Spiritual Warfare | Supply Lines
Senior Lead Pastor Landon Schott
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Exodus 10:21-29
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21 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
23 No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”
25 But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.
26 Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”
27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
28 “Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”
29 “As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”
22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
23 No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”
25 But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.
26 Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”
27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
28 “Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”
29 “As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”
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Mammon wants to cut off what God wants to supply through you.
Supply Lines | The Spiritual Warfare Over Money!
This is the year of Encounters & Visitations!
Spiritual warfare is the spiritual war over who rules the will of man.
Ephesians 6:12
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12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
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Psalms 23:4
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4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
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Matthew 21:12-13
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12 Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
13 And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
13 And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
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Hebrew: מַ עֲשֵׂ ר (maʿăśēr) = Tenth, tenth part; the portion set apart and given back to God.
Greek: δεκάτη (dekatē) = Tenth, tithe; the tenth part given as an offering to God.
Hebrew: יהוה (YHWH) = LORD; God’s personal covenant name, written as LORD in the Old Testament.
Greek: κύριος (kyrios) = Lord, master, owner; the one with full authority, depending on the context.
Psalms 24:1
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1 The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
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Warning: Pay attention when something rises up in you and says, “It is really mine!”
5 Things You Need to Understand About the Tithe
1. The tithe is holy
1. The tithe is holy
Leviticus 27:30
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30 Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.
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Genesis 2:16-17
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16 And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
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5 Things You Need to Understand About the Tithe
1. The tithe is holy
2. The tithe comes first
1. The tithe is holy
2. The tithe comes first
Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
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Practical Advice: Give to God first!
5 Things You Need to Understand About the Tithe
1. The tithe is holy
2. The tithe comes first
3. Jesus endorsed tithing
1. The tithe is holy
2. The tithe comes first
3. Jesus endorsed tithing
Matthew 23:23
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23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
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Question: Isn't tithing under the Law?
Question: Isn't tithing under the Law?
Answer: Tithing can’t be under the Law when Jesus endorsed tithing and tithing pre-dated the Law.
Answer: Tithing can’t be under the Law when Jesus endorsed tithing and tithing pre-dated the Law.
Matthew 5:17
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17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
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Genesis 14:20
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20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
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5 Things You Need to Understand About the Tithe
1. The tithe is holy
2. The tithe comes first
3. Jesus endorsed tithing
4. Witholding the tithe is robbing from God
1. The tithe is holy
2. The tithe comes first
3. Jesus endorsed tithing
4. Witholding the tithe is robbing from God
Malachi 3:8-10
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8 Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!
But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’
In tithes and offerings.
9 You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
9 You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
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Warning: Your tithe doesn’t go to missional non-profits; it goes to your local church.
Hebrew: קָ בַ ע (qāḇaʿ) = Rob, defraud, take forcibly; to rob someone of what belongs to them.
Warning: If you are not tithing, you are robbing God!
John 12:4-6
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4 But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,
5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
6 Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
6 Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
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Jesus had a Judas and every church has someone with the Judas syndrome.
Warning: You can’t trust people who rob from God! If your business partners dishonor God, they will dishonor you!
Judas betrayed the physical body of Jesus for money and those with the Judas syndrome betray the Body of Christ (Church) over money.
5 Things You Need to Understand About the Tithe
1. The tithe is holy
2. The tithe comes first
3. Jesus endorsed tithing
4. Withholding the tithe is robbing from God
5. The tithe advances the Kingdom
1. The tithe is holy
2. The tithe comes first
3. Jesus endorsed tithing
4. Withholding the tithe is robbing from God
5. The tithe advances the Kingdom
Matthew 28:19-20
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19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
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Acts 4:34-35
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34 There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,
35 and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.
35 and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.
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Matthew 6:19-21
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19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Giving = Souls
Question: Is what you’re investing into going to be in Heaven?
Giving to the house of God is the greatest investment you can make!
Warning: There is a spiritual war over money.
Mammon is the demonic spirit (principality) over money!
Matthew 6:24
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24 ¶ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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Greek: μαμωνᾶς (mamōnas) = Money, wealth, possessions; a word of Aramaic origin for riches that people trust in place of God.
Mammon Definition: The evil spirit that rests on money and teaches people to trust wealth instead of God.
Simple Meaning: You cannot give two masters your complete obedience.
Genesis 11:4-5
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4 “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
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10 Signs You’re Dealing with a Spirit of Mammon
1. Fear and anxiety over money
2. You act like the owner not the steward
3. You struggle with greed and selfishness
4. You think more money will make you happy
5. You tell yourself you would give (be generous) if you only had more
6. You prioritize your stuff over God’s stuff
7. You have said or thought, “What is the church doing with MY money?”
8. You are afraid of not having enough even before what you have is gone
9. You get excited when people tell you that you don’t have to tithe
10. Money is your miracle
1. Fear and anxiety over money
2. You act like the owner not the steward
3. You struggle with greed and selfishness
4. You think more money will make you happy
5. You tell yourself you would give (be generous) if you only had more
6. You prioritize your stuff over God’s stuff
7. You have said or thought, “What is the church doing with MY money?”
8. You are afraid of not having enough even before what you have is gone
9. You get excited when people tell you that you don’t have to tithe
10. Money is your miracle
Supply Line Interdiction: Disrupting or cutting off the supplies an enemy needs to keep fighting, including food, fuel, ammunition, and reinforcements.
Supply Line Simplified: A line that carries what is needed to keep the mission moving.
The world is giving trillions to supply sin and the Church is arguing about tithing!
Warning: Blessings and inheritances are for Kingdom and godly stewards! If you give inheritance to ungodly children, you will be financing the enemy’s supply lines.
Practical Advice: Look for Kingdom businesses to partner with!
Question: What happens if there is no Church?
2 Corinthians 2:11
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11 in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
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Warning: The enemy is coming after your supply lines – especially after you give generously.
Malachi 3:10
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10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
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When God knows you will support supply lines, He supports your supply lines!
Malachi 3:11
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11 I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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Malachi 3:11
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11 I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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God wages spiritual war on mammon when His people honor Him with their wealth!
Exodus 8:1
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1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
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Exodus 10:24
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24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”
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Exodus 10:25-26
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25 But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.
26 Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”
26 Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”
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Exodus 12:31-32
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31 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
32 Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”
32 Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”
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Pharaoh wanted to cut off the supply lines of God’s people, and Mammon wants to cut off what God wants to supply through you.
