THE LIFE INCLUDES THE GOLD

1 Chronicles 29:1-5

Money is needed, and it means much to give money. Lives are needed, too, and needed immensely more. It means yet more, aye, it means most, to give the life. And when the life is given, given not in a crisis, but slowly, faithfully through the long years, that means that the savings are given, too. We’re to give our lives to Jesus, and for him, and then our earnings, too, as he guides.

1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 

Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?

A GIVING BALANCE

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Most of us have to work for bed and bread. Our waking hours are necessarily absorbed in getting. A few have a great abundance, and give lavishly. Yet the thing to mark keenly is how the balance strikes between giving and receiving. The man who gives much may strike a getting average. The main stream turns selfishly in. The man who has little may strike a giving balance. The main stream turns blessedly out.

1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

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GIVING TO GET

 Luke 20:45-47;  Luke 21:1-4

The world looks on the outside. Jesus looks on the heart. The world gives to get; the average of the giving is to get. The devil gives only to deceive and get a tighter hold. God gives to help only, regardless of thanks or appreciation. We’re to be like him. Our giving is to be from the heart, and to the heart. Not putting gay patches on our clothes to attract attention, but quiet giving to help somebody.

Romans 10:10  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 

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THE STANDARD OF GIVING

Luke 6:30-38

The Jew was taxed a tenth. He gave it because he must. The Christian is supposed to give as Jesus gave. He held all subject to our need. We are to reckon that all we have is his. Then we’re to give as his Spirit guides. Knowing about the world’s needs, feeling its emergency, we’re to hold everything subject to the Spirit’s control, and habitually, thought fully administer what we have, giving as he guides.

Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 

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HOPELESSLY BANKRUPT

Matthew 25:34-40

When someone does a kindness to our loved one in need, does it not stir the heart’s gratitude as if it were done to ourselves? Ah, it is sweeter because we love our dear one so. Jesus loves. No one is beyond his brooding, wooing love. He is asking us to help all those in need. We’re hopelessly in debt to him for what he has done; and our debt is payable to all whom we touch.

Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 

Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?