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Giving
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Characteristics of N.T. giving
• Regularly - First day of the week
I Corinthians 16:1-2
• Individually - I Corinthians 16:1-2
• "As God hath prospered”
I Corinthians 16:2
• Purposefully, not haphazardly
I Corinthians 16:2
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• Cheerfully - II Corinthians 9:7
• Readily - II Corinthians 8:12
• Bountifully - II Corinthians 9:6
• Planned - II Corinthians 9:1-2
• Purposed - II Corinthians 9:7
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•I. God’s
ownership
Illustration – The foolish farmer
Lk. 12:16-19
• 16] And he spake a parable unto
them, saying, The ground of a
certain rich man brought forth
plentifully:
• [17] And he thought within himself,
saying, What shall I do, because I
have no room where to bestow my
fruits?
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• [18] And he said, This will I do: I will
pull down my barns, and build
greater; and there will I bestow all
my fruits and my goods.
• [19] And I will say to my soul, Soul,
thou hast much goods laid up for
many years; take thine ease, eat,
drink, and be merry.
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1. Heaven and earth
• Deut. 10:14
• [14] Behold, the heaven and the
heaven of heavens is the LORD's
thy God, the earth also, with all
that therein is.
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Ps. 24:1
• [1] The earth is the LORD's, and
the fulness thereof; the world,
and they that dwell therein.
Gen. 1:1 - all belongs to God
because he created all things
• [1] In the beginning God created
the heaven and the earth.
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2. Every beast is his
• Ps. 50:10
• [10] For every beast of the forest
is mine, and the cattle upon a
thousand hills.
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3. Silver and gold belong to Him
• Haggai 2:8
• [8] The silver is mine, and the
gold is mine, saith the LORD of
hosts.
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4. All souls belong to Him
• Ezek. 18:4
• [4] Behold, all souls are mine; as
the soul of the father, so also the
soul of the son is mine: the soul
that sinneth, it shall die.
5. By purchase, all Christians
belong to Him
• 1 Cor. 6:19-20
• [19] What? know ye not that your
body is the temple of the Holy
Ghost which is in you, which ye have
of God, and ye are not your own?
• [20] For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body,
and in your spirit, which are God's.
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•II. The Christian’s
stewardship
Illustration – The rich man in
account of Lazarus – Lk. 16:19-21
• [19] There was a certain rich man,
which was clothed in purple and
fine linen, and fared sumptuously
every day:
• [20] And there was a certain beggar
named Lazarus, which was laid at
his gate, full of sores,
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• [21] And desiring to be fed with
the crumbs which fell from the
rich man's table: moreover the
dogs came and licked his sores.
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• Christians are stewards or
caretakers of that which belongs
to God
• We must be faithful as stewards
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1 Cor. 4:2
• [2] Moreover it is required in
stewards, that a man be found
faithful.
Gal. 6:2 – in suffering
• [2] Bear ye one another's
burdens, and so fulfil the law of
Christ.
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Gal.2:9-10 – in service
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• 9 and when James, Cephas, and
John, who seemed to be pillars,
perceived the grace that had been
given to me, they gave me and
Barnabas the right hand of
fellowship, that we should go to the
Gentiles and they to the
circumcised.
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• 10 They desired only that we
should remember the poor, the
very thing which I also was eager
to do.
1 Cor. 16:1-2 – in finance
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• [1] Now concerning the collection
for the saints, as I have given
order to the churches of Galatia,
even so do ye.
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• [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.
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•III. The basis of
giving is love and
dedication to God
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Rom. 12:1-2
• [1] I beseech you therefore,
brethren, by the mercies of God,
that ye present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
unto God, which is your
reasonable service.
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• [2] And be not conformed to this
world: but be ye transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that
ye may prove what is that good,
and acceptable, and perfect, will
of God.
Lk. 16:13-15 – we cannot serve
God and mammon (money)
• [13] No servant can serve two
masters: for either he will hate
the one, and love the other; or
else he will hold to the one, and
despise the other. Ye cannot
serve God and mammon.
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• [14] And the Pharisees also, who
were covetous, heard all these
things: and they derided him.
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• [15] And he said unto them, Ye
are they which justify yourselves
before men; but God knoweth
your hearts: for that which is
highly esteemed among men is
abomination in the sight of God.
2 Cor. 8:8-9 – giving is proof of
“the sincerity” of our love
• [8] I speak not by commandment,
but by occasion of the
forwardness of others, and to
prove the sincerity of your love.
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• [9] For ye know the grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he
was rich, yet for your sakes he
became poor, that ye through his
poverty might be rich.
2 Cor. 8:12 – giving is to be
voluntary & not out from force
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mind, it is accepted according to
what one has, and not according
to what he does not have.
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•V. Characteristics
of New Testament
Giving
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• Regularly - First day of the week
I Corinthians 16:1-2
• Individually - I Corinthians 16:1-2
• "As God hath prospered”
I Corinthians 16:2
• Purposefully, not haphazardly
I Corinthians 16:2
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• Cheerfully - II Corinthians 9:7
• Readily - II Corinthians 8:12
• Bountifully - II Corinthians 9:6
• Planned - II Corinthians 9:1-2
• Purposed - II Corinthians 9:7
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Conclusion
• The church is engaged in the
greatest mission under heaven
• Money is necessary to carry out this
great work of spreading the gospel
• We need to give as prospered
because this is well pleasing to God
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2 Cor. 9:7
• 7 So let each one give as he
purposes in his heart, not
grudgingly or of necessity; for
God loves a cheerful giver.