02/19/19 BIBLICAL CHRISTIAN GIVING

02/19/19 BIBLICAL CHRISTIAN GIVING

God wants Christians to give themselves to ministry as follows:
1. To God;
2. To work with ministry leaders;
3. Their finances.

2 Corinthians 8:2-5
2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

Parishioners do not want a canned, impersonal sermon from a person who does not care for them as the flock of God. They want a loving, dedicated, caring, insightful pastor, bringing a message that God designed for them and gave to the pastor.

Likewise, singing a song is not enough. Teaching a lesson is not enough. Cleaning the building is not enough. Doing the printing ministry is not enough. Visitation is not enough. Group meetings are not enough. It must be a ONE BODY ACTIVITY, by the various parts of the Body, working in total agreement and in concert with the leadership.

That is just the way it is.