The Bible's Timeless Economic Formula For Succeeding In Any Economy Anywhere & At Any Time In The World : Alfred's Bible Club Podcast

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hello everybody I'm Alfred and you're listening to Alfred's Bible Club podcast let's open our Bibles to the book of Ephesians 4: 28 I read he who steals must steal no longer but rather he must labor performing with his own hands what is good so that he will have something to share with one who has need praise the Lord this is very important this shows us the format that God has for us when it comes to functioning in this fiscal world as it relates to economics the economy and money first of all it is suggesting that there is profit in all labor by saying that you must labor with your own hands what is good so you know and when you look at another portion of the scripture you know in the Book of Proverbs 14: 23 it says in all labor there is prophets but talk leads only to Poverty let me say that again Proverbs 1423 labor there is profit but mere talk leads only to Poverty so it puts importance on action not faith when it comes to making money and let me rephrase that because a lot of people misunderstand what Fai is faith has to have action when the scripture says faith without works is dead it shows you that Faith should not be separated from action faith has action inbu inside it if your faith has no action it is not fi you can't say that you believe without acting on it in the world of the spirit in the realm of the spirit when it comes to Christianity there's a huge belie there's a huge difference between believing and Fai you can believe for something but Fai is different Faith acts I believe it wasi Wiles that said Faith jumps Faith leaps faith is completely different from just leing you know so keep that in mind now when it comes to making money there must be action and it says any labor in all labor there's profit so whatever you do it doesn't matter whether it is working in a bank working in a white color job in a Fortune 500 company or working as a cleaner or as a plum in all there's profits and then in the scripture we opened with in the book of Ephesians 4: 28 it go it went on to say performing with his own hand what is good so that he will have something to share with the one who has need you see the purpose of giving and what's giving is for and it also shows the direction you should give as well as the purpose for walking so this is God's formula for prosperity for you to be prosperous for you to function in the world's economy the the way God wants you to you must labor you must do something you must work he who does not work will not eat God wants you to do something I know there are people who are just investors but being just an investor you sit at home you invest in companies it still work or perhaps a billionaire who just sits by the phone and buys up other companies or buys up assets that is still work but you must work there is life is spiritual and there's something that goes wrong in your own economic balance when you stop working that's why a lot of people start dying when they begin to retire retiring is not God's plan retiring is telling God that you are through that you have finished what God has for you and now this does not mean that for example if you leave your job in the corporate world you are retired there they give you your pension and then now working in a church or working in a Christian Ministry that should go back to the office corporate job no your work in the Christian Ministry or in the church that is work and it's important that you get paid for your work you know if you want to work for free as a volunteer spiritually there are there's there's there is actually spiritual laws that are that are being violated especially when you don't have any other source of income working for free may seem honorable but life is spiritual I you have to understand cash flow and the way money is generated if you working for free the the money that should have been paid to you is still being generated if you are truly doing work and not deceiving yourself if what you are doing is really adding value to the company or to the organization then there is a financial increase being added to the company and where is it going yeah attaching it to the company by working it for by working for free you're attaching it to the corporation or the organization whether it's a Char or not you're attaching it to them by working for free the money is still being generated the value is still being generated as long as you are really adding something to the company you know if you working for free that is money that you are letting yourself being robbed off it is better to make money and then give the money out yourself then for you to follow the format of working for free you know and this is a reality and this something you should think about and you should pray about but that being said to go back to the structure that this verse gives us it says he who steal Ephesians 4:28 he who steals must steal no longer but rather he must leave but performing with his own hands what is good so that he will have something to share with the one who has need so it shows you that you must work you must get paid something that you will have to share with one who has need now this is something that a lot of preachers when they preach about it they preach that you have to give to the church for God to bless you that is not what the scripture is telling us here it's telling us you have to give to the needy and when you read the New Testament you have to understand how do you give to God giv to church is not given to God it is nice but it is not given to God it is only given to God when that church gives that money to the need this is it is good to build Church buildings it is not it is good toate to church buildings it is good toate to the run of the church but understand everything in its own place that is not given to God that is given to the expansion of the mission and that is good and that is necessary but it is not given to God God has already made it clear that you know when he said when when did you see me naked you know you say when did you see me naked and give me clothes you know when did you see me hungry and give me food and all of that God established that the way in the New Testament to give to God is to give to the hungry to visit the prisoners to give to those in need your neighbor those who are in need especially those who are of the household of Fai it starts first in the church when you give to those in need who are Christians those who are fellow Christians first that is giv to God that is when you you saw God naked and you gave him clothes that is so God hungry and G food and this is very powerful this is not a joke and this is also why a lot of people have been sewing seeds in church and they are still poor because they are given toward the expansion of the mission but not towards what God Said would help you economically and build your finances and lead to Prosperity you have to be philanthropic you have to give to the needy this and God is telling you that this is how you would grow this is how you make money this is what you supposed to do you you get a job it doesn't matter what the job is now if you qualified for a high paying job you go for that you know if you you you also you know what appeals to you what problem you have to solve what skills you have you know it reminds me of someone who said um this is how the company PID pays me you know they pay me so little and the guy was like this is not all you know the person was talking to say this is not all what the company pays this is what all the company pays you are there know people in that same company that the company pays millions and all of that like yes you know it's because of their skills and their job position you know so it's like if you improve your skill levels your skill sets and you have a higher position in that company will company pay you more so you go for you acquire skills you you have to be on a constant situation where you acquire the best skills you know and be in a position where you get paid the best as well as you know you start your own companies because you have to establish yourself you you can't remain an employee forever you have to establish something that you can leave behind for your legacy for your children and for your children children so you have to start your companies you know so let that wealth from that labor and you make profit from you have something to give but if a volunteer what do you have to give if for free what do you have to give you have viated the opportunity to participate in this principle and is telling you that no matter what position you are in life even if you're a shoe cleaner even if you are a toilet scrubber even if you're a genitor if from the prophet you give to the needy not to this chur and that church and this has nothing to do with tight when you give to the needy you activate the spiritual principle where God himself will open doors for you and give to you you s improve your skills keep learning and more doors will be open to you and more opportunities either to you or to the company that you start you know acquire skills on how to expand your company what do you need to know to expand your company make it bigger and bigger keep learning and when you go through this principle you find yourself in a situation where you will keep growing and keep in mind when it says to the needy it doesn't say to the poor alone the Bible makes it clear you know that a man's gift make a way for him you know he stand before Kings and not before that person of scripture is not talking about you know a lot of people use it as talents a man's gift a man's Talent will make a way for him and it sounds good and it looks realistic and it looks like has a point to it and all that but when you go through the translations there the man's gift a man's gift in the sense of a gift that is given whether money or presents you can open the way for you by giving gifts during Christmas during special holiday during people's bed days even outside of that don't come to a King empty-handed when you go to people give them gifts and there are people who say money canot buy love but money buys fever you know I'm I'm adding that last part I'm telling you the truth money buys fever money can change people's opinion for you of you somebody might hate you might have feel a certain way about you but as you give them money not for the purpose of changing them but perhaps they in need or they in a situation and you are the only one that reached out to them they automatically change and say I was wrong about this person and life is spiritual so you can give to somebody in one part of the city and in a completely different country a door opens for you it makes somebody in a complet different situation and place that doesn't know anything about show you favor or give you money or open a door for you that is how life is spiritual when you a giver it it it brings givers around you it brings givers to you and people just give to you if you're a giver if you're a troublemaker it will bring troublemakers to you and you always have trouble you always have something to complain about there will always be a problem to complain about if you a fighter that is the kind of people that to bring around you people that you would exercise your fighting skills with you will always be fighting you be one fight to another that is how your life will be so be a giver and your child givers to you and understand this process and you will see yourself Excel and also keep in mind that you must be diligent work hard never give up you know and you will excel in order to do thank you and God bless you