Tag: giving
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Temple Treasures
1 Kings 6:5-6 “And he made side chambers all around. The lowest story was five cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad.” There are many things in the Scriptures that are so profound that to plumb the depths of them is clearly impossible. The Scriptures say of themselves that…
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“Willingly”
1 Peter 5:2 “Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you . . .” In the verse above there is a word that appears only two times in the entire Bible. It’s the word “willingly.” The word means “voluntarily; of one’s own…
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Hospitality
1 Peter 4:9 “Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.” You’ve heard the expression, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Well, in reading the passage above this morning I had a parallel thought, i.e., that a few words from God are worth a thousand words of man. You see, our omniscient God never meant…
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Generosity
2 Corinthians 9:8 “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” One of the themes of the Bible is that God is a generous giver. If we are to follow His example, we should…
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Worship: Two Kinds
Hebrews 11:4 “By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.” Do you know that the way a person worships reveals an awful lot about their faith (or…
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The Shrewd
Ephesians 5:15-16 “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” There are some things that non-Christians are typically much better at than Christians. The reason I know this is that Jesus told us so. In Luke 16:8 He says this: “The sons…
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The Why
2 Corinthians 9:7 “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” Have you ever thought about the fact that it is possible to do exactly what the Bible says and yet do it in a sinful way? That’s why the fastidious keeping of…
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Ownership
Hebrews 1:2 “In these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, Whom He appointed the heir of all things.” When you think of Jesus, how do you think of Him? What’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Do you envision Him as He was depicted in a movie you’ve seen, perhaps “Ben Hur,”…
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The Indescribable Giver
2 Corinthians 9:15 “Thanks be to God for His inexpressible gift!” As Paul concludes his lengthy discourse on the subject of giving in his letter to the Corinthian church, he exults with the wonderful statement, “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.” Of course, that gift is the gift of His own Son, “For…
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A Faith that Gives
2 Corinthians 8:10 “And in this matter (of giving) I give my judgment: this benefits you” It is interesting that that apostle Paul gives so much emphasis to the matter of giving in his second letter to the Corinthians. He spends all of chapters 8 and 9 talking about it. He talks about the generosity of the…
