Prudence in Giving Unrighteous Mammon (3)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Deut 15:10 You must give to him, and your heart shall not be
displeased when you give to him; for on account of this matter
Jehovah your God will bless you in all your work and in all
your undertakings Mal. 3:10 Bring the whole tithe to the
storehouse that there may be food in My house; and prove Me, if
you will, by this, says Jehovah of hosts, whether I will open
to you the windows of heaven and pour out blessing for you
until there is no room for it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[Part 3 of 3]
I would encourage the young people in particular to learn to
give a portion of their income to the Lord. Young people, you
should begin this immediately after graduation when you begin
to work. Give a portion of the first wages you receive to the
Lord. I can testify that this was my practice when I was young.
When I first earned money, even as a poor student, I set aside
a portion to the Lord. Perhaps some of us have never considered
this. Therefore, I encourage all the saints [believers] to give
the Lord a portion of whatever money they earn. If we do this,
we shall learn to handle our money properly.
Those who give to the Lord faithfully and consistently can
testify that the more they give, the more they receive. For us
Christians, to be rich is to give. The way to receive is to
give. The Lord Himself said, "Give, and it will be given to
you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over,
they will give into your bosom; for with what measure you
measure, it will be measured to you in return" (6:38). Here we
see clearly that giving is the way to receive.
According to the statistics I have studied and the testimonies
I have heard, the more we give to the Lord, the more we shall
be able to give. For example, if you give ten percent one year,
the next year you may be able to give twenty percent. Then if
you are faithful to give a higher amount, you may be able to
give even more the following year. The point here is that the
more we give, the more we shall be able to give. When some hear
this word about faithfulness and giving, they may say that they
do not have enough faith to give consistently. Actually, this
is not a matter of our faith; it is a matter of our practice,
and our practice is based on the Lord's faith and His
faithfulness.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry,
from Witness Lee, Life-study of Luke, pp. 315-316. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. (Repeat
2/19/02)
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