Grounded in truth
REGULAR: "On the first day of every week..." (1Cor. 16:2)
NORMATIVE: "...each one of you..." (1Cor. 16:2)
PROPORTIONAL: "in keeping with his income..." (1Cor. 16:2) "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded." (Luke 12:48) "...according to their ability..." (2 Cor. 8:3)SACRIFICIAL: "...even beyond their ability..." (2 Cor. 8:3)FROM A GLAD HEART: "...Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion: for God loves a cheerful giver." (2 Cor. 9:7)
AN ACT OF WORSHIP: "On the first day of every week..." (1Cor. 16:2) "...your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God..." (2 Cor. 9:12)A PRIVILEGE: "Blessed are you Lord God...but who am I and who are my people, that we should be able to give..." (1 Chr. 29:10-15)A REFLECTION OF OUR HEART: "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." ( Matthew 6:21)
FIRST AND BEST: "Abel brought the firstborn of his flock and of their fat..." (Genesis 4:4)
TO THE CHURCH: "Bring all the tithes into the storehouse (Malachi 3:8-10) "On the first day of every week... " (1Cor. 16:2) "Do not muzzle the ox...The workman deserves his wages." (1 Tim. 5:18)A RETURNING: "For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things." (Romans 11:36) "...for everything in heaven and earth is Yours." (1 Chr. 29:11)
A KINGDOM INVESTMENT: "...whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and whoever sows generously will reap generously." (2 Cor.8:6)
A BLESSING TO THE GIVER: "Bring all the tithes into the storehouse that there may be food in My house and try Me now in this, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it." (Malachi 3:8-10)
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