Momentum Church
Be The Church
Be The Church, Part 1 | Pastor Ross Wiseman
Locations & Times
Momentum Church
659 Arnold Mill Rd, Woodstock, GA 30188, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM
Church is not about a building but rather a building up of people connected to God and to each other.
Church is not about a property, but a purpose.
A heart touched by God is generous and starts with a tithe.
“Tithe” means a tenth.
Is the New Testament silent on tithing?
Is the New Testament silent on tithing?
Giving generously isn't about being a donor, it's about being a disciple.
Under Law
"And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s. It is holy to the Lord." Leviticus 27:30 (NKJV)
Holy: Set Apart, Different from the rest, It is the Lord’s
There is something powerful that happens when you honor God with what is to be separated to the Him as holy.
"And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s. It is holy to the Lord." Leviticus 27:30 (NKJV)
Holy: Set Apart, Different from the rest, It is the Lord’s
There is something powerful that happens when you honor God with what is to be separated to the Him as holy.
The Radical Percentages of the New Testament:
Zacchaeus (50%)
"8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:8–10 (ESV)
Two Cloaks Give One (50%)
"8 Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. 10 And the crowds asked him, “What then shall we do?” 11 And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.” Luke 3:11 (ESV)
Rich Young Ruler (100%)
"21 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” 22 Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions." Mark 10:21-22 (ESV)
Zacchaeus (50%)
"8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:8–10 (ESV)
Two Cloaks Give One (50%)
"8 Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. 10 And the crowds asked him, “What then shall we do?” 11 And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.” Luke 3:11 (ESV)
Rich Young Ruler (100%)
"21 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” 22 Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions." Mark 10:21-22 (ESV)
The Lord’s Table and Your Table
“If you can’t live on 90%, you can’t live on 100%. It doesn’t require a miracle for you to get through your month”
-Dave Ramsey
It may require you to adjust your budget, stop trying to keep up
with the Jones' or maybe live sacrificially.
“If you can’t live on 90%, you can’t live on 100%. It doesn’t require a miracle for you to get through your month”
-Dave Ramsey
It may require you to adjust your budget, stop trying to keep up
with the Jones' or maybe live sacrificially.
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“Give to God what is right, not what is left.”
-Pastor Adrain Rogers
A heart touched by God is generous and starts with a tithe to fuel God’s church to impact the world.
-Pastor Adrain Rogers
A heart touched by God is generous and starts with a tithe to fuel God’s church to impact the world.
"I have observed 100,000 families over my years of investment counseling. I always saw greater prosperity and happiness among those families who tithed than among those who didn’t”
-Sir John Templeton (Templeton Investments)
-Sir John Templeton (Templeton Investments)
Giving generously isn't about being a donor, it's about being a disciple.
Disciple = Discipline
Disciple = Discipline
Pre-Law
Tithing was in the Law but it also predated the law.
"18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.) 19 And he blessed him and said,“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,Possessor of heaven and earth; 20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!”And Abram gave him a tenth of everything."
Genesis 14:18-20 (ESV)
Tithing was in the Law but it also predated the law.
"18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.) 19 And he blessed him and said,“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,Possessor of heaven and earth; 20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!”And Abram gave him a tenth of everything."
Genesis 14:18-20 (ESV)
When it comes to being generous to the Lord’s Table don’t think transactionally, think worshipfully.
Better: Greater in size, or degree.
Worship = Ascribing Worth to someone or something.
God you’re worth it. (Worth me sacrificing, budgeting, delaying
my desires)
Worship = Ascribing Worth to someone or something.
God you’re worth it. (Worth me sacrificing, budgeting, delaying
my desires)
Why 10%?
10=Testing in the Bible
- 10 Commandments
- 10 Plagues in Egypt
- Jacob working for his father in law.
10=Testing in the Bible
- 10 Commandments
- 10 Plagues in Egypt
- Jacob working for his father in law.
Malachi 3
Bring all your tithes into the store house.Test me now in this says the Lord. See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing upon you that you will not have room enough to receive.
Bring all your tithes into the store house.Test me now in this says the Lord. See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing upon you that you will not have room enough to receive.
A tithe becomes a heart test.
A heart blessed by God passes that test.
Recommended Reads:
-The Blessed Life by Robert Morris
-The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn
A heart blessed by God passes that test.
Recommended Reads:
-The Blessed Life by Robert Morris
-The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn