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 Let's pray for the Lord's help.

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 Instead, he finds God's holy law, his joy and great delight.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I've chosen just to preach on two of those verses from Proverbs 3.

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 Let me read those verses again, verses 9 and 10, and then I'll explain why.

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 It says,

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 Now, to be honest, a number of quite mundane reasons I wanted to preach on this.

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 Partly, we're about to start a new series in our youth group this term on money in the book of Proverbs.

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 So I kind of wanted to refresh my own thinking on it.

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 Partly, it's much easier for me, with clearly no vested interest, for me to talk about giving to you than it is for others.

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 Perhaps your elders here are bolder than I would be, but you know what I mean.

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 But partly, this is just something which I've discovered in the Scriptures, to be a wonderful thing.

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 To be a surprising testimony to just how generous and gracious God is.

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 Honour the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce.

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 Then your barns will be filled with plenty.

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 And your vats will be bursting with wine.

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 A year or so ago, we kept hearing in the news about the cost of living crisis.

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 I think we hear about that less in the news now, because it's become our new baseline.

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 That prices are higher.

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 And petrol costs more.

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 And food seems to drain the bank account.

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 Now, if you're a child, you might not realise this, because your parents are the ones, rightly, who worry about it rather than you.

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 But children, your parents probably have, over the last few years, become armchair economists.

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 Worrying about money.

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 Worrying about the shopping.

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 Checking the smart meter.

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 I find smart meters a very alarming thing.

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 You know how it tells you how much you've spent today on energy?

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 Every time you look at it, you think, oh, can that really be the case?

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 But the good news from the book of Proverbs, the good news from God's word, is that God's economics are not our economics.

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 In fact, all economics, if you're studying that perhaps at A-level or something, or if you work in that field,

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 all economics are wrong if they bracket out God and his providence and his care and his power.

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 Now, at a time where people are feeling the pinch, we may feel it's a time where we look at the balances and think,

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 hang on, I need to tone down my giving to the Lord, giving to the church.

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 But I want to show us from Proverbs chapter 3, this is a time not to stop or reduce giving,

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 but a time to carry on giving to the Lord.

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 And here's why.

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 The book of Proverbs has lots of obvious lessons about money.

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 So just hear these things and think to yourself, does this sound like an obvious teaching?

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 Chapter 14, verse 23.

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 In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

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 I don't think you need to be a Christian to know that that's true.

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 Chapter 10, verse 4.

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 A lazy hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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 Chapter 13, verse 11.

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 Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

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 Even chapter 11, verse 25.

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 I think this is less obvious to the average person, but it still rings true.

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 A generous man will prosper.

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 He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.

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 You can see how, you know, if you're supporting somebody when you're doing well,

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 then you might be the kind of person who others support when you need to be refreshed.

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 But chapter 3, verse 9 to 10 is not obvious.

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 It's not intuitive at all.

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 If you were to say this to one of your neighbours or someone you know from school,

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 they would say,

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 that doesn't make sense at all.

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 Honour the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce.

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 Then your barns will be filled with plenty,

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 and your vats will be bursting with wine.

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 I think when we think about giving to the poor or to the work of the church,

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 we tend to be motivated by things like need.

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 We say, there's a building that needs to be built.

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 There's an appeal that needs to get that thing up to the very top of the thermometer on it.

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 Then we can build the building.

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 Or we need to employ this new post.

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 Or we've got to pay the bills to keep the lights on.

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 There's a need.

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 Or perhaps we feel motivated by guilt.

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 We think, well, somebody probably ought to do this,

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 because otherwise the minister's poor children will starve or something like that.

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 Or, just by bare duty.

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 We know that God's word says something about giving.

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 We don't really know why, but we're just going to go along with it anyway.

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 Proverbs chapter 3 gives us a far more appealing and far more true and far more gracious motivation than that.

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 Honouring the Lord by giving to him, giving to him, that is giving to his work, brings blessing.

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 The motivation is, I want to be blessed.

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 Both materially and spiritually.

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 Or to put it in the pithiest way, the one who tithes thrives.

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 Now, perhaps you're hearing that thinking, hang on a second.

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 Hold your horses.

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 The rest of the sermon, I'm just going to spend answering the many objections that you're probably already thinking of in your mind.

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 And I've thought of at least 14.

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 So, let's see how far we get.

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 They're quick.

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 Don't worry.

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 Here's the first one.

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 You're just tricking me.

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 This is just manipulation.

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 Both the verse itself and this sermon is just somebody self-interestedly saying, give me money.

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 Now, that is a cynical objection, but it is a real one.

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 It has to be addressed because it does happen.

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 One, incidentally, if you're somebody who's here, who's not a Christian, one, I'm glad, delighted that you're here.

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 And two, I just want to make it really clear that you should not be giving to the church to the work of Jesus Christ,

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 unless you consider that Jesus is your Lord and your great high priest.

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 Because I think that's what giving to the Lord is.

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 It's testifying, not with our lips, but with our bank statement, that Jesus is my Lord.

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 Proverbs is a book that's written by King Solomon.

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 In other words, it's not written by the people who benefit from the first fruits and the tithes.

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 Chapter 31 of 2 Chronicles, it's one of the kings, another king like King Solomon, King Hezekiah,

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 who leads the people in doing just this, in bringing in the full tithe and first fruits into the priests and the Levites.

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 Now, King Hezekiah, presumably, was the richest man in the entire country.

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 He didn't stand to benefit at all from giving money to the priests and Levites.

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 And yet he led the people in doing it.

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 Proverbs is not, these words are not the words of somebody self-interested.

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 Solomon himself stood to gain nothing by giving the first fruits of all his many lands and wealth.

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 Except that he did.

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 Because we all have a vested interest in these verses, if they're true.

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 All of us.

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 If it is true that the Lord fills the barns of those who honour the Lord with their wealth,

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 then we have a vested interest in this.

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 Second objection.

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 This is clearly not always true.

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 Now, Proverbs recognises this.

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 In fact, the very nature of a proverb is it's saying something general,

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 rather than something kind of ironclad, universal law.

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 Proverbs recognises it in places like chapter 28, verse 6,

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 where it says,

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 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity,

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 than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.

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 Throughout the whole book of Proverbs,

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 it's plain that it's possible to be rich and wicked.

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 But it's possible, perhaps even common, to be poor and righteous.

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 So it's clearly not always true, yes.

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 And Proverbs recognises that.

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 Even in this very reading that we heard,

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 chapter 3, verse 11 and 12,

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 My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline,

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 or be weary of his reproof.

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 For the Lord reproves him whom he loves,

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 as a father the son in whom he delights.

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 Even in those verses, we see that God brings hardship,

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 as discipline,

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 on the children whom he loves.

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 Now, that hardship must include,

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 or at least possibly include,

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 some financial hardship and difficulty.

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 God brings those things,

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 as he brings all trials on us,

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 as an opportunity to learn to trust him,

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 to learn to rely on him,

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 and to walk in his ways.

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 So yes, this is clearly not always true.

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 It generally is true, though.

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 We tend to read Proverbs and say,

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 yeah, I recognise there are some exceptions to this,

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 and move to,

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 well, it's just all random.

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 Whether people end up happy or sad,

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 rich or poor,

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 righteous or foolish,

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 that's just random.

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 It's up to you.

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 You have to pull yourself up

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 by your bootstraps.

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 You have to be the one who gets lucky.

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 But those things deny

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 the lordship of Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus Christ,

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 who sits enthroned,

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 ruling over everything,

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 all of the powerful angels and authorities,

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 all of the powerful governments

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 and financial institutions,

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 and all of us,

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 he has not stepped back

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 from our individual financial affairs.

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 He knows what's going on

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 in your work

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 and in your bank account.

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 He not only knows,

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 but he cares.

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 He not only cares,

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 but to some significant

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 and important degree,

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 he controls it.

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 Third objection.

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 Isn't this just in the Old Testament?

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 Well, yes, Proverbs is in the Old Testament,

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 so on one sense,

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 yes, that's true.

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 And not just in that sense.

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 Not just that it's in this book

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 rather than in the book of Matthew

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 or in James.

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 Because in verse 9,

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 it refers specifically

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 to the first fruits

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 of all your produce.

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 Now, the law of Israel

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 stated that

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 before the people could eat

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 a single thing

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 from the lands

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 and fields that they had,

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 they first had to bring

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 the first and the best produce

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 from their lands

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 to God.

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 They brought not only

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 the first fruits,

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 but a tithe,

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 that is a tenth,

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 of all that their land produced

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 and brought it to the Levites

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 and the priests.

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 Now, at least to some extent,

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 that's therefore connected

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 with the promise of the land, right?

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 The reason they had those fields

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 in the first place

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 was because God had given them,

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 their specific tribe,

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 their specific family,

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 this specific field.

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 And yet,

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 this idea that there is

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 a cycle of blessing

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 is not one that's limited

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 to the Old Testament.

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 Proverbs, I think,

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 if you think about the whole book,

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 it's an instruction

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 from a father

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 to his son.

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 And in a way,

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 it's an expansion

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 of the fifth

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 of the Ten Commandments.

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 Honor your father and mother,

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 this is the first commandment

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 with a promise,

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 that it may go well with you

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 and that you may live long

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 in the land.

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 Proverbs is about that.

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 It's a father saying,

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 if you heed my instructions,

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 you will be wise

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 and you will be blessed.

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 You will have long life.

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 Length of days,

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 verse 2.

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 You will have blessings.

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 Honor the Lord

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 with your wealth.

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 But that quotation

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 of the fifth commandment

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 I just gave you

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 is not from the Old Testament.

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 I've quoted it

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 from Ephesians chapter 6,

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 verse 2 and 3.

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 Honor your father

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 and your mother.

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 This is the first commandment

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 with a promise,

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 that it may go well with you

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 and that you may live long

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 in the land.

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 The instructions of Proverbs

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 are not just for them,

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 they're for us.

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 They're for Christians

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 living in the New Testament too.

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 Besides that,

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 there's a clear parallel

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 given in 1 Corinthians 9

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 between giving to support

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 the Levites and the temple

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 and giving to support

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 the church

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 and its ministers.

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 You can see that

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 in 1 Corinthians 9, 13 and 14

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 where it says,

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 do you not know

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 that those who are employed

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 in the temple service

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 get their food

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 from the temple

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 and those who serve

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 at the altar

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 share in the sacrificial offerings.

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 In the same way,

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 the Lord commanded

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 that those who proclaim

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 the gospel

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 should get their living

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 by the gospel.

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 More than that,

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 there's clearly

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 some obligation

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 to continue to give

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 according to our means.

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 That's what 2 Corinthians 8 says.

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 Now here's the thing,

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 wouldn't it be strange,

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 wouldn't it be just unlike

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 the God that we know

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 if he'd left us

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 with the obligation

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 to give according

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 in proportion to your means

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 but taken away

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 the blessing?

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 The New Covenant

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 is not a downgrade

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 from the old.

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 It's an upgrade

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 in every way.

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 And that includes

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 in this way.

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 Objection number 4.

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 Doesn't Jesus warn

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 against riches?

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 Yes, he does.

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 In fact, Jesus has more

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 to say about riches

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 and the danger of riches

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 than almost anything else.

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 He speaks a great deal

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 as well about self-righteousness

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 but it seems that for Jesus

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 in his great wisdom

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 riches and self-righteousness

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 come hand in hand.

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 So yes, Jesus warns

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 against riches

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 but so does the book

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 of Proverbs.

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 Chapter 30 says,

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 Give me neither poverty

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 nor riches

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 but give me only

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 my daily bread.

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 Otherwise,

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 I may have too much

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 and disown you

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 and say,

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 Who is the Lord?

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 Or I may become poor

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 and steal

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 and so dishonour

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 the name of my God.

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 So great

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 is God's blessing

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 both in the Old Covenant

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 and the New.

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 So great is his blessing

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 that the chiefest temptation

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 for us

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 is that we turn around

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 having received the things

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 he's given us

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 and say,

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 I did this by my own hand.

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 I did this.

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 I worked hard.

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 I pulled myself up.

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 And the Lord says,

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 No,

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 I gave you everything.

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 I gave you the bootstraps

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 and the hands

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 to pull them up

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 and I gave you much more

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 besides.

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 So yes,

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 it is a great danger

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 and I don't want to

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 underplay that danger.

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 If you heard that verse,

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 Then your barns

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 will be filled with plenty

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 and your vats

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 will be bursting with wine.

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 Does that remind you

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 of any stories

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 that Jesus told?

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 For the children,

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 we have a book

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 of the man

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 who built the barns

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 and they got bigger

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 and bigger.

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 But in the end,

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 the man died

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 after he built

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 the biggest barn of all,

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 Luke chapter 12.

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 And what did God say

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 to him?

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 You fool.

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 You fool.

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 You,

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 the opposite of Proverbs.

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 Not the wise man,

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 but the fool

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 building your barns

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 bigger and bigger.

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 That's why it says

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 in verse 9,

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 honour the Lord

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 with your wealth.

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 The man in the parable

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 honoured his wealth

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 with his wealth.

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 He wanted his wealth

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 to grow yet more and more.

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 He honoured his pleasure

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 with his wealth.

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 He wanted to eat

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 and drink

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 and be merry.

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 It's honour the Lord,

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 not honour yourself,

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 not honour your wealth,

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 not honour mammon,

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 but honour the Lord

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 with your wealth.

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 We are to seek wisdom first.

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 We are to seek understanding

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 for,

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 chapter 3, verse 14,

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 the gain from wisdom

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 is better than gain from silver

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 and her profit

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 is better than gold.

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 Get wisdom.

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 Seek wisdom.

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 Which is, of course,

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 the same thing as to say,

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 get Christ.

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 Christ.

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 Seek Christ.

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 Now again,

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 who else says that?

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 Seek something first.

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 Jesus himself,

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 in Matthew 6,

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 says,

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 seek first

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 the kingdom

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 and righteousness.

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 But that's not where

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 that verse finishes,

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 is it?

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 Jesus goes on,

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 seek first the kingdom

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 and righteousness

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 and all these

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 material things

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 will be added

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 to you.

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 So yes,

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 Jesus warns against riches,

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 just like Proverbs.

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 Number five.

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 We will get quicker,

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 don't worry.

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 Number five.

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 Isn't this the prosperity gospel?

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 Perhaps one night

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 you've been flicking

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 through the channels

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 and you get to

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 some late night

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 allegedly Christian channel

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 and you see somebody

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 saying,

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 donate to me,

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 donate now,

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 send in via this text message

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 and I will buy

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 a private jet

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 which will help me

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 to spread the gospel

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 and God will also

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 double your money

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 and you'll see that

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 I pledge to you.

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 That's what the prosperity gospel is.

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 People openly appealing

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 to greed

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 and desperation

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 saying that the gospel

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 is a means

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 to wealth.

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 But Proverbs 3

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 isn't the prosperity gospel

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 like that.

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 I hope that what I'm saying today

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 is not capable

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 of being heard

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 like that.

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 Proverbs 3 is true

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 so long as we don't make

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 God's generosity

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 a license

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 for loving money.

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 So long as we don't

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 neuter Jesus' teaching

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 that the good life,

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 the wise life,

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 the happy life

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 is

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 denying yourself,

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 taking up your cross

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 and following me.

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 That the good life

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 means losing your life.

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 That the good life

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 means

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 leaving behind

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 houses

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 and fields

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 and family.

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 So long as those things

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 are not neutered.

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 This is not the prosperity gospel.

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 It's just the way

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 that our generous God

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 has set up

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 his gracious,

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 grace-filled

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 world.

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 A sixth objection.

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 Isn't this just

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 works righteousness?

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 It sounds like you're saying

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 you've got to do

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 these good things,

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 give some money,

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 do some religious stuff

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 and then God will bless you.

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 Absolutely not.

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 Or at least

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 if you read it wrong

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 and misinterpret it,

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 it is.

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 But that's not how God

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 has ever operated.

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 Everything we have,

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 every breath,

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 is by God's grace

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 only.

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 The fact that we

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 profess Jesus Christ

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 and follow him

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 if you do,

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 the fact that we do that

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 is by God's grace only.

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 We've received his

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 gift of righteousness

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 by faith

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 only.

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 And yet that faith

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 which he's given to us

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 is not all

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 that he's given to us.

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 He's given us

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 his Holy Spirit

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 precisely so that we can

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 walk in his commands.

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 Precisely so that we can

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 live the happiest,

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 wisest way

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 which is

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 to walk in his commands.

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 the wisdom

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 which comes from the fear

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 of the Lord,

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 the good works

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 which come from faith

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 are done

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 by God's grace.

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 It's God's grace

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 which produces

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 in us

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 good works.

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 It's God's work

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 in your heart

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 which produces wisdom

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 and a wisdom

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 which is not just

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 in the head

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 but which works out

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 in every area

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 of your life.

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 Now again,

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 just step back from that.

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 That's how generous

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 God is.

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 He gives you the grace.

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 You receive

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 his gift of extraordinary

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 and perfect righteousness

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 by faith.

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 He gives you

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 his Holy Spirit

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 so that you can walk

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 in his commandments

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 and then he rewards you

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 for walking in his commandments.

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 Not just in this life

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 but in the life to come.

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 Let's not sell short

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 the generosity of God.

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 God is full of grace

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 at every step

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 in the chain

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 along that.

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 And the grace

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 which will

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 bear fruit

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 in eternity

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 is a grace

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 which we can

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 as yet

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 barely imagine.

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 So those are kind of

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 I suppose

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 theological objections.

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 The next few

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 are quicker

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 and they're more

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 practical objections.

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 So the seventh objection.

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 I'm worried

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 that if I do this

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 I'm just doing it

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 to get rich.

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 I'm worried about

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 my motivations.

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 Well I want to say

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 to that

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 that God has actually

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 set up this

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 precisely to prevent

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 that.

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 In other words

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 if you do

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 have a tendency

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 to love money

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 you don't have to be rich

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 to love money.

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 You can be

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 desperately poor

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 and still love money.

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 If you do

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 have a tendency

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 and a temptation

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 to love money

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 and you give

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 to the Lord

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 first

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 I don't think

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 you can do both

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 of those things

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 for long.

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 God has set up

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 honouring the Lord

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 with your wealth

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 precisely

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 to put to death

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 the sin

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 of covetousness.

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 It's designed

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 to purify

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 our motivations

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 because we have

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 to say

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 I love you

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 first.

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 I honour you

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 more than anything.

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.659
 I need you

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 Lord

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 more than I need

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 anything.

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 It's anything.

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 Not even money

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 not even bread

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 not even my livelihood.

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 An eighth objection.

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 If I did this

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 I wouldn't have

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 enough to live on.

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 Now I want to be

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 really sensitive to this

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 because I do think

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 there are real

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 circumstances

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 where people might say

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 I wish I could honour

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 the Lord with my wealth

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 but I truly don't

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 have any wealth.

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 All my wealth

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 is someone else's wealth.

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 I don't have

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 a penny to live on.

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 Think of those

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 many slaves

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 in the New Testament

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 who were converted

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 to follow Jesus Christ.

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 But they didn't really

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 have any possessions.

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 They were slaves.

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 They didn't earn

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 any money

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 week to week

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 for the most part.

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 But

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 remember Jesus'

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 story

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 in Luke 21

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 well not a story

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 but something he saw

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 and pointed out

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 to his disciples

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 he saw a widow

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 going to the

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 temple treasury

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 and putting in

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 just two

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 small copper coins

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 and said

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 and these words

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 ought to echo

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 in our hearts

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 he said

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 having seen

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 people pouring in

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 their gold coins

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 he said

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 I tell you

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 she has put

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 in more

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 than all these.

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 God's economics

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 are not

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 our economics.

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 and he says

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 honour the Lord

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 with your wealth

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 and first

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 put that first.

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 My mum is involved

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 with Christians

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 against poverty

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 she helps out

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 with that a little bit

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 and she says

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 I was talking to her

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 about this a few months ago

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 she was surprised

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 that one of the first things

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 when they're trying

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 to get somebody out

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 of a horrendous

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 situation with debt

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 one of the first things

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 they do

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 to put into their budget

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 is giving.

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 It's a recognition

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 a pretty bold recognition

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 on the part

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 of an organisation

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 that's trying

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 to fight poverty

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 that God's economics

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.980
 are not our economics

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 that God owns

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 the cattle

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 on a thousand hills

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 that God has

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 an infinite supply

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.920
 of life

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 and money

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 he has enough

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:07.079
 he has enough

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 for himself

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 he has enough

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 to overflow

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 to every creature

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 in the world

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 he has enough

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 for you.

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 A ninth objection

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 I will do this

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 but I need to

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 pay off my debt

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 I need to pay off

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 my project first

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 again

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 I want to be sensitive

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 to that

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 that might be

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 the right thing

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 to do

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 and in some ways

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.700
 Christians against poverty

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 is trying to sort

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.360
 out people

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 in that situation

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 but notice what it says

00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:31.720
 in verse 9

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 honour the Lord

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 with your wealth

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 and with the first fruits

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 of all your produce

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 however we work out

00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:40.800
 our giving in practice

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 we ought to be trying

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 to say

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 in some way with it

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:46.420
 Lord you're the first person

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:48.560
 before I put a morsel

00:24:48.560 --> 00:24:49.259
 in my mouth

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:51.259
 I'm honouring you with it

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.560
 I'm testifying

00:24:52.560 --> 00:24:53.380
 that you gave it

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:56.340
 I'm professing

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 that you

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 have provided for me

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 a great high priest Jesus

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 and I belong to him

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:02.840
 that's the first thing

00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:04.000
 we do with our money

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.660
 so I want to

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.600
 if that's the case

00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:05.840
 of saying

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.940
 I can't give now

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:08.340
 because I'm still

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:09.560
 paying off my student debt

00:25:09.560 --> 00:25:10.600
 or I need to pay

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:11.300
 for this conservatory

00:25:11.300 --> 00:25:11.700
 or something

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:13.060
 I want to gently ask

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:15.000
 how or who

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.700
 or what

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.940
 is your highest

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:18.240
 and first priority

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.460
 in life

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:22.819
 tenth objection

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:24.240
 somebody who says

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.700
 look I'm doing this

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.339
 I am giving

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:28.279
 but I'm just getting poorer

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:30.119
 now

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:31.279
 this may happen

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:32.159
 over the long term

00:25:32.159 --> 00:25:33.599
 because the Lord

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.879
 in his sovereign power

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.899
 disciplines people

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.740
 just how he wants to

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:38.559
 but I want to say

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.159
 that if Proverbs

00:25:39.159 --> 00:25:39.700
 is true

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.519
 generally true

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.679
 then it probably won't

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:43.120
 that somebody who gives

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:44.140
 generously to the Lord

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.759
 who honours the Lord

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.299
 with their wealth

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:46.519
 probably won't

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.460
 be getting poorer

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:47.960
 and poorer

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:49.259
 over the long term

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:50.680
 because God's economics

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:52.080
 are not our economics

00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:53.200
 perhaps you're someone

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.600
 like me

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:55.000
 who looks at graphs

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.820
 and reads things

00:25:55.820 --> 00:25:56.240
 in the paper

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.700
 and thinks

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.759
 the economy is going

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.279
 down the pan

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:59.759
 and it seemingly

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.380
 has no bottom

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:02.440
 do you think

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.700
 that that can outrun God

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:06.500
 I don't

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:09.640
 there are a lot of things

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:09.799
 though

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.339
 that are better

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:10.879
 than wealth

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:12.139
 in Proverbs

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:13.460
 if you say

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:13.819
 I'm giving

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.579
 and I'm getting poorer

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:16.079
 look at all the other

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.659
 blessings God

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:17.339
 may have poured

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:17.879
 on you

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:19.419
 Proverbs says

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:19.980
 that peace

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.919
 a peaceable house

00:26:20.919 --> 00:26:22.059
 a good wife

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:23.339
 that wisdom itself

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:24.720
 are better than wealth

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:26.319
 if you're giving

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.339
 and gaining those things

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.419
 you are giving

00:26:28.419 --> 00:26:29.919
 and gaining

00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:30.619
 in blessing

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:33.440
 an eleventh objection

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.339
 sorry

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.500
 we're getting through them

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.539
 an eleventh objection

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:38.019
 how do I actually

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.919
 calculate this

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.680
 and I don't think

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.220
 this is a

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:42.039
 just a theoretical objection

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.440
 because I

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.140
 from my own

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.900
 personal experience

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:45.279
 there is an extraordinary

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.820
 barrier

00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:46.960
 from hearing something

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.880
 about what God

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.519
 says about giving

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.680
 to going home

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.340
 and having a conversation

00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:50.840
 about it

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:52.300
 to actually firing up

00:26:52.300 --> 00:26:53.620
 the old bank app

00:26:53.620 --> 00:26:54.420
 and then you realise

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.100
 you've lost that little

00:26:55.100 --> 00:26:56.160
 calculator thing you need

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.980
 and then you forget

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.880
 about it because of the children

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:58.880
 and then six months later

00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:00.140
 you haven't actually done it

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.740
 and then you think

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.000
 well

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:02.240
 I don't even know

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.779
 how to calculate

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.519
 what I should give

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:03.900
 to the Lord

00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.840
 what does in proportion

00:27:04.840 --> 00:27:05.660
 to my wealth

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.640
 actually mean

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.980
 now our verses

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:10.500
 don't address this directly

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.700
 although

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.640
 when they brought

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.400
 the first fruits

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.259
 in ancient Israel

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.240
 they also brought

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.840
 a tenth

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.940
 of the year's

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:18.040
 profit or increase

00:27:18.040 --> 00:27:19.120
 now again

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:19.600
 they must have

00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:20.600
 some years

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.000
 not been able

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.680
 to bring very much

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.320
 because the plague

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:22.800
 of locusts

00:27:22.800 --> 00:27:23.420
 had eaten their

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:25.220
 crops

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:26.320
 or an extremely

00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:27.380
 strong

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:28.640
 and heavy tax burden

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:30.060
 had cut down

00:27:30.060 --> 00:27:30.700
 what that meant

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:32.340
 but whatever else

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:33.140
 first fruits

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:34.180
 implies

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:36.140
 it certainly implies

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.539
 that we

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.740
 review these things

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.180
 regularly

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:39.840
 that we honour

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.160
 the Lord

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.740
 with our wealth

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.620
 by checking

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.539
 our wealth

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.140
 by checking

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:44.400
 our giving

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:44.920
 and saying

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.180
 yep

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:46.120
 I'm reviewing

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.460
 this

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.259
 to honour

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.720
 the Lord

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:49.060
 I'm reviewing

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:49.460
 this

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.380
 in gratitude

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:50.840
 to him

00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:52.580
 I think

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.160
 I'm increasingly

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.560
 convinced

00:27:53.560 --> 00:27:54.600
 that the

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:55.759
 tenth principle

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.240
 the tenth

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.580
 of all your

00:27:56.580 --> 00:27:57.779
 increase

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.560
 applies

00:27:58.560 --> 00:27:59.140
 and is a

00:27:59.140 --> 00:28:00.000
 gracious

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.519
 and freeing

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.779
 thing for

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.080
 Christians

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:01.420
 as well

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.900
 I'll happily

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.360
 talk to anyone

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:02.799
 about that

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.400
 afterwards

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:04.460
 but I think

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:04.840
 here's the

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:05.320
 real bottom

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:05.600
 line

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.580
 something that

00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:07.120
 Jesus said

00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:08.480
 with the

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.000
 measure you

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.600
 use

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.860
 it will be

00:28:10.860 --> 00:28:11.180
 measured

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:12.180
 to you

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:14.240
 that you

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.580
 reap

00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:15.300
 what you

00:28:15.300 --> 00:28:15.620
 sow

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:18.019
 again

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:19.420
 people do

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:19.880
 not believe

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:20.280
 these things

00:28:20.280 --> 00:28:20.840
 because they're

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.200
 a deep

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.560
 principle

00:28:21.560 --> 00:28:21.960
 hidden in

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.300
 the world

00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:23.019
 which Jesus

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.480
 has revealed

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.980
 to us

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:25.000
 Jesus himself

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.600
 who gave

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:26.259
 up everything

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.600
 and then

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:28.100
 received

00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:29.300
 eternal life

00:28:29.300 --> 00:28:30.519
 with the

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.000
 measure you

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.380
 use

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:31.860
 it will be

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.160
 measured

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:33.240
 to you

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.960
 so yes

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.180
 you do

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.420
 have to

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.700
 calculate

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.359
 and you

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:36.559
 do have

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:36.799
 to do

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.019
 something

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.440
 about it

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.660
 and you

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:37.859
 do have

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.140
 to find

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.400
 that little

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.880
 calculator

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:40.259
 don't sweat

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.519
 it too

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:40.819
 much

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:42.599
 but yes

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.099
 you should

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:44.420
 I'm happy

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:44.740
 to speak

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.079
 about that

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.519
 more

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:48.460
 a twelfth

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:48.759
 objection

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.220
 some people

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.599
 would say

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.200
 look I'd

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.579
 like to do

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.180
 this but my

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.819
 wife or my

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.299
 husband or my

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:53.339
 parents they

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:53.799
 won't stand

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.160
 for it

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:55.599
 they just

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.259
 don't think

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.640
 we should be

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:56.980
 doing this

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.480
 perhaps you're

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.019
 married to

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.279
 someone who's

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.480
 not a

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:58.700
 Christian

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.579
 perhaps your

00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.259
 parents have

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.779
 different views

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.259
 on this

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.920
 to you

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:03.440
 now again

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:03.980
 I've got a

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.360
 great deal of

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:05.860
 sympathy for

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.100
 that

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:06.759
 not for

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.320
 personal reasons

00:29:07.320 --> 00:29:07.740
 I should say

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:09.100
 but I do

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:09.620
 understand that

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:10.060
 that's a

00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:11.500
 real burden

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:11.960
 to bear

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:13.480
 I would suggest

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:13.860
 that if you're

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.539
 in that situation

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.500
 that would be a

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.039
 great thing to

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.519
 raise with one

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:16.880
 of the elders

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.539
 of this church

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.539
 and to talk to

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.080
 them about it

00:29:19.080 --> 00:29:20.440
 but here's what

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:20.820
 I will say

00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:21.220
 about it

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:23.420
 you may have

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.200
 to go to

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.740
 your husband

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.100
 or wife

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.700
 or parents

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:27.220
 and apologise

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:29.120
 I personally

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:29.740
 would have to

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.579
 apologise to

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.180
 as Jenny and I

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.660
 have spoken about

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.319
 this in the past

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:33.240
 to say look

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:34.279
 I've been stingy

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.660
 in the past

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.279
 towards the Lord

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.839
 because I've been

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.220
 scared

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.059
 and I thought

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.460
 well I've got to

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:37.799
 keep the money

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.440
 back for myself

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:40.880
 because I

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.400
 dare not give it

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:41.640
 away

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.519
 we don't have

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:42.839
 enough

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:45.660
 I'm sorry

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:47.259
 because I've

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.720
 dishonoured the

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.160
 Lord in doing

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.420
 that

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:49.360
 and here's what

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:49.900
 I want to do

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.700
 differently

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:52.960
 13th

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.880
 I'm not sure

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.319
 who I should

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.839
 give to

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:56.039
 well Galatians

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.500
 chapter 6

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.879
 verse 6

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.199
 says

00:29:57.199 --> 00:29:57.839
 let the one

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.339
 who has taught

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:58.699
 the word

00:29:58.699 --> 00:29:59.539
 share all good

00:29:59.539 --> 00:29:59.959
 things with the

00:29:59.959 --> 00:30:00.539
 one who teaches

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.619
 I think if you

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.220
 don't consider

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.059
 your own church's

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.379
 ministry

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:03.799
 the kind of

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.939
 obvious port of

00:30:04.939 --> 00:30:05.659
 call for giving

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.119
 then that's

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.659
 probably a bit

00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:07.179
 of a red flag

00:30:07.179 --> 00:30:07.699
 about something

00:30:07.699 --> 00:30:09.199
 but you are

00:30:09.199 --> 00:30:09.839
 genuinely free

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.299
 to give

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.439
 you're free

00:30:11.439 --> 00:30:11.839
 to give

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.659
 not under

00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:13.159
 compulsion

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:14.480
 God loves

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.379
 a cheerful

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:16.179
 giver

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:18.579
 14th

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.519
 do you know

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:19.899
 this isn't

00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:20.359
 actually really

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:20.799
 an objection

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:22.639
 perhaps you're

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.099
 somebody who

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.579
 hears these

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:23.980
 things

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:25.160
 from Proverbs

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.700
 chapter 3

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.200
 and says

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.860
 do you know

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:28.220
 I've been doing

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.640
 this for the

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.380
 last 50 years

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:30.160
 or 70 years

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.160
 or 15 years

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:33.539
 and now I

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:33.880
 think about

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.460
 my life

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:36.059
 and realise

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.460
 that I've

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.180
 prospered

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:37.759
 far more

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.160
 than I can

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.059
 really explain

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:41.319
 that God

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.900
 has given me

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.360
 more than I

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:43.039
 really deserved

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.860
 I was never

00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:44.339
 that good at

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.720
 my job

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.000
 I never

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.420
 really made

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:46.000
 much progress

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.779
 I didn't

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.360
 really check

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:47.940
 my pensions

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.500
 and my savings

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.079
 that carefully

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:50.519
 and I never

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.200
 realised there

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.079
 was a

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:52.440
 connection

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:54.680
 if that is

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:54.960
 you

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.400
 can I

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.779
 encourage you

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.000
 to do

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.660
 two things

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:58.059
 first

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:59.559
 give thanks

00:30:59.559 --> 00:30:59.820
 to the

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.080
 Lord

00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:02.259
 praise him

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:03.700
 recognise

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.059
 that his

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.500
 grace

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.380
 is from

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:05.680
 grace

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.340
 to grace

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:06.700
 that it's

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.259
 overflowing

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.180
 and abounding

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.860
 but secondly

00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:11.740
 share your

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.720
 story of

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.120
 God's

00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.500
 kindness

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:15.200
 with others

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:16.019
 to encourage

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.740
 them in the

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.000
 walk

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:18.660
 there will be

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.080
 young people

00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:19.460
 here

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.840
 young being a

00:31:20.840 --> 00:31:21.259
 kind of relative

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.600
 term

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:22.840
 who just

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.519
 can't believe

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:23.900
 this

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.480
 they look at

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.900
 the economy

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.779
 they grumble

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.539
 about boomers

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.960
 they think I'm

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.279
 never going to

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.680
 own a house

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.160
 because of

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:30.140
 something to do

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:31.100
 with fiat

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.660
 currency or

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:31.940
 something

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:35.680
 encourage those

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.320
 people and say

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.559
 look God's

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.200
 economics are

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.779
 not our

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.299
 economics

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:40.000
 hear my

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.379
 story

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:40.899
 I was talking

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.279
 to a guy

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.079
 back in our

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.839
 church about

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.139
 this

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.899
 who'd worked

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:44.939
 in a low

00:31:44.939 --> 00:31:45.559
 level job in

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:45.939
 the charitable

00:31:45.939 --> 00:31:46.599
 sector for all

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.079
 of his life

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:48.299
 was talking about

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:48.759
 these verses

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.220
 and said

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:50.779
 do you know

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.299
 I think that's

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.679
 what God has

00:31:51.679 --> 00:31:52.139
 done to me

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:52.599
 and now I

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.659
 realise how

00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:54.139
 generous and

00:31:54.139 --> 00:31:54.619
 gracious God

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:54.980
 has been to

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.200
 me

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.899
 and I said

00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:56.119
 to him

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:56.460
 well look

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.359
 tell other

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:57.859
 people who

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.139
 are here

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:58.379
 too

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:59.619
 that God

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.259
 really

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.259
 is

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.000
 gracious

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.980
 and kind

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:04.400
 I read an

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:05.240
 amazing stat

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.539
 it's from

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.339
 2012 but I

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:07.140
 assume it's

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:08.799
 even more

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.299
 true now

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:10.099
 that the

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:11.079
 over 60s

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.940
 are more

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.500
 than six

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.120
 times more

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:14.099
 generous to

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.779
 charity including

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.339
 to churches

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:16.279
 than the

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.079
 under 30s

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:18.180
 and ten years

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.940
 prior to that

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.420
 it was just

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:19.980
 three times

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.339
 more

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:23.799
 six times

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.279
 more the

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.839
 over 60s

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.460
 their proportional

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.660
 generosity to

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.039
 the young

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:28.720
 young people

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.140
 need to hear

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:29.660
 your encouragement

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:30.160
 in this

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:31.000
 they need to

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.599
 hear God's

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.000
 encouragement

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:33.640
 from chapter

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:34.440
 3 verse 9

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.279
 that to some

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.119
 meaningful extent

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:37.319
 giving to the

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.559
 Lord

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.220
 honouring him

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 with our

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 wealth

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 is a

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 no brainer

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 on every

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 level

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 promised not

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 just for this

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 life

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 but for the

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 life to

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 come

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 and more

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 fundamentally

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 they need

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 to hear

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 we need

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 to hear

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 every one

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 of us

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 needs to

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 hear

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 that God's

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 economics

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 are not

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 our

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 economics

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 God is

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 not stingy

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 if you're a

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 Christian

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 just shake

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 your head

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 and think

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 is God

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 stingy

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 he who

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 did not

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 spare up

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 his own

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 son but

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 gave him

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 for us

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 all

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 is he

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 stingy

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 God who

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 created

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 every single

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 atom in

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 the universe

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 is he

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 underfunded

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 is he

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 wanting

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 or lacking

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 for anything

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 it's

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 Satan

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 who wants

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 us

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 not to be

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 blessed

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 either spiritually

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 or materially

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 God

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 is infinitely

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 rich

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 and prodigally

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 generous

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 he did

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 not

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 spare

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 his

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 own

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 son

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 but

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 gave him

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 up

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 for us

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 all

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 now God

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 just wants

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 us to

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 prove that

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 we know

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 that

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 and he

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 wants the

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 proof

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 to be in

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 our bank

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 statement

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 and here's

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 the crazy

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 thing

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 sooner or

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 later it'll

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 be in your

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 bank statement

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 in both

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 columns

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 in and

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 out

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 now just

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 imagine that

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 multiplied

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 and compounded

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 across hundreds

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 of people

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 and across

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 the generations

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 I always think

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 there's a kind

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 of chicken and

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 egg thing

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 when we talk

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 about and pray

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 for revival

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 on the one

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 hand when

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 revival comes

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 people consecrate

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 themselves to

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 God and that

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 notably includes

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 their wallets

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 on the other

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:13.679
 hand revival

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.480
 comes when

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 people humble

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 themselves and

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 consecrate

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 themselves to

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 God including

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:20.260
 their wallets

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:21.960
 imagine that

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:23.400
 is that not

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:23.920
 what we long

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:25.079
 for in this

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.740
 area of

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.659
 London across

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:27.039
 our whole

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 land and

00:34:27.379 --> 00:34:27.719
 across the

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.239
 whole world

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 well it

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 begins with

00:34:29.939 --> 00:34:30.500
 people among

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.099
 other things

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.959
 who honour

00:34:31.959 --> 00:34:32.459
 the Lord with

00:34:32.459 --> 00:34:32.879
 their wealth

00:34:32.879 --> 00:34:33.679
 and with the

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:35.079
 first fruits of

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 all their

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 produce and

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 their barns are

00:34:37.919 --> 00:34:38.219
 filled with

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:39.419
 plenty and

00:34:39.419 --> 00:34:39.919
 their vats

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 will be bursting

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:42.000
 with wine

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 imagine that

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 well let's pray

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 that we won't

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 have to just

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 imagine it

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 let's pray

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 a

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