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Give and Receive

Philippians 4:15KJVNow ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when Ideparted from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerninggiving and receiving, but ye only.
Jehoshaphat, King of Judah said to his people“.................... Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe inthe LORD your God; so shall ye be established. Believe His prophets; so shallye prosper...........2 Chronicles 20:20KJV”You will prosper if you will listen to the man of God. Paul the Apostle said,“as sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as poor yet making many rich, as havingnothing and yet possessing all things................2 Corinthians 6:10KJV”The man of God knows how to make people rich. Prosperity is not accidental;there are things you can do to ensure your prosperity. It is called wisdom.You are not going to prosper financially just because you pray to God, the sameway a Christian is not going to be healed just because he prayed to God.The results are there to see. There are things you need to do. If you wantsupernatural prosperity, there are things you do. There are two kinds of prosperity,prosperity by labor and that by wisdom.“Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.......Proverbs 23:4KJV”There is prosperity according to man’s wisdom; it’s prosperity by labouring.Labouring, without satanic opposition may bring you to wealth. This is becausethere is profit in every labour.“In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only topenury.....Proverbs 14:13KJV”
What labouring of Solomon brought him to affluence? None. It was wisdom; hegave an offering that pleased God“Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the LORD in the tent of meetingand offered a thousand burnt offerings on it. That night God appeared toSolomon and said to him, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.............2Chronicles 1:6-7KJV”Who said quantity doesn’t matter? It does. There are Christians who are stingywith God, as long as the amount they are giving doesn’t cost them they are willingto give. Never give God an offering, which doesn’t cost you. Tithe is not anoffering; it is giving God that which is His.“And the king said unto Araunah, “Nay; but I will surely buy it from thee at aprice; neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that whichdoth cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen forfifty shekels of silver......2 Samuel 24:24KJV”Let your giving to God cost you, it should mean something to you. Remember thewidow’s mite. She gave God all she had“ And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, andHe saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. So He said, “Truly Isay to you that this poor widow has put in more than all; for all these out oftheir abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty putin all the livelihood that she had.....Luke 21:1-4NKJV”She put in more than all the rich folks because she gave God that which cost her.20 thousand dollars from someone may mean nothing to God but 1 dollar fromanother will. The question is, did it cost you?Be a giver, every Christian is supposed to be a giver. Give and receive
 
2 Peter 1:10KJVTherefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm yourcalling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,
 
Peter wrote to the Christians in the strange lands and said,“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your callingand election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:”From the time that a sinner is born again till Jesus returns, who does he become?He is the elect. There is division among Christians and even ministers pertaining tothe fate of Christians as it regards salvation.There are some pastors who teach that once a Christian is saved no matter how heor she goes on living, his salvation is secured. They even go on to say that if youfind someone who calls himself a Christian continuously living in adultery andother forms of sins then he wasn’t and isn’t truly born again but just a church goer.We should be very careful not to preach sentiments and our opinions but the truegospel, the true gospel as preached by Paul, Peter and the earlier Apostles.Jude wrote to the Church and told them to strive for the true faith, which was oncedelivered by the earlier Apostles. Why did he say that? Because there were peoplewho have crept into the church with damnable heresies.“Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about thesalvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you tocontend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holypeople. For certain individuals whose condemnation was writtenabout long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodlypeople, who pervert the grace of our God into a license forimmorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord If satan knows that no matter what he does the Christian salvation is secured, whydoes he worry himself to cause Christians to fall? This is just common sense forthose Christians to understand that there is a beyond that you can lose yoursalvation. This does not in anyway downgrade the perfect salvation of the LordJesusThe salvation of Jesus is perfect and more than able than able to keep the Christiantill the very end but God also gave man his free will so the Christian can choose toreturn back to the former pollution.Actually Peter talks about such Christians and what awaits them,“For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through theknowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangledtherein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than thebeginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way ofrighteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holycommandment delivered unto them.......2 Peter 2:20-21KJV”Yes! The Christian can lose his salvation if he goes beyond the far beyondWhat does it mean to be a Christian elect?In the politics of this world, democratic states and nations vote to elect a newpresident. After the election, they count the votes to declare the winner. Thewinner is then referred to as the President elect. The time he is referred to as suchthere may be a sitting president who is waiting for his tenure to elapse so he canhand over power. The new guy is a president elect, he is not the president at thattime. As a president elect, he still enjoys a lot of favours, respect and recognition.Not only that, the state according to the constitution has a responsibility towardshim. He is given security and sometimes is moved to a new residence. The presentpresident is even required by law to share certain information about governancewith him. This is because the law recognizes that he will be taking over soon.The media accords him a great deal of respect when addressing him; he becomesthe new king in town. He is even at that time respected more than the presentpresident because they know that this is the one we are going to deal with for thecoming 4 years or so, the current one will be going out soon.
If the president elect happens to be from the same political party as the currentpresident, you will see that even stooges begin to switch camps.Why? He is the president elect, the next to be commander in chief but even thoughhe enjoys such privileges, the law very well understands that per the constitution,he is not the president. He has to be sworn in. In some jurisdictions, it may take atleast a month from the time the votes are counted till he is sworn in.Now as the president elect is waiting for that great day if he goes on to commitmurder, treason, felony or a misdemeanor, in a fair society where there is rule oflaw, he is not going to become the next president of the nation irrespective of beingelected by the masses.It is the same for the Christian, God has elected you and it matters what you doand how you live till Jesus returns.Like the president elect, you have to stay put to make your election sure. So Petersays,“Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirmyour calling and election. For if you do these things, you will neverstumble,”It doesn’t mean that any sin you commit will cost you your salvation, the presidentelect is not going to lose the presidency just because he had a quarrel with someonebut there is a great beyond that he shouldn’t cross. It is the same for you, theChristian elect.You can’t go on after your election, to dwell in fornication, adultery and otherforms of sins, not repenting and expect to be in the Kingdom when Jesus returns.This is why you are admonished to strive to make that election a surety.Don’t be deceived by ignorant preachers who teach that no matter what theChristian does, he wont loose his salvation. This is not true; it is not the trueGospel of the Lord Jesus.
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His Problem, Your Problem

So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every onemembers one of another
The new covenant is a covering by love hence be careful how you treat your fellowbrother or sister. It will come with consequences. In Christianity, we all have beenjoined to one body and have become members of one another. We have becomeresponsible for one another. This is not an option but an obligation. This is what itsuggest when you say I am a member of the body of Jesus. Many have not beentaught, a reason for the problems that crush Christians. They don’t understandthat Christianity was birth out of a covenant.The early saints at the Church in Corinth didn’t understand this very importanttruth and were treating the needy Christians among them with evil, the result oftheir action was that some got sick and died prematurely.You are a member of the body hence when you do evil to another member; thatevil will find you out. It surely willIn Christianity, a sin against a brother or sister is a sin against Christ“But when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weakconscience, you sin against Christ....1 Corinthians 8:12 KJV”So the Bible says,“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye havedone it unto me.....Matthew 25:40KJV”A deed done to a Christian Brother or Sister is a deed done to Jesus. Why?“For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.... Ephesians
What do we see in the Church today? We see Christians inconsiderate of the plightof others. It’s only about them and their family. We see Pastors living in milliondollar mansions when church members are not able to afford even their dailyneeds. This is not Christianity, it is evil.The Master said,“I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep...John10:11KJV”Good shepherds put the needs of the flock first before their own.This doesn’t mean that the pastor personally should have money to give but evenin such a case, he is supposed to encourage the congregants to give towards such arighteous cause.Paul the Apostle did it many times. This is the meaning of true Christianity, a lifewhere the other’s problem becomes your problem, his issue your issue.The early Church in Judea understood the meaning of Christianity that we aremembers of one another and responsible for one another so the Bible says,“And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul:neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was hisown; but they had all things common. And with great power gave the apostleswitness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon themall. Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as werepossessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the thingsthat were sold...Acts 4:32-34KJV”Make your brother’s problem your problem
Philippians 4:15KJVNow ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when Ideparted from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerninggiving and receiving, but ye only.
Jehoshaphat, King of Judah said to his people“.................... Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe inthe LORD your God; so shall ye be established. Believe His prophets; so shallye prosper...........2 Chronicles 20:20KJV”You will prosper if you will listen to the man of God. Paul the Apostle said,“as sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as poor yet making many rich, as havingnothing and yet possessing all things................2 Corinthians 6:10KJV”The man of God knows how to make people rich. Prosperity is not accidental;there are things you can do to ensure your prosperity. It is called wisdom.You are not going to prosper financially just because you pray to God, the sameway a Christian is not going to be healed just because he prayed to God.The results are there to see. There are things you need to do. If you wantsupernatural prosperity, there are things you do. There are two kinds of prosperity,prosperity by labor and that by wisdom.“Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.......Proverbs 23:4KJV”There is prosperity according to man’s wisdom; it’s prosperity by labouring.Labouring, without satanic opposition may bring you to wealth. This is becausethere is profit in every labour.“In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only topenury.....Proverbs 14:13KJV”
What labouring of Solomon brought him to affluence? None. It was wisdom; hegave an offering that pleased God“Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the LORD in the tent of meetingand offered a thousand burnt offerings on it. That night God appeared toSolomon and said to him, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.............2Chronicles 1:6-7KJV”Who said quantity doesn’t matter? It does. There are Christians who are stingywith God, as long as the amount they are giving doesn’t cost them they are willingto give. Never give God an offering, which doesn’t cost you. Tithe is not anoffering; it is giving God that which is His.“And the king said unto Araunah, “Nay; but I will surely buy it from thee at aprice; neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that whichdoth cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen forfifty shekels of silver......2 Samuel 24:24KJV”Let your giving to God cost you, it should mean something to you. Remember thewidow’s mite. She gave God all she had“ And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, andHe saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. So He said, “Truly Isay to you that this poor widow has put in more than all; for all these out oftheir abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty putin all the livelihood that she had.....Luke 21:1-4NKJV”She put in more than all the rich folks because she gave God that which cost her.20 thousand dollars from someone may mean nothing to God but 1 dollar fromanother will. The question is, did it cost you?Be a giver, every Christian is supposed to be a giver. Give and receive
 
2 Peter 1:10KJVTherefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm yourcalling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,
 
Peter wrote to the Christians in the strange lands and said,“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your callingand election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:”From the time that a sinner is born again till Jesus returns, who does he become?He is the elect. There is division among Christians and even ministers pertaining tothe fate of Christians as it regards salvation.There are some pastors who teach that once a Christian is saved no matter how heor she goes on living, his salvation is secured. They even go on to say that if youfind someone who calls himself a Christian continuously living in adultery andother forms of sins then he wasn’t and isn’t truly born again but just a church goer.We should be very careful not to preach sentiments and our opinions but the truegospel, the true gospel as preached by Paul, Peter and the earlier Apostles.Jude wrote to the Church and told them to strive for the true faith, which was oncedelivered by the earlier Apostles. Why did he say that? Because there were peoplewho have crept into the church with damnable heresies.“Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about thesalvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you tocontend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holypeople. For certain individuals whose condemnation was writtenabout long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodlypeople, who pervert the grace of our God into a license forimmorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord If satan knows that no matter what he does the Christian salvation is secured, whydoes he worry himself to cause Christians to fall? This is just common sense forthose Christians to understand that there is a beyond that you can lose yoursalvation. This does not in anyway downgrade the perfect salvation of the LordJesusThe salvation of Jesus is perfect and more than able than able to keep the Christiantill the very end but God also gave man his free will so the Christian can choose toreturn back to the former pollution.Actually Peter talks about such Christians and what awaits them,“For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through theknowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangledtherein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than thebeginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way ofrighteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holycommandment delivered unto them.......2 Peter 2:20-21KJV”Yes! The Christian can lose his salvation if he goes beyond the far beyondWhat does it mean to be a Christian elect?In the politics of this world, democratic states and nations vote to elect a newpresident. After the election, they count the votes to declare the winner. Thewinner is then referred to as the President elect. The time he is referred to as suchthere may be a sitting president who is waiting for his tenure to elapse so he canhand over power. The new guy is a president elect, he is not the president at thattime. As a president elect, he still enjoys a lot of favours, respect and recognition.Not only that, the state according to the constitution has a responsibility towardshim. He is given security and sometimes is moved to a new residence. The presentpresident is even required by law to share certain information about governancewith him. This is because the law recognizes that he will be taking over soon.The media accords him a great deal of respect when addressing him; he becomesthe new king in town. He is even at that time respected more than the presentpresident because they know that this is the one we are going to deal with for thecoming 4 years or so, the current one will be going out soon.
If the president elect happens to be from the same political party as the currentpresident, you will see that even stooges begin to switch camps.Why? He is the president elect, the next to be commander in chief but even thoughhe enjoys such privileges, the law very well understands that per the constitution,he is not the president. He has to be sworn in. In some jurisdictions, it may take atleast a month from the time the votes are counted till he is sworn in.Now as the president elect is waiting for that great day if he goes on to commitmurder, treason, felony or a misdemeanor, in a fair society where there is rule oflaw, he is not going to become the next president of the nation irrespective of beingelected by the masses.It is the same for the Christian, God has elected you and it matters what you doand how you live till Jesus returns.Like the president elect, you have to stay put to make your election sure. So Petersays,“Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirmyour calling and election. For if you do these things, you will neverstumble,”It doesn’t mean that any sin you commit will cost you your salvation, the presidentelect is not going to lose the presidency just because he had a quarrel with someonebut there is a great beyond that he shouldn’t cross. It is the same for you, theChristian elect.You can’t go on after your election, to dwell in fornication, adultery and otherforms of sins, not repenting and expect to be in the Kingdom when Jesus returns.This is why you are admonished to strive to make that election a surety.Don’t be deceived by ignorant preachers who teach that no matter what theChristian does, he wont loose his salvation. This is not true; it is not the trueGospel of the Lord Jesus.
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