This program will help you undo financial bondage.
You’ve encountered so many different voices in the world. You've heard numerous messages with different requirements on tithing and offering and you’ve experienced a similar pattern concerning money management, evangelism, marriage, childrearing, and other important areas of the Christian life. In addition to sermons from your local church pastor you’re hearing them from television evangelists, visiting preachers, and other Christians. These messages contain instructions on how the speaker believes you should or should not engage these activities.
You may be young and immature in Christ or old as Methuselah, yet you may be somewhat confused by the different requirements coming from the mouth of so many people, some of whom you admire greatly. You're wondering how to know which set of instructions is biblically based, so you can utilize it in your life. God has a simple plan to help you. You must study the bible to show yourself an approved workman who learns how and isn't ashamed to rightly divide the word of truth. Also, you must ask the Holy Spirit for the ability to understand and apply biblical instruction and messages received from others. In addition, you must hide the Word in your heart so the chances are much greater that you won't sin against God. Finally, you must be a doer of the word and not a hearer (reader) only.
A good saying to remember as you consider ministry that may be like or unlike how others serve is: Methods are many, principles are few, methods often change, principles never do. A principle that can help you better understand what God is saying to you is let understanding be established by the mouth of two or three faithful witnesses or by the braiding of a three-fold cord. A method for using this principle is studying all scriptures that speak about a specific subject to identify whether they all agree there is only one way to carry out the principle, whether there are several ways, or if some ways are negatively spoken of. Instruction, guidance, and/or advice that are contrary to the whole counsel of God in the bible should not be acted upon.
Scriptures and some of the guidance from pastors and other Christians don't conflict. They're just different methods of carrying out God's plan. He is pleased with any of them as long as they fall within the boundaries of scriptural principles and He didn’t tell you to use another method. Only the bible can confirm that the guidance you're hearing fits within boundaries given by God. This is a means for testing spiritual instruction to see if it’s of God. When it is, you’re usually safe using methods mentioned and will receive the financial, marital, family, church, and other blessings attached to use of the principle in your life.
Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Matthew 24:11-14, 1Timothy 4:1-2, 2Timothy 4:3-4, 2Peter 2:1-3, 1John 4:1-3
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