Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
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… And you have to deal with the selfish heart. Look at Deuteronomy 15 verse 9. It says, beware, lest there be wicked thought in your heart. It can't be a wicked thought in your heart saying that the seventh year, the year of release is at hand, and your eye be evil against your brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the Lord against you, sin among you. Notice selfishness is wickedness in God's eyes and becomes sin. Selfishness is wickedness in God's eyes and it becomes sin. See, a lot of us don't understand the concept, but back in this day, they had this thing called the year of Jubilee, and there was something instituted by God that every seven years, no matter who you were, all of your debts were canceled after seven years. Let's just stop real quick. Would anybody like God to re-institute Yeah, that would be a blessing So back in this day, he's saying if your brother comes to you and let's say his name is Jerome and Jerome comes to you And Jerome says hey bro, my crops were bad. I got all of these kids Everything is not going. Could you lend me a little money so we can get through the season? …
… We got to deal with the selfish heart look at verse 9. It says beware Lest there be a wicked thought in your heart I want you to see where everything's taking place. It's taking a place in your heart saying that the seventh year the year of release is at hand And and your eye be evil against your poor brother. He he broke and he ain't gonna pay me back at all And you give him nothing and he cry out to the lord against you and it becomes sin Among you notice that selfishness is wickedness in god's eyes and become sin It's the bible So what i'm saying to you is don't be selfish Let me ask you this question. Why did god invent giving? Why did he create it? Because he had to create it And i've asked people this question before and a lot of people like he invented Um giving so that his work could could be funded and like his work could be done And my response to that is really Is the light bill in heaven too much now? …
… the one talking included. Look at verse nine. It says, beware, watch out, hold up. Let's there be a wicked thought in your heart. Look where the thought is wicked. It's in your heart. Saying the seventh year, the year of release, the year where we don't have to pay back anything, the year that the debt is forgiven, it's at hand. And my eye is evil against the poor brother and you give him nothing. And he cry out to the Lord against you and it becomes sin among you. Let me, let me break this down. See, God is saying, if you have in your heart selfishness, it's wicked. And that wickedness turns into sin. Let me remix this passage. Let's say you got a friend named Rufus and Rufus is not the most dependable person, but, but Rufus comes to you and he says, yo, my crops were bad this year and I need to borrow some money. You know, Janice, we got these 10 kids, not much to do without cable. And you understand like we're sitting over here, but this was a bad, bad year. Can I borrow some money to be able to get through this? And God says, you're supposed to open your hand and lend to him generously and don't think, hold on, what month is it? It's only six months to the year of release. That means if he don't pay me back, roof if he don't pay me back in six months i gotta forgive his debt no i ain't i ain't messing with …