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Chapter 1: What is the main theme of the episode 'Fruit That Remains'?
Welcome. Welcome, family, to 2819 Church. We thank y'all for coming. God bless y'all. We want to thank and welcome the digital disciples for tuning in today. Thank y'all. Thank y'all so much. Thank you to the unbeliever in the crowd and over the airwaves. We want to acknowledge you. We know you're still figuring out the claims of Christ, still Is this true? Is this not true?
Is Christ who he really say he is? How is all these people believing and jumping around and sweating and hollering out the name of the Lord Jesus Christ? Is this real? We welcome you in this place. My name is Milton James. I am one of the elders here. I have the wonderful privilege and opportunity to stand before you today in our series, The Fruit That Remains.
I told the last gathering, we're not up here just filling space for Pastor Phillip to come back. We want y'all to have fruit that remains that you will endure to the end Thy kingdom come, thy will be done here on earth. We want that in you. We will be poor leaders if we continue to preach to you something that will comfort your soul and you never grow in discipleship. Grow in discipleship.
Like, please, please, don't look at this as a filler. For Pastor Philip to come. I'm just coming till Pastor Philip get back. Don't, please don't do this. This is, because this is bigger than us. This is bigger than Pastor Philip. This is bigger than anybody who graced this stage. This is bigger than, this is about the father of fathers.
And if we don't approach it like that, we will have all of this go over our heads. We are a house of prayer, presence, and proclamation. Brandon was just reminding me in the back. Like, that's not just a saying. That's what we live. They pray over every seat in this house before y'all come in here. We praise like that to get his presence to stir in your heart.
So that we can come behind and proclimate the gospel, the word of God unto you. It's not just the same. Y'all may be seated. All my fathers, y'all stay standing. All my fathers. All my fathers, yeah.
Yeah, give it up for them. Fathers, don't clap, fathers. Don't clap, fathers. Don't clap. Don't clap, fathers. This is y'all day. Y'all don't clap. Y'all take all of that. Y'all take all of that. Don't clap. Y'all take all of that. Y'all take all of that.
I just want to say thank y'all, men of God, for standing strong. May honor and glory be your portion today. May y'all be at peace today. And even if no one honors you today, you know your heavenly father honors you and he sees you. And let me tell y'all this. Y'all listening, fathers? Y'all doing a good job. Y'all doing an amazing job. Keep going. Keep going. Keep your hand on the plow.
Even I know there's some fathers out here having discord with their children.
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Chapter 2: How does Elder Milton James define generosity?
It's okay. Keep your heart open. Keep praying for them. Keep asking the Lord to woo them back to you so that one day you can be in covenant with them for real. Don't give up on them ever. Y'all stand strong. Act like men. Keep moving forward because y'all will endure. And this is your portion. Like we stand in the realm of our heavenly father.
And I know from being a father that y'all have grown in ways you would never thought you would grow until you had these children. So keep, keep growing. Keep growing, my brothers. Keep striving, my brothers. And keep loving the Lord Jesus Christ until he comes home. Father, I pray over my fathers right now. Lord, I pray for an anointing over them of strength and fortitude.
That you would keep them strong and you would continue to honor them in every area. Not just today, God. Let them feel important. them feel worthy. Let them feel honor. I pray that you will just touch them in such a way. You know their shortcomings and you know the hole that may be in any of their hearts. I ask that you will fill that hole, God.
You know the fathers in this room and across the screen that is looking for a mentor or a father figure. Holy Father, fill that space for them or send a mighty man into their lives, oh God, that will help them journey and make it to the end. Fortify them right now, oh God. Fortify them right now, Lord.
Yeah, fortify them. Fortify. Let them not be weary in well-doing. But let them love unconditionally, oh God. I pray this over my brothers. In Jesus' name. Amen. Y'all may be seated. And we'd like to give honor to the shepherd of this house, Philip Anthony Mitchell.
We'd like to give him a shout out and a special Father's Day shout out to the man of this house. Yeah. Yeah. We can do a little better than that.
Bless you, sir, for your sacrifice, for taking care of your family and showing us putting real manhood back into the gospel, back into our society, back into our culture. We thank you, sir. God bless you, sir. The title of this message today is Postured Hearts. Postured Hearts. Let's pray. Father of fathers, as we magnify and glorify your name today, Holy Ghost, have your way.
Have your way in me. May I decrease as you increase in all things. May you cultivate the ground of your sons and daughters and the unbeliever. Plant seeds of generosity into them, O God. Open their hearts and their minds even right now, God, for the proclamation of your word. Let us not be distracted feeling some kind of way about generosity.
Let us open our hearts and our minds to accept this is who you are and this is what you want your people to be. Father I pray this over your sons and daughters I thank you so much for this opportunity to stand before your people we adore you we are not even worthy is anyone worthy is anyone holy we are not worthy God but you being so good to us
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Chapter 3: What biblical examples illustrate the importance of a generous heart?
But their motivation is to get a tax break. Their motivation is to gain more money. It's not telling. That's what he's talking about. Out of their abundance. And this woman, Christ seen a woman with the same heart he has. He said, y'all come look. This woman has a sacrificial heart. She has given out of something that she does not have. She did not ask the church for anything.
She came, she gave, she went on her way because her heart posture was tethered to who God was. He is my sustainer. God has shown his generosity of love by giving us all things. Say all things. He's given us the Lord Jesus Christ. Like this is why we linger in worship. Heaven bankrupt.
I heard a minister talk about, he said a bank owner owned a bank and somebody walked in and they had a loan for a billion dollars and they could not pay. And the bank loan I mean, the bank owner would, he forgave the debt and sent them on his way. But what our good father does as the bank owner, he forgives the debt, but then he calls you in to walk alongside of him.
He doesn't send you on your way. Everything the bank owner has, now you have. The first bank owner, that's religion because they send you on your way to perform, to maintain, to keep that up. But dealing with the father of fathers, he draws you in and you walk alongside with him. Everything that is his is yours. So we just walk that out.
So if everything that's his is yours, just like him being generous, we ought to be generous. He gave us the Holy Spirit. The one that come from heaven that is in us now that leads and guide us through this life. Like, he reveals all truth to us. He is the mind of Christ. Like, whenever you get, you can't figure things out, we have the Holy Spirit that will lead and guide us into all truth.
He touches stuff in us. He reveals stuff in us that we have no idea of how. How is this going to even work? But we have an advocate that can see down the road. As Elder said, he sees past corners. You and I, freely, he's given us Jesus. Bankrupt heaven. Gave his most prized possession. The Lord Jesus Christ. Then he gave us his spirit. Then he gave us his word.
Like the mind of Christ written down, who he is, what he is, how he is. Like we have his word close to us. We have his spirit in us. We had a sacrifice for us. Told them in the first gathering. Like, this is the only physical representation that we have of Christ. And sometimes I just sit there. I just hold this Bible close to my heart and I say, thank God for your Holy Spirit.
Reveal this to me. Get this to me. Like, but this was no sacrifice for us. This was free gift to us. free like I there was nothing that I did to earn this we can we sit right there for a moment nothing like even even when you went like it was an altar call and everything was stirring and and you went to the altar and you gave your life to Christ I don't even know what happened.
It's a great mystery. I said the prayer. I didn't realize something happened until the next day. When I got up and tried to do something. Why does this feel bad? Because the gift of the Holy Spirit. The gift of the Holy Spirit. did something in my heart that I can't explain. And he continues to do that. He has given you and I grace and mercy. In our darkest times, grace and mercy follows you.
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Chapter 4: How does the concept of generosity relate to personal growth?
Our hearts should have unto him Actually, it should have a radical gratitude. Let me have that definition. Radical gratitude. The practice of finding thankfulness, not just for positive blessings, but for all of life's experiences, including... Now, I'm not saying we revel in things that are painful. I'm not saying, thank God for my pain. That's not what I'm saying.
I'm saying that he walks with us through the pain, through the adversity, and the mundane moments, even when we complain. Like he... I see people, they got a house, they got a car, they got a job, they healthy, and they still will find a reason. Mundane moment. Will find a reason to complain and not have gratitude stored up in their heart for what they do have.
This has to shift our focus from being entitled. We can't be entitled when everything was given to us. How in heaven's name, how can we be entitled if God Go with me to Exodus 35. I feel you, baby. Exodus 35, verse 4 through 5. This is God shapening his people's heart. They are one year removed from Egypt. They are in the wilderness.
And I'm just thinking that the Lord probably had watched them for that year. Because when you're in slavery, they were in 400 years of slavery. So they had to, he had to reintroduce himself. So one year out, the Lord brings them to this. Verse four through five. Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, this is the thing that the Lord has command.
Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. Whoever is of a, say it up loud, generous heart, let him bring the Lord's contribution, gold, silver, and bronze. Let's jump down to verse 10. Let every skillful craftsman Among you come and make all the Lord has commanded. So he's asking for what? Generous hearts. And he's asking for your talent. Generous hearts. This is the Lord's decree.
I'm searching. Generous hearts. People with talent stepped up. Let's go to verse, drop down to verse 20. Then all the congregation of people of Israel departed from the presence of Moses and they came, everyone whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit moved him. So we had hearts that were stirred. They heard the Lord wanted a contribution from
And emotionally, they felt, wow, this is wonderful. I want to be a part of this. Heart was stirred. Others, the spirit moved them. Oh, let me do this. Unction, a quickening in them. Let me go do this. I want to be a part of this. And bought the Lord's contribution to be used for the tent of meetings and for all its services and for the holy garments.
So they came, both men and women, all who were of a... Watch the progression. The Lord is seeking generous hearts. Skillful men came with their talents. men and women who were stirred, emotionally attached to the mission, men and women who was inspired by the Spirit for the mission. It created in them willing hearts. This is what he's trying to do with us.
It's going to be so difficult to be in the kingdom, operating in the kingdom, And your heart is not generous. You're going to run into some major problems in the kingdom if your heart is not generous. He is leading his people to be a generous heart so that they can reach having willing hearts. Willing hearts brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects.
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Chapter 5: What does Scripture say about the relationship between wealth and generosity?
Exodus 36, verse 2 says, No, verse 3 to 7. And they received from Moses all the contributions that the people of Israel had bought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him free will offerings every morning. Now, the sons and daughters of God, their heart is so free that They just keep bringing. They just keep bringing. What I got around here?
Let me take this to the Lord. Let me take this to the Lord. They can't stop giving. Their hearts are so open with generosity for what the Lord has done for them. They can't stop giving so that all the craftsmen who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came each from the task that he was doing
And said to Moses, the people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the Lord has commanded us to do. So Moses gave command and word was proclaimed throughout the camp. Let no man or woman do anything more for the contribution for the sanctuary. So the people were restrained. Stop giving. Stop. Don't bring nothing else.
For the material they have was sufficient to do all the work and more. This is how true generosity works. This is the heart of God he's trying to put on his people for the kingdom, for kingdom work, so that thy kingdom come as it is in heaven, as it is on the earth. Now we can go to Leviticus. Leviticus 19, verse 9 through 10. Remember, in your Bible, it's a footnote above it. It says what?
Love your neighbor as yourself. Just remember that. When you reap the harvest of your land, this is after... The Israelites' heart is in the posture of generosity. He already took them through the process of generosity. And this is a process. You're not just going to be generous off the rip. Some people, God has given them the ability.
He has downloaded in you to be generous out of his spirit, a gift. Everybody's not like that. You have to learn, like he took, His people through a process to become generous like him. When you reach the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your fields right up to its edge. Neither shall you gather the gleaning after your harvest. And you shall not strip your vineyards bare.
Neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner. I am the Lord your God. They had fields. He's saying, don't hoard all that I gave you. Leave some for other people. Poor people. Same with our income. Same with our talents. Help other people. Give to spread the gospel. For what? Other people.
the unbeliever, the people that do not hear the gospel, that we can pump it out as far as possible. It is by your generosity, my generosity. Like right now, what am I doing is an act of generosity. Every servant leader, an act of generosity. Every time you pick up somebody to come to church, that's an act of generosity.
But we have to cultivate that so that it would become a free willing act in our souls that we will not be begrudging. Oh man, they asking for money again. But you got it. But you got it. Like studying for this, like this week I had the most people ask for stuff for me this week. Like every time I turned around, I was like, okay, okay. Lord, you're stretching me a little bit.
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Chapter 6: How can one cultivate a spirit of generosity?
You're on the right path. Your heart is open. Even when we are bad stewards. He still continued to meet us and draw us back to the path of righteousness. He's always continued to cultivate in our hearts to do that. I'm not saying stay a bad steward. Don't stay a bad steward. Don't keep running against the wall and thinking you always need a miracle. Don't live like that because...
because he can shut that miracle off whenever he get ready. You don't want to live like that. You want to be a good steward and be generous so that he can flow in your hand. And just imagine if my hand was always shut, he would have never moved on anybody's heart to come help me. Deuteronomy 15, 7 through 11. If among you, I'm sorry. Deuteronomy 15, 7 through 11.
If among you, one of your brothers should become poor in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his needs, whatever it may be.
Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart, and you say, the seventh year, the year of release is near, and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cries to the Lord against you, and you be guilty of sin. You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not
grudgingly when you give to him because for this the lord your god will bless you in all your works and in all that you undertake for there will be there will never cease to be poor in the land therefore i command you you shall open wide your hand to your brothers to the needy and to the poor in your land let's go to genesis 14 take y'all all the way back
After y'all done heard all of that, Genesis 14. This is when Abram, he saved his nephew Lot. He had been, Sodom had been taken over by four kings and he was captured. Him, his possessions, all that he had. And Abram went to go save him and successfully rescued him. And the first thing Abram did was go to Melchizedek. This is Genesis 14, verse 18 through 20.
And Melchizedek, king of Salem, bought our bread and wine. He was the priest of God's most high and he blessed him and said, blessed be Abraham, my bad, by God most high, possessor of heaven and earth and blessed be God most high, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And Abram gave him a tenth of everything. I know we fight about this tithe. This was 430 years before the law.
Abram was tithing to Melchizedek. 430 years before the law was established what he's doing is conditioning the hearts of his people he is more concerned about us being generous giving back to God for the victory that's what Abram was doing he was celebrating a victory God has delivered him from from saving his nephew it was still generosity Let me get the purpose of the tithe.
The purpose of tithing, giving 10% of one's income as a spiritual discipline is to kind of motivate us to get us to the place of a free will giving. Like, I don't know where to start. To put God first. So God gives me a check. I'm thinking to put God first. I'm going to start here. And if you don't have it, it's okay. Because he's trying to cultivate generosity. Not a law.
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Chapter 7: What role does gratitude play in being generous?
We will sacrifice anything. We will do anything, and we don't care. One of the richest countries on the planet, $39 trillion in debt. We are poor stewards, and we try to steal everything. We rape the land. We rape the people. We rape. This country destroys everything. And then we wonder why we won't flourish, why we can't make it. Because we're not generous.
If it does not benefit this country, we're not going to give it. If we don't see some kind of way that we can make a dollar off of this, we're not going to do it. And it's in you and I. We hold on to our own possessions. I tell my daughter all the time, we are overly blessed in this country. Overly blessed. We got 10,000 pairs of shoes and 10,000 pairs of jeans and 10,000 pairs of shirts.
And we can go. I guarantee 90% of y'all are going to go out somewhere and eat. And you got AC at the crib. And you got all kinds of subscriptions. You can watch 50 million TV shows. Overly blessed. Overly blessed. But our hearts are getting hard. Because the overindulgence and the overabundance of things that we collect in this country.
The young man said to him, all these I have kept, what do I still lack? Jesus said to him, if you would be perfect, go sell What you possess, Jesus and his love, he says it to him in another way. If you would be perfect, go sell what you possess because your money has your heart. He's trying to break the grip off of his heart.
Sell what you possess and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. Come and follow me. When the young man heard this, he went away sorrowful for he had great possessions. Great possessions had him.
great possessions and it has a lot of us in this country and we listen we all grew up in it so I'm not excluding myself we all grew up in this country we are materialistic country we run after money and we don't see God our father as the great sustainer we hoard money we hoard resources we hoard our gifts and talents we I, I, I, I, we hoard all of that stuff. I don't have time to serve. Why?
Because mammon, somewhere, just, just, I'm just asking you, just evaluate your heart. Somewhere is my money more important than the things of God. Because it's, listen, y'all not serving Pastor Phillip. Y'all not serving 2819. This is an avenue to serve the father of fathers. This is an avenue. Y'all not serving me. Y'all not serving Pastor Phillip. Y'all not serving 2819.
You're serving the one you call Lord and Savior. And your gratitude towards him. should flow generosity. Man, I get to serve the living God through 2819. Man, I get to give for my gratitude of God through 2819. 2 Corinthians 9, verse 17. 6 through 15. Sorry. 6 through 15. The point is this. This is the point of all that I just went through with y'all. This is the point.
Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. And whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as He has decided in his heart, not reluctant or compulsion, not reluctantly or compulsion. You better give or you're going to hell. You robbing God. That's compulsion. Malachi said you robbing God. That's compulsion.
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Chapter 8: How does God view our acts of generosity?
You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way. which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but it also overflowing in many thanksgiving to God. So when you operate like that, you're showing God, I am thankful.
By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your confession of the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your contributions for them and for all others. While they long for you and pray for you because the surpassing grace of God upon you, thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift. Thanks be to God.
And that's what he's trying to get out of us. He's trying to soften our hearts into his heart to be generous in all things. I'm going to read one more scripture to you. It's not going to come up on the screen. It's 2 Corinthians chapter 8, verse 7. Elder Eric gave this to me in the back. I'm going to give Elder his props. As we was talking about the word of God, we was talking about this message.
But as you excel in everything, listen carefully. In faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you, see that you excel in this act of grace also. Generosity. Generosity. That's the act of grace he's talking about. Generosity. Be generous. Be generous like your loving father. Be generous. Strive for it. And listen, if you're not there yet, it's okay.
I didn't start being generous. I've been in the faith over 30 years now. And please, don't feel like, oh, I got to give, I got to serve. No, I want you to go home and meditate and evaluate, is my heart like Jesus' heart? Because ultimately, that's what he's shaping and conforming us into, his image. Amen, family? Bow your heads. Let me pray this over you.
I'll pray this, pray the scriptures over you. First Chronicles chapter 29, verse 10. through 12. 11 through 12. This is David praying over the congregation. Yours, O God, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty for all that he is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord. And you are exalted as head above all.
Both riches and honor come from you and you rule over all. In your hand and might and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. Give us strength, oh God, to be generous like you. Father, I pray this over your sons and daughters. Bless them and encourage them. It's in Jesus' name. Amen.
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