KFLCC Kingdom Economics

F INANCIAL S ECURITY IN THE L AST D AYS

The pastor of the church had a custom. When any person came to the altar to repent, he would meet them, hug them and tell them he loved them. Often this expression of love was the first time these street people had been shown affection in many years. As this man walked toward the altar, the pastor stood to meet him. The odor was so bad that the pastor remained on the stage. As the man stood alone, the pastor suddenly surged toward him and hugged him. Lawhon later asked the pastor, “How were you able to do that?” The pastor replied, “I couldn’t do it in myself. I did it for Jesus.” That night, the old man repented of his sins and asked Christ to change his life. The following night, at the conclusion of the service, a man came forward to greet Lawhon and the pastor. He was thanking them for what God was doing. He was dressed in a suit, clean shaven, and seemed very intelligent. They didn’t recognize the fellow, but to their astonishment, it was the man who had been converted the night before! He was not an old man after all, but a middle aged man who had been living on the streets. That one service radically changed his life, and he became one of the faithful members of that church. Each year, Lawhon returned to preach an annual revival. He would notice that certain people were no longer attending the church. When he asked about them the pastor would say, “Oh, they got a good job and have moved out of the inner city into the suburbs,” or, “God began to bless them and they were married and are prospering at a new job.” It was clear to Lawhon that the power of the Gospel not only impacted the spiritual condition of the people, but as they grew in faith and began walking in a covenant relationship with God, their very social When a person receives Christ and begins to walk in the New Covenant, their entire life, including their economic status begins to change. Part of this change results in a powerful transformation of the human spirit. The power of God liberates the soul and spirit, which will eventually bring deliverance from habits of the flesh that once cost a lot of money. Let’s assume that a carton of cigarettes costs about fifty dollars, and a six pack of beer costs about six dollars. If a man went to a club every weekend, he could waste fifty dollars or more. A drug addict might spend a hundred dollars a week and more on their addiction. If you smoke a carton of cigarettes a week and drink two six-packs of beer, that is nearly $250 a month that you spend on those and economic status began to change. Habits Cost a Lot of Money

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