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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?
