new testament giving. some portions of this study are adapted from an online resource from milpitas...
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New Testament Giving
Some portions of this study are adapted from an online resource from Milpitas Bible Fellowship
What is Stewardship?
Stewardship = managing something that we’ve
been given
Does anything really belong to us?
Haggai 2:8
Everything that we have belongs to God
Matthew 6:19-21
What is Tithing?
What does tithe mean?
Tithe = tenth or 10%
They gave 10% for the Levites every year
They gave 10% for the
religious festivals every year
They gave 10% for the needy every three years (3.3%
per year)
TOTAL = 23.3%
Is tithing talked about in the New Testament?
Matthew 23:23
Are we held to the Old Testament law?
Nowhere in the New Testament are we
commanded to tithe
““Tithing today is sometimes Tithing today is sometimes presented as the equivalent presented as the equivalent of a Christian stock of a Christian stock investment. Pay the tithe, investment. Pay the tithe, and God will give you more and God will give you more money in return. Refuse to money in return. Refuse to tithe, and God will punish tithe, and God will punish you. Such thoughts rip at the you. Such thoughts rip at the heart of the good news of the heart of the good news of the gospel.”gospel.”
--Pagan Christianity Pagan Christianity pg. pg. 180180
Although the New Testament is silent about
tithing, it is not silent about giving
What is the Purpose of Giving in the New
Testament?
1. To meet the needs of the other believers
(Acts 2:44-45; 1 John
3:17, Galatians 6:9-10)
2. To meet the needs of Christian workers
(1 Timothy 5:17-18; 1 Corinthians 9:6-14; Philippians 4:15-18)
3. To meet the needs of the poor
(Luke 12:33-34;
Ephesians 4:28; James 1:27)
How Should we Give?
1. We should give without trying to impress
(Matthew 6:1-4)
2. We should give voluntarily
(2 Corinthians 8:3-4)
3. We should give expectantly
(2 Corinthians 9:6)
4. We should give cheerfully
(2 Corinthians 9:7)
5. We should give sacrificially
(2 Corinthians 8:1-5)
Why Should we Give?
1. The example of Jesus
(2 Corinthians 8:9)
2. The command of Jesus
(John 15:12-13)
New Testament Giving