Does God CAre How We Worship--Part Four--Giving Part Two
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Introduction:
Introduction:
1. Last week we talked about giving in the Old Testament.
1. Last week we talked about giving in the Old Testament.
A. The Old Testament is in our Scriptures for our learning.
A. The Old Testament is in our Scriptures for our learning.
4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
B. The Old Testament is in our Scriptures to be our tutor or schoolmaster (KJV)
B. The Old Testament is in our Scriptures to be our tutor or schoolmaster (KJV)
24 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
C. The Old Testament is in our Scriptures to show us examples.
C. The Old Testament is in our Scriptures to show us examples.
11 Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
2. We learned that...
2. We learned that...
A. Sacrifice was a part of their giving.
A. Sacrifice was a part of their giving.
B. Their children were a part of their giving.
B. Their children were a part of their giving.
C. Their livelihood was a part of their giving.
C. Their livelihood was a part of their giving.
D. God cared how they gave.
D. God cared how they gave.
Body:
Body:
1. Is sacrifice a part of our giving today?
1. Is sacrifice a part of our giving today?
A. We are are to present our bodies as a living sacrifice.
A. We are are to present our bodies as a living sacrifice.
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
1. The NIV says we are to offer our bodies.
1. The NIV says we are to offer our bodies.
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
2. The New Living Translation say we are to give our bodies.
2. The New Living Translation say we are to give our bodies.
1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.
A. We are to present, offer, or give ourselves totally to God.
A. We are to present, offer, or give ourselves totally to God.
B. When we are baptized we sacrifice ourselves by giving our bodies to God.
B. When we are baptized we sacrifice ourselves by giving our bodies to God.
20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
1. When we are baptized we give ourselves to be crucified with Christ.
1. When we are baptized we give ourselves to be crucified with Christ.
4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,
6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.
2. In baptism we gave up any right or claim to ourselves that we might have once had.
2. In baptism we gave up any right or claim to ourselves that we might have once had.
24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
A. This leads me to my second point.
A. This leads me to my second point.
2. Are our children a part of our giving.
2. Are our children a part of our giving.
A. If in baptism we give up any right or claim to ourselves then what right or claim would we have to our children.
A. If in baptism we give up any right or claim to ourselves then what right or claim would we have to our children.
1. Joshua understood this.
1. Joshua understood this.
15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
2. Timothy’s mother and grandmother understood this.
2. Timothy’s mother and grandmother understood this.
3 I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,
4 greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy,
5 when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.
3. We have a responsibility to understand this.
3. We have a responsibility to understand this.
4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
A. If we belong to God then our children also belong to God.
A. If we belong to God then our children also belong to God.
28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
1. This means that every decision that we make for them must be based on what God wants for their lives.
1. This means that every decision that we make for them must be based on what God wants for their lives.
3. Is our livelihood a part of our giving?
3. Is our livelihood a part of our giving?
A. If in baptism we give up any right or claim to ourselves then what right or claim would we have to our livelihood.
A. If in baptism we give up any right or claim to ourselves then what right or claim would we have to our livelihood.
1. Everything that we own is God’s because we belong to God.
1. Everything that we own is God’s because we belong to God.
16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?
17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.
2. Everything that we do in obedience is only our duty because we are still unprofitable servants.
2. Everything that we do in obedience is only our duty because we are still unprofitable servants.
10 So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”
Conclusion:
Conclusion:
1. If we truly understand how much we are to give to God will it change us?
1. If we truly understand how much we are to give to God will it change us?
A. Will it affect our giving?
A. Will it affect our giving?
2. Next week we will continue to talk about giving in the New Testament.
2. Next week we will continue to talk about giving in the New Testament.