Stewardship and Generosity: A Heartfelt Response to God
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"The Earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world and all who live in it, for he founded it upon the Seas and established it upon the waters. You realize what an incredible statement that is in 21st century America, how it runs virtually counter-cultural to everything that is thrust Upon Us in the scientific and educational World, indeed it stands all of that up on its heels." [00:46:12]
"When we have given to God all that we are and all that we have, we have simply given him what is his own. That's why by the time Paul gets to the end of Romans 11 he asks the question, who has ever given to God that God should repair him? It is inconceivable that we as mere mortals that has created beings even as his children by adoption in Jesus that we could ever somehow put God in our debt." [04:52:30]
"Tithing was the basic pattern of giving in the Old Testament. Now just so that we're absolutely clear, a tithe is a tenth part A tenth part of anything and it may well be that it was used simply because human beings have ten fingers and ten toes and they counted largely in tens and God perhaps accommodating himself to those circumstances and making it easy for individuals establish this particular process." [06:23:00]
"When you read the Old Testament you discover that this pattern was firmly and fairly established but in times of spiritual indifference it fell into disregard, and as a result of that God had to come to his people and speak to them concerning their indolence as it related to these things." [08:46:00]
"It also teaches us secondly that tithing is not stated as an obligation in the New Testament. It is a pattern in the old but it is nowhere an obligation in the new. In fact if you look for tithing if you take a concordance and look for tithing in the New Testament you'll be hard-pressed." [11:05:00]
"The New Testament emphasis on generous giving militates against the idea of a percentage Levy, since some would be able to give far more than 10 percent and others for a time may not even be able to give that, because if you think about it the 10 percent lets a lot of people off the hook, depending on the nature of their disposable income." [14:40:00]
"Regularly proportionately and also administered properly administered properly then when I arrive I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem, and the importance of propriety and integrity in relationship to funds is absolutely essential, both for the confidence level of all who give and also in order that we might be certain that what we give will reach its destination." [22:41:00]
"The place of giving is first and foremost the local church, for example and this may seem self-serving but there's no other way there's no other way to to quote the verse without quoting the verse, Galatians 6 6 anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor." [24:48:00]
"Ultimately you see, this is a personal thing, in some ways it really is a private thing that's why it's not particularly easy to talk about or to reference, and it always is a spiritual thing, the writer to the Hebrews says it this way, through Jesus therefore let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise the fruit of lips that confess his name." [27:16:00]
"Love God and do what you want. What should I do about my giving? Love God and then do what you want, because you know what I've discovered in 54 years of life, people do what they want to do, and our wanting if it is subsumed under a genuine love for God will change everything, not least of all the release of our finances for the concerns of the Gospel." [28:19:00]
"The local church is the place to give adequate and generous financial assistance in its own immediate borders and then far beyond its borders. All of these things and more besides happen continue to happen and may happen in Greater measure as a result of the steady consistent regular proportionate sacrificial giving of each of us in and through the local church." [26:04:00]
"By this time you see by the time Paul is writing to the Corinthians the first day of the week has been established unequivocally despite what Dan Brown says in in the uh in the in that Jolly book but the the the first day of the week has been established unequivocally as the day of worship and the day of sacrifice and the day of praise." [19:46:00]
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"When we have given to God all that we are and all that we have, we have simply given him what is his own. That's why by the time Paul gets to the end of Romans 11 he asks the question, who has ever given to God that God should repair him? It is inconceivable that we as mere mortals that has created beings even as his children by adoption in Jesus that we could ever somehow put God in our debt." [04:52:30]
"Tithing was the basic pattern of giving in the Old Testament. Now just so that we're absolutely clear, a tithe is a tenth part A tenth part of anything and it may well be that it was used simply because human beings have ten fingers and ten toes and they counted largely in tens and God perhaps accommodating himself to those circumstances and making it easy for individuals establish this particular process." [06:23:00]
"When you read the Old Testament you discover that this pattern was firmly and fairly established but in times of spiritual indifference it fell into disregard, and as a result of that God had to come to his people and speak to them concerning their indolence as it related to these things." [08:46:00]
"It also teaches us secondly that tithing is not stated as an obligation in the New Testament. It is a pattern in the old but it is nowhere an obligation in the new. In fact if you look for tithing if you take a concordance and look for tithing in the New Testament you'll be hard-pressed." [11:05:00]
"The New Testament emphasis on generous giving militates against the idea of a percentage Levy, since some would be able to give far more than 10 percent and others for a time may not even be able to give that, because if you think about it the 10 percent lets a lot of people off the hook, depending on the nature of their disposable income." [14:40:00]
"Regularly proportionately and also administered properly administered properly then when I arrive I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem, and the importance of propriety and integrity in relationship to funds is absolutely essential, both for the confidence level of all who give and also in order that we might be certain that what we give will reach its destination." [22:41:00]
"The place of giving is first and foremost the local church, for example and this may seem self-serving but there's no other way there's no other way to to quote the verse without quoting the verse, Galatians 6 6 anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor." [24:48:00]
"Ultimately you see, this is a personal thing, in some ways it really is a private thing that's why it's not particularly easy to talk about or to reference, and it always is a spiritual thing, the writer to the Hebrews says it this way, through Jesus therefore let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise the fruit of lips that confess his name." [27:16:00]
"Love God and do what you want. What should I do about my giving? Love God and then do what you want, because you know what I've discovered in 54 years of life, people do what they want to do, and our wanting if it is subsumed under a genuine love for God will change everything, not least of all the release of our finances for the concerns of the Gospel." [28:19:00]
"The local church is the place to give adequate and generous financial assistance in its own immediate borders and then far beyond its borders. All of these things and more besides happen continue to happen and may happen in Greater measure as a result of the steady consistent regular proportionate sacrificial giving of each of us in and through the local church." [26:04:00]
"By this time you see by the time Paul is writing to the Corinthians the first day of the week has been established unequivocally despite what Dan Brown says in in the uh in the in that Jolly book but the the the first day of the week has been established unequivocally as the day of worship and the day of sacrifice and the day of praise." [19:46:00]
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