1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:16,880 Hey everyone, this is Gilbert and I'm back for week three of Able 2 and I'm here with 2 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:18,380 Pastor Matt Haddabow. 3 00:00:18,380 --> 00:00:26,920 What a great series and this has been very, it's nourishing me. 4 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:27,920 It's the word I want to use. 5 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:29,760 It's building me up on the inside. 6 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:30,760 I love this. 7 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:36,520 So who here votes for Able 3, 4, 5, 6? 8 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:41,880 This isn't something that we've been working through this together for the last two months 9 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:50,200 and even though we're going to shift gears next month to look at a new truth, not a new 10 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,000 truth but you know. 11 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,840 Just in the same way we've been reaching back to other series we've done, we'll continue 12 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:03,480 to go back and look at this, that we are able and this week we are talking about Able to 13 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:04,480 do. 14 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,440 That's right. 15 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:11,720 Just as you said, even though we move on and we do different series, there's no reason 16 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:19,320 why we can't come back and draw from this well and pick things up and keep allowing 17 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:21,160 the word of God to work in us. 18 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:26,880 So the more we go through series, the more I realize that there are things still going 19 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,320 on in me about other series. 20 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:34,280 So the things we talked about and route to 2.0 for example, I still say that. 21 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,720 I still say that the word of God is working in me. 22 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:44,760 The word is working in me mightily right now and that's just the reason for that is because 23 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:49,440 as we see light, we see light. 24 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,920 The more we see, the more we see. 25 00:01:52,920 --> 00:02:02,600 And what I mean by that is as we grow spiritually, we see more and then we think, oh wait, I've 26 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:03,600 heard this before. 27 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,120 Oh wait, we studied this verse. 28 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:11,280 We discussed this verse back in Grow Group three months ago but now I see something else 29 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:12,280 about it. 30 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:13,760 So yeah. 31 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:19,240 So I mean in the last month, we were able to build upon the good company message when we 32 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,680 talked about the fellowship of the Holy Spirit for example. 33 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:28,720 And there's so many connections like this month, we're building on the series of crazy 34 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:36,600 faith because we talked about unlocking our imaginations so that we could see how big 35 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,840 God's plan is and how much he wants to do. 36 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:45,000 And that's what we're talking about, we're able to see, able to say and able to do. 37 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,160 Able to do. 38 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:52,800 We want everyone in the Go Church family to know that through God's supernatural ability, 39 00:02:52,800 --> 00:03:00,480 we are able to see, to say and do things that the world around us, they cannot. 40 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:07,120 We're able to break down limits and emerge into the place that God has called us both 41 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,040 individually and as a church. 42 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:15,560 And you know, the key verse that we've been looking at, 2 Corinthians chapter nine, verse 43 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,280 eight, God is able. 44 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:26,360 No, he's more than able to make all grace abound toward me so that I always have all 45 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:32,800 sufficiency in all things and I abound to every good work. 46 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:38,920 Or one translation says, I have an abundance for every good cause. 47 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:39,920 That's right. 48 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:46,000 I really like the CEV where it says, I'll always have more than enough to do all kinds 49 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,040 of good things. 50 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:48,400 All kinds of good things. 51 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:52,240 Whether it's seeing the plan of God, saying the plan of God or doing the plan of God. 52 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:53,240 Man, that's good. 53 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:58,680 Yeah, I can do all kinds of things with the ability that God gives me. 54 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:04,480 Seeing is an important component, right? 55 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,720 We're making the whole message practical. 56 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:12,360 We're not just able, in theory, we're able to do something. 57 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:14,560 And that's what we're going to talk about today. 58 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:16,120 That's right. 59 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:21,480 So the last two weeks we talked about able to see and able to say. 60 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:30,120 So when we talked about able to see, we talked about being able to really know the plan of 61 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,620 God. 62 00:04:31,620 --> 00:04:35,520 It really ties in with what we spoke about last month when it comes to the fellowship 63 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:40,520 with the Holy Spirit and the wisdom and operation in order for us to move further and further 64 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,280 and further into the things of God. 65 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:54,160 So when we take a decision to see eternal things and put our emphasis and give value 66 00:04:54,160 --> 00:05:01,680 to eternal things, God gives us ability to see the way he sees. 67 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:06,200 And that helps us move further in his things. 68 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:10,600 When we talk about able to say, we spoke about how important words are. 69 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,400 They were designed to be that way. 70 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:22,360 And the fact is, the words that we speak impact the world around us. 71 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:27,760 And so God gives us ability to say these things. 72 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:32,760 He gives us ability to change the world and to impact the world with the words that we 73 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,680 say. 74 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:44,880 And this week, so this is the final week of able to, we're going to talk about doing and 75 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,880 the fact that God makes us able to do things. 76 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:59,160 So I really want to read these verses in James chapter one, verses 22 and 25 in the passion 77 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:00,160 translation. 78 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:06,160 It's impossible to talk about doing without reading James chapter one. 79 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:11,040 But the trick is finding a nice translation as well. 80 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:17,440 They're all amazing, but I really like this in the passion translation for verse 25. 81 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,720 So let me get into that. 82 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:24,280 Verse 22 said, don't just listen to the word of truth and not respond to it. 83 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:25,600 For that is the essence. 84 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:26,600 Look at that. 85 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:33,560 Don't just listen to the word of truth and not respond to it. 86 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:42,480 I heard a minister say this once, the key to having the supernatural manifest in your 87 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,040 life is to respond to the message. 88 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:47,040 Yeah. 89 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:51,720 The people that respond to the message are the ones that receive. 90 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:52,720 Sure. 91 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,000 I'm sorry I interrupted you, but boy, I like that. 92 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,000 No, praise God. 93 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,920 This is what we've been talking about for a while. 94 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:04,920 If you remember what we were talking about way back in the message of joy and we were 95 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:05,920 talking about faith. 96 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:12,000 And we said faith is a spiritual action that leads to a material result. 97 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,000 So faith means that we're taking an action. 98 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,120 We're responding to the word that we heard or we're applying the word that we heard. 99 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,960 That application can be natural and it can be manifested naturally. 100 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:29,400 It can also be manifested spiritually, taking decisions, taking decisions, acting like it's 101 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:30,400 true. 102 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:31,520 Here's the difference. 103 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:39,000 The difference between listening and not responding is when I listen and I'll say, I'm going to 104 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,440 wait and see if this happens. 105 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:46,800 And if I see it happen, then I'll believe it. 106 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:47,800 Yep. 107 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,040 That's not Bible faith at all. 108 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:57,960 If you hear the word and receive it as truth and start acting like it, that's responding 109 00:07:57,960 --> 00:07:59,460 to the truth. 110 00:07:59,460 --> 00:08:00,460 That's right. 111 00:08:00,460 --> 00:08:03,520 That's waiting to see is not faith at all. 112 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:05,160 So let me, let me get back into this. 113 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:06,160 Yes. 114 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:07,160 I'll be quiet. 115 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:08,160 No, keep going. 116 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,640 I like, I like you bring this to life. 117 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,200 It's helpful for all of us. 118 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:17,760 So James chapter one verse 22, don't just listen to the word of truth and not respond 119 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,400 to it for that is the essence of self deception. 120 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:26,920 So always let his word become like poetry written and fulfilled by your life. 121 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,280 Glory to God. 122 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:33,320 Verse 25, I just want to move on to that part because it flows in anyway. 123 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:38,080 Those who said their gaze deeply into the perfecting law of liberty are fascinated by 124 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:42,600 and respond to the truth they hear and are strengthened by it. 125 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:46,760 They experienced God's blessing and all that they do. 126 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:53,280 You know that that phrase, that is the essence of self deception. 127 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:58,040 What hearing the message of truth and not responding to it. 128 00:08:58,040 --> 00:08:59,400 Yeah. 129 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:05,480 And you know, the, this is in Corinthians. 130 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:11,720 The work of Satan is blinding the site. 131 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:12,720 What do we talk about? 132 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,120 We're able to see. 133 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:19,560 But he says he's blinded the minds of the world. 134 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:21,120 Yeah. 135 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:22,840 How does he do that? 136 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:28,360 He gets people into a place of unbelief, of doubt. 137 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,240 That's in Genesis chapter three. 138 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:37,040 Did God really say that's, you know, Satan comes and tempts Eve. 139 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,080 How? 140 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:44,880 Asking questions about the integrity of God's word. 141 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,280 He's not changed. 142 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,480 Same trick, same lie. 143 00:09:50,480 --> 00:10:00,400 So the, basically what we're saying is that his work is successful, not when you don't 144 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,560 believe the word, but when you don't do the word. 145 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:04,560 Right. 146 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:05,560 Yeah. 147 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:09,400 When you act like it's, when you act in a way, when you don't respond basically, when 148 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:18,480 you act in a way where you question or doubt the truth and integrity of his word. 149 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:19,480 Yeah. 150 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:24,880 I mean, the same book of James says that, you know, you believe in God, so do the demons. 151 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:25,880 Right. 152 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:32,240 The difference is that we actually walk and listen to it and live by it and move forward 153 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,120 in his things and move forward in his plans. 154 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,600 You know, it's, it's one thing to, well, okay. 155 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:42,600 I believe that that could be, or I believe that that's the case, or I believe in some 156 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,040 kind of philosophy. 157 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,920 It's different to, I'm going to see it in my life. 158 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:48,960 I'm going to live by it. 159 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,920 This is what God wants me to do, and this is where God wants me to go. 160 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:57,480 And I am able to do those things, whether or not the world says I'm able, he's going 161 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:02,240 to make me able to do what his word says that he needs me to do. 162 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,720 So that's, that's so powerful. 163 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:15,480 And in verse 25, you see that the doing portion is directly connected to experiencing blessing 164 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:16,480 in your life. 165 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:17,480 Right. 166 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:23,120 They experience who's they, they, the people that respond to the message of truth by doing. 167 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:28,920 They experience God's blessing in all they do. 168 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,280 What are we talking about? 169 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:32,280 Do. 170 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:33,600 We're able to do. 171 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:34,600 Yeah. 172 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:36,640 Glory to God. 173 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:44,120 So Pastor Matt, you, you put down a, an illustration in, in the book of first Kings chapter 17 174 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,600 versus 10 through the 13. 175 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:47,600 Yeah. 176 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:54,560 Last week we talked about Elisha, but this story is about Elijah. 177 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:57,760 So Elijah came before Elisha. 178 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:09,640 And in first Kings 17, we have an account of Elijah who was sent by the Lord to Sarah 179 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:14,760 fund, Sarah fund, just on the other side of a side. 180 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:17,080 So right here in Lebanon. 181 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:22,880 And you know, when I was growing up and I would read this story in my Bible or I'd hear 182 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:30,360 about it in church, it, it never really spoke to me the way it did when I realized that 183 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:31,360 I've been there. 184 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:34,680 God sent Elijah to a beach town. 185 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:37,360 I like that. 186 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:42,520 And what was happening in first Kings 17 is actually there's a famine through the whole 187 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:44,020 region. 188 00:12:44,020 --> 00:12:49,240 Like a famine in an agrarian society. 189 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:50,240 That's a fun word. 190 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,440 In other words, an economy that's based on agriculture. 191 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:58,360 A famine means an economic depression. 192 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:06,640 So think of it like a time where the economy is bad. 193 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:13,160 And so people are suffering everywhere. 194 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:24,640 And the Bible says that God sent Elijah to this place, Zeropath. 195 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:29,720 First Kings 17 versus 10 through 13 says, so Elijah went to Zeropath as he arrived at 196 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:31,000 the gates of the village. 197 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:37,840 He saw a widow gathering sticks and he asked her, would you please bring me a little water 198 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:38,840 in a cup? 199 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:43,120 Now, what's interesting to me is if you read before this, you see. 200 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:51,280 That the Bible says that God told Elijah to go to Zeropath. 201 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,800 He says, go to Zeropath that belongs to Sidon. 202 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,480 There I have commanded. 203 00:13:58,480 --> 00:13:59,480 What's that? 204 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:00,480 That's saying, right? 205 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:01,480 Yeah. 206 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:02,480 I command it. 207 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:03,480 That's it. 208 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:07,840 There I have commanded a widow to care for you. 209 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,000 Okay. 210 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:13,560 So Elijah comes in obedience to Seraphon. 211 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:21,520 He sees this widow, but we don't see that she's standing there like waiting. 212 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,360 Hey, is this Elijah? 213 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:24,480 Are you Elijah? 214 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,040 The Lord told me no. 215 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:31,320 She's just there getting some sticks. 216 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,960 And he asked her, would you please bring me a little cup of water as she was going off 217 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:35,960 to get it? 218 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:41,520 Or bring me a bite of bread to verse 12. 219 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:49,920 But she said, I swear by the Lord, your God, that I don't have a single piece of bread in 220 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:50,920 the house. 221 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:52,680 Did you see that? 222 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,120 The Lord, your God. 223 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:55,120 Why? 224 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,800 Cause she's Phoenician. 225 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,200 She doesn't belong to the house of Israel. 226 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:06,320 She's not part of the people of God. 227 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:12,840 She says, I swear by the Lord, your God, that I don't have a single piece of bread in the 228 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:13,840 house. 229 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:19,240 And I only have a handful of flour left in the jar and a little cooking oil in the bottom 230 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:20,480 of the jug. 231 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:25,400 I was just gathering a few sticks this last meal. 232 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,560 And then my son and I will die. 233 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,200 That's verse 12. 234 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,400 Verse 17, first Kings. 235 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,040 Gilbert, notice that. 236 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:35,840 Why was she gathering sticks? 237 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:40,800 She's not out there looking for Elijah, but the Lord told Elijah, I've commanded a little 238 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,440 woman to take care of you. 239 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:48,360 That stood out to me so much when I read it just now. 240 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:53,000 The way God sees it is she has more than enough and she's going to get enough. 241 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,480 She has enough to provide for you. 242 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:58,800 And obviously if she can provide for you, she can provide for herself. 243 00:15:58,800 --> 00:15:59,800 Exactly. 244 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:00,800 The question about that. 245 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:04,920 The Lord didn't see lack. 246 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:14,320 And the command to care for Elijah came through Elijah from the Lord. 247 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:19,360 But what was inside that saying was the ability to do it. 248 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:20,360 Yes. 249 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:21,360 That's right. 250 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:25,640 Now, I believe that that's what the Lord actually did there. 251 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:26,640 He released power. 252 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:27,640 He released power. 253 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,720 He had the ability for her to provide for him. 254 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:37,760 So basically, effectively, she wasn't getting bread ready for Elijah. 255 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,480 She was responding to God's requirement. 256 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:45,160 That's exactly every good work part of second Corinthians nine, eight. 257 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:46,160 That's it. 258 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:47,160 This is it. 259 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:50,760 She was, she's in James chapter one, verse 22. 260 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,680 She listened to the word of truth and then she responded to it. 261 00:16:54,680 --> 00:17:00,040 So it's not, it's not a, it's not a limiting point. 262 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,320 It's an invitation to receive ability. 263 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:03,320 Yes. 264 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:04,320 Yeah. 265 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,880 And, and this is what happens. 266 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:12,320 She says, Hey, this is the situation that I'm in. 267 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:14,680 She's like very honest. 268 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:16,040 This is the situation I'm in. 269 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:19,960 And verse 13, Elijah said to her, don't be afraid. 270 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:21,520 Go ahead and do. 271 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,600 What are we talking about doing? 272 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:24,600 Yeah. 273 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:30,520 Go ahead and do just what you have said, but make a little bread for me first. 274 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:31,880 There's a principle here. 275 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:32,880 Yep. 276 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:34,960 Putting God's things first. 277 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,720 That's right. 278 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:41,760 Then use what's left to prepare a meal for yourself and your son. 279 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:49,240 Verse 14, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says, there will always be flour and 280 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:56,040 olive oil left in your containers, which is miraculous, right? 281 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:57,840 And that's exactly what happened. 282 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:03,680 You can keep reading the flower and the oil did not run out. 283 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,680 That's a miracle. 284 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:06,680 Yeah. 285 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:10,940 Well, how did that miracle happen? 286 00:18:10,940 --> 00:18:20,240 She responded to the word of God by doing and in responding to that, you just said it. 287 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,920 She released power. 288 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:24,560 What kind of power? 289 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:25,560 Miraculous power. 290 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:26,560 That's right. 291 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:27,560 Multiplication power. 292 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:28,560 Yeah. 293 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:36,440 So what you just said now, the principle, that's something that God's word already was released. 294 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,640 And this is released in Proverbs 3, verse 9 and 10. 295 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:45,760 So it says, honor the Lord with your possessions and with the first fruits of all your increase, 296 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:50,840 so your barns will be filled with plenty and your vats will overflow with new wine. 297 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,960 This is a promise. 298 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:56,220 This is the ability for doing. 299 00:18:56,220 --> 00:18:59,120 This is the ability to release power into your life. 300 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:03,160 So God is able to make you able. 301 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:09,960 And this is the difference between worldly thinking and kingdom thinking. 302 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:16,400 Worldly thinking is, well, if I give something, I now go into subtraction. 303 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:22,240 Or if I do something, I have now spent resource or energy. 304 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:28,700 God thinking or kingdom thinking is when you bring me something, I will multiply it back 305 00:19:28,700 --> 00:19:29,700 to you. 306 00:19:29,700 --> 00:19:30,700 Yeah. 307 00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:31,700 That is kingdom thinking. 308 00:19:31,700 --> 00:19:34,440 And God designed it that way. 309 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:38,840 So in Genesis 8, verse 22, what does he say? 310 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:44,780 He says the, let me pull this up and read it. 311 00:19:44,780 --> 00:19:49,440 While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer and day and 312 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:51,120 night shall not cease. 313 00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:54,320 So there is a principle of seed time and harvest. 314 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:56,520 And he has said that in motion. 315 00:19:56,520 --> 00:20:03,920 So when you bring seed and you do something with the seed, there is multiplication. 316 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:05,760 But you have to do something with it. 317 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:07,880 The seed is never going to grow by itself. 318 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:09,040 You have to plant it. 319 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:10,960 You have to care for it. 320 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,880 We talked about this in Ruth at 2.0. 321 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,280 So let's see, we're going back to the same subject. 322 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:19,960 But there is a point where God designed multiplication. 323 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,160 He designed exponential growth. 324 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,080 This is the way that he operates. 325 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,000 But we need to do something. 326 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,640 We need to bring something. 327 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:32,760 So the doing is not then natural. 328 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:38,040 If you want a supernatural result, you can't do just worldly wisdom. 329 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:43,200 We were just in James and James talks about there is a wisdom from beneath. 330 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,640 There's a wisdom from above. 331 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:53,080 And the 2nd Corinthians 9, 8, which is our theme scripture for all this. 332 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:58,920 And I told you a couple of weeks ago, it's good to read the whole of chapter 8 and 9 333 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:00,200 to see that. 334 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,640 But the principle that Paul is talking about to the church is the one here in Proverbs, 335 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:05,640 chapter 11. 336 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:13,800 Proverbs 11, 24 through 26, there is one who scatters. 337 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,240 Scatters meaning gives. 338 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:20,280 You could picture someone with seeds, throwing seeds. 339 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:21,280 Right? 340 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,040 I mean, he's doing. 341 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:24,720 He's doing something. 342 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,800 He's scattering. 343 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:28,960 What is that? 344 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:30,960 There's an outflow. 345 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:38,160 And sorry to cut you, Astraman, but like before that, the Bible says, and even in 2 Corinthians 346 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,360 in that passage, it says, God gives seed to the sower. 347 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:44,280 So God gave us the ability to do that. 348 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:45,280 Yes. 349 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:46,920 The ability begins with him. 350 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:53,480 And then we have the opportunity to do what James says, respond to the truth. 351 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,800 So we scatter and yet increases. 352 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,720 This is Proverbs chapter 11, verse 24. 353 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:08,540 And then so so Proverbs says there's one that is very generous and is increasing. 354 00:22:08,540 --> 00:22:16,680 And then there's another one that withholds, withholds, and it tends to poverty. 355 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:21,400 So what you just said, the world teaches us to do what? 356 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:25,240 To withhold so we can increase. 357 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,400 That's not that's the world thinks addition or subtraction. 358 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:29,400 Right. 359 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,800 And that doesn't work. 360 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,720 Even in the world, it doesn't work. 361 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:35,800 Yeah. 362 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:44,560 The Bible says here, verse 25, the liberal or generous person shall be made fat. 363 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:53,320 Not not the bad kind of belly fat, the good kind of fat, which is extra, extra. 364 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:58,200 And he that waters shall be watered also himself. 365 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:05,600 Verse 28, he that withholds corn, the people will curse him, but blessing shall be upon 366 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,600 him that sells it. 367 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:09,960 That gives it out. 368 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,120 That makes it available. 369 00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:20,120 So there is a, there's a the wisdom principle here, the godly wisdom principle here is that 370 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:33,800 in in responding to the message of truth that's doing, we are able to unlock a power of multiplication. 371 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:35,300 Yes. 372 00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:40,360 There is that as a truth and we can see it all throughout scripture. 373 00:23:40,360 --> 00:23:43,480 Actually, this is, this is the truth in scripture. 374 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:48,840 Like Jesus says that if you don't understand the parable of the soul or how will you understand 375 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:49,840 any parable? 376 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:50,840 That's exactly what I'm talking about. 377 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:52,840 So he's talking about doing something with the seed. 378 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:53,840 Yeah. 379 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:58,280 He's talking about someone doing something and that seed multiplies in the, the, the outcome 380 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,880 and the result is the 30, 60 hundred fold. 381 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,280 That's why we do it. 382 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:06,560 So it's so, it's so important. 383 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:15,880 I mean, you're talking about Proverbs 11, 24, 25, he who scatters, you know, that is 384 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:22,560 and then, and then the person who is generous, what is the word? 385 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:23,560 Get fat. 386 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:24,560 It gets fat. 387 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:25,560 It gets fat. 388 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,680 That sounds like, and God is able to make all grace abound. 389 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,680 Remember the word abound is overflow. 390 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:32,680 Yes. 391 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:33,680 Over bound. 392 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:34,680 Over. 393 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,760 More than what your cup can hold. 394 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:42,760 That sounds like getting fat, you know, for, for, for lack of better, better use of the 395 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:43,760 word. 396 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:51,360 So, so, and I want to make this point, see the, what the world calls waste. 397 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:59,440 The kingdom wisdom says is overflow and that is, it's on purpose and the purpose of that 398 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:05,440 overflow is to bless and abound to others. 399 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,440 Yes. 400 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,640 The overflow is on purpose. 401 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:10,640 Yes. 402 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:20,320 And here, remember, we did this, we looked at this in seeing in Mark 14. 403 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:26,600 People that were looking at it wrong, looking at the gift of Mary wrong, they saw it as 404 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:31,520 waste, yes, but it wasn't waste. 405 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:33,720 It was overflow. 406 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:34,720 Yes. 407 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:41,680 So, another example of that is in John six, where there is the story of Jesus feeding 408 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,960 the multitudes, you know, like the 5000. 409 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:47,360 And how does that start? 410 00:25:47,360 --> 00:25:48,360 How does that story start? 411 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:51,040 It starts when they say, okay, what are we going to do? 412 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:52,200 How are we going to feed? 413 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:53,520 That's so much money. 414 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:54,520 Subtraction. 415 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:55,520 Subtraction. 416 00:25:55,520 --> 00:26:00,120 So, how can we have enough to feed all of these people? 417 00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:01,120 Subtraction. 418 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:02,120 Subtraction. 419 00:26:02,120 --> 00:26:03,120 This is the mentality. 420 00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:04,120 That's the worldly thinking. 421 00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:05,120 Yeah. 422 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:09,840 And then what happens is there's a little boy who volunteers to say, well, I'm willing 423 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:11,040 to share. 424 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:12,040 I'm willing to give. 425 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,120 Lord, I want to do something. 426 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:18,760 He brings his loaves and his fish to Jesus. 427 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:19,760 He's a little boy. 428 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:20,760 It's probably a packed lunch. 429 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,880 It's not, you know, let me say the fish. 430 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:24,240 It's probably sardines or something. 431 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:25,240 Right. 432 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:30,760 I don't think he's eating like a huge, like it's not like Roy and I going for lunch, you 433 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:31,760 know what I mean? 434 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,520 It's not like we're going to eat like half a half a net we're sitting together. 435 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:35,520 Not lost. 436 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:36,520 Yeah. 437 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,520 This is, this is like a little boy's lunch and he brings it. 438 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,920 And what, what are the disciples saying? 439 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:42,920 They're looking down at it. 440 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,320 Oh, what is this among so many? 441 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:46,320 Subtraction. 442 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:47,320 Subtraction. 443 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:48,320 And what does Jesus say? 444 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:49,320 Bring it here. 445 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:50,320 Yeah. 446 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:51,320 Bring it here. 447 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:52,320 And what does he do with it? 448 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:53,320 He multiplies it. 449 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:54,320 Yeah. 450 00:26:54,320 --> 00:27:02,120 And with that, that doing of the little boy, there's multiplication and not only back to 451 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:06,440 the little boy because the little boy ate a lot more than he brought, but it was for 452 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,080 so many others to benefit from. 453 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:20,320 So in first King 17 and in John chapter six, there are people that see lack, but God sees 454 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:21,320 ability. 455 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:25,520 In fact, God speaks ability. 456 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:26,520 Yeah. 457 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:35,000 And the, and the, the way the ability got made manifest was through some doing. 458 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,000 That's right. 459 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:44,800 So the, the application for me and you is if we look, we look and we say, Hey, there's 460 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:57,120 some lack here in any area, finance, marriage, relationship, boldness to step into something 461 00:27:57,120 --> 00:28:00,880 that the Lord's calling wherever that lack is. 462 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,200 No. 463 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:08,320 If I look, if I see it through God's eyes, through the wisdom of the scriptures, through 464 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:16,240 the message of truth, I'm going to see ability, then I need to say ability. 465 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:17,240 Yeah. 466 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:23,720 And in saying that ability, it's going to give me something to do, to act like the message 467 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:29,720 is true, to respond to the message of truth and be blessed or experience God's blessing 468 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:30,720 in my doing. 469 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:36,200 So Pastor Matt, let's go back to that first Kings illustration, that, that story. 470 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:40,600 Are you telling me that there was no one richer in the whole town that God could have commanded 471 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:41,880 to take care of Elijah? 472 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:47,920 So I honestly, like, I believe with all my heart that God did this through her because 473 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:49,360 he wanted to bless her. 474 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:57,200 He wanted to bless her and he loves showing off his ability, right? 475 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:58,200 Glory to her. 476 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:10,120 Being abundantly above all we could ask or think or imagine, but also in that widow, 477 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:13,880 we see someone willing to do. 478 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:20,600 And there were other people in Seraphon that maybe had more than just a little bit, but 479 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:26,040 they did not scatter, but they were not willing to give. 480 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,520 They were not willing to do. 481 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,360 They were not willing to do. 482 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:38,080 And because of that, what they got into a place where they were running out and she 483 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:39,600 could not run out. 484 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:40,600 Yeah. 485 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:44,040 Because the famine affected everybody. 486 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,040 Yeah. 487 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,240 Praise God. 488 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:55,000 You know, we just have a few minutes left, but I do want to circle this back to this 489 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,000 story. 490 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:57,760 So we're talking about 2 Corinthians 9, 8. 491 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,520 Like you mentioned, there's context to this. 492 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:08,320 And basically Paul is talking to the Corinthian church about giving, about doing the ability 493 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,360 to do financially and what it means. 494 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,120 And he gives the Macedonian church as an example. 495 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:15,120 Yeah. 496 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:20,120 So this was another famine. 497 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,560 The Corinthian church letter is referring to. 498 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:31,480 Because there is a terrible drought and crop failure. 499 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:41,000 And so Paul has decided to raise support to bring back to an area that's been affected. 500 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,480 You know, we've done that. 501 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,520 We've done that here with the blast. 502 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:47,320 We did that in Turkey with the earthquake. 503 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:48,320 And I say we. 504 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:55,680 I mean, we've done that in Turkey with the blast and we've done that in Germany. 505 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,360 We've done that in the country. 506 00:30:58,360 --> 00:30:59,560 We've done that in the country. 507 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:01,000 We've done that in the country. 508 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:02,560 We've done that in the country. 509 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:09,080 And so Paul is saying, hey, church in Corinth, you said that you wanted to participate in 510 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:10,220 this. 511 00:31:10,220 --> 00:31:13,400 So here's the opportunity to do it. 512 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:20,400 And then he talks about the Macedonian Church and he uses the Macedonian Church or the church 513 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:26,760 at Philippi or the one that he wrote the Philippian epistle to. 514 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:35,180 He uses them as an example and he says that church gave it. 515 00:31:35,180 --> 00:31:36,180 He says it this way. 516 00:31:36,180 --> 00:31:39,600 He says they gave more than they could afford. 517 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:40,600 Yeah. 518 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:41,600 Beyond their means. 519 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:42,600 Beyond their means. 520 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:51,120 And which is, you know, he's making a big deal out of their gift. 521 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:59,040 And that's something that I think that I just want to like pause and say. 522 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:05,600 Don't fall into the trap of minimizing your gift. 523 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:13,040 Like you on a big Sunday, you walk past the offering receptacle and stick something in 524 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,440 and you think, oh, it's little. 525 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,560 It's not very much. 526 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:22,240 That's first, that's a silly thing to say. 527 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:26,920 Second, it's not true or it shouldn't be. 528 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,920 And it doesn't line up with scripture. 529 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:37,880 So Jesus says the mustard seed contains a huge big tree and the power to reproduce it 530 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,920 over and over and over. 531 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:41,400 So that seed is not small. 532 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:42,400 Yeah. 533 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:49,760 So I never, I never want to, I don't want us to fall into a trap where we minimize the 534 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:55,320 giving, you know, and especially your giving, you, what you're bringing, you think, well, 535 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:56,560 I'd like to do something more. 536 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:58,560 I'd like, I wish it was more. 537 00:32:58,560 --> 00:32:59,560 Yeah. 538 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:00,560 Great. 539 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,760 But celebrate what you're doing. 540 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:03,760 Yes. 541 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:05,120 And worship with it. 542 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:10,280 But anyway, so that's what Paul did with the Macedonian church. 543 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:16,600 These guys in Philippi, they did this huge thing to help the church or the, you know, 544 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,360 the people that have been affected by this drought. 545 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:21,640 And that's the context of it. 546 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:26,640 And he also says that at other times, so when he, when he, when he writes the letter to 547 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:33,160 the Philippians, he says that they minister to his needs while he was out there planting 548 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,240 churches that changed regions. 549 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:36,240 Yeah. 550 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:40,760 You know, in fact, he said to the church in Philippi, he said, just so you know, you are 551 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:46,960 the only church that has ministered to me once and again. 552 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:52,360 And then he goes on to say in verse 17, not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit 553 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:56,280 that abounds to your account. 554 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:59,400 You said abound, you mean adds to your account, right? 555 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:00,400 Abounds. 556 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:01,400 Overflow. 557 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:02,400 That's multiplication. 558 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:03,400 Yeah. 559 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:04,400 Yeah. 560 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:09,120 There's not this addition and subtraction in the kingdom of God. 561 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,520 It's a different, it's a different way of thinking. 562 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:13,520 To good investment. 563 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:14,520 That's exactly right. 564 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:20,880 I don't even want to joke that way actually, because it's, it's that real. 565 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:28,320 I mean, the, the, the principles that he's put in his word and in his, you know, he provides 566 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:33,600 seed to the sower, which basically means he gives you the ability to do. 567 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:34,600 Yes. 568 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:40,040 And when you do, you bless yourself while you're blessing others. 569 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:41,040 It's that big. 570 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:42,040 Yes. 571 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:48,480 So, you know, back to the illustration we used in week one of last month, we talked 572 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:55,440 about a pipe and how, you know, this is what it looks like to, to abound. 573 00:34:55,440 --> 00:35:03,360 This is the illustration is that water goes in one side and is designed to flow out somewhere 574 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:04,360 else. 575 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:07,200 That's what a pipe is designed to do. 576 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,600 And that's how we should think of ability. 577 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:11,600 Yeah. 578 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:16,600 Is that we receive ability to pour out ability somewhere else. 579 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:18,720 In the meantime, we're full of it. 580 00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:19,720 We're full of it. 581 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:20,720 We overflow with it. 582 00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:23,800 That is, that is the basis of how a pipe works. 583 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:25,720 It overflows somewhere else. 584 00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:28,280 It is Proverbs 11 25. 585 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:29,280 Yes. 586 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,760 The one that waters is watered themselves. 587 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,520 That's right. 588 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:36,240 That's right. 589 00:35:36,240 --> 00:35:43,640 And you know, Philippians 4 19 is, is an off quoted scripture. 590 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:52,440 And it is my God, my Paul saying this to the church in Philippi, my God shall supply all 591 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:58,480 your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 592 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:00,560 That sounds a lot like he is able. 593 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:01,720 Yeah. 594 00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:05,560 My God is able to do what? 595 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,520 Supply fully furnish. 596 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:10,120 This is the same language. 597 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:15,160 In Corinthians 8 9 fully furnish, make you abound to every good work. 598 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:16,160 Yes. 599 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:20,160 My God is able to supply all your needs. 600 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,320 How according to what? 601 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,880 How's he going to do it? 602 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:31,120 The, the situation that I'm in is completely impossible, impassable. 603 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:34,640 What, what could possibly happen? 604 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:39,240 Look at these, look at these Bible illustrations we've been looking at. 605 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:45,760 When we see lack and impossibility, he sees able. 606 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,040 Yes. 607 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:53,000 Because able is inside of his word, his word. 608 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:57,800 And when we receive his word and respond to it, we unleash able. 609 00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:58,800 Yes. 610 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,680 And able is not just financial able. 611 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:02,680 No. 612 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:11,560 Obviously finances give us ability to do certain things, but Jesus says in Luke 16 613 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:16,880 verses 10 11, he who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much. 614 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:21,360 And he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. 615 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,840 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous man, he's talking about money 616 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:29,720 here, who will commit to your trust, the true riches. 617 00:37:29,720 --> 00:37:34,320 So to Jesus, money is the least of things. 618 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:35,320 That's right. 619 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:36,600 That's not, it's not a factor. 620 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:41,800 I mean, it was the least of things when he commanded the window to provide for Elijah. 621 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:48,600 It was the least of things when the little boy brought this much and then it got multiplied. 622 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:54,080 It's the least of things when the Macedonian church gives beyond their means, but then 623 00:37:54,080 --> 00:38:02,800 there is fruit or there's goodness, there's ability that abounds to their account. 624 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:10,200 These are the least of things, but the bottom line is we are able to do with what God gives 625 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:19,120 us and that results in multiplication for others and in that process for ourselves as 626 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:20,120 well. 627 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:21,960 And you know, you're listening to this. 628 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:30,800 I want to encourage you don't fall into the trap of self deception. 629 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:34,240 This is James 1.22. 630 00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:36,840 Respond to the message of truth. 631 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:37,840 What do I mean? 632 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:44,520 I mean that there's, there's something that just keeps coming back to you. 633 00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:46,120 Like I should do this. 634 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:48,040 I should get involved in this. 635 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,760 I should give this. 636 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:54,120 For some of you, it's a rena. 637 00:38:54,120 --> 00:39:00,600 For some of you, it's I need to, I think I need to go and to, you know, sign up and 638 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:03,760 be a rena student, but I don't know how I'm going to do that. 639 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,680 I don't know how I'm going to get the money for registration. 640 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:12,120 I don't know how I'm going to make the time available. 641 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:16,600 This is, this is what I would say to you. 642 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,840 Respond to the message of truth. 643 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:25,680 Respond to that urging that prompting and in responding in doing, you're going to unlock 644 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:35,800 some ability from heaven, just like the widow who said, okay, instead of acting like I don't 645 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:41,760 have enough, I'm going to act like I have more than enough and I'm going to give some 646 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:47,640 to this strange guy that just showed up. 647 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:53,760 Act like God's word is true because it is because it is. 648 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:55,680 And there's power contained in that word. 649 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:56,680 Yes. 650 00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:57,680 To make you able. 651 00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:58,680 Yeah. 652 00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:02,920 We could keep going and going on this subject and I know that we're going to keep revisiting 653 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:10,680 it, but I think that we've come to the end of our time today. 654 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:19,640 And I, I want to say this, this is something that you shouldn't consider a topic of study. 655 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:27,760 This is a truth that we need to inhabit and live in that we are able. 656 00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:35,440 Get the idea, the method of thinking and those phrases out of your vocabulary. 657 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:37,120 I can't. 658 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,120 I'm not able. 659 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,360 It's not for me. 660 00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:51,440 No, you are well able to do everything God has planned for you because he lives in you. 661 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:52,440 Amen. 662 00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:59,480 Well, if no one told you yet today, we want to tell you that we love you and we are expecting 663 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,240 God's very best for you. 664 00:41:01,240 --> 00:41:05,560 We look forward to seeing you at our next gathering. 665 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:14,000 And of course we, we invite you to share this podcast with others. 666 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:19,720 Even if they don't speak English, I would ask that you would just make, you know, you 667 00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:26,080 don't have to translate the whole thing, but share the truths of this with others and, 668 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:30,320 and then obviously bring people to grow groups. 669 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:53,400 So God bless you and we will see you next time.