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Jezreel Baptist Church

How to be a Faithful Manager

of God’s TREASURES

Lesson

4

How to be a Faithful Manager of God’s TREASURES...…….......4.2

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GIVE BEYOND THE TITHE


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These lessons are taken from the book of

Dr. Antonio Ormeo entitled “How to Get More Money from God”

And all of the Bible quotations are taken from the NIV


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STEP #5: GIVE BEYOND THE TITHE

In our present age or the Church Age, Christians are taught the three upward steps in giving. I say, "upward" because there is growth in grace and faith in the process. We illustrate here with the use of a three-step ladder.


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First Step. The Bottom Step on the ladder is TITHING or GIVING BY EQUALITY.

Giving by Equality for both rich and poor (proportionate giving) is just another term for tithe-giving with which the Jews were already well acquainted.

Second Step. THE GIVING OF LOVE OFFERINGS.

Since the tithe is His, we do not give Him anything until we give beyond the tithe, a love-offering. A Christian, who does not give his love-offering after saying, "I love you, Lord," deprives God of what is due Him. This offering must be taken from the 90% which is the Christian's share.

2 Corinthians 9:7 Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Here is the Lord's plain teaching, that, in the giving of the love-offering, each individual Christian must purpose or decide this in his own heart. In tithing, God has already decided what His portion is (10%). In the giving of the Love-Offering, the love of the individual Christian for the Lord is thus manifested (shown) - little or much.

The abundance, is of course, measured in proportion to the portion kept at home for oneself. The moment the Christian drops his love offering in


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the offering plate, he silently declares, "Lord, this is how much I love you today."

Third Step. The Top Step is THE SACRIFICIALLOVE GIVING

This giving beyond one's power to give is sacrificial giving. This is also taken from the Christian's 90% share. Sacrificial giving can best be seen among the early Christians.

Acts 2:44-45 All the believers were together and had everything in common. (45) Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.

Acts 4:34-35 There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales (35) and put it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need.

The secret of this, Paul said, was their truly surrendered lives; "but first gave their own selves to the Lord." The Bible says "we are not our own..." (1 Cor. 6:19-20) when we give ourselves to God, we only give Him what is already His. It is the same with the tithe, it is already His. We are not really giving God a gift until we give above the tithe.

Christians, taking their first upward step, show their growth in the grace of giving by giving the tithe of all. This shows that their love for the Lord is


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WARM. This is the standard love manifested (shown)

by obedience.

Christians taking their second step upward show further growth in the grace of giving (giving their love-offering taken from their 90% share) and


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show that their love for the Lord is HOT. They give cheerfully; and God loves a cheerful giver.

Christians taking their third step upward manifest perfect or mature growth in the grace of giving, by giving sacrificially. They show that their love for the Lord is VERY HOT. Their thermometer of love has risen to the fullness of maturity.


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LOVE GIVINGGiving, in the true sense of the word, begins

here. The tithe which is the Lord's by right of partnership cannot be called our giving to the Lord. We cannot claim as our giving that which is actually God's own portion. But, love-giving, which is a portion set aside for the Lord by the Christian from his own 90% share in the income, is truly "giving".

If you will give your Love-Offering to the Lord, you will receive Fourteen (14) more abounding blessings from the Lord (see the illustration above).

Jezreel Baptist Church, Inc.3945 Bayabas Ext., NAPICO, Manggahan, Pasig City

Tel. No.: 945-9138

This lesson was made for the JBC Mission Month 2014November 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014

Prepared by: Rev. Jonathan V. Arroyo

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