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Hey friends, this is Rick Renner.
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I wanna say welcome to today's program.
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Today we're wrapping
up my brand new series,
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which is called How to Open the Window
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of Heaven Over Your Life:
With a Bible really says
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about Giving.
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We saw on Monday's program
that God is generous
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with the generous.
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If you're generous,
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God will pour generosity
back into your life.
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We saw on Tuesday
marvelously that God responds
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to sacrifice.
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We saw the example of Solomon,
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and when he came with such a
marvelous sacrifice, God was
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so impressed God showed up that night
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and said, Solomon, just ask me anything.
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What do you want me to do?
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That's how God responds to sacrifice.
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Then we saw how to open the windows of heaven over our life
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and what happens when that window is opened?
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And then yesterday we saw what Jesus had
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to say about generosity and giving.
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And today we're going to see
what the Apostle Paul had
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to say about generosity and giving.
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But all of it is in this series.
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And my friends, I want you to have it
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because this will affect
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Let's join Rick Renner,
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My friend.
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Today we're going to see
what the apostle Paul had
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to say about generosity and giving.
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But one of my favorite
verses about the subject
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of giving is in Galatians 6:7,
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where the apostle Paul says, be not deceived,
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God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man
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soweth, that shall he also reap.
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And when he says, be not deceived,
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it means don't let anybody
lead you astray on the subject
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because God is not mocked.
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And it's really a picture of
somebody that's saying, ah,
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it works for everybody else,
but it doesn't work for me.
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Paul says, no, no, no, no, no.
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Don't turn your nose up at God
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and say it works for
everybody but not for me.
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Be not deceived. God is
not mocked. Here is a rule.
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Here is a spiritual law
that is never violated
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and that he gives us the law: For whatsoever a man soweth,
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that shall he also reap - whatsoever.
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Which means if you sow love,
you're gonna reap love.
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If you sow forgiveness,
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you're gonna have a
harvest of forgiveness.
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If you sow mercy, you're going
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to receive a harvest of mercy
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when you need mercy. If you sow patience, you're going
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to receive a harvest of patience when you need other people
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to be patient with you.
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The apostle Paul gave the principle - whatsoever:
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it doesn't matter what it is, whatever you sow,
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you're going to reap.
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And the Greek is so very important
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because the tense means whatsoever of a man sows and sows
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and sows and sows and sows.
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It doesn't describe a one-time sowing,
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but a habitual continuous
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and sowing that shall he also reap. The word,
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that, is very emphatic: that the very thing that he sowed,
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that is the very thing he's going to reap.
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So the spiritual principle
is if you sow love,
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that's what you're going to reap.
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If you sow patience, that's
what you're going to reap.
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Likewise, if you sow finances, that is
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what you're going to reap.
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And the word reap, the Greek tense agrees
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with the word, sowing,
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which means you could translate it: be not deceived,
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God is not mocked for whatsoever
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a man sows and sows and sows and sows and sows,
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that is the very exact thing that he will reap
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and reap and reap and reap
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and reap - which means - the
measure to which we sow
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and the regularity with which
we sow determines the measure
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that we reap and the
regularity with which we reap.
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So if you just sow once,
you're gonna reap once.
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If you sow consistently
all the time, you're going
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to reap consistently all the time.
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Your sowing determines your reaping.
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That is exactly
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what Paul says in Galatians 6:7.
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He says, my friend on this
subject be not deceived.
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God is not mocked. This is a law
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that is never violated; whatsoever,
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a man sows that shall he also reap.
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Wow! That verse has affected my entire life and my friends,
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if you really get a grip on the fact
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that everything in life is about sowing
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and reaping, it will
change your whole life
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because you will realize
every action has a result.
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The way you speak to others determines
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how others are going to speak to you.
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The way that you give
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what comes back to you.
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But hey, let's go back
to our anchor verse,
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which is in Matthew 6:21, where Jesus said,
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Where your treasure is there will your heart be also. The
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word, where, in Greek means exactly there: in the very place
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where your treasure is. The word, treasure, a form
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of the Greek worth, thesaurus: it describes a treasure,
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money, riches, resources, investments for
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where you put your cash,
where you put your gifts,
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where you put your money there
in Greek, the Greek word ekie:
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exactly there will your heart be also.
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So the Apostle Paul, now
we're going to see in the book
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of Corinthians, agrees with
the teaching of Jesus, that
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where you put your treasure
reveals where your heart is.
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And in 2 Corinthians,
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the apostle Paul gives us
such an important principle
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that agrees with the teaching
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of Jesus in Matthew 6:21,
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and he's writing to the Corinthians. The city
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of Corinth was a very prosperous city, was amazing,
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and the city of Corinth
had made an announcement
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that they were going to
give a huge sacrificial gift
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for the Apostle Paul's ministry.
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And everywhere Paul went, he was telling the other churches,
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wow - listen to what the Corinthians are going to do
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to help us with the advancement of the gospel.
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He was spreading the news
all over everywhere he went.
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But there was one problem: the Corinthians forgot
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they made the promise and they never gave. Can you imagine?
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Now, Paul has told churches all over
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what the Corinthians are going
to do, and they never did it.
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So he wrote to them and
reminded them, Hey guys,
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you made a faith promise
that you have not kept.
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It's time for you to step up to the plate
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and do what you said you were going to do.
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Maybe you have made a
faith promise in the past
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that you have forgotten to fulfill.
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Well, it's time for you to fulfill it.
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But let's go to 2 Corinthians 8
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and read verse 1 and 2.
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It says, Moreover brethren, we do you to wit of the grace
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of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia.
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Now, he's speaking to the Corinthians
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who are doing pretty well financially,
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but they forgot to give.
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And he says, let us give you
the example of the Macedonians
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who didn't just intend to give -
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they did give the church of Macedonia,
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and notice how he describes the churches of Macedonia
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in the next verse; How that in great trial of affliction,
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the abundance of their joy
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and their deep poverty
abounded under the riches
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of their liberality.
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But notice these words,
deep poverty in Greek,
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it literally means who being crushed
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by an embarrassing deep level of poverty
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and completely lacking in resources.
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The churches of Macedonia, which was the Church of Philippi:
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a church under great, great stress
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and great persecution. Many of them had lost their jobs.
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So they had lost their income, they had lost their homes,
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they were really suffering because of their faith in Jesus.
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And yet, even though
they have lost so much,
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this verse tells us their
heart was so in the kingdom
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of God, just like Jesus said,
where your heart is, that's
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where you're gonna put your treasure,
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their heart was so in the kingdom of God
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that Paul says they abounded unto the riches
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of their liberality.
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And the word abounded, means to abound,
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to overflow like our river that is cresting its banks
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and is now spilling over.
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They were unbelievably generous
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and he describes it as unto the riches of their liberality.
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It describes fabulous riches
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or bountiful, bountiful generosity.
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And here we find that the Macedonian church, the believers
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of Macedonia who were suffering persecution,
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who had lost their jobs,
they had lost their homes,
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they had lost their salaries,
lost their money on account
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of their faith in Christ
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because their hearts were
in the kingdom of God,
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nonetheless, they pulled their resources
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to give a significant offering to the ministry
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of the Apostle Paul.
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You know why? Because their heart was in the kingdom of God.
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That's what Jesus said in Matthew 6:21,
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where your treasure is,
that's where your heart is.
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What you do with your money
reveals where your heart is.
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Their heart was in the kingdom of God.
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So they pulled their resources together
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and said, we're gonna
do the maximum we can do
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to advance the cause of the gospel.
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And then in 2 Corinthians 8:3,
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Paul comments on their generosity.
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Listen to what he says; For to their power, I bear record,
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Yea and beyond their power, they were willing
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of themselves.
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Well, the way this is translated, in the King James Version,
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really misses the point, for example: where it says, for
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to their power - the Greek says, for according
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to their ability: according to their ability, I bear record,
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yea. Then the King James version says,
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and beyond their power: the Greek says, even
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beyond their ability.
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So they gave
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what they could give according
to their own ability.
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But hey, their heart was so
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in the kingdom of God, they gave beyond their ability.
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It is supernatural what they gave. Why?
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Because they were willing of themselves. Willing
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of themselves - in Greek means - to do it voluntarily: not
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by coercion, not because somebody is imploring them
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and making them to do it.
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It was from their heart
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because their heart was
in the kingdom of God.
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They wanted to see the
advancement of the gospel.
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So they pulled all their resources
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to give the biggest offering
they could possibly give.
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they did it according
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to their ability and
even beyond their ability
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because they wanted to do it.
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Then he adds in verse 4: Praying us with much intreaty
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that we would receive the gift
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and take upon us the fellowship
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of ministering to the saints.
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There's so much insight in this verse
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because the word praying is a
form of the Greek word deomai,
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which means to beg, to implore
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or to plead, which means, Paul who knew
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of their destitute financial
condition, when he heard
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what they were going to give
to him for the ministry,
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probably said, guys, keep it.
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You need this money.
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But they prayed, him the Greek word, deomai.
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It literally means they begged him, they implored him,
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they pleaded with him.
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What do you mean you're not
going to accept our gift?
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You teach us that if we sow, we'll reap?
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What do you mean you're not going to accept the gift?
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please receive the gift.
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In fact, Paul says they did it with much in treaty.
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Much in treaty simply means a lot of pleading,
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a lot of bagging.
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And I understand this entirely
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because there have been
moments in our own ministry
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when somebody has brought
a gift for the work
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of the ministry, and I know
what's going on in their lives
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and I know that financially they're
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really, really struggling.
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And yet now they bring
a huge sacrificial gift.
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I understand what you're
going through in your life.
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Thank you that you want to help,
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but I know that you really need this money
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to pay the bills.
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But my friends, that
would be a violation of
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what we believe and what we teach.
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They're sowing out of their deficit.
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They're sowing out of their need.
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They're doing what they need
to do to open the windows
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of heaven over their life
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to change their financial situation.
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And that's exactly what was
going on between the churches
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of Macedonia and the Apostle Paul.
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They were begging, they were
pleading, they were imploring.
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What do you mean you're
not gonna receive our gift?
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You teach us that if we sow, we will reap.
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And Paul says, they prayed us with much intreaty: a lot
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of pleading, a lot of begging
that we would receive the gift
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and take upon us the fellowship
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of ministering to the saints.
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That is amazing. Then in verse 5:
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And this they did not as we hoped,
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but first gave of their
own selves to the Lord
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and unto us by the will of God.
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And there's such a key here about giving. Notice
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it says, they gave their own selves to the Lord -
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first. They called Jesus the Lord of their life.
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And when you call Jesus
the Lord of your life,
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it means he's the Lord of your life.
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He's the Lord of you. He's
the Lord of your marriage.
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He's the Lord of your relationships.
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He's the Lord of your job.
He's the Lord of your salary.
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He's the Lord of your giving.
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You've given everything
that you have to him.
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And now you are at his disposal to do whatever He asks.
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And Paul says, Hey, they
gave themselves to the Lord
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and the Lord was
instructing them to do this.
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Now, what is amazing to me is the book
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of Philippians is written to
the churches of Macedonia.
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They were Paul's partners.
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The Philippians were the very people
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that Paul was describing.
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And when you come to Philippians 4:19,
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we have a promise that Paul
makes to the Philippians
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or to the churches of
Macedonia in response
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to their generous giving;
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and in response to their generous giving, Paul says,
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Philippians 4:19, My God
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shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory
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by Christ Jesus.
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That verse specifically
holds our promise for givers.
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Now, I realized everybody
claims this verse,
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but if you're gonna really understand this verse in context,
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he was writing to the
churches of Macedonia.
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He was writing to the
Philippians who had generously
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and sacrificially given,
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this was a verse that he wrote
to those who generously gave.
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He says, in response to your giving,
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I declare my God, shall supply all your need
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according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
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Or they were promised that
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because they were generous,
God was going to be generous
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now with them,
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and here is the RIV of Philippians 4:19;
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But by God will supply all your needs so completely
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that he will eliminate all your deficiencies.
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He will meet all your physical
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and tangible needs until you are so full,
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you have no more capacity
to hold anything else.
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He will supply all your needs
until you're totally filled,
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packed, full and overflowing to the point
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of bursting at the seams and spilling over.
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And my friends, this agrees with what we saw on Wednesday
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that when we bring generous gifts to God,
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it opens the windows of heaven
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and God pours out a blessing so big
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that we don't even have room to receive it.
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Listen to the RIV of this verse again;
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But my God will supply all
your needs so completely
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that he will eliminate
all your deficiencies,
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he will meet all your physical
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and tangible needs until you're so full
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you have no more capacity
to hold anything else.
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He will supply all your needs
until you're totally filled,
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packed full, and overflowing to the point
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of bursting at the
seams and spilling over.
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No wonder Malachi 3:10 records God saying - Prove me.
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Give me an opportunity
to show you what I'll do.
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If you'll just bring your
generous gifts to me,
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I will open the windows of heaven,
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pour out so much, you'll be bursting at the seams.
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But Philippians 4:19 was written
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to the believers in Macedonia who were suffering, the church
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of Philippi, because they pooled their resources and gave.
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And I think it's amazing
that the Apostle Paul said,
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please just keep it, keep, keep it.
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You need it more than
me. And they said, no,
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you're not gonna do that to us.
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You've taught us to give.
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And Paul says, they prayed us; the Greek word, deomai:
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they begged us, they implored us, they pleaded with us,
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receive this.
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In fact, they did it with
much in treaty, a lot
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of begging, a lot of pleading.
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What do you mean you're
not gonna receive our gift?
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This is the way we're gonna
dig our way out of our mass.
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We're giving. So we'll
reap. And they received it.
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And now the apostle Paul says, wow,
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God's gonna meet your need
till you have no more capacity
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to hold anything else.
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He's gonna supply all your needs till you're totally filled,
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packed, full, overflowing to the point
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of bursting at the
seams and spilling over.
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Or he says, God is gonna
generously respond to you
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because you have been generous with God.
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Wow. But according to Jesus,
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in Matthew 6:21, what we do
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with our money reveals the
condition of our heart.
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He said, where your treasure is: the word
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where, in Greek means exactly
there where your treasure is.
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That word treasure describes
a treasure, cash, money,
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resources, investments,
where you put your cash,
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where you put your money, what you do
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with your offerings will
reveal where your heart is.
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And the churches of Macedonia had hearts
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that were in the kingdom of God.
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The Corinthians made a big
promise that they would give
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and never followed through.
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And Paul really chides them
by giving them the example
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of the Philippians: the Macedonians who didn't have much,
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but by faith they were giving
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because they were gonna give
their way out of their mess.
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What if you have not faithfully given?
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Well then make a determination
that you're going to begin.
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If you don't know how to
begin big, then just begin.
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Just get started.
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And day by day, week by week,
month by month, year by year,
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grow in the grace of giving.
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You can grow in the grace of giving.
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Martin Luther said this;
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I have held many things in my
hand and have lost them all,
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but whatever I have
placed in God's hands that
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I still possess. That is amazing.
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Those words are so powerful.
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Material things are short-lived,
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eventually they run out, we lose them.
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But whatever we placed into God's hand for eternal purposes,
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never leave us.
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We have them forever.
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That is remarkable to me - and my friends,
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I want to encourage you today
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that if you're not a
partner, become a partner.
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If you're not a giver to your church,
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become a giver to your church.
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Just get started.
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And as a result, God will
be generous in blessing you
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because God is generous
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with the generous.
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We saw that Monday, we saw
on Tuesday how God responds
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to sacrificial giving.
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We saw on Wednesday
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that when you bring generously
into the house of God,
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it opens the windows of heaven.
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We saw yesterday that Jesus
is watching how we give,
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he's watching what we give.
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And today we've seen that if
we will just give by faith,
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God himself will pour blessings
into our life until we feel
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that we are just bursting at
the seams and spilling over.
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And if you say, well, I've
never experienced that,
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then upgrade your faith
and begin to believe for it
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because that is the promise of God
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to generous givers in Philippians 4:19.
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Wow. I'll be back in just a moment
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and I want to pray for you.
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Someone asked the question - Was Jesus rich
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or was Jesus poor?
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And they referred me to 2 Corinthians 8:
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9, which says, for you know the grace
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of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though he was rich, yet
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for your sakes, he became poor.
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Well, of course, Jesus was rich in heaven
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before he came to earth as a baby.
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And in that sense, he left all
of his heavenly riches behind
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and became poor.
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But as a baby, the wise men showed up
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and brought amazing riches
to empower his ministry.
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And all of that wealth
was available to him.
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But my friends, he never
used it for himself.
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In that sense, he made himself poor
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and actually surrendered his life so
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that we spiritually might become rich.
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So there's my answer,
was Jesus rich or poor?
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What does the Bible really mean when it says God will open
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the windows of heaven over the lives
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of those who are givers?
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And how do you know if the
windows of God are closed
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or open over your life?
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Rick Renner says, Years ago, I didn't understand
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how vital it was that I sowed
into the kingdom of God.
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And as a result, Denise and
I lived sad financial lives.
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But a day came when the Holy
Spirit showed me the powerful
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results that take place when
you become a regular giver.
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The day Denise and I began to
give, we discovered the key
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that opens the window of Heaven. In this series, How
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to Open the Window of Heaven over Your Life,
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Rick covers - That God is generous with the generous:
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How God responds to sacrificial giving: How
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to open the window of heaven over your life:
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What Jesus said about giving:
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What the Apostle Paul said about giving:
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available in digital
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or physical formats starting at just $11.
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This series will be a blessing
to anyone who is ready
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to enter a new realm of the abundant life.
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In addition to this teaching series,
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you can also purchase the book, A Life Ablaze, for $22.
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In this powerful book, Rick
lays out everything you need
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to stay on fire with
the Holy Spirit's power
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for years to come.
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Don't miss this special offer: order this series, How
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to Open the Window of Heaven Over Your Life
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and the book, A Life Ablaze.
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Call the number on your screen now
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or go to renner.org to order.
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Call or go online now,
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My friend, I'm so excited about the RIV
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of Philippians 4:19.
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I wanna read it to you one
more time. Listen to this.
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But my God will supply all
your needs so completely
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that he will eliminate
all your deficiencies.
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He will meet all your physical
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and tangible needs until you're so full,
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you have no more capacity
to hold anything else.
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He will supply all your needs
until you're totally filled,
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packed, full and overflowing to the point
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of bursting at the
seams and spilling over.
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That is the promise of God to givers.
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And if you are a giver, you
can lay claim to that promise,
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but you need to renew your mind
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to the whole teaching in
the Bible about giving.
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And that's why I want you to
order my series called How
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to Open the Window of
Heaven Over Your Life:
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What the Bible really says about giving: it will thrill you,
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it will encourage you, it will
financially change your life.
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And this series comes with
our great study guide so
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that you can read it while you
see it or while you hear it.
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And today is the last day
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that we're offering this on the program.
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And today is also the last day
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that we're offering my book called, A Life Ablaze.
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10 Simple Keys to Living On Fire for God.
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You can order all of these
things by going online
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or by giving us a call,
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and please let us know
how to pray for you.
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But Father, I thank you
in the name of Jesus
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that you promised you will
be generous with the generous
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that you will respond
to sacrificial giving.
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You'll open the windows of Heaven.
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Lord, we know you're watching how we give.
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You're looking at what we give,
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and you promise that if we
give with our right heart,
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you will pour such blessing into our lives
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that we will not have room to receive it.
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Help us to upgrade our faith
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that we could embrace this great abundance
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that you wanna pour into our lives.
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In Jesus' name - Amen.
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Hey, I'll see you in the next program,
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but remember Ecclesiastes 8:4, "Where the word
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of the king is there's power."
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If you've never received
Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now; Lord,
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I repent of my sin and
receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my
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life.
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Amen. Renner Ministries
is proclaiming the gospel
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