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 Well, the Salvadis just got back from a vacation, and it was great.

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 So we're refreshed, refocused, and I'm raring to go.

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 But I had this privilege of coming back to preaching a sermon this morning on giving.

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 And it's a really interesting situation because I started asking myself,

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 when was the last time I preached on giving and I couldn't remember?

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 And so I just want to make sure you are all understanding why I'm preaching this sermon on giving.

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 In fact, let me begin by saying why I'm not preaching this sermon on giving.

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 I'm not preaching this sermon on giving because we're behind in our giving.

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 If you look at our budget, we've got this little kind of layout where our budgeted, projected giving should be

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 and where our actual giving is, and we're a little bit behind right now.

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 We're aware of it, but we're not concerned about it.

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 We've got some great godly people who are paying attention to these things.

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 But that's not why I'm preaching this sermon.

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 It may help.

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 Nor am I preaching this sermon because I don't think I get paid enough.

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 So start off the new year, hey, jingle, jingle, help us out a little bit more.

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 No, Jenny and I, Billy and his family, Matt and his family, Mary, you take care of us so well.

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 So I'm not preaching this because I think I need to get paid more.

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 So here's why I'm preaching this sermon.

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 It's the next in line.

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 We're committed here at Christ the King Church to preach expository sermons,

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 to preach through books of the Bible as a whole.

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 And so we preach a section at a time, typically through the book of Galatians.

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 And today I'm to preach Galatians 6, 6 through 10, which is about giving.

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 And so what this is about is the health of this particular body,

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 that we exercise a spiritual grace of giving.

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 So this is about how we use our money and resources, which brings me to this point.

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 Classically, there are two groups of people when it comes to money and the using of money.

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 There are the spenders and then there are the savers.

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 And so if you're familiar with the old Miller Lite commercials that say,

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 taste great or less filling,

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 when it comes to money, most people are like,

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 spend more or save more.

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 That's kind of how it boils down to.

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 But this morning, what I want you to see through this passage is,

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 it's not so much whether you're a spender or a saver,

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 it's if you're a sower of your money to the Spirit for the good of others.

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 And so this morning, the Spirit is going to be seeking to grow us in our giving.

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 And speaking of the Holy Spirit,

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 I'm not sure if you've been following the book of Galatians,

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 but the beginning of the book of Galatians, chapters 1 through 4,

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 it's primarily about the gospel.

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 Christ died on the cross.

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 This offering of salvation to all people,

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 and we receive this gift by faith alone in Christ alone.

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 There's nothing we can add to that to earn our salvation.

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 And so chapters 1 through 4 of Galatians is primarily about the gospel,

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 what God has done for us in Christ.

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 And then we turn a corner into chapter 5 and 6.

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 And so there's a big emphasis on the Holy Spirit in chapters 5 and 6.

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 And so what we see here is what Christ has done for us,

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 our freedom in the gospel,

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 we live out by walking by the Spirit.

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 The Spirit of God has come to dwell in each of us

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 so that we could live out the freedom accomplished by Christ.

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 And if you're wondering where all this is coming from,

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 this is actually prophesied in the Old Testament.

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 This is the age of the new covenant established by Jesus.

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 Jeremiah 31 and 33 point to this.

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 Ezekiel 36 point to this age of the Spirit.

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 Joel 2 talked about this outpouring of the Spirit.

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 Pentecost and Acts 2.

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 It's the fulfillment of what was predicted in Joel 2.

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 We now, because of what Christ has done,

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 we live in the power of the Spirit.

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 We live out the freedom accomplished by Christ

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 in the power of the Spirit.

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 And again, I just want to clarify something here.

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 When we talk about the Holy Spirit,

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 we're not talking about a what.

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 We're talking about a who.

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 Just as God the Father is a person,

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 and just as God the Son is a person,

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 God the Holy Spirit is a person.

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 So He's personally active in each of our lives as believers

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 to bring about God's purposes.

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 And when Jesus spoke about the Holy Spirit in John 16, 14,

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 He said of the Spirit,

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 He will glorify me.

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 So we can be assured of this,

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 that the person of the Holy Spirit comes and dwells in each one of us

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 so that ultimately we would glorify Christ with our lives.

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 Live out the freedom.

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 But I just want to make another observation for you too.

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 Do you remember who inspired people to write the Scriptures?

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 It was the Holy Spirit, 2 Peter 1.21.

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 The Holy Spirit moved men along to write down what God intended.

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 So here's how to think about walking by the Holy Spirit.

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 It's not some kind of mystical,

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 kind of trance-like state we get into.

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 It is rather being acted upon by the Holy Spirit,

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 trusting in Him.

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 The goal is to glorify Christ

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 according to the very words the Holy Spirit inspired authors to write.

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 So when we walk by the Holy Spirit,

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 when Galatians 5.16, we walk by the Spirit,

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 or 5.18, we are led by the Spirit,

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 or 5.26, we are to keep in step with the Spirit,

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 or Romans chapter 8, we are to set our minds on the Spirit.

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 We are actually, in doing so,

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 seeking to exalt Christ by living according to His Word,

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 and it will be a blessing to all around us,

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 because it will fulfill the command to love your neighbor as yourself.

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 And so when we get into the end of Galatians 5,

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 we are told those who live by the Spirit,

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 keep in step with the Spirit.

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 If you've been born again by the Spirit,

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 you will live in the power of the Spirit.

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 And then what we see in the early in chapter 6,

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 are examples of keeping in step with the Spirit.

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 Gently restoring a brother or sister caught in a trespass,

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 it's keeping in step with the Spirit.

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 Bearing one another's burdens and fulfilling the law of Christ,

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 it's keeping in step with the Spirit.

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 Soberly, accurately seeing yourself in relationship to others,

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 you're not thinking of yourself more highly,

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 you don't think of something when you're not,

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 judgment's in coming, that's walking by the Spirit.

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 And so now, as we turn to chapter 6, verses 6 through 10,

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 which is a passage about giving,

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 it's a way we live out the Spirit.

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 It's a way we live out our freedom in Christ.

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 The Spirit is at work in each of us,

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 leading us to so generously for the good of others.

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 Now, if you look at this passage,

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 chapter 6, 6 through 10,

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 there's no mention of money.

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 You don't see the word money.

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 It's not in there.

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 You might go, Jerry Maguire,

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 show me the money.

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 Show me the money.

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 Here's what I can show you.

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 The word good.

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 Let the one who's taught the word

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 share all good things with the one who teaches.

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 Paul is not telling the congregation

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 to compliment the pastor on a good sermon.

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 I would welcome that.

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 But he's saying something more significant than that.

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 So that word good then shows up in verse 9 again.

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 And let us not grow weary in doing good.

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 Look at verse 10.

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 As we have opportunity to let us do good to everyone.

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 This good is the good of loving people materially

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 with your possessions and with your finances.

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 That's the good you're to share

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 with those who teach God's Word.

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 That's the good you're to do to everyone,

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 especially the household of faith.

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 Now if you've got a question

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 about the sowing and reaping,

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 which is in verse 7 and 8,

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 that metaphor, sowing and reaping,

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 is an agricultural metaphor,

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 planting and harvesting.

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 It's used all throughout the Bible.

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 But the only other place Paul uses it

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 is in 2 Corinthians 9.

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 And you know what that section is about?

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 Giving.

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 A cheerful giver.

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 So what I want to lay out at the beginning is

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 this passage,

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 6, 6 through 10,

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 is about giving generously

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 of what we have to others.

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 So if I were to boil it down to 11 words,

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 it would be this.

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 Sow your money

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 to the Spirit

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 for the good of others.

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 That's what God wants of us.

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 To sow our money,

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 sow our material possessions,

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 to sow them to the Spirit

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 for the good of others.

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 And so, let's unpack this.

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 And the way we're going to unpack this,

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 there are four moves in this passage.

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 First, in verse 6,

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 you see the command to give.

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 Second, in verses 7 and 8,

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 there's a warning related to giving.

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 And then in verse 9,

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 there's some encouragement

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 when it comes to giving

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 because we can all get a little weary

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 and want to give up.

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 And then in verse 10,

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 we have conclusion.

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 To give generously.

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 Sow.

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 Sow your money to the Spirit

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 for the good of others.

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 Now let's look at this command

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 a little bit more

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 in detail.

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 Verse 6.

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 Let the one who has taught the word

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 share all good things

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 with the one who teaches.

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 That word share is a command.

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 In the original language,

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 in the Greek language

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 that this is written in,

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 verse 6 starts emphatically

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 with the word koinonia.

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 Share.

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 It's emphatic.

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 Now that word,

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 we get the word koinonia from.

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 If you're familiar with Greek,

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 that means it can be translated

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 fellowship or partnership.

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 If you flip over

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 a couple books to your right

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 to the book of Philippians,

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 Paul uses that word quite a bit

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 with the Philippian church.

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 If you look at Philippians chapter 1,

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 verses 3 through 5,

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 we read this.

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 I thank my God

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 in all my remembrance of you,

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 always in every prayer of mine

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 for you,

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 all making my prayer with joy

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 because of your koinonia

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 in the gospel

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 from the first day until now.

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 Now if you flip over

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 a couple more pages

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 in the book of Philippians

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 to chapter 4,

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 in verse 14,

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 he says,

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 yet it was kind of you

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 to koinonia my trouble,

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 to share my trouble.

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 And you Philippians yourselves

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 know that in the beginning

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 of the gospel,

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 when I left Macedonia,

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 no church entered

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 into koinonia with me

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 in giving and receiving,

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 except you only.

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 this command to share

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 is a command to partner,

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 to work together

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 to a particular end.

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 Notice who this command is to

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 in Galatians 6.

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 Let the one who's taught the word,

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 the one who's taught the word,

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 the one who receives God's word,

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 they are to share

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 all good things.

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 So all of you

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 who regularly benefit

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 from the preaching

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 of the word

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 on Sunday morning,

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 this is specifically

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 aimed at you.

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 Share all good things.

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 Share of your financial resources.

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 Share of your material possessions.

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 Partner.

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 With who?

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 Well, it's right there

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 in the text.

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 Let the one who's taught

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 the word share

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 all good things

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 with the one who teaches.

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 The preacher.

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 The person proclaiming the word.

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 And so what we have here

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 is a very interesting relationship

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 within the body of Christ.

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 We have a congregation

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 who is receiving

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 and benefiting

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 from the work,

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 from the word

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 that the preacher's preaching.

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 And corresponding to that,

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 the congregation

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 is sharing in all

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 their good possessions

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 to help that preacher

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 keep preaching faithfully.

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 Have you heard the phrase

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 sharing is caring?

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 It has all kinds of nuances

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 in this passage.

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 Now it's a little awkward

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 to talk about this.

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 It's pretty awkward

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 to preach about it.

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 But we have nothing

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 to be ashamed of

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 because this is the way

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 that God has designed it.

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 He's designed the body

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 to work together

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 for a reason.

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 It's right here

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 in Holy Rich.

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 So if you want to get

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 crass about it,

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 make sure you're

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 paying your pastor.

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 Make sure you're

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 freeing up his time

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 so that he can be

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 preaching the word.

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 In Christ the King Church,

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 you do that faithfully.

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 But I want to point

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 to something else

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 that may not be obvious.

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 It's why.

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 Now remember,

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 back in the day,

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 the Galatians,

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 if you remember the history

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 of what's going on here,

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 Paul is writing this letter

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 because there's been

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 some false teachers

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 that have gotten

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 into the Galatian churches

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 and they're preaching

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 a false doctrine

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 and it's resulting

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 in great discord

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 and confusion

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 and hurt

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 to the churches.

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 And so the reason

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 why Paul is saying this

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 to these churches

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 in Galatia,

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 hey, make sure

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 you're paying your pastor.

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 It's for the health

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 of the church

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 because there's this threat

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 of false doctrine.

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 And so when we read here,

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 you make sure

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 you must share

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 all good things

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 with the one

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 who is teaching the word,

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 those who receive the word.

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 It's the word

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 of the gospel

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 revealed in the Bible.

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 Ultimately,

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 this is incredibly pragmatic.

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 God is very concerned

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 about the health

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 of His church,

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 the doctrinal health

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 of His church.

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 And so He wants churches

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 to be freeing up

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 their preachers

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 to be able to invest

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 the sweetest time

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 of their weeks

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 in order to providing

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 faithful,

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 wholesome sermons

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 that feed the flock,

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 inform the flock,

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 so that the flock

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 lives in freedom.

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 I have a nephew.

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 His name is Benton.

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 We call him Biebs.

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 Biebs likes to pepper me

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 with questions

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 about what I do.

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 How long do you preach?

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 40 minutes.

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 How long does it take you

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 to prepare a 40-minute sermon?

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 15 to 20 hours?

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 When I think about

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 if I were holding down

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 a 40 to 50-hour job,

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 trying to prepare

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 a faithful sermon

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 for this congregation,

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 I can't tell you

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 the kind of gratitude

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 I have

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 to be able to have

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 my sweetest hours

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 of the week

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 freed up

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 to pour myself

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 into preparing sermons

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 to feed you all

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 so that you can live

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 in the good

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 of the freedom

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 of what Christ has done.

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 Ultimately,

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 behind this command

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 to share

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 and for us

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 to partner

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 is the health

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 of the church.

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 Sharing is caring.

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 Not just for me,

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 not just for the other pastors,

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 not just for you,

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 but for the health,

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 the spiritual health

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 of this congregation.

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 Sow your money

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 to the Spirit

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 for the good of others.

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 Now let me point you

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 to the warning

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 in verses 7 and 8.

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 We read,

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 Do not be deceived.

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 God is not mocked.

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 For whatever one sows,

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 that will he also reap.

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 Now when you initially

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 read that,

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 you're kind of like,

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 well this is coming

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 out of nowhere.

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 In fact,

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 if you're reading

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 out of the NIV,

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 the NIV makes

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 verse 6

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 its own paragraph

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 and then 7 through 10

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 its own paragraph.

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 It kind of disconnects it to.

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 But it's all related

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 because remember

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 in verse 6

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 we have this speaking

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 of sharing in good things

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 with the preacher.

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 And then in verses 9 and 10

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 we come back

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 to doing good

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 to everyone,

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 especially those

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 of the household of faith.

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 And so the sowing

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 and reaping,

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 don't mock God,

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 is in the middle of that.

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 It's got everything

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 to do with our giving.

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 And we learn

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 from verse 3

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 in Galatians 6

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 that it's already possible

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 to deceive yourself

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 as a Christian.

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 To think of yourself

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 more highly than you ought.

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 Well, it's very possible

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 to deceive yourself

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 when it comes

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 to your giving.

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 Don't be deceived.

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 God is not mocked.

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 Here's some ways

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 that we can deceive ourselves

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 when in terms of our giving.

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 One way is to say this.

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 It's to think,

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 I just have so little to give.

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 It really doesn't matter.

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 Nobody will notice

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 you're deceiving yourself.

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 Because God notices.

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 another version of this is,

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 I can't afford to give.

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 I don't have any money to give.

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 I don't have anything to give.

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 What we're about to read

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 is that you can't afford

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 not to give.

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 Another version of this

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 kind of deception

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 of ourselves

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 is this idea,

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 especially for younger folks,

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 it's, hey,

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 I'm just starting out.

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 I just got out of school.

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 I got all this debt.

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 When I get into

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 a better place

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 of financial health,

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 then I'll start giving.

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 The question is,

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 is that what God's word

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 calls you to?

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 And if you look at a passage

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 like Proverbs 3, 9 and 10,

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 we are to honor God

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 with our wealth,

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 to give him

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 of the first fruits

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 of what we receive.

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 Don't deceive.

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 Don't deceive yourself.

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 Even if it means

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 starting little,

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 start.

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 Another deception is this.

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 I'll give whatever is left

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 at the end of the month.

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 And again,

00:19:31.439 --> 00:19:32.659
 Proverbs 3, 9, 10

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 talks about

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 trusting the Lord,

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 honoring him with our wealth,

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 giving of our first fruit,

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 not leftovers.

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 others.

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 Another deception

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 is thinking,

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 hey, you know what?

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 God will provide

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 for this church.

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 They don't need me.

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 But what we're seeing here

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 is that God

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 has actually called

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 those who benefit

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 from the word,

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 the ministry of the word

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 of a particular church,

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 to commit to that

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 particular church

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 financially.

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 God is not mocked.

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 That word,

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 mocked,

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 in the original language,

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 carries the sense

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 of turning your nose

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 up to somebody.

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 When we dismiss God

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 in terms of our giving,

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 we're turning our nose

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 up to him.

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 Another way to say it is,

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 you're not taking God

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 seriously.

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 You're not taking

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 God seriously.

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 We must be taking

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 God seriously

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 because he has built

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 into this world

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 an undeniable principle

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 of sowing and reaping.

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 Don't be deceived.

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 God is not mocked.

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 For whatever one sows,

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 that will he also reap.

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 All throughout the Bible,

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 when we read about reaping,

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 read about harvesting,

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 oftentimes,

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 more often than not,

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 it has to do with

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 God's judgment.

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 Now, if you don't know

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 what sowing and reaping is,

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 it's another way of talking

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 about planting

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 and harvesting.

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 And what the principle is,

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 is what you plant,

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 you will harvest.

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 It's a cause and effect

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 relationship.

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 It's actions and consequences.

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 And generally speaking,

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 it's at work in all of our lives

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 because if you sow gossip,

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 you will reap discord.

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 If you sow junk food

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 into your body,

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 you will reap unhealth

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 of your body.

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 If you sow lies,

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 you will reap mistrust.

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 If you sow laziness,

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 you will reap

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 being unreliable.

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 So generally speaking,

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 this law of sowing and reaping

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 is a law of cause and effect

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 relationship.

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 But what I've been trying

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 to argue is this cause

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 and effect relationship,

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 Paul is specifically applying it

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 to our giving,

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 our generosity.

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 God is not mocked.

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 This principle of cause and effect,

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 of sowing and reaping,

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 is in effect right now

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 in your life.

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 If you are sowing your money

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 to greed,

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 you will reap

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 Ebenezer Scroogeism.

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 the isolation,

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 the misery

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:50.019
 of being a humbug.

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 It's not what the Spirit

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 is seeking to do.

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 God is not mocked.

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 In verse 8,

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 Paul develops this

00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.680
 sowing and reaping

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:02.240
 even more fully.

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.720
 And he drills down

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.940
 on the motivational level.

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:08.279
 Do you remember in Galatians 5,

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:09.139
 16 and 17,

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.900
 Matt preached this

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.720
 a couple weeks ago.

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:12.980
 What essentially Paul says there

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:14.059
 is that your person,

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:14.920
 if you're a Christian,

00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:16.660
 your person

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:19.480
 is an incarnate war zone

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:21.259
 between the desires

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:22.000
 of the flesh

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.700
 and the desires

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.339
 of the Spirit.

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:26.539
 Because both simultaneously

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.460
 indwell you.

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:30.839
 The desires of the Spirit

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.900
 oppose the desires

00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:32.579
 of the flesh

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.759
 and vice versa.

00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:35.039
 The desires of the flesh

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:37.620
 are marked by selfishness.

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:39.799
 me.

00:23:40.879 --> 00:23:42.639
 The desires of the flesh

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:45.619
 are relationally destructive.

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:49.339
 If you were to raise a banner

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:51.559
 over the desires of the flesh,

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.599
 it wouldn't be

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.500
 love your neighbor,

00:23:53.699 --> 00:23:54.279
 it would be

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:55.500
 use your neighbor.

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:59.179
 The desires of the Spirit

00:23:59.179 --> 00:24:01.539
 are not self-oriented,

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:03.119
 but others-oriented.

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:04.359
 Love your neighbor as yourself.

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:07.599
 The desires of the Spirit

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:09.500
 do not destroy relationships,

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:11.359
 they strengthen relationships.

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:12.740
 I mean,

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.679
 if you look

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:14.879
 at the fruit of the Spirit,

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.759
 the majority of the fruit

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.339
 of the Spirit

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.459
 has to do with

00:24:18.459 --> 00:24:19.019
 one another.

00:24:19.919 --> 00:24:20.979
 Strengthening the body

00:24:20.979 --> 00:24:21.599
 of Christ.

00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:26.359
 If you were to raise

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:28.859
 a banner over the desires

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.559
 of the Spirit,

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.339
 it would be

00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:31.619
 love your neighbor.

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:34.959
 That's the picture

00:24:34.959 --> 00:24:37.379
 in 5, 16, and 17.

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.779
 You are a war zone.

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 But that's not the picture

00:24:40.199 --> 00:24:40.939
 in verse 8.

00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:42.819
 The picture

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:44.419
 that Paul paints

00:24:44.419 --> 00:24:45.799
 is that you,

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.339
 Christian,

00:24:46.679 --> 00:24:48.939
 are a living field

00:24:48.939 --> 00:24:50.379
 waiting to be

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:51.339
 sowed and harvested.

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 And there are

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.539
 two furrows

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.500
 in that field.

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.099
 Do you know

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:56.839
 what a furrow is?

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.559
 You know when you're

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.579
 driving out of the county

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.459
 in May

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.220
 and you see

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:03.019
 those rows of corn

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:04.039
 but they're just

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:05.019
 rows of dirt?

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.960
 That's a furrow.

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:09.340
 And every Christian

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:10.920
 you have two furrows

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:13.660
 that every financial decision

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:15.420
 you are planting

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:17.640
 into one of those furrows.

00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:19.140
 A furrow of the flesh

00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:20.900
 and a furrow of the Spirit.

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.980
 And when you put

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:23.240
 a financial choice

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:24.160
 into the furrow

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.840
 of the flesh,

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.779
 do you know

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:27.559
 what from that flesh

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.299
 you will reap?

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.100
 Corruption.

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:32.779
 rottenness.

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:34.039
 How do you like that

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.559
 for a harvest?

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.500
 But if

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.779
 by faith

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.880
 you decide

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.920
 to sow

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:42.200
 your resources

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:43.779
 into the furrow

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:45.140
 of the Spirit,

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.220
 do you know

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.960
 what you reap

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:48.059
 from the Spirit?

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.740
 You will reap

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.840
 eternal life.

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.380
 Fruit of the Spirit.

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.380
 It's future

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:55.840
 too.

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.700
 It's judgment.

00:25:56.700 --> 00:26:00.420
 you will reap.

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:05.059
 The one who sows

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.860
 to his own flesh

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:07.440
 will from his flesh

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.400
 reap corruption

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.279
 but the one

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.380
 who sows

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:11.140
 to the Spirit

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:12.080
 who is

00:26:12.080 --> 00:26:14.080
 walking by the Spirit

00:26:14.080 --> 00:26:14.580
 when it comes

00:26:14.580 --> 00:26:15.380
 to their finances.

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:16.440
 Who are being led

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.200
 by the Spirit

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.779
 when they come

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.480
 to their finances.

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.039
 Who are keeping

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:20.160
 in step with the Spirit

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:21.299
 in their finances.

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:23.100
 Who set their mind

00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.920
 on the Spirit

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.680
 when it comes

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.680
 to their finances.

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:28.320
 That person

00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:30.700
 they're investing

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.720
 in the Spirit

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.820
 and doing good

00:26:32.820 --> 00:26:33.539
 to others.

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.519
 That's what we're aiming

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.779
 at Christ the King Church.

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:41.140
 Trusting in the Spirit

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:43.400
 sowing generously

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.640
 to Him

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.420
 for the good

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.320
 of others.

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:51.960
 what you do

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.579
 with your money

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:54.579
 reveals

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.559
 who you are

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.639
 ultimately trusting.

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.200
 And if you've been

00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:00.399
 freed by Christ

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:01.519
 you've been freed

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.759
 from living

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:04.740
 for cash.

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.319
 Freed to live

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.119
 for Christ.

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.480
 So if you are

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.579
 sowing to the Spirit

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:12.980
 if you're

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.980
 giving

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.240
 to the support

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.819
 of this church

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.220
 if you're

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:16.859
 giving

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.460
 to help

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.220
 everyone

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.819
 you come

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.419
 into contact

00:27:19.419 --> 00:27:19.779
 and need

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.240
 especially

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.839
 the household

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.419
 of faith

00:27:21.419 --> 00:27:22.159
 what that

00:27:22.159 --> 00:27:23.039
 evidence is

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.619
 is that

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.639
 you belong

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.460
 to God.

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.639
 You've been

00:27:26.639 --> 00:27:27.240
 born again.

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.220
 You've been

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.980
 set free

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:30.139
 and eternity

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:31.119
 with God

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.759
 awaits.

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.099
 But it works

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.899
 both ways.

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.960
 If our sowing

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.659
 to the Spirit

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.879
 will from the Spirit

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:37.919
 reap eternal life

00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:39.220
 then if we're

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:40.299
 sowing to the flesh

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.619
 from the flesh

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.480
 we will reap

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.579
 eternal corruption.

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:45.639
 it evidences

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.859
 who your ultimate

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.619
 trust is

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.240
 and whether

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.579
 you've been

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.619
 converted or not.

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:53.240
 So this warning

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:55.279
 is this

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:56.980
 don't deceive

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.379
 yourself

00:27:57.379 --> 00:27:57.980
 God's not

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.720
 mocked

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.039
 hey

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.740
 he's going to

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.079
 judge

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.659
 someday.

00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:03.759
 This reaping

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.379
 is an illusion

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:04.980
 to judgment

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.659
 that's why

00:28:05.659 --> 00:28:06.539
 God is not

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.279
 mocked.

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.539
 He sees

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.039
 where you're

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.399
 sowing.

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:11.180
 He knows

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.620
 who you're

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.040
 ultimately

00:28:12.040 --> 00:28:12.680
 trusting.

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.420
 That's why

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.180
 when you

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.700
 reap

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.500
 it will

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.600
 be just.

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.000
 Our giving

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.560
 matters to

00:28:21.560 --> 00:28:21.820
 God.

00:28:23.860 --> 00:28:24.860
 Martin Luther

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.480
 talked about it

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:25.940
 this way

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:27.519
 every Christian

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.140
 experiences

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:28.940
 three conversions

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:30.140
 the conversion

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.900
 of his heart

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:32.060
 the conversion

00:28:32.060 --> 00:28:32.980
 of his mind

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:34.240
 and the conversion

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.300
 of his wallet.

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:37.960
 it evidences

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:39.180
 who you

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.720
 trust.

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.740
 Who you're

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.299
 living for.

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:43.819
 So be

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.339
 warned.

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.000
 Sow your

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.539
 money to

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.220
 the spirit

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.899
 not to

00:28:48.899 --> 00:28:49.519
 the flesh

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.980
 for the

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.379
 good of

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:51.779
 others

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:53.319
 not for

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.740
 your own

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.079
 gain.

00:28:57.159 --> 00:28:57.680
 Now

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.099
 let's look

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.339
 at some

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.799
 encouragement.

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.539
 Encouragement

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:01.839
 in our

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.099
 giving.

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:04.319
 We see

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.759
 this in

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.319
 verse 9

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.799
 and let us

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.179
 not grow

00:29:06.179 --> 00:29:06.759
 weary of

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.299
 doing good

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.719
 for in due

00:29:07.719 --> 00:29:08.199
 season we

00:29:08.199 --> 00:29:08.639
 will reap

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.659
 if we

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:09.980
 do not

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.480
 give up.

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:11.659
 Don't

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:12.439
 give up

00:29:12.439 --> 00:29:13.039
 in your

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.480
 giving.

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.419
 Don't

00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:14.859
 give up.

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:16.919
 Now

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.519
 sometimes

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.639
 giving

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.319
 faithfully

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.359
 and sacrificially

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.359
 gets wearying

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:22.039
 and discouraging.

00:29:22.159 --> 00:29:22.359
 Here's

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:22.879
 something that

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.199
 I'm not

00:29:23.199 --> 00:29:23.539
 sure if

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.740
 you face.

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.500
 I know

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.059
 I am

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.480
 challenged

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:26.899
 by this

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:27.659
 from time

00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:28.139
 to time.

00:29:29.179 --> 00:29:29.679
 You're

00:29:29.679 --> 00:29:29.939
 giving

00:29:29.939 --> 00:29:30.500
 faithfully

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.759
 you're

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.000
 giving

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.919
 sacrificially

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:33.860
 and you

00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.440
 start looking

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.360
 around and

00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:36.100
 you realize

00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:36.640
 that other

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.440
 people with

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:37.820
 the same

00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:38.160
 kind of

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.740
 income as

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.240
 you have

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.200
 they're able

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.940
 to do all

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.420
 sorts of

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.120
 fun stuff

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:44.019
 but you're

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.600
 not able to

00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:44.860
 do that

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.400
 fun stuff

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.800
 because

00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:47.120
 you're

00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:47.539
 giving

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.440
 sacrificially

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:50.580
 and so

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:51.100
 what happens

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.820
 as soon as

00:29:51.820 --> 00:29:52.160
 you start

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:53.100
 looking around

00:29:53.100 --> 00:29:53.820
 you start

00:29:53.820 --> 00:29:54.460
 comparing

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.220
 yourself to

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.640
 others

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.320
 and the

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:56.980
 lifestyles

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.560
 people are

00:29:57.560 --> 00:29:57.940
 living

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.779
 and you

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.220
 start to

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.460
 go

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.400
 fleshly.

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:04.380
 comparison

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:05.240
 can quickly

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.560
 result in

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:07.259
 envy

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:09.060
 and covetousness

00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:09.900
 and in

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.460
 gratitude

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.560
 and in

00:30:11.560 --> 00:30:12.700
 discontent.

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.620
 Weariness

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:17.280
 discouragement

00:30:17.280 --> 00:30:18.860
 leads to

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.759
 giving up.

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.720
 I mean if

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.500
 you've started

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.980
 some kind of

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.740
 exercise

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.600
 regiment with

00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:26.280
 a new year

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:27.079
 and you're

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:28.139
 not seeing

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:29.440
 the results

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.779
 you're going

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.099
 to get

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.740
 discouraged

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.619
 and you're

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:32.960
 going to be

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.660
 like forget

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:34.660
 about it.

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.819
 If you're

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.539
 more aware

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.960
 of what

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.539
 you're giving

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.359
 up than

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:42.839
 what you're

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.720
 giving to

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:46.139
 you're going

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:46.319
 to be

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.859
 discouraged

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.180
 and you're

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.259
 going to

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.480
 want to

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:47.819
 give up.

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.000
 You know

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.200
 what you

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.420
 need a

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.980
 healthy dose

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.319
 of?

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.259
 Look where

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.839
 Paul goes.

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:57.119
 And let us

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.440
 not grow

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.879
 weary of

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.440
 doing good.

00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.839
 Antidote

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.839
 for in

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.399
 due season

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:01.779
 we will

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.079
 reap

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:03.720
 judgment.

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.099
 Paul's

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.720
 antidote

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.500
 to

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.220
 discouragement

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:10.180
 to encourage

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:11.160
 you is to

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.539
 say

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.920
 judgment's

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.160
 coming.

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.220
 Everybody's

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.440
 going to

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.920
 stand before

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.539
 God someday.

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:19.019
 He's going

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.460
 to hold us

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.000
 accountable to

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.460
 what we do

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:20.759
 with our

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.180
 finances.

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.200
 He's going

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.660
 to hold us

00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:23.359
 accountable to

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:24.299
 what we do

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.680
 with what

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.240
 he gives

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.619
 us.

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.419
 So Paul

00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:29.859
 says don't

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.319
 grow weary

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.700
 in doing

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:30.980
 good.

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:32.680
 Don't give

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.139
 up on your

00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:34.299
 giving because

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:35.059
 in due

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:36.619
 season we

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.399
 will reap.

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.919
 And what we've

00:31:37.919 --> 00:31:38.359
 just talked

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.799
 about this

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.319
 reaping is

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:40.119
 this harvesting

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:41.659
 judgment.

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.680
 You remember

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.659
 the parable of

00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:46.180
 the talents

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.579
 in Matthew

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:47.159
 25?

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.500
 A landowner

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.940
 entrusts

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:54.059
 servants,

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.420
 three of

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:54.820
 his servants

00:31:54.820 --> 00:31:55.340
 with some

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:56.160
 money and

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:56.860
 he leaves

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.080
 and he

00:31:57.080 --> 00:31:57.660
 comes back

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:57.980
 holds them

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.440
 accountable

00:31:58.440 --> 00:32:00.240
 and two

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.539
 of them get

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.259
 a big return

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.759
 one of them

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.420
 just kind of

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:03.500
 throws it in

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.960
 the ground

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.380
 and doesn't

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.779
 get anything

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.320
 for it.

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:06.059
 And for

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.519
 those who

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.559
 invested their

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.420
 talents wisely

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.000
 do you remember

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:10.240
 what the

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.880
 master said

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.279
 to them?

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:14.860
 Well done

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.160
 good and

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.799
 faithful servant

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.519
 enter the joy

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.080
 of your master.

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.380
 Could you

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:20.019
 imagine this

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.380
 someday?

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:20.840
 If you're

00:32:20.840 --> 00:32:21.539
 growing weary

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.519
 in your giving

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:24.079
 imagine this

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:24.400
 someday.

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:24.940
 You're standing

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.539
 before the

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.440
 Lord and

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:26.980
 he says

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:28.519
 well done

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.200
 good and

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.460
 faithful giver.

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.660
 Enter the

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.359
 joy of your

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.879
 master.

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.559
 That will

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.059
 help your

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.539
 weariness.

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.619
 That will

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:39.279
 help your

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.980
 discouragement.

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:40.500
 It will put

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.160
 strength in

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.680
 your heart to

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.619
 say I am

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.460
 not going to

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.440
 get sidetracked

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.299
 by the

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:46.259
 pleasures and

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.859
 joys everybody

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:47.660
 else is living

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:48.019
 with their

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.759
 extra money.

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.740
 I'm going to

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.619
 keep giving it

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:51.220
 to what I know

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:52.279
 is most important.

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.539
 The advancement

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.119
 of God's

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.480
 word.

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:59.119
 This due

00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:00.200
 season is

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.940
 God's judgment

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:02.160
 and it is

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.139
 the antidote

00:33:03.139 --> 00:33:03.839
 for

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:05.160
 discouragement.

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.379
 At the

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:09.019
 judgment God

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.759
 will reward us.

00:33:09.879 --> 00:33:10.680
 We may see a

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:12.279
 return now but

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:13.059
 we'll definitely

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:14.099
 see a reward

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.480
 then.

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.539
 That's what we

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.039
 aim at.

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:18.940
 So don't give

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.339
 up in your

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.660
 giving.

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.379
 Be encouraged.

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.380
 God's not

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:23.020
 mocked.

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.320
 You're

00:33:24.320 --> 00:33:24.780
 reward in

00:33:24.780 --> 00:33:25.220
 due time.

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.420
 Keep giving.

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.320
 And now the

00:33:30.320 --> 00:33:30.780
 conclusion.

00:33:33.020 --> 00:33:33.880
 Give generously.

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.320
 Verse 10.

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:36.580
 So then as we

00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:37.360
 have opportunity

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:38.120
 let us do good

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:38.500
 to everyone

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.160
 especially to

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:40.100
 those who are

00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:40.720
 of the household

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.020
 of heaven.

00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:41.700
 There's the

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.080
 do-gooding

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:42.480
 again.

00:33:44.300 --> 00:33:45.220
 When Paul uses

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.860
 the word so

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.380
 then in verse

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:46.880
 10 he's kind

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.220
 of wrapping

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.740
 this up.

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.440
 He's bringing

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:48.780
 it to a

00:33:48.780 --> 00:33:49.240
 close.

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:50.779
 And as he

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.319
 says as we

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:51.980
 have opportunity

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.559
 that's very

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.160
 helpful because

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:54.140
 that informs

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:55.420
 us that we're

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:56.640
 just not to go

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.420
 give money to

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:58.380
 everybody everywhere

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:59.579
 as we have

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.200
 opportunity.

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.880
 As opportunities

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:03.120
 present themselves.

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.200
 Be generous.

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.740
 Now I just want

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.299
 to help you think

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.819
 about something

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.280
 right now.

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.840
 This as we

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.559
 have opportunity

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:13.400
 is actually

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.659
 a limited

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.179
 window.

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.759
 It's in

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:17.940
 between where

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.539
 we're at

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.460
 right now

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.399
 and when

00:34:20.399 --> 00:34:22.019
 we stand

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.759
 before our

00:34:22.759 --> 00:34:23.339
 God to give

00:34:23.339 --> 00:34:23.759
 an account.

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.139
 In this

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.759
 in-between

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.879
 time we

00:34:26.879 --> 00:34:27.460
 have a

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:29.239
 window of

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:30.279
 opportunity to

00:34:30.279 --> 00:34:30.799
 be generous.

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:34.199
 And Paul

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:36.000
 focuses our

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:37.219
 generosity on

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:38.079
 two groups of

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.419
 people.

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.799
 See in verse

00:34:40.799 --> 00:34:41.599
 10 he starts

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.239
 by saying as

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:42.480
 we have

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.319
 opportunity let

00:34:43.319 --> 00:34:43.879
 us do good

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:45.400
 to everyone.

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.920
 That's

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.700
 anyone.

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.240
 Anyone who

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:49.780
 comes to

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:50.940
 you in

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.660
 need.

00:34:52.700 --> 00:34:53.300
 Especially

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:54.200
 non-Christians.

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.980
 It includes

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:58.300
 your extended

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:59.019
 family.

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.880
 If people are

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.420
 coming to you

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.640
 and they're

00:35:02.640 --> 00:35:03.380
 asking for some

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.039
 kind of help

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:05.480
 this passage

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.500
 compels us to

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.140
 help them

00:35:07.140 --> 00:35:08.200
 materially.

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:10.280
 Now we've

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:10.940
 got to be wise

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.380
 and loving.

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.260
 It's because

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:14.280
 sometimes the

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:15.000
 best thing for

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.520
 you to do

00:35:15.520 --> 00:35:15.940
 for somebody

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.760
 is not to

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.180
 give them

00:35:17.180 --> 00:35:17.820
 cash.

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.180
 So for

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.680
 example we

00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:20.400
 have a policy

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.780
 here at the

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.000
 church.

00:35:21.540 --> 00:35:22.080
 We don't

00:35:22.080 --> 00:35:22.880
 hand cash to

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.220
 people.

00:35:23.700 --> 00:35:24.000
 If someone

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.780
 needs gas we

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.100
 bring them

00:35:25.100 --> 00:35:25.420
 right over

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.820
 here to the

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.600
 station on the

00:35:27.600 --> 00:35:28.060
 corner and

00:35:28.060 --> 00:35:28.540
 fill them up.

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.560
 If somebody

00:35:29.560 --> 00:35:30.140
 needs food we

00:35:30.140 --> 00:35:30.400
 bring them to

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.700
 the grocery

00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:31.000
 store.

00:35:31.080 --> 00:35:31.260
 If someone

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.740
 needs clothes

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.180
 we bring them

00:35:32.180 --> 00:35:33.280
 to a clothes

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:33.560
 store.

00:35:33.660 --> 00:35:34.620
 We go with

00:35:34.620 --> 00:35:35.180
 them and help

00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:36.160
 them meet their

00:35:36.160 --> 00:35:36.980
 material needs.

00:35:38.560 --> 00:35:39.400
 So we need to

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:40.380
 exercise discretion

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:40.960
 because when you

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.920
 hand cash out

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.780
 that can be

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.559
 challenging for

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.119
 some people.

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:46.240
 But don't lose

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:46.780
 sight of the

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.920
 main point.

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:50.079
 Because we've

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.820
 been set free

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.720
 by Christ and

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:52.220
 we're walking

00:35:52.220 --> 00:35:53.000
 by the Spirit

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:54.720
 we're to be

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:56.139
 generous with

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.659
 all people.

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:57.920
 It's to mark

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.180
 us.

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.440
 So the first

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:01.000
 group of people

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:02.159
 here is everyone.

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:03.900
 The second

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.500
 group of people

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.440
 is a subset of

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.920
 the first.

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:07.920
 especially those

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.559
 of the household

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.019
 of faith.

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.780
 In New

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:11.559
 Testament terms

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.079
 a household

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.740
 is a family.

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.539
 And that word

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.760
 especially think

00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:16.619
 of that as

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:18.260
 prioritizing.

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.539
 Do good to

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:22.019
 everyone and

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:23.019
 give priority to

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.880
 your family of

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.180
 faith.

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.659
 Help everybody

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:28.740
 but especially

00:36:28.740 --> 00:36:29.700
 your brothers and

00:36:29.700 --> 00:36:30.619
 sisters in Christ

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:32.159
 which includes

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.840
 your pastor.

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:36.300
 as Christians

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:38.280
 united together

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:39.160
 as a family

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:41.620
 walking by the

00:36:41.620 --> 00:36:42.320
 Spirit means

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:43.260
 sowing to the

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:44.059
 Spirit for the

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.660
 good of one

00:36:44.660 --> 00:36:44.980
 another.

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.700
 We have a

00:36:46.700 --> 00:36:47.400
 benevolence fund

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:48.000
 as a church.

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:48.740
 It literally

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:50.620
 means a do

00:36:50.620 --> 00:36:52.380
 good fund to

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:52.980
 the members of

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.480
 our church.

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:56.300
 But you

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:57.039
 don't need to

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.700
 wait for the

00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:58.620
 church to act

00:36:58.620 --> 00:37:00.200
 for you to do

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:00.980
 good to others.

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:04.300
 I want you

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:04.880
 to notice that

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.579
 this is not an

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.280
 either or

00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:07.119
 proposition.

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:08.400
 Either help

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:09.760
 non-Christians

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:11.099
 or help your

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.579
 brothers and

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.380
 sisters in Christ.

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.980
 It's both

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.699
 and.

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:16.920
 Sow to the

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:18.519
 Spirit for the

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.980
 good of all

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:22.099
 others but

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:23.099
 prioritize your

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:23.619
 brothers and

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.199
 sisters in

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:24.559
 Christ.

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:27.019
 That's how

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.659
 we're to live.

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:29.019
 The conclusion

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.980
 he draws is

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:32.260
 be generous

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:34.219
 to all.

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.059
 So we've

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:37.360
 seen the

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:37.719
 command.

00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:38.760
 We've seen

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:39.240
 the warning.

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.360
 We've seen

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:41.159
 some encouragement

00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:41.960
 and now the

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.500
 conclusion.

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:44.400
 Sow your money

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:45.099
 to the Spirit

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.699
 for the good

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.219
 of others.

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:48.760
 Now some

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:49.320
 diagnostic

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:49.920
 questions.

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:54.420
 Have you

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:55.139
 forgotten how

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:56.119
 generous God

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.719
 has been to

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:56.960
 you?

00:37:56.960 --> 00:38:00.139
 have you

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.679
 forgotten

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:02.079
 that God

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.380
 is the

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:02.820
 giver of

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:03.480
 all things?

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.960
 He's the

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.659
 greatest of

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:05.220
 all givers

00:38:05.220 --> 00:38:06.139
 and he's

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.619
 given the

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:07.380
 greatest gift

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:07.840
 at the

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.800
 greatest expense

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:10.500
 so that

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.780
 you could

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.059
 be in

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:12.599
 relationship

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:13.340
 with him.

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:16.079
 Never

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.780
 forget that.

00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:19.240
 That is a

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:19.920
 tremendous

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:21.019
 source of

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.860
 joy in

00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:22.519
 your giving.

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:23.940
 It's a

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.280
 source of

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:24.699
 gratitude.

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:24.879
 gratitude.

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.359
 God loves

00:38:26.359 --> 00:38:26.779
 a cheerful

00:38:26.779 --> 00:38:27.179
 giver.

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.359
 Second

00:38:29.359 --> 00:38:29.879
 question.

00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:32.739
 How can

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:33.679
 you get

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:34.079
 these

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:35.359
 categories of

00:38:35.359 --> 00:38:36.039
 sowing to

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.679
 the flesh

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.460
 and sowing to

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:38.079
 the Spirit

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.739
 on your

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:40.339
 mind when

00:38:40.339 --> 00:38:41.319
 you're using

00:38:41.319 --> 00:38:41.980
 your debit

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.480
 card?

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.299
 So wouldn't

00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:46.799
 it be good

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.159
 if you

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:48.359
 cruise over

00:38:48.359 --> 00:38:50.019
 to some

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.399
 kind of

00:38:50.399 --> 00:38:51.119
 store and

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.460
 you're like

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:52.059
 I got a

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.500
 hankering to

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.119
 buy something

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:53.960
 and you're

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.639
 about to

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:55.239
 kind of

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:56.059
 put your

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:57.079
 credit card

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.779
 through the

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.519
 swiper thing

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:58.960
 or the

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.980
 click thing

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:01.299
 and you're

00:39:01.299 --> 00:39:01.900
 like hmm

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:03.199
 I wonder

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:04.679
 is what I'm

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.359
 about to do

00:39:05.359 --> 00:39:05.940
 is this

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:07.299
 sowing to

00:39:07.299 --> 00:39:08.039
 my flesh

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:08.839
 or sowing

00:39:08.839 --> 00:39:09.539
 to the

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:09.859
 Spirit?

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:12.519
 Now that's

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.039
 maturity.

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:14.960
 That's walking

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.679
 by the Spirit.

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:17.799
 That's growth.

00:39:18.259 --> 00:39:18.839
 That's taking

00:39:18.839 --> 00:39:19.579
 steps.

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:21.259
 That's health.

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:23.160
 One of the

00:39:23.160 --> 00:39:23.620
 ways you can

00:39:23.620 --> 00:39:24.140
 do that is

00:39:24.140 --> 00:39:24.480
 by just

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.700
 simply memorizing

00:39:25.700 --> 00:39:27.180
 Galatians 6,

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:28.040
 7, and 8.

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:29.480
 Get it on

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.120
 your mind

00:39:30.120 --> 00:39:31.820
 so that the

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.900
 Spirit can

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:33.600
 use it

00:39:33.600 --> 00:39:34.540
 in your

00:39:34.540 --> 00:39:34.960
 mind.

00:39:36.160 --> 00:39:36.620
 Directing

00:39:36.620 --> 00:39:37.220
 your steps.

00:39:39.560 --> 00:39:40.160
 Here's a

00:39:40.160 --> 00:39:40.920
 third diagnostic

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.440
 question.

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.500
 Have you

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.340
 been presuming

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:49.720
 have you

00:39:49.720 --> 00:39:50.539
 been presuming

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:51.440
 on others

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:52.600
 to be

00:39:52.600 --> 00:39:53.160
 financially

00:39:53.160 --> 00:39:53.960
 responsible

00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:55.000
 for the

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.740
 gospel ministry

00:39:55.740 --> 00:39:56.260
 of this

00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:56.700
 church?

00:39:59.039 --> 00:39:59.680
 Have you

00:39:59.680 --> 00:40:00.180
 been assuming

00:40:00.180 --> 00:40:00.760
 other people

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:01.160
 will take

00:40:01.160 --> 00:40:01.640
 care of it?

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:04.740
 What would

00:40:04.740 --> 00:40:05.059
 you call

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.340
 that?

00:40:08.680 --> 00:40:09.380
 If you

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:09.980
 have been

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:11.880
 what would

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:12.480
 be a

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.960
 wise and

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.420
 good

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:15.960
 next step?

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:17.100
 of repentance

00:40:17.100 --> 00:40:17.740
 and faith.

00:40:19.140 --> 00:40:19.860
 For any

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:20.519
 change to

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:21.220
 take place,

00:40:21.559 --> 00:40:22.079
 it starts

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:22.820
 with godly

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:23.320
 sorrow,

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.380
 godly

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:24.860
 repentance.

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.519
 Lasting

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.720
 change only

00:40:27.720 --> 00:40:28.700
 happens when

00:40:28.700 --> 00:40:29.519
 it begins

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:30.860
 with godly

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:31.400
 repentance.

00:40:32.620 --> 00:40:33.019
 And so that

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.460
 might just

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:34.079
 mean for you

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.559
 saying,

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.340
 all right,

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.260
 I haven't

00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:36.800
 been giving

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:37.500
 as I ought,

00:40:38.180 --> 00:40:38.700
 I'll take

00:40:38.700 --> 00:40:39.200
 a step.

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.240
 Now,

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:40.940
 I was going

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.260
 to include

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:41.860
 some practical

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:42.480
 steps.

00:40:43.120 --> 00:40:43.620
 If you'd

00:40:43.620 --> 00:40:43.920
 like some

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:45.019
 practical steps,

00:40:45.660 --> 00:40:46.079
 please,

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:46.980
 talk to

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.360
 me after

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:48.000
 the service.

00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:48.740
 But there's

00:40:48.740 --> 00:40:49.340
 one more

00:40:49.340 --> 00:40:50.120
 diagnostic

00:40:50.120 --> 00:40:51.140
 question that

00:40:51.140 --> 00:40:51.440
 I want to

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:51.840
 ask.

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.680
 Let's say

00:40:54.680 --> 00:40:55.039
 that you

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:55.380
 have been

00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:55.960
 faithfully

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:56.579
 giving and

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:57.340
 sacrificially

00:40:57.340 --> 00:40:58.019
 giving here

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.420
 at Christ

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:58.700
 the King

00:40:58.700 --> 00:40:59.100
 Church.

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:01.019
 And you're

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:01.440
 tempted to

00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:01.980
 look around

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.620
 you and

00:41:02.620 --> 00:41:02.960
 say,

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.640
 huh,

00:41:04.140 --> 00:41:05.920
 I wonder

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:06.280
 if they're

00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:06.579
 giving.

00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:08.600
 Huh,

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:10.200
 I wonder

00:41:10.200 --> 00:41:10.600
 what they're

00:41:10.600 --> 00:41:10.980
 doing with

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:11.400
 their money.

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:14.160
 if you're

00:41:14.160 --> 00:41:14.920
 being tempted

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:15.820
 out of

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:16.559
 some kind

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.720
 of position

00:41:17.720 --> 00:41:18.860
 of arrival

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:20.740
 of what

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.220
 other people

00:41:21.220 --> 00:41:21.619
 are giving,

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.960
 let me just

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.700
 redirect your

00:41:24.700 --> 00:41:26.380
 gaze to

00:41:26.380 --> 00:41:26.740
 the first

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:27.200
 question.

00:41:28.720 --> 00:41:29.079
 Have you

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:29.460
 forgotten

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:30.940
 of what God

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:31.240
 has done

00:41:31.240 --> 00:41:31.800
 for you?

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:34.119
 What he's

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:34.579
 given for

00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:34.880
 you?

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:38.260
 we're all

00:41:38.260 --> 00:41:38.440
 going to

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:38.680
 give an

00:41:38.680 --> 00:41:39.019
 account

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.500
 someday.

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:41.900
 So,

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:43.500
 let's

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:44.119
 sow

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:44.700
 to the

00:41:44.700 --> 00:41:45.019
 Spirit.

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:47.079
 Sow

00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:47.760
 what

00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:48.360
 means

00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:49.220
 we have

00:41:49.220 --> 00:41:50.660
 to the

00:41:50.660 --> 00:41:51.079
 Spirit

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:52.160
 for the

00:41:52.160 --> 00:41:52.539
 good of

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:52.960
 others

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.760
 starting

00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:54.200
 with this

00:41:54.200 --> 00:41:54.619
 church

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:55.440
 and moving

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:56.019
 out.

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.720
 God be

00:41:58.720 --> 00:41:59.260
 praised

00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:00.980
 and may

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.340
 God be

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.760
 exalted.

00:42:02.200 --> 00:42:02.660
 Let's pray.

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:04.980
 God in

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:05.139
 heaven,

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:05.519
 we thank

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:05.819
 you so

00:42:05.819 --> 00:42:06.420
 much for

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:06.759
 the money

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:07.019
 you've

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:07.460
 entrusted

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:08.079
 to us.

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.599
 You do

00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:10.019
 say in

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:10.440
 your word

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:12.420
 that we're

00:42:12.420 --> 00:42:12.699
 to be

00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:13.299
 faithful with

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:13.619
 a little

00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:15.500
 and then

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:15.920
 you will

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:16.579
 entrust us

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:17.000
 more.

00:42:18.299 --> 00:42:18.779
 God,

00:42:18.879 --> 00:42:19.239
 would you

00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:19.719
 help us

00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:20.039
 to be

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.480
 faithful,

00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:21.119
 to walk

00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:21.579
 by your

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:22.739
 Spirit in

00:42:22.739 --> 00:42:23.659
 our generosity

00:42:23.659 --> 00:42:24.519
 with others.

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:26.259
 God,

00:42:26.319 --> 00:42:26.819
 thank you so

00:42:26.819 --> 00:42:27.779
 much that we

00:42:27.779 --> 00:42:28.519
 as a people

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:29.599
 can do this

00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:30.199
 together,

00:42:30.719 --> 00:42:31.319
 walking

00:42:31.319 --> 00:42:32.099
 together in

00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:32.579
 the power

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:32.880
 of your

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:33.319
 Spirit,

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:34.519
 to be

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:34.900
 generous

00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:35.480
 to all.

00:42:36.779 --> 00:42:37.019
 God,

00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:37.599
 thank you so

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 much for the

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 faithful givers

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 in this

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 congregation

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 already.

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 Would you

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 help us

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 to excel

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 still more?

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 God,

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 to give

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 freely and

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 sacrificially

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 to what you

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 are doing

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 for the glory

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 of your name

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 and the good

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 of others.

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 It's in Jesus'

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 name we pray.

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 Amen.