Church Members' Duties to Their Pastor, p.2

Read your Bibles let's go back to first Timothy were calling this series of expositional messages beautifying the bride because that's what I want you to get more than anything else is how glorious God he is. As we contemplate his wisdom, his power and his beauty in deeming to do his work in the world through the church and so as he gives all this information on the human side it's the apostle Paul writing this letter to Timothy whose functioning as pastor or overseer of the local church at Ephesus and unfolding before us is one area after another of of local church life, and here's what to say to you if you memorize everything that happened to preach to you near I'll do that figure speech. If you memorize everything I say to you about how I biblical church is to be structured and has the function, but Eumaeus the glory of God in it and you've missed everything that I tried to bring that out some last week as I talked about your place in it and your part in the local church. This is God's masterpiece you understand something your marriage and go to make it pass judgment day if the last that long. If you are to be alive married Pat your family unit. When Jesus returns.

It's over. Then that's going to be dissolved into a higher thing, but the church will exist forever after that moment the church still continues old and glorious perfection.

And God is doing his work in the world through preaching his gospel in building his churches the splash over and our present situation.

That's the greatest thing we can do to impact the world for good. I what I would say of its history was honest without exception.

The great advances in human rights around the globe came from the preaching of the gospel, you can go to tribal groups and ethnic groups around the world back quite honestly wear their wives and their daughters were brutalized, but once the gospel came the men's hearts were changed in those ladies had a new liberation and freedom from the oppression they were feeling that it did not not will learn this in your secular university but it's just the truth. It's just the truth. If there was not, the gospel influences in our Constitution. The Constitution would have never been written in a way that eventually it would have had to it. They would either had to change the Constitution are kept slavery.

It's the truth of the gospel that changes everything for good.

So what's our role, our role is to be the best local church folks training pastors helping other local churches to be the best they can be for God's glory, both here and throughout the world that we fix everything the world absolutely not. But as I said, you many times our primary goal is not to make Satan's world a little better world that we would like to splash some good over and help it. Our major goal is to build God's church in the world. Well, we come to this section of first Timothy were talking about some church member's duties to their pastors if you're new around here is little awkward for me to preach this. Does it seem so holy self-serving, but I just exegete what's next in the text. I am taking a good more time with this just to be honest, this this is going to be three sessions that I will teach in the pastoral training Institute.

So the fact that we mentor pastors are training pastors developing this out more than I would probably well.

I know that I would just preaching it.

You but you still need to know this and you still need to stand on this and let me say this is a is disclaimer the word upfront US grace life church are living out God's requirement not saying you've arrived, but on the recipient needs of the middle and staff are the recipients of you living out this truth and so for most of this is not a reproof our correction to you. Hopefully it's an affirmation but yet they're still neat things to learn from this text are we come to part two of church members duties to their pastors when first Timothy five verses 17 and 18. Look it up there with me. Paul writing to Timothy to get everything organized in the local church at Ephesus says the elders who rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

For the Scripture says you shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing and the laborer is worthy of his wages okay I I want to notice a piercing and profound expectation a piercing and profound expectation. I think piercing here because it just goes straight to the point.

Paul just jumps on this topic of elders and how they are to be cared for by the local church and the way he says it is just getting around what he say it straight to the point it piercing and then I said, it's also profound is profound because quite honestly, if you're like me when I came into Christianity house converted at age 18. I came into Christianity with very little Bible understanding and when I came across truth like this.

It was a radically opposite of what I naturally thought would be there in this is that true.I love you member a phrase I give you some times that as I grew and crossed. I found that out that I was more conservative than God, we come to these convictions and conclusions and we just assume all God in God's word to a lot with that we get to God's word. We realize we have to repent and reshape our thinking to much God's word. So when it comes to churches caring for their pastors. I think the Semper Fi all the things here that are not what we would naturally think should be there the course we come from the context in the environment of the Roman Catholic doctrine of a vow of poverty and then we turn on our televisions and we see televangelist to make me literally millions of dollars a year. You have these radical extremes that you know we don't agree with anyway.

One is the theology of a vow of poverty and what is the theology called prosperity theology and both are un-biblical.

But the truth here is piercing it's in the present imperative, which means it has a command nature to these commanding this things. Let's part the piercing and profound because I think all of is it shocking to our natural perspective. When we open the word of God. Think about this. Well first of all, he says the elders who uses these two words of the new American Standard who rule well were cylinder piercing and profound.

Okay who rule well God has given the rule over the local church to God, called pastors, scholars tell us you might could translate this pre-side. Well, they oversee it.

Three thoughts as I thought about what should you think about if you are evaluating is that pastor ruling well is he overseeing well now it implies there may be some men who they shouldn't be fired. They say shouldn't be denigrated or undermined.

But they may be pastors who don't rule, as well as others. That's actually that's based with the text to say some just be better than others. God has given to the churchmen and they're not all exactly the same but three thoughts come to my mind, and you could have eight and you could have six or whatever but three thoughts come from a number one if these ruling well. He rules in truth rules and truth brothers and sisters listen to me. I am not the shepherd of this church on the under shepherd of this church on the steward of another's property, it must, if it bothers me or if it bothers you still must exercise my pastoral leadership and oversight in use.

Truth, the word of God.

Sometimes it pricks are hard sometimes it's like a dagger. Sometimes we already agree with it but whatever… A man who stands in this pulpit or any local church will put in exercises his presiding or overseeing of the church must be anchored in truth, I don't care I saw that and you can help with these things. Can you mouse all this pastor come on and apologize and apologize and apologize and apologize and apologize because some people said he wasn't doing some things just rot. I want to be compassionate I want to hear. I want to listen but you listen to me. Burn me at the stake. I'm not backing up on truth if everybody misses understand misunderstand if everybody thinks will.

That's just not helpful.

I don't care he's not.

It's not my church.

It's he is and he is the way the truth and the life he must rule well by ruling in truth and use the word faithfulness that would connect to the first one to but he must rule over the church and faithfulness that means if it is imposing to Timothy you what you have to watch these these men and after a season if they've ruled well then, here's the way you take care of them. That's what is coming to your soberness and there must be a consistency never perfection, but long term.

Has he been faithful in what he supposed to be doing and then thirdly, and this was difficult. Maybe over the years and I literally mean years.

It becomes somewhat easy to identify. That is is is motivation, love is, is motivation. Love is is motivation love for God and God's glory. First, I love you but I love God's glory more than you. I would rather make God happy and upset you did it.

Even if a pastor displeases God. It doesn't matter if he pleases everyone in them.

If a pastor pleases everyone and does not please God. It doesn't matter at all either is his motive to love God and love the church all right. He has to rule well and another phrase in verse 17.

If he does then needs to be considered worthy of double honor considered worthy is the idea of these deserving given in your minds and never let it leave that when you give gifts to God's purposes that your local church. You are not contributing to charity your paying a debt you owe. It's deserve a service has been rendered to you and you are in debt to compensate for that's Christian truth. Charity has a lot of pride in it. Did these charitable things. I'm sorry when you get ties and offers a grace like churches, you have not contributed security you're giving your obligation to God I told you there was some profound or limit shocking things in the word of God about this area. I kinda like that I know about you but I've never told you their finances to do what I do not do and when can I give our tithes and offerings. I don't think of in terms abort date RK privilege down there that I'm helping them out not understand that God has given me so much through this church, I'm obligated to bless back material. These deserving he's worthy of the biases of double honor, I made a goal statement here my notes it's right to consider your pastor worthy just out of simple obedience. Sometimes you just have to do it until your heart catches up. Sometimes you do what's right to your emotions, embrace it. That's the way cricket we function on truth, not our motions. Have you heard that from this pulpit before bowing to be good if the world function on truth and not their emotions. So it's right to consider them worthy out of central obedience.

But it's best best to consider them worthy from the heart.

I love them I love what has happened in my life.

I love the Christ that has been formed and mock my life so therefore it's not just my duty. That's there but I love them back and want to do it considered worthy then uses the word on recess double honor bungle get the Dublin mode pieces consider them worthy of honor to obey simple Greek word no IT Robertson is probably the best Greek scholar. The last hundred 200 years or so in certain Baptist life evangelical life in general. Maybe we could say in 80 Robertson says this was a common word for the day, and often translated payee or price. It means financial remuneration honor.

It doesn't exclude honor and other ways but every scholar you look at says it at least includes financial honor. No doubt this is where we get our word honorarium from we do that from time to time will have a guest preacher in and sometimes elders say, well, we don't think of a love offering are given honorarium and I'll just make my suggestion so well you know he's only here for a day. Why don't we do X amount of dollars in editing is honorarium. It's a financial gift.

I don't know how our guest preachers would like it if I put my arm around you can't do that right now but I'm kind of on the backs and we honor you brother.

Have a good week but so what if it will timeout you didn't you didn't exegete first Timothy 517 just rot you missed what was really implied in the word honor here. A point to you as every scholar says many scholars say it means only financial ruin, remuneration all scholar say it must include that all right. One scholar said simply what this means is the honor expressed by gifts. Now in the immediate context we know that this has to refer to material or financial compensation.

For example, go back to verse three we have the exact same Greek word in verse three for Windows honor widows who are widows indeed that in that context, honoring widows means put them on the list and financially and materially take care of them so he thinks that same Greek word, he brings it now over to the elders resist now honor them.

So in the context that's clearly got the main financial remuneration and then will we get down to the next verse, verse 18. What is he talking about in first Timothy 518.

The Scripture says you shall not muzzle the ox while his threshing and the laborer is worthy of his wages.

That's financial compensation is no way to make it mean anything else. Then of course we have the wider context of Scripture that would be considered the immediate context and the wider context of Scripture. First Corinthians 914 so. Also, the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel. Matthew 10 not intend this. This is a powerful thing is is one of those things I hadn't looked at in a while and how Jesus just come straight out and lays it out. Matthew 10 not intend do not acquire gold or silver or copper for your money belch or don't you go out preaching representing me and take nothing with you financially that goes on for 10 or a bag only take up a luggage bag for your journey. Don't take an extra coat whatever's on your bodies enough don't think extra sandals or staff for the word the worker is worthy to support the people you preach the word to all take care of all of those things for you.

That's what Jesus said in this country for him to me. I be aliquoted and that's not saying that's an absolute law for all media blood break is all to be honest with you when I go to preach.

I think extra clothes when I go somewhere else. I just don't know that the goal say here's a credit card go down to dinner.

Did you get plenty of close while you we will bless you call if they did, they simply don't do that, but obviously it's the principle Jesus as he's beginning the establishing of his church in the world want to make it very clear those who go out from the represent me and if they receive me. They receive unit they receive you, the receiving me and they'll be taken care of again. I'm a blessed minute rice like church because you were to try to be faithful in these ways, and you've proven that the years to be caught honest, I had to give Dr. Bob Pittman a lot of credit here because when I was his associate pastor. He was very strong loneliness and he's the one who began the whole concept when we have guest preachers in that were not paying them for a week were investing in their lives. That's why is the best of my memory. We've never had a person come for a four day meeting.

We did not at least give them about 24, $25,000 sum up close to $50,000 because we just witnessed what will bless you what they need to be blessed because those near Vegas.

A lot of them had been a lot of stingy churches we were doing the exact same thing. Paul told the Corinthians he said, I'm robbing from other churches to take care my ministry to you is just a doggone backslidden you will give me anything.

So we try to do that far gift evangelist so the principal was established here before I became the senior pastor and again the fact that Willoughby's Galatians 66 reaffirming again how Paul taught this throughout his writings to the churches one who is taught the word is to share all good things that the one who teaches him so responding back the good things is image material things because he's given you the good things of spiritual investments in your life. When I first became a Christian I had just I think would be a common mentality that he felt guilty if I was paid like on the school to have anything I'm supposed to be have the most meager existence in and in and give it all to the Lord's work and I not have to the years.

I think given generously back to the Lord's work and tried to an end in it and it just didn't click with me that it's a blessing and an important minister to ministry rather to those under you to compensate you and Bob Pittman used to tell me sometimes when I would and I was difficult. I was difficult in the he had the correct me sometimes on this piece. Brother Jeff, don't rob them of the blessing. I thought while this actually a ministry and a blessing. Look, if you don't belong to the Lord. If you're not born-again agreement changed by the gospel. This don't Claudia for those who have been the spirit affirms this is the right track.

Okay now we get to the word double I said okay church. Those ministers who preside well they really well are to be considered either deserving of honor which includes financially taking care of them. How much double honor. Verse 17 there worthy of double honor die police if I'm saying that right is the Greek word here die meeting to literally means twofold.

That's what you use it of places in this translate to full so he says if the if you've watched this man minister, and he's ministered well for season of time than you are to consider him from your heart, had met with the Christian truth would substantiate that from your heart.

Consider him worthy of double honor which must include financial compensation.

Now again, this was really strange to me early on, the minister is just one of those areas where I just can't resisted about know this can't be right. There is no we asked the question here is this a figure of speech, or are we to take this literally.

Well I personally don't think it's meant to be held as an absolute wall of the double amount of salary I do see it as a figure of speech.

I think that's how it's used in Revelation 18, six Revelation 18. Six.

The harlot church was say and God says she's good all these wicked and evil things in the church that were going to double back to her were going to pay her back in judgment. Double of all the wicked thing she did in the earth. I will think that means literally double. It means Larch great judgments coming back on her. That's the idea here. So when I see this in the text. I think it's best to interpret that you are to compensate your faithful pastors with double honor, not as an absolute double salary.

But as I large are great salary that would be the best way to interpret that. But there are some qualifications, are there not matter fact there's something other than a progression there something of the levels talk here in this text, I would laid out this way.

There's an implication and there's actually specific instructions involved in the way I'm laying this out first vulnerable one. Any man who functions in the office of elder are pastor deserves honor that he didn't say it that way here, but that's what's implied he jumps right into double honor, but it implies that all who have the office deserve honor and that includes financial support that he says now if they ruled why all this go to another level here. If they prove why all been double honor videos to another level and he says, and especially if they've had a long-term reputation proven example of working hard in preaching and teaching. I see three things there. If they have the office honor if they presided well double honor if they presided well especially in preaching and teaching.

Then make sure you take good care of those elders in your church now the word work hard in preaching and teaching in verse 17 is a word that literally means to be exhausted means it's his task to primarily be responsible for the teaching and preaching of the church and he is to exhaust himself, and that many preachers for 60 hours a week. It means the load of it all, the responsibility of it all. That's what he expenses energy in another place Paul tells Timothy to be up to his ears in his preaching and teaching is literally the Greek word means be up to your ears and it Timothy and then another place Paul tells Timothy Timothy in preaching and teaching labor to the point of exhaustion not come from a blue-collar background. Honestly, when I came into the ministry.

I thought preaching wasn't as far as exhausting you, which is nothing about you got to you got to get dirty, you gotta skin your knuckles, you gotta shovel dirt you got a physical stuff so you done any work, man was I wrong. I'm telling you, I worked nonunion heavy construction. I built and tore down concrete concrete forms and Todd reinforcement bar for concrete nonunion. That means when my job got caught up. I went and did something else hard and that's where I come from that's what I thought work was but I'm telling you nothing exhaust you. If your God called in care if you just got the gift of gab to get up just thought out there that's a different thing. But your God called in care nothing it I tell young preachers if your faithful in studying and praying and preparing and preaching the word is like every molecule of your body is has the energy squeezed out of it by Sunday night and that's why these words are used labor to exhaustion, work hard means to substitute to preach and teach and all the energy that brings you to a point of fatigue. These is okay. That's the third level. They especially are worthy of this double honor.

John Milton was a highly esteemed Puritan of his day and he had this simple statement. He said labor us. Teaching is the most honorable role that one minister can have above another. In the gospel. This preaching and teaching role. I believe this is where Ephesians 4 gives the office of pastor teacher. Ephesians 411 says God gave some as apostles, some prophets, some as evangelist and then some. As pastor teachers.

I believe there's a difference between elder that there are elders who all have to be able to teach, but it is God's pattern to only give the church one preaching pastor, a pastor teacher and I think that's primarily what is emphasized here again, all elders have to be able to teach, but often that's a small group setting or counseling setting, they are not all gifted to be the preaching pastor and I think also that is the man whose primary response will set the vision for the church. I've had people argue with me will disagree with me here, not in our church. The faded people disagree with me saying that all the elders are exactly alike that all can preach just like they all can teach just like they all got guess they are assuming can administrate. Just a lot they THINK it's Olympic.

I said hold time a minute time element would you won't spoil Jeff novelists in one room processes. Lastly, some of the book. It's like were gone were get whereafter it you don't need 12 of those people kill each other peers level do we need 12 peters apostle Peter Snow. You know how Peter is from the text did he make a good leader, when the book when the spirit fell and actually stood up front was the primary preacher that they all preached and taught benefit acts chapter 2 tells us they all went house to house and more of a Bible study format. Perhaps, and taught the apostles doctrine, but Peter was the primary public preacher at that time you go to the Gentiles, Timothy preachers and teachers. Titus preachers, but Paul is the primary leader and that's the structure we see Old Testament and new to their different gifts and different callings among one elder body. But the point that Paul is making here is that Tom, this is how churches take care of. This is their duty to their pastors men in the office of pastor honor hammer includes financially pain well if you presides well double honor him, which includes large financial payment, and especially if you presides well in his faithful preaching and teaching the word. Suffice it to say, many should I cannot say most Baptist evangelical churches are mildly biblical on this point.

You know how many pastors I work with and help who are living right at her, barely above the poverty line and bless their hearts. I don't know if these men are actually evil. Maybe they're just ignorant but I talked to the men of their church and they weren't like a badge of honor.

He's a man of God, and we don't want them to look in the community like he has many material thing to get that you can get from this book so he's got all the burdens of reforming the church. The warfare the hatred being undermined splits in the church of the other pastors in the community undermining because they don't want them to be that biblical it makes them look bad.

He's got all this stuff coming at him, and he's gotta worry about cannot put shoes on my babies this fall when school starts.

I'm telling you folks, there's going to be listened want. There's going to be serious accountability of the judgment seat of Christ for deacon board to didn't take care of faithful preaching men of God in their churches. I've told you many times when it when it will we do with guest preachers. We give Ms. large gifts. I'll gladly stand at the judgment seat of Christ and hear Christ so you know what you get metal ball a bit too much. I do want do do not want to stay before my Lord and himself sent my servant to you and you are stingy it wouldn't that when the way I take care my people the folks at and I got I got part three you just get part two and I'm going to deal with some of this thinking because the pastors who watch our broadcasting church leaders and for training. It's too.I developed some of the things I want to talk about. But this came to my mind you be going down the road. Sometimes if you seen this on church marquees out front and it says we love our pastor Johnny and sister Susie build the marquee out front. I want to roll down my window and screamed back out there well and get his name off the marquee. The Bible say they not put it. Now that's a sweet jester. Don't misunderstand me to go if you let me pay compensating for his comfortable talking again about the extreme prosperity gospel stuff were not talking about the un-biblical vow of poverty, which is really just a a false humility.

It's a false show of humility is not true humility didn't have anything do with what you got your stuff with your heart, I'm going to have to hurry Rome into a practical and prominent illustrations.

Apollo reinforces what he's talking about. By using two illustrations that are practical but very prominent in this day the first one is a threshing ox is the first practical and prominent illustration. Eight. A threshing ox of the ox would be hooked to a threshing sled and the ox would be made to walk back and forth over that grain would you say it's wheat and as he stops audit as the sled rose on it. The pressure in the grinding would cause the brain to separate from the bus, then you could gather all the brain up what the Bible says don't put them on solo might ox if he's working for you in the graveyard and get some to see that from Deuteronomy 25 for you shall not muzzle the ox while the strictures of this is been around for generations call you can use it when he wrote to the Corinthians about how they should be supporting them financially portrait in the law of Moses.

She's not muzzle the also always threshing God is not concerned about ox and Izzy Paul saying if you think I just wrote this for the oxen to take EP that had off the snow were talking about here, there still based there still brute beast, but a good person to abuse their animals.

That's what he say God says what I have concern for RB so have some consideration if he's going to try that grain out with his nose spelling a great all day long. Don't be cruel and mostly but we came a little bit along that would be right so the point is, if the base deserves this consideration for breaking the grain out of the husk for you. How much more the pastor who faithfully breaks the bread of eternal life for you and if the man who would muzzle the ox while the ox is threshing for him is unkind how much more use is the church that does not properly care for the preaching pastor whose faithfully thrashes out the word of God for your spiritual nourishment.

That's the point.

Now the other practical and prominent illustration from the dais is where he says the labor verse 18 last phrase the laborer is worthy of his wages. We know that Jesus also use this in Matthew 10 730 and we refer to it while ago where he said I should go out and preach, heal the sick race that cleansed lepers, cast out demons.

Freely received, freely give. Another words you preachers now you been given grace that saved you, you could been given the gift of this great teaching the word of God and you bought give it to others but don't acquire gold or silver copy for remote events are bag or whatever because the worker is worthy of his wages are of his support.

So Jesus used this what the scholars tell us if this is most likely a phrase that came out of the culture of the day the Lord's under common grace all mankind understand this truth, even the unsaved unregenerate even know this is right. Paul's point if the unsaved unregenerate even know this. How much more should Godfrey, David church get context, especially when compensating God's preacher Philippians 4 verse 17 Paul is ending his letter to the church at Philippi. The church at Philippi had done what the Bible teaches about compensating the apostle Paul is and here's what he says back to them in verse 17 he says not that I seek the gift.

He said I got the gift you sent, but just about me getting the gift he said, I think the prophet which increases to your account is that there is fruit was a blessing back to you because of the way you took care of me, God's preacher grace letter to the show you have a record of taking good care of me and God. I'm convinced has brought fruit and blessing back into your life because of that some of you mean your business is still doing good after all these decades because you've always stood for this. Take good care of our pastor. That's exactly what that versus teaching the prophet comes back to you.

Verse 18 the Philippians 4 Paul continues pulses I have received everything and followed other was a second.

I can't even hold anymore you been so generous then uses the phrase I have an abundance. It means I have, over and above what I need.

Then he says I'm amply supplied, having received from hepatitis what you sent the notice here. Paul didn't say this point it was too much, you shouldn't of done it. I will return a bunch of it and say that he says that kind of giving is a fragrant aroma is the picture of the priest of the Old Testament, burning the incense in the image. There always was.

God is so satisfied and glad and that that environment a fragrant aroma and acceptable sacrifice. The last phrase where well pleasing to God. It means God accepts as an offering to himself. When you generously support me in my work like you been doing profound is not verse 19 that he turns around and says, but this is no you don't get something out this to and my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

At first 19 notice he says my God, he said the God I know the God I preach the God who saved me the God who redeemed me the God who gave me this office of preaching. He will supply actually fully supply us with means actually means feel to the full Paul is saying I can't financially give it back but God will fill you to the full.

I forgot what part of this verse one Greek scholar's. It really means to cram it in their cots going to crib it in there for you is going to put all he can admit he's going to take the lead and he's going to pull the lid back in stuff something slammed the lid real quick to give you back all you can you know why a lot of Christians are still babies. I'm still struggling and deficient in their spirituality because they don't understand the giving and receiving concept in the New Testament that you cannot get into this in part three listed. You can't be given to spiritually, faithfully, and receive the blessing of it and the benefit of it like you need to. If you don't give back material to the one who gave you spiritually it's it's it's essential part of spiritual disciplines and exercise in God's economy and again you've been in my opinion you've lived this out well for years. If you look if you if our elders were stingy toward me of the staff. I tell you I take, but they don't they don't think they try to honor this truth and I haven't chronicled it on the calendar anything but minimum of I'm in my 40th year and completed it, but I've completed 39 in the 40th year. Time after time after time after time after time after time we be doing the budget and be one of those years where it's just kinda typed. If you're running a business, you wouldn't do what I'm about to say we did and little expectation went back and forth.

Maybe in the men decided you know what these guys deserve to be blessed were just going to put it in here to give them to me. This was years ago. There's one couple years of euphemistic school, you know, this was years ago there were two years where the teachers got a 5% raise, and then a 7% race photo to pusha compass to teachers but that happened but we were in a tough spot at the church in that the staff hadn't gotten a raisin a few years, but the men came up the said we gotta do it.

And so they did something really generous and tell you the next year. Finances exploded in that henpecked just once or twice us have been many many many times he's going to. Paul said he's going to bring this back. He's going to repay you, according to his riches in glory. That means the measure of his supply is immeasurable out of the riches of his glory, the emphasis is not only the quantity but the quality of the way God will give it back to you if you do this, Jesus reinforce this in Luke 638 given it will be given to you. They go because I don't know that they are, but cause it to come back to you through people somewhere.

They will pour into your lap. Good measure, pressed down, shaking together, running over, let's cram it in there again by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you in return spin years ago, but I was talking to a man who was quite wealthy.

Not a member of our church and I knew his commitment to God and I knew something of his record to give back to God's work, not just out of his personal income, but out of his wealth out of his business. I'm itching something today. Mom is obviously were fine clothes.

He drove on car.

He had a very nice home in Saugus again. He had means doing good and we were just talking about this and he said Jeff I live like I live because I give like I give us with that versus is not 100% all the time. No, but it's hundred percent in some of your life.

So far I've been watching. Here's what I'm saying don't stop up the flow don't stop up the phone, get scared and stop up flow stay with God on this and from your pastor's heart thank you that not just in the last couple years or five years or but for a long time.

This church has purposed try to live out the teaching of this text in fulfilling your duty as church members, your pastors