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 A carnival set up in the concourse down in Chatswood.

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 They had a variety of side shows on display,

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 one of which was a strongman competition.

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 What that means is they had this 150 kilogram muscle-bound hulk of a bloke

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 who was squeezing oranges into a glass

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 until he couldn't get any more drops of juice out of it

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 and then he'd throw the challenge out there to the crowd that had gathered

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 and amazed at how strong this guy was.

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 Throw the challenge out.

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 Anyone who can squeeze even one more drop out of the orange,

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 you get $1,000 in prize money.

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 Many from Crunch Gym tried, but no one succeeded.

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 Until that is a young Asian lady watching from the back,

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 stepped up to the platform, grabbed the orange,

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 proceeded to squeeze and squeeze this orange

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 until another half a cup of juice came out of the orange.

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 The crowd roared with delight as the $1,000 of prize money was handed over.

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 The muscle-bound hulk of a bloke was somewhat embarrassed and flabbergasted.

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 And so he asked her who she was and how on earth did she manage to do that?

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 She said, my name is Wendy Jay.

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 I'm the treasurer of the local Anglican church.

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 And I do this every Sunday with a collection.

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 It's not a true story.

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 Just for Jason's sake, wherever he is, where's Jason?

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 It's not a true story, Jason.

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 What I'm speaking about today is practically a taboo subject in our culture.

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 While we might put up with a money sermon once or maybe twice a year,

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 we expect it's sort of things like on, you know, Commitment Sunday,

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 if we do it much more than that,

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 and I run the risk of being accused of just being interested in people's money.

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 And yet money is a big deal to God.

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 Jesus talked about money 10 to 20 times more than he talked about sex,

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 and twice as much as he talked about prayer and faith.

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 One third of Jesus' parables were about money,

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 and he sets up money, of all the things he picked on,

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 he set up money as the alternative God,

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 where he said you cannot serve both God and money.

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 The practical reality is that all too often raising funds for ministry and for mission

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 is like squeezing the orange,

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 trying to get those last drops out

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 and making every little bit stretch as far as we possibly can.

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 The reason for that is that money is a spiritual issue.

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 It is not a financial issue for the Christian.

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 And so we're finishing 1 Corinthians

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 with the first four verses of the chapter, of chapter 16,

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 where it raises the issue of taking up a collection

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 for the support of other churches.

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 And we're going to jump around the Bible a bit

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 and look at this issue of radical generosity,

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 how the cross shapes our wallets and our purses.

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 We're going to see how money exercises power over us,

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 which is why we don't give as much as we should.

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 We're going to see why money exercises power over us

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 and how we break that power that it has over us.

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 1 Corinthians 16, if you've got your Bibles open there,

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 begins with the familiar now about or now concerning.

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 It's the fifth time that Paul has used this little phrase

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 to address another issue that the Corinthian church

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 had previously written to him about.

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 And so he's bringing clarity to them on this particular issue.

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 The collecting of money here is the issue that they need clarity on.

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 And it's collecting of money from the missionary churches of the Gentiles

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 that Paul had established and planted

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 for the mother church back in Jerusalem.

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 The collection started as a support of the mother church

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 during a severe famine, which hit Judea in the first century,

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 and it brought enormous hardship throughout Judea

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 and particularly the capital in Jerusalem.

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 And Paul gives very simple advice to this church of Corinth

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 as he did with the other churches that were collecting money for Jerusalem.

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 It's in verse 2.

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 He says,

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 On the first day of the week,

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 each one of you should set aside a sum of money

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 in keeping with his income.

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 And so what he encourages here

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 is regular proportional giving accordance with your income.

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 Over time, though,

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 this church of Corinth stumbled on this issue.

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 They might have had a good start,

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 but they sort of petered out over time.

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 Paul addresses the fact that they were petering out

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 on his instructions here in 1 Corinthians 16

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 in his second letter, 2 Corinthians,

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 and in chapters 8 and 9.

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 Paul was concerned not that this church of Corinth

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 would fail in the collection.

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 His concern was that they would fail to excel

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 in the grace of giving,

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 that they would fail to keep giving and go beyond giving.

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 That was his concern.

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 What we notice as you go through the scriptures

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 is that the Bible revolutionizes our view of money and generosity.

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 In 1 Chronicles,

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 and this is where I want to challenge us tonight

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 in terms of our view of money.

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 Let's have a biblical perspective of it,

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 on what we have.

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 1 Chronicles 28 and 29,

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 King David is raising funds

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 for the building of the temple in Jerusalem.

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 And he prays to God in these words.

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 He says,

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 Everything in heaven and on earth is yours.

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 Wealth and honour come from you.

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 Everything comes from you.

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 And we have only given what comes from your hand.

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 What that's saying there is

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 that everything that you have,

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 everything that we have,

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 is a gift from God.

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 Everything.

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 Now, that might seem a little offensive

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 because we've worked really hard for what we have,

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 but we've worked really hard,

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 or your parents have worked really hard,

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 with abilities, opportunities, circumstances,

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 and health that God has provided.

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 It's very easy for us in our culture to say,

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 well, I've just worked really hard,

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 and I've been really lucky,

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 and I've made some really wise choices.

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 If you were born in the 5th century,

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 in the jungles of New Guinea,

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 you wouldn't be able to say that.

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 Everything that you have

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 has been given to you from God.

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 But it's not just that everything comes from God's hand.

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 Here's the next bit.

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 Everything that comes from God's hand

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 is still owned by God.

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 It's His.

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 God does not give up ownership of something

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 when He gives it to us.

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 So what that means is that we relate to our money

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 and our resources

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 the way an investment manager relates

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 to the wealth of their clients.

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 And there are plenty of parables in the New Testament

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 that talk about this.

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 If you are an investment manager,

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 you don't operate as if the money is yours

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 and that you can do whatever you want with it.

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 There's an accountability to it

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 as an investment manager.

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 You have to invest the money

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 in line with the purposes and the desires

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 and the directions and the values of the investor.

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 If you take their money

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 and do something else with it,

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 it's called fraud.

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 And God is the great creator investor.

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 Everything we have comes from Him.

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 It is His.

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 And we are His investment manager.

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 And if we deny the investment manager role

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 that we have with God's resources

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 and regard ourselves as the ultimate owner

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 of everything we got,

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 we actually rob God.

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 That's how strong the language is in Malachi 3

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 that was just read out to us.

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 Where God is talking about His people's failure

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 to be generous.

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 God poses a question to them.

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 He says,

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 Will a man rob God?

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 And yet you rob me.

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 The word rob here is a very rare word.

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 It's in fact used only in one other place in the Bible.

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 It is a word that really means to oppress,

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 to pillage, to plunder, to rape.

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 It is a very violent word.

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 And this is what the people of God are doing to God.

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 And when they hear this,

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 they're shocked.

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 How do we rob you?

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 How on earth could we be possibly doing that to you, God?

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 What are you talking about, God?

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 And God comes back and says,

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 I'm talking about your lack of generosity with money.

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 I'm talking about the fact that you spend more on yourself.

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 You have a tendency not to give away.

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 You see, when they keep it for themselves,

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 they are robbing God,

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 plundering, pillaging,

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 raping God's purposes

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 for His world.

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 So instead of building up,

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 it's destroying.

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 And according to these verses,

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 these people in Malachi 3

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 are oblivious to it.

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 And that is the power that money has over us.

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 A great deal of the power that money has over us

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 is that it blinds us

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 to the power that it has over us.

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 Money is different to other things

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 because we are blind to how much it is affecting us.

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 Materialism and greed

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 is a sin that blinds you to its presence.

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 That's why Jesus says in Luke chapter 12,

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 watch out!

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 Watch out!

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 In the same way that if someone was crossing Fuller's Road right now

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 and they're oblivious,

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 they've got their headphones in,

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 they're wandering along,

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 there's a bus zooming down on them,

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 you'd go, watch out!

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 Because they haven't seen the bus.

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 And Jesus says, watch out!

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 For all kinds of greed.

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 Is there any place where Jesus says,

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 watch out!

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 For all kinds of sexual immorality.

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 Now it's,

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 well, I can't think of any.

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 It's not because

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 sexual immorality, adultery,

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 all that sort of stuff is any less sinful.

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 It's because we're blind to greed and materialism

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 in a way that you're not blind

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 to adultery and sexual immorality.

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 You don't go,

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 oh,

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 when you've committed adultery,

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 you're not my wife.

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 You're not my husband.

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 You know they're not.

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 Jesus doesn't say,

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 watch out,

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 you might be committing adultery

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 not knowing it.

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 Of course you know it.

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 But we sin,

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 this sin of greed and materialism,

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 you're blind to it.

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 And it's interesting

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 that I find after,

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 you know,

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 about 20 years of ministry

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 that no one has ever asked me

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 to preach on money

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 except other ministers

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 who've asked me to come in

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 and do it for them.

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 No one has ever asked me

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 to help them think

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 through a godly response

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 to their use of their money.

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 I've never heard anyone confess

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 greed and materialism,

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 that is the sin of greed

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 and materialism to me.

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 I've had all sorts of stuff

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 confessed to me

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 over the years.

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 You name it,

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 it's probably happened.

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 Except terrorist

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 or something like that,

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 never done that.

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 But,

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 no one has ever confessed

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 greed and materialism.

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 No one ever thinks

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 it's their problem.

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 And I would hazard a guess

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 that no one here

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 sitting in this room

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 at the moment

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 probably thinks

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 it's their problem.

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 They could probably think

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 of someone who is

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 it as their problem,

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 but it's not them.

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 No one ever asked me

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 to pray for them

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 and counsel them

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 because they were ungodly

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 in the use of their money.

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 But if we take the text

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 of the Bible seriously

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 then we should work

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 on the assumption

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 that it's true for us.

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 This is a blind spot for us

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 in the wealthy West.

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 We're blind too.

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 Now I'm saying

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 it's necessarily true of you.

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 I'm saying that the only way

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 to give any credence

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 to what the Bible says

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 is to always be checking

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 for this blind spot

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 which means you need help.

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 And fortunately

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 the Bible gives us some help.

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 The Bible does give us

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 at least one guideline

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 by which we can check ourselves

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 to see whether or not

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 money has a hold on us

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 and our understanding

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 of generosity

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 and giving to ministry

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 and charity

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 is anywhere

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 in the ballpark

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 of what God thinks

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 it ought to be.

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 And it's right here

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 in Malachi 3.

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 It's called the tithe.

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 The Old Testament scriptures

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 required

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 that all people

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 give 10% of their annual income

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 to the temple.

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 And historically

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 this has raised a question

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 for whether this is an obligation

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 for Christians or not.

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 And the word tithe

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 is mentioned only once

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 in the New Testament

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 but it is very significant.

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 It's in Luke chapter 11

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 verse 42

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 and Jesus is talking

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 to the Pharisees

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 and he says this to them

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 woe to you Pharisees.

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 In other words

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 curse upon you Pharisees

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 because you give God

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 a tenth of your mint

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 you ruin all kinds

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 of garden herbs

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 but you neglect justice

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 and the love of God.

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 You should have practiced

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 the latter

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 without leaving

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 the former undone.

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 That is

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 it's right for you

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 to give a 10%.

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 But the trouble

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 with the Pharisees

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 is they have this

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 legalistic limitation

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 that they're operating in.

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 They give 10%

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 and view the 90%

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 as theirs.

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 God you got your bit

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 the rest is mine.

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 And so when an issue

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 of justice and love

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 or some other need

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 pops up

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 they go

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 not my problem.

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 They refuse to go

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 beyond the tithe.

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 They aren't being driven

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 by the grace

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 they aren't being driven

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 by the gospel

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 by love

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 by justice

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 they've been driven

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 by a legalistic code

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 of conduct

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 that pats themselves

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 on the back.

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 And I don't think

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 that we could ever

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 expect God to say

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 to his New Testament

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 people with greater

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 blessing

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 greater privileges

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 greater hope

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 in the gospel

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 you can give less.

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 I suspect

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 the reason

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 tithing isn't

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 mentioned a whole lot

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 is because

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 we're not meant

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 to see it

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 as a legalistic

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 limitation

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 to our giving

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 but as a baseline

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 a guideline

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 a rule of thumb

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 a beginning

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 make sure

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 that you're

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 in the ballpark

00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:28.060
 and then

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 like the Lord Jesus

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 go beyond it.

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 Radical generosity.

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 Money

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 sorry

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 Malachi 3

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 also gives us

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 a clue

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 as to why

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 money has

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 such power

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 over us.

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 Bring the whole

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 tithe into the

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 storehouse

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 that there may

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 be food

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 in my house.

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 The word

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 house there

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 means God's

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 temple.

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 God's instruction

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 here is for

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 his people

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 to give

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 their gold

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 and silver

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 and their

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 resources

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 and so on

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 and whatever

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 into the

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 storehouse

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 of the

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 temple.

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 So the word

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 house means

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 temple

00:16:02.719 --> 00:16:03.139
 the word

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 storehouse

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 means treasury

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 it's the

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 treasury

00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:06.600
 of the

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 temple

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 and so

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 what the

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 instruction

00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:09.360
 here is

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 bring

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 your

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 treasure

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 the

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 stuff

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 that

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 I've

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 given

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 you

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 into

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 my

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 treasury

00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:17.820
 and when

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 God

00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:18.800
 says

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 bring the

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 whole

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 tithe

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 to me

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 into my

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 treasury

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 into my

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 temple

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 into the

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 service

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 of my

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 salvation

00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:25.060
 into the

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 worship

00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:25.800
 of me

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 the implication

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 is that

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 if you

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 are not

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 doing

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 that

00:16:28.580 --> 00:16:29.560
 then your

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 treasure

00:16:30.040 --> 00:16:30.899
 is in

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 another

00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:32.259
 treasury

00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:38.480
 it's a

00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:38.799
 matter of

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 who or

00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:39.399
 what you

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 really

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 trust

00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:42.919
 money

00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:43.720
 has a

00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.159
 hole in

00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:44.519
 us

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 because we

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 expect it

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 and we

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 trust it

00:16:49.100 --> 00:16:49.559
 to deliver

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 what only

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 God can

00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:50.819
 deliver

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 I'll give you

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 two examples

00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:52.399
 of what I

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 mean

00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:53.600
 firstly

00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:54.500
 if you

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:54.919
 find it

00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:55.439
 really hard

00:16:55.439 --> 00:16:55.720
 to give

00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:56.220
 money away

00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:56.480
 and I

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 mean

00:16:56.939 --> 00:16:57.480
 you know

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:58.080
 it's

00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.600
 hard

00:16:58.600 --> 00:16:59.819
 you've

00:16:59.819 --> 00:17:00.019
 got to

00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:00.259
 think

00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:00.539
 about

00:17:00.539 --> 00:17:01.419
 so much

00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:02.500
 just not

00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:02.979
 natural

00:17:02.979 --> 00:17:03.839
 just so

00:17:03.839 --> 00:17:04.279
 difficult

00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:05.399
 but it's

00:17:05.399 --> 00:17:06.379
 so incredibly

00:17:06.379 --> 00:17:07.079
 easy to

00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.619
 spend money

00:17:07.619 --> 00:17:08.519
 on clothes

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.079
 on cars

00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:09.720
 on travel

00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:10.759
 on renovations

00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:11.500
 on entertainment

00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:12.500
 on takeaway

00:17:12.500 --> 00:17:13.440
 on you know

00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:15.539
 almost effortless

00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:16.659
 piece of cake

00:17:16.659 --> 00:17:17.039
 whip it out

00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:18.859
 spend it

00:17:18.859 --> 00:17:19.240
 go on

00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:19.700
 just like

00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:19.980
 that

00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:22.079
 then those

00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:22.960
 things

00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:24.480
 are your

00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:25.359
 real treasure

00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:26.759
 they are

00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:27.319
 your real

00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:27.859
 treasure

00:17:27.859 --> 00:17:29.299
 oh sorry

00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:29.819
 they are the

00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:30.659
 real treasury

00:17:30.660 --> 00:17:31.220
 of your

00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:31.840
 real temple

00:17:31.840 --> 00:17:34.340
 because

00:17:34.340 --> 00:17:35.600
 what you're

00:17:35.600 --> 00:17:36.480
 really doing

00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:36.800
 no matter

00:17:36.800 --> 00:17:37.240
 what you

00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:37.620
 say you

00:17:37.620 --> 00:17:37.960
 believe

00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:39.040
 is that

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 you're

00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:39.519
 actually

00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:39.920
 looking

00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:40.580
 to those

00:17:40.580 --> 00:17:40.900
 things

00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:41.240
 to get

00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:41.700
 the sense

00:17:41.700 --> 00:17:42.000
 of

00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:43.019
 security

00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:44.100
 desirability

00:17:44.100 --> 00:17:44.920
 acceptability

00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:45.560
 lovability

00:17:45.560 --> 00:17:46.560
 or experiences

00:17:46.560 --> 00:17:47.100
 whatever it

00:17:47.100 --> 00:17:47.840
 might be

00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:49.640
 rather than

00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:50.180
 looking to

00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:50.660
 God

00:17:50.660 --> 00:17:51.960
 for your

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 satisfaction

00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:54.019
 your

00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:54.540
 contentment

00:17:54.540 --> 00:17:54.740
 your

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 security

00:17:55.259 --> 00:18:00.279
 alternatively

00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:01.500
 there might

00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:01.920
 be those

00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:02.680
 amongst us

00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:03.900
 who look

00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:04.299
 at all

00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:04.819
 these people

00:18:04.819 --> 00:18:05.319
 around us

00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:05.559
 in our

00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:06.200
 consumeristic

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:06.680
 culture

00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:08.359
 and you

00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:08.839
 puke at

00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:09.099
 that

00:18:09.099 --> 00:18:10.480
 these people

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.379
 spending money

00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:12.059
 on clothes

00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:12.480
 and homes

00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:12.960
 and cars

00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:13.420
 and travel

00:18:13.420 --> 00:18:13.599
 and you

00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:14.440
 just sneer

00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:15.160
 you look

00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:15.559
 down your

00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:15.859
 nose

00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:16.140
 and you

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.359
 think

00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:17.119
 what a

00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:17.740
 waste

00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:20.000
 and you're

00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:20.599
 so proud

00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:20.880
 of the

00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.099
 fact

00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:21.420
 that you've

00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:21.660
 been

00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:22.339
 wearing

00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:22.900
 and repairing

00:18:22.900 --> 00:18:23.319
 the same

00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:23.640
 pair of

00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:23.880
 undies

00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:24.299
 for 10

00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:24.839
 years

00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:25.819
 and that

00:18:25.819 --> 00:18:26.220
 you hang

00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:26.700
 out your

00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:27.759
 tea bags

00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:28.279
 to dry

00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:28.559
 so you

00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:29.180
 can reuse

00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:29.420
 them

00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:29.799
 and you're

00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.859
 living in

00:18:30.859 --> 00:18:31.279
 a small

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.859
 apartment

00:18:31.859 --> 00:18:32.440
 and you

00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:32.880
 don't own

00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:33.279
 a mobile

00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:33.700
 phone

00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:33.900
 and you're

00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:34.400
 just really

00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:35.000
 frugal

00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:37.200
 and what

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:37.700
 you're doing

00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.240
 instead is

00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:38.539
 you're putting

00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:38.940
 your money

00:18:38.940 --> 00:18:39.480
 away into

00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:39.920
 banks

00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:40.700
 and investments

00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:42.500
 for a rainy

00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:42.960
 day

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:45.339
 but you

00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:45.900
 like the

00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:46.339
 spender

00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:48.899
 is still

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 controlled

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 by money

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 you're still

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 under the

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 power of

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 money

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 if you

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 find it

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 very hard

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 to give

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 money away

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 but very

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 easy to

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 save it

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 then your

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 bank is

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 your temple

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 rather than

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 God you

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 are looking

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 to your

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 bank to

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 give you

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 control

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 that's what

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 it ultimately

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 is about

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 it's about

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 control

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 in a

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 very

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 very

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 chaotic

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 and unpredictable

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 world

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 where only

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 God has

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 control

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 instead of

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 God

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 I've got

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 beauty

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 and acceptance

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 because of

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 these great

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 clothes

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 instead of

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 God

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 I've got

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 control

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 because of

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 these

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 investments

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 instead of

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 God

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 I've got

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 comfort

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 and security

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 because of

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 this great

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 house

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 it is so

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 incredibly

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 easy

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 to give

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 money to

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 whatever

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 is your

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 saviour

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 your lord

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 your hope

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 your happiness

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 your meaning

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 your significance

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 and your

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 security

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 money reveals

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 what we

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 truly

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 worship

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 and that is

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 why Jesus

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 says you

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 can't serve

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 both God

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 and money

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 he sets

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 up money

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 as the

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 alternative

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 God

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 because it

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 promises us

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 security

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 and hope

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 and freedom

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 and a clear

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 conscience

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 and a good

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 health

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 but it will

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 never deliver

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 for us

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 what we think

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 it will deliver

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 for us

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 the biggest

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 saving account

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 in the world

00:20:18.439 --> 00:20:19.059
 cannot stop

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 cancer

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.259
 it cannot stop

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 traffic accidents

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 it cannot stop

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 family

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 disintegration

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 it cannot stop

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 broken hearts

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 God is the

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 only one

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 who can give

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 you genuine

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 security

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 he's the

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 only one

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 who can give

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 you genuine

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 significance

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 he's the only

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 love that you

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 can never

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 lose

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 and so

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 how do we

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 break this

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.380
 power that

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 money has

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 over us

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 the answer

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 is the

00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:48.660
 gospel of

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 the Lord

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.460
 Jesus

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.759
 Paul puts

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 it like this

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:51.740
 in 2

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 Corinthians 8

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 this is when

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 he's addressing

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 this church

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 at Corinth

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 that failed

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 to really

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 follow through

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 in his

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 instructions

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 here in

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 1 Corinthians

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 16

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 so this is

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:02.359
 his second

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 letter to

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 them

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:04.139
 he says

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 see that you

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 also excel

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.420
 in the grace

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 of giving

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 I'm not

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 commanding you

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 but I want

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 to test

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 the sincerity

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 of your

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 love

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.220
 for you

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 know the

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 grace of

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 our Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 that though

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 he was

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 rich

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 yet for

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 your

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.119
 sakes

00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:16.960
 he became

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 poor

00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:18.279
 so that

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:18.819
 you through

00:21:18.819 --> 00:21:19.539
 his poverty

00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:21.319
 might become

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 rich

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 everyone

00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:26.200
 in this

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 room

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.579
 has set

00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:28.160
 their heart

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 on something

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 every one

00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:30.839
 of them

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 every one

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.700
 of us

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:31.920
 here

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:33.119
 you've set

00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:33.440
 your heart

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:34.000
 on something

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:35.279
 it might

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.660
 be

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.899
 the children

00:21:36.899 --> 00:21:37.359
 your

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 grandchildren

00:21:37.899 --> 00:21:38.279
 it might

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:38.639
 be a

00:21:38.639 --> 00:21:38.980
 status

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.279
 it might

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:39.460
 be

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:39.920
 career

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.359
 it might

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:40.519
 be

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:40.920
 physical

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.319
 beauty

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:41.660
 it might

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:41.859
 be

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:42.279
 leisure

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:42.740
 it might

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.059
 be

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.960
 investments

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.319
 it might

00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:44.559
 be the

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 great

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 Australian

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:45.879
 dream

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.319
 it might

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:46.980
 be

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:48.240
 international

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:49.019
 travel

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:50.700
 any list

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.119
 of things

00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:51.440
 that you

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:51.819
 could set

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.240
 your heart

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:52.460
 on

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:54.579
 whatever

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.440
 your heart's

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:55.839
 treasure

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.379
 is

00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:57.220
 you will

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:57.440
 do

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.019
 anything

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.839
 for it

00:21:58.839 --> 00:22:00.579
 you will

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.279
 pay any

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.900
 cost for

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.019
 it

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.299
 you will

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:02.440
 do

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:02.839
 anything

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.079
 to

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.420
 maintain

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:03.779
 it

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.200
 sustain

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.519
 it

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.240
 and reclaim

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.680
 it

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:09.099
 and what

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:09.339
 this

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:10.039
 passage

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.759
 here says

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.400
 from 2

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:12.019
 Corinthians 8

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.400
 is that

00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:13.139
 Jesus Christ

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.779
 came and

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.180
 he died

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:15.220
 for us

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:17.099
 why would

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:17.460
 he do

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:17.859
 that

00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:19.659
 why would

00:22:19.659 --> 00:22:19.859
 he do

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.119
 that

00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:21.899
 I think

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 at least

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:22.979
 one

00:22:22.979 --> 00:22:23.759
 answer

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:25.219
 to that

00:22:25.219 --> 00:22:25.799
 question

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:27.359
 is that

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.759
 you and

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.500
 I are

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:28.959
 his

00:22:28.959 --> 00:22:29.719
 heart's

00:22:29.719 --> 00:22:30.240
 treasure

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.359
 he has

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:31.679
 set

00:22:31.679 --> 00:22:32.619
 his heart

00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:33.579
 on you

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:35.019
 me

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:37.659
 every

00:22:37.659 --> 00:22:38.079
 other

00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.599
 treasure

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.240
 in this

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.619
 world

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.439
 will insist

00:22:40.439 --> 00:22:41.059
 that we

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.979
 die to

00:22:41.979 --> 00:22:42.419
 purchase

00:22:42.419 --> 00:22:42.619
 it

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.199
 that we

00:22:43.199 --> 00:22:43.919
 sacrifice

00:22:43.919 --> 00:22:44.719
 to get

00:22:44.719 --> 00:22:45.099
 it

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:47.240
 but

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.640
 Jesus

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:47.880
 is

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.019
 the

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.240
 only

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.660
 treasure

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.660
 that

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.059
 died

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.259
 to

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.559
 purchase

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:50.880
 you

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:54.779
 and

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.019
 that's

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.279
 why we

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.519
 have a

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:55.740
 mission

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.220
 statement

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:57.640
 that says

00:22:57.640 --> 00:22:58.019
 that we

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.480
 exist

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.259
 to treasure

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.839
 Jesus

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.339
 above

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:01.339
 everything

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:02.480
 in this

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:02.799
 world

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:06.539
 now what

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.180
 Paul does

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.500
 here

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.799
 he puts

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.539
 no pressure

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.039
 on your

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.460
 will

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:12.299
 he doesn't

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.819
 say

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.859
 I'm

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.379
 an apostle

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:15.359
 you're

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:15.879
 Christians

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.819
 I started

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.579
 you churches

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:18.639
 do what I

00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:19.019
 tell you to

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.279
 do and

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.700
 give money

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 doesn't

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.179
 say that

00:23:21.179 --> 00:23:23.139
 he doesn't

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:23.559
 even put

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:24.319
 pressure on

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:25.000
 your emotions

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.359
 he doesn't

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:25.599
 try to

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.139
 even wind

00:23:26.139 --> 00:23:26.599
 the heart

00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:27.259
 come on

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.919
 guys

00:23:27.919 --> 00:23:29.339
 you're so

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:30.000
 rich

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.359
 you got

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:30.919
 all these

00:23:30.919 --> 00:23:31.480
 possessions

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:31.939
 you got

00:23:31.939 --> 00:23:32.319
 all this

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.839
 money

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.419
 you'd

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:34.019
 say this

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:35.079
 and look

00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.379
 at these

00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:35.799
 poor

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.419
 orphans

00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:37.159
 over here

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:37.859
 starving

00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:38.339
 kids

00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:38.759
 with big

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.419
 eyes

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:41.360
 and your

00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:41.640
 heart

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:41.980
 goes

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:43.160
 oh man

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:44.860
 I've got

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.100
 to hand

00:23:45.100 --> 00:23:45.539
 over 20

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.019
 bucks

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:47.600
 to help

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.019
 feed those

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.240
 kids

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.820
 he doesn't

00:23:48.820 --> 00:23:49.400
 play with

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.019
 your emotions

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.900
 he doesn't

00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:51.660
 force your

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.039
 will

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:53.740
 he just

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.380
 says simply

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:54.880
 here that

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.560
 if you do

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:56.039
 not have

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.840
 the freedom

00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:58.080
 to give

00:23:58.080 --> 00:23:58.900
 away your

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.759
 money in

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.620
 eye-popping

00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:01.380
 proportions

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:03.380
 it's because

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:04.700
 something other

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.200
 than the

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.820
 Lord Jesus

00:24:05.820 --> 00:24:06.840
 Christ is

00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.820
 your functional

00:24:07.820 --> 00:24:08.539
 Lord and

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.080
 Saviour

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:10.740
 that's what

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.179
 he says

00:24:11.179 --> 00:24:13.159
 and he

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:13.879
 says the

00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.480
 way to

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.299
 break the

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.879
 hold that

00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:16.679
 money has

00:24:16.679 --> 00:24:17.240
 on your

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.939
 life

00:24:17.939 --> 00:24:20.079
 is to

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.579
 think about

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.159
 the radical

00:24:21.159 --> 00:24:22.119
 generosity of

00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:22.439
 the Lord

00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:23.919
 Jesus Christ

00:24:23.919 --> 00:24:24.319
 on the

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.759
 cross

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.759
 until

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:27.819
 you get

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.879
 freedom to

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:29.240
 give

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:34.039
 when we

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.679
 see Jesus

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:35.839
 dying because

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.759
 he loved the

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.299
 world so

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.759
 much

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.940
 then and

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.779
 only then

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.519
 will we

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.200
 love him

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:43.500
 when we

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.420
 see that

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.079
 we are his

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.559
 greatest

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.879
 treasure and

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.579
 that he has

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.660
 given everything

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:50.799
 for us to be

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.599
 the treasure of

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.119
 his heart

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:53.740
 then he'll

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.680
 become ours

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:57.400
 the vice of

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:57.819
 the apostle

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.640
 Paul here is

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.500
 don't sit down

00:24:59.500 --> 00:24:59.819
 with a

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:01.059
 calculator if

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.500
 you want to

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:01.900
 break the

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:03.000
 power of

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.839
 money over

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.599
 your life and

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.039
 grow in

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.599
 generosity

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.759
 sit down

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.039
 with the

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:09.159
 cross and

00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:10.219
 think about

00:25:10.219 --> 00:25:10.959
 what Jesus

00:25:10.959 --> 00:25:12.319
 did what he

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.980
 has given

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:14.079
 what he has

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:16.419
 promised until

00:25:16.419 --> 00:25:18.139
 it wells up

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.699
 in you

00:25:18.699 --> 00:25:21.639
 a freedom

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:23.019
 a radical

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:24.480
 generosity to

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.079
 give your money

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.799
 away in eye

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.679
 popping proportions

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:31.440
 I read

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.320
 recently the

00:25:32.320 --> 00:25:33.160
 sad reality

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.900
 is that many

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.539
 Christians are

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.120
 in fact not

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:35.960
 radically generous

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.600
 that is they

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.360
 confess with

00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:38.019
 their mouth

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.860
 that they

00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.820
 follow Jesus

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.400
 but they have

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:41.400
 really little

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:43.039
 grasp of

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:44.120
 the impact

00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:44.960
 of the cross

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:46.440
 they're not

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.100
 actually living

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.519
 the cross

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.320
 shaped life

00:25:48.320 --> 00:25:51.560
 recent survey

00:25:51.560 --> 00:25:53.340
 said that

00:25:53.340 --> 00:25:54.580
 20% of

00:25:54.580 --> 00:25:55.160
 those who

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.600
 regarded

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.019
 this is

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.759
 evangelical

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.259
 Christians

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.580
 these are

00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:58.140
 people in

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:59.019
 our camp

00:25:59.019 --> 00:26:01.360
 20% of

00:26:01.360 --> 00:26:01.740
 those who

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.279
 regarded

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.300
 themselves as

00:26:03.300 --> 00:26:04.259
 mature or

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.040
 very mature

00:26:05.040 --> 00:26:05.620
 Christians

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.240
 let alone the

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:07.000
 rest of them

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.820
 had never

00:26:08.820 --> 00:26:09.340
 given a

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:10.240
 single cent

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.720
 to any

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.180
 form of

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.820
 ministry or

00:26:12.820 --> 00:26:13.220
 charity

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.480
 nothing

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.660
 20%

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:18.860
 that's

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.519
 astounding

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:21.759
 it's astounding

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.740
 that anyone

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.940
 would link

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.519
 Christian

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.480
 maturity with

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.820
 a lack

00:26:25.820 --> 00:26:26.259
 of giving

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.200
 that's an

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:27.740
 oxymoron

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.660
 doesn't exist

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:30.279
 you can't

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:31.519
 you cannot

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.200
 be a mature

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.140
 Christian and

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.500
 not give

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:33.779
 money

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.960
 it's impossible

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:37.960
 and also

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:39.080
 it's said that

00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:39.660
 in the western

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.320
 world the

00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:41.440
 average Christian

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.980
 gave just

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:44.759
 2.7%

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.559
 of their

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.180
 income

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.880
 away

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:50.059
 2.7%

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:52.200
 and if

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:52.799
 the American

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.279
 Christians

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.700
 alone

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.259
 just America

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.740
 forget about

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.240
 us guys

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.980
 just lump

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.179
 their

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:56.619
 responsibility

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.059
 on them

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.859
 if the

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.299
 American

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.740
 Christians

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.519
 alone

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:02.440
 actually

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:03.379
 obeyed

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:04.259
 this passage

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.960
 and gave

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.579
 10% of

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.220
 their income

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:08.139
 every year

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:08.559
 they'd be able

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:08.879
 to wipe

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.279
 out world

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.619
 hunger

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.779
 just the

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.019
 American

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.379
 Christians

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:11.679
 alone

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:15.100
 our own

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:15.980
 stats here

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.820
 at St Paul's

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.900
 is that

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.700
 30%

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.240
 of

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.180
 St Paul's

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.740
 members

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.880
 give

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.799
 over

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.720
 80%

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.320
 of our

00:27:24.320 --> 00:27:24.860
 budget

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:27.200
 just

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.799
 30%

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.759
 give

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.200
 80%

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.480
 of our

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:29.779
 budget

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.820
 and for

00:27:30.820 --> 00:27:31.259
 time to

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.539
 build

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:31.940
 we put

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.180
 it to

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.500
 vote

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.539
 97%

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:33.920
 of our

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.340
 church

00:27:34.340 --> 00:27:35.060
 said

00:27:35.060 --> 00:27:35.380
 let's

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.799
 proceed

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:35.980
 with

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.140
 this

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.400
 building

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.100
 project

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:38.720
 and

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.039
 the

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.539
 establishment

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:39.840
 of the

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.299
 international

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.519
 Chinese

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.059
 school

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:43.659
 but to

00:27:43.659 --> 00:27:43.980
 date

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:45.079
 around

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:46.379
 45%

00:27:46.379 --> 00:27:46.559
 have

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:46.879
 actually

00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:47.480
 partnered

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:47.980
 with that

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.539
 project

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.319
 financially

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.639
 we all

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:50.899
 agree

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.139
 it's a

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:51.259
 good

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.700
 idea

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:53.980
 but only

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.559
 50%

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:54.899
 of us

00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:55.039
 have

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.460
 actually

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:55.960
 well less

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.480
 than 50%

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.740
 of us

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.139
 have actually

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:57.419
 given

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:57.680
 something

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.139
 to it

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:59.279
 and so

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.720
 in line

00:27:59.720 --> 00:27:59.940
 with

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.480
 1 Corinthians

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.000
 16

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.440
 and the

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.779
 call

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.119
 throughout

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.319
 this

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.539
 whole

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:02.799
 series

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:02.940
 of

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.440
 1 Corinthians

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.399
 about

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:05.139
 living

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:06.119
 the

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:06.379
 cross

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:06.680
 shaped

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.200
 life

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.779
 I

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.240
 call

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.539
 you

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.819
 to

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.399
 give

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:09.960
 according

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.180
 to

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.380
 your

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.860
 ability

00:28:10.860 --> 00:28:11.740
 equal

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.600
 sacrifice

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:13.440
 unequal

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.880
 giving

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.640
 is the

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:15.039
 principle

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.460
 what that

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:15.940
 means is

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.299
 that some

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.600
 of you are

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.019
 better off

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.539
 than others

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.700
 and it

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.200
 turns out

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.860
 that spider

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.740
 man agrees

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.079
 with the

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.420
 bible

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.240
 when he

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.720
 said

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.519
 with great

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.920
 power

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.620
 comes great

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:25.440
 responsibility

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:27.700
 that's what

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.059
 the bible

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.559
 says

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:30.579
 some of you

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:30.940
 have been

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.720
 gifted many

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.340
 talents

00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:34.559
 not for

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:35.200
 your sake

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.759
 but

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.059
 but as

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.400
 God's

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:37.840
 investment

00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:38.319
 manages

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.480
 to use

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:39.600
 it

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:39.740
 for

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.019
 his

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.259
 sake

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.420
 for

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:40.620
 his

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:40.860
 glory

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.019
 for

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.220
 his

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.600
 kingdom

00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:43.039
 but there

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.400
 might be

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.640
 those

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:43.960
 amongst

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.140
 us

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.340
 and I

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:44.600
 suspect

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:44.980
 in this

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.240
 room

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.440
 here

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:45.720
 thinking

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:45.980
 that

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.340
 you know

00:28:46.340 --> 00:28:47.039
 dude

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.340
 I got

00:28:47.340 --> 00:28:47.580
 just

00:28:47.580 --> 00:28:48.259
 small

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.720
 small

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:48.960
 little

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.220
 bits

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.559
 coming

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:49.880
 and going

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.120
 here

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.460
 and there

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:51.059
 you know

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.519
 my parents

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.880
 feed me

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.360
 pocket money

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:52.600
 whatever

00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:53.080
 it is

00:28:53.080 --> 00:28:53.740
 and you

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:53.920
 think

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.440
 a small

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:54.980
 contribution

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.519
 won't make

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:55.720
 much

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.240
 difference

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.420
 I want

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:57.700
 to say

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:57.860
 that

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:58.279
 everything

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.680
 that we

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.080
 hope to

00:28:59.080 --> 00:28:59.259
 do

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.519
 here

00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.819
 as a

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.059
 church

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.259
 would

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.880
 not happen

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.560
 without

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:01.840
 the

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.400
 partnership

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:03.020
 across

00:29:03.020 --> 00:29:03.400
 the board

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:03.640
 of this

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:03.840
 whole

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.260
 church

00:29:04.260 --> 00:29:06.260
 it is

00:29:06.260 --> 00:29:07.380
 profoundly

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:07.960
 unhelpful

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.560
 for us

00:29:08.560 --> 00:29:09.840
 and unhealthy

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.560
 for us

00:29:10.560 --> 00:29:11.640
 to have

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.340
 a few

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:13.120
 big

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.520
 givers

00:29:13.520 --> 00:29:14.780
 and

00:29:14.780 --> 00:29:15.780
 very few

00:29:15.780 --> 00:29:16.320
 contributors

00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:16.900
 across the

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.220
 church

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:18.480
 that's not

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.860
 healthy

00:29:18.860 --> 00:29:20.720
 I want

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.160
 to suggest

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.600
 broad

00:29:21.600 --> 00:29:22.060
 regular

00:29:22.060 --> 00:29:22.440
 modest

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:22.660
 and

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.180
 sacrificial

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.720
 giving

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:25.240
 all adds

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.580
 up to

00:29:25.580 --> 00:29:26.000
 enormous

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.600
 impact

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.080
 now I'm

00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:27.260
 going to

00:29:27.260 --> 00:29:27.560
 tell you

00:29:27.560 --> 00:29:27.760
 I'm

00:29:27.760 --> 00:29:27.860
 going to

00:29:27.860 --> 00:29:27.980
 get

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.420
 personal

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:28.720
 right

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.020
 here

00:29:29.020 --> 00:29:29.920
 this is

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.400
 a personal

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:30.760
 note

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.039
 I'm

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.200
 not

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.519
 asking

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:31.660
 you

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:31.740
 to

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:31.879
 do

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.220
 anything

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.440
 that

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:32.720
 Natalie

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.099
 and I

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.500
 aren't

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:33.799
 doing

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.299
 she's

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.460
 sitting

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:34.619
 here

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:34.779
 in the

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:34.940
 room

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.339
 tonight

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:36.640
 we are

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:36.960
 committed

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.319
 to this

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.579
 church

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:37.900
 family

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.099
 we're

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.299
 committed

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.599
 to the

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:38.819
 vision

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.279
 the direction

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.500
 we're

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.660
 heading

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.000
 as a

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.359
 church

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.579
 we want

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:41.819
 to see

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.140
 lives

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:42.900
 transformed

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.779
 through

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:43.980
 the

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.279
 ministry

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.579
 of this

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.839
 church

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.240
 by the

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.400
 Lord

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.640
 Jesus

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.039
 Christ

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.460
 for all

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.579
 of

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.039
 eternity

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.900
 and that

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.180
 means

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.799
 sacrifice

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.539
 the

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:49.920
 time to

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.079
 build

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.559
 project

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:50.799
 that's

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.099
 currently

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:51.379
 going

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:51.599
 on

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:51.819
 right

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.160
 now

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:52.440
 is

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:52.619
 the

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.200
 biggest

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:54.420
 single

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:54.819
 amount

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.119
 that we

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.000
 and as

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.460
 I said

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.879
 on a

00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:02.140
 video

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.420
 which

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:02.619
 some

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:02.859
 of you

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.240
 saw

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.559
 a few

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:04.879
 weeks

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.299
 ago

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:05.900
 our

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:06.259
 giving

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.559
 has

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:06.960
 doubled

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.279
 in the

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.660
 past

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.039
 year

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:09.759
 a year

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.160
 ago

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:11.059
 we put

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.319
 down

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.640
 what we

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:11.879
 thought

00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:12.160
 we'd

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.420
 give

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:12.799
 and we

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.079
 went

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:15.879
 and we're

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:16.319
 giving more

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.660
 than that

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:16.980
 now

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:19.420
 and our

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.140
 giving has

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.500
 gone

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.720
 five times

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.099
 as much

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.240
 as it

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.619
 was when

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.119
 we started

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:23.660
 here five

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.000
 and a half

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.660
 years ago

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:28.980
 I want

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.460
 to encourage

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.240
 you to

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.960
 apply a

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.480
 principle

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:33.279
 that

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.720
 Natalie

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.480
 and I

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.880
 have

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.560
 we've

00:30:35.560 --> 00:30:35.740
 never

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.040
 really

00:30:36.040 --> 00:30:36.480
 named

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.640
 it

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:36.980
 I've

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.320
 named

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:37.519
 it

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.060
 as of

00:30:38.060 --> 00:30:38.480
 the

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:38.740
 last

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:38.960
 few

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.400
 days

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.100
 it's

00:30:40.100 --> 00:30:40.279
 a

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.779
 principle

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.040
 that

00:30:41.040 --> 00:30:41.360
 we've

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:41.660
 worked

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:41.880
 with

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:42.040
 when

00:30:42.040 --> 00:30:42.160
 it

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.400
 comes

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:42.560
 to

00:30:42.560 --> 00:30:42.820
 giving

00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:43.880
 it's

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.060
 called

00:30:44.060 --> 00:30:44.220
 the

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.440
 big

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.759
 gulp

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.300
 principle

00:30:45.300 --> 00:30:46.460
 that

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:46.620
 is

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:46.740
 you

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.080
 write

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.420
 a

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:47.960
 figure

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.160
 on

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.279
 a

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.500
 piece

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.640
 of

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.000
 paper

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.400
 and

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:49.540
 you

00:30:49.540 --> 00:30:49.860
 go

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.120
 if

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:50.240
 it

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.480
 doesn't

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.660
 make

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:50.759
 you

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:50.980
 go

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:53.640
 then

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:53.860
 maybe

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.019
 you

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.160
 should

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.360
 write

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:54.620
 another

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:54.899
 figure

00:30:54.899 --> 00:30:55.059
 on

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.419
 piece

00:30:55.419 --> 00:30:55.559
 of

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:55.839
 paper

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:57.119
 and

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.239
 I

00:30:57.239 --> 00:30:57.659
 say

00:30:57.659 --> 00:30:57.959
 that

00:30:57.959 --> 00:30:58.479
 because

00:30:58.479 --> 00:30:58.679
 of

00:30:58.679 --> 00:30:59.000
 Malachi

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.459
 chapter

00:30:59.459 --> 00:30:59.939
 3

00:30:59.939 --> 00:31:01.079
 Malachi

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.439
 chapter

00:31:01.439 --> 00:31:01.739
 3

00:31:01.739 --> 00:31:02.000
 God

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.239
 says

00:31:02.239 --> 00:31:02.659
 bring

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.059
 in

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.359
 all

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:03.539
 the

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:03.879
 tithes

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.000
 and

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.339
 offerings

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:04.659
 in

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:04.819
 the

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.539
 storehouse

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.599
 test

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:06.839
 me

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.019
 on

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.519
 it

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:09.039
 test

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.319
 me

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:12.359
 he

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.559
 says

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:12.819
 I

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.599
 dare

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.000
 you

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.219
 to

00:31:14.219 --> 00:31:14.719
 test

00:31:14.719 --> 00:31:14.919
 me

00:31:14.919 --> 00:31:15.099
 with

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.239
 your

00:31:15.239 --> 00:31:15.539
 money

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:19.739
 see

00:31:19.739 --> 00:31:20.179
 that

00:31:20.179 --> 00:31:20.339
 I

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.519
 will

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:20.759
 not

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.099
 bless

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.419
 you

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:27.000
 we

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:29.099
 he

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.279
 had a

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.480
 great

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.779
 testimony

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:30.900
 and

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:30.920
 God's

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.160
 blessed

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.420
 them

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.319
 I

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.640
 stand

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:32.859
 here

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.279
 saying

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.940
 that

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.359
 it

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.539
 has

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:34.920
 pushed

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.160
 that

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.440
 nine

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.619
 the

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:35.880
 last

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.200
 12

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.599
 months

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.140
 and

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.279
 I

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.519
 suspect

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.720
 will

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.140
 continue

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.339
 to

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:38.599
 push

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:38.900
 us

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.619
 but

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:39.779
 we

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.000
 do

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.119
 it

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.279
 with

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.720
 delight

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.620
 and

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:41.819
 God

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.319
 continues

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.500
 to

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.680
 bless

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:42.819
 us

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:42.980
 our

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.200
 kids

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.360
 are

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:43.660
 fed

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.279
 probably

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:44.640
 over

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:44.920
 fed

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.440
 but

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:45.620
 our

00:31:45.620 --> 00:31:45.819
 kids

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:45.980
 are

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.240
 fed

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.480
 we

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:47.600
 got

00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:47.819
 no

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.460
 complaints

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:50.319
 sit

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.579
 down

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:50.720
 with

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:50.839
 the

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.100
 cross

00:31:51.100 --> 00:31:51.259
 and

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.460
 make

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:51.579
 a

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.079
 decision

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:53.200
 to

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.600
 take

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:54.319
 all

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.500
 I'm

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:54.880
 suggesting

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.160
 is

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.279
 you

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.539
 take

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.039
 one

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.720
 step

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.299
 forward

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.620
 one

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:58.920
 step

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.360
 forward

00:31:59.360 --> 00:32:01.620
 in

00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:01.900
 showing

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.360
 gratitude

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:02.799
 for what

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.120
 Christ

00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.319
 has

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.559
 given

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:03.880
 you

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.779
 our

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.240
 grasp

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.400
 of

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:05.539
 the

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:05.839
 great

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.420
 eternal

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.000
 truth

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.720
 the

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:07.960
 great

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.339
 treasure

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.579
 that we

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:08.759
 have

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:08.900
 in

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.200
 Jesus

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.500
 will

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:09.660
 be

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.140
 reflected

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.360
 in

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:10.559
 a

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:10.859
 life

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.359
 of

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:11.759
 radical

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.399
 generosity

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:14.319
 is

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.479
 a

00:32:14.479 --> 00:32:14.819
 cross

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.740
 shaped

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.699
 life

00:32:16.699 --> 00:32:18.719
 so

00:32:18.719 --> 00:32:18.879
 the

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.039
 one

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.240
 step

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.500
 forward

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.639
 is

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:19.959
 if

00:32:19.959 --> 00:32:20.839
 you're

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:20.979
 that

00:32:20.979 --> 00:32:21.599
 20%

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:21.879
 you've

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.039
 not

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.279
 given

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.779
 anything

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.500
 start

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:23.839
 giving

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:25.359
 if

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:25.899
 you're

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:25.979
 an

00:32:25.979 --> 00:32:26.539
 irregular

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:27.000
 giver

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:28.479
 spasmodic

00:32:28.479 --> 00:32:28.740
 giver

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.519
 start

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:29.799
 giving

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.279
 regularly

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.719
 that's

00:32:30.719 --> 00:32:30.839
 your

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.079
 step

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.439
 forward

00:32:31.439 --> 00:32:32.359
 if

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:32.559
 you're

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:32.719
 a

00:32:32.719 --> 00:32:32.979
 regular

00:32:32.979 --> 00:32:33.259
 giver

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.439
 but

00:32:33.439 --> 00:32:33.619
 you're

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:33.779
 only

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.039
 giving

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.159
 in

00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:34.240
 a

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.479
 small

00:32:34.479 --> 00:32:35.000
 proportion

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.379
 you know

00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:35.679
 like

00:32:35.679 --> 00:32:35.839
 you'd

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:35.919
 be

00:32:35.919 --> 00:32:36.119
 lucky

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.299
 to

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.419
 do

00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:36.579
 the

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.579
 2.7%

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.819
 take

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.299
 steps

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.779
 to

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.199
 move

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.740
 towards

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:40.940
 the

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.500
 ballpark

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:41.920
 that God

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.240
 says

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.480
 that we

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:42.740
 should be

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.400
 playing in

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:44.720
 10%

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:46.460
 and if

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.779
 you are

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.360
 a regular

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:48.799
 and proportional

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.400
 giver

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:50.340
 that is

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:50.799
 you're already

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.259
 sitting there

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.440
 at the

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:52.000
 10%

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:53.000
 take a

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.259
 step

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.660
 towards

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.480
 extravagant

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.720
 giving

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.160
 don't be

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.440
 like the

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.000
 Pharisee and

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.100
 go

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:56.460
 I'm doing

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.960
 my bit

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.840
 90%

00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.120
 mine

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:58.620
 10%

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:59.019
 God

00:32:59.019 --> 00:33:00.400
 experience

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.340
 the joy

00:33:01.340 --> 00:33:02.160
 of radical

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.840
 generosity

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:06.399
 a phrase

00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:07.220
 that we've

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.579
 used a

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:07.899
 number of

00:33:07.899 --> 00:33:08.259
 times in

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.659
 this series

00:33:08.659 --> 00:33:08.919
 in 1

00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:09.220
 Corinthians

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.599
 is

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:10.500
 living a

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:10.720
 cross

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:10.959
 shaped

00:33:10.959 --> 00:33:11.399
 life

00:33:11.399 --> 00:33:12.139
 that's

00:33:12.139 --> 00:33:12.480
 what this

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.839
 passage

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.359
 is about

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:14.359
 the death

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.879
 and resurrection

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:16.419
 of Jesus

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:17.099
 changes

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:18.019
 everything

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:19.000
 the cross

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.799
 of Christ

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.579
 is not

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:20.939
 just a

00:33:20.939 --> 00:33:21.339
 place of

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:21.619
 past

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:22.159
 substitution

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:22.740
 for sin

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.319
 it is

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:24.059
 the place

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.720
 of our

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.179
 present

00:33:25.179 --> 00:33:26.059
 execution

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:27.259
 execution

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.799
 for the

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.139
 Christian

00:33:28.139 --> 00:33:29.259
 as we

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:30.339
 like Jesus

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:31.299
 take up

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.500
 our

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.899
 cross

00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:32.799
 we die

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.240
 to self

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.599
 interest

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.159
 and we

00:33:34.159 --> 00:33:34.539
 follow

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:34.980
 Jesus

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.699
 and that

00:33:35.699 --> 00:33:36.019
 happens

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.539
 every

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:36.919
 moment

00:33:36.919 --> 00:33:37.359
 of every

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:37.659
 day

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:38.019
 when you're

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.299
 in the

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:38.699
 chase

00:33:38.699 --> 00:33:39.339
 when you're

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:40.019
 in Westfield

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.699
 whatever you're

00:33:40.699 --> 00:33:41.099
 doing

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:42.159
 you die

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:42.539
 to self

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.000
 interest

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:44.639
 and so

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:45.199
 brothers and

00:33:45.199 --> 00:33:45.539
 sisters

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.359
 as the

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:46.899
 apostle Paul

00:33:46.899 --> 00:33:47.359
 encouraged

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:47.740
 this church

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.159
 of Corinth

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:48.480
 so I

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.059
 encourage you

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:50.159
 to excel

00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:50.859
 in the

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.240
 grace

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:52.279
 of giving

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:53.619
 I'm not

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.139
 commanding

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.439
 you

00:33:54.439 --> 00:33:55.000
 but I

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.299
 want to

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.799
 test the

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.259
 sincerity

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.619
 of your

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:57.039
 love for

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.339
 the Lord

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:57.740
 Jesus

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.799
 for you

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.119
 know the

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.539
 grace of

00:33:59.539 --> 00:33:59.879
 our Lord

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.139
 Jesus

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.660
 Christ

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.440
 that though

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:01.800
 he was

00:34:01.800 --> 00:34:02.180
 rich

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.980
 yet for

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.340
 your

00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:03.620
 sakes

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:04.200
 he became

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.759
 poor

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.580
 so that

00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:06.000
 you through

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.600
 his poverty

00:34:06.600 --> 00:34:08.140
 might become

00:34:08.140 --> 00:34:09.000
 rich

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:10.960
 I dare you

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:12.320
 to trust

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:12.800
 God

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.820
 with a life

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.380
 of radical

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:15.000
 generosity

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:16.720
 there's two

00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.340
 more things

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.059
 I want to

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.340
 say

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:19.579
 in fact

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:19.880
 there's really

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.300
 one thing

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.619
 with two

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.039
 parts

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:23.480
 the bulletin

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.740
 for the

00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:24.539
 last month

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.680
 this last

00:34:25.680 --> 00:34:26.059
 month

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.800
 as it does

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.140
 with every

00:34:27.140 --> 00:34:27.539
 month

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.400
 has ways

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:28.680
 that you

00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:29.280
 can support

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:29.880
 electronic

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.240
 giving

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:30.780
 there's

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.000
 normally

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.559
 two ways

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:31.880
 that people

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.160
 give

00:34:32.160 --> 00:34:32.300
 you

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:32.640
 we either

00:34:32.640 --> 00:34:33.000
 do it

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.320
 via the

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.660
 computer

00:34:33.660 --> 00:34:34.320
 electronically

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:35.019
 or we

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.420
 put money

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.660
 in the

00:34:35.660 --> 00:34:35.960
 plate

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.720
 here's the

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.220
 third option

00:34:37.220 --> 00:34:37.700
 for you

00:34:37.700 --> 00:34:39.680
 as of this

00:34:39.680 --> 00:34:40.260
 last week

00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:40.860
 we put together

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.380
 a card

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.880
 with a credit

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.500
 card slip

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.920
 on it

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.860
 this might be

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.180
 an option

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:44.539
 for you

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.800
 if you've

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.280
 never given

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:45.860
 this might be

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.220
 a way to

00:34:46.220 --> 00:34:46.900
 start giving

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.780
 there's slips

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.240
 here at the

00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:48.579
 back

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.280
 take it away

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.840
 either fill

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.500
 it out now

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.420
 stick it in the

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:51.860
 plate as it

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.360
 comes around

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.700
 if you've got

00:34:52.700 --> 00:34:53.039
 your credit

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.460
 card if you

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.780
 want to

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:54.860
 or alternatively

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:56.619
 stamp

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.180
 self-addressed

00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:57.619
 envelope

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.539
 take an

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.099
 envelope with

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.299
 you

00:34:59.299 --> 00:35:00.000
 take a

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.519
 card with

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:00.699
 you

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:01.099
 take it

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.339
 home

00:35:01.339 --> 00:35:01.880
 think about

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.339
 it and post

00:35:02.339 --> 00:35:02.659
 it back

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.119
 to us

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.940
 there's another

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.719
 option in terms

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.079
 of giving

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:06.739
 so I dare you

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:08.079
 according to

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.719
 Malachi 3

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:09.579
 I dare you to

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.319
 trust God

00:35:10.319 --> 00:35:11.299
 with a life

00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:11.880
 of radical

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.400
 generosity

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:14.820
 anxiety

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.539
 I'm

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.220
 I am

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:20.420
 I am

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.500
 I

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.000
 I am

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.340
 I am

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.840
 I am

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:22.320
 I am

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:23.440
 I am

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:24.200
 I am

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:24.300
 I am

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:26.160
 I am

00:35:26.160 --> 00:35:26.300
 I am

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:26.760
 I am

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.840
 I am

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.260
 I am

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:29.380
 I am

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:30.200
 I am

00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:30.300
 I am

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:30.320
 I am

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:31.400
 I am

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:32.039
 I am

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.059
 I am

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.539
 I am

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:32.700
 I am

00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:33.160
 I am

00:35:33.160 --> 00:35:33.660
 I am

00:35:33.660 --> 00:35:34.039
 I am

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.380
 I am

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:34.599
 I am

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.160
 I am

00:35:35.160 --> 00:35:35.320
 I iz

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:36.059
 I am

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:37.380
 I am

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:37.639
 I am

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:37.660
 I am

00:35:37.660 --> 00:35:38.519
 I am

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:38.639
 I am

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:40.460
 I am

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.420
 I are