Topic:Spiritual Robbery
Text: Proverbs 19:1-17

Modern day Christians prefer that type of gospel that gives them the liberty to do what they like. Many people today want to enjoy the better of two worlds: they have one leg in the Church and the other leg in the world. Most Church-goers detest the old-fashioned gospel, but the Bible says: “Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house forever: but the Son abideth forever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.” (John 8:34-37) Do you pay your tithes?

You may not like this but I have to tell you the truth. Some of us do not pay all our tithes. Instead of 10% we pay 7% and think that God does not understand mathematics. We have forgotten that He is the greatest mathematician ever. Some of us pay our tithes that come in Naira and not those that come in dollars. Do you pay your vows? Ecclesiastes 5:4 says: “When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.” Are you forgiving all those who have offended you? Mark 11:25 says: “And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye fought against any…. That your Father also which is in heaven may forgive your trespasses.” If you do not forgive, God will not forgive you and your prayers will not be answered.

After subjecting yourself to a rigorous self-examination and you discover that you have defaulted in any of the ways listed above, you have to restitute your ways. God says in II Chronicles 7:14: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”. God shall hear your prayers today and He will heal your body, soul and spirit.

Memory Verse: Malachi 3:10 - “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house and prove me now herewith saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”