The church does not need you. You heard me right. However, when I say church, I do not mean the building, I do not mean the denominations, I do not even mean the religion. I am talking about the body of Christ, the people of God. The last thing we need is another selfish person who does not understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I want you to know this. Yesterday we saw in the Gospel of Matthew Chapter five verse nine, Jesus proclaiming, Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called Children of God.

And we see a great example of a peacemaker in Abraham in Genesis Chapter 12. Right. But I'm here to tell you one more thing. The Gospel of Mark, Chapter 12, verse 31, God commands us saying, Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Now, the love for neighbor cannot come without the love of God in our hearts. And the love of God can only come about when we have the love for God. And Jesus tells us in the Gospel of John, Chapter 14 or 15, if you have the love for God, if you love God, you must obey his Word.

So it all comes down to this– knowing God's Word and obeying him and serving him in everything you do. Now, I want to take you to Genesis Chapter 14 to see that being a peacemaker is just the beginning. Abraham is not only a peacemaker, he is an extraordinary peacemaker. And that is what you and I are called to be. We are called to be peacemakers, extraordinary peacemakers.

In Chapter fourteen of Genesis, we read a lot gets captured by enemies. Right? Now, just before this, we saw that Lot separates himself from Abraham and goes his own way. When Abram hears the news of Lot's capture, he does not react, saying, Oh well, that is his fate. He separated himself from me and now he's suffering consequences and there is no protection. He was captured and his whole family and household and his positions are taken. Well, that is none of my business. That is not how Abraham responds. Instead, he instantly prepares three hundred and eighteen warriors from his own household to pursue the enemies and to rescue Lot and his household and all the possessions.

In short, he is given victory. God grants victory to Abram and on his return, the king and priest of Salem, Melchizedek praises God and blesses Abraham and proclaims God's goodness. And we lead in verse 20 of Genesis Chapter 14 that Abraham tithed everything. Now pay close attention. When we hear the word tithe, we only think of money, don't we? Because we've had a lot of messages being taught to us about tithing with money giving, offering to the church.

But I want to tell you something very clearly Verse 20 cannot be more clear than to say Abraham tithed everything. God has given you in life. That is, twenty-four hours each day. How much time are you tithing? How much time do you spend obeying God's Word, studying God's Word and putting it into action? How much talent have you put into action in your church helping people? Are you a musician? Are you helping your church in worship?

If you are a preacher, if you love studying the Word of God and talking about Jesus, how much time are you taking each day to study the Word and share the good news and the gospel of Jesus Christ with people? Well, you may say, but I do not belong to either of those categories. It doesn't matter if you could be an accountant. How are you serving the Lord with your talent? So we not only have tithing of money, we have tithing of time. We have tithing of your talent. Every thing that God has blessed to you, you are accountable to share it.

Don't be selfish because being selfish is the opposite of being like God, because God so loved us that he gave his only son, he gave everything, his only son to die on the cross. If that be the case, Jesus tells us, be like your Heavenly Father. All these years of your life, you've probably worked hard. I am not denying that...