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    Living A Legacy

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    1 Tim.6:17-19

    Give this command to those who arewith the things of this world. Tell theto be ro!d. Tell them to hoe in Godtheir money. #oney cannot be tr!ste

    God ta$es care of !s richly. %e gives everything to en&oy. Tell those who ato do good'to be rich in good wor$s

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    And tell them they sho!ld be hato give and ready to share. (y this" they will be saving ! a trefor themselves. And that treaswill be a strong foundation owhich their future life will bbuilt. They will be able to have

    life that is tr!e life.

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     )o! can*t give yo!r way into heb!t yo! can tell where a ersonheart is by what they do with thmoney+.,For where your treis, there your heart will be a#t.6:/0

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     There ill (e A Test• Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

    kneel before the Lord our Maker. For Hod, And we are the people of His pastu And the sheep of His hand. !oday, if youhear His "oice# $%o not harden your hea

    in the rebellion, As in the day of trial inwilderness, &hen your fathers tested M!hey tried Me, though they saw My wor

    • 3s.94:6-9 5e!t.:1-1/0

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    ote: They tested God'God testhem2

    • e are reg!larly ta$ing a test+

    is seen in how we honor God in tithing and giving.

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    #alachi 8:6-1/

    $For ' am the Lord, ' do not chang!herefore you are not consumed, sons of (acob. )et from the days ofathers )ou ha"e gone away from

    ordinances And ha"e not kept the*eturn to Me, and ' will return to yays the Lord of hosts. $-ut you s'n what way shall we return/0

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    rdinances: an ordinary rincibehavior,

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    $&ill a man rob od/ )et yourobbed Me1 -ut you say, 'n wway ha"e we robbed )ou/0 'ntithes and o2erings. )ou are

    cursed with a curse, For you hrobbed Me, 3"en this wholenation.

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     -ring all the tithes into the storeh!hat there may be food in My hous And try Me now in this,+ ays the of hosts, $'f ' will not open for you

    windows of hea"en And pour out fyou such blessing !hat there will nroom enough to recei"e it 

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    $And ' will rebuke the de"ourer foyour sakes, o that he will not dethe fruit of your ground, 4or shal"ine fail to bear fruit for you in th

    5eld,+ ays the Lord of hosts; $Annations will call you blessed, For ywill be a delightful land,+ ays thof hosts.

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    •  The main ob&ection within ch!rches today is thld Testament law" and we are therefore free frlaw.

    • Are we free from the ordinary rinciles of beh

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     (esus endorsed tithing in the 43&!3!AM34!66 $&oe to you, scribes7harisees, hypocrites1 For you payof mint and anise and cummin, an

    ha"e neglected the weightier matof the law# 8ustice and mercy and !hese you ought to ha"e done, wilea"ing the others undone.+ #att.

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     Tithing is to (@?AB the sirit of ovfrom oC yo!r life2

    •  The sirit of overty is one of satanmost deadly strongholds in !se tod

    • (y overcoming it" we will gain a sia!thority to be !sed to meet the wmost ressing needs2

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    •  The sirit of overty may or may not hA)T%DG to do with money. Dt is to B?from wal$ing in the f!llness of the ED>Tgained for !s at the cross-- the blessino!r inheritance D >hrist2

    •  The goal of the sirit of overty is not &$ee THINGS from !s b!t to KEEP !s the &'LL OF O%2

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     Tithing is

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    • >or. 1/ : says we*ve been given divinelyowerf!l weaons to 3FLL down stronghold

    • Htrongholds are maintained by rincialitie

    •  )o! can cast o!t a demon b!t Hcrit!re saywill WRESTLE against rincialities.

    • restling is close combat where yo! DISPLyo!r foe. %ow yo! dislace him is by WALKthe LIGHT and DOING what the WORD

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    • Hirit!al a!thority will ALA)H have dominion

    ATF@AL as well as the sirit!al2

    • #y goal is not simly to have money (FT to 5will of G5 witho!t %D5@A>? in the sirit rthe nat!ral.

    • The I!estion sho!ld never be do we have thefor this" b!t simly what is God*s ill2

    •  The I!estion is not do D tithe or not tithe" it is going to do God*s will or not2