Jephthah

turn your Bibles first of all to Hebrews chapter 11 Hebrews chapter 11 we're going to continue our Series this morning titled broken we're looking at people that were broken and God healed them and people that were broken that God used as well and we've been going through and learning lessons from each of their lives and we're in Hebrews chap 11 and we're at verse number 32 and the Bible says and what more what shall I more say for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and of Barack and of uh Samson of jeepa and David also and of Samuel and of the prophets and so as he gets down to the end of chapter he's kind of running out of time so he's just kind of throwing a bun of names out there

uh believing that they would know who they were and I think most of you know people like David and and Samuel and probably Gideon and Samson as well but uh there's a name here that you may not be familiar with and that's jeffa and that's who we're going to look at today and so if you'll turn back to the Book of Judges in the Old Testament it's the the uh seven book of the B seventh of the Old Testament Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua and then judges Judges chapter 11 Judges chapter 11 jetha was one of the judges of Israel in Judges chapter 11 and beginning with verse number one it says now jeepta the Gideon was a ma Mighty Man of Valor and he was a son of a harlot and

Gilead begat jepta and Gilead's wife bear him sons and his wife's Sons grew up and they Thrust out je jeepta and said unto him Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house for thou art the son of a strange woman then jepa fled from his brethen dwelt in the land of to and there were gathered vain men to jeffa and went out with him and it came to pass in process of time the children of Ammon made war against Israel and it was so that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel the Elders of Gilead went to fetch jeepa out of the land of to and they said unto jeepta to come and be our captain that we may fight with the children of Ammon okay so we learned a little bit about jetha In this

passage here and and the first thing we learned there in verse number one is that jeepa was a mighty man of Valor a mighty man of Valor now what does that mean to be a mighty man of Valor or a mighty woman of Valor as well now I want you to understand first of all that even an unsaved person can be a mighty man of Valor we know that because in second Kings chapter 5 and verse one it says now Naaman captain of the host of the king of Syria was a great man with his master and honorable because by him the Lord had given Deliverance onto Syria he was also a mighty man of Valor but he was a leopard and so non at this point in time was not a believer in God and yet the Bible identifies him as a

mighty man of Valor but the Bible does talk about a number of people who are Mighty Men of Valor and so what does what does it mean to be a mighty man of Valor why you turn over to 2 Samuel 2 Samuel and chapter number 23 2 Samuel chapter number 23 in 2 Samuel chapter 23 we are giving a list of David's Mighty Men and we learned something from each one of them in 2 Samuel chapter 23 we learned some characteristics of the Mighty Man of Valor and the first one is in verse number eight 2 Samuel I'm in 1 Samuel sorry about that 2 Samuel CH 23 and verse number 8 the Bible says there be these be the names of the Mighty Men whom David had the taconite that sat in the seat Chief among the captains the

same was adino the eonite he lift up his spear against 800 whom he slew at one time and so one of the first things we learned about Mighty Men of Valor is they're not concerned with the odds here was one man against 800 and yet he stood his ground and fought the Battle and won uh you know what it's it's challenging today to feel like you can win the battles it it seems like the odds are against us the statistics are against us I I looked this up on the Internet of course Google's got to be right correct but I I think it's pretty accurate and that is it said on the internet that 95% of Americans will have sex before marriage 95% 50% of marriages will fail 77% of men look at pornography 43% of

people misuse drugs 92% of Americans drink alcohol and about 30% of those are heavy drinkers or alcoholics you know when you look at statistics like that don't you feel like the odds are against you the odds are against your children how in the world they going to grow up and be a mighty man of God or a mighty woman of God how are they going to grow up and do what's right when the odds are so much against us and sometimes it feels that way in the world today it feels like no matter how much I struggle and how much I fight uh it it just comes again and again it's like everyone is doing it you ever heard that statement everyone is doing it and I I'm the only one that hasn't had sex I'm the

only one that doesn't drink I'm the only one that whatever else it might be and sometimes you feel like the odds are against you but listen folks in First Kings chapter 19 you remember the story of Elijah how he's very discouraged he told God I'm the only one that's living for you and God said in in First Kings 19 and: 18 He said listen I have 7,000 with unbended e you are not the only one you're not alone and that's by the way why it's so important to be in a place like this where you're around people that want to have standards and want to live pure lives and want to do what's right so you can be incouraged to do what's right as well and so the the mighty man is someone who says listen the

odds are against me but I'm going to take my stand for God you see it's hard when you feel like the multitude comes at once you can maybe take on one at a time but when 800 are after you all at once it feels like it's overwhelming and that's the way life feels life feels like it comes from you at you from every direction uh you got to fight the world in 1 John chapter 2: 15- 16 love not the world neither things are in the world if any man Lov the world the love of the father is not in him the for all that is in the world the lust of the Flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father but is of the world and the world passes away and the lust thereof but he doeth the

will of the father he abideth forever you see folks when we look out the world today we see a world that has just gone crazy we see a world that it it seems like there's no limits it seems like uh people are just doing whatever feels good whatever they want to do no matter what the consequences they don't care about the people around them and I don't know about you but I feel like every time I turn on the news and every time I turn on the internet it it just seems like the world is out there just attacking and attacking and attacking and you got to fight against the world and then you got to fight against the Flesh in Galatians 5:1 17 it says for the flesh lust against the spirit and the

spirit against the Flesh and these are the contrary one to another so that you cannot do the things that you would and not only do I have to battle with the world but I've got to battle with my own flesh my own physical desires my own uh emotions and my own struggles in my life and and sometimes that battles is on the inside and and we're battling right there with ourselves then you got to fight the devil in verse Peter chapter 5 and verse number 8 it says be sober be vigilant because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walketh about seeking who may devour and and if it's not the world attacking you it's not your own flesh that you're struggling with then the Devil comes along and he

attacks you and he tries to bite and devour you and and and sometimes it feels like a losing battle turn over to Romans chapter 7 Romans chapter 7 we've been studying the book of Romans uh on uh Sunday nights and and Romans chapter 7 8 and9 kind of go together and one of the things you got to see with Romans actually 678 and9 is one of the things you got to see is that that we need to realize that this struggle uh we cannot win in the flesh in in Romans chapter 7 and verse number 15 this ISS for what that which I do I allow not for what I would that do I not but what I hate that do I it is it it then it if then I do that which I would not I consent under law that is good now then is no more

I that do it but sin that dwelleth in me for I know that in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing for the will is present with me but how to perform that which is good I find not for the good that I would I do not but the evil which I would not that I do you see Paul understood the struggle with the flesh I I'm battling the world I'm battling my own flesh I'm battling the devil and and it seems like I'm constantly giving in that battle and I'm losing that battle and sometimes it just feels like a losing battle how can I you know why why bother anymore why bother just to do what's right because nobody else is doing right why bother to to live for God because nobody else is living for

God and and it just seems like we're in there we're in a losing battle but the mighty man of God the mighty woman of God says listen no matter what the odds no matter what the statistics are against me I am going to stand up and do what's right I'm going to fight the battle and then going back to 2 Samuel chapter 23 again 2 Samuel chapter 23 I I want you to look at the next man of God that's listed here in 2 Samuel 23 and verse number 9 and 10 it says and after him was elazar the son of Dodo the oite uh one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines that were gathered together to battle and the men of Israel were gone away he arose and smoke the Philistines until his

hand was weary and his hand clave onto the Sword and the Lord wrought a great victory that day and the people returned after him only to spoil you know a mighty man of God is somebody says you know what I'm not going to quit I'm not going to give up I'm not going to run away 1 Corinthians chapter 16: 13- 14 says watch ye Stand Fast in the faith quit you like men be strong let all your things be done with Charity or with love and and a Mighty Man a m Mighty woman of God says listen no matter how hard it gets I'm not quitting I'm not going to give in I'm not going to do it and and they take their stand and no matter what the odds they're going to they're going to face those odds and they're

they're not going to quit no matter how hard it gets and then the third thing about a mighty man or a mighty woman of God if you look at verses 11 and 12 it says and after him was shamama the son of AGI the hazeri and the Philistines were gathered together into a troop which was a piece of ground full of lentils and the people fled from the Philistines but he stood in the midst of the ground and defended it and slew the Philistines the Lord wrought a great Victory you know a mighty man or a mighty woman of God is someone who's going to stand up for what's right he going to stand up for what right you see this man had a field of lentils now you know what lentils are right lentils are a kind

of a a pee you know and uh I don't know about you but I I'm not a big lover of peas in in fact uh you know the number one donation to the food banks uh in the world today is cans of peas that's the number one donation you know why that is because everybody looks in their cabinet says what don't I want and I'll give it to the food bank uh that's how it works there and uh peas are not exactly the the most popular crop crop out there but this you know what uh what would happen is they would uh plant their crop uh they would tend their crop and about the time the Harvest came the enemy would come and chase him away and then they would harvest the crop and take it home and and and this man said

you know what I I'm done with that he said this land was given to me by God and is my land and and God gave it to me and I'm not leaving and he stood in the middle of his Pea Patch and he pointed at those Philistines said you keep your pee picking hands off of my peas and he said I'm not leaving this belongs to me you know what we need some mighty men and mighty women of God who'll stand up and tell the world keep your hands off my family we need some mighty men and mighty women of God to sell the world to keep your hands off of my children we need some that will stand up and say these were given to me by God and you keep your hands off and will take their stand to do what's right you see a

mighty man of God is someone who will stand for what's right look at Ephesians chapter 4 and look at verse number 27 Ephesians chapter 4 in verse number 27 Ephesians 4:27 the Bible says neither give place to the devil in Ephesians 4:27 neither give place to the devil 1 Corinthians 10:4 says for the weapons of our Warfare are not carnal But Mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds see folks you got to take a stand and say you know what devil keep your hands off keep your hands out of my life keep your hands out of my family keep your hands out of my church and and just say I am not going to put up with this anymore and then a Mighty Man a mighty woman of God is a loyal person is

loyal second Corinthians chapter 23 and: 13-1 17 and three of the 30 Chief went down and came to David in the Harvest Time onto the caves of the adulam and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of reim and David was there in the hold and the Garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem and David longed and said oh that one would get me a drink of water of The Well of Bethlehem which is by the gate and the three Mighty Men break through the host of the Philistines and Drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and took it and brought it to David nevertheless he would not drink it therefore but he poured it out unto the Lord see these these Mighty Men they

heard their their boss say listen I just would like a glass of water from the well at home and they fought their way through to get that glass of water why because they were loyal they were loyal to God and they were loyal to their leader in Ecclesiastes 5 and: 4 and 5 it says says when thou vow us a vow unto God defer not to pay it for Heath no pleasure in fools pay that which thou has vowed better is it that thou should not vow then thou sh bow and not pay you see a mighty man of God keeps his promises a mighty man of God is loyal to his commitments and he will do what he promised God that he will do and he's also loyal to his leaders in 1 Corinthians 11:1 it says be followers of me even

as I also am of Christ you see they they follow their leaders and they follow their call in 1st Chronicles 12 and: 38 it says all these men of war that could keep rank came with a perfect heart to Hebron to make David King over Israel and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to take make David King so they believed in the cause they believed in their leadership they believed in their God and they were loyal and that's a mighty man of God and then looking back at 2 Samuel CH 23 look at verse number 19 it says was he not most most honorable of the three therefore he was their Captain how be it he attained not unto the first three and let's skip down to verse 23 he was more honorable

than the 30 but he attained not to the first three and David set him over his guard uh these were people that stuck by the stuff they they they stayed with it as you read this passage you'll see these are people that were were faithful people that were there and and stuck with it even when things got hard they stuck with it even when it wasn't easy and that's a mighty man of God and if we're going to learn something from the life of jeepa let's learn to be Mighty Men and mighty women of god let's learn to have these characteristics that God has commended here that we would be people that would would stand up against the odds and do what's right that we would be people that would would not

quit even no no matter how hard it gets that we would be people that would be loyal and faithful we need to be the Mighty Men and mighty women of God but also we need to understand that God is no resp Spectre of persons look at 1st Samuel chapter 16 1st Samuel chapter 16 and look at verse number seven 1 Samuel 16:7 says but the Lord said un Samuel look not at his countenance or in the height of his stature because I have refused him for the Lord seeth not as man seeth for man lookth on the outward appearance but the Lord lookth on the heart I want you go back to Judges chapter 11 if you would with me please Judges chapter 11 I want you to see Not only was jeepa a mighty man of Valor but it

tells us in judges chap 11 and uh verse number one judges CH 11 and verse number one it says now Jeff of the G Gile was a mighty man of Valor and he was a son of a harlot uh a lot of people looked down on him his brothers his family looked down on him the the leadership of the Town looked down on him because of where he came from uh but you see God does not judge us by our outward appearance God does not judge us by where we came from uh he was a son of a harlot but you know what I'm thankful that in Hebrews chapter 11 God chose a son of a harlot to be one of our examples of Faith to be one of the ones that he said this is a man of Faith this is somebody that you can emulate and not only

that but he also chose even chose a harlot the Bible says in Hebrews 11:31 by faith the Harlot Rahab perish not with them that believed not when she had received the spies with peace here was a woman from a very bad background but God was able to use her here was a young man jeepa who was born to a harlot but God said I can use you and no matter where you come from God can use you as well you know the one who should have been condemned is not jeepa it wasn't his fault for where he was born you know the one who should have been condemned was Gilead the one who went into the Harlot in 2 Samuel 12 and uh verse number 7 2 Samuel 12 verse number 7 we have the story of David the king and how that

David had committed adultery with basba and and Nathan confronted him in verse number seven and he said now therefore stand still um I'm sorry I'm the first Sam 2 Samuel chapter 12 I'll get this right 2 Samuel chter 12 and verse number 7 and Nathan said unto David Thou Art the man thus sayith the Lord God of Israel I Anointed The King over Israel and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul Now here David was later eyes called the friend of God but yet what he did was wrong and God rebuked him for it because he sinned when he went in with basba it was a sin to have sex outside of marriage to commit immorality look at verses 13- 14 and David said unto Nathan I have sinned against the Lord and

Nathan said unto David the Lord also ha put away thy sin Thou shalt not die how be it because by this deed thou has given great occasion the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme the child also is born unto thee shall surely die you see uh jeffa was not at fault for being born to a harlot and yet everybody blamed him instead of blaming the one who was wrong and that was Gilead because he went in to a harlot we need to understand that there are unique consequences I've mentioned this before if you turn over to 1 Corinthians chapter 6 prostitution is sometimes called the victimless crime but it is there's a lot of victims when you have immorality the victim is the the woman who is being mistreated

and misused and the victim is the children that are born into that type of situation the victim is the the wife or the husband that's being cheated on the victim there are so many victims in this crime and and it has such unique consequences when you commit immorality in 1 Corinthians chapter 6 and beginning with verse number 15 it says know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ shall I then take the members of Christ and make the members of a harlot God forbid what know ye not that they he which is joined to harlot is one body for two sayith he shall be one flesh and but he that is joined under the Lord is one Spirit flee fornication every sin that a man doeth is without the

body but he that committeth fornication sinth against his own body you see the Bible tells us that there are consequences to every sin and and sometimes we like to categorize sin that this one is worse than that one and really no sin is worse than another sin as far as sin because it still violates the the the Holiness of God and it still is a sin against the Lord and and no matter if it's lying or no matter if it's having a bad thought or getting mad at somebody or committing immorality it's still sin but there are different consequences to sin and the sin of immorality has unique consequences not only on you but all the people around you as well we see that in jea's life and that's why we

need to be careful to avoid this sin in our lives and to stay away from anything that is invol evolved with immorality but despite everything that jeepa had gone through despite being kicked out by his family and being kicked out by his hometown uh he still believed in God I if you go back to judges chap 11 judges chap 11 and look at verse number nine judges chap 11 and verse number n and jeepta said un the Elders of Gilead if you bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon and the Lord deliver them before me shall I be your head jeffa was a mighty man of God but he wasn't depending on his ability he said I've got to depend on God skip down to verse number 11 then jepta went

with the Elders of Gilead and the people made him head and Captain over them jeepta uttered all his words before the Lord in misbah he he knew that he needed God on his side he said God I can't do this alone I need your help in my life and then skip down again to verse number 29 then the spirit of the Lord Came Upon Je EPA and he paused over Gilead and manessa and passed over mispah and Gilead and from mispah of Gilead passed over unto the children of Ammon the spirit of the Lord Came Upon jeepa despite everything that had happened to him he still believed in God you know I talk to people sometimes say well I don't believe in God because of what happened to me and there are some terrible

things that can happen in your life and things that are hurtful and harmful and and honestly sometimes those can even be done to you by Christians that's what's really sad uh this was his own family these were the people of God and if anybody should have loved him and accepted him it should have been the people of God but they didn't but jeffa instead of blaming God he he still believed in God and you need to believe in God as well the Bible says in Romans chapter 10: 9- 10 that if Thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and Shall Believe in thine heart that God has raised from the dead Thou shalt be saved for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth

confession is made unto salvation in Romans 10:13 it says for who whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved jeepa believed in God jeepa called upon God he knew he could not do it without God in his life and you need to understand that as well and then the third thing the third lesson about jeepa that I think we need to learn is Promises Kept Promises Kept if you look at judges chap 11 and look at verse number 30 and 31 it says and jeffa bowed a vow unto the Lord and said if thou shall without fail deliver the children of Israel of Ammon unto mine hands then it shall be that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the

children of Ammon shall surely be the Lords and I will offer it up for a burnt offering and if you skip down to verse number 34 and jetha came to mispah upon to his house and behold his daughter came out to meet him with timal and with dances and she was his only child beside her he had neither son nor daughter Jeff made a vow made a promise to God if you will give me the victory the first thing that I see I will sacrifice I will give to you uh as a burnt offering Now understand that doesn't mean that he took his daughter he sacrificed her in the fire a burnt offering meant a complete offering it was one that was wholly given to the Lord and and he promised that whatever it comes I'm going

to give it to you completely and and that meant now that he needed to give his daughter completely to the Lord and if you go on and read the story she understood that and see she accepted if you made that promise Daddy then I'm going to keep that promise and and and and we need to understand that when you make a promise it it is uh important to keep that promise so don't be Hasty in making promises Ecclesiastes chapter 5 verse number two says be not rash with thy mouth and let not thine heart be H Hasty to utter anything before God for God is in heaven and now upon Earth therefore let thy Words Be Few you ever made a promise that afterwards you kind of regret it you ever made a promise in

the spur the moment uh whatever was going on and then later on you thought oh man what did I promise and then you had to fulfill that promise or break that promise you ever done that I've done it many times I I not only made promises I regretted later on but I'm that kind of person I have that personality that I make a lot of promises and I forget them y'all have ever done that as well I'm a I'm a forgetter I'm a world class number one forgetter it's the best thing I do there's nothing I've gotten better on in my life of 67 years except forgetting it's the only thing I improve on every year and uh and so I've made promises where I forgot those promises and God says listen if you make a

promise you need to keep your promise whether it's to God whether it's to your spouse whether it's to your children whether it's to your parents or whoever else might be you need to make sure you keep your promises don't be Hasty in making a promise sometimes we just kind of make those F Foxhole promises you you know the ones where you're about to die and you say God if you'll let me live I'll I'll do this I'll give you all my money I I'll live for you I'll go to church or whatever else it might be uh we got to be careful of that instead of making Hasty promises be known as a man or a woman of character go to Philippians chapter 2 Philippians chapter 2 look at verses 19- 23 Philippians

chapter 2 beginning with verse number 19 but I trust in the Lord Jesus Jesus sent timotheus shortly unto you that I also may be of good Comfort when I know your state for I have no man like-minded who will naturally care for your state for all seek their own not the things which are Jesus Christ but ye know the proof of him that as a son with the father he has served with me in the gospel him therefore I hope to send presently so soon as I shall see how it will go with him you know when you have character you don't need to make a bunch of promises you don't need to say well I I promise I'll do this cross my heart you don't need to say I promise I do it and add a squar word on it to make that

for emphasis uh you don't have to do that because people know your character this is somebody when they say they'll do it they will do it and and I can trust that it will get done that's the kind of character that we need to have go over to Matthew Chapter 5 Matthew Chapter 5 and look at verses 33-37 Matthew Chapter 5 in verses 33-37 it says again you have heard that have been said by them of old time Thou shalt not for swear thyself but Thou shalt perform unto the Lord thine Oaths but I say unto you swear not by all neither by at all neither by heaven for is in God's name nor by Earth for is his foot stol neither by Jerusalem for is the city of the great king neither shall thou swear by thy

head because thou cannot uh make one hair white or black but let your communication be yay and yay nay and nay for whatso is more than that uh than these cometh of evil you see when you have to add something onto your statement to to make people believe you're really really going to do it that means they don't believe in your character when you have to say I'll do it by God well why don't you just say I'll do it and why can't that be trusted so you ought to have the character to keep your promises you don't need to add a swear word on there you don't need to add a oath on there you don't need to say I'm going to do it and and if I don't do it then you can make me do this and you don't have

to do all those things because your yay should be a and your nay should be nay and these should be the kind of promises that you keep you see the thing that jepa didn't understand is he didn't have to promise God I'll give you the first thing that walks out of my house to get God to be on his side because God was already on his side you see we don't have to promise God anything because God has already given us everything he gave us Jesus keep your vows to the Lord look at Psalms chapter 15 Psalms chapter 15 when you make a promise to God keep your promise in Psalms chapter 15 veres 1-5 the Bible says Lord who shall abide in thy Tabernacle and who shall dwell in thy Holy Hill he that walketh

upright and worketh righteousness and speaketh the truth in his heart he that backbiteth not with his tongue nor doeth evil to his neighbor nor taketh up reproach against his neighbor in whose eyes a vile person is contended but that he be honth them that that fear the lord he that sweareth to his own hurt and changes not he that putteth not out his money to Usery nor taketh reward against the innocent he that doth these things shall never be moved he said listen be a man of character be a woman of character be a mighty man of God that keeps your word and keep your vow you know what you made a vow in marriage keep that promise you know jeffa made a vow that he'd get the first thing that

walked out of his house and that was his daughter his only daughter it broke his heart that he would have he would send her off to the to serve the Lord and never she would never get married he would never have grandchildren he would never have a Heritage to to live on after that but but he understood that he needed to keep his promise he could have said well I didn't mean my daughter I didn't know she was going to be the first one to walk out I I was thinking it was going to be a cat or a dog you know especially a cat I'm glad to sacrifice a cat or or it's going to be a cat cow or or a lamb or something else like that I didn't I didn't expect my daughter to be the first person to walk out

there and he could have said I'm not going to keep my promise but you know that's the reason why I think God put him in Hebrews chapter 11 because he want to remind us when you make a vow you make that vow before God when you make a vow there are no ifs ends or buts keep that vow before the Lord whether it's in your marriage or whether it's a vow Lord I'm going to be faithful in giving or whether it's a vow of dedication or a vow to be faithful to church some of you have made a promise to God that youd be in church every Sunday and you haven't kept that promise some of you made a promise to God that I'm going to give my tithes and offerings Faithfully to you and you haven't kept that promise

some of you made a promise to God God here's my life a living sacrifice and now you're not living for him when you make a vow you need to keep that vow even if it hurts why should we keep our vows because God keeps his promises Numbers Chapter 23: 19 says God is not a man that he should lie neither the son of man that he should repent hath he said and and shall not he do or hath he spoken and shall not he make good when God makes a promise he keeps that promise he's faithful to that promise and you and I need to understand that in 2 Corinthians chapter 1 and verses 18- 20 it says But as God is true our word toward you was not yay and nay for the Son of God Jesus Christ who was preached among

you by us even by me and sylvanius andthus was not yay and nay but in him was yay for all the promises of God in him are yay in him amen unto the glory of God by us see folks if you want God's blessings don't make promises to God keep the promises God gave to you if you want God's blessings don't make promises to God but keep keep the promises made to you for example the promise of Salvation 1 John 5: 12- 13 he that hath a son hath life he that hath not the Son of God hath not life these things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the son of God that you may know that you have eternal life that you may believe on the name of the son of God see I don't have to promise God God

I'll go to church and I'll be a good person and I'll give money and I'll I'll help the poor in order to go to heaven the way I go to heaven is to keep God's promise he said if you have Jesus Christ you have eternal life so God I want Jesus you see keep God's promises if you want His blessings Jeremiah 29 11-13 for I know the thoughts that I think towards you sayeth the Lord thoughts of peace and not of evil to give you an expected end then shall you call upon me you shall go and pray unto me and I will hearken unto you and you shall seek me and find me when you shall search me with all your heart see God already knows he wants to bless you he just waiting for you to seek him he's not waiting

for you say God if if you'll do if you'll bless me I'll do this and I'll do that and I'll do the other thing that's not what God's looking for God says listen if you want my blessings keep my promises don't make me promises just keep my promises Philippians chapter 4: 13 says I can do all things through Christ with strengthen me verse 19 says but my God shall supply all your need Accord his riches and Glory by Christ Jesus what wonderful promises if you look at the context you know how you get that promise if you give over and over again to missions my God will supply all your need see jep's mistake was he thought I have to promise something to God to get his Blessing and God says listen I don't need your promises because you usually break them anyway I want you to keep my promises and that's what God wants from you and I today