread.

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This is intentional.

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Bread and wine.

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He was priest of God Most
High, and he blessed him and said,

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blessed be Abram, by God Most
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earth.

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And blessed be God Most High who.

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Who has delivered your enemies
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Woo.

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That's powerful.

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And Abram, this is.

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And this is the cause and
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Who's him?

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The priest of God Most High.

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Who's the priest of God Most High?

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Melchizedek.

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A tenth of everything.

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Okay, we gotta break this down
because this is very foundational.

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Who's Melchizedek?

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Trick question.

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We don't know.

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Biblical scholars all offer
different explanations, but I'm going

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to give you some clues.

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This mysterious priest shows
up and he shows up with bread and

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wine.

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Who do you know that shows up
with bread and wine?

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Yeshua.

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He shows up with bread and wine.

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What does the bread represent?

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His body.

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What does the wine represent?

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His blood.

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What does his body being
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represent?

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Covenant.

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Covenant.

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So Jesus shows up like this.

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So you have this mysterious
priest named Melchizedek who shows

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up with bread and wine, and he
is the priest of God Most High.

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I have a high priest who prays
for me.

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Okay, come on, don't get me
started with a praise break.

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We're already going over.

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I have a high priest who prays
for me.

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Who's our high priest?

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Jesus.

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And Jesus has the ability to
give you what God has for you.

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Am I right?

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He's an intermediary.

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He's an intercessor.

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And he is able to transact
from God to you.

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So here's you.

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Here is Jesus, the intercessor.

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And here is God.

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So Jesus is interceding
between both of you.

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And God wants to destroy you.

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But Jesus died for you,
covered you with his blood.

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And then you receive the
approval that Jesus received over

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him.

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Over you.

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Because when God sees you, he
sees his blood.

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Are y'all with me?

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Is this good?

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And that's called the gospel.

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Okay.

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Are you with me?

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Let me ask you this.

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Is God poor?

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Does God lack anything?

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No.

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And if Jesus is the
intercessor, then you're here and

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you're in relationship with
Christ and you've been saved.

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You have come into covenant.

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With who?

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With God.

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And covenant means?

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Come on, women, let's talk
about marrying a rich man.

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Oh, I heard the new V1
locations off of Wall Street.

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I'm going to the V1 Manhattan.

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Come on, somebody.

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Don't we understand that when
you make a vow and you come together

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in covenant, whatever I have
is yours and whatever you have is

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mine.

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Legally.

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Don't we understand that?

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Okay, so you get married to God.

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And it's almost as if you're
saying, listen, you're getting a

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Sallie Mae bill, three credit
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I'll tell you about those later.

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And you're giving to God.

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But then what happens is he
has an unlimited supply.

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So you come into covenant with
him, and you are the bride of Christ.

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And may I submit the idea to
you that it makes God look good for

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you to be blessed if you are
his bride.

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Cause Jesus ain't gonna have
no busted bride.

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Jesus is gonna take care of you.

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Because when you look good, he
looks good.

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Can somebody shout?

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I am the bride of Christ.

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Can somebody shout?

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He takes care of me.

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See, this is a revelation.

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Melchizedek, Christ
represented bread and wine, covenant.

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The priest of God, a broker
for covenant and blessing.

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But then what does Abram do?

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He gives away a tenth.

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Let's talk about 10th.

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Oh, no, I get it.

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He's gonna make me give all my
money today.

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This whole service is a hijacking.

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Listen, I'm Italian.

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There are easier ways to get
your money.

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I would have just jumped you
on the street out there.

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I wouldn't be standing up here
giving speeches if I wanted your

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money.

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And by the way, you just moved
to New York so you can make money.

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This is the worst place to
start a church and try to become

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a megachurch pastor.

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Go to Tulsa, go to the Bible Belt.

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Go where the cost of living is lower.

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You don't go to the most
expensive region in the U.S.

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i am here not for what you can
do for me, but what God can do for

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you if you will get out of
your own way.

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And I'm trying to help you
understand the word tenth.

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Okay, tenth is this.

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If you got a hundred dollars,
What's a tenth?

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$10.

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If you get $1,000, what's a tenth?

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A hundred dollars.

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Okay, so this is what happened.

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Look at what Melchizedek said.

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I'm gonna deliver the enemies
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you.

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And the response was, I'm
gonna give you a tenth of everything.

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Abram said, I'm gonna give.

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Who told Abram to give a tenth
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Nobody.

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Lie, Number one.

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We don't have to tithe because
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And we're under the New Covenant.

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Wrong.

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Biblically illiterate hundreds
of years before the law.

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Abram's most natural intrinsic
response to being blessed by God

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on high was to give him a
tenth of everything and nobody had

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to tell him to do it.

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And that means that when you
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of God, what should happen if
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is you want to give back to
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Okay, let me break this down
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You make wages.

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What is a wage?

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A wage is when you get what
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So I work 40 hours.

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You better give me my check.

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That's how they talk on the
job sometime.

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Am I right?

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That's a wage.

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For the wages of sin is death.

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So you know what you get for
everything you did?

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Death.

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For the wages of sin is death.

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I'm trying to help you.

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Wages is when you get what you deserve.

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But what is a blessing when
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but the blessing of God?

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The gift of God is what?

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Salvation.

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So here's what I'm saying.

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Let's say you work a job, and
for your 40 hours of work, you get

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$1,000.

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How much do you tithe?

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$100.

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But the thing about it is, if.

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Okay, oh, Lord, help me, Jesus.

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If you believe that you're the
reason why you got that thousand

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dollars, then you don't
understand how this whole thing works.

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Because guess what?

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Your heart is beating involuntarily.

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You know who's controlling it?

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Sovereign God.

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And let me just tell you, for
those of you who have a past, can

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I remind you that when you
were strung out on drugs, you should

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have never even got to this day.

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Can I just tell you, when you
were drunk and you were high and

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you were sleeping around, you
dodged death many times, but you

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didn't save yourself.

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You were saved by the Savior.

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And you don't even have the
ability to live on anything other

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than grace.

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And so when I give God a 10,
what I'm simply acknowledging is

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God, the only way I'm able to
work this job is that you give animation

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and life to my body.

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And I'm going to bring you
back what's already yours.

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Because without you, I am nothing.

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That's what Abraham said.

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10% of something I never
should have got is a good deal.

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Tell your neighbor that's a
good deal.

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10% of something you were
never supposed to get is a pretty

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good deal.

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Am I right?

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Okay.

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Tithing existed before the law.

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Everybody say before the law.

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But here's the key.

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It was voluntary.

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Nobody told Abram to tithe.

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It just was the natural thing.

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It was intrinsic, which means internal.

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He just knew to do it like
your kids.

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Have you ever been doing the dishes?

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And all of a sudden, one of
your kids comes up to you, and they're

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like, mommy, can I help you
with the dishes?

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And you're like, oh, you're
such a good child.

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And then that other kid comes
up, and while you're doing the dishes,

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they have a bowl full of
cereal, they dump the whole thing

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in there, and they walk around.

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Shut up, Mom.

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I'm just kidding.

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Only white kids do that.

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Okay, I got your attention.

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I got your attention now.

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So what is the.

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Come on, don't get hung up on it.

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What is the difference between kids?

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One of them never had to be
taught to help you.

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But something internal told
them I should help.

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Because there are some people
who are born helpers, then there

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are other people who are born takers.

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And the born helpers need to
learn how to be served sometimes

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in life.

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And the born takers need to
learn how to serve in life.

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And so both of them have a
benefit and both of them have a burden.

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Because we have what's called
inborn personality.

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Does this make sense?

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And so I got two girls, and
one of them I have to teach to give,

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and one of them I have to
teach to allow somebody to serve

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them.

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But that's their inborn personality.

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Are we all on the same page?

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So it was almost as if Abraham
didn't need any training.

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Because when he got
encountered by God, the most normal

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thing to him was to do what?

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To reciprocate.

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Reciprocate.

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Now, let's blaze through this.

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Then Jacob made a vow.

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Everybody say vow.

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Okay, when you get married,
what do you do?

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You say your vows.

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And when you say your vows,
you are making.

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Are you making a commitment?

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No.

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You are making a covenant.

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Okay, you're with me.

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Go back to Elizabethan times
back in Shakespeare's day.

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They believed in the power of
words and vows so much that you wouldn't

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even say a wedding ceremony
amongst actors, because they would

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believe that to say the
wedding ceremony would make it true.

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And you would end up
accidentally marrying that person

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because that's how much your
words matter.

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Isn't that mind blowing?

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You wouldn't even going back
to their time.

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That's why when you read all
the Shakespeare plays, you'll never

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see a real wedding ceremony conducted.

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It's only insinuated because
the actors were like, I Can't even

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say pretend vows to you
because there's no such thing as

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pretend vows.

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That's the way people believed
just hundreds of years ago, not even

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thousands.

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Now our words mean nothing.

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Hey, I'll see you there at seven.

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Psych.

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Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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I'll be there for load in at
6:00am Psych.

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What?

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Y'all must be young.

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They don't remember.

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Psych.

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I'm from the 90s, y'all.

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And we used to say psych all
the time.

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Psych.

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What that meant?

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You like that?

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You're like, man, he's wilding out.

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What did he drink before service?

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Listen, our words.

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Why do our words not mean anything?

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I want to live a kind of life
where if I say it, I'm going to do

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it.

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I want to be a man of my word.

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We need to be people of our word.

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So Jacob made a vow.

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And he said, if God, if God
will be with me and will keep me

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in this way, that I go and
will give me bread to eat and clothing.

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Clothing to wear so that I
come again to my Father's house in

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peace, then the Lord shall be
my God.

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And this stone which I have
set up for a pillar shall be God's

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house.

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And all that you give me, I
will give a full tenth to you.

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This is the language of covenant.

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He's making a vow.

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Can I give you a quick side note?

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Your children may have left
the faith, but Jacob is the grandson

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of Abram.

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And Abraham's encounter was
not good enough for Jacob.

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How many of you know every
generation has to have their own

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encounter?

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And let me just tell you, for
some of you, you've been living off

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your grandma's prayers, and
you need to get in the prayer closet.

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Let me speak to some of you
young people.

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Your mama prayed you through
some situations, but it's time that

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you take the prayer mantle
from your mama.

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It's time for you to learn how
to pray like your mom used to pray.

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You used to make fun of the
way your mom prayed.

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But, homie, you're about to
pray like your mom.

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It's time to take a mant.

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Jacob had something in his
lineage, but he needed an encounter

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with God for himself.

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It was not good to hear about
Granddad's encounter.

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He needed an encounter for himself.

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We have a generation that
needs an encounter with the king

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for ourself.

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And this is what he's doing.

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Look, Will, Will, Will.

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He's saying, if you will, I will.

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How many of you have ever
heard preachers talking about making

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a deal with God.

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How many of you have ever make
a deal with God?

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Come on, you're on the toilet.

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Lord, if you save me from
this, Lord, I promise, if you get

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me out of this, Lord, my guts
are turning inside out.

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Come on.

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I've heard some of you, that's
the only time you pray.

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We've all been in that situation.

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Oh, Jesus, I serve you all the
days of my life.

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Now, why am I being funny?

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I'm putting a gas mask on you
so I can cut you real deep.

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Because let me tell you, even
watch this.

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My friend, Daniel Chand,
Evangelist Daniel Chand.

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He's all over the United Kingdom.

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He's a renowned evangelist.

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He was a boxer that was facing
a trial.

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He was going to jail.

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And he literally cried out to
God and said, God, if there's any

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way, God, if you can save me
from this, I will serve you.

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All the days of my life I will give.

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And it's so funny how many I
got chills even getting ready to

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say this.

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How many stories have you
heard great men of God say where

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they made a deal with God and
God actually honored it?

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Do you want to know why?

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Because when people are making
a deal with God, they're speaking

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the language of covenant.

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If you do this, I'll give you
my whole life.

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And the Lord says, come sit at
the table.

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I'll do a deal.

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See, because God is attracted
to the language of covenant.

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God doesn't want to be your
side chick.

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God doesn't want to be your boyfriend.

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God doesn't want to be your
sugar daddy on the side.

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And there are some people that
use this tithing message for the

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prosperity gospel so they can
make him instead of Father God, sugar

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daddy.

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No, you have to commit to him.

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And then you got to go beyond
the commitment to covenant to say

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God, in good days and bad
days, when I'm up in the mountaintop

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or down in the valley, though
you slay me, yet will I praise you

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if I get what I want?

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And if I don't get what I
want, you are sovereign God and I

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will worship you no matter what.

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He's looking for a job.

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He's looking for Job.

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That's the language of covenant.

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When Job had his friends, all
these idiot friends around, and some

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of you got Job's idiot
friends, you haven't blocked yet,

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telling him stupid stuff.

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And Job was like, though he
slayed me yet will I praise him in

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the good or the bad?

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I'm covenanted to God.

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I didn't serve him because he
gave me a huge family.

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I didn't serve him because he
gave me all of these material things.

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I served him because of who he is.

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He is worthy of all worship.

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He is matchless.

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He is holy.

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He is God alone.

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And he demands my worship.

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And because of that, he ended
up getting double.

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This is the depth of it.

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Look at this language.

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Some of you have never
covenanted with God.

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You've made agreements, you
made commitments, but you never made

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covenant.

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And that's what this looks like.

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But everybody say full tenth.

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Okay, what is a full tenth?

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This doesn't even really make
sense to me, and let me tell you

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why.

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Because mathematically it doesn't.

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It's, it's paradoxical.

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A tenth is 10%.

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So when you use the phrase
full tenth, that sounds crazy.

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Let me help you.

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It's a heart posture in
agricultural society.

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If you had 10 sheep and you
said, well, how many would you give

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if you had 10 sheep?

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One.

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So a 10th would be one.

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So if you gave one sheep, you
have a choice.

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Maybe I'll give God the one
that's maimed and crippled and can't

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procreate.

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00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,624
Maybe I'll give God the one I
don't want.

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Maybe I'll give God the one
that already cannot multiply itself.

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So you technically gave a
tenth, but you didn't give a full

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tenth because the.

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Okay, watch this for your notes.

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Here's what a full 10th looks like.

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Oh, 10th.

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Here's what it looks like.

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Watch.

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What's first plus what's best.

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This is the equation in the spirit.

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See, in the natural realm.

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You could say, oh God, I gave
you a tithe.

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I gave you a tenth.

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No.

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Did you give what was first
and did you give what was best?

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That is the true definition of
full tenth.

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And by the way, I didn't say
this in the other services, but we're

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just doing a very deep Bible
study right now.

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Melchizedek shows up and
declares the blessing.

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Did Abram wait until he was
blessed to give the tithe?

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It's almost like the first
thing he did was tithe.

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Jacob is here now making a covenant.

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Did God actually enact his end
of the covenant yet?

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No.

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So did he tithe before or after?

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See this?

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00:22:33,442 --> 00:22:35,270
Because that requires what?

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This message is a life
changing message.

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It requires faith.

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00:22:42,714 --> 00:22:43,162
Watch.

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Oh, I feel something.

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00:22:44,290 --> 00:22:46,442
I'm about to speak into the
core of your wound.

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00:22:46,586 --> 00:22:51,226
I'm about to speak into the
core of your wound to give a tenth

511
00:22:51,258 --> 00:22:54,954
of everything before he
upholds his end of the bargain.

512
00:22:55,082 --> 00:22:59,004
Reveals that you trust he is
eventually going to do it.

513
00:22:59,162 --> 00:23:02,440
But to a group of people who
have been burned by other people.

514
00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:06,740
Your trust has been fractured,
and you're treating God like man,

515
00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:09,048
that's the wound.

516
00:23:09,144 --> 00:23:10,376
Thank you, Holy Ghost.

517
00:23:10,488 --> 00:23:11,576
I figured it out.

518
00:23:11,648 --> 00:23:13,112
It took me seven years.

519
00:23:13,216 --> 00:23:14,264
It took me seven.

520
00:23:14,352 --> 00:23:16,904
I literally figured it out on
this stage right now.

521
00:23:16,992 --> 00:23:19,912
That's the problem with the
Northeast is you've been broke.

522
00:23:19,976 --> 00:23:22,616
Your trust has been broken by politicians.

523
00:23:22,728 --> 00:23:24,968
Your trust has been broken by pastors.

524
00:23:25,064 --> 00:23:27,300
Your trust has been broken by
spirit spouses.

525
00:23:27,380 --> 00:23:29,252
Your trust has been broken by employers.

526
00:23:29,316 --> 00:23:32,560
And you are now treating God
like you treat man.

527
00:23:33,980 --> 00:23:35,252
That's why the Lord told me.

528
00:23:35,276 --> 00:23:36,360
Where's Bella?

529
00:23:36,700 --> 00:23:41,476
Bella, remember we had that
conversation about hope versus faith?

530
00:23:41,668 --> 00:23:43,060
This is the meaning of it.

531
00:23:43,100 --> 00:23:44,004
Remember that?

532
00:23:44,172 --> 00:23:45,748
I am getting my mind blown.

533
00:23:45,844 --> 00:23:47,876
The Lord loves y'all so much.

534
00:23:47,948 --> 00:23:49,400
You have no idea.

535
00:23:49,980 --> 00:23:53,670
I was walking around the other
day, and the Lord says, mike, you

536
00:23:53,710 --> 00:23:56,182
operate in faith, but you need
to learn hope.

537
00:23:56,366 --> 00:24:00,454
And I've always looked at hope
as a lesser value than faith.

538
00:24:00,582 --> 00:24:03,862
But how many of you know the
scriptures talk about hope and faith?

539
00:24:04,006 --> 00:24:05,110
Faith and hope.

540
00:24:05,230 --> 00:24:06,410
Here's the difference.

541
00:24:07,310 --> 00:24:09,366
Hope is when you actually believe.

542
00:24:09,438 --> 00:24:13,930
You have an expectation that
God is going to fulfill his promise.

543
00:24:14,990 --> 00:24:18,972
Faith is when you believe it,
but hope is when you expect it.

544
00:24:19,126 --> 00:24:19,860
Oh.

545
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:21,712
Faith is when you believe it.

546
00:24:21,736 --> 00:24:22,144
Oh, yeah.

547
00:24:22,192 --> 00:24:23,340
God will do it.

548
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:26,432
But hope is when you say, oh,
I'm so excited.

549
00:24:26,496 --> 00:24:28,112
Cause it's already on the way.

550
00:24:28,216 --> 00:24:30,032
I know that he cannot lie.

551
00:24:30,096 --> 00:24:33,328
And I'm gonna go ahead and
give a 10th now because he's always

552
00:24:33,384 --> 00:24:35,152
gonna fulfill his end of the bargain.

553
00:24:35,216 --> 00:24:37,984
And he's gonna bless me so
much greater than this 10th.

554
00:24:38,032 --> 00:24:38,528
Anyways.

555
00:24:38,624 --> 00:24:39,856
I don't just have faith.

556
00:24:39,888 --> 00:24:41,168
I also have hope.

557
00:24:41,304 --> 00:24:42,780
Somebody shout hope.

558
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:44,780
Oh, come on.

559
00:24:45,390 --> 00:24:50,102
This thing was generational
Abraham Tithe and then his grandson.

560
00:24:50,166 --> 00:24:53,574
Man, I believe one day I'm
gonna have a grandson.

561
00:24:53,702 --> 00:24:57,238
And I believe my grandson is
gonna carry on the lineage.

562
00:24:57,334 --> 00:25:00,950
And my grandson's gonna say,
my grandfather came to New York City

563
00:25:00,990 --> 00:25:04,758
with nothing, and he ended up
dominating this place for the kingdom

564
00:25:04,854 --> 00:25:06,662
because he believed in the tithe.

565
00:25:06,726 --> 00:25:09,814
And I have Father Abraham, and
I'm gonna be J.

566
00:25:09,902 --> 00:25:10,982
Come on, somebody.

567
00:25:11,046 --> 00:25:14,886
I am not gonna patronize a
mighty God with a little tip.

568
00:25:14,998 --> 00:25:19,346
I'm gonna and say, lord,
you've already given me the nations

569
00:25:19,378 --> 00:25:20,530
for my inheritance.

570
00:25:20,610 --> 00:25:22,830
If only I would ask for them.

571
00:25:24,170 --> 00:25:28,530
I want to be that kid walking
around with a holy, righteous God.

572
00:25:28,610 --> 00:25:29,074
Oh, yeah.

573
00:25:29,122 --> 00:25:30,390
You know what's funny?

574
00:25:31,690 --> 00:25:36,066
As the Lord changed my mind, I
didn't realize that when there's

575
00:25:36,098 --> 00:25:37,394
signs up for real estate.

576
00:25:37,442 --> 00:25:39,698
My whole life, I never even
thought I could have them.

577
00:25:39,754 --> 00:25:41,682
So I didn't even notice the signs.

578
00:25:41,826 --> 00:25:44,642
But when I started launching
Church Across America, when I saw

579
00:25:44,666 --> 00:25:46,706
a for sale sign, my mind changed.

580
00:25:46,738 --> 00:25:47,778
Because I believe I can.

581
00:25:47,834 --> 00:25:49,214
I will shall.

582
00:25:49,342 --> 00:25:51,886
There are things that you
believe you can't have.

583
00:25:51,958 --> 00:25:54,254
Who told you you can't have them?

584
00:25:54,422 --> 00:25:55,758
Who said that?

585
00:25:55,894 --> 00:25:59,726
I remember walking around and
it's so funny how little our prayers

586
00:25:59,758 --> 00:25:59,902
are.

587
00:25:59,926 --> 00:26:04,766
But I was off of in Palmetto,
you know, with that whole Ridgewood

588
00:26:04,798 --> 00:26:07,790
area, and I remember prayer
walk in Ridgewood, and I saw this

589
00:26:07,830 --> 00:26:09,342
little office space, and I would.

590
00:26:09,446 --> 00:26:13,230
Jericho Mart said we couldn't
even afford the $2,500 for that little

591
00:26:13,270 --> 00:26:13,518
space.

592
00:26:13,574 --> 00:26:14,958
And Lord, I need a.

593
00:26:15,014 --> 00:26:15,838
I need a space.

594
00:26:15,894 --> 00:26:17,198
And Lord, I claim this space.

595
00:26:17,254 --> 00:26:18,078
This is my space.

596
00:26:18,134 --> 00:26:19,040
Lord, I pray.

597
00:26:19,070 --> 00:26:19,372
Thank you.

598
00:26:19,396 --> 00:26:21,804
We're gonna have it, this
little office space, and then, boom,

599
00:26:21,852 --> 00:26:25,564
before you know, it's given to
us, then I start streaming out of

600
00:26:25,572 --> 00:26:26,172
this place.

601
00:26:26,276 --> 00:26:28,400
And I kid you not, this is
what happens.

602
00:26:28,740 --> 00:26:29,964
In my comment section.

603
00:26:30,012 --> 00:26:32,204
A guy says, I recognize where
you're at.

604
00:26:32,292 --> 00:26:36,620
It's the basement of a place
that was where you rent videos, and

605
00:26:36,660 --> 00:26:38,720
that was the pornography section.

606
00:26:39,540 --> 00:26:43,388
And I was literally breaking
the spirit of lust and perversion

607
00:26:43,484 --> 00:26:46,636
from the basement of a space
that had a history of being the porn

608
00:26:46,668 --> 00:26:48,600
horn section of a rental space.

609
00:26:48,980 --> 00:26:50,880
Isn't it just like God?

610
00:26:51,460 --> 00:26:54,188
How many of you know that
there are buildings in New York City

611
00:26:54,244 --> 00:26:55,644
that we already own?

612
00:26:55,812 --> 00:26:58,240
The deed just hasn't been transferred.

613
00:26:58,580 --> 00:26:59,292
Oh, come on.

614
00:26:59,316 --> 00:26:59,660
You got.

615
00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:00,140
This is.

616
00:27:00,180 --> 00:27:00,860
This is.

617
00:27:00,980 --> 00:27:02,364
This is hope.

618
00:27:02,532 --> 00:27:04,668
I have an expectation.

619
00:27:04,844 --> 00:27:06,652
Why would I not?

620
00:27:06,836 --> 00:27:11,100
He will store up the wealth of
the wicked just to transfer it to

621
00:27:11,140 --> 00:27:12,160
the righteous.

622
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,760
Oh, that's prosperity gospel.

623
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,128
Show me the poverty gospel in scripture.

624
00:27:17,304 --> 00:27:19,020
Show me Jesus starving.

625
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:20,344
Show it.

626
00:27:20,432 --> 00:27:22,584
Show me his disciples not
having enough.

627
00:27:22,672 --> 00:27:23,624
Show it to me.

628
00:27:23,712 --> 00:27:24,552
Show me the.

629
00:27:24,656 --> 00:27:27,100
Show me the poverty gospel.

630
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,260
Show me where Abraham had to.

631
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:31,704
I love.

632
00:27:31,872 --> 00:27:34,136
Prophet Randall said this last week.

633
00:27:34,288 --> 00:27:37,180
This is the biblical
definition of wealth.

634
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,060
Never having to say no to God again.

635
00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:44,080
That's the definition of wealth.

636
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,640
Never having to say no to God again.

637
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:48,500
How many of you want to be wealthy?

638
00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:50,224
That's the definition of wealth.

639
00:27:50,272 --> 00:27:51,900
I don't have to tell God no.

640
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,928
See, because we're operating
in these principles, let's blaze

641
00:27:54,944 --> 00:27:55,968
through the last bit of it.

642
00:27:56,024 --> 00:27:57,904
Let's talk about Mosaic law.

643
00:27:58,072 --> 00:28:01,456
Moses under the law, Leviticus 27.

644
00:28:01,528 --> 00:28:02,640
Every tithe of the land.

645
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,120
Everybody say every land.

646
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:06,140
Say land.

647
00:28:06,610 --> 00:28:07,162
Seed.

648
00:28:07,226 --> 00:28:08,346
Say seed.

649
00:28:08,538 --> 00:28:09,114
Okay.

650
00:28:09,162 --> 00:28:10,190
Say fruit.

651
00:28:10,530 --> 00:28:12,074
Okay, look at this.

652
00:28:12,242 --> 00:28:15,962
The concept is the tithe is Total.

653
00:28:16,066 --> 00:28:17,430
Is that how you say total?

654
00:28:20,530 --> 00:28:21,270
Total.

655
00:28:22,050 --> 00:28:23,230
Praise God.

656
00:28:23,810 --> 00:28:25,002
I'm incrementally.

657
00:28:25,066 --> 00:28:27,870
In another 60 years, I'll be
fully bilingual.

658
00:28:28,770 --> 00:28:31,882
Every tithe of the land,
whether of the seed of the land or

659
00:28:31,906 --> 00:28:32,776
the fruit, is the.

660
00:28:32,858 --> 00:28:33,800
Who is it?

661
00:28:35,460 --> 00:28:36,988
But I thought it was mine.

662
00:28:37,084 --> 00:28:38,172
It's my land.

663
00:28:38,276 --> 00:28:39,308
It's my, my.

664
00:28:39,364 --> 00:28:39,900
No, no, no.

665
00:28:39,940 --> 00:28:43,240
It's the Lord's, because you
were never getting it without him.

666
00:28:43,540 --> 00:28:46,440
And so 10% of it reserved for him.

667
00:28:46,980 --> 00:28:47,720
Next.

668
00:28:48,980 --> 00:28:51,756
The tithe belongs to God.

669
00:28:51,868 --> 00:28:54,892
See, this is the word
everything is hinging on.

670
00:28:54,916 --> 00:28:56,396
This word belongs.

671
00:28:56,588 --> 00:28:59,720
If you think that it's yours,
you're never going to give it.

672
00:29:00,810 --> 00:29:03,090
But it belongs to God.

673
00:29:03,250 --> 00:29:07,042
And it's actually, from a
biblical standpoint, it's not generosity,

674
00:29:07,106 --> 00:29:08,722
it's actually obedience.

675
00:29:08,866 --> 00:29:13,442
Because the Mosaic law said,
hey, the law is intended to help

676
00:29:13,466 --> 00:29:14,946
you understand God's heart.

677
00:29:15,098 --> 00:29:20,658
And because of that, what
God's saying is, the 10th is mine.

678
00:29:20,834 --> 00:29:23,650
So you're not being generous,
you're just bringing it.

679
00:29:23,690 --> 00:29:25,550
So this is a key watch.

680
00:29:25,970 --> 00:29:26,570
Bring.

681
00:29:26,690 --> 00:29:28,090
You could write this in your notes.

682
00:29:28,170 --> 00:29:32,950
Bring, bring versus give.

683
00:29:33,730 --> 00:29:35,354
And I gotta correct something.

684
00:29:35,442 --> 00:29:41,242
Theologically, when you give a
tenth, you are actually not giving.

685
00:29:41,386 --> 00:29:43,882
You are bringing beyond.

686
00:29:43,946 --> 00:29:45,470
A tenth is giving.

687
00:29:45,970 --> 00:29:49,162
So when we talk about this is
the giving portion of service, the

688
00:29:49,186 --> 00:29:51,390
assumption is, you've already brought.

689
00:29:51,530 --> 00:29:54,822
And then according to the Holy
Spirit, and you're trying to say,

690
00:29:54,846 --> 00:29:56,150
okay, now what do I give?

691
00:29:56,270 --> 00:29:59,462
That's the way of thinking
about this, because the tithe belongs

692
00:29:59,526 --> 00:30:00,246
to God.

693
00:30:00,358 --> 00:30:02,890
Okay, I can sense the skepticism.

694
00:30:03,390 --> 00:30:06,086
Oh, Pastor Mike, we're not
under the law anymore.

695
00:30:06,198 --> 00:30:09,558
Well, neither was Jacob and
neither was Abram.

696
00:30:09,654 --> 00:30:11,062
They didn't need it.

697
00:30:11,246 --> 00:30:14,902
Then what was happening when
Moses was on Sinai receiving the

698
00:30:14,926 --> 00:30:18,730
tablets written by the finger
of God, having a burning bush experience

699
00:30:18,850 --> 00:30:22,810
with an elevation worship song
playing and I'm just joking.

700
00:30:22,970 --> 00:30:25,290
When all that stuff was
happening, what was happening down

701
00:30:25,330 --> 00:30:25,910
below?

702
00:30:26,610 --> 00:30:29,354
Golden calf, am I right?

703
00:30:29,522 --> 00:30:32,282
It was financial gold.

704
00:30:32,386 --> 00:30:34,010
Let's melt down our gold.

705
00:30:34,130 --> 00:30:36,790
And there's a financial
component to it.

706
00:30:37,170 --> 00:30:41,018
So they stepped out of
obedience and they started serving

707
00:30:41,114 --> 00:30:41,950
themselves.

708
00:30:42,940 --> 00:30:46,292
Isn't it amazing that at Wall
street, there's a big golden bull?

709
00:30:46,436 --> 00:30:49,092
Do you know that historically,
the golden bull, do you know what

710
00:30:49,116 --> 00:30:51,320
God that was for baal?

711
00:30:52,060 --> 00:30:54,244
So on Wall street, there's
BAAL worship.

712
00:30:54,292 --> 00:30:55,860
That's literally the same idea.

713
00:30:55,940 --> 00:30:59,092
If you brought in a BAAL
worshiper and you walked them through

714
00:30:59,116 --> 00:31:01,556
Wall street and stopped them
at that bull, they would literally

715
00:31:01,588 --> 00:31:02,276
start worshiping.

716
00:31:02,308 --> 00:31:03,412
They'd say, this is baal.

717
00:31:03,476 --> 00:31:04,600
This is our God.

718
00:31:04,940 --> 00:31:08,644
Did you know that Tim Keller
did a study and discovered that historically

719
00:31:08,692 --> 00:31:12,780
in America, for almost half of
our existence, the highest point

720
00:31:12,820 --> 00:31:17,132
in every town was almost
always a church with a cross at the

721
00:31:17,156 --> 00:31:17,724
top.

722
00:31:17,892 --> 00:31:21,676
And then this invisible line
happened and it turned into the McDonald's

723
00:31:21,708 --> 00:31:24,076
arches and then eventually skyscrapers.

724
00:31:24,188 --> 00:31:27,948
And what that's an indicator
of is we went from one nation under

725
00:31:28,004 --> 00:31:32,076
God where our highest value
was God, to now, our highest value

726
00:31:32,148 --> 00:31:34,640
being consumerism and materialism.

727
00:31:35,310 --> 00:31:37,158
Because the highest point of every.

728
00:31:37,294 --> 00:31:42,290
Okay, I wish I could, Lord,
please give me five more hours.

729
00:31:42,670 --> 00:31:47,222
So when I go to Sicily and
retrace Paul's apostolic journeys,

730
00:31:47,366 --> 00:31:51,810
the Greeks would always build
their pantheons in the highest point.

731
00:31:52,110 --> 00:31:52,566
They.

732
00:31:52,638 --> 00:31:55,750
So you would see, when you go
to Sicily, you see, they did not

733
00:31:55,790 --> 00:31:56,838
build them down below.

734
00:31:56,894 --> 00:31:59,670
They built them at the highest
point because they were trying to

735
00:31:59,710 --> 00:32:01,138
interact with the heavenlies.

736
00:32:01,254 --> 00:32:05,178
The highest point always
represents a supernatural experience.

737
00:32:05,314 --> 00:32:08,938
That's why I believe partly
God has called me to Manhattan to

738
00:32:08,994 --> 00:32:13,370
bring down every false thing
so that Christ would be resurrected

739
00:32:13,530 --> 00:32:15,402
or not resurrected, Exalted.

740
00:32:15,466 --> 00:32:19,850
Above all, we need to lift the
cross above consumerism and materialism.

741
00:32:19,930 --> 00:32:23,610
And it doesn't seem strange to
me that God would put V1 church on

742
00:32:23,650 --> 00:32:28,026
wall street because above the
dollar is the king of all kings,

743
00:32:28,138 --> 00:32:29,626
the one who owns it all.

744
00:32:29,698 --> 00:32:33,770
And we are lifting up the name
of Christ over all that f foolishness.

745
00:32:34,670 --> 00:32:36,050
I'm almost done.

746
00:32:37,310 --> 00:32:38,246
The Levites.

747
00:32:38,278 --> 00:32:41,446
I've given every tithe in
Israel for an inheritance to return

748
00:32:41,518 --> 00:32:42,166
for their service.

749
00:32:42,238 --> 00:32:46,102
What they do their service to
the tent of meeting.

750
00:32:46,286 --> 00:32:47,210
Okay?

751
00:32:48,030 --> 00:32:52,662
The law established that the
tithe comes into the tent of meeting

752
00:32:52,846 --> 00:32:57,030
and then it is distributed to
do the temple worship, including

753
00:32:57,150 --> 00:32:58,650
amongst the Levites.

754
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,768
Let me detonate a lie from the enemy.

755
00:33:01,864 --> 00:33:06,264
I'm not giving to this church
because I'm not gonna help that pastor

756
00:33:06,312 --> 00:33:07,704
have a better car than me.

757
00:33:07,792 --> 00:33:10,488
And I'm not gonna help that
pastor have a better house than me.

758
00:33:10,544 --> 00:33:14,280
And I'm not gonna help them
buy these LED walls and buy these

759
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:15,384
new cameras.

760
00:33:15,512 --> 00:33:16,376
No thank you.

761
00:33:16,448 --> 00:33:18,632
I'll just give to a nonprofit
where it can go.

762
00:33:18,656 --> 00:33:20,056
I'll give to the guy on the street.

763
00:33:20,128 --> 00:33:22,620
No, no, that's biblical illiteracy.

764
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:27,992
Because in both testaments,
old and new, when you gave the tithe,

765
00:33:28,056 --> 00:33:32,536
you didn't give it to a non
profit, you didn't give it to whatever

766
00:33:32,568 --> 00:33:34,040
you didn't designate and say.

767
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:35,128
I'm gonna give you this money.

768
00:33:35,184 --> 00:33:36,808
Make sure you buy a new furnace.

769
00:33:36,904 --> 00:33:38,984
Make sure you buy what I want
you to buy.

770
00:33:39,072 --> 00:33:39,752
You gave it.

771
00:33:39,776 --> 00:33:43,080
And the Levites were in charge
of disseminating those funds and

772
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:43,992
determining It.

773
00:33:44,096 --> 00:33:46,664
So when people come and say,
oh, I'm not giving to the church

774
00:33:46,712 --> 00:33:50,488
because I have it designated,
look them in their eye and say, you're

775
00:33:50,504 --> 00:33:52,060
in the wrong tribe.

776
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,392
You're not a Levite.

777
00:33:54,536 --> 00:33:57,752
As a matter of fact, I've been
to other churches where the finances

778
00:33:57,816 --> 00:33:59,462
have been misappropriated.

779
00:33:59,616 --> 00:34:03,082
But when you read the Bible in
the New Testament, it says, when

780
00:34:03,106 --> 00:34:07,610
you tithe, it's as if you give
it directly to Jesus himself.

781
00:34:07,770 --> 00:34:08,858
And so here's the thing.

782
00:34:08,914 --> 00:34:12,170
Even if the church does the
wrong thing with the money, you did

783
00:34:12,210 --> 00:34:12,938
the right thing.

784
00:34:12,994 --> 00:34:15,850
And the blessing and favor of
God is upon your life.

785
00:34:15,890 --> 00:34:18,922
And you don't have to worry
about getting into manipulation and

786
00:34:18,946 --> 00:34:21,750
control because God's already
in control.

787
00:34:23,330 --> 00:34:27,722
Ananias and Sapphira lied
about what they did with money in

788
00:34:27,746 --> 00:34:30,090
the New Covenant and they got
struck down dead.

789
00:34:30,170 --> 00:34:32,229
Who had to do their church discipline?

790
00:34:32,309 --> 00:34:33,209
Nobody.

791
00:34:33,549 --> 00:34:36,981
You think God's gonna let you
take care of the church better than

792
00:34:37,005 --> 00:34:37,809
he would?

793
00:34:38,349 --> 00:34:39,717
Who do you trust?

794
00:34:39,893 --> 00:34:40,729
Ooh.

795
00:34:41,869 --> 00:34:43,445
Who do you trust?

796
00:34:43,637 --> 00:34:47,429
The very first person that I
hired for this church was not myself.

797
00:34:47,589 --> 00:34:50,129
This is a true story, and I'm
proud of this story.

798
00:34:50,589 --> 00:34:53,733
The very first person I ever
hired for this church was a non blood

799
00:34:53,781 --> 00:34:58,335
related, independent CPA who
did all of our bookkeeping.

800
00:34:58,477 --> 00:35:02,140
And I was like, lord, I am not
gonna let one penny come through

801
00:35:02,180 --> 00:35:03,964
my hands that's used in the
wrong way.

802
00:35:04,052 --> 00:35:07,228
When we went to go buy the
buildings in Indiana and Long island,

803
00:35:07,324 --> 00:35:10,668
the lender that we work with
literally told me to my face, I have

804
00:35:10,724 --> 00:35:14,012
never seen church financials
this clean before.

805
00:35:14,196 --> 00:35:15,244
Because I.

806
00:35:15,412 --> 00:35:19,436
Not because I fear you, but
because I fear God.

807
00:35:19,628 --> 00:35:20,236
I'm not.

808
00:35:20,308 --> 00:35:21,180
I fear the Lord.

809
00:35:21,260 --> 00:35:24,748
I actually believe there will
come a day where I will stand before

810
00:35:24,804 --> 00:35:27,460
God and he will say, I have
brought all this money through you.

811
00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:28,772
What did you do?

812
00:35:28,956 --> 00:35:31,380
And that is going to be the
moment where I'm going to say, come

813
00:35:31,420 --> 00:35:32,660
on, God, you know what I did.

814
00:35:32,700 --> 00:35:33,396
Come on, y'all.

815
00:35:33,428 --> 00:35:34,516
Why are you playing like that?

816
00:35:34,588 --> 00:35:35,892
You know exactly what I did.

817
00:35:35,916 --> 00:35:37,124
Come on, tell them.

818
00:35:37,212 --> 00:35:37,924
Tell them, God.

819
00:35:37,972 --> 00:35:39,044
Tell them what I did.

820
00:35:39,132 --> 00:35:42,212
Like, that's how I want to
live my life before the Lord financially

821
00:35:42,276 --> 00:35:43,172
on Judgment Day.

822
00:35:43,196 --> 00:35:44,132
I'm sitting there smiling.

823
00:35:44,196 --> 00:35:44,820
Yeah, tell them.

824
00:35:44,860 --> 00:35:45,444
Tell them, God.

825
00:35:45,492 --> 00:35:46,880
Show them what I did.

826
00:35:48,220 --> 00:35:51,172
And if you can't say the same
about your finances, today's the

827
00:35:51,196 --> 00:35:52,186
day of freedom.

828
00:35:52,348 --> 00:35:54,686
Today's the day of
breakthrough for you.

829
00:35:54,838 --> 00:36:00,270
Okay, so the tithe does not go
to a nonprofit.

830
00:36:00,430 --> 00:36:02,046
I am sick and tired.

831
00:36:02,158 --> 00:36:05,230
Send this to all your
entrepreneur friends who try to say

832
00:36:05,270 --> 00:36:06,718
it's a biblical principle.

833
00:36:06,814 --> 00:36:09,934
The biblical principle does
not work without covenant to the

834
00:36:09,942 --> 00:36:11,330
one who wrote the Bible.

835
00:36:11,750 --> 00:36:15,438
And you have to understand,
you don't give to a nonprofit because

836
00:36:15,494 --> 00:36:18,622
the tithe doesn't belong to
you to designate.

837
00:36:18,686 --> 00:36:22,160
It belongs to God.

838
00:36:22,500 --> 00:36:25,228
So you got to bring it back to
his storehouse.

839
00:36:25,404 --> 00:36:27,596
The tithe supported the house
of God.

840
00:36:27,708 --> 00:36:29,148
Casa de Dios.

841
00:36:29,244 --> 00:36:29,880
See?

842
00:36:30,740 --> 00:36:32,200
Did I say that right?

843
00:36:33,860 --> 00:36:35,708
Will man rob God yet?

844
00:36:35,764 --> 00:36:36,876
You are robbing me.

845
00:36:36,948 --> 00:36:38,060
But you say you that.

846
00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:38,444
But.

847
00:36:38,532 --> 00:36:42,560
But have we robbed you in your
tithes and contributions?

848
00:36:42,900 --> 00:36:44,348
We're gonna go fast.

849
00:36:44,524 --> 00:36:46,668
Tithe and contributions?

850
00:36:46,844 --> 00:36:49,280
Why is this separated?

851
00:36:50,020 --> 00:36:50,748
This is.

852
00:36:50,804 --> 00:36:52,600
I'm trying to teach you something.

853
00:36:54,100 --> 00:36:59,036
Tithe is separate than
contributions because the tithe belongs

854
00:36:59,068 --> 00:36:59,676
to God.

855
00:36:59,788 --> 00:37:00,444
The tithe.

856
00:37:00,492 --> 00:37:01,900
Watch, watch, watch, watch.

857
00:37:02,020 --> 00:37:08,668
The tithe is what you bring
back to God, and then the contribution

858
00:37:08,764 --> 00:37:10,040
is what you give.

859
00:37:11,380 --> 00:37:11,740
See?

860
00:37:11,780 --> 00:37:12,828
It's even separate.

861
00:37:12,924 --> 00:37:13,852
And Malachi.

862
00:37:13,916 --> 00:37:16,040
Well, you know, prophets are
always angry.

863
00:37:16,220 --> 00:37:16,992
You know what I mean?

864
00:37:17,016 --> 00:37:19,620
My friend Jeremiah Johnson,
he's always mad.

865
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:22,608
You know, all my friends who
are real prophets, they're always

866
00:37:22,664 --> 00:37:25,552
angry, but, you know, because
they have a sense of justice.

867
00:37:25,696 --> 00:37:27,200
You know, prophets are like that.

868
00:37:27,240 --> 00:37:27,856
This is wrong.

869
00:37:27,888 --> 00:37:28,592
I'm gonna make it right.

870
00:37:28,616 --> 00:37:29,760
I'm gonna set it right.

871
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:33,328
So Malachi, the book of
Malachi is important because this

872
00:37:33,384 --> 00:37:36,816
prophecy is going forth and
the justice of God is saying, hey,

873
00:37:36,848 --> 00:37:38,368
hey, hey, hey.

874
00:37:38,544 --> 00:37:41,840
You think you're doing the
right thing, but the Lord sees you,

875
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,412
and you're actually not giving
a full tithe.

876
00:37:44,496 --> 00:37:47,828
And what it says is, you're
cursed with a curse, for you are

877
00:37:47,884 --> 00:37:49,028
robbing me.

878
00:37:49,164 --> 00:37:52,708
So the prophet is literally
using the word me to denote.

879
00:37:52,724 --> 00:37:55,396
This is God speaking through
me right now.

880
00:37:55,548 --> 00:37:57,204
And it's saying, bring the full.

881
00:37:57,292 --> 00:37:59,240
Everybody say full tithe.

882
00:37:59,580 --> 00:38:01,000
But why wait?

883
00:38:01,500 --> 00:38:03,240
Almost slapped you on accident.

884
00:38:03,660 --> 00:38:06,960
Didn't Jacob say the same thing?

885
00:38:07,340 --> 00:38:08,756
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob.

886
00:38:08,788 --> 00:38:11,400
Didn't Jacob say, I will bring
you a full tithe?

887
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,648
Didn't the book of Leviticus
say the same thing?

888
00:38:14,784 --> 00:38:16,904
I will bring a full tithe.

889
00:38:17,032 --> 00:38:17,368
See?

890
00:38:17,424 --> 00:38:18,940
Do you see the concept?

891
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:23,672
So what happens is people's
heart always bends towards.

892
00:38:23,736 --> 00:38:25,336
What can I get away with?

893
00:38:25,488 --> 00:38:29,784
We always bend towards the
minimums when the gospel is demanding

894
00:38:29,832 --> 00:38:32,248
that we bend towards the maximums.

895
00:38:32,424 --> 00:38:33,860
Y'all with me still?

896
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:38,486
Oh, I know you know this
because when you go to five guys,

897
00:38:38,608 --> 00:38:40,830
you're like, I don't want a
baggie of fries.

898
00:38:41,730 --> 00:38:45,354
I want fries in the big bag
spilling over, and I want fries in

899
00:38:45,362 --> 00:38:46,058
the little baggie.

900
00:38:46,074 --> 00:38:47,002
Am I right?

901
00:38:47,186 --> 00:38:49,430
Oh, don't act like you don't
want that.

902
00:38:50,050 --> 00:38:51,710
We in America.

903
00:38:52,370 --> 00:38:52,922
Come on.

904
00:38:52,946 --> 00:38:55,258
I Want fries so bad I haven't
had carbs in weeks.

905
00:38:55,314 --> 00:38:56,430
Lord Jesus.

906
00:38:57,890 --> 00:39:01,306
But in America, we don't want
what we paid for.

907
00:39:01,378 --> 00:39:06,568
We want more because we're
consumers and sometimes we go to

908
00:39:06,624 --> 00:39:07,000
God.

909
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:08,248
How much can I get?

910
00:39:08,304 --> 00:39:12,104
Oh, Lord Jesus, how much can I
get from you?

911
00:39:12,192 --> 00:39:14,660
And how little can I give in return?

912
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,368
Isn't that what happens when
we go to a restaurant?

913
00:39:17,464 --> 00:39:20,660
How much food can I get for
the least amount of money?

914
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:24,700
Stop treating God like a fast
food restaurant.

915
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:26,888
Stop treating God like a.

916
00:39:26,944 --> 00:39:27,928
Oh, come on.

917
00:39:28,064 --> 00:39:31,832
Consumerism is always, how
much can I get for how little can

918
00:39:31,856 --> 00:39:32,548
I give?

919
00:39:32,704 --> 00:39:33,916
But it's the opposite.

920
00:39:33,948 --> 00:39:39,228
In the kingdom, I'll give
everything if I get nothing because

921
00:39:39,284 --> 00:39:40,316
he's God.

922
00:39:40,508 --> 00:39:42,560
This is called worship.

923
00:39:44,660 --> 00:39:49,560
You feel the atmosphere shift,
but this is how good your God is.

924
00:39:50,100 --> 00:39:51,100
Covenant.

925
00:39:51,260 --> 00:39:56,268
When you do this, he says, I'm
actually gonna go above and beyond.

926
00:39:56,364 --> 00:39:57,480
Now watch this.

927
00:39:58,110 --> 00:39:58,774
Where's it at?

928
00:39:58,782 --> 00:39:59,222
Where's it at?

929
00:39:59,246 --> 00:40:00,450
There will be food in my.

930
00:40:01,070 --> 00:40:01,782
Oh.

931
00:40:01,926 --> 00:40:04,850
And thereby put me to the test.

932
00:40:05,310 --> 00:40:07,702
Oh, this is one of my favorite scriptures.

933
00:40:07,766 --> 00:40:10,010
It's one of the most loving scriptures.

934
00:40:10,990 --> 00:40:15,050
It's like he says, I know
you're scared.

935
00:40:15,630 --> 00:40:19,558
I know that your family comes
from multiple generations of poverty.

936
00:40:19,734 --> 00:40:21,254
I know that you have been.

937
00:40:21,342 --> 00:40:23,062
Your trust has been broken.

938
00:40:23,206 --> 00:40:28,660
You can't test me on whatever
you want, but on this, I know how

939
00:40:28,700 --> 00:40:30,228
deep the pain goes.

940
00:40:30,404 --> 00:40:32,560
So put me to the test.

941
00:40:33,260 --> 00:40:35,800
You have permission to test God.

942
00:40:36,140 --> 00:40:37,440
That's a big deal.

943
00:40:37,740 --> 00:40:40,996
Look what it says and put me
to the test.

944
00:40:41,068 --> 00:40:41,668
Says who?

945
00:40:41,724 --> 00:40:42,800
Who says it?

946
00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:44,996
The Lord of hosts.

947
00:40:45,028 --> 00:40:46,280
Who's the hosts?

948
00:40:46,780 --> 00:40:48,372
See, you're skipping stuff.

949
00:40:48,436 --> 00:40:50,068
Are you doing your daily
growth journal?

950
00:40:50,124 --> 00:40:51,012
I can, I do.

951
00:40:51,036 --> 00:40:54,312
Julie, I do need to preach for
two hours every Sunday to get you

952
00:40:54,336 --> 00:40:55,780
all caught up through the week.

953
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:57,656
Who's the host?

954
00:40:57,808 --> 00:40:59,260
The Lord of hosts.

955
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:04,420
He's saying, all of the angel
armies, I command them.

956
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:08,168
All of the supernatural realm,
I command them.

957
00:41:08,224 --> 00:41:11,000
I am the Lord over all, the host.

958
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:12,840
Everything is under my dominion.

959
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:16,936
And I'm giving you permission
to test me in the 10th.

960
00:41:17,048 --> 00:41:18,220
The tithe.

961
00:41:20,410 --> 00:41:23,230
A partial tithe is no tithe at all.

962
00:41:24,090 --> 00:41:25,442
That's what we learn from this.

963
00:41:25,466 --> 00:41:27,122
But I also got good news for you.

964
00:41:27,226 --> 00:41:31,030
Two types of blessings come,
material and spiritual.

965
00:41:31,850 --> 00:41:34,034
And let me just because we're
ending, we're ending.

966
00:41:34,162 --> 00:41:35,230
We're about there.

967
00:41:35,610 --> 00:41:40,850
Anybody who says that the
material blessing is not something

968
00:41:40,890 --> 00:41:43,826
that should be emphasized when
you're preaching the word of God

969
00:41:43,938 --> 00:41:46,130
has not done a close enough reading.

970
00:41:46,210 --> 00:41:49,660
And they are over correcting
out of faith, fear of man, and some

971
00:41:49,700 --> 00:41:53,148
bogus bunk whack theology they
heard from another church.

972
00:41:53,244 --> 00:41:57,900
Because when I look at this
book, I see provision and prosperity

973
00:41:57,980 --> 00:42:02,732
and overflow, and I see God's
people being richly blessed, and

974
00:42:02,756 --> 00:42:05,180
I see them being able to shake
the nations.

975
00:42:05,260 --> 00:42:09,116
As a matter of fact, when you
get to the New Testament, there are

976
00:42:09,188 --> 00:42:13,292
no needs amongst each other
because there's so much generosity

977
00:42:13,356 --> 00:42:15,268
flowing that they met all
their needs.

978
00:42:15,364 --> 00:42:19,572
They don't need food stamps,
government cheese, welfare, rent

979
00:42:19,636 --> 00:42:22,900
subsidies, because they have
the kingdom of heaven coming into

980
00:42:22,940 --> 00:42:27,092
the earth, and it's flowing
with so much power that there's nobody

981
00:42:27,156 --> 00:42:28,560
poor among them.

982
00:42:29,420 --> 00:42:31,204
That's what I'm looking for.

983
00:42:31,372 --> 00:42:33,828
That's the kind of church I'm
going to, Pastor.

984
00:42:34,004 --> 00:42:37,188
I'm going to pastor the kind
of church where we are given.

985
00:42:37,244 --> 00:42:37,796
We're like.

986
00:42:37,868 --> 00:42:40,852
I call Mayor Eric Adams Mayor.

987
00:42:40,916 --> 00:42:41,284
We don't.

988
00:42:41,332 --> 00:42:41,700
We're good.

989
00:42:41,740 --> 00:42:45,062
We don't need the grant money
because we've got generosity.

990
00:42:45,206 --> 00:42:45,990
Oh, we're good.

991
00:42:46,030 --> 00:42:46,422
We're good.

992
00:42:46,446 --> 00:42:47,206
We don't need this.

993
00:42:47,278 --> 00:42:51,062
See, there's something about
when we take our rightful place as

994
00:42:51,166 --> 00:42:55,814
royal priesthood and we say,
God, I have everything through covenant,

995
00:42:55,862 --> 00:42:57,206
then guess what's gonna happen?

996
00:42:57,358 --> 00:43:00,998
We are gonna begin to operate
in a level we've never seen before

997
00:43:01,054 --> 00:43:01,894
in the earth.

998
00:43:02,022 --> 00:43:04,486
And there's gonna be nobody
that can stop us.

999
00:43:04,638 --> 00:43:06,290
How many of you believe it?

1000
00:43:08,190 --> 00:43:09,770
Wait a second, Pastor.

1001
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:13,060
But Jesus came to nullify the tithe.

1002
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:14,000
Wrong.

1003
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:15,616
Biblically illiterate.

1004
00:43:15,808 --> 00:43:22,848
But woe to you Pharisees, for
you do right to tithe on mint and

1005
00:43:22,904 --> 00:43:24,992
rue and every herb.

1006
00:43:25,056 --> 00:43:25,712
Look at that word.

1007
00:43:25,776 --> 00:43:26,432
Every.

1008
00:43:26,616 --> 00:43:29,824
See, this is the same way
Genesis talks.

1009
00:43:29,952 --> 00:43:33,040
This is the same way Malachi
and Leviticus talks.

1010
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:34,784
And now here we are in the
book of Luke.

1011
00:43:34,832 --> 00:43:35,088
Why?

1012
00:43:35,144 --> 00:43:38,726
Because these are Jewish
people under the Jewish law, which

1013
00:43:38,798 --> 00:43:41,126
means this was normal for them
to think about this.

1014
00:43:41,198 --> 00:43:43,062
Okay, let's talk about Goya.

1015
00:43:43,206 --> 00:43:44,006
Adobo.

1016
00:43:44,118 --> 00:43:45,130
Sasson.

1017
00:43:46,030 --> 00:43:47,270
Am I doing good?

1018
00:43:47,390 --> 00:43:48,650
Green spice.

1019
00:43:49,390 --> 00:43:50,730
Sofrito.

1020
00:43:52,110 --> 00:43:53,850
I felt the anointing.

1021
00:43:54,590 --> 00:43:55,830
Sofrito.

1022
00:43:55,990 --> 00:43:56,758
What else?

1023
00:43:56,854 --> 00:43:57,334
What else?

1024
00:43:57,382 --> 00:43:58,930
Somebody help me out in the back.

1025
00:44:00,430 --> 00:44:01,590
Obey, they said.

1026
00:44:01,630 --> 00:44:02,774
Obey last service.

1027
00:44:02,862 --> 00:44:03,398
Praise God.

1028
00:44:03,414 --> 00:44:04,756
I felt the anointing on that.

1029
00:44:04,838 --> 00:44:06,744
I have a very multicultural stomach.

1030
00:44:06,792 --> 00:44:07,700
Can you tell?

1031
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:10,664
So here's my point.

1032
00:44:10,832 --> 00:44:12,888
This is basically what was happening.

1033
00:44:13,064 --> 00:44:17,816
Jesus sees these Pharisees and
he's watching them and he's observing

1034
00:44:17,848 --> 00:44:22,900
them, and he's saying, hey,
you've done well to tithe on everything.

1035
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:26,344
Imagine going to the grocery
store and you get your sofritos,

1036
00:44:26,392 --> 00:44:29,912
you get your Goya, you get all
your stuff, and you dump it all out

1037
00:44:29,936 --> 00:44:33,532
on the table, and you divide A
tenth of all of it and say, this

1038
00:44:33,556 --> 00:44:34,640
is for the Lord.

1039
00:44:35,220 --> 00:44:38,412
And instead of Jesus saying,
yo, yo, yo, yo, you don't have to

1040
00:44:38,436 --> 00:44:39,404
do that.

1041
00:44:39,572 --> 00:44:40,972
I love you.

1042
00:44:41,076 --> 00:44:42,396
I'm your buddy.

1043
00:44:42,508 --> 00:44:45,484
Give me whatever you want to
give me, just give.

1044
00:44:45,572 --> 00:44:47,500
God loves a cheerful giver.

1045
00:44:47,580 --> 00:44:48,812
Give me $5.

1046
00:44:48,996 --> 00:44:51,240
Give your money to the
homeless person.

1047
00:44:51,700 --> 00:44:56,284
Jesus does not talk the way
American church pastors talk.

1048
00:44:56,372 --> 00:44:59,226
He literally said, hey, good
job tithing.

1049
00:44:59,338 --> 00:45:01,750
You should tithe on everything.

1050
00:45:02,050 --> 00:45:06,590
But don't neglect justice and
the love of God.

1051
00:45:07,170 --> 00:45:11,370
If Jesus was ever gonna have
an opportunity to say, let's not

1052
00:45:11,410 --> 00:45:14,650
tithe anymore cause I'm here,
that would have been the moment.

1053
00:45:14,730 --> 00:45:16,330
But he does the opposite.

1054
00:45:16,410 --> 00:45:19,322
He literally tells them, good
job for tithing.

1055
00:45:19,386 --> 00:45:20,954
You should tithe, even.

1056
00:45:21,042 --> 00:45:24,154
Cause mint is really little,
herbs are really little.

1057
00:45:24,242 --> 00:45:27,790
And what Jesus was saying is,
you've done a good job tithing, even

1058
00:45:27,830 --> 00:45:31,790
on the most minute things,
good job, but also love God with

1059
00:45:31,830 --> 00:45:32,462
your heart.

1060
00:45:32,566 --> 00:45:33,950
Does this make sense?

1061
00:45:34,110 --> 00:45:37,550
So when people say, I don't
have to tithe, why did Jesus not

1062
00:45:37,590 --> 00:45:39,130
tell us to stop?

1063
00:45:40,230 --> 00:45:41,278
It's, you can't.

1064
00:45:41,374 --> 00:45:46,462
Because whether you're gospel
coalition, reform, community, double

1065
00:45:46,526 --> 00:45:51,294
predestination, Calvinist,
John Piper, Tim Keller, they actually

1066
00:45:51,382 --> 00:45:53,092
believe the same thing.

1067
00:45:53,116 --> 00:45:54,560
I'm telling you right now.

1068
00:45:55,020 --> 00:46:00,468
What they believe is that 10%
is the minimum and that we shouldn't

1069
00:46:00,484 --> 00:46:02,800
be having an argument over this.

1070
00:46:03,340 --> 00:46:06,996
And I know that this offends
people, but I'm telling you, I've

1071
00:46:07,028 --> 00:46:10,740
preached in Anglican churches,
Baptist churches, Methodist churches,

1072
00:46:10,820 --> 00:46:11,412
I'm serious.

1073
00:46:11,476 --> 00:46:15,012
Liturgical churches, high
church, low church, and every church

1074
00:46:15,076 --> 00:46:21,550
unanimously has had the same
belief that 10% is a basis of a minimum,

1075
00:46:21,710 --> 00:46:23,090
not a maximum.

1076
00:46:23,510 --> 00:46:26,782
And it's weird because
Christians very rarely unite on anything.

1077
00:46:26,846 --> 00:46:30,014
But the one thing that I've
seen theologically is they unite

1078
00:46:30,062 --> 00:46:30,970
over this.

1079
00:46:31,910 --> 00:46:33,610
Now, why do I say that?

1080
00:46:35,110 --> 00:46:38,558
Jesus acknowledged and he
affirmed tithing.

1081
00:46:38,734 --> 00:46:42,286
The issue is not just tithing,
but it's also loving God.

1082
00:46:42,318 --> 00:46:46,472
And others do not think that I
have come to abolish the law or the

1083
00:46:46,496 --> 00:46:46,968
prophets.

1084
00:46:47,064 --> 00:46:49,464
I have not come to abolish
them, but fulfill.

1085
00:46:49,512 --> 00:46:50,860
Everybody say fulfill.

1086
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:57,304
Okay, as we come to a close,
the word fulfill is very intentional

1087
00:46:57,352 --> 00:46:57,896
here.

1088
00:46:58,048 --> 00:47:02,328
See, everybody thinks that
Jesus abolished, but he actually

1089
00:47:02,384 --> 00:47:02,904
fulfilled.

1090
00:47:02,952 --> 00:47:04,060
What's the difference?

1091
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:11,750
When I encountered my son
Abram and I blessed him through Melchizedek,

1092
00:47:12,090 --> 00:47:15,230
he responded by giving me a
tenth of everything.

1093
00:47:15,770 --> 00:47:16,930
Two generations.

1094
00:47:17,090 --> 00:47:21,682
When I came as this mysterious
angel of the Lord and wrestled Jacob

1095
00:47:21,826 --> 00:47:25,746
and I blessed his life, he
responded with covenant.

1096
00:47:25,938 --> 00:47:31,842
The question is, now that he
is encountering you, do you understand

1097
00:47:32,026 --> 00:47:35,480
how to Respond with the
covenant as well.

1098
00:47:36,340 --> 00:47:40,828
The other way to say this is,
hey, before I was saved, my heart

1099
00:47:40,884 --> 00:47:42,040
couldn't do this.

1100
00:47:42,500 --> 00:47:45,708
But now that I'm saved, my
heart can do things my heart never

1101
00:47:45,764 --> 00:47:46,360
did.

1102
00:47:46,900 --> 00:47:50,732
Raise your hand if after you
accepted Jesus, you were able to

1103
00:47:50,756 --> 00:47:52,892
do things that you were not
able to do before.

1104
00:47:52,996 --> 00:47:54,640
I'm being serious, okay?

1105
00:47:55,060 --> 00:47:57,932
Because when you accept Jesus,
when someone's like, I get it, you

1106
00:47:57,956 --> 00:47:58,476
go to church.

1107
00:47:58,508 --> 00:48:00,548
No, no, no, I'm not a churchgoer.

1108
00:48:00,684 --> 00:48:01,492
No, I get it.

1109
00:48:01,516 --> 00:48:03,108
You're going to all these
events all the time.

1110
00:48:03,164 --> 00:48:03,732
Oh, I get it.

1111
00:48:03,756 --> 00:48:04,820
You listen to Christian music.

1112
00:48:04,860 --> 00:48:06,196
No, no, you don't understand.

1113
00:48:06,348 --> 00:48:07,444
It's not about that.

1114
00:48:07,532 --> 00:48:09,636
I wasn't bad and now I'm good.

1115
00:48:09,708 --> 00:48:12,420
I was dead and now I am alive.

1116
00:48:12,580 --> 00:48:13,300
This is the thing.

1117
00:48:13,340 --> 00:48:14,708
I'm trying to help you understand.

1118
00:48:14,844 --> 00:48:17,620
This Speedy Du Santo could
help my heart.

1119
00:48:17,740 --> 00:48:20,932
Forgive my abuser, forgive my tormentor.

1120
00:48:20,996 --> 00:48:22,916
I can bless those who curse me.

1121
00:48:22,988 --> 00:48:25,108
I can actually pray for my enemies.

1122
00:48:25,204 --> 00:48:28,606
My heart, my Sicilian Italian
heart couldn't do this.

1123
00:48:28,708 --> 00:48:31,834
But my regenerated gospel
heart can do this.

1124
00:48:31,922 --> 00:48:35,130
And the things that I didn't
have power to do, the Holy Ghost

1125
00:48:35,210 --> 00:48:36,790
gave me power to do.

1126
00:48:38,050 --> 00:48:39,658
That is the gospel.

1127
00:48:39,834 --> 00:48:43,818
So when people are like, I
can't give perfect love, cast out

1128
00:48:43,874 --> 00:48:46,906
all fear, it's the gospel.

1129
00:48:47,098 --> 00:48:48,950
So he came to fulfill it.

1130
00:48:51,010 --> 00:48:54,170
Do you not know that those who
are employed in the temple service

1131
00:48:54,290 --> 00:48:55,850
get their food from the temple?

1132
00:48:55,930 --> 00:48:59,296
And those who serve at the
altar share in the sacrifice sacrificial

1133
00:48:59,328 --> 00:49:00,016
offerings.

1134
00:49:00,128 --> 00:49:04,992
In the same way, the Lord
commanded that those who proclaim

1135
00:49:05,056 --> 00:49:09,696
the gospel should get their
living finances from the gospel.

1136
00:49:09,808 --> 00:49:12,260
Doesn't this sound just like Leviticus?

1137
00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:14,784
This is the thing.

1138
00:49:14,872 --> 00:49:18,944
Anybody who would try to argue
me on any of the points I've made,

1139
00:49:19,112 --> 00:49:23,872
when you look at all four eras
of the Bible, they talk to each other.

1140
00:49:23,976 --> 00:49:25,904
They're redundancies for each other.

1141
00:49:25,992 --> 00:49:27,328
They say the same things.

1142
00:49:27,384 --> 00:49:28,512
This is the apostle.

1143
00:49:28,576 --> 00:49:31,708
And the apostle is speaking to
the church at Corinth.

1144
00:49:31,804 --> 00:49:35,772
And now Jesus has resurrected
and ascended to heaven.

1145
00:49:35,916 --> 00:49:39,564
And Jesus literally says, you
should tithe.

1146
00:49:39,612 --> 00:49:40,652
You're good to tithe.

1147
00:49:40,716 --> 00:49:44,540
Then Paul shows up, and Paul's
like, hey, do you know how the pagans

1148
00:49:44,620 --> 00:49:48,076
have temple worship and they
receive money so that they can carry

1149
00:49:48,108 --> 00:49:49,292
on the work of the temple?

1150
00:49:49,356 --> 00:49:53,772
And he was echoing Leviticus
also, the people who provide the

1151
00:49:53,796 --> 00:49:57,612
temple worship for the house
of God should receive finances to

1152
00:49:57,636 --> 00:49:58,860
continue the work of God.

1153
00:49:58,940 --> 00:50:01,980
And the reason why he had to
say it to the church at Corinth is

1154
00:50:02,020 --> 00:50:05,272
because over the last 2,000
years, we have the same problem as

1155
00:50:05,296 --> 00:50:06,440
the Church of Corinth.

1156
00:50:06,520 --> 00:50:10,792
We need a reminder that we are
not giving to the house of God for

1157
00:50:10,816 --> 00:50:11,720
the work of God.

1158
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:13,544
We are giving to God himself.

1159
00:50:13,592 --> 00:50:16,700
And he is administrating the
work of God.

1160
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:20,296
His own will is being worked
out through it, and we got to learn

1161
00:50:20,328 --> 00:50:21,340
how to trust.

1162
00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:23,560
The point is this.

1163
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:26,568
Whoever sows sparingly will
reap sparingly.

1164
00:50:26,664 --> 00:50:29,768
And whoever sows bountifully
will also reap bountifully.

1165
00:50:29,864 --> 00:50:36,144
Each one must give, must give
as he has decided in his heart.

1166
00:50:36,312 --> 00:50:41,200
And if you're looking at this
word heart, this is everything.

1167
00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:47,424
We're gonna end on this
exercise, not reluctantly or under

1168
00:50:47,512 --> 00:50:48,144
compulsion.

1169
00:50:48,192 --> 00:50:50,700
What's that alluding to the law?

1170
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:53,020
It's alluding to the law.

1171
00:50:53,400 --> 00:50:56,624
For God loves a cheerful giver.

1172
00:50:56,752 --> 00:50:58,500
This is identity.

1173
00:51:03,930 --> 00:51:05,830
What happened when you got saved?

1174
00:51:06,330 --> 00:51:07,910
You got a new identity.

1175
00:51:09,290 --> 00:51:09,778
So what?

1176
00:51:09,834 --> 00:51:12,110
This scripture is used.

1177
00:51:12,410 --> 00:51:13,890
It's actually abused.

1178
00:51:13,970 --> 00:51:16,418
And I want even all of my
pastors to hear this.

1179
00:51:16,474 --> 00:51:20,034
All my campus pastors, all of
my ministers, all of my V1 college

1180
00:51:20,082 --> 00:51:21,586
students, all of my congregates.

1181
00:51:21,698 --> 00:51:27,510
I am sick and tired of this
scripture being misquoted and misinterpreted

1182
00:51:27,590 --> 00:51:30,330
as an excuse to come below the tithe.

1183
00:51:30,670 --> 00:51:34,486
Because people who have the
fear of man, they'll use this scripture

1184
00:51:34,518 --> 00:51:37,158
to say, you don't have to give
under compulsion.

1185
00:51:37,254 --> 00:51:37,766
Just give.

1186
00:51:37,838 --> 00:51:39,462
God loves a cheerful giver.

1187
00:51:39,526 --> 00:51:43,222
But see, what they're actually
doing is they're taking an ancient

1188
00:51:43,286 --> 00:51:46,662
scripture that was actually
inspired by God, written through

1189
00:51:46,686 --> 00:51:50,294
a Jewish man, and they're
listening it through modern ears

1190
00:51:50,342 --> 00:51:51,480
and distorting it.

1191
00:51:51,590 --> 00:51:53,560
Let me break it down a little
bit deeper.

1192
00:51:54,220 --> 00:51:55,588
Think about this, okay?

1193
00:51:55,684 --> 00:51:58,480
Before I even break it down
and for real, we're done.

1194
00:51:59,740 --> 00:52:02,900
How many of you as a teenager
were ever grounded for a really long

1195
00:52:02,940 --> 00:52:03,236
time?

1196
00:52:03,308 --> 00:52:04,004
Anybody?

1197
00:52:04,132 --> 00:52:04,564
Okay.

1198
00:52:04,612 --> 00:52:05,092
A lot of you.

1199
00:52:05,116 --> 00:52:07,160
Man, we got some bad kids at
this church.

1200
00:52:08,220 --> 00:52:10,580
Okay, Too many of you raised
your hand.

1201
00:52:10,620 --> 00:52:11,880
Now I'm a little scared.

1202
00:52:13,740 --> 00:52:16,580
So what happens is, when
you're grounded for a long time and

1203
00:52:16,620 --> 00:52:20,764
you get privileges removed,
when you get them back, you appreciate

1204
00:52:20,812 --> 00:52:23,692
them more because you're like,
man, I was sitting in my room, I

1205
00:52:23,716 --> 00:52:24,412
didn't have nothing.

1206
00:52:24,476 --> 00:52:25,708
Now you get what I'm saying?

1207
00:52:25,764 --> 00:52:28,924
It's like somebody who's been
in prison for years eating prison

1208
00:52:28,972 --> 00:52:31,724
food, and then you take them
to Applebee's and they're smashing

1209
00:52:31,772 --> 00:52:35,320
all those half apps like it's
the best thing ever happened to them.

1210
00:52:35,780 --> 00:52:40,172
Because there's something
about restriction that actually makes

1211
00:52:40,356 --> 00:52:42,440
freedom taste so much better.

1212
00:52:42,980 --> 00:52:43,420
So what?

1213
00:52:43,460 --> 00:52:47,148
This is actually Saying is a
Jewish man is saying, we've been

1214
00:52:47,204 --> 00:52:48,156
under the law.

1215
00:52:48,308 --> 00:52:49,468
We've been under the law.

1216
00:52:49,524 --> 00:52:52,508
We know that there's
consequences for not doing the things

1217
00:52:52,564 --> 00:52:53,356
according to God.

1218
00:52:53,388 --> 00:52:54,620
We had to tithe.

1219
00:52:54,700 --> 00:52:56,720
And I read this tongue in cheek.

1220
00:52:57,140 --> 00:53:01,372
I read this to say, each one
of us must give as he's decided in

1221
00:53:01,396 --> 00:53:01,964
his heart.

1222
00:53:02,052 --> 00:53:05,420
But the little wink that he's
doing is, you know your heart that

1223
00:53:05,460 --> 00:53:07,036
Jesus transformed.

1224
00:53:07,148 --> 00:53:11,428
You know your heart that the
Holy Ghost of God lives on the inside?

1225
00:53:11,564 --> 00:53:14,996
You know your heart that used
to be selfish, now it's selfless.

1226
00:53:15,108 --> 00:53:17,892
You know your heart that used
to be full of fear and malice and

1227
00:53:17,916 --> 00:53:21,028
distrust, and now it's full of
the freedom of the Holy Ghost.

1228
00:53:21,124 --> 00:53:23,924
Yeah, give what that heart
decided to give.

1229
00:53:24,012 --> 00:53:28,116
It's almost like he's saying,
duh, we've all been free, and whom

1230
00:53:28,148 --> 00:53:30,756
the sun sets free is free indeed.

1231
00:53:30,868 --> 00:53:34,500
So, hey, you don't have to
give under compulsion, but give what

1232
00:53:34,540 --> 00:53:37,920
your heart that's fully been
set free tells you to give.

1233
00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:42,592
Only a heart that's in
captivity would tip God instead of

1234
00:53:42,616 --> 00:53:43,620
tithe.

1235
00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:47,936
So I don't read this as the cause.

1236
00:53:47,968 --> 00:53:52,224
I am an apostle, and I don't
read this as an apostle being like,

1237
00:53:52,312 --> 00:53:53,648
hey, it's all right.

1238
00:53:53,784 --> 00:53:55,380
Jesus is your buddy.

1239
00:53:57,080 --> 00:53:58,720
Just give whatever you feel like.

1240
00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:00,660
God loves a cheerful giver.

1241
00:54:01,240 --> 00:54:02,416
Can you imagine being.

1242
00:54:02,488 --> 00:54:04,352
How many of you have ever been
a waiter or waitress?

1243
00:54:04,416 --> 00:54:07,220
Can you imagine somebody being
so happy to give you a dollar?

1244
00:54:09,770 --> 00:54:12,514
Oh, wow, you're gonna love this.

1245
00:54:12,602 --> 00:54:15,750
And you're like, I'm gonna get
kicked out of my apartment.

1246
00:54:16,970 --> 00:54:18,550
Cheerful giver.

1247
00:54:18,970 --> 00:54:22,770
That term has been so
distorted in the American church.

1248
00:54:22,930 --> 00:54:27,762
What's cheerful is I can give
in a way that my fearful heart would

1249
00:54:27,786 --> 00:54:31,106
have never let me give, and
that makes it cheerful.

1250
00:54:31,298 --> 00:54:35,230
I'm able to do something that
my natural mind could never do.

1251
00:54:35,890 --> 00:54:37,070
Three realms.

1252
00:54:38,610 --> 00:54:41,578
Mental, emotional, spiritual.

1253
00:54:41,754 --> 00:54:44,682
For the history of this
church, there's many of you that

1254
00:54:44,706 --> 00:54:46,430
are trapped in mental.

1255
00:54:47,010 --> 00:54:50,670
Some of the most stingy people
I've ever met are theologians.

1256
00:54:51,410 --> 00:54:54,590
The higher their iq, the lower
their giving.

1257
00:54:54,930 --> 00:54:57,802
The more they study the
Scriptures, the less generous they

1258
00:54:57,826 --> 00:54:58,154
are.

1259
00:54:58,242 --> 00:55:00,122
That's what Jesus was pointing out.

1260
00:55:00,226 --> 00:55:03,002
He was basically saying,
you're tithing off of all your spices

1261
00:55:03,066 --> 00:55:04,622
and stuff, but you don't even
love God.

1262
00:55:04,746 --> 00:55:07,650
And so you just want people to
think you're doing the right thing.

1263
00:55:09,150 --> 00:55:13,766
Then all of a sudden, the
emotional people, sometimes there's

1264
00:55:13,798 --> 00:55:17,078
Pentecostals, charismatics,
and if I tell a whole bunch of good

1265
00:55:17,134 --> 00:55:20,758
stories about how God blessed,
then they'll give out of their Emotions.

1266
00:55:20,854 --> 00:55:23,814
And then they'll never give
again until I make them emotional

1267
00:55:23,862 --> 00:55:24,450
again.

1268
00:55:25,070 --> 00:55:27,782
I grew up in churches where if
you were preaching real good, they

1269
00:55:27,806 --> 00:55:30,438
would literally bring up money
like you were a stripper and throw

1270
00:55:30,454 --> 00:55:31,450
it on the stage.

1271
00:55:32,260 --> 00:55:34,636
But in that tradition they
were like, man, you're preaching

1272
00:55:34,668 --> 00:55:36,060
good, so I'll give more the better.

1273
00:55:36,100 --> 00:55:40,124
You preach performance based
giving, but then their spirit.

1274
00:55:40,172 --> 00:55:42,080
Would you stand to your feet
for a moment?

1275
00:55:46,340 --> 00:55:47,920
Somebody say identity.

1276
00:55:49,780 --> 00:55:51,480
So here's how I want to end.

1277
00:55:52,340 --> 00:55:57,340
I want to show you how this is
the way that God treated you.

1278
00:55:57,380 --> 00:56:00,012
Because I think we read the
scripture as like, you should be

1279
00:56:00,036 --> 00:56:00,972
a cheerful giver.

1280
00:56:01,036 --> 00:56:04,408
But how many of you notice
that Jesus is God Tithe.

1281
00:56:04,584 --> 00:56:07,400
He's the firstborn of all creation.

1282
00:56:07,560 --> 00:56:09,608
He's the alpha and the omega.

1283
00:56:09,704 --> 00:56:10,280
So God.

1284
00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:11,832
Okay, okay, let me give you
another one.

1285
00:56:11,856 --> 00:56:13,660
Remember we talked about 10 sheep?

1286
00:56:14,240 --> 00:56:15,720
This is gonna blow your mind.

1287
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:18,840
His only begotten son.

1288
00:56:18,920 --> 00:56:20,620
That's tithe language.

1289
00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:25,048
Then we miss it because God
didn't say, I have 10 sons and I'm

1290
00:56:25,064 --> 00:56:27,432
gonna give you the bad one and
he can die for you because I hope

1291
00:56:27,456 --> 00:56:28,540
he dies anyway.

1292
00:56:29,290 --> 00:56:32,754
Think about was the language
of tithe.

1293
00:56:32,802 --> 00:56:36,882
I'm gonna give you my only
begotten son.

1294
00:56:37,026 --> 00:56:43,058
And in the beginning was the
firstborn of all creation.

1295
00:56:43,154 --> 00:56:46,578
He gave you his best and he
gave you his first.

1296
00:56:46,714 --> 00:56:50,150
He bankrupted heaven by
tithing Jesus.

1297
00:56:51,450 --> 00:56:53,470
Now let me read this scripture again.

1298
00:56:55,540 --> 00:56:58,520
And I'm going to read it as if
God is speaking to you.

1299
00:56:59,460 --> 00:57:05,548
I sowed generously into you
when I gave you Jesus, but I will

1300
00:57:05,604 --> 00:57:08,960
reap generously when you reciprocate.

1301
00:57:10,100 --> 00:57:12,812
Now see how it says each one
must give as he's decided in his

1302
00:57:12,836 --> 00:57:13,400
heart.

1303
00:57:13,780 --> 00:57:16,880
I have decided to give you Jesus.

1304
00:57:17,300 --> 00:57:21,040
Jesus has decided to go all
the way through with the cross.

1305
00:57:21,360 --> 00:57:24,840
Not reluctantly, not under compulsion.

1306
00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:27,704
Oh, he didn't have to die.

1307
00:57:27,832 --> 00:57:29,640
He chose to die.

1308
00:57:29,800 --> 00:57:30,120
He.

1309
00:57:30,160 --> 00:57:33,720
In a moment he could have
called Michael the Archangel and

1310
00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:37,400
a legion of warrior angels and
said, get me off of this cross and

1311
00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:38,952
slaughter all these Romans.

1312
00:57:39,016 --> 00:57:43,032
But the Bible says he
willfully gave his life while you

1313
00:57:43,056 --> 00:57:44,200
were yet sinner.

1314
00:57:44,280 --> 00:57:48,198
He put his life out on the
line and died for you without any

1315
00:57:48,254 --> 00:57:50,370
promise that you would receive him.

1316
00:57:52,190 --> 00:57:56,102
So when he asks us to give,
this is spiritual formation.

1317
00:57:56,246 --> 00:57:58,134
This is me discipling you.

1318
00:57:58,222 --> 00:58:00,438
I'm not asking you to give to
the church.

1319
00:58:00,534 --> 00:58:04,250
I'm asking you to become like
God, your Father.

1320
00:58:04,990 --> 00:58:08,486
That's what this scripture,
the real interpretation of this scripture

1321
00:58:08,518 --> 00:58:08,806
is.

1322
00:58:08,878 --> 00:58:10,438
I don't have to do this.

1323
00:58:10,494 --> 00:58:12,070
I'm not under compulsion.

1324
00:58:12,150 --> 00:58:14,450
I willfully surrendered my life.

1325
00:58:14,820 --> 00:58:17,468
For God loves a cheerful giver.

1326
00:58:17,644 --> 00:58:19,052
Let me rephrase that.

1327
00:58:19,156 --> 00:58:23,960
For God loves when people, his
own children, act like him.

1328
00:58:24,980 --> 00:58:29,420
Think about how deep this goes
when you're a mom or a dad and you

1329
00:58:29,460 --> 00:58:32,652
see your children mimicking
the bad side of you.

1330
00:58:32,676 --> 00:58:33,916
No, no, don't say the cuss word.

1331
00:58:33,948 --> 00:58:34,812
Mommy shouldn't have said it.

1332
00:58:34,836 --> 00:58:36,040
You shouldn't say it.

1333
00:58:36,740 --> 00:58:39,452
But then there's other times
where I've come into the room and

1334
00:58:39,476 --> 00:58:41,480
I've seen my daughters praying
for each other.

1335
00:58:42,610 --> 00:58:45,550
See, God delights when we act
like God.

1336
00:58:45,970 --> 00:58:49,354
And this is what this is all
about right here, is we are going

1337
00:58:49,362 --> 00:58:51,466
to become like the one that we behold.

1338
00:58:51,658 --> 00:58:53,670
So close your eyes and bow
your head.

1339
00:58:54,770 --> 00:58:57,882
I want to remove all the
distractions across every location

1340
00:58:57,946 --> 00:58:58,618
right now.

1341
00:58:58,754 --> 00:59:02,522
If there's some areas of your
heart that you're still like, oh,

1342
00:59:02,666 --> 00:59:05,226
Pastor Mike, Apostle Mike.

1343
00:59:05,338 --> 00:59:06,842
I just feel like I can't.

1344
00:59:06,906 --> 00:59:08,538
In this area, there's still something.

1345
00:59:08,594 --> 00:59:11,986
There's fear, there's
reservations, there's hurt, there's

1346
00:59:12,018 --> 00:59:12,546
distrust.

1347
00:59:12,578 --> 00:59:14,338
Would you just lift your hand
with nobody looking?

1348
00:59:14,394 --> 00:59:15,630
Just show me your hand.

1349
00:59:15,930 --> 00:59:16,386
Okay.

1350
00:59:16,418 --> 00:59:17,630
There's a lot of you.

1351
00:59:17,930 --> 00:59:19,410
Okay, you can put your hands down.

1352
00:59:19,450 --> 00:59:21,150
Just take a look at me for a second.

1353
00:59:22,010 --> 00:59:24,866
I started this church with 18 people.

1354
00:59:25,018 --> 00:59:28,642
I don't know how much any of
you give, because I don't want to

1355
00:59:28,666 --> 00:59:29,042
know.

1356
00:59:29,146 --> 00:59:30,850
Our pastors and leaders know this.

1357
00:59:30,890 --> 00:59:33,890
I've stayed out of it for as
long as I could stay out of it because

1358
00:59:33,930 --> 00:59:35,444
it's between you and God.

1359
00:59:35,642 --> 00:59:38,704
I didn't launch seven
locations because I had ambition

1360
00:59:38,752 --> 00:59:38,960
to.

1361
00:59:39,000 --> 00:59:40,592
Just how many churches can I launch?

1362
00:59:40,696 --> 00:59:42,416
I just wanted to disciple people.

1363
00:59:42,488 --> 00:59:44,480
This is your discipleship moment.

1364
00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:45,280
But I will.

1365
00:59:45,320 --> 00:59:46,464
I'm gonna make you a promise.

1366
00:59:46,512 --> 00:59:48,860
The Lord says, test me in this way.

1367
00:59:49,320 --> 00:59:52,032
Right now, we're gonna do two
more things real quick, and then

1368
00:59:52,056 --> 00:59:54,608
you're gonna give an
opportunity to test him.

1369
00:59:54,744 --> 00:59:59,760
And I promise you, not because
of me, but the Lord, that if you

1370
00:59:59,800 --> 01:00:03,556
step up into this, that God
will open up the windows of heaven

1371
01:00:03,588 --> 01:00:05,892
and pour out a blessing that
you can't contain.

1372
01:00:06,036 --> 01:00:06,868
But guess what?

1373
01:00:06,924 --> 01:00:08,036
You don't have to.

1374
01:00:08,188 --> 01:00:10,116
This is not a salvation issue.

1375
01:00:10,268 --> 01:00:12,484
This is not a heaven or hell issue.

1376
01:00:12,652 --> 01:00:16,400
But I do think that this is an
issue of what's next for your life.

1377
01:00:16,940 --> 01:00:20,132
So if you raise your hand, I
want you to pray, and I want all

1378
01:00:20,156 --> 01:00:21,028
of you to pray together.

1379
01:00:21,084 --> 01:00:22,452
Just so we don't leave anybody out.

1380
01:00:22,476 --> 01:00:25,556
We're gonna pray a prayer of
confession, and then we're gonna

1381
01:00:25,668 --> 01:00:26,916
end with one last thing.

1382
01:00:26,988 --> 01:00:28,246
So repeat after me.

1383
01:00:28,388 --> 01:00:36,430
Heavenly Father, I plead your
blood over my heart, over my mind.

1384
01:00:36,810 --> 01:00:44,754
I surrender every area for you
to change and transform and mold

1385
01:00:44,802 --> 01:00:45,390
me.

1386
01:00:45,850 --> 01:00:53,990
Heavenly Father, empower me by
your holy spirit to give, to serve,

1387
01:00:54,310 --> 01:00:55,118
and to live.

1388
01:00:55,174 --> 01:00:56,210
By faith.

1389
01:00:56,630 --> 01:01:05,490
I choose to receive a new
identity through the gospel, empowered

1390
01:01:05,830 --> 01:01:12,798
to do the things that the
generations before me could never

1391
01:01:12,854 --> 01:01:13,450
do.

1392
01:01:13,750 --> 01:01:18,170
It starts with me today in
Jesus name.

1393
01:01:18,630 --> 01:01:20,830
Now, the word Amen means let
it be so.

1394
01:01:20,870 --> 01:01:22,650
Can somebody say let it be so?

1395
01:01:23,170 --> 01:01:26,698
Okay, now hold this moment and
go take a seat for a little bit longer.

1396
01:01:26,794 --> 01:01:30,602
And we're about to get out of
here, so just take a seat.

1397
01:01:30,746 --> 01:01:32,266
Now here's we're gonna do.

1398
01:01:32,418 --> 01:01:34,538
Now this is the next form of warfare.

1399
01:01:34,634 --> 01:01:38,250
In Malachi, chapter three, it
says that when we tithe, he will

1400
01:01:38,290 --> 01:01:41,578
rebuke the devourer on our behalf.

1401
01:01:41,674 --> 01:01:44,522
How many of you know that the
devil came to kill, to steal and

1402
01:01:44,546 --> 01:01:45,418
destroy?

1403
01:01:45,594 --> 01:01:47,722
So we have ushers across every location.

1404
01:01:47,786 --> 01:01:49,658
We're where are the ushers Here.

1405
01:01:49,794 --> 01:01:52,922
And if you are writing a
check, they're here.

1406
01:01:53,106 --> 01:01:53,818
There he is.

1407
01:01:53,874 --> 01:01:57,530
If you need a pen or an
envelope, and then if you have a

1408
01:01:57,570 --> 01:02:00,762
phone, right in front of you
at every seat at both locations right

1409
01:02:00,786 --> 01:02:00,970
now.

1410
01:02:01,010 --> 01:02:04,310
Indiana, New York, all over
the US Online.

1411
01:02:04,610 --> 01:02:08,602
What I want you to do is
there's a link to give online, but

1412
01:02:08,626 --> 01:02:12,554
right in front of you is
actually an orange disc and it's

1413
01:02:12,602 --> 01:02:13,226
overflow.

1414
01:02:13,258 --> 01:02:14,694
That's our giving platform.

1415
01:02:14,822 --> 01:02:17,670
Now, I'm going to give you
some time, but the Bible says if

1416
01:02:17,710 --> 01:02:20,982
you will tithe, if you will
give a tenth.

1417
01:02:21,126 --> 01:02:23,670
And I believe that this is
something my family's been doing

1418
01:02:23,710 --> 01:02:27,382
for years, and it's brought us
to levels we never could imagine.

1419
01:02:27,526 --> 01:02:31,430
The Bible says he will rebuke
the devourer on your behalf.

1420
01:02:31,590 --> 01:02:35,770
And I believe that these are
principles for all believers.

1421
01:02:36,110 --> 01:02:37,830
So what I want you to do is this.

1422
01:02:37,950 --> 01:02:41,728
Take your phone out, I want
you to tap the orange disc.

1423
01:02:41,864 --> 01:02:44,720
If you have Apple pay, if you
have Google pay, you can set it up

1424
01:02:44,760 --> 01:02:45,344
right now.

1425
01:02:45,432 --> 01:02:47,120
And this is a holy moment.

1426
01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:49,020
What does the word holy mean?

1427
01:02:49,320 --> 01:02:50,128
Separate.

1428
01:02:50,224 --> 01:02:51,552
Oh, come on, I heard you say it.

1429
01:02:51,576 --> 01:02:52,624
You're getting it.

1430
01:02:52,792 --> 01:02:55,264
The word holy, all it means is separate.

1431
01:02:55,392 --> 01:02:57,072
You set it aside.

1432
01:02:57,216 --> 01:03:02,864
So when you say God, you are
holy, holy, holy, what you're actually

1433
01:03:02,952 --> 01:03:06,834
declaring is God, you are
separate, meaning God, there's none

1434
01:03:06,882 --> 01:03:07,666
like you.

1435
01:03:07,818 --> 01:03:10,354
Doctors treat, but you're holy.

1436
01:03:10,402 --> 01:03:11,314
You heal.

1437
01:03:11,442 --> 01:03:12,226
You're separate.

1438
01:03:12,258 --> 01:03:13,266
You're not like them.

1439
01:03:13,418 --> 01:03:15,250
Man will abandon and walk out.

1440
01:03:15,290 --> 01:03:16,290
But you're holy.

1441
01:03:16,370 --> 01:03:18,482
You'll never leave me nor
forsake me.

1442
01:03:18,586 --> 01:03:20,674
So the question right now, in
this moment is.

1443
01:03:20,762 --> 01:03:26,002
Have you ever designated the
tithe to separate your money, to

1444
01:03:26,026 --> 01:03:28,066
be holy unto the Lord?

1445
01:03:28,258 --> 01:03:28,978
Separate.

1446
01:03:29,074 --> 01:03:29,938
Separate.

1447
01:03:30,114 --> 01:03:32,626
So right now, I want to give
you an opportunity with your phone

1448
01:03:32,658 --> 01:03:36,398
to do that, to tithe and test God.

1449
01:03:36,574 --> 01:03:43,770
As a matter of fact, I want to
make sure I say this the right way.

1450
01:03:44,390 --> 01:03:48,382
I believe so much in this
moment that there's many of you that

1451
01:03:48,406 --> 01:03:49,950
you can tithe right now.

1452
01:03:50,070 --> 01:03:53,502
And I would say, give it some
time and come back to me and tell

1453
01:03:53,526 --> 01:03:56,718
me that God did not work a
miracle in your life.

1454
01:03:56,774 --> 01:04:00,960
There's something about seek
first the kingdom, and all these

1455
01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:02,560
things will be added unto you.

1456
01:04:02,680 --> 01:04:06,800
When you put it first,
everything else comes into alignment.

1457
01:04:06,960 --> 01:04:10,752
I have no other explanation
for the favor that I've seen on my

1458
01:04:10,776 --> 01:04:11,776
life than my wife.

1459
01:04:11,808 --> 01:04:13,440
And I have continually tithed.

1460
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:15,216
So right now, I see a lot of
phones out.

1461
01:04:15,288 --> 01:04:17,216
So I want to make sure I give
you ample time.

1462
01:04:17,288 --> 01:04:17,728
You just.

1463
01:04:17,784 --> 01:04:18,496
I'm a boomer.

1464
01:04:18,528 --> 01:04:19,312
I'll be honest with you.

1465
01:04:19,336 --> 01:04:22,416
I still actually use real
cards with plastic and checks.

1466
01:04:22,448 --> 01:04:26,496
I know that's embarrassing,
but if you use your phone, I guess

1467
01:04:26,528 --> 01:04:28,544
that's the thing, people tap
their phone.

1468
01:04:28,672 --> 01:04:31,552
So you can tap your phone on
that orange disk and then just take

1469
01:04:31,576 --> 01:04:34,944
the time to go through and
sign up to tithe.

1470
01:04:34,992 --> 01:04:36,784
And this is a holy moment.

1471
01:04:36,912 --> 01:04:40,020
This is different than any
other moment.

1472
01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:43,392
Oh, and the ushers are passing
the buckets.

1473
01:04:43,456 --> 01:04:43,936
Thank you.

1474
01:04:44,008 --> 01:04:48,608
If you are giving physical
now, there's two groups of people

1475
01:04:48,664 --> 01:04:52,662
right now as we just wrap up
the next minute or so.

1476
01:04:52,816 --> 01:04:56,714
There's people who are
disobedient, who are giving an opportunity

1477
01:04:56,762 --> 01:04:57,930
to be obedient.

1478
01:04:58,090 --> 01:05:00,026
They're bringing the tithe.

1479
01:05:00,138 --> 01:05:05,018
Then there are others that are obedient.

1480
01:05:05,114 --> 01:05:08,074
But now they're going to
become generous because maybe the

1481
01:05:08,082 --> 01:05:10,110
Lord's speaking to you for contributions.

1482
01:05:11,170 --> 01:05:14,110
And so I just want to give you
an opportunity to respond.

1483
01:05:15,730 --> 01:05:19,802
So step into the tithe or go
from the tithe to generosity.

1484
01:05:19,866 --> 01:05:22,100
This, I believe, is an opportunity.

1485
01:05:22,920 --> 01:05:27,168
My wife and I were sitting in
a service just like this years ago,

1486
01:05:27,224 --> 01:05:28,448
before the pandemic.

1487
01:05:28,624 --> 01:05:31,344
The pastor that was preaching
said that he was raising money to

1488
01:05:31,352 --> 01:05:34,672
buy cameras to reach Muslims
with the gospel.

1489
01:05:34,816 --> 01:05:38,208
And the Lord spoke to me and
said, give $5,000 right now.

1490
01:05:38,344 --> 01:05:42,080
And at that time, $5,000 was
near impossible.

1491
01:05:42,240 --> 01:05:43,344
But I did it.

1492
01:05:43,432 --> 01:05:46,240
As a matter of fact, I had my
phone open just like many of you

1493
01:05:46,280 --> 01:05:47,056
have your phone open.

1494
01:05:47,128 --> 01:05:48,124
You're setting it up.

1495
01:05:48,232 --> 01:05:50,164
And I put $5,000 in the phone.

1496
01:05:50,212 --> 01:05:52,708
And my wife nudged me because
she was watching me.

1497
01:05:52,764 --> 01:05:57,028
And she said, mike, the Holy
Spirit Told me the same number, and

1498
01:05:57,084 --> 01:05:58,452
I gave that money.

1499
01:05:58,556 --> 01:06:00,980
And it was a hard thing to do,
but I did it.

1500
01:06:01,100 --> 01:06:04,340
Did you know that within
months, the global pandemic happened?

1501
01:06:04,420 --> 01:06:07,908
I went online, and then my
online ministry exploded.

1502
01:06:08,084 --> 01:06:10,788
And before that, I was getting
two or three likes on everything

1503
01:06:10,844 --> 01:06:11,748
I would post.

1504
01:06:11,884 --> 01:06:13,620
I didn't really even care
about social media.

1505
01:06:13,660 --> 01:06:17,096
But something shifted, and
here's the principle from that.

1506
01:06:17,168 --> 01:06:20,100
You have to sow into the area
you want to grow.

1507
01:06:20,400 --> 01:06:22,824
If you want to grow online,
sow online.

1508
01:06:22,992 --> 01:06:25,576
If you want to grow in
ministry, sow in ministry.

1509
01:06:25,688 --> 01:06:27,272
You sow where you want to grow.

1510
01:06:27,376 --> 01:06:30,392
So right now, there's an
opportunity to go beyond obedience

1511
01:06:30,456 --> 01:06:31,384
into generosity.

1512
01:06:31,432 --> 01:06:32,280
If you sow.

1513
01:06:32,360 --> 01:06:34,040
And there's three voices you hear.

1514
01:06:34,080 --> 01:06:37,320
You hear yours, the devil's
and the Holy Spirit.

1515
01:06:37,480 --> 01:06:41,772
And I believe that the Holy
Spirit is leading you into generosity.

1516
01:06:41,916 --> 01:06:45,276
So I'm going to take just a
minute more because let y'all wrap

1517
01:06:45,308 --> 01:06:49,212
up on your phones, and then I
want to pray for you because the

1518
01:06:49,236 --> 01:06:52,812
Bible says he will rebuke the
devourer for your sake.

1519
01:06:52,876 --> 01:06:57,404
Amen, man.

1520
01:06:57,492 --> 01:07:02,204
Mark my words, over the next
several weeks, there is going to

1521
01:07:02,212 --> 01:07:04,412
be an avalanche of testimonies.

1522
01:07:04,476 --> 01:07:07,036
A tidal wave of testimonies
from this church.

1523
01:07:07,148 --> 01:07:09,320
I'm talking like you have
never seen before.

1524
01:07:09,460 --> 01:07:11,968
It is about, mark my words.

1525
01:07:12,064 --> 01:07:14,800
After today, people are gonna
point back to these services this

1526
01:07:14,840 --> 01:07:18,352
Sunday and they're gonna say,
that changed my life forever.

1527
01:07:18,416 --> 01:07:22,260
Cause there's something about
the root of giving.

1528
01:07:22,680 --> 01:07:23,392
All right, let me.

1529
01:07:23,416 --> 01:07:25,568
Can I pray for you, Father?

1530
01:07:25,584 --> 01:07:28,540
I thank you right now for each
and every one.

1531
01:07:28,920 --> 01:07:33,008
Lord, this has been a journey
throughout the entire Bible, all

1532
01:07:33,064 --> 01:07:34,608
four eras of giving.

1533
01:07:34,784 --> 01:07:37,998
And Lord, we know your heart
concerning us.

1534
01:07:38,134 --> 01:07:42,030
And I pray God that you would
rebuke the devourer on our behalf.

1535
01:07:42,190 --> 01:07:44,478
I thank you for promotions on
the job.

1536
01:07:44,614 --> 01:07:46,238
I thank you for new jobs.

1537
01:07:46,334 --> 01:07:49,230
I thank you for doors of
entrepreneurship being open.

1538
01:07:49,350 --> 01:07:53,694
I thank you, God, that even
inheritances and unexpected finances

1539
01:07:53,742 --> 01:07:54,686
and things will come.

1540
01:07:54,758 --> 01:07:57,422
And Lord, those that were
faithful with little will now be

1541
01:07:57,446 --> 01:07:59,086
made ruler over much.

1542
01:07:59,158 --> 01:08:00,110
In Jesus name.

1543
01:08:00,150 --> 01:08:01,870
Can somebody shout Amen?

1544
01:08:02,030 --> 01:08:04,542
Okay, now we got one last
aspect to all this.

1545
01:08:04,566 --> 01:08:06,372
So stand your feet one more time.

1546
01:08:06,476 --> 01:08:07,508
I know you're tired.

1547
01:08:07,604 --> 01:08:08,612
Stay with me.

1548
01:08:08,716 --> 01:08:09,748
Let's fire up.

1549
01:08:09,804 --> 01:08:12,420
I'm gonna teach you one last
spiritual lesson.

1550
01:08:12,500 --> 01:08:13,476
Are you ready?

1551
01:08:13,588 --> 01:08:17,800
So did Abraham tithe before or
after the blessing?

1552
01:08:18,460 --> 01:08:19,108
Okay.

1553
01:08:19,204 --> 01:08:22,280
Did Jacob tithe before or
after the blessing?

1554
01:08:22,620 --> 01:08:23,364
Before.

1555
01:08:23,532 --> 01:08:27,764
So what we're gonna do is take
15 seconds and worship God before

1556
01:08:27,852 --> 01:08:30,805
the breakthrough, before the
financial release.

1557
01:08:30,947 --> 01:08:31,345
Before.

1558
01:08:31,417 --> 01:08:32,673
As an act of faith.

1559
01:08:32,721 --> 01:08:33,041
Come on.

1560
01:08:33,065 --> 01:08:34,081
Are y'all with me.

1561
01:08:34,185 --> 01:08:35,025
Come on.

1562
01:08:35,177 --> 01:08:40,081
Father, we thank you before it
happens that we are blessed in the

1563
01:08:40,105 --> 01:08:41,553
city, blessed in the field.

1564
01:08:41,641 --> 01:08:43,361
We are the head and not the tail.

1565
01:08:43,425 --> 01:08:44,497
Come on, somebody.

1566
01:08:44,593 --> 01:08:46,177
And we thank you, Jesus.

1567
01:08:46,273 --> 01:08:48,789
Someone shout hallelujah.

1568
01:08:49,689 --> 01:08:50,749
Come on.