 Lift up your offerings to heaven. Say oh lord. Oh lord. I lift up my offering I lift up my offering to the hills to the hills from whence come at my health from a signal But I decree and declare this offering this offering this amount this amount as I saw it As I saw it, it will reap it will reap a hundred fold a hundred fold in the next in the next one hundred days Say to yourself I was care-created to prosper I was made to be fruitful I was made to increase in the life of this world The common traits of someone who is a known false teacher is the fact that they desire to enrich themselves Ed Citronelli who is someone who I obviously and vehemently opposed in his doctrine Believes I believe that he is a false teacher not someone who just espouses some false teachings But a practicing false teacher a heretic Loser! Loser! Loser! Out! Jury and demon. I command right now. The glory. My goodness. You see me? You are seeing glory. A man. Yes. I look like Jesus. Yes. And what he has done is kind of typical part of the playbook which is to speak of tithing as a way To kind of guilt people into giving what he has done as a matter of fact even to go above and beyond the tithe Kind of in the subtle sense but what you'll notice often times when they do so they don't stick to the scriptures So let's get ready for God's offering. We believe in tithing. I said we believe in tithing. Amen I don't care how famous whoever said what he said. I don't care. Amen I will believe the report of the Lord better. Amen Well when you say that you will believe the report of the Lord better The question is what report of the Lord are you speaking of because where did the Lord tell us as Gentiles to tithe? As a matter of fact where in the scriptures does Jesus tell anyone to tithe? Let's just let's go to the passages. Let's go to the Bible since we're talking about believing the report of the Lord versus somebody else Which I think is a good thing Let's see if we can find if we can locate where Jesus speaks of telling someone about to tithe Let's see if we can go somewhere in the scriptures and see if we can find where Jesus told anyone to tithe So if we go to let's just type in the word tithe and if we pull up on the screen We'll notice that there are two places in the New Testament where the word tithe is mentioned specifically mentioned by Jesus It's the exact same account. It's just shown up in two different two different passages in Matthew 23 23 and in Luke 11 42 And look what Jesus is saying you tell me if you think that Jesus is telling anyone to tithe if he's obligating anyone to tithe Let's read it He says woe to you scribes and Pharisees Hippocrates for you tithe meant and deal and cumin and have neglected the way to your matters of the law justice and mercy and faithfulness These you ought to have done without neglecting the others and so the same thing is stated in Luke 42 as it is in Matthew 23 23 And just to be clear tithe is just simply 10% And so the question is are we supposed to tie well, I've stated before I've done videos before where we are not obligated to tide Now notice what Jesus connects the tithe to he says for you tithe meant and deal and cumin and have neglected the way to your matters of the law So he's referencing letting us know that what they're doing is an obligation to the law but they neglect the way to your matters of the law Not so much to tie in other words. He's a even diminishing the tide The tithe was for purpose under the old law under the old covenant but that's no longer enforced today We were not under the old covenant as a matter of fact as Gentiles were not under any of those covenants But if anyone wants to have to adhere to this principle of tithing that's commanded by the law Then you can also adhere to all the other elements of the law And so it would be false for him to state that he is going to believe the report of the Lord Now he is going to bring up something that Paul says and I think he twist that as well I hear you sir Do you know that the New Testament given is more than... Oh my goodness That's right sir It's more than Malachi's portion Malachi said tithe Use the word tithe Malachi I hear you sir Tithe is what? Tithe 10% Paul, Paul, Paul Somebody say Paul Paul He said to the Corinthians In 2 Corinthians chapter 9 and also chapter 10 Yes He said that a man should give a proportion to what he has Yes Ahhhh So if we take that literally meaning that we should give exactly in proportion to what God has given God has given us an awful lot and so we should give the same thing Match that back Well one, God doesn't need that money 2 that's not quite what he's saying and if we look at what Paul is saying Keep it in context Let's go to what he's saying in 2 Corinthians chapter 9 And look what Paul says Looking at verse 6 he says the point is this Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly Whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully Each one must give as he has decided in his heart Notice what he says Decided in his heart Not reluctantly or under compulsion For God loves a cheerful giver And so to compel someone to kind of obligate someone into giving a certain amount Well that's what he's doing And so he's violating the whole premise that Paul is bringing up Paul is not saying to give a particular amount Paul has said Look what he says He says that each one has decided in his heart to give Not reluctantly So here's how I would say If a person wants to give $40 If a person wants to give $400 And they can do so cheerfully Not reluctantly Well then amen But if you give $401 And that causes you to frown Well then don't give it God does not need that extra dollar As a matter of fact God doesn't need anything What he needs obviously is your obedience And he wants you to support the ministry But not under some compulsion as he's doing Okay so he said Do the math fool Well what math? Again we're going by the scriptures And so the scriptures are telling us Not to give under some sort of compulsion Which is what he's trying to do And he wants to guilt people He's going to offer promises So either entice them by their heart Their desires What they might want Or guilt them like You know what yeah God has done this I've got to give more than I was planning on giving Even though it causes me to do so reluctantly Is more than ten Is more If you have a thousand dollars A hundred dollars is not in proportion I hear you sir So that means in proportion is more than ten Now before we continue with what he's saying Let's keep in mind what he is going to do He is going to try to flatter the people Try to entice the people Try to as Paul says Because they have itching ears They will go to someone like an antitronel They will go to him to hear What they want to hear That you're going to be blessed You're going to be the greatest thing Since sliced bread You're going to have the greatest things You're going to have the best things You're going to be blessed You're going to be out of debt You'll never be poor Your children will never be poor He's making promises that God never promised That there's no where Any promises like that found in the Bible But he makes these promises And he does so for a particular reason I want to put this on the screen He says that Paul tells us in 1 Timothy chapter 6 And I start in verse 5 Because he's speaking about these people like him Who are depraved in the mind And deprived of the truth He says imagining that godliness Is a means of gain This man does not fly around And he didn't go coach He lives pretty nicely And that's typically how false teachers do They want to enrich themselves Off of you and your money Let's continue what he says But godliness, Paul says With contentment is great gain That's the game that you ought to be looking for Godliness He says that with contentment Being content and being godly That is great gain Look what he says For we brought nothing into this world So as I'm speaking of worldly possessions And monetary things We brought nothing into this world And we cannot take anything out of this world But if we have food and clothing With these things We will be content But those who desire to be rich Fall into temptation Into a snare Into many senseless and harmful desires And plunge people into ruin And destruction For, look what he says And this is really what Ed probably needs to listen to He says for the love of money Is a root of all kinds of evil And that's what we see here And he's going to entice them Those who also who follow him With that same love Because let's be clear The people that follow him They also have this love for money I receive You will never lack bread I receive You will never lack water Amen You will never lack shelter Amen Your children will never beg Amen I said your children will never beg Amen I said your children will never beg Amen Any of your children will never beg Amen I speak to this section I said any of the children will never beg Amen Your children will never be homeless Amen Your children will never be back up on Amen Your children will never go to shelters Amen Your children will never depend on government handouts. Your children will never depend on government handouts. Your children will never have to open a case in the welfare office. I say your children will never have to open a case in the welfare office. Ah, they will be blessed forever. They will be blessed forever. Anybody that is in this ministry, if you're poor, just stay here three months. That's all. Under three months, that poverty garment, there's an angel here that changes garments. Yes. Oh, you didn't hear what I said. I said there's an angel here that changes garments. Amen. And so because they desire these things, I mean anyone would want their children to be taken care of, anyone would want to be also financially well off themselves. But if that's the goal, if that's what you're looking for, and that's how you're trying to use this ministry, if that's how you're trying to use the gospel, well then you'll have your reward. You may even have some monetary rewards here on earth, but that will be the extent of your reward, of your rewards. That will be the extent of your blessings. So avoid someone like an Ed who wants to put someone back under a yoke of bondage, who wants to preach a different gospel, a gospel of works. Because keep in mind, he's trying to obligate people to the law and to paying this tithe without keeping the rest of the law. But the only purpose of doing so is just to either enrich himself or tap into the minds, into the motivations, the greedy motivations of others, for them to also be wealthy or other people who might be feeling guilty. Because you know what? I want to be a, I don't want to disappoint God. I want to honor God, be faithful to God. And so he has given me. And so you know what? I'm going to give more, but not just 10% because he's done for me. I feel guilty in only giving 10. Let me give 20%. Let me give all that I don't have. And so there in, there is the reason why we need to be careful about people like him. Number one, but he is not the issue. The real issue is us just simply not reading our word because if we read our word, we'll see that this, that he's saying that he's speaking of is not found in scripture. And someone like him should not be a threat, should not be a problem if we just do like we're supposed to and read the scriptures that God has given us, amen.