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What is Backsliding?

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Hosea 14:4  I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

 

What is behind backsliding and apostasy?

Why do people get discouraged and blame God?

While there are probably many things that could be said; one reason is that people expect God to do something that is actually their responsibility (like tithe, pray, obey).

When results are not forthcoming, they blame God, not realizing their responsibility to pray, obey, decree, or otherwise be part of the process.

For a long time there has been a idea that God can do anything  in the earth … He can stop wars, prevent babies from dying, or change any bad circumstance at whim.

God can do all things.  But it is in accordance with the covenants that God has set up on the earth, and those have specific requirements for both parties (God’s side and mankind’s side) or fine print as we would call it today.

The idea in the world about God is “que sera, sera”, “what will be, will be”, and if it happens, God willed it.  Then people blame God and say how could a loving God do “fill in the blank”.  But a loving God did not do it.

The extreme version of this view (which indicates its fallacy) would be that a kid too young for a driver’s license steals the family car in rebellion, gets high on drugs and/or alcohol, drives DUI or DWI, kills someone, and then people say, “It must have been the will of God” or that “God took the person/people who were killed early for some reason unknown to us” and that “We must simply accept the will of God.”

Someone in rebellion, driving DUI or DWI, causing an accident where lives are lost was not the will of God.

That was destructive. This is what Jesus said about destruction.

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

 

The reason people say things like “God could (fill in the blank) if He wanted to” is because they believe that God is all powerful and therefore can do anything.

God is all powerful, but he is also a Law Giver and obeys his own laws and covenants in order to uphold the righteous throne of his kingdom.  If God could do anything, then the moment Adam and Eve fell, he could have said “time out”, let’s have a second take of that bad scene, but that was not possible.  God had already turned dominion of the earth over to mankind.  God had to work to remedy the situation by coming into the earth as Jesus, legally solving the matter of the Fall as the son of God as well as the son of man, and then Jesus ascended back to heaven to sit on the right hand of the Father.

It took time and a righteous legal process (in the eyes of heaven) according to the righteous laws of God to remedy the Fall.  God couldn’t and can’t just pop in and do anything at any time due to his covenants and also due to the fact that God has given mankind free will.

That is why God doesn’t send anyone to hell.  People send themselves to hell by refusing to receive the remedy that Jesus Christ has already provided and freely offers to mankind.  If people refuse the remedy, the default state is hell after death.  It has nothing to do with works, it has to do with either having been redeemed from the sin nature of the Fall by being born again, or not having been redeemed.

II Corinthians 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

 

Once in the family, works (to use a rough comparison that theologically would never be used but helps the modern mind to understand) works will help you climb the family ladder, but works will not birth you into the family.

Revelation 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

 

Only through Jesus can someone come into the family of God.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

 

It is important we use Biblical words so we can connect the dots. When a fire or hurricane destroys someone’s home, their lives are not “upended”, their lives or homes or livlihood are “destroyed”. We can begin to evaluate what happened if we start with Biblical vocabulary.

Jesus destroyed the works of the devil.  In Biblical understanding Jesus made it possible for mankind to pick up at the beginning what was lost, which is dominion over the earth.  By being born again through Jesus Christ, then a born again believer has access to the power of the Blood of Jesus, the authority of the name of Jesus and sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.  Then that individual can again have dominion or authority as it was before the Fall or even more so.

But Jesus is not the one to operate that authority on earth. Mankind is to use the authority of the name of Jesus as a policeman uses the authority of his badge to enforce law and order.

It is God’s authority.  It is man’s responsibility to use that authority in accordance with the will of God.

If the results are not satisfactory, mankind in general, and we all as individuals, through prayer and reading the Bible, must discern where there are sins of omission or commission and correct those things.

Imperfect obedience brings imperfect results. And that is not God’s fault.

One of the major places to start is with tithing, which existed before the law and did not go out of existence with Jesus.  Jesus did end the “stop gap” law of sacrifice that existed to temporarily cover sin until Jesus came, as Jesus was the final sacrifice for the remission of sins.  Jesus did not end tithing.

People create problems for themselves when they say tithing is Old Testament so they don’t want to tithe.  But then they can never experience the consistent blessing of consistent tithing if they don’t consistently tithe because they think they don’t have to do it.  And then they blame God for poor results.

 

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Repost re: Atlas Shrugged

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Porn is not a First Amendment Right; It is criminal

Actor Ricky Schroder: The Porn Pushers Have No 1st Amendment Rights

I should point out that I am not connected to the author of the article.  This is a separate comment.

As the article points out, the Founding Fathers had their foundation on the Word of God and common law, not on the lusts of the flesh.

To understand the spirit of the law as it was written, the historical meanings of law and grammar matter.  Read through the article and you will understand that statement.

This is why it is not good to dumb down people or to feed into their desire to be dumbed down.  Eventually people won’t have the brain power or thought process to resist the takeover of the AIs who know how to move humanity step-by-step away from history, law, and western civilization’s foundation on what is called Judeo/Christian ethics; that is rapidly being destroyed through a multi-point attack.  To sit by and do nothing, to not point it out, is to participate in that destruction by default.

Details matter.  The little foxes destroy the vines.  He that is faithful in that which is least, including the least meaning of grammar and details of history, which will preserve the much.  Civilizations are built on foundations of history, law, and the traditional grammatical meanings of words and grammar (which is why they want to change the grammar rules and meanings of words).  He that is faithful in that which is least will be faithful in that which is much … preserving the Constitution.  It is necessary to understand what the Founding Fathers understood when they created the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.  They understood that mankind since the Fall has been born with a sinful nature (until redeemed through individual choice in Jesus Christ and given a new nature) and they understood that sinful man could be tempted with power and and due to that, they separated the powers in order to give ballast to the “ship of state” against man’s sinful nature.

Isaiah 33:22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

 

There has been a presumption, which I oppose because it makes people lazy and passive, that because Jesus is returning (and He is), that we don’t have to bother with history, law, government, or politics.  And so some of the church has bowed out.  It is not standard across the board regarding denominations or even those within certain denominations, but certainly the passivity exists.

Until the Second Coming is evidently here in full, Jesus said, “Occupy till I come.” (Luke.” 19:13)  We are stewards of this planet.  That is not only stewards of the gospel.  Yes, of course, people need to be born again so they don’t end up in hell when they walk out of this life.  And even the best philanthropist still needs to be born again because it is a matter of reconnecting to God, not works, and even multitudes of good works do not reestablish a connection with God in becoming his child.  The new birth through Jesus Christ is the main thing for all, regardless of status.  But to preach the gospel fully you need a free nation, free communications, free speech, free communications, one tiered judicial system, and righteous government.  You need a government that does not interfere with the economy and the free flow of goods and services. To preach the gospel fully by necessity involves stewardship of all venues of society because it is difficult to preach the gospel in a nation run by atheists, satanists, and woke agendas.  It is difficult to raise children when they are surrounded by the sewage of a nation.

There is one thing I learned when I clocked nearly 80,000 calls in the 2020 election surveying voters.  People would ask, “Who is more popular?”  I would say “Trump”.  But I added a caveat similar to this … “but the few who are on the other side are way more aggressive and rabid.”  And that concerned me.  I was not convinced of a good outcome simply because more people were for Trump.  And that concern has proven to be correct.

The foundations have been destroyed and there is plenty of work required in order to participate in rebuilding according to the original foundations.

If you say that is “meanie speech”, well, “tough love”.  Wimpy coaches don’t win ball games.

An aspect of Christianity that is not standard across all denominations, which operates in some more than others, is that citizenship gets spiritualized into the kingdom of heaven.

Daniel interpreted a dream/vision for King Nebuchadnezzer.  It is recorded in Daniel 2.

One part of the interpretation was this.

Daniel 2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

 

It is, as far as I know, universally accepted that Daniel corrected predicted the succession of nations.  This is why they try to dispute that Daniel was a real historical figure.  Liberal theologians (are they actually born again and able to hear the Holy Spirit?) refuse to believe that Daniel supernaturally was given the correct interpretation by the Lord God about the historical succession of nations on the earth.  But Jesus believed that Daniel was a real person.  Jesus referred to Daniel and we know Jesus did not lie, that would have been a sin.  Jesus lived a sinless life in order to redeem mankind from sin.  Jesus is the the sinless Lamb of God and so had to have told the truth about Daniel.  So Daniel and his prophecy existed.

Was there a “bait and switch” from dealing with natural successions of kingdoms to a spiritual kingdom?

If the interpretation referred to succession of natural kingdoms, then we need to be concerned about the state of natural kingdoms as well, i.e., “thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”.  At some point the kingdom of heaven will fully invade this kingdom on earth.

Matthew 13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

 

Matthew 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

 

At this point in time, we need to be concerned about those laws that are the most reflective of the kingdom of heaven, righteous laws, that reflect the respect for life, the family unit, and private property, laws that are reflective of the Old Testament laws and commandments.

The primarily Christian Founding Fathers spent a lot of time and prayer and thought and historical reflection when they created the founding documents of the United States.  Both documents are necessary.  The Declaration of Independence is the mission statement and the Constitution is the nuts and bolts of how that is done.  You cannot separate one from the other.

The Declaration of Independence talks about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Pornography, which leads to things like pedophilia, rape, abortions, and the dismantling of the family is not conducive to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

All things are not equal.

  • Abortion is not the same as giving birth to a baby.
  • Fornication and adultery are not the same as marriage and the family.
  • Destroying private property with energy weapons from space, HAARP, or stealing it through crashing economies and picking up pieces of real estate for pennies on the dollar; or going to war, destroying nations, and coming in as “saviours” to rebuild and profit  is not the same as respecting private property.
  • Stealing elections in a coup is the not the same as having honest elections.
  • Truth is not the same as a lie.
  • Bribery is not the same as refusing bribery.
  • Tiered levels of justice is not the same as equal justice for all.
  • Health practices built on the original historic Hippocratic oath are not the same as toxic jabs created to ensure a revenue stream for the profit of the stakeholders.

There are differences between good and evil and  western civilization was built on refusing things that were destructive and choosing those that lead to life.  Inasmuch and wherever it followed the Lord, Western civilization was built upon this maxim from the Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 30:I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

 

Western civilization is in a period of regression because it has backslidden.  Part of the reason for that is the shift to the focus solely on the spiritual kingdom.  It is the everlasting kingdom.  It does extend beyond death.  And because all mankind has inherited the sin nature from Adam and the Fall, and there is no way out of the effects of the Fall except through Jesus, it is necessary to enter into the kingdom of heaven through the new birth in Jesus Christ while here on earth to be a part of that kingdom after the death of the physical body.

While that kingdom of heaven is the everlasting kingdom, that exists now and beyond death, and people do need to choose to enter into that kingdom through Jesus so they don’t end in hell by default after death simply due to being in the spiritually genetic line of sin since the Fall of Adam, Jesus said,  “Occupy till I come.”  Part of that “occupying” has to be keeping godly jurisprudence and electing the most righteous and Constitution-abiding leaders to office so that the natural environment is most propitious to the spreading of the gospel.

We are being tested for that is kingdom that is coming by how we function on the earth that now is.

 

 

 

 

 

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Repost from The Epoch Times: Elon Musk Sues OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman Over Microsoft Link

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The Changing Goal Post

Over time, the progressive left has changed the goal post so they could avoid dealing with one sticking point for which they have no answer. That sticking point is the resurection of Jesus Christ.

They try to take the discussion to other issues such as transgenderism, abortion (misnomered “women’s rights”), evolution … anywhere but back to the historical thread of the Bible.

The Bible gives the history of the world.

God created man and gave him dominion.
Man disobeyed God and lost that dominion.
Jesus paid the price to restore mankind.
Each person has a choice to receive what Jesus has done, turn to Jesus, and follow Jesus.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the one sticking point that no one, no matter how much ink they have in the public space, is willing to address.

For if they attempt to address that issue, they lose the debate.

Jesus was born, lived, crucified, his blood was shed for mankind’s redemption, Jesus was buried and rose from the dead.

The bottom line is do you ignore the Son of God who rose from the dead?

What do you do with Jesus?

That is why they would rather take the discussion to some other tangent.

And while those issues are important, the real issue, the root issue is that Jesus rose from the dead.

The progressive/left/woke/atheist/satanic side of thought doesn’t have an answer for that. And they don’t want to talk about it because a discussion about Jesus will lead to a discussion of morals, ethics, and things that are currently dissed in modern society, especially in the two- or three- tiered levels of justice.

Having risen from the dead, Jesus is Lord and has the authority to structure this earth in the structure of the kingdom of heaven.

“Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.”

God’s kingdom immediately provides a standard to a lot of problems on earth: lying judges and politicians, pedophilia, pornography, toxic jabs forced on mankind and so much more.

Evil does not exist in God’s kingdom.

However, God did create a free will universe.

The love of money, the fear of man’s opinion, or sin may keep someone going the wrong direction.

The day will come when gig’s up. Like musical chairs the music will stop.

It’s better to find a place seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus before that happens.

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Isaiah 59

Isaiah 59:1 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

5 They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.

18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.

21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.

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The Dangers of AI

The dangers of AI have been discussed in the marketplace.

To learn more about some recent problems, read this article at ZeroHedge.

It can be seen how “fake news” put out from an AI can be used to attempt to bring about the downfall of an individual or company or AG or anyone who becomes a potential target.

If news channels are controlled, and the news given to consumers is controlled, and fake news is put out by AIs over controlled fake news channels, it leverages power in a certain direction simply because alternatives are not known.  If AI-generated articles, audio and video mimic people, their voices, and AI- generated images appear on AI-generated videos, this is a kind of warfare against humanity not yet seen.  And if AI politicians show up to vote, appearing to be real or wearing masks, this is an additional problem.

 

 

 

 

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Repost: CfaN Gospel Crusade | Ngwa – Aba, Nigeria

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Ananias and Sapphira

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Acts 5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

 

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Presumption

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Presumption is connected to “audacity” which is “bold … disregard of normal restraints”.

Presume means “to undertake without … clear justification”.

In layman’s terms, it might be called assuming one can beat the odds ….

It is assuming one can run a tight schedule, leave at a precise time with no buffer zone, and still arrive on time without hitting any snags or delay points.

It is assuming in school that one can skip the daily discipline of class and study and then attempt at the last minute to cram for a test in order to come up with a passing grade.

It is assuming that one can show up once or twice during the course of a year at either the gym or church and have the same results as those who attend regularly and apply discipline on a regular basis.

Presumption appeals to the desire for comfort more than the daily grind of discipline, but it won’t yield the same results.

Presumption can be very destructive.  Sleeping until the last minute, hitting the alarm off, rushing out the door, and running a yellow or red light (don’t do it) in the presumptive hope of getting somewhere on time may lead to an accident or death.

The Bible talks about the whole counsel of God as being necessary for success.

When any instruction is followed, whether the ordinary ordered steps of a recipe or the time taken to go through a pre-flight check list, it is important to determine that all required steps are correctly followed for the desired result to be obtained.

It would not expected, for example,  for a cake to turn out correctly if the flour and oil are omitted. But then again, neither should life be expected to operate at full potential if instructions in the Word of God or directives by the Holy Spirit are omitted.

The Bible warns against presumption.

One form of presumption is assuming that God will pour out financial blessings without obedience to financial laws set out in the Word of God.

Here are some.

Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

 

Haggai 2:2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.

3 Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,

4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

5 Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.

9 Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

 

Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

 

It is not the whole counsel of God to quote “my God shall supply all my needs” without obedience to the tithe or the laws of sowing and reaping that are throughout the Bible.

Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

 

Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

 

There are requirements.

Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

 

The tithe should be the first thing given out of any paycheck or income.  It should not be an afterthought or “if you have enough”.  Chances are you will never have enough if you put it last because it will be devoured if it is not given first.

If you tithe first one of the blessings may be that you make better financial decisions and don’t waste money and substance and/or don’t have certain crises that cost unexpected money.

Without obedience, a person comes out from under the umbrella of protection; the finances operate under the curse and are devoured.

It is presumption to expect prosperity without obedience.

 

 

 

 

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