when joy hits your wallet 2 corinthians 8:1-5 why is this probably a tithe?

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When Joy Hits Your Wallet2 Corinthians 8:1-5

Why is this probably a tithe?

Why is this probably a tithe?

a tithe is, by definition, “according to means”

Why is this probably a tithe?

a tithe is, by definition, “according to means”

everyone (Jews) in their day tithed

Why is this probably a tithe?

a tithe is, by definition, “according to means”

everyone (Jews) in their day tithed a tithe was the standard in the Law

Why is this probably a tithe?

a tithe is, by definition, “according to means”

everyone (Jews) in their day tithed a tithe was the standard in the Law the tithe existed BEFORE Moses

Why is this probably a tithe?

a tithe is, by definition, “according to means”

everyone (Jews) in their day tithed a tithe was the standard in the Law the tithe existed BEFORE Moses Jesus explicitly left it in place (unlike food

laws)

Why is this probably a tithe? a tithe is, by definition, “according to

means” everyone (Jews) in their day tithed a tithe was the standard in the Law the tithe existed BEFORE Moses Jesus explicitly left it in place (unlike food

laws) Jesus tends to expand and deepen the

Law

What's the Point?

What's the Point?

That which had been an external obligation became a joy.

What's the Point?

That which had been an external obligation became a joy.

Their joy pushed them beyond the obligation.

What's the Point?

That which had been an external obligation became a joy.

Their joy pushed them beyond the obligation.

Their giving became an irresistible joyful inner compulsion.

The Challenges

Examine your giving, tithing or tipping?

The Challenges

Examine your giving, tithing or tipping? Are you being joyfully compelled to give

beyond obligation?

The Challenges

Examine your giving, tithing or tipping? Are you being joyfully compelled to give

beyond obligation? What is the Spirit saying to your spirit

about this?

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