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if you're a part of a local church, you're gonna find over the course a calendar year
that local churches that believe the scriptures, they gonna teach you these 6 marks, 6 marks
of discipleship. One of which is prayer, you'll also learn worship about worship, third bible
reading, fourth is serving and the fifth mark is developing healthy relationships and the
6 marks of discipleship is giving and so any church that wants to teach people how to follow
hard after God must teach those 6 marks over the course of every calendar year amidst all
the other topics. Now I asked you earlier if you've heard of the name William Colgate
and several hands went up but as i bring this little stool over here, pull of my cloth and
show you. Now, have you heard of Colgate toothpaste, how many have heard of Colgate toothpaste.
Well, it was the one who started all of this was a William Colgate. Toothbrush Colgate,
Optic White Rinse to help brighten your teeth , Irish Spring liquid soap, Men Axe A.X.E
for men also a product of Colgate. Well, let me tell you how it all began, when William
Colgate was 16 years old, he was living England coming to New York City to make out on his
own. On the boat, he said to the captain when asked the question:"Young man, what are going
to do when you get to New York City?" his response " I plan to start a soap manufacturing
company." The captain says " If I may, I'd like to give you some advice, young man."
Let me quote to you what William Colgate told others in his latter date how he started off.
Quote the advice given to him by the captain "someone will soon be the leading soap maker
in NY, you can be that person, but you must never lose sight of the fact of the soap you
make had been given to you by God, Honor Him by sharing what you earn, begin by tithing
all you save. In fact you may not know tithing means giving God 10% of whatever you earn.
William Colgate felt the urge to tithe because he recognized that God was the giver of all
that he posessed not only of the opportunity but all the ressources needed to manufacture
soap and he began to tithe when he started his business as time lapse he gave 20% then
30% then 40% by the time of his death he was giving 50% of his earnings to the work of
the Lord. And one of the institutions that Colgate was very good at supporting in defering
expenses was Madison University and Theological Seminary. After his death, his sons continued
to be philantropists supporting that institution up to 7 decades. In 1890, the school, the
board of trustees voted to change their name to Colgate University and so all this began
because one 16 year old at the early age of 16 began to trust God's Word that I just read
to you Malachi 3 and began to tithe to God's work. 100 of years later, we still have products,
these are mine, I'll take them home after I'm finished./ We still have products because
a 16 year old said " tithing, I understand it. It is the acknowledgment that everything
belongs to God. Popquiz, ready Popquiz, I want to see if you heard what I read out of
malachi 3. Ready, popquiz, popquiz Show of hands, ready.
Question: Should we acknowledge that God own everything, How many say yes. How many say
no. How many say no, No one says no . Everyone says yes. Ok! give yourself a round of applause,
you got it right. Don't you wish school was this quick and easy
as that There you go! You aced it. You aced it
Now, in concept you're right. In theory, you're right. Theologically fancy word to say the
way I study and seek God, theologically you're right. Biblically, fancy word to say the lens
of the scripture, I look at the bible and read and interpret it. Biblically you're correct,
so you're correct on all those levels but the way I can verify that you really believe
it, is that you practice it. Tithing is the acknowledgment that you know that God knows
everything and until you do that, you have just kept it as a concept. A theory, it's
abstract, it's not yet come home