WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.900 How are you doing? 2 00:00:01.900 --> 00:00:05.520 It is wonderful to be with you. 3 00:00:05.520 --> 00:00:08.700 And we are going straight in right now 4 00:00:08.700 --> 00:00:13.700 to the Kingdom Economics Masterclass Session Three. 5 00:00:13.900 --> 00:00:17.960 And great news as well is that we have a bonus session 6 00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:21.260 coming later today, 3 p.m. New Zealand time. 7 00:00:21.260 --> 00:00:23.860 I'll put some notices out with a guest speaker 8 00:00:23.860 --> 00:00:27.380 who stewards tens of millions of dollars for the kingdom. 9 00:00:27.380 --> 00:00:28.620 So that's gonna be great. 10 00:00:28.660 --> 00:00:29.820 Stay tuned for that. 11 00:00:29.820 --> 00:00:34.820 Right now, I am delighted to be launching 12 00:00:35.500 --> 00:00:38.100 into Session Three with you. 13 00:00:38.100 --> 00:00:42.220 Let me know what you have found valuable so far. 14 00:00:42.220 --> 00:00:44.060 We had the first session with Zee and I, 15 00:00:44.060 --> 00:00:49.060 second session yesterday that I taught on Phase One 16 00:00:49.340 --> 00:00:52.940 of Jesus Economic Training Program. 17 00:00:52.940 --> 00:00:57.260 So Jesus has an economic training program 18 00:00:57.260 --> 00:00:59.500 to impart to us the ways of royalty 19 00:00:59.500 --> 00:01:02.100 so that we can rule and reign over money. 20 00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:04.420 And this is gonna be Phase Two. 21 00:01:04.420 --> 00:01:06.380 We're gonna teach on Phase Two today. 22 00:01:06.380 --> 00:01:08.080 Last session was Phase One. 23 00:01:08.080 --> 00:01:11.220 And the next session that I teach will be the third phase. 24 00:01:11.220 --> 00:01:14.620 So it's wonderful to have you guys with me. 25 00:01:14.620 --> 00:01:16.420 Let me know whereabouts you are joining, 26 00:01:16.420 --> 00:01:17.860 whether it's live or delayed. 27 00:01:17.860 --> 00:01:19.900 I love journeying with you and tracking with you. 28 00:01:19.900 --> 00:01:23.380 So a massive welcome once again to the adventure. 29 00:01:23.380 --> 00:01:25.720 I'm gonna pray and then we're gonna launch into this. 30 00:01:25.720 --> 00:01:26.780 It's gonna be glorious. 31 00:01:27.300 --> 00:01:28.540 But let me ask you, just before I pray, 32 00:01:28.540 --> 00:01:32.660 do you think that we should be teaching tithing 33 00:01:32.660 --> 00:01:36.480 or kingdom economics, which is a more biblical idea? 34 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:38.560 And what should we be teaching in our churches? 35 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.060 What should we be teaching in our families, to our kids? 36 00:01:41.060 --> 00:01:42.300 And what should we be living? 37 00:01:42.300 --> 00:01:44.860 So let's pray and we're gonna jump right into it. 38 00:01:45.740 --> 00:01:50.740 Jesus, Abba Father, Holy Spirit, wow, we love you. 39 00:01:51.100 --> 00:01:53.100 And we thank you for this moment right now. 40 00:01:53.100 --> 00:01:56.820 We thank you for the sacred economic assignment 41 00:01:56.820 --> 00:01:58.900 that you've placed on our lives. 42 00:01:58.900 --> 00:02:02.760 We thank you for the calling that you have given us 43 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:04.360 to be great stewards. 44 00:02:04.360 --> 00:02:08.020 We thank you for the calling that you have given us 45 00:02:08.020 --> 00:02:10.320 to rule and to reign over money, 46 00:02:10.320 --> 00:02:13.160 to be those that walk in intimacy and dominion, 47 00:02:13.160 --> 00:02:15.320 to be those that disciple nations, 48 00:02:15.320 --> 00:02:17.920 to be those that walk in our royal birthright. 49 00:02:17.920 --> 00:02:21.420 And as we go today, as we speak, Holy Spirit, 50 00:02:21.420 --> 00:02:23.500 I thank you for ministering to us. 51 00:02:23.500 --> 00:02:25.580 I thank you for tearing down lies, 52 00:02:25.580 --> 00:02:28.620 tearing down orphan mindsets, slave mindsets, 53 00:02:28.620 --> 00:02:32.020 and establishing royal mindsets in our hearts 54 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:32.860 and in our minds. 55 00:02:32.860 --> 00:02:34.180 And I thank you for breaking off things 56 00:02:34.180 --> 00:02:36.660 that would enslave us to money in our hearts 57 00:02:36.660 --> 00:02:37.500 and in our minds. 58 00:02:37.500 --> 00:02:40.900 I thank you for releasing purity of heart, purity of mind, 59 00:02:40.900 --> 00:02:45.340 and releasing a grace on our lives to steward like royalty 60 00:02:45.340 --> 00:02:48.660 in Jesus' name, amen. 61 00:02:48.700 --> 00:02:53.700 Well, it is such a delight to have you on this journey. 62 00:02:54.260 --> 00:02:57.540 And I wanna do one quick check of the tech, 63 00:02:57.540 --> 00:03:00.140 make sure that everything's flowing like it should be. 64 00:03:00.140 --> 00:03:01.940 And I believe it is. 65 00:03:02.940 --> 00:03:05.180 Fantastic, everything is going great. 66 00:03:05.180 --> 00:03:09.420 So, here we are. 67 00:03:09.420 --> 00:03:13.460 Now, this is phase two, okay? 68 00:03:13.460 --> 00:03:14.980 Yesterday in the last session, 69 00:03:14.980 --> 00:03:16.180 and check it out if you missed it, 70 00:03:16.180 --> 00:03:17.060 but in the last session, 71 00:03:17.060 --> 00:03:20.780 we looked at the first phase of the economic training 72 00:03:20.780 --> 00:03:24.500 that Jesus has for us to teach us how to rule and reign 73 00:03:24.500 --> 00:03:26.620 and power and love over finances, 74 00:03:26.620 --> 00:03:29.980 to teach us how to walk in the ways of kingdom royalty. 75 00:03:29.980 --> 00:03:33.700 And this session, we're looking at phase two, all right? 76 00:03:33.700 --> 00:03:36.100 How do we step in phase two? 77 00:03:36.100 --> 00:03:38.580 So, let's have a quick overview 78 00:03:38.580 --> 00:03:40.540 of Jesus' economic training system. 79 00:03:40.540 --> 00:03:44.740 So, phase one, it's all about economic alignment, okay? 80 00:03:44.740 --> 00:03:48.300 So, let's say that, say phase one is economic alignment. 81 00:03:48.300 --> 00:03:51.740 And in phase one, Jesus deals with us to ensure 82 00:03:51.740 --> 00:03:54.980 that we're walking in purity of heart and mind, 83 00:03:54.980 --> 00:03:57.860 because that's the first way that money will rule over us, 84 00:03:57.860 --> 00:04:01.020 is if it can corrupt our hearts and corrupt our minds, 85 00:04:01.020 --> 00:04:04.260 and then can take a place of idolatry 86 00:04:04.260 --> 00:04:05.700 and take a place of control, 87 00:04:05.700 --> 00:04:07.140 where it controls our motivation, 88 00:04:07.140 --> 00:04:08.740 it controls our priorities, 89 00:04:08.740 --> 00:04:11.180 it usurps God's place in our lives. 90 00:04:11.180 --> 00:04:12.180 So, Jesus wanted to ensure 91 00:04:12.180 --> 00:04:14.340 that we had pure hearts and pure mind. 92 00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:16.940 And actually, a lot of what Jesus taught about 93 00:04:16.940 --> 00:04:19.220 in his teaching on economics, 94 00:04:19.220 --> 00:04:20.860 the most of it was actually teaching us 95 00:04:20.860 --> 00:04:22.900 on how to have pure hearts and pure minds. 96 00:04:22.900 --> 00:04:27.900 And so, but then when Jesus gets to Matthew chapter 25, 97 00:04:27.900 --> 00:04:30.780 he stops that talking about pure hearts and pure minds, 98 00:04:30.780 --> 00:04:32.420 he stops the phase one training, 99 00:04:32.420 --> 00:04:34.020 same in Luke in chapter 19, 100 00:04:34.020 --> 00:04:37.260 he stops the phase one training and he moves on, 101 00:04:37.260 --> 00:04:40.300 he transitions into the phase two training, 102 00:04:40.300 --> 00:04:44.940 and say this, say phase two is economic assignment. 103 00:04:44.940 --> 00:04:47.820 Okay, so phase two is economic assignment. 104 00:04:47.820 --> 00:04:50.260 And Jesus stops at Matthew 25 and goes, boom, 105 00:04:50.260 --> 00:04:52.100 transitions into phase two, 106 00:04:52.100 --> 00:04:55.740 same in Luke 19, stops the phase one training, 107 00:04:55.740 --> 00:04:57.940 transitions into phase two training, 108 00:04:57.940 --> 00:05:00.100 which is economic assignment. 109 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:05.000 And I'm not sure if anyone has ever told you this before, 110 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:10.480 but you have a sacred God-given 111 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:15.200 economic assignment on your life. 112 00:05:15.200 --> 00:05:16.600 And it's a beautiful thing. 113 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:18.920 So after phase two, phase three, 114 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:21.720 Jesus moves on to economic reformation. 115 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:23.280 And that's what I'm gonna cover in my next session 116 00:05:23.280 --> 00:05:25.080 with you is economic reformation. 117 00:05:25.080 --> 00:05:27.920 But we're gonna focus in now, phase two, 118 00:05:27.960 --> 00:05:31.760 we are focusing in on the sacred God-given 119 00:05:31.760 --> 00:05:34.920 economic assignment that rests on your life, 120 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:37.680 because there's big risks and big rewards 121 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:41.200 on whether you steward this or whether you don't. 122 00:05:41.200 --> 00:05:44.520 So to be honest, most people have never actually heard that. 123 00:05:44.520 --> 00:05:45.600 And have you ever heard that? 124 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:47.280 Have you ever heard that there's a sacred 125 00:05:47.280 --> 00:05:49.200 economic assignment on your life? 126 00:05:49.200 --> 00:05:52.560 Have you ever heard that there is a lot to be lost 127 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:53.600 and a lot to be gained? 128 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:55.400 There's big risks and big rewards 129 00:05:55.400 --> 00:05:57.280 and significant consequences 130 00:05:57.280 --> 00:05:59.280 for whether or not you actually steward 131 00:05:59.280 --> 00:06:02.840 the sacred economic assignment on your life. 132 00:06:02.840 --> 00:06:06.880 So God is really testing all of us right now. 133 00:06:06.880 --> 00:06:10.080 In our whole lives, God is testing us 134 00:06:10.080 --> 00:06:13.680 in regards to how we steward finances. 135 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:15.520 And God's looking for some things. 136 00:06:15.520 --> 00:06:18.480 God is looking, will you be a faithful servant 137 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:23.040 or will you be a lazy servant? 138 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:24.320 Will you be a faithful steward 139 00:06:24.320 --> 00:06:25.480 or will you be a lazy servant? 140 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:28.360 And I have to say that for myself, 141 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:31.560 most of my life, when it came to finances, 142 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:35.640 I would have been called a lazy servant. 143 00:06:35.640 --> 00:06:37.600 And now that's not because I was lazy 144 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:40.000 or like 12 hour days are nothing for me. 145 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:42.200 And it's been that way my whole life. 146 00:06:42.200 --> 00:06:46.480 And I spent, when I first started going 147 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:48.040 after the call of God in my life, 148 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:50.520 see money didn't rule over me in my heart and my mind. 149 00:06:50.520 --> 00:06:52.560 There was purity there and to the point 150 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:54.520 where I was happy to lay my whole life down. 151 00:06:54.520 --> 00:06:56.960 So when I started pursuing the call of God 152 00:06:56.960 --> 00:07:01.240 on my life full time, I had a $25 support a fortnight. 153 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:05.320 And of that $25, I gave 20 of those dollars 154 00:07:05.320 --> 00:07:08.520 to my sponsored kid, Siddharth in Africa. 155 00:07:08.520 --> 00:07:11.000 So in that area, money didn't rule over my heart 156 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:14.960 and my mind, there was a total laid down life to Jesus. 157 00:07:14.960 --> 00:07:18.160 But the way that it did rule over me is poverty. 158 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:19.360 I had no money. 159 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:23.400 I didn't know about stewarding finances and money. 160 00:07:23.520 --> 00:07:26.920 So we're gonna explore the journey. 161 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:29.440 We're gonna go on this journey together 162 00:07:29.440 --> 00:07:32.880 on actually how we can rule and reign over money 163 00:07:32.880 --> 00:07:34.480 because there was a big change came. 164 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:36.680 When I discovered what I'm gonna share with you right now, 165 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:38.920 there was a big change came into my life 166 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:41.680 in terms of figuring out how to walk 167 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:44.920 in the sacred economic assignment on my life 168 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:47.400 and being able to actually start stewarding finances. 169 00:07:47.400 --> 00:07:49.600 So I actually began to rule over money 170 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:51.720 so that money no longer was able to tell me what to do, 171 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:53.280 but I could start telling money 172 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:54.960 what to do. 173 00:07:54.960 --> 00:07:56.280 So a huge shift took place in my life. 174 00:07:56.280 --> 00:07:57.640 It started really, really small, 175 00:07:57.640 --> 00:08:01.480 but it has become a really massive change. 176 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:02.320 And we're gonna share, 177 00:08:02.320 --> 00:08:05.400 I'm gonna share that with you in this session today. 178 00:08:05.400 --> 00:08:07.680 So firstly, we're gonna look at two parables, 179 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:10.000 Matthew 25, the parable of the talents 180 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:12.520 and Luke 19, the parable of the minors. 181 00:08:12.520 --> 00:08:13.880 Okay, so are you ready? 182 00:08:13.880 --> 00:08:14.720 Are you ready for this? 183 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:15.560 We're gonna deep dive. 184 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:17.680 It's gonna be beautiful, gonna be glorious. 185 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:20.280 Matthew 25, starting at verse 14, 186 00:08:20.280 --> 00:08:22.120 going through to verse 28 right now. 187 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:24.120 So come with me if you've got your Bibles, 188 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:25.400 grab it, here we go. 189 00:08:25.400 --> 00:08:27.400 But a little context before we start that 190 00:08:27.400 --> 00:08:28.960 is that a talent, 191 00:08:28.960 --> 00:08:32.799 a talent was valued at about a million New Zealand dollars. 192 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:36.280 Okay, so a talent was 20 years wages 193 00:08:36.280 --> 00:08:39.520 and it was a bag, a big bag full of gold. 194 00:08:39.520 --> 00:08:43.440 Like it was an 18 kilogram bag full of gold. 195 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:47.560 So a talent is a pretty significant amount, right? 196 00:08:47.560 --> 00:08:50.240 And so, you know, in New Zealand, 197 00:08:50.280 --> 00:08:52.440 the average working wage is about, you know, 198 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:55.880 the average wage is about $49,000, $50,000 a year. 199 00:08:55.880 --> 00:08:59.600 So if you, you know, a million dollars is 20 years wages. 200 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:01.720 So this was a significant amount of money 201 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:04.320 that they were being given to Stuart, 202 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:05.440 18 kilograms of gold. 203 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:07.720 So here we go, verse 14. 204 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:10.720 Again, it will be like a man going on a journey 205 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:13.320 who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 206 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:15.600 To one, he gave five bags of gold. 207 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:18.640 That's about $5 million in New Zealand money. 208 00:09:18.640 --> 00:09:20.040 It's $5 million New Zealand dollars. 209 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:22.720 To another, two bags, $2 million. 210 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:26.720 And to another one, one bag, each according to his ability. 211 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:28.160 Then he went on his journey. 212 00:09:28.160 --> 00:09:30.720 The man who had received five bags of gold 213 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:33.960 went at once and put his money to work 214 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:36.200 and gained five bags. 215 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:39.480 So also the one with two bags of gold gained two more. 216 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:41.360 The one who had received one bag went off, 217 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:44.280 dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. 218 00:09:44.280 --> 00:09:46.960 After a long time, the master of those servants returned 219 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:48.160 and settled accounts with them. 220 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:50.080 The one who had received five bags of gold 221 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:51.560 brought the other five. 222 00:09:51.560 --> 00:09:55.680 Master, he said, you entrusted me with five bags of gold. 223 00:09:55.680 --> 00:09:59.040 See, I have gained five more. 224 00:09:59.040 --> 00:10:00.320 His master replied, well. 225 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:03.520 done good and faithful servant, you have been faithful with a few things, I will put you 226 00:10:03.520 --> 00:10:08.680 in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness. Something interesting 227 00:10:08.680 --> 00:10:18.480 here. One, in regards to the sacred economic assignment on your life, winning looks like 228 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:22.400 multiplication, okay? It's really good to know what winning looks like. It looks like 229 00:10:22.400 --> 00:10:26.480 multiplication. If you want to make Jesus happy with how you're stewarding your finances, 230 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:31.400 you want to multiply it, okay? So multiplication. Another interesting point there is that $5 231 00:10:31.400 --> 00:10:35.840 million was just considered a few things, all right? You've been faithful with a few 232 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:41.000 things, let me entrust you with much more. Come and share your master's happiness. All 233 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:46.000 right, verse 22. The man with two bags of gold also came. Master, he said, you entrusted 234 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:50.800 me with two bags of gold. See, I have gained two more. His master replied, well done, good 235 00:10:50.800 --> 00:10:54.960 and faithful servant. You've been faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge 236 00:10:54.960 --> 00:11:01.320 of many things. Come and share your master's happiness. So another thing we can take from 237 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:06.440 this and understand from this is that there are multifaceted rewards and benefits for 238 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:12.600 being a good financial steward in the kingdom, right? Both in this life and in eternity. 239 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:19.840 Verse 24, let's carry on. Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. Master, 240 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:25.320 he said, I know that you are a hard man and harvesting where you have not sown, gathering 241 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:30.240 where you have not scattered seeds. I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the 242 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:39.800 ground. See, here is what belongs to you. Point to note here is that this person has 243 00:11:39.800 --> 00:11:43.720 an investor's mindset, right? They harvest where they haven't sown and they gather where 244 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:48.760 they have not scattered. So they make their money work for them. And Jesus has an investor 245 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:54.440 mindset, okay? He's looking for a great return. And when it comes to an investor mindset, 246 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:58.680 look, the guy that's putting up the cash here, he's not doing anything for it, right? He's 247 00:11:58.680 --> 00:12:05.320 making his money work for him. And he's making his money make money through automated residual 248 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:09.480 incomes. He's just creating income streams that work while he's sleeping, okay? That's 249 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:13.480 residual income or passive income. And that's what he's after. That's how he makes his money 250 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:19.240 work for him. So investors are used to having a return on their investment. And Jesus is 251 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:23.240 looking for a return on his investment and royalty, because we're talking about royal 252 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:29.400 mindsets and kingdom mindsets, right? Royalty don't work a nine to five for money. Perhaps 253 00:12:29.400 --> 00:12:33.080 for other reasons, you know, perhaps someone who's walks and royal mindsets might have 254 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:37.960 a job, but they do it out of a passion, not out of a necessity. That's a big difference. 255 00:12:38.840 --> 00:12:43.640 You know, but royalty, they create financial systems that make money for them. They make 256 00:12:43.640 --> 00:12:50.120 their money, make money. Okay, verse 26. His master replied, you wicked lazy servant. So 257 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:54.840 you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed. 258 00:12:54.840 --> 00:13:00.040 Well, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers so that when I returned, 259 00:13:00.040 --> 00:13:06.040 I would have received it back with interest. So take the gold bag off him and give it to the 260 00:13:06.040 --> 00:13:11.720 one who has 10 bags. For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. 261 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:17.080 And whoever has little, even what they have will be taken from them. And throw that worthless 262 00:13:17.080 --> 00:13:22.200 servant outside into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Now, 263 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:26.920 this is a bit harsh, right? So sometimes it sounds like Jesus' words are harsh or Solomon's 264 00:13:27.800 --> 00:13:34.520 harsh. And we talked about that in the last session, right? But to be fair, I used to be 265 00:13:34.520 --> 00:13:40.200 the lazy, wicked servant. And it wasn't because I was, you know, like misspending, or I didn't 266 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:46.280 even have much to waste, or I wasn't wasting any money. But the point is, the reason, you know, 267 00:13:46.280 --> 00:13:51.880 that we can be a wicked, lazy servant is because we haven't diligently applied ourselves to 268 00:13:51.880 --> 00:13:58.840 uncovering and understanding royal mindsets. Have we diligently applied ourselves to this area 269 00:13:58.840 --> 00:14:04.440 of understanding the sacred financial assignment on our lives. And one of the problems that comes 270 00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:07.960 that if you haven't been told you've got a sacred financial assignment on your life, if you haven't 271 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:13.160 been told that, you might not actually steward that area of your life. But when you understand 272 00:14:13.160 --> 00:14:18.280 that there is a sacred financial assignment on your life, and that there's a lot riding on it, 273 00:14:18.280 --> 00:14:23.720 that there's big risks and big consequences, big benefits and big rewards in this life and in the 274 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:29.560 next. If you don't understand that, then you might just be casual about the sacred assignment on your 275 00:14:29.560 --> 00:14:36.280 life. But when you understand and you're like, wow, you're gripped by the relevance, the significance 276 00:14:36.280 --> 00:14:40.040 of the sacred financial assignment on your life, when you're gripped by that, you aren't lazy 277 00:14:40.040 --> 00:14:44.920 anymore, you transition, you work hard, you diligently apply yourself to understand royal 278 00:14:44.920 --> 00:14:51.640 mindsets, and you implement, implement, implement. Let me give you an example. Pastor Sunday Adonijah, 279 00:14:51.640 --> 00:14:57.400 he is a pastor in the Ukraine, really famous revivalist over there, a huge, huge kingdom 280 00:14:57.400 --> 00:14:59.880 impact. Well, he was working his 281 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:03.080 But off for God, you know, like 14 hours a day, I can relate to 282 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:05.800 him. You know, just I know how you hustle when you're just 283 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:10.400 chasing the call of God on your life. And God convicted him out 284 00:15:10.400 --> 00:15:12.680 of this verse and said, you're the wicked, lazy servant. He's 285 00:15:12.680 --> 00:15:15.400 like, how am I a wicked, lazy servant? I work over 12 hours a 286 00:15:15.400 --> 00:15:18.120 day, I'm giving my all for you. And God says, you know, because 287 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:21.080 in the area of finances, you don't understand kingdom 288 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:24.560 finances. So he made a decision then, okay, God, you've 289 00:15:24.560 --> 00:15:27.600 convicted me about this, I'm going to be teachable, I'm going 290 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:30.520 to understand it. So he went all in to understand it. And he 291 00:15:30.520 --> 00:15:35.480 made made a goal to become a millionaire to make a million US 292 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:39.480 dollars. And I think his goal was for in two years. Anyway, he 293 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:42.720 achieved that goal to make his first million US dollars by 294 00:15:42.760 --> 00:15:46.240 implementing kingdom economics. He achieved that goal within 295 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:49.160 nine months. And then he set a goal for his church. He's like, 296 00:15:49.160 --> 00:15:53.360 right church, we are going all in on kingdom economics, we want 297 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:57.080 you guys to understand this. And listen, his church wasn't super 298 00:15:57.080 --> 00:16:01.600 wealthy people, his church was made up of people who were, you 299 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:05.640 know, his church was made up of people who were ex drug addicts, 300 00:16:05.640 --> 00:16:10.080 street people, homeless people, and all these, all these people 301 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:13.240 coming out of addiction and crazy, crazy lives. He said, 302 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:16.360 right, who wants to learn kingdom economics. And within, 303 00:16:17.040 --> 00:16:21.200 within just a few years, he had raised up over 200 millionaires 304 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:25.160 in his church by implementing kingdom economics. And it's 305 00:16:25.160 --> 00:16:27.960 because they realized there's a sacred financial assignment on 306 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:31.680 their lives. And then they began to implement royal mindsets. How 307 00:16:31.680 --> 00:16:37.280 epic is that? So you know, one thing to note here, right is in 308 00:16:37.280 --> 00:16:41.760 this verse, in this parable of the talents is they took the bag 309 00:16:41.760 --> 00:16:44.960 away from the wicked, lazy servants. So if you're not 310 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:47.200 stewarding, well, you're at you're at a place where you 311 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:50.920 actually jeopardize what you do have, you're losing favor, and 312 00:16:50.920 --> 00:16:54.200 you're jeopardizing the little that you do have. And there are 313 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:58.440 consequences for both now and into eternity. And Jesus takes 314 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:01.720 this really, really seriously. So it's really important for us 315 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:07.119 to understand we are being tested with our money. And it's 316 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:10.400 not about the amount, right? It's about the stewardship. 317 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:13.280 That's what Jesus is looking for. You're being tested to 318 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:21.480 you're being tested on how you implement royal principles and 319 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:25.520 systems and how you are faithful with the call of God in your 320 00:17:25.520 --> 00:17:28.600 life, right? So Luke 19, we're looking at the parable of the 321 00:17:28.600 --> 00:17:32.400 miners now. So minor is different to a talent. A talent 322 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:35.840 is 20 years wages, but it's a big sum a minor was about four 323 00:17:35.840 --> 00:17:40.720 months wages. So not quite the same amount of money, but a 324 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:44.360 really significant parable verse 11, Luke 19. While they were 325 00:17:44.360 --> 00:17:48.200 listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable because he 326 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:50.880 was near Jerusalem. And the people thought that the kingdom 327 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:55.240 of God was going to appear at once. He said, a man of noble 328 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:59.360 birth went to a distant country to have himself made king and 329 00:17:59.360 --> 00:18:02.640 then to return. First thing to hear tonight here is that this 330 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:06.760 is there. This person is a noble person, right? There's there of 331 00:18:06.760 --> 00:18:09.680 a royal class. And that's important because Jesus is 332 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:11.720 painting a picture of a character here. And the 333 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:16.120 character is royalty. And Jesus wants us to associate what he's 334 00:18:16.120 --> 00:18:19.440 about to teach us with royal mindsets. Okay, he wants to 335 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:22.720 paint a picture of how royalty steward their money. And first 336 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:26.200 of all, what you're going to see that royalty actually take risks 337 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:28.760 with their money. Okay, second thing that you're going to see 338 00:18:28.760 --> 00:18:32.400 is that royalty are always looking to create multiple 339 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:36.120 streams of residual income, that means income that they're not 340 00:18:36.120 --> 00:18:39.120 doing anything for the royalty are always looking to make their 341 00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:42.120 money make money rather than trying to go out and get a nine 342 00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:45.600 to five is a really important concept in the kingdom. So 343 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:48.520 another thing about royalty is that they invest it before they 344 00:18:48.520 --> 00:18:51.520 spend it. So it multiplies so they've got more money to spend 345 00:18:51.520 --> 00:18:55.320 at the end of the day, verse 13. So he called 10 of his servants 346 00:18:55.320 --> 00:19:00.240 and gave them 10 miners put this money to work, he said, until I 347 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:02.880 come back. So again, let's just say this, this highlight this 348 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:06.320 royalty don't work for money, they make money work for them. I 349 00:19:06.320 --> 00:19:09.880 want you to say this with me. royalty don't work for money, 350 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:14.080 they make money work for them. Beautiful verse 14. But a 351 00:19:14.080 --> 00:19:17.760 subject hated him and sent a delegation to him to say we 352 00:19:17.760 --> 00:19:22.160 don't want this man to be our king. He was made king, however, 353 00:19:22.320 --> 00:19:26.440 and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had 354 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:29.560 given the money in order to find out what they had gained with 355 00:19:29.560 --> 00:19:33.280 it. The first one came and said, Sir, your miner has earned 10 356 00:19:33.280 --> 00:19:38.160 more. Now that is phenomenal. That is a phenomenal return. We 357 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:41.360 don't know the timeline, but he turned one miner into 10 miners 358 00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:45.840 that is epic. Verse 17. Well done, my good servant, his 359 00:19:45.840 --> 00:19:48.640 master replied, because you have been trustworthy in a very 360 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:53.840 small matter, take charge of 10 cities. Now this is where it 361 00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:57.640 gets crazy. See, this is where it gets like really powerful. 362 00:19:57.640 --> 00:20:00.000 And we see the bigger picture of what do you why do you 363 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:02.800 This is really testing us and what Jesus' heart really is. 364 00:20:02.800 --> 00:20:08.200 Jesus is looking for people that He can entrust cities to, nations to. 365 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:13.800 He wants to find out who He can trust to rule and reign over cities and regions and nations. 366 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:19.300 So when you steward well, you receive an increase of favor and dominion and authority, 367 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:22.100 and you are rewarded for stewarding finance as well. 368 00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:22.800 This is awesome. 369 00:20:22.800 --> 00:20:23.600 Verse 18, 370 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:25.300 The second man came and said, 371 00:20:25.300 --> 00:20:27.200 Sir, your miner has earned five more. 372 00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:28.300 Another great return. 373 00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:31.700 And at this point, the man has just gone into profit. 374 00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:31.900 Okay. 375 00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:37.900 So he gave out 10 to start with, and now he's got at least 15 miners back. 376 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:39.000 So he went on holiday. 377 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:40.000 He gave 10 miners. 378 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.700 He went on holiday. 379 00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:41.300 He came back. 380 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:42.600 He's got 15 miners. 381 00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:44.400 So he's making money while he's on holiday. 382 00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:46.200 Great, more royal mindset, right? 383 00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:48.800 Royalty are always making money. 384 00:20:50.300 --> 00:20:51.000 Verse 19, 385 00:20:51.100 --> 00:20:52.100 His master answered, 386 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:54.600 You take charge of five cities. 387 00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.400 Wow! 388 00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.400 Verse 20, 389 00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.900 Then another servant came and said, 390 00:20:57.900 --> 00:20:59.100 Sir, here is your miner. 391 00:20:59.100 --> 00:21:02.700 I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. 392 00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:05.400 I was afraid of you because you are a hard man. 393 00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:07.800 You take out what you did not put in, 394 00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:10.100 and you reap what you did not sow. 395 00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:13.300 This is classic slave thinking, orphan thinking. 396 00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:14.300 We get in this place. 397 00:21:14.300 --> 00:21:16.100 It's like poor people are always like, 398 00:21:16.100 --> 00:21:17.800 Oh, they're so rich, 399 00:21:17.800 --> 00:21:19.200 and they've got all this money. 400 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:22.300 Like these are poverty mindsets happening right now. 401 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.800 And because of this poverty mindset, 402 00:21:23.800 --> 00:21:25.700 it causes a block for the servant. 403 00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:27.200 The servant's got a poverty mindset, 404 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:28.500 causes them to block out. 405 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:30.300 Like, ah, they don't know what to do with money. 406 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:32.800 This poverty mindset, orphan mindset, 407 00:21:32.800 --> 00:21:34.300 slave mindset is causing them to freak out. 408 00:21:34.300 --> 00:21:35.300 They're like, Oh, I've got this money. 409 00:21:35.300 --> 00:21:36.000 What am I going to do? 410 00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:37.200 I don't know what to do with it. 411 00:21:37.300 --> 00:21:37.800 I don't know. 412 00:21:37.800 --> 00:21:39.500 And they've got no idea how to steward 413 00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:43.100 the sacred financial assignment on their lives. 414 00:21:43.300 --> 00:21:45.400 So they just go and they waste it. 415 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:51.300 And then so we see now something here to note as well. 416 00:21:51.300 --> 00:21:53.400 It's like we don't hear about the other seven, 417 00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:56.000 but from an investor's perspective, 418 00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:57.300 this guy started with 10. 419 00:21:57.300 --> 00:21:58.500 He's got at least 16. 420 00:21:58.500 --> 00:22:00.600 That servant didn't lose the minor. 421 00:22:00.800 --> 00:22:03.000 So he was scared to take a risk. 422 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.900 And this is something to highlight in the kingdom 423 00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:07.300 is that the kingdom is not scared of taking a risk. 424 00:22:07.300 --> 00:22:09.400 In the kingdom, risk is normal. 425 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:11.400 In the kingdom, and with investors, 426 00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:13.300 risk is a normal part of life. 427 00:22:13.300 --> 00:22:15.900 You don't live so scared that you never invest. 428 00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:19.600 Like this servant, that was a no-no in the kingdom, right? 429 00:22:19.600 --> 00:22:20.800 You've got to take action. 430 00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:22.000 You've got to do something. 431 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:26.100 So anyway, we don't hear about the other seven, 432 00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:28.300 but he's got at least 16 minors now. 433 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:31.800 Again, the point is that royalty don't work for money. 434 00:22:31.800 --> 00:22:33.100 They make their money work for them. 435 00:22:33.300 --> 00:22:33.900 Verse 22. 436 00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:35.100 His master replied, 437 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:38.800 I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant. 438 00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:42.200 You knew, did you, that I am a hard man taking out 439 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:44.700 what I did not put in and reaping what I did not sow. 440 00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:47.300 Why then didn't you put my money on deposit 441 00:22:47.300 --> 00:22:48.700 so that when I came back, 442 00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:51.800 I could have collected it with interest? 443 00:22:52.100 --> 00:22:53.500 Then he said to some of those standing by, 444 00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:55.500 take this minor away from him 445 00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:57.900 and give it to the one who has 10 minors. 446 00:22:58.200 --> 00:23:00.800 Sir, they said, he already has 10. 447 00:23:00.800 --> 00:23:03.200 See, this is the orphan mindset again, 448 00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:05.500 the slave mindset, poverty mindset kicking in again. 449 00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:07.000 They're like, oh, but he's got lots. 450 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:08.700 Why are you giving him more, right? 451 00:23:08.800 --> 00:23:10.700 And Jesus, you know, like this guy, 452 00:23:10.800 --> 00:23:12.700 he's got an investor's mindset, 453 00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:14.000 and he's like, I'm giving him more 454 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:15.400 because he's a better steward. 455 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.200 He makes me more. 456 00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.300 I'm not trying to be fair. 457 00:23:17.300 --> 00:23:19.200 I'm trying to be smart, okay? 458 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:21.500 The kingdom isn't always about being fair. 459 00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:22.800 It's about wisdom. 460 00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:25.400 And so verse 26, he replied, 461 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:28.200 I tell you that to everyone who has more will be given, 462 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:29.900 but as for the one who has nothing, 463 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:32.500 even what they have will be taken away. 464 00:23:32.600 --> 00:23:34.900 So even if you have a little, if you steward it well, 465 00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:39.000 you start creating financial favor and financial momentum. 466 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.300 All right. 467 00:23:40.300 --> 00:23:42.400 Hey, I'm going to share with you something now. 468 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:43.900 Let me know if you're keen to hear about this, 469 00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:45.800 but a simple system, right? 470 00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:49.000 A simple Jewish system that when I discovered this, 471 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.800 it's so basic, so simple, 472 00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:53.500 but without this information, 473 00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:56.700 I was in a place of, like, terrible stewardship. 474 00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:59.600 I was not stewarding the financial sacred, 475 00:23:59.600 --> 00:24:01.200 the sacred financial assignment on my life. 476 00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:02.500 I had no idea how to steward it, 477 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:05.600 but this simple system gave me a blueprint 478 00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:08.400 for how to do money, how to teach my kids money, 479 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:10.400 how we should be doing money in the kingdom. 480 00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:13.400 Okay, so before I share this system with you, 481 00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:14.800 let me share my goal, right? 482 00:24:14.800 --> 00:24:15.900 My goal for my kids. 483 00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:19.300 So my goal as a father for my kids 484 00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:21.900 is to help my kids steward their finances, 485 00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:23.500 even now as kids, 486 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:28.500 so that when they come to the point of leaving school, 487 00:24:28.800 --> 00:24:31.400 they each have enough money saved 488 00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.700 and enough residual income 489 00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:35.200 so that they never need to get a job. 490 00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:38.000 All right, I want to change the economy for my kids. 491 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.400 I want them to have a royal economy. 492 00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:42.300 Okay, I'm not going to be teaching my kids. 493 00:24:42.300 --> 00:24:44.200 Oh, hey, what are you going to do for a job, right? 494 00:24:44.300 --> 00:24:46.200 I'm going to, I never talk to them like that. 495 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.800 I'm like, hey, what are your dreams? 496 00:24:47.800 --> 00:24:48.600 What are your passions? 497 00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.500 What do you want to do? 498 00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:51.200 And we're getting busy right now, 499 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:53.900 making preparations for their destiny. 500 00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:57.200 Okay, so and it's not just like my wife and I saving up. 501 00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:59.100 We are creating for them, 502 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.100 automating. 503 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:03.400 residual income stream so that my kids when they leave school, 504 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:06.680 they don't need a job because they're already financially 505 00:25:06.800 --> 00:25:10.880 independent. So remember, there's two ways that money can 506 00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:13.560 rule over us, it can corrupt their hearts and minds. So I 507 00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:16.200 teach my kids purity, you know, I want them to rule and reign 508 00:25:16.280 --> 00:25:19.280 with pure hearts and pure minds. So I teach my kids purity, but 509 00:25:19.280 --> 00:25:23.400 then also lack and poverty can rule can cause us can rule over 510 00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:26.800 us too. So I'm setting my kids up with their own multiple 511 00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:31.040 residual income streams. So my kids already make hundreds of 512 00:25:31.040 --> 00:25:34.000 dollars in residual income on a regular basis. And then we're 513 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:36.560 actually helping them reinvest it, they're actually about to 514 00:25:36.560 --> 00:25:40.000 start another residual income stream, all of them. And I want 515 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:43.360 them to rule over money in every way. Because if you don't rule 516 00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:47.080 over money, it will tell you what to do. Okay? When you walk 517 00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:51.360 in the ways of kingdom royalty, you get to tell money what to 518 00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:55.240 do. When money rules over you, it tells you what to do, whether 519 00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:57.040 that's because it's corrupted your heart and your mind, and 520 00:25:57.040 --> 00:25:59.600 it's telling you it's bleeding your motivations and your 521 00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:02.640 priorities, or because you just don't have it and it dictates 522 00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:06.360 what you can and can't do. So I want my kids to be able to tell 523 00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:11.200 money what to do, rather than having money tell them what to 524 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:20.360 do. I'm just going to shut a window here. Someone cranked up 525 00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:24.880 a chainsaw chainsaw. So anyway, hey, a young Jewish guy, he 526 00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:28.480 goes, he leaves school and he goes and he buys his first home 527 00:26:28.520 --> 00:26:31.840 with cash, right? How cool is that? Would you like to do that? 528 00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:35.360 Would you like your kids doing that? Yes, I'm like, that's so 529 00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:38.600 inspirational, right? And it's not an uncommon thing. And why 530 00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:41.040 was he able to do that? Because he had royal mindset. And 531 00:26:41.040 --> 00:26:43.800 because his dad sat him down and taught him what I'm about to 532 00:26:43.800 --> 00:26:47.760 teach you. So that's, that's, um, we want that, right? We want 533 00:26:47.760 --> 00:26:50.680 that for ourselves. We want that for our kids that we can rule 534 00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:54.280 over money. We don't want money controlling us. You do want that, 535 00:26:54.280 --> 00:26:56.200 right? Like, I want that for my kids. Do you want that for your 536 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:59.480 kids? Do you want that for your community for your own life for 537 00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:03.080 your family line for you? Do you want your community to be ruling 538 00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:05.360 and reigning over money? Do you want that for your community for 539 00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:09.080 nations? I want that for nations. So let me introduce you 540 00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:12.120 to if you've been following me, you've probably seen me do this 541 00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:14.680 before. And it's because it's simple, but sometimes the most 542 00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:17.640 simple things have the most profound impact. And it's so 543 00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:20.920 simple that it makes it really easily to train easy to transfer 544 00:27:21.080 --> 00:27:26.880 and has a huge, huge impact on our lives. So it's called the 545 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:30.840 five jars. And I to do the five jars, what I've got here is I've 546 00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:35.880 got $500. Okay, there's five $500. And I've got five jars. 547 00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:38.720 I'm gonna talk you through each of them and how it works. Okay, 548 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:41.480 this is some really good kingdom economics. Now this is a Jewish 549 00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:45.320 mindset, which they picked up through, you know, through all 550 00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:48.160 the body through the Bible. Now, I'll just say something funny 551 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:51.880 here is that, you know, Christians are always going and 552 00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:54.920 telling Jewish people that they have the secrets of the Bible. 553 00:27:55.040 --> 00:27:58.000 But Jewish people actually laugh at poor Christians, because 554 00:27:58.000 --> 00:28:00.320 they're like, you're trying to tell me you've got the secrets 555 00:28:00.320 --> 00:28:03.720 of the Bible, and you're poor. It's because of the secrets of 556 00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:06.600 the Bible that I'm wealthy. Okay, we know that we, you know, 557 00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:08.760 there's a blessing attached to being Jewish, but so much of 558 00:28:08.760 --> 00:28:11.000 that blessing actually comes from the wisdom they walk in 559 00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:14.520 where they get that wisdom from the Bible. Okay, so here's how 560 00:28:14.520 --> 00:28:17.600 they implement and teach kingdom economics from a Jewish 561 00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:27.200 perspective, understanding the secrets of the Bible. Okay. Oh, 562 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:37.040 man. Okay. Okay. I just see that some of you guys have had a 563 00:28:37.040 --> 00:28:39.720 black screen. I don't know when that black screen appeared, but 564 00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:44.840 it should be sorted out. Now. Let me just check the comments and 565 00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:53.720 just see what's happening here. Okay, sweet. So should be good. 566 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:58.520 It should be all sorted now. Okay, cool. Cool. We are back in 567 00:28:58.520 --> 00:29:01.640 the game. That is fantastic. Sorry about that. I've got no 568 00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:07.400 idea what caused that. But we're back in the game. And here we go. 569 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:11.080 So the first job is about tithing. Okay. Now, some people 570 00:29:11.080 --> 00:29:13.960 aren't into tithing. I personally don't mind about tithing. In 571 00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:17.000 fact, I think you should be super abundantly extravagantly 572 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:19.880 generous. But in the Jewish five dollars system, the first thing 573 00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:24.640 is tithing and tithing gets 10% of my $500. Oh, that's 50 bucks. 574 00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:28.320 So there you go. 50 bucks goes in there. The second job is the 575 00:29:28.320 --> 00:29:34.320 job of offerings and offerings gets 10% as well. So your 576 00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:36.120 offerings one, that's just things that you want to give 577 00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:39.080 away. Now I teach my kids this I do this with my kids, my kids 578 00:29:39.080 --> 00:29:42.120 so into a human trafficking things. They bless people. It's 579 00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:46.520 awesome. And the next one is savings. Okay, so savings is 10% 580 00:29:46.520 --> 00:29:50.040 as well. So with the savings one, what we often do is with the 581 00:29:50.040 --> 00:29:53.360 savings is we often save up and then actually use that money 582 00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:57.560 that we save up to put into the next one, which is investing. 583 00:29:57.560 --> 00:30:00.040 Okay, so investing is 20%. So 584 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:05.000 that gets $100 of my 500, 585 00:30:05.560 --> 00:30:07.480 boom, that's in the investing jar. 586 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:09.840 And then the spending jar gets 50%. 587 00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:14.040 One, two, three, four, oh, there you go. 588 00:30:14.040 --> 00:30:15.520 That's why, five, one more. 589 00:30:15.520 --> 00:30:18.880 So the spending gets 50%. 590 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:20.600 Now, an important concept to know. 591 00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.440 So there you go. 592 00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:23.200 There's 50% in the spending, 593 00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:25.880 like that down, 50% in the spending. 594 00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:29.080 Then there's 20% in the investing, 595 00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:32.840 10% in the saving, 10% in the tithing, 596 00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:34.920 and 10% in the offerings jars. 597 00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.760 Right, there you go. 598 00:30:35.760 --> 00:30:37.960 I've got my five jars there. 599 00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:41.800 Now, when I first heard about this, 600 00:30:41.800 --> 00:30:44.200 it was not possible to live off 50%, right? 601 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:46.120 Living off 50%, I was like, what? 602 00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:47.240 I can't do that, why? 603 00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.720 Because I didn't have much income. 604 00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.960 When you don't have much income, 605 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:52.160 it's really hard to live off 50%. 606 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:54.560 If you're living off a million dollars a year, 607 00:30:54.560 --> 00:30:56.240 50% is pretty easy, right? 608 00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:59.120 But if you're living off $30,000 a year, 609 00:30:59.120 --> 00:31:01.520 50% is really, really hard. 610 00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:06.600 So something interesting as well is that Jewish people, 611 00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:09.600 they live off what is called a circle inside a square. 612 00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:11.960 So if you imagine a circle inside a square, 613 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:16.400 it takes up about just over 79% of the square. 614 00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:21.400 And so what that means is they live within their means, 615 00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:24.280 okay, and they give away, say, roughly 20%. 616 00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:26.120 So they live within their means. 617 00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:28.360 In New Zealand, the average family lives off 618 00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:31.800 113% of their weekly income, 619 00:31:31.800 --> 00:31:35.120 which means every week, people are going into debt. 620 00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:37.520 And the Western world has a huge debt culture 621 00:31:37.520 --> 00:31:39.840 because they have got this way out of whack. 622 00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:42.960 And if you aren't doing this from the time you're a kid, 623 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:44.120 it sets you up to get caught 624 00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:45.800 in the Western world debt culture. 625 00:31:45.800 --> 00:31:50.200 So my friend Dave Riddell has a good quote here. 626 00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:54.200 He says, if your outgoings exceed your incomings, 627 00:31:54.800 --> 00:31:57.640 then what you keep will be your downfall. 628 00:31:57.640 --> 00:32:00.560 Now, I want to get you to say right now, 629 00:32:00.560 --> 00:32:04.200 I want you to say incremental and sustainable change, okay? 630 00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.200 This is my challenge to you, 631 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:07.600 incremental and sustainable change. 632 00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:08.640 When you want to change, 633 00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:11.160 it's often impossible to make the big change 634 00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:14.000 and get all the change that you want in your life right away. 635 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:15.440 But you have to start somewhere. 636 00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.640 So what can you do? 637 00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:18.760 I want to suggest, and I want to ask you, 638 00:32:18.760 --> 00:32:21.960 could you make a one-degree change 639 00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:23.280 somewhere in your finances? 640 00:32:23.280 --> 00:32:25.920 Think about it, tiny, tiny change. 641 00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:27.440 Because over a period of time, 642 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:31.040 a tiny change will make a huge transformation. 643 00:32:31.040 --> 00:32:33.840 And when it comes to journeys like this, 644 00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:35.760 I'd encourage you not to measure by perfection 645 00:32:35.760 --> 00:32:37.160 or not to do comparison, right? 646 00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:38.960 Don't compare to other people. 647 00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:40.160 Don't measure by perfection. 648 00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:41.920 Just look at transformation in your own life. 649 00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:43.240 And over a period of time, 650 00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:44.880 you're going to notice transformation. 651 00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:46.360 That's what you want to celebrate. 652 00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:49.600 And as we want to create a multi-generational legacy, 653 00:32:49.600 --> 00:32:51.440 we have to break the cycle at some point. 654 00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:53.120 We have to start this at some point. 655 00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:55.960 I'm so delighted, when I was growing up, 656 00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:57.160 I didn't get taught about this. 657 00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:59.000 I just got taught about tithing. 658 00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:00.920 And in church, in church, 659 00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.840 they'll just kind of really, 660 00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:03.440 really, they'll teach you about tithing. 661 00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.800 It's really all you get taught. 662 00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:06.160 There you go, there's the tithing jar. 663 00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:08.160 In church, you only really get taught about tithing. 664 00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:10.840 But if you were going to be teaching kingdom economics 665 00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:12.880 instead of tithing, you would teach, 666 00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:16.880 look, here's the investing jar. 667 00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.720 Sorry, this is spending. 668 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:20.440 Here's the investing jar here at 20%. 669 00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:22.520 If you're going to teach kingdom economics 670 00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:24.200 you actually teach about investing 671 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:26.320 twice as much as you talk about tithing. 672 00:33:26.320 --> 00:33:27.560 Have you ever seen that in a church 673 00:33:27.560 --> 00:33:29.040 where you talk about investing 674 00:33:29.040 --> 00:33:30.840 twice as much as you talk about tithing? 675 00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:32.640 Well, that's why Jewish people 676 00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:34.200 are disproportionately wealthy. 677 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:36.680 And that's why Christians are so often poor 678 00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:38.880 is because we've got our priorities mixed up. 679 00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:40.840 We talk about tithing all the time, 680 00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:43.440 but we don't talk about kingdom economics 681 00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:45.960 and this five-generalist principle of tithing, 682 00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:48.680 offering, saving, investing, and spending, 683 00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:51.040 and living as a circle inside a square, 684 00:33:51.040 --> 00:33:52.040 living inside our means. 685 00:33:52.040 --> 00:33:54.920 So this whole concept, right? 686 00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:58.920 You know, it's supposed to be implemented from day zero. 687 00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:00.920 So my little girl, Alia, 688 00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:02.560 we'd heard about it by the time she was born. 689 00:34:02.560 --> 00:34:05.080 So by the time she was born, she was born into this. 690 00:34:05.080 --> 00:34:06.560 So from the time she's, you know, 691 00:34:06.560 --> 00:34:08.480 like been walking around, you know, talking, 692 00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.920 she's already been making money. 693 00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:11.800 She's already had residual income systems 694 00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:13.560 working on her behalf. 695 00:34:13.560 --> 00:34:15.080 And it's so exciting that, right, 696 00:34:15.080 --> 00:34:18.280 we get to break the cycle and we get to create, 697 00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:19.840 bring things back to the blueprint, 698 00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:21.440 the divine blueprint for our lives. 699 00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:24.760 And in a perfect world, dads teach this to their kids, 700 00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:27.719 and it might not be a perfect world that you live in. 701 00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:29.120 We've all got a different story in family, 702 00:34:29.120 --> 00:34:31.520 but it's our chance right now to break the cycle 703 00:34:31.520 --> 00:34:33.960 and start to restore the standard. 704 00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:37.600 So all of our kids have residual income streams, 705 00:34:37.600 --> 00:34:39.639 and I think that's exciting. 706 00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.880 And here's one of the reasons why. 707 00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:42.400 So we're going to look now, 708 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:45.040 we looked at this verse with Z in the first session, 709 00:34:45.040 --> 00:34:46.040 but let's look at it again, 710 00:34:46.040 --> 00:34:48.679 because this is a real mindset where we focus on, 711 00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:51.520 like royalty is focused on setting 712 00:34:51.520 --> 00:34:54.239 the next generation up to thrive. 713 00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:56.880 This is 1 Chronicles 22 verse 5, 714 00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:58.320 and I'm reading in the NIV. 715 00:34:58.320 --> 00:35:00.320 All my readings have been in there. 716 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:07.360 NIV today. Verse five, David said, My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be 717 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:13.600 built for the Lord should be of great magnificence and fame and splendor in the sight of all the 718 00:35:13.600 --> 00:35:20.000 nations. I will make preparations for it. So David made extensive preparations before his death. I'm 719 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:26.320 going to ask you, did your parents make extensive preparations for your destiny? If not, then be the 720 00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:33.120 change. All right. My parents, they didn't have this to impart to me. So we get to break the cycle 721 00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:37.280 and change things up. So David prepared for Solomon's destiny. And remember, these are 722 00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:41.840 royal mindsets. You know, what type of mindsets have you had in your family? Have you had orphan 723 00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:47.040 mindsets, poverty mindsets, slave mindsets? Have you had royal mindsets at work in your family that 724 00:35:47.040 --> 00:35:53.440 have set you up for this? So we need to break the cycle, you know, of all the other bad examples. 725 00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:57.520 And if you're going to look to an example, look to an example that's amazing. Look to an example 726 00:35:57.520 --> 00:36:03.760 like royalty. Look to an example like King David. What a phenomenal example. And restore the royal 727 00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:08.320 standard in your family. Let's pair them like this. Let's make extensive preparations for the 728 00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:13.040 destiny of our children. Let's make extensive preparations for the destiny of the next 729 00:36:13.040 --> 00:36:20.400 generation. Verse 14, it says, David says this, I have taken great pains to provide. Say that again. 730 00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:25.760 I've taken great pains to provide the temple of the Lord. This is Solomon's destiny. A hundred 731 00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:32.080 thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to 732 00:36:32.080 --> 00:36:37.520 be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them. And we looked at this in the first session, 733 00:36:37.520 --> 00:36:45.120 that that is over 200 billion dollars in value of gold and silver alone, right? So this is wild. 734 00:36:45.120 --> 00:36:50.320 David set aside over 200 billion dollars worth of gold and silver for Solomon to run in his 735 00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:57.600 destiny. That is an amazing royal mindset. So let me recap quickly on the five jars. It's 736 00:36:57.600 --> 00:37:05.600 tithe 10%, offering 10%, save 10%, invest 20%, and live off or spending 50%. 737 00:37:07.040 --> 00:37:13.280 And my suggestion, right, is that this should become the blueprint for our families, for our 738 00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:18.000 churches, for our ministries, that this is the model we should be teaching and imparting 739 00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:23.680 into the next generation, setting the next generation up with these mindsets. So, 740 00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:30.400 I mean, this is my challenge. We're going to wrap it up right here. We're going to wrap it up with 741 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:35.600 this. But my challenge to you is, can you make a one degree shift somewhere? How can you make 742 00:37:35.600 --> 00:37:40.880 incremental and sustainable change? Can you make a one degree, five degree, 20 degree change? Can 743 00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:45.440 you make even a little change somewhere? See, what we see in the parable of the talents and the 744 00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:50.160 miners is that when you start stewarding well, even if it's a small amount, you grow in favor, 745 00:37:50.160 --> 00:37:55.840 and God brings resources to you. And as you make these little changes, great things are possible. 746 00:37:55.840 --> 00:38:00.480 I'm a testimony of that myself, that starting with little changes, we're able to redesign our 747 00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:06.560 whole world. And we'll talk about investments more, principles more, systems more, stewardship 748 00:38:06.560 --> 00:38:10.560 more going forward in the next session, which I'm really excited about my next session with you 749 00:38:10.560 --> 00:38:17.120 tomorrow. And a great session up is coming up this afternoon, New Zealand time, 3pm. The next 750 00:38:17.120 --> 00:38:21.520 session is with Bruce McDonald, who stewards tens of millions of dollars for the kingdom. We're 751 00:38:21.520 --> 00:38:27.440 excited to hear from him and Zania in the next session. But let me just ask this as we wrap up, 752 00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:33.760 do you want to be like King David, who prepared for his kids for their destiny? Who thinks that 753 00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:39.760 would be a better system, setting up our kids for the future and flipping the economy from slavery 754 00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:44.640 to royalty and from finances to destiny, from finances to passions and empowering our kids to 755 00:38:44.640 --> 00:38:50.400 thrive? I believe that's the way to go. So let's pray. And I'm excited for the rest of the 756 00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:55.440 masterclass. Really wonderful having you today. Let's pray. Jesus, I thank you so much for every 757 00:38:55.440 --> 00:39:00.000 person here. I thank you for the sacred financial assignment on their lives. I thank you that 758 00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:04.560 you have a phenomenal assignment for them. I thank you for your blessing on them. And I thank 759 00:39:04.560 --> 00:39:08.560 you that you lead them and guide them into all that you have for them. Lord, I thank you for 760 00:39:08.560 --> 00:39:13.600 favor increasing. I thank you for resources being magnetic to them. I thank you for drawing them 761 00:39:13.600 --> 00:39:18.080 into all that you have for them. I thank you for marking them with favor. I thank you for new levels 762 00:39:18.080 --> 00:39:22.480 of wisdom and insight. I thank you for divine appointments, divine wisdom. I thank you for 763 00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:26.720 breaking open a way. I thank you for divine creativity that will allow people to step into 764 00:39:26.720 --> 00:39:33.520 their sacred financial assignment. Amen. Bless you guys and see you for our next session 765 00:39:33.520 --> 00:39:38.240 tomorrow. Same time, same place. Bless you. Bye-bye.