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    You Can Be Rich
    You Can Be Rich
    You Can Be Rich
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    You Can Be Rich

    By Oluwagbemiga Olowosoyo

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    For so long people have assumed that Godly wealth was an impossibility. The few who believed in Godly wealth assumed that it was limited to destiny.
    However, wealth is simply a matter of choice.
    In this classic, Dr Olowosoyo explains what the bible says about wealth.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateJul 30, 2012
    ISBN9781105909542
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      You Can Be Rich - Oluwagbemiga Olowosoyo

      You Can Be Rich

      You Can Be Rich

      Oluwagbemiga Olowosoyo

      ©2014 Oluwagbemiga Olowosoyo.

      ISBN 978-1-105-90954-2

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      Bridgeport.

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      Oyo State, Nigeria

      Tel: +234(0)8034652119, +234(0)8056257056

      E. Mail: [email protected]

      Website:  www.olowosoyo.org

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or be transmitted, in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, photocopying or otherwise without the prior written consent of the publisher.

      Bible quotes are from the King James Version unless otherwise stated.

      Dedication

      I want to dedicate this book to my second son

      Honour Oluwagbemileke Olowosoyo

      You are such a lovely son, I am proud of you.

      Introduction

      I saw a revelation some time ago. We were in a church hall celebrating. And we were really excited as we ate sumptuous meals.

      Behind the fence were so many people who could not enter. They included young children, women and men. They all held empty plates and bowls. Moreover, they begged that we would at least pass the crumbs to them.

      They were looking malnourished, harassed, frustrated and embarrassed.

      As I woke from the revelation, the Lord said to me: ‘the church would become the only hope of world’s sustenance.’

      That is God’s plan.

      Nevertheless, the greatest problem God has is man. In this case, children of God are His problem. We are wiser than God is. Better put, we think, we are wiser than God is. We prefer our wisdom to the Word of God. However, God would not alter His standard for any reason.

      As a result, the exact opposite of God’s plan is what we get. Believers are the poorest people in the world. The enormous  wealth of God eludes us. While unbelievers are enjoying the best. We travel all over the world begging for assistance. But we get nothing.

      However, a new season is unfolding. A new generation of believers are stepping up.

      God is raising a new crop of men who would be faithful to Him. He is setting apart choice men who will honour Him completely. They will crown Him Lord also in their finances. And they will please Him in all the choices they make.

      These men would own properties for Him. Nevertheless, they will keep to His track.

      I believe that this book is written for this category. And I am sure that it would be a blessing to them.

      Within a short while, it would amaze the world, what the church would become. We would accomplish divine purpose, when our obedience is complete.

      Then we would demonstrate the beauty of our God for the world to see. I mean the real beauty. The true riches of God would be available for us. And we would cease to gather wealth in the track and style of the devil.

      A close study of principles presented in this book would prepare you to join them, and, a commitment to take definite actions on these information would grant you an easy access to divine wealth.

      Part 1: Wealth belongs to God

      Chapter 1: God is not Poor

      For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.

      I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.

      "If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.   - Psalm 50: 10 -12

      'And I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,' says the LORD of hosts.

      'The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,' says the LORD of hosts.   - Haggai 2: 7 – 8

      Do you believe these scriptures? Could God be the owner of everything in the world? That includes all cattle and animal. That includes all precious stones of the world. That includes all petroleum and bitumen. He owns it all. Even men and all their wealth belong to Him.

      It would be strange to consider such a Person as poor.

      In the 70s and early 80s, salvation was synonymous with poverty. You could hardly see a believer in affluence. Even if you had wealth, you quickly renounced it at salvation. I remember burning some of my precious clothing to prove my salvation.

      Those days, knowledge was quite shallow. We thought God was a poor God and the only way to impress Him was to be poor.

      "And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.

      "So you shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest.  - Exodus 28:2-3

      Take a look at the elaborate process and cost of the tabernacle and Priestly garments of Aaron in Exodus 26, 27, 28 and 35. A poor God would not attempt that.

      The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.

      The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

      the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.

      The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.   - Revelation 21:18-21

      If He could tar the streets of the New Jerusalem with pure gold, then He could not be poor.

      Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, And You are exalted as head over all.

      Both riches and honour come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all.  - 1 Chronicles 29:11-12

      The earth is the LORD'S, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.  - Psalms 24:1

      Chapter 2: Poverty is Reserved for God’s Enemies

      'And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

      I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.

      And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

      'Then, if you walk contrary to Me, and are not willing to obey Me, I will bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins.

      I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.

      'And if by these things you are not reformed by Me, but walk contrary to Me,

      then I also will walk contrary to you, and I will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

      And I will bring a sword against you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; when you are gathered together within your cities I will send pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

      When I have cut off your supply of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall bring back your bread by weight, and you shall eat and not be satisfied.   - Leviticus 26:18-26

      Poverty is one of the punishments that God reserved for His worst enemies.

      In the scripture above, He promised the Israelites that if they hardened their hearts against God in pride then He would make their heaven as iron and their earth as brass. This means that they would labour for no results. There would be no blessing upon their work. And there would be no harvest for them.

      In verse 26, He promised that they would not be satisfied.

      "You shall carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, for the locust shall consume it.

      "You shall plant vineyards and tend them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

      "You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives shall drop off.

      "You shall beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours; for they shall go into captivity.

      "Locusts shall consume all your trees and the produce of your land.

      "The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower.

      "He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

      Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.   -Deuteronomy 28:38-45

      Chapter 3: God Does Not Plan Poverty for His Children

      Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.   3 John 2

      For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.   - Jeremiah 29:11

      Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.   - James 1:17

      The desire of God is always good.

      Yes! God has a plan for every man. But all His plans are good. His plan is limited to peace.

      And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

      For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

      Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.   - Romans 8:28-30 

      In the scripture above, Paul spoke by the inspiration of The Holy Ghost and said the plan of God for man always ends in glorification. Look at verse 30 again.

      Meanwhile, James also explained the appearance of poverty and every other shameful challenges of life in James 1: 13- 16.

      Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.

      But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.

      Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

      Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.   - James 1:13-16

      It is not destiny. It is not the plan of God for poverty or any other evil to come to a man. Rather it is the lust of each man and his actions that gives birth to those evils.

      I will explain this later in some other chapter.

      There is no single person in the entire scriptures that became poor because God made him poor. However, we have so many who became wealthy because of a covenant relationship with God.

      If they obey and serve Him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. -  Job 36:11

      "The LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the LORD will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers,    - Deuteronomy 30:9

      The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

      Those who are planted in the house of the LORD Shall flourish in the courts of our God.

      They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing,   - Psalms 92:12-14

      Chapter 4: Wealth is Synonymous with God’s Covenant

      Let them shout for joy and be glad, Who favour my righteous cause; And let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.    - Psalms 35:27

      "For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills;

      A land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey;

      land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper.   - Deuteronomy 8:7-9

      "And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.   - Deuteronomy 8:18

      As soon as Israel stepped into relationship with God, they entered into a covenant of great wealth. It was a covenant that had existed for several years before. It started with Abraham.

      Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.   - Genesis 13:2

      Now Abraham was old, well advanced in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.   - Genesis 24:1

      He was an average man before God called Him. He had the option to choose either to follow God in a covenant or to hold on to his father’s covenant, he would have inherited his father’s property as the first son. But he preferred the promises of God, whom he did not see. And God honoured him above all men. The covenant he signed with God promoted him greatly.

      The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous;

      For he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him.   - Genesis 26:13-14

      Isaac saw the example of his father. Therefore it was easy for him to follow suite. He also enjoyed a great covenant with God. And the result of such a covenant was great wealth.

      Thus the man became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks, female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.   - Genesis 30:43

      Jacob met with God at Bethel when he was running away from his brother Esau. And he signed a covenant with God, to serve Him. And God kept the covenant. All he had when he met God was just a shepherd’s rod. But when he returned some years later, God had promoted him greatly, as you can see in the scripture above.

      "Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, my own special treasure of gold and silver:   - 1 Chronicles 29:3

      David is another good example. His own offering competed well with that of the whole Israel.

      I guess the only person who was different among all the people called righteous in the bible was Lazarus. He was poor. However the attention given to his story was too poor. We do not have enough information about him.

      Without doubt, he was saved. But we are not sure if he enjoyed a covenant relationship with God. Besides the bible says every truth shall be established by two witnesses. And since we do not have another example of poverty and relationship with God like him. It would be faulty to teach such aberration.

      Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, Who delights greatly in His commandments.

      His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed.

      Wealth and riches will be in his house, And his righteousness endures forever.   -Psalms 112:1-3

      Chapter 5:  Poverty is Bad

      The poor man is hated even by his own neighbour, But the rich has many friends.  -Proverbs 14:20

      Wealth makes many friends, But the poor is separated from his friend.

      All the brothers of the poor hate him; How much more do his friends go far from him! He may pursue them with words, yet they abandon him.   - Proverbs 19:4, 7

      Recently I visited my parents and we got talking.  My mum mentioned a school colleague of mine and announced that he was dead and buried.

      I was dazed. What happened to him? I remember that he was full of life when we were in the Secondary School. And we all had expectations.

      It was a rude shock when I was told he died of diagnosed Typhoid fever. It was diagnosed early enough and he could have got a cure if he was able to finance the treatment.

      Unfortunately, his entire family could not raise 5,000 naira for his treatment. The first injection he received was financed by the nurse on duty. But she withdrew her assistance thereafter.

      Imagine a man dying for 5,000 naira. It is really sad.

      But it is the footprint of poverty.

      I was on the queue in a banking hall on a very busy day. The man right ahead of me was an octogenarian, and he caught my attention.

      After standing on the queue for long, it became his turn. And to my amazement he gave a cheque for N245. We all got the details when the teller announced that his pension account was empty. The man nearly passed out. But the teller resolved the matter by handing over to him a sum of N300 from his own purse. And the old man beamed with a smile.

      I wonder what he could do with that amount of money.

      But that is the footprint of poverty.

      In my 27 years of ministry, I have observed that 80 percent of people who come to see a minister are there to place a demand for financial assistance. At least, that is my own experience.

      I was shocked recently when I heard the story of a lady on a radio programme calling for assistance from philanthropists. The shock was not the request (that is normal) but the amount involved. She needed just 5,000 naira. And I wondered how someone’s life could hang on an elusive 5,000 naira.

      Another lady was compelled to display her private parts on the television because she needed assistance. The ailment was in her private part and people had to see what it was.

      Yet another man needed an operation in his testis and he had to strip on the television.

      Those are footprints of poverty.

      A certain Pastor was given custody of computers belonging to a church member who had to travel for a while. Before the member returned, Pastor had sold the computers. He needed money and the computers were the only valuable things

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