BUILDING A GENERATIONAL ALTAR BY GIVING.
The great question is to know how we can build an Altar for the next generation by giving? and when we talk of giving what manner of giving are we talking about?
Looking into Luke 8:1-3 on the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ, we name it successful because Jesus had people who followed Him and understood the principles of faith and works. (James 2:14-26) for faith without works is dead.
Today we are limited in our blessings because our faith is not backed up with works.
The primitive Church grow and saw its members blessed because they understood the principles of Faith with works (James 2:18)
Their faith had works and they saved the Lord and in the house of God with their substance.
The 21st-century church is loaded with too much grad and limitation as many of us have no understanding of saving God. many of us today have not experienced any encounter with
1)- Jesus Christ
2)- With the Word of God.
3)- With the Holy Spirit.
4)- With the Baptism of Water and Fire
the lack of relationship between us and God has kept the Church of today into what I may call captivity, this has totally destroyed the Spiritual Sensitivity of many Christians today including many servants of God. For the desire of self, many Christians had created relationships with men of God, fearing them and placing huge values on them, (don't get me wrong) which doctrine has nothing to do with the word of God or again the Gospel of Jesus Christ. but focused on their daily needs and not the needs of the kingdom. (Jeremiah 23:32).
These are some of the reasons why the generational altars raised based on purity, true doctrine, the baptism of the word and fire, and giving in substance can not speak for this new generation of Pastors and Christians. for our altars are covered with self, grad and the strange fire, as well as immorality and imported gods.
Child of God this is just to draw your attention to the fact that you need a perfect relationship with God more than with your pastor. get me clear and loud without any apology (Genesis 4:5). serving God with our substance without a pure heart, and a holy lifestyle God will not bless us that is the Limitation of today's church. but I have faith as stated in Hebrews 13:8 if we could have a clean spirit and a holy lifestyle our substances will be approved by God and His rain shall be poured on us and the things they testified for can also be our portion in the name of Jesus.
Taking into consideration John 14:12, we can do better works today as well as perfect our giving in total submission and respect to our Lord God. (Genesis 4:7).
From the days of Abraham, Isaac, Isreal, Moses, and Joshua, just to list a few, we have testimonies of men and women in the faith who saved God and the Church with their substance and raised generational altars for them and their entire families and nations as well as their Church communities. (Matthew 26:13) (Mark 14:3-9)
The book of Matthew 1:18-25 is the sweet story of a man called Joseph.
Joseph was physically a poor carpenter but the earthly father of the Kings of Kings, this was not by chance. Joseph had accepted to let his wife mary, the mother of Jesus to be conceived of the Holy Spirit. Remember that in Luke 1:34 Mary responded to the Angel that how can this happen when she knows no man. the Angel of God upon hearing this immediately the Angel visited Joseph and tabled the matter to him and he accepted the offer and became the father of the Kings of Kings.
Note this: UNTILL YOU SECRIFACE THAT WHICH YOU HAVE TODAY TO GOD AND THE KINGDOM. YOU WILL NEVER REFLECT THAT WHICH HEAVENS PROJECTS YOU WILL BE.
Joseph's capacity to be known or to be great was not in his physical abilities and knowledge but it was based on his faith in God and his Spiritual Sensitivity. by which he could relate with angelic beings.
Elizabeth on the other hand allowed her womb to be used of God and she changed her story from a barren woman to the mother of a man Jesus described in Luke 7:28. The is no man born of a woman greater than a John the Baptised.
In 1 Samuel 1-20, we are told of the Woman called Hannah whom the bible described to be the wife that was loved by Elkanah but that the Lord had short her womb. it took Hannah Spiritual Sensitivity to be able to connect to the divine needs of the church and the kingdom. How is that? there were three needs at Shiloh, First, the Church needed a priest, Secondly, God needed a servant to release Eli the priest and Hannah had her personnel prayer point she needed a child (1 Samuel 1:9-13). For years God shut her womb but when her Spiritual Sensitivity introduced her to heavenly realms she told God give me a son and will give you a Priest, I don't know what you have, I don't know what you carry, and I don't know why you womb is shut but you need to present your womb, God needs a Priest and Your womb can conceive a son for that request.
Hannah raised a generational altar by giving be God and the lord rewarded Hannah 1 Samuel 2:21.
One of the greatest needs of our church today are men and women who can stand before nations with their influence and works to give honor to the body of Jesus. as we end with the man JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA. This man stood on his own using his influence and works to stand before Authorities to request the body of Jesus Christ. and used his land for our Lord to be buried. ( MATTHEW 27:57) can you stand to honor the body of Jesus with your works? your substance?
Yes you are not only giving your substance to save God but you are building a Generational Altar that will speak in your life and for your generations yet unborn (Matthew 26:12-13)
Remember JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA is mentioned as one of Jesus' disciples though he came from a group of people that persecuted Christ and His Gospel. but he did not stand with them he decided to change the story of His children and Generation. You too can do it today. (JOHN 19:38)
THREE THINGS WE CAN LEARN FROM JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA
1) - DONT FOLLOW THE CROWD:- Joseph had a faith in Jesus and was considered a disciple. This happened despite his being a member of the Sanhedrin, who were, as a group bitterly opposed to Christ. However, Joseph held to his belief in Jesus and had faith in Him despite his surrounding. don't allow you surrounding to negatively influence you when it comes to giving to your God.
2)- FOLLOW JESUS:- We don't know how vocal Joseph was in his opposition to the Sanhedrin regarding their actions towards Jesus. But he was against their plan. However, we do know for sure that Joseph risked everything in asking Pilate for the Body of Jesus. (Luke 9:24)
3)- TRUST IN HIS TIMING:- Joseph probably had no idea the days or weeks before the crucifixion of Jesus that he would be able to be the one to honor Jesus' body by burying Him according to the customs. yet when the time came he stepped out in faith. While the twelve disciples of Jesus were all scattered. Joseph was in the right place and the right time, Mary the mother of Jesus was in the right timing, Hannah was in the right place and the right time.
You may be worshiping with us here today you are in the right place at the right time. you may be on Facebook or any of our social media platforms following this message, I want to announce to you that you are in the right place at the right time, but you need to be Spiritually Sensitive to identify the needs. remember in Shiloh there were 3 needs and Hannah was sensitive to identify them all.
YOU MIGHT BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME TO ACT FOR THE CAUSE OF CHRIST. IT MIGHT NOW, IT MAY COME TODAY OR EVEN NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONTH. BUT THE POINT IS TO BE READY. FOR JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA, THE OPPORTUNITY ARRIVED AND HE STEPPED OUT. WHAT OPPORTUNITY AWAITS YOU?
SHALOM SHALOM.
