ENCOURAGEMENT FOR FAITHFUL GIVING TO GOD
( Acts 20:35 ) I have
shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and
to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to
give than to receive.
I.
GIVE TO WORSHIPFULLY.
(1 Corinthians 16:1-2) [1]Now
concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches
of Galatia, even so do ye.
[2]Upon the first day of the week let every one of
you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings
when I come.
(Malachi 3:10-12) [10]Bring
ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house,
and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the
windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room
enough to receive it.
[11]And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes,
and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine
cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
[12]And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye
shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
2.
GIVE TO GOD SACRIFICIALLY.
( II Corinthians 8:1-5 ) [1]Moreover,
brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of
Macedonia;
[2]How that in a great trial of affliction the
abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their
liberality.
[3]For to their power, I bear record, yea, and
beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
[4]Praying us with much intreaty that we would
receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the
saints.
[5]And this they did, not as we hoped, but first
gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
3.
GIVE TO GOD CHEERFULLY
( II Corinthians 9:7-8 ) [7]Every
man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or
of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
[8]And God is able to make all grace abound toward
you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every
good work:
4.
GIVE TO GOD WILLINGLY
2 Corinthians 8:11-12 [11]Now
therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so
there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
[12]For if there be first a willing mind, it is
accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
5.
GIVE TO GOD LOVING AND SINCERITY.
( II Corinthians 8:8 ) I speak not
by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the
sincerity of your love.
( II Corinthians 5:14 ) For the
love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for
all, then were all dead:
* God
bless you all always *
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