Apostle Charlene of Kingdom Builders International invited me in to speak to their ministers about money, stewardship & worship, and their sacred duty to minister at the altar to worship our LORD and bless the people. They had just finished Al Houghton’s book, Purifying the Altar” and I was the last speaker in their ministerial training.
In this lesson, I’ll share my journey from which started in fear and stinginess and ends with faith and glory. You’ll discover how I learned as a young minister, whose soul God holds me accountable for, and how to recognize them. You’ll learn about the real purpose of money, its role in giving you access to the true riches, and its primary purpose. It is not what most people think.
One of the most remarkable things that I share is how each person is called to minister at the altar and worship with offerings like a son of Aaron. You’ll hear some amazing miraculous testimonies of people who applied the revelation I received from the pattern modeled in Deuteronomy 26. Ministers who oversee a church or ministry that people give their tithes and offerings to will discover what they have a sacred duty to perform with each offering a person gives as well as the covenant promise associated with each of the four types of offerings.
The Minister's Notes
Spirit & Truth
Luke 16:9-13 “And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home. 10 He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. 11 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 And if you have not been faithful in what is another man’s, who will give you what is your own?
13 “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.“
John 4:23-24 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
My Kingdom Journey
· Pro 25:2 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out…
· Ex 19:5-6 …. You shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation…
· Heb 13:17 – How do I know who’s soul I am responsible for?
· Gen 14:15-15:17 – Abram goes to war for a family member & then gives a tithe to Melchizedek!
o Who equips you for worship and war?
· Deut 26:2 2 …take first & go to the place where the LORD chooses to make His name abide.
o Two criteria we use to distribute the tithe.
· Rev 1:6 & 5:10 – we are called as kings and priests
o What do kings do? Rev 19:11
o What do priests do? Heb 7:1-25
o Hebrews 8:2-3 …every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices.
· Num 8:18-19 – Levites were given to help the sons of Aaron
o Ephesians 4:7-11
· Today every person is like a son of Aaron.
o Ex 29:38 & Num 28:1-28 – Daily/regular offerings.
Responsibility of Those Who Minister at an Altar
· Matt 23:16-24
o Keep the altar pure, no manipulation, greed, habitual sin or poor stewardship
o Pure worship
· Sacred duty
When You Worship Remember
· Remember the power of your words
o Pro 18:21 & Heb 3:1
· Deut 26:12-15…. Then you shall say…. I have…. Look down from Your holy habitation and bless Your people ________________________ (your family name).
· Acts 10:31 – You have a voice and your gift is a sign.
· Every form of offering has a covenant blessing associated with it.
Four Types of Offerings
Psalms 96:8-9
Give to the LORD the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come into His courts. Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.
· Tithe – Mal 3:8-12
· First Fruits – Pro 3:9-10
· Offerings – Gen 8:22
· Alms – Pro 19:17
Our Sacred Duty
I encourage all KLI ministers who oversee a church or ministry that people give their tithes, offerings, alms or firstfruits it is your sacred duty to follow Jesus’example.
Hebrews 8:1-3 1 Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man. 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices.
Hebrews 7:8 8 Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives.
Hebrews 7:25 25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
· Receive the offerings and worship the LORD.
· Bring each gift before the LORD and proclaim the covenant promise over the worshipper.
· Then intercede for them.
Tim Taylor
An apostle & bishop overseeing
Kingdom League International
