Money On Mission
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Tithe
We are all congenitally allergic to tithing. R. T. Kendall
Are you giving God what is right, or what is left? Anonymous
Abraham
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High,
19 and he blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.
20 And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Jacob
20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear
21 so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the Lord will be my God
22 and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.”
Jesus on Tithing
42 “What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore justice and the love of God. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.
It’s the standard set by the Father of faith, Abraham and his grandson, Jacob and has been threaded into all who walk by faith.
Giving is important / My story
My play on words. Each word ends with - ful which means a lot of, or full of…
with the sense of being full of, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun. Plenty-ful
An inward work
An inward work
1. A contentful heart.
1. A contentful heart.
11 “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.”
12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
Secret of being Content
Easton’s Bible Dictionary Contentment
A state of mind in which one’s desires are confined to his lot whatever it may be. It is opposed to envy (
5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
216You say, “If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.” You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.—Charles Spurgeon
2. A thankful heart.
2. A thankful heart.
18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
34 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Thankfulness will give you the capacity for more.
Thankful people, are grateful people who steward in excellence, where they are, and with what they have. ~ PG
Home, jobs, career's, relationships, etc…
3. A trustful heart.
3. A trustful heart.
5 Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.
5 God’s love is meteoric, his loyalty astronomic,
6 His purpose titanic, his verdicts oceanic. Yet in his largeness nothing gets lost; Not a man, not a mouse, slips through the cracks.
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?
31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
An outward response
An outward response
1. God’s provision follows Kingdom Righteousness.
1. God’s provision follows Kingdom Righteousness.
33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
A great hope
2. God’s provision follows giving and wisdom.
2. God’s provision follows giving and wisdom.
6 Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.
7 You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”
8 And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.
Farmers Market Share
3. God’s provision follows Mission.
3. God’s provision follows Mission.
15 Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only;
16 for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid more than once when I was in need.
17 Not that I desire your gifts; what I desire is that more be credited to your account.
18 I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
20 To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Money is your master it can be cruel. It will torment you, covetousness, envy, selflessness, etc.. Which the bible says every evil work exists.
16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
The old saying; A moving truck full of possessions never follows a Hearse. The Pharaohs of Egypt were buried with their treasures to take into the afterlife, but left it all behind. The streets of heaven are paved with, Gold!
Matthew 1. The Choice between Two Treasures (19–21)
Our material treasures will not pass from this life to the next; but the good that has been done for the kingdom of God through the use of our treasures lasts for eternity, and the work God does in us through faithful giving will last for eternity.
Matthew 3. The Choice between Two Masters (24)
Don’t serve your money. Let your money serve the Lord and it will serve you
Paul highlighted 3 elements of the Macedonians’ giving which summed up the concept of freewill giving: 1) “according to their ability.” Giving is proportionate—God sets no fixed amount or percentage and expects His people to give based on what they have (Lk 6:38; 1Co 16:2); 2) “beyond their ability.” Giving is sacrificial. God’s people are to give according to what they have, yet it must be in proportions that are sacrificial (cf. Mt 6:25–34; Mk 12:41–44; Php 4:19); and 3) “their own accord”—lit. “one who chooses his own course of action.” Giving is voluntary—God’s people are not to give out of compulsion, manipulation, or intimidation. Freewill giving has always been God’s plan (cf. 9:6; Ge 4:2–4; 8:20; Ex 25:1, 2; 35:4, 5, 21, 22; 36:5–7; Nu 18:12; Dt 16:10, 17; 1Ch 29:9; Pr 3:9, 10; 11:24; Lk 19:1–8). Freewill giving is not to be confused with tithing, which related to the national taxation system of Israel (see note on Lv 27:30–32) and is paralleled in the NT and the present by paying taxes (see notes on Mt 22:21; Ro 13:6, 7).
John F. MacArthur
