1. NEW TESTAMENT STEWARDSHIP - 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 “For the world and everything in it is Mine.” – God, in Psalm 50:12

2. Standards of Stewardship: 1. The Old Testament standard is tithing.

3. Leviticus 27:30-32 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) Every tenth of the land’s produce, grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord. If a man decides to redeem any part of this tenth, he must add a fifth to its value. Every tenth animal from the herd or flock, which passes under the shepherd’s rod, will be holy to the Lord.

4. Standards of Stewardship: 1. The Old Testament standard is tithing.

5. Malachi 3:8-10 “Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!” You ask: “How do we rob You?” “By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions. You are suffering under a curse, yet you – the whole nation – are still robbing Me.

6. Malachi 3:8-10 continued: Bring the full tenth into the storehouse so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this way,” says the Lord of Hosts. “See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without measure.”

7. Standards of Stewardship: 1. The Old Testament standard is tithing.

8. Standards of Stewardship: 1. The Old Testament standard is tithing. 2. The New Testament standard is sacrificial 2. The New Testament standard is sacrificial giving.

9. 2 Corinthians 8:1-5 We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God granted to the churches of Macedonia: During a severe testing by affliction, their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the wealth of their generosity.

10. 2 Corinthians 8:1-5 continued: I testify that, on their own, according to their ability and beyond their ability, they begged us insistently for the privilege of sharing in the ministry to the saints, and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves especially to the Lord, then to us by God’s will.

11. 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. Each person should do as he has decided in his heart – not reluctantly or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.

12. 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 continued: And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work.

13. Standards of Stewardship: 1. The Old Testament standard is tithing. 2. The New Testament standard is sacrificial 2. The New Testament standard is sacrificial giving.

14. Luke 21:1-4 He looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny coins. “I tell you the truth,” He said. “This poor widow has put in more than all of them. For all these people have put in gifts out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.

15. 2 Corinthians 8:3 I testify that, on their own, according to their ability and beyond their ability, they begged us insistently for the privilege of sharing in the ministry to the saints.

16. 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. Each person should do as he has decided in his heart – not reluctantly or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.

17. 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 continued: And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work.

18. Standards of Stewardship: 1. The Old Testament standard is tithing. 2. The New Testament standard is sacrificial 2. The New Testament standard is sacrificial giving.

19. 2 Corinthians 9:6 The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

20. Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

21. Malachi 3:10 Bring the full tenth into the storehouse so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this way, says the Lord of Hosts. See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without measure.