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Stewardship: Talents, Time, Tithe? & 2 Cor.8:1-9. Tithing: option or obligation? & Mt.6:2,3. 1. Statute of God & Lev.27:30f; Dt.12:6. 2. Sincerity & v8,9,5; 1 Jn.4:10,11. 3. Step of faith & Mal.3:10. Why?. 4. Source of Blessings. a. Simplistic, Structured Lifestyle.
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Stewardship: Talents, Time, Tithe? &2 Cor.8:1-9 Tithing: option or obligation? &Mt.6:2,3 1. Statute of God &Lev.27:30f; Dt.12:6 2. Sincerity & v8,9,5; 1 Jn.4:10,11 3. Step of faith &Mal.3:10 Why? 4. Source of Blessings a. Simplistic, Structured Lifestyle b. Societal benefits & 2 Cor.8:14 Stewardship with our Tithe
How should you Tithe? 2. Sacrificially & v3; Lk.21:1f 3. Secretively &Mt.6:1,2,3; 2 Cor.9:7 1. Systematically & v2; 1 Cor.16:2; Dt.14:22; Lev.27:30 4. Selectively &2 Cor.8:18f; 1 Cor.16:3 5. Spirit driven &2 Cor.8:13,14 Stewardship with our Tithe
Once upon a time.... He gave him three apples to eat. He gave him three apples to trade for a shelter from the sun and rain. there was a man who had nothing.... and God gave him ten apples. He gave him three apples to trade for clothing to wear. He gave him one apple so that he might have something to give back to God to show his gratitude for the other nine. Adapted from `Bulletin Insert No.5', Division of World Mission Support, American Baptist Convention, Valley Forge, Pa.
The man ate three apples He traded three for a shelter from the sun and rain. Adapted from `Bulletin Insert No.5', Division of World Mission Support, American Baptist Convention, Valley Forge, Pa.
He traded threefor clothing to wear. Then he looked at the tenth apple and it seemed bigger and juicier than the rest Adapted from `Bulletin Insert No.5', Division of World Mission Support, American Baptist Convention, Valley Forge, Pa.
He knew that God had given him the tenth apple … so that he might return it to Him out of gratitude for the other nine. But the tenth apple looked bigger and juicier than the rest. And he reasoned that God had all the other apples in the world ... Adapted from `Bulletin Insert No.5', Division of World Mission Support, American Baptist Convention, Valley Forge, Pa.
So the man ate the tenth apple ... and gave back to God ... the core. Adapted from `Bulletin Insert No.5', Division of World Mission Support, American Baptist Convention, Valley Forge, Pa.
God has given you enough apples to supply your needs s plus one with which you may show your gratitude to Him. The choice is yours. Will you return to God the largest and juiciest of your apples? s or only the core? Adapted from `Bulletin Insert No.5', Division of World Mission Support, American Baptist Convention, Valley Forge, Pa.