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  SPLITTING HEIRS   Rom8:16-17 “…We are children of God, and if children… …heirs of God …and joint heirs with Christ…”   For some reason I always thought that “joint heirs with Christ” meant that He was inheriting a certain portion, and I inherited a certain portion assigned to me. In other words… I believed we SPLIT the inheritance… Christ getting HIS allotment… and then somehow, whatever was designated as my allotment was given to me as deemed necessary.   However… the word translated “joint heir” [ sugkléronomos] is a compound made up of: 1.          sun : meaning… so closely identified together as completing one another 2.          kleros : lot or portion … inheritance   SO… Christ and I complete one another and are so closely identified as to BE ONE , thus inheriting the fullness of the inheritance TOGETHER … with complete access… no “my portion”… no “my allotment”… no measur...

   THE TITHE     Growing up around “church”, I was repeatedly taught about THE TITHE … but it was always presented from a compulsory perspective… as was so much of scripture.     Somehow, during any instruction on THE TITHE , Mal3:7-12 is invariably brought into play… specifically referencing verses 8-9 that “you have robbed God in your TITHES and offerings, therefore you are cursed with a curse .”   THE REMEDY : vs10 “bring ALL THE TITHES into the storehouse”   THEN “you will be blessed” (vss10-12)     TITHE simply means “10 th part”   Did you know that by the Law there were at least THREE TITHES ? 1.          Lev 27:30-32. A TITHE OF ALL YOUR INCREASE … which is completely the Lord’s 2.          Deut 14:22-23. A YEARLY TITHE. With it Have a FEAST!  One stipulation: Do what desire, but before the Lord 3.       ...

  MORE THAN LIFE     There are THREE main kinds of LIFE mentioned in the Bible:   1.          [BIOS] LIFE – the way or manner of LIFE or livelihood properly, God's gift of physical life, animating all creation "to LIVE and move and have its being" (Acts17:28)   [bíos] is the root of the English term "biography," i.e. the record (account) of how we invested (or spent!) our physical lives.]   2Ti2:4 “No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this LIFE [bios] …”   2.          [ZOE]   LIFE  the actual vitality of all things living… whether plant or animal… sustained by  God's self-existent LIFE …   Gen1:24  "Let the earth bring forth the LIVING [zosan – adj of zoe] creature according to its kind…”   Jn1:4 “In him was LIFE [zoe] ; and the LIFE [zoe] was the light of men.”   Gen2:7 “The Lord God for...