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*Romans 2:2-6 (NKJV) * 

But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.

3And do you think this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? 4Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? 5But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, 6who /"will render to each one according to his deeds": /

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*Proverbs 29:1 (NKJV) * 

He who is often rebuked, /and/ hardens /his/ neck,

Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

*Psalm 95:6-8 (NKJV) * 

Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

7For He /is/ our God,

And we /are/ the people of His pasture,

And the sheep of His hand.

Today, if you will hear His voice:

8"Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion,

As /in/ the day of trial in the wilderness,

 

*Matthew 24:46-51 (NKJV) * 

Blessed /is/ that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

47Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods.

48But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,' 49and begins to beat /his/ fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, 50the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for /him/ and at an hour that he is not aware of, 51and will cut him in two and appoint /him/ his portion with the hypocrites.

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

*Luke 12:42-48 (NKJV) * 

And the Lord said, "Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom /his/ master will make ruler over his household, to give /them their/ portion of food in due season?

43Blessed /is/ that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

44Truly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all that he has.

45But if that servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,' and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk, 46the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for /him,/ and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint /him/ his portion with the unbelievers.

47And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not prepare /himself/ or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many /stripes.

/48But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few.

For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

*2 Corinthians 5:6-10 (NKJV) * 

So /we are/ always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.

7For we walk by faith, not by sight.

8We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

9Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. 10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things /done/ in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

*Hebrews 3:7-15 (NKJV) * 

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:

 

/"Today, if you will hear His voice, /

8/Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,/

/In the day of trial in the wilderness, /

9/Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,/

/And saw My works forty years.

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10/Therefore I was angry with that generation,/

/And said, 'They always go astray in their heart,/

/And they have not known My ways.' /

11/So I swore in My wrath,/

/'They shall not enter My rest.' "/

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12Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13but exhort one another daily, while it is called /"Today,"/ lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

14For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15while it is said:

 

/"Today, if you will hear His voice,/

/Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."/

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*2 Peter 3:3-11 (NKJV) * 

knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming?

For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as /they were/ from the beginning of creation."

5For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6by which the world /that/ then existed perished, being flooded with water.

7But the heavens and the earth /which/ are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

8But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day /is/ as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

9The Lord is not slack concerning /His/ promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

11Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner /of persons/ ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

 

 

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!!! “FINANCIAL FREEDOM IN 2009”

*(Part 6)*

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*Questions regarding tithing*

 

*WHAT IS TITHING?*

A response to God for His provision.

The method whereby God has chosen to finance His Kingdom work on earth.

God owns the cattle on a thousand hills, He owns all the Gold and Silver but He is looking for those who walk by faith and not by sight.

*Malachi 3:8-12*

"Will a man rob God?  Yet you have robbed Me!

But you say, 'In what way have we robbed You?'

In tithes and offerings.

9You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, /Even/ this whole nation.

10Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house,

And try Me now in this," Says the Lord of hosts, "If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you /such/ blessing That /there will/ not /be room/ enough /to receive it./

11"And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field," Says the Lord of hosts; 12"And all nations will call you blessed,

For you will be a delightful land," Says the Lord of hosts.

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*TESTIMONIES*

 

 

*HOW MUCH IS A TITHE?*

Tithe simply means tenth.

One tenth of all of our increase belongs to God.

 

*IS THE TITHE NET OR GROSS?*

What do you get paid per hour?

Some people pray their making $30.00 per hour but they only tithe on their net which is about $20.00 per hour.

Do you think you’re fooling God or maybe God should reduce our hourly wage to what we are comfortable to tithe.

*CAN I TITHE MY TIME?*

                Tithe is in regard to increase

                When was the last time you had an increase of time?

Time is more about stewardship and giving of your time not tithing your time.

Again examine the heart issue.

*WHERE DOES THE TITHE BELONG?*

In the O.T. it all went to the temple where it was redistributed to the local communities.

The temple acted as the storehouse, where God’s people were cared for.

The local church acts in that function today.

*CAN I DISTRIBUTE MY TITHE ACCORDING TO NEEDS OR MINISTRIES I SEE?*

This is more about who controls the tithe.

The scripture says bring all the tithe into the storehouse.

I’ve heard some say they’re going to tithe to this or that particular ministry.

The church acts as the covering for all those ministries.

Example:  someone wanted to tithe to the music ministry,  if everyone practiced this then where would the finance come to pay the wages for that music minister.

Again it’s about control.