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XX.
OF THE GRACE OF GIVING
Scriptural
giving is one of the fundamentals of faith.
II
Corinthians 8:7, "Therefore as ye abound in
everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in
all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound
in this grace also."
We
are commanded to bring our gifts into the storehouse
(common treasury of the church) upon the first day of the
week.
I
Corinthians 16:2, "Upon the first day of the week let
every one of you lay by him in store, as God has prospered
him, that there be no gatherings when I come."
Under
Grace we give, and do not pay, the tithe – "Abraham
GAVE the tenth of the spoils" – Hebrews 7:2,4 –
and this was four hundred years before the law, and is the
New Testament; Jesus said concerning the tithe,
"These ye ought to have done" – Matthew 23:23.
We
are commanded to bring the tithe into the common treasury
of the church. Leviticus 27:30, "The tithe … is
the Lord’s."
Malachi
3:10, "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."
In
the New Testament it was the common treasury of the
church.
Acts
4:34, 35, 37, "And brought the prices of the things
that were sold and laid them down at the apostles’ feet
… Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid
it AT THE APOSTLES’ FEET."
BIBLE
STUDIES ON GIVING
Excuses_why_people_don't_tithe.pdf
Questions on Preaching giving answered.pdf
Who Is God and Do You Know Him .pdf
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