WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.080 Welcome Just Hindaway Tagalog Sermon Podcast, your daily dose of 2 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:13.439 inspiring from heartfelt tagalog sermons from different characters. 3 00:00:12.839 --> 00:00:14.519 And speakers all over the Philippines. 4 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:17.320 We hope that this podcast finds you in good shape. 5 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:21.839 And now here's your message. 6 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:28.839 You're listening to a message from Victory. God's character, commandments 7 00:00:28.879 --> 00:00:33.039 and promised blessings do not change. Discover more about this 8 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:36.280 truth in week three of our series remember this. 9 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:45.159 Today, we're going to talk about giving. 10 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:48.320 We're going to talk about money, so we're going to 11 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:51.799 touch on that and I'm trusting that God will speak 12 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:52.280 to us. 13 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:55.039 I know God has blessed us. God is using us 14 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:55.799 to be a blessing. 15 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:58.840 But I believe God wants to God wants us to 16 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:01.240 excel even in the air area of giving. There's a 17 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:03.759 verse in the Bible that says, just as you excel 18 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:08.280 in everything and speech in faith in all areas of life, 19 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:11.640 make sure the Bible says that you don't neglect this area, 20 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:15.719 that you actually excel in the grace of giving. And 21 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:18.120 I hope more and more God will give us that 22 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:20.959 desire that faith before when I was just starting out 23 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:22.840 in my walk with God. 24 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.079 Every year we will fast every year we will write. 25 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:28.680 Down our vision, things that we're believing God for for 26 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:31.359 the coming year. We're going to do that again this January, 27 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:35.879 and most of what we write really are things we 28 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:41.159 want to receive, until my pastor talked to them and said, 29 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:46.959 why don't you write also the amount that you're going 30 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:50.040 to believe God for to give away the following year. 31 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:57.359 Have a giving vision, not just a getting vision. Okay, well, Mopero, 32 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:00.799 you challenge God, you you as God, to give you 33 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:05.159 the faith that every year, Lord, increase my capacity, increase 34 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:08.439 my ability to be a blessing, that I will not 35 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:11.560 just be able to give my tithe, but I'll be 36 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:16.199 able to actually go beyond and be able to contribute 37 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:19.039 to the things that you're doing around the world. So 38 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:21.680 that's what we're going to talk about today, and I'm 39 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:24.800 trusting that somehow it's God who will just put that 40 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:28.400 desire in our hearts and give us the faith to 41 00:02:28.439 --> 00:02:29.319 excel in this area. 42 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:30.479 We have your Bible with you. 43 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:33.879 We're going to read from verse six of chapter three 44 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:36.879 Malachi Chapter three, verse six to twelve. It says, for 45 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:41.159 I the Lord do not change. Therefore you, oh children 46 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:45.159 of Jacob, are not consumed from the days of your 47 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:48.199 father's you have turned aside from my statutes and have 48 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:51.960 not kept them, and have not kept them. Return to me, 49 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:54.159 and I will return to you as the Lord of Hosts. 50 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:59.360 But you say, how shall we return? Will man rob God? 51 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:03.199 Yet you are robbing me. But you say, how have 52 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:07.120 we robbed you? And your tithes and contributions. You are 53 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:09.280 cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me. The 54 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:13.159 whole nation of you. Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, 55 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:16.560 that there may be food in my house, and thereby 56 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:18.599 put me to the test, says the Lord of Host. 57 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:21.719 If I will not open the windows of heaven for 58 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:25.319 you and pour down for you a blessing until there 59 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:28.840 is no more need, I will rebuild the divire for 60 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:30.960 you so that it will not destroy the fruits of 61 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:34.120 your soil, and your vine in the field shall not 62 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:36.680 fail to bear, says the Lord of Host. Then all 63 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:40.199 nations will call you blessed, for you will be a 64 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:43.919 land of delight, says the Lord of Hosts. 65 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:45.759 I like verse six. 66 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:50.400 It says, for I, the Lord, do not change. When 67 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:53.479 I was in New Belt, we have a student leader 68 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:58.479 who was diagnosed with a mental disorder and It came 69 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:02.520 out after a year of the student leader being with us. 70 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:05.599 The first year it never showed up, there was no sign, 71 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:09.240 there was no episode. But after a year it started 72 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:13.240 to show up. One time I received a call and saying, Pastor, 73 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:17.360 can you come to the house of this girl because 74 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:22.959 this girl was acting violently and the family doesn't know 75 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.720 what to do. They said, we think maybe there's a 76 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.480 spirit something like that. I said, okay, cast out the spirit. 77 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:35.319 I'm coming gets anyway, so because I'll go. 78 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:43.279 But so first time Papalitna personality character, this young woman 79 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:51.120 used to be so gentle and so kind. Pastor, we're 80 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:58.319 gonna anatalagan and the koma described the comma demonstrate also, 81 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:04.959 and then it was not the last time. It happened 82 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:08.720 again in another place. This time it's in a public area. 83 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:13.000 So we're beginning to be so concerned already. It's so 84 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:16.480 hard to be with a person like that. It's so unpredictable. 85 00:05:17.079 --> 00:05:19.759 You don't know if if she's going to be harsh, 86 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:23.240 if she's going to be violent, or or going to 87 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:26.720 be loving and kind. I think at this this time 88 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:29.800 she's already healed as far as I know. But as 89 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:33.360 I think about that. Now, that's with our student leader. 90 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:39.199 Now think about if God, with all his power, is 91 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:43.399 also like that, constantly evolving and changing in his character. 92 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:48.839 Can you imagine if God, who is all powerful, it 93 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:52.319 is also like that, is changing his character day after 94 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:57.000 they depending on his mood, depending on agandyng gizigna. Okay, 95 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:00.000 but Giza, he will keep his promise to you. 96 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:01.639 But if not, maybe he will. 97 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:05.040 Decide to just bring you curses today because you did 98 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:05.920 not read your Bible. 99 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:07.360 It's so scary. 100 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:13.120 So it's hard to worship a God who is so unpredictable. 101 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:16.279 You'll never know what is going to be like for 102 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:19.800 you the following year. That's why I like what Arthur 103 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:23.560 Pink said. Is a theologian, and here's a quote from him. 104 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:28.240 He said, God has neither evolved, grown, nor improved all 105 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:30.639 that he is today he has ever been and ever 106 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:33.120 will be. He cannot change for the better, for his 107 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:36.399 already perfect and being perfect, he cannot change for the worst. 108 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:39.120 How many of you are glad we are serving an 109 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:43.439 unchanging God. He's unchanging when it comes to his promises. 110 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:46.319 He is unchanging when it comes to his purposes. He 111 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:49.759 is unchanging when it comes to his character. That is why, 112 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:53.600 in spite of our sins and shortcomings, we still receive 113 00:06:53.720 --> 00:07:00.360 God's goodness and blessing today. Because God is unchanging. God 114 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:03.720 is faithful, just like these people. They have a long 115 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:08.439 history of unfaithfulness and rebellion. God said in verse seven. 116 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:12.000 Yet God, yes he dealt with their sins. Yet God 117 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:16.399 never stop pursuing and loving them up to this point 118 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:19.279 that they have turned away from God and they've committed 119 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:22.480 a lot of offenses and evil and sin. 120 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:24.759 God's message for them was. 121 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:27.279 Still return to me, and I will return to you. 122 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:31.720 God was still reaching out. God was still pursuing them. 123 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:36.040 God was still telling them, Yes, you've done so many 124 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:38.000 bad things to me. 125 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:40.040 You've offended me many. 126 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:43.240 Times, but I want you to know I'm still willing 127 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:44.360 to have you back. 128 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:46.360 Amazing. 129 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:49.959 I'm so encouraged. God is unchanging even when it comes 130 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:52.839 to his purposes. You know, pattern waysness. Sometimes I would 131 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:55.240 use ways and sometimes I would miss my way. I'm 132 00:07:55.279 --> 00:08:00.079 talking to my wife, I would misurturn. Oh gamalaehameh so 133 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.879 well ana pro mag calculat. 134 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:05.279 No, he will not. 135 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:09.120 Change your destination. He will just find a better route again. 136 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:13.000 Now that you miss your turn, you know God is 137 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:15.079 the same way with us. Sometimes we miss our turn, 138 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:19.399 sometimes we disobey, but you know, God is unchanging. His 139 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:22.360 purpose for you is still the same. Yes, it might 140 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:25.399 take you a longer time. Yes, he might deal with 141 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:29.720 your sin. But God is faithful to you. God is loving, 142 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:34.480 God is patient. God is not easy to be angry. 143 00:08:34.519 --> 00:08:39.000 The Bible says God is a faithful God. Amen, very 144 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:42.240 comforting message. What I like about God is the lord 145 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:45.039 paran sand which principle No, if he's going to bring 146 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:47.320 up a sin, he will encourage you first. 147 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:50.080 Then after he bring up the sin. 148 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:53.600 He will encourage you again because he wants you to 149 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:57.200 know that he is bringing up that correction, not because 150 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:00.480 it's mad that you, but because he loves you. And 151 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:02.519 that's what we're going to see here. Because he started 152 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:06.879 with an encouragement. I'm a God who is unchanging. I'm 153 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:10.240 committed to you, but you are not committed to me. 154 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:13.840 And so he brought up the sin. So he said 155 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:17.399 return to me. And the people were so clueless about 156 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:20.320 what God was talking about because in their mind, we 157 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:24.200 are not going away. We've never been away. We're still 158 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:27.240 in the temple. We're still offering you our sacrifices. What 159 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:32.600 are you talking about that we should return to. You said, oh, 160 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:35.519 let me give you one specific example. Let's talk about 161 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:40.080 your tithes and your offering. And this is relevant to 162 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:44.000 us today. This is relevant to them at that time. 163 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:46.840 This is relevant to us today because you know, there's 164 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:50.080 a survey that was made of all kinds of churches, 165 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:53.600 including Victory and according to that survey, only thirty percent 166 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:57.639 of people who regularly goes to church regularly gives their 167 00:09:57.679 --> 00:10:02.039 tithe thirty percent. So we just know there is a 168 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:07.080 message from God for us today. But again, this is 169 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:10.200 the heart of God is because he wants He wants 170 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:11.159 us to return to him. 171 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:14.879 He wants to bless us. That's the spirit behind this. 172 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:20.559 Let me talk about the word robbing, rob, because God said, 173 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:24.279 you're robbing me, and they cannot believe what they've heard 174 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:28.240 because during that time, the word rob and the Hebrew 175 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:33.240 word it doesn't mean that it's just somebody who's taking 176 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:34.759 something away from another. 177 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:37.039 It's actually a violent word. 178 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:44.840 The word rob and Hebrew means to oppress, pillage, or plunder. 179 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:49.799 It's a picture of a very powerful and wealthy. 180 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:55.399 Nation coming to a weaker and poorer nation, taking over. 181 00:10:57.639 --> 00:10:58.440 That's the picture. 182 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:02.480 But but mahina haayomali at kyo, they will come and 183 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:05.600 attack you, and they will get all your money, all 184 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:07.240 your animals. 185 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:09.559 All your wealth and your gold. 186 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:11.919 They will rape the women, they will kill the men, 187 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:14.399 and everybody will be subject to slavery. 188 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:15.799 That's the picture. 189 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:20.000 It's so violent, a picture of a powerful country taking 190 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:21.039 over a weaker one. 191 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:22.279 And they cannot. 192 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:24.440 Believe because they said, how can we do that to you, 193 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:28.440 because you are more powerful than us. I believe this 194 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:31.039 is what God was trying to tell them in Matthew 195 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:35.480 twenty five. Let me divert a little Matthew twenty five, 196 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:38.480 verse thirty seven to forty. Here's what Jesus said. Then 197 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:41.159 the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we 198 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:43.879 see you hungry and feed you, and thirsty and give 199 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:46.440 you drink? When did we see you a stranger and 200 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:49.960 welcome you, or naked and clothe you verse thirty nine? 201 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:52.360 And when did we see you sick and in prison 202 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:55.120 and visit you? And the King will answer them. Truly, 203 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:56.879 I say to you, as you did it to one 204 00:11:56.919 --> 00:11:59.480 of the least of these my brothers, you did it 205 00:11:59.480 --> 00:12:04.200 to me. Whatever you do for my people, whatever you 206 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:07.399 do for other people, you're doing it to me. So 207 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:11.639 when God said you're robbing me, whatever implication of that, 208 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:15.200 not giving their tithes, they're not really doing it to God. 209 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:16.720 They're doing it to the people of God. 210 00:12:17.399 --> 00:12:20.000 Now, every time they give their tithes and their contribution, 211 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:23.120 it's not only for the purpose of running the operation 212 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:26.720 of the temple, but it's really to address the needs 213 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:30.799 of the community because during that time, the priests the 214 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:35.039 temple will provide food for the widows, the poor, the orphans. 215 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:39.559 There's no essss, there's nothing like that support system for 216 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:43.879 people like them. So, in effect, when they don't give 217 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:49.879 their tithes and their contribution, they are like depriving, oppressing, 218 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:53.799 and plundering other people of the blessings that God has 219 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:58.720 intended for them. God made this system that God will 220 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:00.799 bless his people, so that the people of God will 221 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:04.120 be a blessing. And then that blessing will meet a need, 222 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:07.960 and then it will bring it bring growth, it will 223 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:10.679 bring the advancement of the Kingdom of God. How many 224 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:13.120 of you know God wants you to be blessed Because 225 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:15.639 God wants you to be a blessing. That's our calling, 226 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:19.279 that's our destiny as people of God. That's something we 227 00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:22.080 need to claim. That something we need to declare. That's 228 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:24.960 something that we need to have faith for that. Lord, 229 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:26.799 I will not stay where I am. 230 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:28.240 You will bless me. 231 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:30.399 You know why, because you've called me to be a blessing. 232 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:33.960 That's the purpose of the blessings we have. It's not 233 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:37.559 to flaunt. It's not for us to hoard, and it's 234 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:40.840 not for us to spend it all to ourselves. It's 235 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:43.080 for us to share it with the others. And so 236 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:46.360 God said, return to me. How talk about your tithes 237 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:50.000 and offering. You're not bringing your tithes and in the process, 238 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:52.039 you're turning away from me. Because the Bible says where 239 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:55.200 your treasure is there, your heart will be also. So 240 00:13:55.240 --> 00:13:58.320 if you're not giving your treasure to God, you're giving 241 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:02.159 it to someone else, and before you know it, you're 242 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:04.799 very far from God. Just like what happened to them, 243 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:09.320 they are still in the temple Magazawa means I don't know, yes, 244 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:12.480 Mamma magazawams and they are still under the same roof 245 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:18.120 staying together, but the love is no longer there. That's 246 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:21.080 the picture of these people when it comes to their 247 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:24.879 relationship with God. They are still at the temple. But 248 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:26.879 God said, your love for me is no longer there. 249 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:35.279 Let's talk about the tithe. Tithe means ten in Hebrew, 250 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:38.840 it means the ten percent. And and God said, bring 251 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:44.080 the full tithe, not partial, not nine point ninety nine full. 252 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:47.879 Not the last first, not the leftovers, the best. 253 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:52.480 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse. Bring the full 254 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:56.519 tithe into the storehouse, that they may be food in 255 00:14:56.679 --> 00:15:02.240 my house. Now, I mean nentwered someone he who emailed 256 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:06.159 me and then says, been a pastorrient, but I have 257 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:08.679 some questions about tithes. And one of the questions he 258 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:12.919 asked me, he said, isn't that Old Testament that's lower 259 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:13.600 under the grace? 260 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:14.759 Now we're not under the law. 261 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:19.000 Well, first of all, the tithe was before the law 262 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:21.399 because it was practiced by Abraham, and then it was 263 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:24.519 part of the law through Moses and then New Testament 264 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:28.200 Jesus himself. There's a verse in the New Testament where 265 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:31.879 Jesus himself said that the tithe is right in look eleven, 266 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:35.879 verse forty two. He's talking to religious leaders. He said, 267 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:38.720 but all to you Pharisees, for you tight mint and 268 00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:41.960 rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love 269 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:45.080 of God. This you ought to have done without neglecting 270 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:48.440 the others. He did not abolish that. He actually said, 271 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:51.600 you're right in doing that. The problem with you is 272 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:55.000 you have a legalistic mindset that says, as long as 273 00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:57.519 I fulfill my duty of giving the ten percent, I 274 00:15:57.559 --> 00:16:01.440 can do whatever I want with the ninety. So when 275 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:05.559 there are needs around you, and love and justice demands 276 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:07.480 that you meet that needs, you are not willing to 277 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:10.919 go beyond the tithe And God was telling them you 278 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:16.440 became legalistic, it became a rule. You failed to get 279 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:19.879 the spirit and the heart behind it. It's for you 280 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:24.159 to be a blessing, not to fulfill a requirement. 281 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:26.039 So go beyond. 282 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:29.879 And so I answer my friend who emailed me, who said, 283 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:32.840 we're not under the law anymore, we're under the grace. 284 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:36.440 I said, you're right. And guess what. Because we're no 285 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:38.919 longer under the law, which is ten and we're under 286 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:43.039 the grace, we're expected to give more. He did not reply. 287 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:47.320 Because now that we are under the grace of God, 288 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:55.600 because of what Christ is done for us, because God 289 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:58.399 has been generous to us, we are expected to be 290 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:02.000 generous to others. That's why you will read verses in 291 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:04.680 the Bible where it says Paul said, I want you 292 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:06.319 to know the grace that God has given to the 293 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:07.519 Macedonian churches. 294 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:10.920 He called it grace. It's a grace of giving though 295 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:12.400 they are extremely poor. 296 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:16.359 I'm you're familiar with the story this group of people 297 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:18.240 from this church in Macedonia. 298 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:20.319 There is a project going. 299 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:22.559 On to answer the needs at the time for the 300 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:26.799 churches that Paul was ministering to. And they pleaded with Paul, 301 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:30.119 and they said, we know we are going through tough times. 302 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:32.680 We know we are in a financial crisis. 303 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:35.960 We know we are extremely poor, but please don't exclude us, 304 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:42.000 don't take away this privilege from us. And Paul said, 305 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:44.680 I have to tell you what the Macedonian churches had done. 306 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:48.839 They did not use their situation as an excuse not 307 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:52.480 to be a blessing. Instead, they rise up in faith 308 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.200 and they said, Lord, we will not dictate our situation 309 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:59.240 to determine we will whether we will be a people 310 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:03.160 who are gene resort not. We will not allow our 311 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:06.799 financial situation to determine what we can do and not 312 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:11.720 do we want you to determine that for us, Paul said, 313 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:16.839 And so he wrote to the church in Corinthians and said, guys, 314 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:20.839 as you excel in everything, make sure, like the Macedonian churches, 315 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:21.599 you also. 316 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:25.200 Excel in the grace of giving. Great God. Praise God. 317 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:27.960 You're excelling in your career. Praise God. You're excelling in 318 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:29.480 your business. Praise God. 319 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:32.079 You're excelling in your parenting and your marriage and all 320 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:34.920 these things that you're a part of an involving But 321 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:37.079 make sure you don't neglect this area. 322 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:42.240 Make sure you excel in the grace of giving. I 323 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:43.720 mean of you here. You want to excel in the 324 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.440 grace of giving. 325 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:49.000 Gustamoong Lord, grabby Lord, and in the you enabled me 326 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:51.920 to give ten thousand this year. Next year, Lord, bless 327 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:55.160 me so much to the point Lord, next year, gustoyl 328 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:55.640 be able. 329 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:59.920 To give forty thousand away. Lord. 330 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:02.119 Next year, Gusto O, Lord, I'll be able to give 331 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:12.359 one hundred thousand pesses away. Bro Sina maka Ela and John. 332 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:16.200 The Bible says, it's more blessed to give than to receive. 333 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:19.640 I would rather be on the side wherein I'm praying 334 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:21.599 to God and say Lord, sho particar blessing a particalarly 335 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:25.119 blessed Indina Socide Lord Gina Brie blessed Amrie, blessed Am. 336 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:27.880 God wants us to be on the side wherein we 337 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:31.799 are going to be the givers. It's not bad to receive, 338 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:37.039 but it's better to give. My pastor taught me that, Savina, 339 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:39.480 you know how to grow in generosity. Start with a 340 00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:42.480 little that you have. So I set aside thirty pesos 341 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:45.799 tight score a three hundred pesos allowance God the time 342 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:48.640 twenty years ago, I started tyting as an eighteen year 343 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:52.279 old college student. Twenty years ago, I'd been doing this 344 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:54.960 for twenty years. I'd been tighting for twenty years. I 345 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:58.640 started with dirty pesos. Aside from the thirty I set aside, 346 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:04.400 I think ten or fifteen pesos young shak ten pesos, 347 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:09.240 and I started praying every week, actually every month, Palna 348 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:13.200 every month, Lord Sinoptico ilbrinam shake. I set aside ten pesos. 349 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:18.240 God is faithful, God grew it until such time I 350 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:21.480 can set aside one hundred pesosic e librid to Lord 351 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:24.279 Sinopeticar blessed them one hundred. There was a time when 352 00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:27.519 somebody blessed me with a pound pilot. I'm not sure 353 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:29.599 if you still know that. That's the earliest version of 354 00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:34.440 iPad analogue black and white. But I felt like it's 355 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:36.200 up for me. I'm just a channel. So I started 356 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:38.759 praying to Lord God, who needs this? Who can I 357 00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:42.079 give this to? And I felt like God gave me 358 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:44.400 a name and I gave that to that person. The 359 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:50.240 feeling is different. It's so different. Psychograb Lord didn't Mayahmad, 360 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:53.400 but I was able to give away pound pilot. Lord 361 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:58.440 can use me more, use me more. How many of 362 00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:02.519 you know that God will honor your faith. God will 363 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:04.480 honor your faith if you if you say, Lord, I 364 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:06.160 want to be a blessing, I will honor you. 365 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:07.119 Tight. 366 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:11.480 We should not be legalistic. The tithe is not the ceiling. 367 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:15.359 Tight is the floor, not the ceiling. That's why God 368 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:17.960 corrected the virus. He said, you're being legalistic. 369 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:24.000 Compute ten ten point one. Get the spirit behind it. 370 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:28.000 The tide is a training whel you know, and teaching 371 00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:30.559 my daughter how to ride a bike with four wheels 372 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:34.880 because she still can't ride it. One will that would 373 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:37.960 help her to get started until she can ride it 374 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:41.200 on her own. We can remove it already you know, 375 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:44.160 as a Christian, the tide is the basic. It's a guideline. 376 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:47.599 It's a training will to get us going into disgrace 377 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:51.720 of giving. But it's meant for to propel us to 378 00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:54.640 increase our faith, to teach us dependency on God, so 379 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:56.839 that when we learn to depend on God, look to 380 00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:58.119 him as our source. 381 00:21:58.039 --> 00:22:00.759 And begin to have the faith to give, it will 382 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:02.359 grow and grow until. 383 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:04.519 You know what, we can ride without those training wheels. 384 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:07.240 I'm not so concerned anymore with the tithe. I want 385 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:09.559 to give to missions. I want to give to real life. 386 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:12.119 I want to give to campus ministry. I want to 387 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:16.000 give to the needs around me. God wants to make 388 00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:18.599 us a blessing Amen. Last thing I want to talk 389 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:23.000 about is the storehouse. The storehouse means treasury, that's where 390 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:26.960 the money is kept. When I was in New build 391 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:29.359 there's this woman who messaged me in Facebook and said, 392 00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:32.799 can I ask for your bank account? I felt like 393 00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:34.799 God spoke to me and I want to bless you. 394 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:37.559 I want to send you money. Hey, you're not from 395 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:40.599 our church. God spoke to you. I believe it's the Lord. 396 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:43.279 I gave my bank account and true enough, that month 397 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:49.119 a significant amount of money came in second month again, 398 00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:53.400 third month it happened again. But I'm bothered already because 399 00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:57.000 it's pretty big. So I have to message her and 400 00:22:57.400 --> 00:23:00.839 say thank you. It's a blessing. God will bless you. 401 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:03.079