Giving Properly
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Introduction:
Introduction:
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
1. Giving is a very important aspect of Our Christianity.
1. Giving is a very important aspect of Our Christianity.
A. It should be a part of who we are.
A. It should be a part of who we are.
37 “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”
B. This giving attitude should lead us to a deep desire give back to God.
B. This giving attitude should lead us to a deep desire give back to God.
16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
1. We should have this deep desire not only because all things belong to God anyway but because God gave everything to us.
1. We should have this deep desire not only because all things belong to God anyway but because God gave everything to us.
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
C. So How do we give back properly.
C. So How do we give back properly.
1. We understand that giving to the church is not optional.
1. We understand that giving to the church is not optional.
2. We give with the proper attitude.
2. We give with the proper attitude.
Body:
Body:
1. We understand that giving to the church is not optional.
1. We understand that giving to the church is not optional.
1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also:
2 On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.
3 And when I come, whomever you approve by your letters I will send to bear your gift to Jerusalem.
4 But if it is fitting that I go also, they will go with me.
A. As I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also.
A. As I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also.
B. On the first day of the week let each one.
B. On the first day of the week let each one.
C. Lay something aside
C. Lay something aside
7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
D. As he may prosper
D. As he may prosper
1. We are not commanded to tithe as in the Old Testament but are there guidelines that we need to follow.
1. We are not commanded to tithe as in the Old Testament but are there guidelines that we need to follow.
6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
2. Do we need to consider that we live under a better covenant?
2. Do we need to consider that we live under a better covenant?
6 but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.
2. We must give with the proper attitude.
2. We must give with the proper attitude.
A. The widow of Zarephath.
A. The widow of Zarephath.
1. We must trust in God.
1. We must trust in God.
8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
9 “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, indeed a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, that I may drink.”
11 And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”
12 So she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”
13 And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son.
14 For thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth.’ ”
15 So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days.
16 The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke by Elijah.
B. The widow who gave two mites.
B. The widow who gave two mites.
1. Trust in God is an attitude.
1. Trust in God is an attitude.
38 Then He said to them in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces,
39 the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts,
40 who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
41 Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much.
42 Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans.
43 So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury;
44 for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.”
C. Giving properly is enjoying giving to God.
C. Giving properly is enjoying giving to God.
7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
Conclusion:
Conclusion:
1. Lets learn from Isreal not make the same mistake they made.
1. Lets learn from Isreal not make the same mistake they made.
A. They did not understand that giving to God was not optional.
A. They did not understand that giving to God was not optional.
8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.
9 You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation.
B. They did not give with the proper attitude.
B. They did not give with the proper attitude.
1. They did not trust God.
1. They did not trust God.
2. They did not give cheerfully.
2. They did not give cheerfully.
C. If they had God would have opened windows of heaven.
C. If they had God would have opened windows of heaven.
10 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.
11 “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” Says the Lord of hosts;
12 And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land,” Says the Lord of hosts.
D. Let’s alway remember...
D. Let’s alway remember...
1. Giving is a command.
1. Giving is a command.
2. Trust God.
2. Trust God.
3. Give cheerfully.
3. Give cheerfully.
E. And God will open up the storehouses of Heaven.
E. And God will open up the storehouses of Heaven.
38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”