<i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> >> WELCOME TO <i>GOSPEL TRUTH</i> WITH ANDREW WOMMACK, A TEACHING MINISTRY THAT FOCUSES ON GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE >> AND GRACE. > I LOVE THE
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS AND THE SIMPLICITY THAT... > THAT HE USES TO TEACH. > HIS TEACHINGS ARE VERY SIMPLE > FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND. > IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR THIS MINISTRY, > I DON’T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE. >> AND NOW, HERE’S ANDREW. WELCOME TO A VERY SPECIAL EDITION OF <i>THE GOSPEL TRUTH </i>BROADCAST. YOU KNOW, GOD'S BEEN SPEAKING SOME THINGS TO ME PERSONALLY, I HAVE JUST BEEN MEDITATING ON A PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE IN 2 KINGS, CHAPTER 4, NOW THIS IS JUST A POWERFUL STORY. GOD HAS DONE A LOT OF THINGS IN MY LIFE. I CALLED MY STAFF TOGETHER AND...NOT ALL OF IT, BUT THE MANAGEMENT STAFF, AND I SHARED SOME THINGS WITH THEM AND IT GOT THEM EXCITED, AND IT HAS REALLY IMPACTED OUR MINISTRY, AND ACTUALLY THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING
ON RIGHT NOW THAT CAME OUT OF ME MEDITATING ON THIS. AND THE MORE I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, THE LORD HAS JUST SPOKEN TO ME THAT THIS ISN'T FOR ME ALONE. THAT THIS IS FOR ALL OF US, AND I BELIEVE THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON WATCHING THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW THAT
GOD HAS SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC TO SAY TO YOU THROUGH THESE
SAME PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE THAT HE'S MADE A DIRECT APPLICATION TO ME. SO, THIS IS A SPECIAL PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE STAY TUNED. LISTEN TO THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME A WORD FOR YOU THAT COULD MAKE A HUGE IMPACT IN YOUR LIFE. SO LET ME JUST SHARE THIS STORY WITH YOU OUT OF 2 KINGS, CHAPTER 4, AND IN VERSE 1, IT SAYS, NOW THERE CRIED A CERTAIN WOMAN OF THE WIVES OF THE SONS OF THE PROPHET UNTO ELISHA, SAYING, THY SERVANT MY HUSBAND IS DEAD. AND THOU KNOWEST THAT THY SERVANT DID FEAR THE LORD: AND THE CREDITOR IS COME TO TAKE UNTO HIM MY TWO SONS TO BE BONDMEN. AND ELISHA SAID UNTO HER, WHAT SHALL I DO FOR THEE? TELL ME, WHAT HAST THOU IN THINE HOUSE? AND SHE SAID THY HANDMAID HATH NOT ANY THING IN THE HOUSE, SAVE A POT OF OIL. THEN HE SAID, GO, BORROW THEE VESSELS ABROAD OF ALL THY NEIGHBOURS, EVEN EMPTY VESSELS. BORROW NOT A FEW. AND WHEN THOU ART COME IN, THOU SHALT SHUT THE DOOR UPON THEE AND UPON THY SONS, AND SHALT SET ASIDE THAT WHICH IS FULL. SO SHE WENT FROM HIM, AND SHUT THE DOOR UPON HER AND UPON HER SONS, WHO BROUGHT THE
VESSELS TO HER. AND SHE POURED OUT. AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE VESSELS WERE FULL, THAT SHE SAID UNTO HER SON, BRING ME YET A VESSEL. AND HE SAID UNTO HER, THERE IS NOT A VESSEL MORE. AND THE OIL STAYED. THEN SHE CAME AND TOLD THE MAN OF GOD. AND HE SAID, GO, AND SELL THE OIL, AND PAY THY DEBT, AND LIVE THOU AND THY CHILDREN OF THE REST. NOW THIS IS JUST A POWERFUL STORY. IT'S A MIRACULOUS THING AND THERE'S SOME THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE. IN THE VERY FIRST VERSE SHE CAME TO ELISHA, AND IT SAYS THAT HER HUSBAND WAS ONE OF THE SONS OF THE PROPHETS. YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT IF YOU STUDY THE MINISTRY OF ELIJAH AND ELISHA, THEY HAD... SONS OF THE PROPHETS ARE WHAT THEY CALLED
THEIR STUDENTS. LIKE FOR INSTANCE, IN 2 KINGS, CHAPTER 2, WHEN ELIJAH WAS GOING TO BE CAUGHT UP INTO HEAVEN, THEY WENT TO THREE DIFFERENT PLACES. THEY WENT TO JERICHO AND BETHEL AND...I FORGOT SOMEPLACE, I THINK...I'M NOT SURE. BUT ANYWAY, THEY WENT TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLACES, AND IN EACH PLACE, THERE WAS LIKE 50 OR MORE S...SONS OF THE PROPHETS, STUDENTS, THAT CAME OUT TO TALK TO ELISHA AND SAID THAT THE LORD HAD SHOWN THEM THAT ELIJAH WOULD BE CAUGHT UP IN A...IN A WHIRLWIND UNTO HEAVEN THAT DAY. SO ANYWAY, THERE WAS AT LEAST 150 OF THESE STUDENTS THAT ELIJAH AND ELISHA HAD THAT THEY WERE TEACHING THEM HOW TO FLOW IN THE GIFTS, AND APPARENTLY THEY WERE SUPER SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE
ELIJAH DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND YET ELISHA AND ALL OF THESE 150 STUDENTS KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD. NOW, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY OPERATED IN UNDER THE OLD COVENANT, WHICH THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHAT WE HAVE IS MUCH BETTER TODAY, THEN WE SHOULD BE HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD AND WE SHOULD BE RESPONDING LIKE THIS. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT OUT THAT WHEN IT SAYS THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE SONS
OF THE PROPHETS, THIS IS TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS A STUDENT IN ELISHA'S SCHOOL. AND YOU KNOW, I CAN RELATE TO THIS BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE MY STUDENTS AND THEY COME TO ME AND BECAUSE THEY FELT LED TO COME THERE, YOU KNOW, IF ONE OF THE LADIES HAD HER HUSBAND DIE AND IF SHE WAS IN A FINANCIAL BIND, THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT WOULD COME TO ME AND ASK FOR HELP, AND SO I CAN RELATE TO THIS. THIS IS A VERY UNDERSTANDABLE SITUATION. IT ALSO SHOWS THAT HER HUSBAND... WE DON'T KNOW
THE EXACT DETAILS, BUT SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER THEY HAD DEBT AND WHEN HE DIED, HE WASN'T ABLE TO PAY THE DEBT AND BECAUSE OF IT AT THIS TIME THEY USED TO ACTUALLY COME AND IF YOU COULDN'T PAY YOUR DEBT, THEY WOULD TAKE YOU OR YOUR CHILDREN AS SLAVES AT...TO PAY THE DEBT. IN THE NATION OF ISRAEL, THEY WERE LIMITED BY THE LAW TO ONLY KEEPING A PERSON FOR SEVEN YEARS TO PAY A DEBT. BUT OUTSIDE OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL, AT THIS TIME, THIS WAS A COMMON PRACTICE TO BECOME A BOND SERVANT IS WHAT THEY CALLED IT AND YOU JUST WORKED UNTIL YOU PAID OFF YOUR DEBT. SO ANYWAY, THOSE ARE THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES THAT NOT EVERYBODY JUST READING THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE UNDERSTANDS. BUT IT WAS A DIRE SITUATION. NOT ONLY WAS THIS WOMAN HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE LOSS OF HER HUSBAND, BUT SHE POTENTIALLY COULD LOSE BOTH OF HER CHILDREN IN THIS SITUATION, AND THEY COULD BECOME SLAVES. I MEAN, IT WAS A CRISIS SITUATION. SO SHE CAME TO ELISHA, AND SHE TOLD ELISHA THAT, YOU KNOW MY HUSBAND WAS A GODLY MAN AND THAT HE WAS SERVING THE LORD AND FEARED THE LORD. IN OTHER WORDS, HE WAS NOT SOMEBODY WHO RAN UP THIS DEBT BECAUSE OF SOME, YOU KNOW, GAMBLING DEBTS OR SOMETHING THAT HE WAS DOING WRONG. IT WAS JUST IN THE COURSE OF LIFE. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT HAPPENED, BUT THEY GOT INTO THIS SITUATION, SO SHE WAS BASICALLY SAYING, THAT WE'RE DESERVING OF SOME HELP. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED BECAUSE HER HUSBAND HAD DIED, AND HERE'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE LORD WAS REALLY SPEAKING TO ME THROUGH THIS BECAUSE AGAIN, I HAVE STUDENTS
AND STUDENTS GET INTO TROUBLE. YOU KNOW, I JUST HAD A STUDENT COME UP TO ME THE VERY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND THIS STUDENT CAME AND SAID THAT HE HAD ENOUGH MONEY FOR HIS TUITION, BUT HIS WIFE, SHE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR HER TUITION, AND HE CAME UP AND WAS... I MEAN, HE WASN'T EVEN HINTING. HE JUST SAID STRAIGHT OUT, I WANT YOU TO PAY HER TUITION. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT I'M OPPOSED TO DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I GIVE A LOT OF MONEY AND I HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT WHEN A PERSON COMES AND JUST MAKES ME THEIR SOURCE, GOD SPOKE TO ME THROUGH THIS THAT THAT'S THE WRONG THING TO DO. EVEN IF ELISHA COULD HAVE PAID THIS WOMAN'S DEBT AND HAVE KEPT HER TWO SONS FROM GOING INTO BONDAGE, DID YOU KNOW THAT THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN THE WRONG WAY TO RESPOND TO THIS? BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH HE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN HER THROUGH THAT SITUATION, LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS A MINIMUM OF 150 STUDENTS. HE PROBABLY COULD NOT COVER EVERYBODY'S DEBT. HE COULDN'T DO ALL OF THAT, PLUS EVEN IF HE MET THAT IMMEDIATE DEBT, WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE? AS THIS STORY GOES ON, THE WOMAN HAD SUCH A SUPPLY GIVEN TO HER THAT IT NOT ONLY PAID HER IMMEDIATE DEBT, BUT SHE AND HER CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO LIVE OFF OF IT FOR MANY DAYS. SO IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER TO TEACH A PERSON TO FISH THAN IT IS TO TEACH A PERSON... TO GIVE A PERSON A FISH. ALL OF US HAVE HEARD THAT STORY. THIS PERSON THAT CAME TO ME AND WANTED ME TO PAY HIS WIFE'S TUITION, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T THE FACT THAT I COULDN'T DO IT, AND IT WASN'T THE FACT THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. I GIVE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT I REALLY FELT A RESPONSIBILITY. JUST LIKE THIS, THAT MY PLACE IS NOT JUST TO MEET THE NEED OF EVERYONE, BUT IT'S TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO LOOK TO GOD AND HOW TO RECEIVE FROM GOD TO GET THEIR NEEDS MET. I TELL YOU, THAT'S BIG. THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT GOD HAS BEEN
SPEAKING TO ME AND I'VE APPLIED IT IN MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE, BUT I WANT TO APPLY THIS TO YOU, TOO. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I FELT LIKE GOD WANTED ME TO SHARE THIS IS BECAUSE TODAY WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO OTHER PLACES AS THEIR SOURCE INSTEAD OF TO GOD. AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS IN A SENSE EASY TO DO, BECAUSE
WHEN YOU GO WORK A JOB, IT'S EASY FOR YOU TO THINK THAT THIS JOB IS MY SOURCE, AND IF THEY START LAYING PEOPLE OFF, OR IF THE ECONOMY GOES DOWN, AND THINGS LIKE THIS, PEOPLE JUST START EXPECTING FOR A DECREASE. THEY START EXPECTING TO BE LAID OFF OR THEY START EXPECTING THAT THERE ISN'T GOING TO BE ANY COST INCREASE FOR LIVING OR NO PROMOTIONS OR THINGS LIKE THIS AND THEY GET TO LOOKING AT THIS WORLD'S SYSTEM. THEIR IMMEDIATE JOB IN THIS PHYSICAL REALM, AS THEIR SOURCE. SEE IN A SENSE, THIS IS WHAT THIS WOMAN DID. SHE CAME TO ELISHA, AND SHE WAS IN A SENSE SAYING, THAT HE WAS A STUDENT OF YOURS, YOU BEAR SOME RESPONSIBILITY, DO SOMETHING, HELP ME. AND LOOK WHAT ELISHA SAID. HE SAID UNTO HER, WHAT SHALL I DO FOR THEE? THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT YOU COULD TAKE THAT, BUT I THINK THAT BASICALLY WHAT HE WAS SAYING IS, HEY, I...IT'S NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY. AND AGAIN, I'VE HAD PEOPLE WRITE IN TO ME BEFORE AND THEY TE...THEY HEAR ME TELL THESE STORIES ABOUT WE'RE BELIEVING GOD FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND ALL OF THESE THINGS AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE WRITE IN AND SAY, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BUY ME A CAR. I REMEMBER ONE INSTANCE IN PARTICULAR, THAT A WOMAN SAID, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BUY ME A HOUSE. AND THEY GAVE ME PICTURES OF THE HOUSE AND THEY WANT ME TO DO THINGS. AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT THE FACT THAT I AM...DON'T WANT TO GIVE. I'M A BIG GIVER. YOU KNOW, I HESITATE TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I GIVE, BUT I...I GIVE A LOT. I GIVE A LOT OF MONEY. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, JUST A BASIC...WE GIVE OUT THOUNSANDS OF DOLLARS A MONTH IN SUPPORT TO MINISTRIES, TO WIDOWS, TO ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND THAT'S A BASE AMOUNT, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE GIVE A LOT MORE MONEY THAN THAT, AND SO IT'S NOT THAT I'M NOT A GIVER. BUT WHEN I SEE A PERSON WHO IS LOOKING AT ME AS THEIR SOURCE, EVEN IF I MET THEIR IMMEDIATE NEED AND WAS A BLESSING TO THEM AT THAT MOMENT, IN THE LONG HAUL I'VE HURT THEM, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T TAUGHT THEM HOW TO BELIEVE GOD. SEE, GOD'S GOT TO BE YOUR SOURCE. NOT YOUR JOB. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME OF YOU WATCHING THIS AND SAYING, WELL, THIS IS EASY TO PREACH, BUT YOU AREN'T OUT THERE IN THE WORLD HAVING TO MAKE A LIVING. HEY, I HAVEN'T PREACHED MY WHOLE LIFE. AND I GUARANTEE YOU, THIS IS THE WAY THAT I LIVED. I ACTUALLY HAD A JOB WHERE I WAS POURING
CONCRETE FOR A LIVING, AND I WASN'T MAKING VERY MUCH MONEY AT IT. I WAS JUST BEING PAID A SMALL AMOUNT AND MY BOSS GOT IN TROUBLE AND YOU KNOW WHAT I DID? I LOANED HIM... WELL, I SAY I LOANED HIM... I JUST GAVE HIM ENOUGH MONEY TO GET HIM OUT OF TROUBLE AND THEN I WORKED FOR HIM FOR ANOTHER YEAR AT NO CHARGE. AND I...I'VE GOT TO ADMIT, THIS IS BEFORE I WAS MARRIED. I WAS LIVING AT HOME. BUT I STILL HAD SOME EXPENSES, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I JUST TRUST GOD AND I BELIEVED GOD AND I DIDN'T LOOK TO MY JOB AS MY SOURCE. AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE THINKING, WELL, IT CAN'T WORK. I...YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD YOU EVER MAKE IT? WELL, TODAY I CAN GUARANTEE YOU, GOD IS BLESSING ME HAND OVER FIST AND I BELIEVE THAT THOSE SEEDS I SOWN... SOWED BACK THEN, WHEN I GAVE AWAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN ACTUAL CASH TO THIS BOSS AND THEN I GAVE HIM MY WORK FREE FOR A YEAR AND I SERVED HIM. AND I MEAN, I WORKED JUST AS HARD... POURING CONCRETE'S A HARD JOB AND I GUARANTEE YOU, I WORKED HARD. THERE WAS SOMETIMES THAT WE POURED A SLAB AND THE WEATHER CHANGED AND I HAD TO WORK FORTY-EIGHT HOURS AT ONE TIME WITHOUT STOPPING OR WE WOULD HAVE LOST THAT SLAB. AND I PUT IN SOME HARD HOURS. AND SOME PEOPLE THINK, AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN GET PAID FOR IT? YOU KNOW, HERE'S ONE OF THE POINTS I'M TRYING TO GET ACROSS IS THAT IF YOU WOULD NOT SEE YOUR JOB AS YOUR SOURCE, BUT IF YOU WOULD SEE GOD AS YOUR SOURCE AND THEN YOU WORK A JOB BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO...FOR YOU TO TAKE YOUR TALENTS AND YOUR GIFTS, YOUR ABILITIES, FOR YOU TO GO OUT AND TO BLESS PEOPLE AND TO HELP PEOPLE. I KNOW THAT WHAT I'M SAYING IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT MOST PEOPLE THINK, BUT THAT'S THE REASON MOST PEOPLE AREN'T PROSPERING. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS I GET OUT OF THIS, THAT SEE, THIS WOMAN CAME
MAKING A DEMAND ON ELISHA AND ELISHA SAYS, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? THIS ISN'T MY RESPONSIBILITY. MY RESPONSIBILITY AS A MINISTER, AS A PROPHET OF GOD, IS TO TEACH YOU HOW TO PROSPER, AND YOU MAKE GOD YOUR SOURCE, AND I TELL YOU, WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT GIVES YOU A STABILITY, IT GIVES YOU A SECURITY THAT YOU CAN NEVER GET WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT JOB AS YOUR SOURCE. SEE IF YOU THINK THAT IT'S THAT JOB. IF YOU THINK IT'S YOUR EMPLOYER WHO IS YOUR SOURCE, THEN IF THEY PUT DOWN SOME KIND OF A RESTRICTION ON YOU CAN'T SHARE YOUR FAITH WITH OTHER PEOPLE, IF THEY ARE CRITICAL OF CHRISTIANS AND YOU CAN'T SPEAK FORTH YOUR OPINION ABOUT ABORTION
OR HOMOSEXUALITY OR WHATEVER IT IS. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO CLAMP YOU DOWN, IF YOU SEE THAT JOB AND THAT PERSON
AS YOUR SOURCE, IT WILL BE A PRESSURE ON YOU. BUT WHEN YOU SEE GOD AS YOUR SOURCE, YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS. AND...AND THERE'S A RIGHT AND WRONG WAY TO DO IT. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU BEING ONE OF THESE RELIGIOUS FANATICS THAT JUST GOES OUT AND OFFEND PEOPLE ON YOUR OWN. BUT I'M SAYING YOU OUGHT TO BE FREE TO SHARE YOUR OPINION AS LONG AS IT'S NOT TAKING AWAY FROM YOUR WORK. YOU SHOULDN'T BE PREACHING WHEN THEY'RE
PAYING YOU TO WORK, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IN NORMAL CONVERSATION AND THINGS LIKE THIS, YOU OUGHT TO BE FREE TO BE WHO YOU ARE AND IF YOU SEE GOD AS YOUR SOURCE, THAT'S THE WAY IT'LL BE. YOU WON'T BE INTIMIDATED BECAUSE GOD IS YOUR SOURCE AND IF THAT PERSON WAS TO FIRE YOU OR SOMEHOW
OR ANOTHER DEMOTE YOU OR WHATEVER, IT DOESN'T MATTER. GOD IS YOUR SOURCE. YOU KNOW, ANOTHER STORY THAT GOES RIGHT ALONG WITH THIS IS PAUL MILLIGAN. AND I PROBABLY WON'T GET ALL OF THESE FACTS RIGHT, SO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU THE CLIFF NOTES VERSION AND IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN CONTACT OUR MINISTRY AND GET THE FULL STORY. BUT PAUL WAS WORKING FOR A MAN WHO CALLED HIM IN AND SAYS, I DON'T LIKE YOU, I DON'T LIKE YOUR CHRISTIAN VALUES, AND HE WAS JUST ANTAGONISTIC TOWARDS HIM. AND PAUL HAD TO MAKE A DECISION AND HE JUST DECIDED, I'M GOING TO SERVE THIS GUY. AND HE WENT OUT, AND I FORGET THE DETAILS, BUT HE GOT A MAJOR CONTRACT. IT WAS A DEFENSE CONTRACTOR, AND HE GOT A MAJOR CONTRACT, WORTH MILLIONS, POSSIBLY MORE, HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND HE BROUGHT IT IN AND HIS BOSS TOOK CREDIT FOR THAT AND DIDN'T GIVE PAUL THE COMMISSION. HE TOOK IT FOR HIMSELF, AND PAUL HAD A DECISION. WAS HE GOING TO SIT HERE AND GET MAD AT THIS PERSON? OR AS IT SAYS OVER HERE IN EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 6, LET ME JUST READ THIS TO YOU. I'M TELLING YOU, IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING, THIS IS... THIS IS POWERFUL STUFF. IN EPHESIANS, CHAPTER 6, IN VERSE 5, IT SAYS, SERVANTS, BE OBEDIENT TO THEM THAT ARE YOUR
MASTERS ACCORDING TO THE FLESH. WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING, IN SINGLENESS OF YOUR HEART, AS UNTO CHRIST. NOT WITH EYESERVICE, AS MENPLEASERS. BUT AS THE SERVANTS OF CHRIST, DOING THE WILL OF GOD FROM THE HEART. BOY, THERE'S A LOT IN THESE VERSES. BUT IT'S SAYING, DON'T JUST DO IT WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING. DON'T DO IT TO PLEASE PEOPLE, BUT DO IT TO PLEASE GOD. SERVING CHRIST, DOING YOUR WORK AS UNTO CHRIST. AND THEN IN VERSE 8 IT SAYS, KNOWING THAT WHATSOEVER GOOD THING ANY MAN DOETH, THE SAME SHALL HE RECEIVE OF THE LORD,
WHETHER HE BE BOND OR FREE. BOY, THAT IS A POWERFUL PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE. HE WAS TALKING TO SLAVES. THE COMPARISON FOR US TODAY WOULD BE EMPLOYER
AND EMPLOYEE. AND HE'S SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD NOT JUST BE WORKING FOR THAT BOSS. YOU SHOULDN'T ONLY BE DOING A GOOD JOB WHEN SOMEBODY'S LOOKING AND INSPECTING. YOU NEED TO BE DOING IT WHETHER YOU GET CREDIT FOR IT OR NOT. AND IT SAYS, YOU WILL RECEIVE WHATEVER GOOD YOU'VE DONE DIRECTLY FROM THE LORD. IN OTHER WORDS, GOD IS YOUR SOURCE, NOT THAT BOSS. AND BECAUSE OF THIS LOGIC RIGHT HERE, PAUL DECIDED THAT HE WAS GOING TO SERVE
THIS BOSS WHO WAS TAKING CREDIT FOR HIS SALES, TAKING THE COMMISSION FROM HIM...SALES, TOLD HIM THAT HE DISLIKED HIM, HE DISLIKED HIS CHRISTIAN WITNESS AND WAS AGAINST HIM. AND HE JUST CHOSE TO SERVE THIS GUY, BELIEVING THAT GOD
WOULD REWARD HIM WHETHER HIS IMMEDIATE BOSS DID OR NOT. AND ANYWAY, I THINK THAT WENT ON FOR A YEAR OR TWO, AND AFTER TWO YEARS, THE HIGHER BOSS THAT WAS OVER HIS
IMMEDIATE BOSS CAME TO HIM AND ASKED HIM QUESTIONS ABOUT, WHO GOT THIS ACCOUNT? WHO DID THIS? AND WHEN HE WAS ASKED, WELL THEN HE TOLD HIM. HE SAYS, I'M THE ONE THAT GOT IT. AND THEY SAID, THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT. WE THOUGHT THAT THIS GUY WASN'T SMART ENOUGH TO BE DOING ALL THE STUFF THAT HE WAS DOING, AND WE
FIGURED HE WAS TAKING CREDIT FOR YOUR WORK. SO ANYWAY, THEY GOT RID OF THAT OTHER BOSS. THEY PROMOTED PAUL, I THINK, INTO THAT POSITION THAT HIS IMMEDIATE BOSS HAD OR EVEN POSSIBLY HIGHER. AND PAUL JUST RECEIVED A HUGE INCREASE AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, BECAUSE HE DID IT HEARTILY AS UNTO THE LORD. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET... GLEAN FROM THIS ACCOUNT RIGHT HERE IS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE GOD IS OUR SOURCE AND NOT JUST OUR JOB. NOT JUST OUR INVESTMENTS, NOT ANYTHING IN THE PHYSICAL. AND AGAIN, GOD USES ALL OF THESE THINGS. I'M NOT TELLING YOU THAT YOU GO TO YOUR BOSS AND SAY, HEY, I'M GOING TO WORK FOR FREE. NO, IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT IF YOU'RE WORKING,
THAT THEY SHOULD PAY YOU AND I'M NOT SITTING HERE SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING STUPID. BUT I AM SAYING THAT IN YOUR HEART YOU NEED TO MAKE GOD YOUR SOURCE, AND IF GOD IS YOUR SOURCE, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THERE'S A RECESSION. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE BEING PASSED OVER. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER THEY'RE HANDING OUT RAISES OR NOT OR ANYTHING. GOD IS YOUR SOURCE AND GOD MAY GET IT TO YOU SOME OTHER WAY THAN THROUGH THAT JOB. YOU KNOW, THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT I REALLY BELIEVE IS THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE JUST LIMIT GOD TO ONE STREAM OF REVENUE COMING TO THEM. THEY ARE LOOKING TO THAT JOB, AND IF YOU ARE IN A JOB THAT IS...DOESN'T HAVE HUGE POTENTIAL OR IT'S JUST A SEASONAL JOB OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN YOU LIMIT GOD. BUT I'M TELLING YOU THAT GOD CAN PROSPER YOU OUTSIDE OF YOUR JOB. NOW I'M NOT SAYING AGAIN THAT YOU QUIT YOUR JOB AND DON'T DO ANYTHING AND JUST TRUST GOD, BUT YOU SHOULD LOOK TO YOUR JOB AS, THIS IS MY WAY OF FULFILLING MY PURPOSE. MY GOD GIVEN CALLING. THIS IS A WAY OF ME TAKING THE THINGS THAT
GOD HAS GIVEN ME AND POURING THEM OUT AND BEING A BLESSING TO OTHER PEOPLE. AND YOU DO IT AS UNTO THE LORD. YOU SHOULD BE WORKING, BUT YOU SHOULD DO IT AS UNTO THE LORD. AND WHETHER THAT
IMMEDIATE BOSS PROSPERS YOU OR NOT, IF YOUR HEART IS RIGHT, GOD WILL PROSPER YOU AND IT MAY BE THROUGH THAT JOB THROUGH PROMOTIONS AND RAISES AND...AND YOU KNOW, STOCK OPTIONS OR IT COULD BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT IT COULD BE OUTSIDE OF THAT JOB. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE... MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF THE MEN WHO RUNS ONE OF OUR MAJOR PORTIONS HERE IN OUR MINISTRY, HE CAME TO ME...I'M NOT SURE OF THE EXACT TIMING, BUT I THINK IT WAS FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO AND HE HAD A DESIRE TO REALLY PROSPER, AND I MEAN, PROSPER BIG TIME. BIGGER THAN WHAT I COULD EVER PAY HIM. AND WE PAY HIM A COMPARABLE WAGE. IT'S NOT BAD. I'M SAYING HE'S MAKING A DECENT LIVING, BUT HE'S NEVER GOING TO BE REALLY WEALTHY AND HAVE A LOT OF EXTRA AT WHAT WE PAY HIM. SO ANYWAY, HE WAS GOING TO QUIT AND HE WAS GOING TO GO OUT AND DO THESE THINGS. AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, LOOK, I'LL SUPPORT YOU WHATEVER YOUR DECISION IS. AND I SAID, I'M NOT AGAINST THAT AND I KNOW THAT GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU. AND THIS GUY'S A REALLY QUALITY GUY AND I KNEW THAT HE COULD PROSPER, BUT I TOLD HIM, I SAID, YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH A BLESSING HERE. AND I SAID, I HATE TO SEE YOU LEAVE HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE TOUCHING...HE'S THE ONE THAT WAS OVER OUR ENTIRE PHONE CENTER AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, YOU ARE TOUCHING
SO MANY PEOPLE. YOU'RE TOUCHING MORE PEOPLE THAN MOST MINISTERS EVER DREAM ABOUT. AND I SAID, YOU HAVE JUST BEEN A VITAL PART OF IT. AND I SAID, I HATE TO SEE YOU GO. I THINK GOD CALLED YOU HERE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TOLD HIM IS, I SAID, YOU AREN'T LIMITED TO THIS JOB. GOD CAN GIVE YOU CREATIVE IDEAS. HE CAN PROSPER YOU OUTSIDE OF THIS JOB. YOU OUGHT TO SEE GOD AS YOUR SOURCE. AND NOW HE LOOKS AT THIS JOB NOT AS BEING THE WAY THAT GOD IS GOING TO SUPPLY FOR HIM, BUT JUST BEING ONE AVENUE AND THIS IS PRIMARILY A WAY FOR HIM TO FULFILL THE CALLING ON HIS LIFE. MAN, I PRAY THAT YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING. IF YOU COULD UNDERSTAND THIS, IT WOULD LIBERATE YOU. IT WOULD TAKE THE LIMITS OFF GOD. IT WOULD OPEN UP
OTHER REVENUES. GOD COULD GIVE YOU CREATIVE IDEAS. GO...YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE OF MY FRIENDS THAT HIS SON WAS WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH A DOCTORATE PROGRAM AND HE WAS SO BUSY IN THE DOCTORATE PROGRAM THAT HE REALLY COULDN'T WORK A FULL TIME JOB. SO WHAT HE DID WAS GET ON CRAIGSLIST AND HE WOULD BUY WATCHES, CLEAN THEM UP AND THEN RESELL
THEM AND HE WAS MAKING $10,000 A MONTH OFF OF BUYING AND RESELLING WATCHES, AND I MEAN, HE PUT HIMSELF THROUGH HIS DOCTORATE DEGREE DOING THAT. GOD IS NOT LIMITED IF YOU LOOK TO HIM AS YOUR SOURCE. IF YOU LOOK TO YOUR JOB AS YOUR SOURCE, YOU ARE LIMITED. THIS IS ONE OF THE LESSONS THAT GOD WAS SPEAKING TO ME THROUGH THIS THAT GOD IS MY SOURCE. I'M NOT LOOKING TO PEOPLE AS MY SOURCE, I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE ECONOMY AND LIMITING, SA...SAYING, GOD, WE CAN'T BE BUILDING NOW. WE CAN'T BE DOING THIS. GOD IS MY SOURCE. THAT'S ONE OF THE LESSONS THAT I'VE LEARNED THROUGH HERE AND GOD WAS TELLING ME THAT THIS IS THE SAME THING FOR ALL OF YOU WATCHING. I TELL YOU, I BELIEVE GOD HAS SPOKEN TO SOME PEOPLE TODAY, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CALL IN AND JUST SAY, I WANT THAT TEACHING, <i>WHAT'S IN YOUR HAND?</i> WE WILL HAVE THIS ON DVD AND CD, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY TUNED. AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THIS TOMORROW AND I'M GOING TO GO FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS HERE UNTIL I JUST GET THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS BEEN
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WEBSITE AT AWMI.NET. WHILE THERE, YOU CAN DISCOVER MORE PRODUCT DETAILS AND DOWNLOAD ADDITIONAL FREE RESOURCES. OR YOU CAN CALL OUR HELPLINE AT 719-635-1111. OUR HELPLINE IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 24 HOURS A DAY, AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 7:30 A.M. TO 6 P.M. MOUNTAIN TIME. TO WRITE US, USE THE ADDRESS ON YOUR SCREEN. WE APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROSITY AND HOPE TO HEAR >> FROM YOU TODAY. <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> ON OCTOBER THE 4TH THROUGH THE 8TH AT OUR FACILITIES IN CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE, WOODLAND PARK, COLORADO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR 2021 MINISTERS' CONFERENCE, AND I TELL YOU, THIS IS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN FULL TIME MINISTRY. YOU HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS. WE ARE GOING TO BE MINISTERING SPECIFICALLY TO YOU, AND IT'S JUST GOING TO BE AN AWESOME TIME. WE'VE GOT OUR
REGULAR SPEAKERS, MYSELF, BOB NICHOLS, BOB YANDIAN, CARRIE PICKETT, GREG MOHR, DUANE SHERIFF, AND THIS YEAR OUR GUEST IS JESSE DUPLANTIS, AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE PLANS TO JOIN US. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME AT OUR CHARIS FACILITIES, WOODLAND PARK, COLORADO, OCTOBER THE 4TH THROUGH THE 8TH, OUR 2021 MINISTERS' CONFERENCE. <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> >> IN THE BEAUTIFUL TOWN OF WOODLAND PARK, CHARIS BIBLE COLLEGE HAS BEEN CHANGING
PEOPLE'S LIVES >> FOR OVER 25 YEARS. >> THE PEOPLE HERE ARE SO LIKE-MINDED. >> THEY WANT TO HELP YOU GROW. >> THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO GENUINELY CARE ABOUT YOU. THEY WANT THE BEST >> FOR YOU. >> BE PREPARED TO BE BLOWN AWAY >> WITH THE TEACHINGS. >> IT'S NOT JUST A SEASON >> IN YOUR LIFE. >> THERE'S NO WAY >> YOU CAN'T CHANGE. >> YOU CAN'T REALLY GO WRONG GOING TO A PLACE THAT YOU GET TO SIT AND LISTEN TO THE WORD >> FOR FOUR HOURS A DAY. >> BEING UNDER THE WORD THAT MUCH JUST ALLOWED GOD TO POUR SO MUCH >> INTO ME. >> IF YOU FEEL SUPERNATURAL PEACE ABOUT COMING TO CHARIS, >> THAT'S GOD. >> I KNOW YOU'RE LIKE HOW, WHEN, WHERE, ALL THESE QUESTIONS. JUST DO IT. >> THE LORD WILL PROVIDE. >> I WAS DOUBTING AND SECOND-GUESSING IT, BUT WHEN I TOOK THAT STEP OF FAITH, IMMEDIATELY, >> LIKE THINGS WERE PROVIDED. >> JUST BEING AROUND LIKE-MINDED BELIEVERS, TEACHERS WHO ARE
THERE FOR YOU AND READY TO TALK TO YOU AT ANY MOMENT AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, >> THERE'S JUST NOTHING LIKE IT. >> JUST FOLLOW THE LEADING OF THE ONE THAT YOU SERVE AND THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE >> THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO GO. <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> >> DO YOU WANT TO CONNECT WITH LIKE-MINDED BELIEVERS? DO YOU WANT TO GO DEEPER IN GOD'S WORD THROUGH THE TEACHINGS OF ANDREW WOMMACK? DO YOU BELIEVE GOD HAS MORE? THEN CHARIS BIBLE STUDIES IS THE PLACE FOR YOU. CONNECT WITH BELIEVERS IN YOUR AREA TO DIG IN TO THE MESSAGE OF GOD'S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND GRACE. YOU WILL BE
ENCOURAGED TO GROW WITH A SMALL GROUP OF BELIEVERS AS YOU STUDY THE WORD AND FELLOWSHIP. THE LEADERS ARE CHARIS ALUMNI WITH A SOLID FOUNDATION IN THE WORD OF GOD. THEY HAVE EMBRACED JESUS' COMMAND
TO MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS EVEN THOSE IN THEIR BACK YARD. CHARIS BIBLE STUDIES ARE CONNECTING BELIEVERS WITH THE WORD OF GOD IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. FIND A BIBLE STUDY NEAR YOU BY VISITING >> CHARISBIBLESTUDIES.NET I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SUPPORT ANDREW WOMMACK MINISTRIES, THAT WE ALSO SUPPORT A LOT OF OTHER MINISTRIES. WE ACTUALLY STARTED THE SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION THAT IS NOW THE LARGEST DISTRIBUTOR OF FOOD AND CLOTHING AND FURNITURE IN ALL OF COLORADO SPRINGS. WE'VE GOT MINISTRIES TO ORPHANS, WE'VE GOT MINISTRY TO CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE SEX TRADE, WE SUPPORT PREGNANCY CENTERS, HAVE ACTUALLY LOWERED THE ABORTION RATE IN COLORADO TO ONE OF THE LOWEST IN THE NATION, AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS WE DO. SO WHEN YOU SUPPORT HERE, YOU ARE HELPING
US REACH PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. <i>♪ MUSIC ♪</i> [END]
