Chapter 9
Chapter 9
In Deuteronomy 8:17, God is saying some things through Moses to the Abrahamic seed group. Keep in mind that what is said to the Abrahamic seed group pertains to us Christians because we are grafted into that same group. So he is saying here for us to be careful about saying in our heart that our power and the might of our hand has gotten us this wealth.
Deut 8:17
17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. (KJV)
This is a word of caution about the source of what we have. You see, God is speaking through the pen, the mouth and the ministry of Moses, a warning to the children of Israel who, at that point in time, were the Abrahamic Seed Group. Keep in mind, however, that we're grafted into these words as Gentile Christians. We're now part of this. He's saying, "Be careful lest you say in your hear that you did it, that my power, my mind, my sharpness, my hard work, and my abilities are responsible for my gathering and accumulating the wealth that I have". Because at this point, they were beginning to be very, very wealthy. And in Verse 18, God says:
Deut 8:18
18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. (KJV)
Do you see that God is the one that gave those people the power to get wealth. Yeah, you're pretty sharp. Most of you have probably better than average jobs. I mean you are one shrewd cookie. But the Bible says that God is the one that gave you the ability and the power to get the wealth that you are presently accumulating. Now, the question is, "Why did God do that"? Keep in mind, again, this is written to the Abrahamic Seed Group. Now church, who is this bunch called the Abrahamic Seed Group? They are the members of the church and the church dates all the way back to Genesis 12 when God called Abraham and made a covenant with him.
That's the church. The church was composed of Abraham's seed then and now. When we Gentiles get saved, we're grafted into that same identical Abrahamic system. Therefore, what he says there applies to us also because we are grafted in. So he said it is God that gives you the power to accumulate wealth. The question is, "Why did God do that"? Now look at the rest of the verse and you are going to see. He did that so that He might establish his covenant which He swore unto the fathers. The fathers are Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But look at the word established. "Established" translates a Hebrew word which is uniformly translated by our English word "continue". It is a fact that he was speaking to a group of people that lived over 400 years after Abraham did. It was a fact that he had to establish that Abrahamic Covenant with this group of people because they were Abraham's physical seed which we call in this work, The Abrahamic Seed Group. But, he "established" it with them by way of "continuing" it. So the word "established" really means in this context, "to continue". So he is saying, "I gave you power to get wealth so that I might simply continue the promises that I made to your father Abraham".
Now then, I answered my question. Why did He give us power to get wealth? Because he promised that ability to Abraham and to his seed. Well, we Christians are Abraham's seed. Therefore, that ability to amass wealth that he spoke of here includes us because we are the present day Abrahamic Seed Group. So then, the Bible says that God has given us the ability to get wealth so that He might continue the promises that He made to our father Abraham. Now having said that, let's turn to the Book of Proverbs, Chapter 10, Verse 22.
Prov 10:22
22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. (KJV)
The blessing of the Lord it maketh rich. Now you see I have absolutely no qualms about believing that God wants his people, not just to get by, but absolutely to be rich. That's what he said to Abraham. And it says here that the blessing of the Lord it maketh rich. Does it say it maketh you tend to poverty? Does it say the blessing of the Lord makes you not have enough? Does it say the blessing of the Lord makes you as poor as Job's turkey? You know, I used to honestly believe that there was not a way in the world for anybody to be right with God if they had a dime in their pocket and had a decent car to drive and decent clothes to wear. Then one day I got to thinking, you know, every time my car breaks down or I look and see a hole in the bottom of my shoe, not only does it not make me close to God, it makes me fiery mad. I can't be spiritual with a car that won't run. Now, I mean I lose my spirit quickly over a car that won't run. That means rapidly. Well, when a car won't start, I will trade it in a flash. I will trade a car that won't start even if its just a battery. I'll get rid of the whole mess. I don't believe God is in anything like that.
But I honestly believed that for me to be right with God I had to be in near poverty. And I know a lot of churches that believe that about their pastors. I mean, they believe they have to keep that pastor just down and out to keep him right with God. And of course, keeping him right with God makes them feel right with God, so they just welcome the opportunity to keep him in poverty that much more. I don't believe that anymore. What does the Bible say? The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich. Do you see that? So then I am blessed because I'm Abraham's seed and I'm getting richer by the day and I make no bones about it. I don't have one need in this world. Now, notice something else.
Notice the balance of the verse. Not only does the blessing of the Lord maketh rich, notice what it says. Look at it. He addeth no sorrow to it. Do you see that? He addeth no sorrow. Now, I know folk that go around all their lives wanting to get under some kind of martyr situation. Well, I'm not the least bit interested in being under a martyr situation. I have no qualms about thinking that God doesn't deal in martyred sorrow. I think God wants his people to be healthy and I think he wants them to be wealthy and I think he wants a song in their heart, and a smile on their face and a spring in their step. Because when God is doing business with you it says he adds no sorrow with the blessing he sends that makes you rich. Now if that's the case, where then, does sorrow come from? It doesn't come from God because his blessings make rich and he doesn't send sorrow with his blessings. So if you are sorrowful today, guess where you got that. You surely didn't get it from God. You see, this stuff is for the Abrahamic Seed Group. Do you see why I was so happy when God revealed to me about His Abrahamic Covenant and the fact that I'm in it? I'm happy because I figured out what all God had promised me. And he said, "My blessing makes you rich". And I did that just to keep my covenant going which I made with Abraham and into which you, Christian, are grafted now. And he said "In addition to that, I don't send sorrow in my blessing".
Now, friend, I want to tell you something. I don't know what brand of Christianity you've been following, but I don't follow this sorrowful kind of Christianity. I don't believe it's necessary to be poor to be right with God. The Bible says the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance, not the poverty of God.
Rom 2:4
4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? (KJV)
I don't need to be poor as Job's turkey to repent. That doesn't get me to repent, it makes me mad and I get worse. And I get on a tread mill going down and the best way for me to get off that thing is go buy a new shirt and tie and be sure my car runs good cause if it doesn't, I'll trade it. Why? Because the blessing of the Lord maketh rich. And God sends no sorrow with it. Now I'm not in the sorrowing business. Isn't this good news? The word "gospel" means, from the Greek language, "good news". No wonder.
The thing that bugs me is for so many years of my life they didn't tell me all the good news. They told me I could get saved and go to heaven and that was good news. But the balance of what they had me to believe was the fact that I was on my own twisting in the wind. I shouldn't expect God to bless me with a little financial help when I needed it. But you see, that's not the case. The Bible says the blessing of the Lord maketh rich and God sends no sorrow with it. That's written to The Abrahamic Seed Group of which I'm part. Now, let me show you some things about giving and receiving here. Look in Proverbs Chapter 11, Verse 24.
Prov 11:24
24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. (KJV)
Now, here is something that absolutely doesn't make a bit of sense but it works. There is he that scattereth and yet increases. Now, this is weird. How can I scatter and get rid of what I have and yet by scattering increase what I had to start with? That's like saying to me that if I have a gallon jug full of milk and I just take that thing and pour it on the ground and then look back at my jug and it's got more than when I started. That doesn't make sense. But it works. Will you do it in the name of the Lord? There is he that scattereth and yet increaseth. That is the hardest lesson for a Christian to learn. That is the toughest thing in this world for us to learn; by scattering we get more. There is he that scattereth yet he increaseth.
Now notice the next part of the verse. And there is he that withholdeth more than is fitting but his withholding or his savings tendeth to poverty. God has a miraculous way of doing business that defies the laws of logic. But the thing that is striking about it is this. When you try it, it works. Now the fact that you can analyze it and test it is logical and once you check it out, it is also "spiritually logical" that it works because God said it would.
So we have some opposites here. There is he that scattereth but he ends up with more. Then, there is the man who saves every dime he can get his hands on. I mean he will pinch a nickel till the buffalo hollers. But, what he's doing tendeth to poverty. I had someone say to me the other day, "Do you know what I noticed about you Jay"? I said "What". He said, "You don't eat your seed". I thought about that. I said to myself, "No I don't, but I wonder where this guy is coming from"? I said, "What do you mean"? And he said, "When you get these books printed, that will cost several thousand dollars every time you print one doesn't it"? I said "Yes it does". And he said, "You got the money to keep printing new books from other book sales didn't you"? I said "Yes I did". He said, "In other words, you use the book sales as seed money to do more to get your book ministry out there and by scattering you now have more books than you had when you started". There is he that scattereth but he increaseth. Now if I'd taken every dime, stuck it in my pocket, or spent it all on myself, or saved it all up, or sat on it, this book ministry wouldn't be where it is today. The philosophy which says get all you can, can all you get and sit on the can will not work over the long haul. You see that's the guy that withholds or saves more than really is necessary. Your Bible says "meet", "fitting" or "necessary". He saves back more than really he ought to. But that guy is headed for poverty and doesn't know it. But the guy that learns to scatter, that guy is on the road to increase because he is putting out some seed. He didn't eat his seed. He scattered it. Now you see, God absolutely wants his people to be wealthy.
Prov 11:25
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. (KJV)
He says in Verse 25, the liberal soul or, giving soul, shall be made fat and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. The guy that learns to give will be made fat from the hand of God. It's not talking about calories. It's talking about your pocketbook. That's the fat he's talking about. And the one that watereth is going to be watered again by the hand of God. What I'm trying to say is this. When you begin to understand who you are and what the promises of God are to you, and you begin to abide by those promises and live by those promises, you will find that God becomes responsible for you. You are not on your own anymore. You don't have to hack it out by yourself anymore. God has now made himself responsible for you and he begins calling the shots in your behalf. Therefore, he that learns to water God is going to water him. So, my job is to go around watering things that need to be watered, not thinking about my own need for water because if I take care of the watering ministry Gods given to me through my giving, then God Almighty is going to water my needs himself. And the liberal soul, the Bible says, shall be made fat by the hand of God. But, the key word here is "liberal soul". I have to learn to get liberal. I have to stop being "pinchy". I have to stop getting all I can, canning all I get, and sitting on the can. I must learn to scatter and water so that I can be watered and increased. Do you see this? By my learning to be liberal with my scattering, watering and giving, then I become fat. Not because of myself but because of what God does for me.
Now these are promises that God made to the Abrahamic Seed Group. If you have named the name of Jesus Christ as your savior, you are part of that Abrahamic Seed Group. Now notice something else in Verse 26.
Prov 11:26
26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. (KJV)
He that withholdeth grain the people shall curse him. But blessing shall be upon the head of them that selleth it. In other words, I have something that people need, and I refuse to sell it to them. (Here it's not even talking about giving something, it's talking about my refusal to sell it.) If I have something that this whole community needs, why would I not sell it? So I can drive the price up. But if there is a need and I refuse to sell to meet their need in order to corner the market and drive the price up, the Bible says that people will curse me. And surely they should. But, if I provide the needs of the community, not by giving (in this context), but by selling it at a fair price or at least making it available when it is mine to control the distribution of it, the Bible says the same people that would curse me if I withheld the necessary merchandise, will now bless me.
You see, God does not operate by the laws of man. Everything I'm saying here defies human logic. But everything I'm saying here works because it is backed by the supernaturalness of God himself. Now, let me show you one more thing in the Book of Proverbs Chapter13 and Verse 22.
Prov 13:22
22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. (KJV)
Now I want you to look at that. The wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. That means there's a lot of wealthy devils out there that has lots of my money because I'm the just. I am. And I think collection day is here. The wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. Some how God brings about a transfer of wealth so that the sinners take their wealth and give it to me and to you because its mine and yours to start with. The Bible says the wealth of this world belongs to God anyway. The cattle on a thousand hills are His. Even the thousand hills are His. Therefore, the cattle is also His. If I own the hill I own the cows. Even our laws say that possession is 9/10 of the law. If I own the hill, I'll put a fence on it and what's in it is mine. This is the law of "imminent domain". Did anybody ever study law or real estate? Even our laws make those same statements. So God has it all. What the evil people have, really, is his wealth to start with. Furthermore, the Bible says its all laid up for the just. I'm learning more about who I am every day of my life. I'm Abraham's Seed and I've done my best to communicate that to you so you can understand who you are, what your rights are, what God's promises are to you, so you can begin to have that which belongs to you.
Now, God is the one that gave us the power to accumulate wealth. We need to stop saying that I'm going to this and I'm going to that and I did this and I did that. We need to say that God gave me the power to get wealth for one reason: he promised wealth to Abraham and he's giving it to me to continue the covenant he made with Abraham. Why modern theology removed the Abrahamic Covenant from its teaching and preaching, mystifies me. I won't let you forget about it because God does not want us to forget about it. So then, the blessing of the Lord maketh rich and God sends no sorrow with it. God is not in the sorrowing business. God is in the riches business. God is in the blessing business. As soon as we learn this and move out in it, these blessings are going to accrue to us. I'm longing for the transfer of wealth from the wicked to the just. That's what I'm looking for and it's happened. I mean, I've had people come up that were just outright reprobates and God laid it on their heart and they said, "I'm supposed to give you this", and they'd give me $15.00 or $20.00 or $100.00 or whatever it was. That's a wealth transfer. Why'd they do that. They don't know why they did that. In the past, I didn't know why but I do now. They can't help it because their wealth is laid up for me. And God just has them give me some of it. The wealth of the wicked is laid up for the just. "Just" means cleared of all guilt. That applies only to Christians, the seed of Abraham.
So, my people, listen to me. Let's throw off this poverty mind set. Let's begin to think in terms of who we are and what God has promised to us. And let's begin to think in terms of "giving in order to get" because the Bible teaches it. Let's begin to think about scattering in order to increase. Let's begin to think about if I save more than I should, it tendeth toward poverty. And yet, God said his blessings are intended and designed with riches in mind and sorrow is not added with it by God. Now I didn't write this but I just told you what it said. It got me thrown out of the denomination but I told it anyway.
Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus, bless this humble exposition of your Word. Teach us, Our Father, to give in order that Your blessings might be put in gear that we might obtain and amass. Heavenly Father, it is not Your will that sorrow come with Your blessings. You don't do that. Help us O Lord to see that with You there is no sorrow, that we're your children, that you love us and want to bless us and make us rich. And you do this to keep your promise to Abraham. Bless our people. Free us O Lord of this poverty mind set. Free us Father from the blinders of Tradition that most of us grew up with. And teach us O Lord to do business Your way so that You might bless us Your way. In Jesus Name. Amen.
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