The Power of First Fruits in Your Life | Tony Evans Sermon
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
- Dr. Tony Evans discusses the importance of honoring God with the first fruits of our wealth, as described in Proverbs 3:9-10. Putting God first in our finances is not about merely giving to receive blessings, but about recognizing God as the ultimate source of all we have.
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Dr. Tony Evans is the founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, founder and president of The Urban Alternative and author of over 100 books, booklets and Bible studies. The first African American to earn a doctorate of theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, he has been named one of the 12 Most Effective Preachers in the English-Speaking World by Baylor University. Dr. Evans holds the honor of writing and publishing the first full-Bible commentary and study Bible by an African American. His radio broadcast, The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, can be heard on over 1,400 radio outlets daily and in more than 130 countries. Dr. Evans’ sermons are also streamed and downloaded over 20,000,000 times annually.
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God knows everything and sees everything. All things will be brought into the light in the end. Repent for the kingdom is at hand.
Amen x
This preacher knows how to preach! Thank the Lord for preachers that speak the Truth in God's Word.
That’s so true. I hear You, Lord. Please help me get back to You. You are my Source and I do not want to continue being a thief. Please help me Lord to put You where I know You belong, First.
Thank you, Pastor Evans, you are still touching lives with God’s Word and I thank you.
May God continue to bless you and keep you.
We love you Pastor Evans. God forgives!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
May the Lord in heaven bless you whatever you decide to do. I have learned a lot from the Bible because of you.
Yall this video popped up in my feed right after I prayed Heavenly Father help me be fully committed to You.
I'm from Kenya and came across Pastor Tony 's sermon in 2019 while working at Barclays bank (now ABSA) upper hill branch. This happened when I was really yearning to know more about God and searched for Deep knowledge about God on RUclips and that's how my christian spiritual life and knowledge changed since then. May God grant Pastor Tony many more years on this earth to continue preaching the powerful gospel and the truth as he's always done. I love you and your family Pastor Tony ❤
What a message. So true so true Amen Amen, keep GOD first,no matter what. Thank you for all your blessed messages,from GOD
God comes first, but im still growing and have work to do. 🙏
That was an awesome illustration 😂❤ , its so true. we do this everyday not only with our money but our time.
Mr Evans I know that your doctor Tony Evans. I am a single individual person and I hope that you get this message you have brought so much joy in my life. Through God's grace his mercy and his blessings has brought me to listen to you and that is true joy in my life. You do not know me but I hope one day God will show you how much you've taught me you've brought me closer to God and in my faith he will show you one day. If there's anything I can say to you we have all made mistakes in our life no single person is perfect other than Jesus Christ that's walked this earth please please please do not give up on teaching the gospel. It is so important in the days that we live in to teach God's truth and you are one person that I know without a doubt that he has put you in that place. To preach and tell everyone the truth about him meaning God and his word to not let the devil stand in the way of that. So I am one single person in this world that has never met you that probably will never meet you to say to you do not walk away do not give up because I can tell you people in the world today need to hear God's true meaning his message and he has sent you to deliver that please do not walk away no matter what the devil does do not give up and always speak God's word because you never know who's listening thank you so much I know you have given a lot and you are probably ready to retire as one person in this world if I could say anything to you would be God will bless you with his grace to share his word to everyone that is listening please do not give up God bless you I pray for you because I do understand you have given a lot for God's grace and his mercy. He has blessed you and your family I see it even though I have never met anyone in your family but I hear it from people I see where people look up to you and that is God's grace and his blessing upon you. Please do not give up Go out in the world be stronger and the real lion of God's word that I know you can be in the world because the world needs a royal lion to deliver his message do not let anything stand in your way! May God have blessings upon you like you have never seen before thank you
He allowed pride to silence him vs believing and trusting that nothing that can be said about him can separate him from the love of God. His confession would uplift so many to see him face the world. Unless what he’s done is so deplorable that not even all of man’s understanding could make him confess it.
I pray for him, his conscience and his ego that he may realize that God will forgive whatever he has done if he repents and never does it again.
Can he not stop doing it? If so, let every tongue confess. I’ve confessed that I’ve sinned some of the worst things in my life that at the time didn’t even realize was sin and some I did and did it anyway. I have allowed one of my sins make me feel unable to start going live out of ego. I’m going to base my journey on getting the courage to confess it boldly that I have been redeemed!!!!
God knows our feelings spiritual when we tithe,
GOD BLESS YOU…. YOU ARE A BLESSED MAN OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER GOD !!! KEEP TEACHING AND PREACHING YOU ARE A BEACON OF LIGHT A TORCH FATHER HAS CHOSEN FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS ❤ 😅😊 WE ALL LOVE YOU AND NEED TO HEAR WHAT FATHER HAS PUT ON YOUR HEART 💜 ❤
Awesome word Pastor Evans continue letting God use you Blessings to you and your family 🙌🏾🙏🏾♥️
God bless you pastor Tony Evans be encouraged peace and love to you
He is so funny, that's why I love his sermons!
Amen Tony, I love how you explain everything of the Bible. God bless you and your family.
Lord, bless & keep Tony Evans!
In Jesus Christ mighty name. Amen
Praying for you. You have been a blessing to me for years.
Thank you for this powerful and life changing message. I love you! May God Bless You Abundantly! ❤️❤️❤️
What a POWERFUL MESSAGE... Ouch ❤❤🙏
Great illustration on giving !!
This was so good, I had to watch it twice 😅❤. I've been praying for a job for a really long time now and I believe that God will show up. I'm so grateful to God for setting the foundation for me through this message; it's about trusting and believing that only God is our SOURCE! I pray that the Holy Spirit may help us remember this vital perspective as we navigate our Christ-following lives 🙏🏼
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Praying for you and yours. Be blessed
Oh goodness, I deserved this rebuke and I know I need to do better. I will do better. Thank you Lord always for the reminder and pruning.
The only lesson I'm concerned with. God and I are not business partners. Ever. He's my King. I'm His servant. Period. Giving 10% shows selflessness. Not as a means of gain. You gain if He says you do, which you will.
Amen brother I agree with you. I love the Lord. He’s not my business partner. Yes, he does bless the work of my hand, but I give because I love him. I’m not obligated to give. He’s not waiting around to curse me if I don’t give this week that’s a false teaching.
This powerful message has made my day Dr Tony Evans! I am so thankful to God for your ministry ,because you are being used by God to lead the followers to the Lord that don’t know him! We that already know the Lord it is food for our souls! May God continue to lead you is my Prayer ❤️🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾❤️
PTL,watching this again
I keep Faith in Jesus even as I constantly struggle to provide groceries and basic necessities for my children both of my sons are special needs taking care of them can be overwhelming at times but I seek and find comfort in our Lord Jesus. God has carried me through so far. Faith is all we need.💕❤️❤️
All things are possible with Our HEAVENLY FATHER
Has your church or surrounding churches ever used tithe money to help you?
Praying for you but please do not feel obligated to give a tenth to your church before giving to your family (Mark 7:11) and (1 Timothy 5:8). I was there once. I love Dr Evans but tithing is not a Christian obligation. It was the tax on the children of Israel so that they could give it to the tribe of Levi. Most pastors don't tell their congregation this which I learned when I actually read these verses and studied the subject.
Amen!!❤
So good!
I gave a guy 10 dollars and he came today to give some back .
I turned it down, because I heard that to forgive a debt is a blessing.
I simply said, "the act of intentions alone is greater than the act of doing."
He understands, I not only blessed him and myself but gave GOD a great deal of Glory.
❤❤❤ Thank you very much Tony and when we bring the first fruits of our increase, it shows we love Him, we trust Him, and we reverence Him
I LOVE YOU LORD
A long time ago an evangelist preached at the church I got saved in, and when he was preaching he was saying if you won’t give a tenth of a hundred dollars, you won’t give a tength of a thousand dollars
U make my day God bless you pastor 🙏
Glory to God
I love his analogies ❤️🙏
This was good.
👍. Thank you Lord for 🙏 direct contact, amen, amen.
Yes
💒 Amazing Demonstration Dr. Tee🫶🏾
PTL,Love you in the Lord Pastor
So good ❤
Amen 🙏🏻
Great message, Dr. Evans.
I always enjoy listening to the various illustrations you use to get your message across.
Very convincing and well-accepted. ❤
Thank you!
Thank you for continuing to stand with me for my breakthrough. God is working it all out behind the scenes and I am waiting...
I'm so glad to see that your attitude is one of HOPE. May God keep you and grant you all that you need❤
Tony please 🙏 come back.
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Luke 22:31-34
New International Version
31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
Hebrews 12:27
New International Version
27 The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken-that is, created things-so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
Means to me that...
GOD will turn evil into good and the devil will be working in Jesus Bless Name to shake the world out of us...
Then we can strengthen our relationship with the LORD and continue to help our brothers and sisters.
Tony knocked off that apple 😂
I've give my tithe consistenly for years , I start to learn give the tithe when i'm 11 years old until for this one last year, I can't do it anymore because not enough money to pay bills even to pay school fee of my children we are struggle enough. What we can say dr Evans? I've serve the Lord in chruch ministry more than a half of my age. But the ending I found that God throw me out and left me behind.
Thank you Lord Jesus!!!
PTL
First Fruits
I’m 52 hoping to end the rat race by 60 with above $1M. I know money is a liability to be exchanged for assets with real value like real estate (properties for rent) stocks (dividends) bonds (interest) But, what is it with bitcoin? I hear a lot about it and I'd love to diversify my portfolio.
bitcoin does not pay any yield but will reward you with growth that you can't find in any other asset class
look at the charts, bitcoin has outperformed every stock and banking product ever developed even after multiple pullbacks over the last decade. not a financial advisor but I know what i'm saying
The key is diversification. Personally, I delegate my investing to an advisor, cos my job doesn't permit the time to perform market analysis myself. Thankfully, my once ago stagnant portfolio has now 5X in barely 4 years, summing up almost 7 figure as of today.
I went from no money to lnvest with to busting my A** off on Uber eats for four months to raise about $20k to start trading with Evelyn Infurna. I am at $128k right now and LOVING that you have to bring this up here
i'm blown away! more info please? i am a young adult living in Miami where i've encountered several millionaires, and my goal is to become one... they all seem to be involved in either real estate, stocks, or crypto
Praise the Lord Jesus, Amen...
Praise the Lord… I love this illustration.. I ran to my church to give the lord his fruit ..
Does my tenth have to go to the church or can I bless someone in need directly. I fellowships at a church for many years and not once did I see them take care of widows or orphans...only to beautifying the church and even buying 'THRONES' for the pastor and his wife to sit on. No feeding scheme or grocery hampers for the widows in the church. Can someone please answer me. I love to give. Just don't feel like my tenth is being used in the right way. Has anyone else ever experienced this?
That is exactly what I do. I rather give the tithe to the poor, sick people, or their n general to people who needed a push in ( food, medicine etc) Churches are filthy riches. A Pastor shouldn’t be a millionaire by members tithe money🤷♂️. I know tithe should be applied strictly to God’s ministry. But I will keep doing what am doing. We both are in the same situation
My understanding of the passage is that when you reap the fruits of your labor. Like a paycheck or a life achievement. The first thing that God wants from us. Is how can I use this to bless someone else in his name. How can I use this to minister to someone in need. God wants us to grow his love, mercy and blessings. Now I'm no where I need to be when it comes to this. But I try to use my blessings to help my co-workers, family, friends, and neighbors. Using pay day as a reminder is great way to get in the habit of putting God's work 1st and it really should be something that we all do. But I also listen and look for ways to help. Maybe a co-worker looks like they can't afford lunch or needs a ride home or whatever it is. Try and be that blessing to them. I hope that this helped.
I love Tony Evans but everyone who is reading this please read the verses he is referring to for yourselves. We are supposed to give and not obligated to offer a tenth as Christians. For years I believed that if I didn't give a tenth I was robbing God but then when I actually read the books and verses that pastors have been referring to it is clear that this particular commandment is not for us but for the Israelites.
Yall he's right about the holes in the money bag. 😅 I made less 2 years ago, paid tithes and was good. Now I'm broke making way more than i did 2 years ago. Difference is, I some how got away from tithing. Lord please forgive me.
Pastor,they done that back than to people.Gave them left over
I'm confused... are these old videos? Did Pastor Evens come back?
Brother Tony. I pray this finds you and yours well! Listen, we all have fallen short, and there's no sin, that I know you very well know that has not been forgiven. It's hard for us all to know all of God's Sovereignty? We all have had some sort of a little lie that been whispered in our ears, that, it seems so real we just go with it. And may I say, respectively, no one is absolutely without sin. Please sir, come back and show that devil, God's grace is stronger than any of our sin we ever commit. I love you brother❤️🙌🙏🕊
I will never give up on Tony Evans
Dr. Evans's voice and lessons have been helping me for more than 3 years. I truly appreciate every lesson he has given. That 3 years I was in prison. You're my guide towards Jesus and my salvation. We need your ministry until you are unable to give it any more
@@SaSea199your testimony sent chills down my spine. God is so good! Thank you for encouraging me😊
@ayattolahgcwabe you're welcome. We don't have many great spiritual leaders like Tony Evans. God is good and has been blessing me every day. Thanks to Dr. Evans I can see and recognize all God is doing for me.
Amen to that. To God be the glory forever and ever 🙏 🙌 ✨️
DISADVANTAGE: an (inferior) condition.
In the early 1960’s, America was considered by many to be a superpower nation in terms of its military capabilities. It had the most powerful and sophisticated weapon systems in the world. Due to America’s advanced technology in weaponry, the majority of foreign nations had made it a point to avoid any unwanted conflicts or territorial scrimmages with the American military….. in particular the much smaller (inferior) nations that were fewer in numbers and weaker in strength to be able to defend themselves against a superpower nation like the United States.
It was around that same time in the early 60’s when America had voluntarily engaged itself in a gruesome war with a small third world country called Vietnam. During that period, it was not uncommon for an American citizen to believe that a powerful country like America would have any problems destroying its enemy forces….. but as we all know, history has revealed to the world that the American citizens were proven wrong in their misguided belief that their country was practically invincible. Who would have BELIEVED that the U.S. military would have been OUTWITTED by an (inferior) third world country with a limited supply of antiquated weaponry, which had ultimately lead to a humiliating defeat for the U.S. military. The U.S. soldiers were brutally assaulted and shamefully defeated by the Viet Cong’s ability to HIDE themselves in plain SIGHT while launching a plethora of surprise attacks. Those stealth assaults on the U.S. soldiers had caused the soldiers to struggle with their morale and courage. They could no longer maintain their intimidating presence on foreign soil, because they were fighting in an unfamiliar environment that had made it almost impossible for them to pinpoint where the enemy forces were attacking them from. The enemy’s strategy had put the American soldiers at a HUGE DISADVANTAGE, because they were (unable) to SEE exactly where the enemy was HIDING and waiting to attack. The viet cong soldiers had simply outwitted the American soldiers by taking away their ability to locate and IDENTIFY them in the thick lush jungles of Vietnam.
You see?……it is the strategy of the enemy to HIDE the biblical TRUTH in plain sight of the professing Christians. If they continue to (allow) themselves to be deceived by false information, then they are foolishly allowing themselves to be placed at a huge fighting DISADVANTAGE, which can be very dangerous in spiritual warfare. Now that we have been made aware of the enemy’s crafty devices, we can now successfully remove his (only) ADVANTAGE of HIDING the TRUTH from our spiritual eyesight. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has GRACIOUSLY warned us to not allow ourselves to be stuck in a huge DISADVANTAGE by allowing ourselves to remain BLIND and IGNORANT to the enemy’s strategies.
📖 2 Corinthians 2:1 📖
Lest Satan should get an ADVANTAGE of us: for we are NOT IGNORANT of his devices
According to the Apostle Paul, our biblical KNOWLEDGE of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the very thing that provides our MINDS with the revelatory LIGHT, that enable us to SEE and understand the true meaning of ETERNAL LIFE (John 17:3).
📖 Corinthians 4:4 📖
The god (Satan) of this age has BLINDED the MINDS of unbelievers, so that they (cannot see) the LIGHT of the GOSPEL that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
The enemy will (always) try to HIDE a FALSE narrative under a cloak of Godly righteousness whenever they are presenting themselves before an audience of desperate people. That is how they are able to succeed in putting millions of professing Christians at a huge DISADVANTAGE when it comes to receiving the biblical TRUTH.
Please remember dear friend, that the (only) person who will lose EVERYTHING in this spiritual war, will be the person who is void of the biblical TRUTH and understanding. (Hebrews 10:26).
May the Lord’s Grace, Peace, and Heavenly Joy be upon you and your household, God bless ❤️🕊❤️🙏🏾🕊🙏🏾❤️🕊❤️
What happened to our kingdom people. I don't feel discipled and people are just polluting the church. I'm 34 and backsliding. Please help
Everything that our brother is saying is true, but we’re not the children of Israel. He wasn’t talking to us. You can say the first fruits is a principal if you like to I would agree with that, but in God‘s new testament economy, I will Goodland is Christ we live in Christ, we dwell in Christ we produce Christ so if you wanna give God something give God your portion of Christ to share with God and the church your experiences of Christ is what you feed people today. I love you all and I love, brother Tony amen.
Where's the theology behind this statement?
@@Gus-hb8bi god promise Abraham that he would increase him and that he would give a promised land to his descendants, and he also promised him that every family of the earth would be blessed by seed. One seed was the children of Israel, and they got the promised land. which was a physical land, which they worked on. They gave the produce from the land and they offered it to God. It was a type of Christ, but in God, New Testament, the church inheritance is not a physical land. It is the all inclusive as the life-giving spirit, so Christ is our portion and that’s what we enjoy and that’s what we give to God
Listen to the sermon closely. We give back to God a small portion of what he has freely given to everyone because we love him and are thankful for His provision. If you are a thankful, appreciative Christian you will want to do this regardless of where this is found in the Bible.
@@bonniedills6137 no I give and I love to give and I serve in the ministry, but I know the truth about giving and I know the truth about tidying and it’s not mandatory for the church we give to the Lord because we love him and we’re not cursed if we do not thatthe truth
This is true. We are not required to give a tenth and it really bothers me when reputable teachers say so. We are required to give but not to give a tenth of our first fruits. That is something that was a command of the children of Israel.
I know you real
Pastor, you funny
Why is this important?
learn the truth of the tithe...What does the Bible say about tithing?
To tithe means to give ten percent. The Old Testament Law commanded the Israelites to tithe (Leviticus 27:30-32; Numbers 18:21-28; Deuteronomy 12:6-17; 14:22-28; 26:12-14). However, when people ask the question, "What does the Bible say about tithing?" what they are really asking is: "Does God require me, a Christian, to give 10% of my income to the church?"
The Bible, both Old and New Testaments, has a lot to say about giving. So, pastors should not avoid the topic of giving/tithing. But, the pressure put on pastors to encourage giving has resulted in many abuses and misinterpretations of what the Bible says about tithing. Some churches have walls that annually picture the previous year's top givers. Some churches require members to provide the church with a copy of tax returns so the church can verify 10% giving was achieved. Some preachers emphasize tithing to the extent that it becomes a legalistic requirement for salvation. Some pastors are quick to pronounce any financial difficulties as evidence of a lack of tithing.
While pastors should never allow financial need to impact biblical interpretation, it is understandable when it happens. When there is a lot of pressure on a pastor to raise money for the church and/or when a man's ability to provide for his family depends on his ability to get people to give, it is a tremendous temptation to go with the interpretation that would conceivably encourage more people to give, and to give more generously. Sadly, though, many pastors who know that Jesus fulfilled the Law, and understand that the New Testament does not teach tithing, still preach tithing as if it was a biblical requirement for Christians. This should not be. We should preach the Word accurately and rightly (2 Timothy 2:15; 4:2), and allow the Holy Spirit to do the convicting.
Most churches/denominations at least encourage tithing in some sense. Ten percent seems to have been adopted by the Christian church as the standard for giving. Most who propose tithing do so based on the Old Testament Law. However, if the Old Testament Law is the standard, 10% is not the correct amount for biblical tithing. The Old Testament Law required multiple tithes. If all of them are combined, the Israelites were required to give nearly 25% of their income.
But, ultimately, the Old Testament Law is not relevant on the issue of Christians tithing. Jesus fulfilled the Law (Romans 10:4; Galatians 3:23-25; Ephesians 2:15), and that includes the laws on tithing. The New Testament teaches giving (1 Corinthians 16:2; 2 Corinthians 9:7), but other than being mentioned in the context of discussing the Old Testament Law in Matthew 23:23, the New Testament nowhere else even mentions tithing. There is no set amount of recommended (or required) giving in the New Testament. Christians are to give generously, sacrificially, and joyfully. But, in the freedom we have in Christ, there is no biblical tithing requirement for Christians.
So, what is the biblical message on tithing for Christians? If God is leading you to tithe, by all means, tithe. But, tithing should never be viewed as a legalistic command. Giving is an aspect of the Christian life, and all Christians should give. But, again, there is no set amount. Having a set amount would be easier, for sure. That's what makes legalism so attractive. The Christian life is easier if we just have a checklist of things we have to do. God calls us to live a life of faith, and part of faith is sacrificial giving.
S. Michael Houdmann
TONY EVANS KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS DOING AND WHY....
THE SAD THING IS THIS...OUTSIDER DON'T KNOW...THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE IN THE KNOW... SURPRISE
I know you serious
I really like this Brother but you Saints need to realize that he has made millions upon millions selling the gospel. Peter didn’t do it. John didn’t do it. The Lord himself didn’t do it. The only one made was Brother keep that in mind the gospel is free and is you can’t buy God‘s blessings.
What are you talking about? If you don't want to honor God with your first fruit or your money. Just go to God and tell Him that. And it will be between you and God.
@@1obedience no you have this all wrong. I do give, but the Lord told you when you give to give secret you don’t have to tell everybody about it and you don’t have to scare people into given if they love the Lord they’ll give because they love him that’s why I give.
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