{"id":10906,"date":"2024-01-30T03:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.servias.org\/?p=10906"},"modified":"2024-01-25T07:29:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T13:29:55","slug":"who-do-you-serve-part-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servias.org\/?p=10906","title":{"rendered":"Who Do You Serve? Part 13"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><em>Who do we serve, GOD or mammon?<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do not confuse the Source with the resource.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is written by THE SPIRIT in Malachi chapter 3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6&nbsp; &#8220;<strong><u>For I the LORD do not change<\/u><\/strong>; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FATHER is totally reliable and trustworthy in keeping HIS Word toward us.&nbsp; Man can and does change based upon the circumstances and perception.&nbsp; FATHER operates in Truth and reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7 From the days of your fathers <strong>you have turned aside from My Statutes and have not kept them<\/strong>. Return to ME, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, <strong><u>&#8216;How shall we return<\/u><\/strong>?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Believers easily forget the past, but FATHER doesn\u2019t.&nbsp; The children of Israel asked how to correct their path away from righteousness.&nbsp; FATHER answers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8 Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing ME. But you say, &#8216;How have we robbed YOU?&#8217; <strong>In your tithes <u>and<\/u> contributions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Has FATHER changed HIS Mind about tithes and contributions?&nbsp; No, HE does not change!&nbsp; What happens when we rationalize away this statute?&nbsp; The next verse tells us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing ME, the whole nation of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those of us who walk in <em>The Fear of THE LORD<\/em>, we choose to embrace this revelation of the tithe and offering.&nbsp; Yes, FATHER forgives us of our past failures in this area so we must not dwell on the past.&nbsp; As we mature in this area, we will repent and walk in this statute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10 Bring the full tithe into the Storehouse, that there may be food in MY House. <strong>And thereby <u>put ME to the test<\/u>, says the LORD of Hosts<\/strong>, if I will not open the Windows of Heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you willing to put Our Heavenly Father to the test of HIS Word?&nbsp; HE is committed to meeting our needs if we become joyful givers.&nbsp; Contributions (offerings above the tithe) establish desire versus duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11 <strong><u>I will rebuke the devourer for you<\/u><\/strong>, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the LORD of Hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What does a devourer do?&nbsp; He consumes your resources so that you are lacking to the point of becoming desperate.&nbsp; He steals, kills, and destroys those who have not placed their full trust in THE LORD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What will people around you see?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12 <strong>Then <u>all nations will call you blessed<\/u>, for you will be a land of delight, says the LORD of Hosts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Holy Spirit will guide you in your giving if you submit to Him.&nbsp; It is a challenge in discerning where to give.&nbsp; What storehouse qualifies to receive your tithes and offerings?&nbsp; Let The Holy Spirit guide you in these matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The enemy is very subtle, especially in the area of finances.&nbsp; The Kingdom coming to this earth will be financed by those who are fully submitted to walking according to The Word of THE LORD.&nbsp; The adversary knows this and that is why he spends so much time and effort to devour the finances of the believers.&nbsp; He promotes fear and uncertainty in the minds of the believers, hoping to deter them from giving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus spoke in Mark chapter 16:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14&nbsp; Later Jesus appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and <strong><u>He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart<\/u><\/strong>, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">15 And He said to them, &#8220;<strong><u>Go ye into all the world<\/u><\/strong> and preach the Gospel to every creature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My Name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus did not say \u201ccome ye into the church building, then \u2026\u201d.&nbsp; He said \u201cGo ye\u201d.&nbsp; This is one reason we help the Kids In Need.&nbsp; We are going into the schools and ministering hope to those kids.&nbsp; We are also ministering to the teachers and staff of FATHER\u2019S goodness and Love.&nbsp; These are the front lines of \u201cGo ye\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who do we serve, GOD or mammon? Do not confuse the Source with the resource. It is written by THE SPIRIT in Malachi chapter 3: 6&nbsp; &#8220;For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. 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