We welcome you now to a true church perspective with Pastor G. Craig Lewis.

So that's a different time. So for someone to take Malachi 3 and try to apply it to our time is irresponsible.

Okay? You can't really do that because the times don't match. So what Paul decided to do because people were being, people were under that understanding

and they were misinformed some of them on how Malachi 3 actually applied and how the church

should be run financially.

Paul gave us to the Church of Corinth instructions on giving. He basically took

the commandment to give, the curse with a curse, and changed it. It said, no, freely give. Meaning

give of what you have and give freely. Not only freely, but give cheerfully. if you're forced to give sometimes you're not

going to be cheerful amen if the preacher is begging like keith sweat for your money i mean you're not

going to be giving cheerfully all the time.

Be looking at you because he looked at the ledger in the back, came in and preached about you,

then you're not going to give cheerfully. But if it's what God told you to do and you see God blessing you for it,

then you'll give cheerfully. So Paul said, let me teach this in a different way so that the people

will understand it. Second Corinthians 9 and 6, he says, but I say, he which soweth sparingly shall reap also what?aringly and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also what

bountifully bountifully god's precept of reaping and sewing is built into the earth.

Anybody ever planted a seed?

I know they do that in the homeschool.

Y'all plant a seed in a jar and set it in the window and watch it grow.

Why does it grow?

Why does a seed grow when you plant it?

Oh, that's easy.

It wasn't a trick question.

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