 This is your week when it comes to money. There's always someone there to tell you what you want to hear They want to motivate you by greed Blessing if you're in Christ Jesus, you're born again blessing belongs to you Yes, it does and they want to make it sound convincing that you deserve it This is my blessed season when you get home. This is my blessed season I want you to convince yourself that you are supposed to be wealthy rich blessed And nothing helps like a catchy greedy mantra And go ahead and decree that the money that you have is going to be multiplied by the power of your words Forget the fact that you don't have that kind of power. You just want the money to come to you. We don't got rich I'm so close to filthy Very close to filthy. I agree with Jesse. I think you are very close to filthy without question Even if you want to have the rich part, I think your riches have made you filthy I think your filthiness has made you rich There are people that want to play on your desire to get out of debt to have wealth And it's nothing wrong with having money nothing wrong with it at all But the problem is at what cost? How do you go about getting it in Philippians 4 11? Paul says that not that I speak from want for I've learned to be Content in whatever the circumstances I am I know how to get along with humble means and I know how to get along in Prosperity the issue is that many of us don't know how or we've just grown tired of not having what we want what we dreamt about because we see other people who have things we want those things and Sure as your heart's desire is to have these things the enemy is going to send somebody someone's going to show up Not get your door or on your phone or on your computer on your television screen Telling you that you can have those things as a matter of fact You have a biblical requirement to have those things and how do they do so they entice you by Telling you that they have things and you could also have those things as a matter of fact You should want those things and claim those that the holy ghost train you to ask for the right thing Lord, I want a two story house. What is that? My house almost 25,000s graphy you can get lost in it. I had to get some speakers in there. So I can find my wife Yeah, I live in it. I drive it. I drive it. I live in it. I drove a Maybach last night Phantom this morning and I'm in a ghost tonight In case you don't know what a fat in the ghost is that's rose Royce You'll see them doing so showing off their wealth in subtle means in subtle way showing off their money showing off their cars showing off their clothes Now some people aren't so subtle They'll let you know up front how much they pay because they're they're flaunting it in front of you No They make it seem appealing that you should have those things and even so much so you don't even care that they're so over with it They'll tell you even the cost of what these things are people used to have some shame about it People used to not want to exploit it not want to just kind of flaunt in front of you now They'll say no God wants me to have those things as a matter of fact something's wrong with me If I listen to you telling me that I shouldn't have those things that I should go after those things I don't care if it's the jet. I don't care if it's the car. I should have those things I'm gonna go after those things. I call my son. I said listen go find that rose Royce. He said how I said go find it I don't care what you gotta do score around the nation in every state you got to but you find that rose Royce That was God's love that he was trying to show on me and I left people by this problem And that was the deal. I got free from people free from color folks free from church folks I got free from white folks. I got free from everybody praise God Hallelujah My God wants to bless you I'm sorry. You don't want to receive it. I apologize that you hate the prosperity gospel The lie is that God wants to bless you not that he wants to bless you a lot No, the lie is that he wants to bless you financially Jesus himself even says the Porsche you had with you always if it was an issue of being poor Then certainly he would have said I want to eradicate that I want I want you to get past that There's no pastor says that he wants you to not be poor Nor is there a pastor says he doesn't want you to be rich. That's not the issue But it's the desire to become rich Paul says in 1st Timothy 16 He says if we have food and covering with these we shall be content Unfortunately, many people are not content with that and then the next verse comes and he says but those who want to get rich Fall in into a temptation and a snare and many foolish harmful desires Which plunge men into ruin and destruction because you want these things so bad. It's your desire It's your focus that being content with what you have a roof over your head That's not issue now. You want the things that you see other people have Well, brother corporate you you own a forty five million dollar airplane. Yeah, but you don't know what I paid for Know where near that Sonny boy A lot of you partners Put us in it. It's almost that they're shaming us for not wanting those things and so myself They're gonna brag about what they have in it. You ought to have the same things. You should want the same things You'll have jewelry costs more in your house Well, I'm telling you listen to me. I'm telling you my first house costs 14,700. I'm giving you chance to write your checkup 14,000 my second house cost 81,900 dollars and this watch costs more than that Are you gonna write me another let me tell you what did not all See he doesn't even mind the fact that he's been getting all these letters that have complained about you flashing your money Bob about you seeming to put money and prosperity above everything else He didn't care about these so-called ugly letters I don't doubt people have written him ugly letters to say that what you're doing is wrong. He didn't care Why because the material that he has as a result of you paying for it as a result of you sowing a seed into His ministry he didn't care because one outweighs the other his material wealth his gain outweighs Your need your desire to want to stay to the scriptures She was give a shot of this boys Get close come on man. Look, I paid a fortune for this thing sucking that man See that gold and so he doesn't mind about bragging about it As a matter of fact again He doesn't mind about bragging about it even if it causes you to write an ugly letter I expect to make money every day and I do It's coming to me. It's on me. Don't get mad at me. It ain't my fault How about people so I'm telling you one thing? I don't say I can you can boss up man One of my shambles cost more than most people's house I got 22 chandeliers in the house and so where is an example of that anywhere in the scripture where someone is flaunting their Well, but listen to him even more as he says he is that he's the king of wealth He's a king of flaunting and as he says he's the king of bling I have some friends of mine. They don't wear their jewelry when they're ministering a little nervous Might hurt the offer Not Jesse boy. I'm king of bling. You understand? I'm saying I like I like bling Jesus king of bling to tell you got a crown of gold Well a couple things one There's a big difference between the king Jesus and us and he's not flaunting He is as a way of saying you should have these same things too And then you've got those that do so who try to give a justification because they probably understand how it looks But they're not going to give up the wealth for it and again There's nothing wrong with having wealth But if you say that you've got to have wealth as a matter of fact There's a new way of doing it now to say that if you want to have wealth It's a good thing because then you can take that wealth that you amass from other people and then use it for ministry See that God came to you know Jesus died that we might live an abundant life and to be a blessing to others I can't be a big blessing to people if I'm poor and broke and depressed and I don't feel good about myself They'll tell you things like the more money you have the more that you can serve God Money is for the purpose of God more purpose that you have and that's more money. That's required I want you to believe in the purpose of gospel more money more purpose when I have more money Because my money is directed by God More money means more what purpose and again you don't have to be ashamed because You're blessed because God wants to be blessed. Jesus is the one that's blessing you You're blessed because of who? You're blessed because of who? Now if you believe that if you believe that you are blessed because of Jesus lift your hands up right quick I believe I'm blessed because of Jesus One of the things now you hear people kind of declaring it stating as though with the power of persuasion If you persuade yourself by just repeating it over and over again, then you can convince yourself And so we are gonna decree and we're gonna declare that God is going to bless my almost though You're obligating God to do something you've got to believe it You've got to get up every day and say I receive my word. This is my blessed season This is my blessed season when you get into the parking lot in your car Get in your car. This is my blessed season when you get home This is my blessed season now None of this is biblical because you cannot obligate God to do anything God has not even stated once that he is obligated himself to bless you 100-fold financially your blessings might be something that has nothing to do with money It might be health, but then again more folk would rather have the finances than the health They would rather live 40 years wealthy than a hundred years poor They would rather be able to have the things and live a what they consider an abundant life Going places buying things seeing things that are life where you are living for Christ where you are sharing the gospel And you are in turn building up a reward in heaven. That's not important because here and now is what's important It becomes a psychological thing because now they've got to convince you to buy into what they're selling I can promise you they are selling something and you are going to have to give Financially monetarily to succeed the way they wanted to succeed you're gonna have to give to them and they can do so by Convincing you psychologically not spiritually but psychologically that if you just confess these things if you just state these things if you just live These things out. It's gonna happen. Those of you are watching from home Stand up in that room. This is my blessed season Get to the job tomorrow the place of business and you prophesy Into the atmosphere and you tell that atmosphere. This is my blessed season And again, you can't say what is your season was not your season God determines that the Bible says that do not get weary in well-doing and in due season at the right season The point time that God has you shall reap a reward. However, the reward would have to be blessings Financially God says I will supply all of your needs according to my riches in glory in Christ Jesus Good news today. God wants to supply your needs. The problem is what are your needs? There aren't always finances a matter of fact most cases than I financial most people on the planet Don't live half as good as people here in America do or in most Western cultures What we would consider to be below the poverty line, they will consider to be well off well to do They have learned to be content. We have not we've had plenty and so our having Only caused us to want to have even more and so will God supply our need sure he says so But he didn't say he's going to supply our once come on and give God praise our God's a good God He heals hearts gives new beginnings He furnishes your house and so God is a good guy because he furnishes our houses because he does things for us No, he's a good guy because he's got if he never does anything I think that's the problem that many people don't want to accept or they want to say God is good No matter what he does Peter says in 2 Peter chapter 2 verse 3 he says many will follow their Sensuality and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned. There are those that wants that feel stuff We operate too often by the things that we want by our senses And so we'll we'll follow folks that are just like that and he says an in their greed They will exploit you with false words and why that's important is because notice he says in their greed, but it's not just their greed It's also your agree. We'll talk more about that, but it's their greed They flaunt their greed and you don't even care. We don't got rich I'm so close to filthy Very close to filthy When a man can brag about how rich he is about how big his houses are His chandeliers things like even his his steps that they are like the steps of what is it the ones in the movie going with the wind I have the biggest house of any preacher in America I don't mean that arrogantly a pride for it. I Have a name in my house. La maison de la vie the house of dreams. You like going with the wind My house has that same Staircase that Scarlet O'Hara walked up. Oh, I paid cash for the home You want to know how big it is? It's 40,000 square foot to brag about that to have the largest house of all all the preachers Well, what are you gonna do with that when you die? But of course too many simply don't care. They just want to have things they want to have money So much so that you'll even twist scriptures to make you think that God is your business partner that you can convince him that you can cause him To owe you money because again, we want to get money And so if I say something that's not biblical doesn't matter because your desire your own greedy desire Causes you to follow what they're saying. God is my business partner and my giving to him is his cut And if I rip off his cut, why should he bless me? I start giving on that level so that God would owe me Oh, y'all don't hear what I'm saying. You can't handle that I started giving on the level where I put God in debt and God said I'll hold no man I start giving on the money that I wanted to make I start giving on a deal that hadn't closed yet And that God had to open up the windows of heaven and pull me out of blessing because he wasn't gonna be in debt In no way can you cause God to owe you anything so matter of fact We are indebted to him more than we could ever imagine and there's no scripture that tells us that by giving is gonna Cause God to be in debt to us by giving then he's gonna owe us back He's not obligated to give us anything back. Even if we give our lives for him He's not obligated to do anything But if you twist the scriptures it still tickles the ears of those that want to hear it, you know, the tithe is the Lord I know there's a lot of questions about the tithe out there because they say it's Old Testament No, it's Bible and someone said well, it's it's the law No, no the tithe came before the law give to the Lord 10 percent of our income He will bless us way beyond our ability to receive. It's tithe and offerings So the tithe opens the hand and so now they'll guilt you also in the same that give a tithe Give the tithe God will bless you if you give that tithe and you're offering time without watch how God is gonna bless you So they guilt you into giving and they also tap into your sinful desires your desire to have money And so this guy was on I was on television. He said I heard you as a millionaire I said that's not right That's not true. He said yes it I said no, it's not Multi now add that to it. You'll be all right. Oh, he couldn't handle that He'd like to have had a fit and I said you mess with me. I buy this station I fire you know that was a little fleshy, but it felt good Well, it wasn't a little fleshy it is flesh but then again, that's him so that's why I felt good because What can make you feel good? Well, if you're just in the plans one of the people Flawing your will matter of fact getting more well and even to lie and convince you how to give saying Outrageous things if you give the more you give we all keep giving that will hurry Jesus up in his return That the reason why Jesus hadn't come is because people are not giving the way God told him to give You see what I'm saying? I mean when you understand it you can speed up the time again That's why Peter says they will exploit you or another version that King James was saying they would make Merchandise of you. That's what they want to do you give they get merchandise off you give you are their merchandise You are their source of income. You are their source. You are their source their resource not God What is a man in mindset it manifests in two different ways? First of all is a poverty spirit and as a materialism spirit It's both so what is the spirit of man? Let's talk about poverty mentality just for a second a poverty spirit look in your notes poverty spirit Thinks it is wrong to have a lot of money or things again. They'll play on your emotions They'll play on your need and tell you that you ought to have the right biblical mindset because again You see the bills stacking up. You've got some things that you need But then also some things that you want and so maybe I just need to change my mind set about money and about God Yeah, and people don't quote it too much, but the Bible also it says that money is the answer to all things It's the answer to all things if it's a thing money can buy it There are there are some issues that cannot be resolved by things, but money answers all Things well does money really answer all things? Well, this passage that he's quoting and he's twisting is coming out of Ecclesiast 10 19 He says a feast is made for laughter and wine is made and wine makes merry, but money answers everything This is not to say that money is going to be the solution if I were the case There'd be no need for God. There'd be no need for the cross Clearly he's speaking kind of in terms of folly and it's not to be taken that you need to get money to be the answer Everything why is that not the case? Well, think about it. No other prophet No other apostle Jesus didn't say so and so he's mistaking this passage Why to get you to think differently about money in relation to God and your walk with Christ Estates and inheritance if you want your life just to stay the same way It's always been just give tonight the way you've always given But if you want your life to be a little different in the future then lead tonight with your seed and watch what God does God wants you to have all those things and he's getting ready to give them So you just got to be on board be ready for those things Lead with your seed you're gonna have to sow a seed and so again The Bible talks about how they're gonna exploit you and notice what he says is that but these people who suppose verse 5 of 1st Timothy chapter 6 says they suppose that godliness is a means of gain not realizing that Godliness is the actual means for gain and so they want you to give so a seed Play on your emotions play on your lack of understanding with the scriptures so that you can give a seed a big seed as a matter of fact $5 $10 $20 seed $100 seed $50 seed $1000 seed $10,000 seed and Lord help you if you happen to go to one of their meetings And there's one of these charlatans one of these filthy rich people that are there that are trying to Gain the system so to speak they're trying to play on your emotions trying to guilt you trying to intimidate you to give You'll never be on the side where God is asking something from you as though he needs something but then again This is just taking people who don't understand the scriptures Causing them to play into their need or I'm sorry play into their greed and get on that If you know the scriptures number one, you wouldn't be listener in first place number two Once you heard something that doesn't jive with what you know the scriptures say you would turn around and walk away and probably lead Others away, but so they are depending upon you not knowing the word of God Which is why Jesus makes a statement. He says that no, we don't live by bread alone But what do we live by we live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God not money But his word but that's not enough for some people know what's worth even more than guys word is money I can't go to the bank and tell some and tell the banker what the say the Lord I can't go to my bill collectors and say what the say the Lord I need some money because it would let's just be practical to be practical I've got to have something tangible that's been love God, but I need the money Breakthrough don't come you can call me So she's gonna guilt you and I'm pretty sure no one had a breakthrough and but then again Did she leave her phone number? No one's gonna call her back This doesn't happen, but you're gonna play into it and buy into this over and over again Not you but those that are greedy. They'll keep doing it. Why because they keep flashing their wealth If it worked for them, it'll work for me. You said I know these give away your money at them If you know, I'm so goddamn much. I want your money. Why are you out of debt? You just want to talk to me about scripture I'm talking about manifestation and demonstration. So don't talk to me about scriptures I'm talking about the money that I got you see the cars that I got you see how I'm living Don't come to me talk to me about scriptures. You want it's caught the scripture back to me I know that scripture. No, you don't know it. You don't know it till you're wearing it Until you're wearing it really so unless you're wearing it unless you're driving it unless you're living in it That's how you know the scriptures And if you know, I know I know what he's talking about. No, you don't know what I'm talking about. You have my ride yet We'll set you in doesn't know Bob a court and committee This ain't no Bible quote with me that should tell you really where their heart is in this particular person He's been doing this for a long time the good apostle Leroy Thompson But again, this is the person at the beginning where we saw this money coming to me He's been doing this for a long time and been getting away with it off of your money I Again, this has been going on for some time not just with him, but with other people even Creflo dollar And so after he's amassed his fortune Then he's gonna say I've been wrong about my about my calling out the title and so forth Well, has he given the money back? No, has he has he redirected the funds? No But it's time that I go ahead and pull back. No, because he's still saying the same thing He still wants people to give to give an offering a great offering. Why because he still needs it. He done got rich I'm so close to filthy I'm very close to filthy And it's not just jesse who's so close to filthy who is filthy who is filthy rich He's not the only one Everyone else on here same thing applies what all of them know what all of them understands Is that people are going to buy into their foolishness because their foolishness has brought them money So you're doing all these things to sell your name by doing things that are controversial There's a strategy to my foolishness. Uh-huh. You agree there's foolishness in it. Yes Foolishness is modern wisdom. So are you foolish? Of course The only reason these people can even be prosperous in what they're doing The only reason they can be successful is because it takes people who don't care Look what the bible says. Hey guy in chapter one verse five He says now therefore thus says the lord of hosts consider your waste think about how you're going about things Think about your attitude. He says you have so much but harvest little you eat But there is not enough to be satisfied you drink but there is not enough to become drunk You put on clothing but no one is warm enough Listen what he's saying notice what he's saying as he continues says and he who earns earns wages to put into a purse with Holes you can never have enough all the money that you get go somewhere or not enough to To satisfy he says thus says the lord of hosts consider your ways Go up to the mountains bring wood and rebuild the temple that I may be pleased with it and be glorified says the lord You look for much and behold it comes too little when you bring it home I blow it away Why declares the lord because my house which lies desolate while each of you runs to his own house You are so focused on your own on having things You don't even care about the matters things that are more important to god Not necessarily that god needs your money wants your money But if your focus is going to be on you and not on him and he's going to blow on your money You'll never have enough if they give you a million dollars You'll still be a million dollars short if they give you 10 million 100 million Doesn't matter if there's no amount of money to satisfy a greedy person But a person who's content in the lord he is content no matter what The old saying that's attributed to p.t. Barnum. There's a sucker born every minute Well, he probably had a lot of christians in mind a lot of professed christians who are greedy And the best thing that could ever happen to some of these people is if they lose what they're trying to get So then they can turn around and see the true god I pray that more and more people stop listening to them. They've repackaged this prosperity gospel They call it the anti poverty gospel It's now the purpose gospels that god wants you to have things God wants you to so that you can declare things that you can be like everyone else Healthy wealthy Prosperous that's a new goal. That's been the old goal. Just repackage. But remember Paul tells us Peter tells us the scriptures tell us godliness is our means of gain not a means of gains By using godly means by using the scriptures by using church people know Being closer to him. That's how we gain and we're not trying to build a future here on this earth We're trying to build a future For heaven for eternity and the money that we amass here can be helpful can be beneficial as we live But we can't take it with us and because of that it doesn't matter as much as they want you to