2 Cor. 9:6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
“We give offerings and we bring them to God."
How we handle money is a significant indicator in revealing the condition of our heart.
Because we put money toward what we value most.
We give God what is already His.
Giving is an issue of the heart.
1Tim. 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Eccl. 5:10 Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income.
James 4:3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
Malachi 3:7a Ever since the time of your forefathers you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them.
Malachi 3:7b Return to me, and I will return to you,”says the LORD Almighty.
Malachi 3:7b-8a “But you ask, ‘How are we to return?’ “Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me.
Malachi 3:8b“But you ask, ‘How do we rob you?’ “In tithes and offerings.
Malachi 3:9 You are under a curse — the whole nation of you - because you are robbing me.
Malachi 3:10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house.
Malachi 3:10b Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
Honouring God with our tithes and offerings is one way we close the door to Unbelief.
Malachi 3:7 Ever since the time of your forefathers you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them.
Lev. 27:30 A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.
1 Cor. 16:1-2 Now about the collection for God’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
Malachi 3:10b Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
Mal. 3:10b see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
Mal 3:11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit,” says the LORD Almighty.
Honouring God with our tithes and offerings is one way we combat fear.
Principle: Firstfruits=Whatever comes to us, we must give the first portion of it back to God.
Prov. 3:9-10 Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
1Sam. 2:30b "...Those who honor me I will honor,…"
John 12:26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.”
Gen. 3:1 “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
Gen. 3:4 “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman.
