“Giving is a Spiritual Indicator!” 2 Corinthians 9:6-15

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Scripture makes clear there is a vital relationship between spirituality and money. The two are no strangers…

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Purpose: to show that giving of tithes and offerings is a totally spiritual indicator

I Can We Be Spiritual and LOVE MONEY? A. Warned About Covetousness

Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male servant or female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that that belongs to your neighbor.”

1 John 2:15 “Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”

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I Can We Be Spiritual and LOVE MONEY? A. Warned About Covetousness B. Warned About Loving Money

1 Timothy 6:10 “For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many a pang.”

James 3:11 “Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water?”

II Can We Be Spiritual and HOARD MONEY? A. The Miser and Christians Are Worlds Apart

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II Can We Be Spiritual and HOARD MONEY? A. The Miser and Christians Are Worlds Apart B. The Miser’s Gifts Are Unac- ceptable

“…God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:7 “…God loves a cheerful giver.”

III Can We Be Spiritual and ROB GOD? A. God Has a Just Claim

Leviticus 27:30 “All the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord.”

III Can We Be Spiritual and ROB GOD? A. God Has a Just Claim B. God Classes the Non-Tither

IV Can We Be Spiritual and FAIL IN WORSHIP? Giving (Tithes/Offerings) is Vital to Worship

“…bring an offering and come into His courts.” Psalm 96:8 “…bring an offering and come into His courts.”

“…No one is to appear before Me empty handed.” Exodus 34:20 “…No one is to appear before Me empty handed.”

IV Can We Be Spiritual and FAIL IN WORSHIP? Giving (Tithes/Offerings) is Vital to Worship B. Israel Understood This Principle

V Can We Be Spiritual and SPONGE OFF THE BRETHREN? A. The Church is a Body B. Bible Says “Let Each of You”

1 Corinthians 16:2 “On the first day of the week let each of you put aside and save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.”

VI Can We Be Spiritual and WITHOLD the GOSPEL? A. Gospel is Good News

Romans 10:14-15 “How then shall they call upon Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of good things!’”

VI Can We Be Spiritual and WITHOLD the GOSPEL? A. Gospel is Good News B. The World is in Great Need

1 John 3:17 “If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him how can the love of God be in him?”

Conclusion and Summary All of this occurred because Peter took the Lord at His Word and let down his net. When are we going to really let down our nets? The bottom line is this: God gave His Word: “Do my work and you will never lack for the resources necessary to get the job done. Take Me at My Word!”