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0:00There is something nobody tells you when
0:02you step into your calling as a generous
0:04[music] person. Nobody warns you that
0:07your greatest acts of love can become
0:09your greatest traps.
0:11Nobody sits you down and says [music]
0:13that pouring into the wrong people can
0:15leave you hollow, burned out, and far
0:18from the life God actually designed for
0:21you.
0:21>> [music]
0:22>> But the Bible does.
0:23And today we are going to look at what
0:26scripture says about seven specific
0:29types of people God is warning you to
0:32stop helping. Not because love is wrong,
0:35but because wisdom is required.
0:38Proverbs chapter 4 verse 7 says, "Wisdom
0:41is the principal thing. Therefore, get
0:44wisdom and with all thy getting get
0:47understanding."
0:49That means your generosity must be
0:51governed by something greater than
0:53emotion. It must be governed by
0:55discernment.
0:57Because there is a very real difference
0:59between being a blessing and being an
1:02enabler. And if you do not know that
1:05difference, people will drain you dry
1:07while calling it your Christian duty.
1:11Jesus himself understood this.
1:14He walked away from certain people.
1:17He did not chase the rich young ruler.
1:21He warned in Matthew chapter 7 verse 6
1:26not to cast your pearls before swine.
1:29And in John chapter 2 verse 24, he did
1:33not entrust himself to people whose
1:35hearts were not right.
1:37If the Son of God set boundaries, you
1:39have the full permission of heaven to do
1:42the same.
1:43So let us walk through these seven types
1:46of people together and let the word of
1:48God bring the clarity your spirit has
1:52been quietly waiting for.
1:55The first type of person you must stop
1:57helping is the lazy and idle.
2:00Now, hear me clearly because there is a
2:03critical difference between someone
2:05going through a hard season and someone
2:08who has chosen comfort over
2:10responsibility as a lifestyle.
2:13The Bible is not gentle about this
2:16distinction.
2:18Proverbs chapter 10 verse 4 says, "Lazy
2:21hands make for poverty, but diligent
2:24hands bring wealth."
2:26Laziness in scripture is not treated as
2:29a circumstance.
2:31It is treated as a choice and it carries
2:34consequences.
2:36The Apostle Paul was so direct on this
2:39that he told the church in Thessalonica
2:41in 2 Thessalonians chapter 3 verse 10,
2:45"If anyone is not willing to work, let
2:47him not eat."
2:49That sounds harsh to modern ears, but it
2:52is a principle of divine accountability.
2:56God designed life so that we reap what
2:59we sow and when you constantly rescue
3:01[music] a person who refuses to sow
3:03anything, you interrupt the very system
3:06God put in place to teach them. You are
3:08not helping them grow.
3:10You are keeping them comfortable in a
3:13place God is trying to move them out of.
3:16In Matthew chapter 25 verses 24 to 30,
3:21the servant who buried his talent
3:23[music] rather than investing it was not
3:26rewarded for his fear. He was called
3:28wicked and lazy and even what he had was
3:32taken away.
3:34Some people are not stuck because the
3:36devil is fighting them, they are stuck
3:38because they refuse to move and when you
3:41keep rescuing them from the weight of
3:43their own choices, you are not being
3:45compassionate.
3:47You are delaying the very correction
3:50that could change their life.
3:52The most loving thing you can do for a
3:54person committed to idleness is to step
3:58back, pray for them, and let God's
4:01design do what your generosity never
4:04could.
4:05That leads us directly into the second
4:08type of person you must stop helping,
4:10and this one will sting because most of
4:13us have experienced it firsthand, the
4:16ungrateful. Ungratefulness is not just a
4:20bad habit.
4:22It is a revealing of the heart. In Luke
4:25chapter 17, verses 17 to 18,
4:28>> [music]
4:28>> Jesus heals 10 lepers and only one
4:32returns to give thanks.
4:34Jesus notices.
4:36>> [music]
4:36>> He specifically asks about the other
4:39nine.
4:40And that question is one we need to sit
4:43with because there are people in all of
4:46our lives who have been lifted, carried,
4:49and covered by our sacrifice, and have
4:52never once looked back to acknowledge
4:54it.
4:55Paul warns in 2 Timothy chapter 3, verse
4:582, that in the last days, people will be
5:01lovers of themselves, lovers of money,
5:04ungrateful, and unholy.
5:07Ungratefulness is listed right alongside
5:11godlessness because it comes from the
5:13same root, a heart that refuses to
5:16acknowledge where its blessings come
5:19from.
5:20Helping an ungrateful person is like
5:23pouring water into a vessel with no
5:25bottom to the bod. The more you give,
5:28the more they expect.
5:31And Proverbs chapter 17, verse 13, warns
5:35that evil will never leave the house of
5:38one who repays good with evil.
5:42Some people will take your sacrifice and
5:45use it against you.
5:47Gratitude is a gateway to increase.
5:50When Jesus fed the 5,000 in John chapter
5:536 verse 11, he gave thanks before
5:58distributing. [music]
5:591 Thessalonians chapter 5 verse 18
6:02commands us to give thanks in all
6:05circumstances because gratitude
6:07positions you for more.
6:10You are not called to keep pouring your
6:12best into people who will never
6:14acknowledge the hand God used to reach
6:16them.
6:17Now, if the ungrateful will drain your
6:20resources, the proud and arrogant will
6:23drain your wisdom. And that brings us to
6:26the third type.
6:28Proverbs chapter 16 verse 18 is one of
6:31the most quoted and least heeded verses
6:34in all of scripture.
6:37Pride goes before destruction and a
6:40haughty spirit before a fall.
6:43Proud people are not just difficult to
6:45help. They are impossible to help
6:48because they do not believe they need
6:50it.
6:51James chapter 4 verse 6 tells us God
6:54himself opposes the proud but gives
6:57grace to the humble.
6:59When you try to help an arrogant person,
7:01>> [music]
7:01>> you are pushing against someone God is
7:04already resisting.
7:07Think about King Nebuchadnezzar in
7:09Daniel chapter 4 verse 30. At the peak
7:13of his power, he looked over his kingdom
7:16and declared that he had built it by his
7:18own mighty power.
7:21The moment those words left his mouth,
7:23judgment fell. He lost his mind, lived
7:27like an animal in the wilderness for 7
7:29years, and was only restored when he
7:32humbled himself before God.
7:35Think about Pharaoh in the book of
7:37Exodus,
7:38>> [music]
7:38>> warned 10 times, given 10 opportunities
7:42to bow, and yet his pride hardened him
7:46until his army was swallowed by the sea.
7:49Proverbs chapter 26 verse 12 says,
7:53"There is more hope for a fool than for
7:56someone who is wise in their own eyes."
7:59If someone believes they have nothing to
8:01learn, you are not equipped to teach
8:03them.
8:04Only hardship can reach them now, and
8:07sometimes the wisest thing you can do is
8:10get out of the way and let it.
8:13And speaking of people God is already
8:15dealing with, the fourth type of person
8:18you must stop helping is the wicked and
8:21sinful. Specifically, those who have no
8:24desire to change.
8:26Psalm chapter 1 verse 1 says, "Blessed
8:30is the one who does not walk in step
8:32with the wicked." God's love covers
8:35everyone, but God's approval is not
8:39automatic.
8:40There is a sharp difference between a
8:43sinner who repents and a person who
8:46embraces wickedness as an identity.
8:49Romans chapter 1 verse 32 warns that
8:54those who not only continue in darkness
8:57but approve of others doing the same
8:59have positioned themselves
9:01>> [music]
9:01>> entirely against God.
9:04The stories of Jezebel, Cain, and Judas
9:07all carry the same thread. They were
9:10warned. They refused to turn.
9:13And their ends were devastating.
9:16You can love someone deeply and still
9:19refuse to partner with what God has
9:22already condemned in their life. Pray
9:25for them. Speak truth to them.
9:28But do not let your presence become the
9:30cushion that keeps them comfortable in
9:32rebellion, because at some point comfort
9:36becomes complicity.
9:38The fifth type flows naturally from
9:40this,
9:40>> [music]
9:41>> and it is the foolish.
9:43Let us be precise about what the Bible
9:45means by a fool, because this is widely
9:48misunderstood.
9:50A fool is not someone with low
9:52intelligence.
9:53A fool is someone who hears wisdom and
9:56deliberately rejects it.
9:59Proverbs chapter 26 verse 11 describes a
10:02fool as a dog returning to its vomit,
10:05going back again and again to the same
10:08destruction after being delivered from
10:11it.
10:12Proverbs chapter 13 verse 20 says, "A
10:15companion of fools suffers harm." You do
10:18not have to be foolish yourself to be
10:21damaged by a fool. Their proximity alone
10:25costs you.
10:27Proverbs chapter 23 verse 9 warns
10:30plainly,
10:32"Do not speak to fools, for they will
10:34scorn your prudent words."
10:36Some of you have been in this exhausting
10:39cycle of advising the same person about
10:42the same mistakes and watching them
10:44return to the same destruction, and you
10:47wonder why you feel so depleted.
10:50It is because you have been watering
10:52ground that has not been prepared to
10:54receive it.
10:56At a certain point, continuing to
10:58counsel someone who will not receive it
11:01stops being love and starts being a
11:04cycle you need to exit for both your
11:07sakes.
11:08Now, the sixth type [music] is perhaps
11:11the most dangerous of all because they
11:14are often the hardest to identify, and
11:17that is the dishonest and manipulative.
11:21Proverbs chapter 12 verse 22 says, "The
11:25Lord detests lying lips, but delights in
11:29people who are trustworthy."
11:31Manipulation is not just a personality
11:34flaw. It is a spiritual weapon.
11:37Second Corinthians chapter 11 verse 14
11:41reminds us that Satan himself
11:44masquerades as an angel of light.
11:47The most dangerous manipulators are the
11:50ones who appear the most sincere.
11:54They know how to cry at the right
11:56moment. They know how to make you feel
11:59like refusing them makes you a bad
12:01Christian.
12:02They know exactly which words will
12:05soften your resistance.
12:08Proverbs chapter 26 verses 24 to 26
12:12says, "Enemies disguise themselves with
12:15their lips, but in their hearts they
12:18harbor deceit."
12:20If someone has a consistent pattern of
12:22shifting stories, guilt-tripping you
12:25into giving, only appearing when they
12:27need something, and never owning their
12:29part in anything, your discernment is
12:32not judgment.
12:34It is protection. [music]
12:36God called you to walk in wisdom, and
12:39wisdom sometimes looks like a closed
12:42hand.
12:43That brings us to the seventh and final
12:46type, and this one requires the most
12:49spiritual maturity to navigate rightly,
12:52the unrepentant.
12:55Hebrews chapter 10 verse 26 says, "If we
12:58deliberately keep on sinning after
13:01receiving the knowledge of the truth, no
13:03sacrifice for sins is left."
13:06There is a profound difference between
13:09struggling and refusing.
13:11Some people do not want to be delivered.
13:14They want to be comforted in their sin.
13:17They want your presence to soften the
13:19consequences rather than confront the
13:21cause.
13:23In the parable of the prodigal son in
13:25Luke chapter 15 verses 11 to 32, the
13:29father did not chase after the son when
13:32he left. He did not rescue him from the
13:35pigpen. He let him go.
13:38End quote.
13:39And it was only in the depth of that low
13:41place, hungry, broken, and surrounded by
13:45what his choices had produced, that the
13:47son came to his senses and turned back
13:51toward home.
13:52Proverbs chapter 29 verse one says,
13:56"Whoever remains stiff-necked after many
13:59rebukes will suddenly be destroyed
14:02without remedy. Some people need to hit
14:04the bottom before they will ever look
14:07up."
14:08And if you keep rushing in to pad that
14:11bottom with your resources,
14:13>> [music]
14:13>> your time, and your emotional energy,
14:16you are not shortening their suffering.
14:19You are extending it. Step back.
14:22Pray without ceasing.
14:25Speak truth when the door opens.
14:29And trust that God knows exactly how
14:31much pressure is needed [music] to break
14:33the right thing in the right person at
14:36the right time.
14:38So, here is where we land. God did not
14:41call you to pour yourself out for people
14:43who are committed to staying empty.
14:46There are people in your world right now
14:48who are genuinely ready to grow, ready
14:51to receive, ready to be transformed by
14:54the grace of God working through your
14:56generosity.
14:58But you will have nothing left to give
15:00them if you keep spending everything you
15:03have on the seven types of people this
15:06word just described.
15:09Before you go anywhere, I want you to
15:11pause right where you are and pray this
15:14with me. Father, give me the wisdom to
15:18help who you have called me to help and
15:20the courage to release who you have not.
15:24Protect my heart from manipulation.
15:27Protect my resources from misuse and
15:30protect my calling from the weight of
15:33burdens that were never mine to carry.
15:36Teach me to give with open hands and
15:40walk with discerning eyes.
15:43Let everything I pour out be led by your
15:45spirit and not by guilt or fear in
15:49Jesus' name.
15:51Now, I want to hear from you. Drop a
15:53comment below and be honest with
15:55yourself. Which one of these seven types
15:58have you been pouring into thinking it
16:01was God's will when really it was
16:04quietly draining you.
16:06Type the number in the comments right
16:08now. You might say something that saves
16:11somebody else from making the same
16:12mistake. God bless you and I will see
16:15you in the next one.

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