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HIS TRAINING - NOVEMBER'S GIVING, Part 1
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Matthew 10:8 (KJV) - Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

This Months training is so vast that additional study will be required. Now you can function off of what you already know, on what you will learn in this training, or you can chose to get a full understanding of the subject; Giving. Take the extra step; study. To whom much is given much is required. Amen. You may ask why should I give, what should I give and How often should I give. I challenge you to ask instead, What did He give, How much did He give and how often does He give it. Things that make you go Hummmm. The opening scripture should have taken you mind off of Money... Are you giving any of those things? We do have the power through God to do them. What about giving of your time, of your wisdom, peace, kindness, Joy, substance, or simply giving of your smile. To activate the Kingdom Principle you must give. How can you be Blessed? Give, Give, Give! Receive freely, give freely, giving meets the needs of others and giving saves lives. Will you render spiritual and natural first aid , faith, and hope to those in need? Are you the one God wants to use to help someone? If God is truly your Father, then you must give and do good just as your Father dictates. Anything less is disobedience and displeasing.

As A Priest of the Most High God, are you taking the offerings before the Lord on behalf of the people? Are you releasing the Blessings , and are you teaching the people how to name their seeds so that they will Know that God is not a man that He should lie, nor the son man that He should repent? What are you doing with the tithes and offerings. This is where most people stop giving because of lack of knowledge, they don’t know where it is going and they don’t know when and if there is a return on their giving. Again I say Teach!! Arise oh Teachers of the Gospel. In this training you will find information on giving, tithe, stewardship, alms and Motive. We often Hear “you can’t beat God’s giving“. Do you know this for yourself? This study will cause you to look at you. Are you really ready to be Blessed? Empowered to prosper? Well set some time aside for daily eating, searching, and understanding to position yourselves to be Blessed beyond your wildest imaginations.. It is time for you to know!!!! So eat all of this even if it takes you all winter. We are entering a time when you will truly need the Kingdom Principles to work for you. We must trust God to supply in the years ahead. He is our source. We must look to the Hills from whence cometh our help. We must be helpers one to another. Where there is Vision there is Provision.

In financial matters Christ expected two things from His apostles and His people. First, His apostles and servants were not to spend their own money on the ministry; and second, His people were to adequately support His apostles and servants.“Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward” (1 Tim. 5:17-18).

But they were not to spend their own money on the ministry. There were several reasons for this.

1. Their minds and hearts were to be centered on preaching the gospel and ministering to people, not on buying and selling and accumulating.
2. They were to trust God for their needs and by such example to teach dependence upon God (Matthew 6:24-34).
3. They were to teach and depend upon God’s people to provide for them (cp. 1 Cor. 9:13-14).
4. They were to allow God’s people the privilege of sharing in the ministry through their giving. God’s people were to learn more and more trust by depending upon God to help them raise whatever funds they needed to support the ministers. God’s servant or laborer is worthy of being financially supported. In fact, Paul taught that God’s servant was to be “counted worthy of double honor” (salary, compensation, financial support). (See note—§ 1 Tim. 5:17-18; note, pt.2—§ 1 Cor. 16:5-9; cp. Luke 10:7; Phil. 4:11-14.)God’s people were to support the Lord’s apostles. The people were to allow the apostles to give their full time to the ministry and not be forced to labor in a secular job.
   
   TITHE a tenth of the produce of the earth consecrated and set apart for special purposes. The dedication of a tenth to God was recognized as a duty before the time of Moses. Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek (Genesis 14:20; Hebrews 7:6); and Jacob vowed unto the Lord and said, “Of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.” The first Mosaic law on this subject is recorded in Leviticus 27:30-32. Subsequent legislation regulated the destination of the tithes (Numbers 18:21-24, 26-28; Deut. 12:5-6, 11, 17; Deut. 14:22-23). The paying of the tithes was an important part of the Jewish religious worship. In the days of Hezekiah one of the first results of the reformation of religion was the eagerness with which the people brought in their tithes (2 Chron. 31:5-6). The neglect of this duty was sternly rebuked by the prophets (Amos 4:4; Malachi 3:8-10). It cannot be affirmed that the Old Testament law of tithes is binding on the Christian Church, nevertheless the principle of this law remains, and is incorporated in the gospel (1 Cor. 9:13-14); and if, as is the case, the motive that ought to prompt to liberality in the cause of religion and of the service of God be greater now than in Old Testament times, then Christians ought to go beyond the ancient Hebrew in consecrating both themselves and their substance to God.

Every Jew was required by the Levitical law to pay three tithes of his property (1) one tithe for the Levites; (2) one for the use of the temple and the great feasts; and (3) one for the poor of the land. The lesson is clear. The church must meet the desperate needs of men: the needs of the poor, the hungry, the diseased, the homeless, the lost, and the multitudes of others who have little if anything in this world including health and hope. Believers must give, and give sacrificially. Believers must do all they can. The instructions of this Scripture are for all the churches of the world.
2. (16:2-4) Stewardship— Offerings: second, the instructions. Note six significant points.
1. When is the offering to be received? “Upon the first day of the week,” which is Sunday. According to the Jewish calendar, the first day of the week was Sunday. The Jews, of course, worshipped on the Sabbath, but the early Christian believers began to worship on the first day of the week. Their primary reason for switching the day of worship was to commemorate the resurrection of the Lord. In fact, they even began to call the first day of the week The Lord’s Day (cp. John 20:19; Acts 20:7; Rev. 1:10).
Note: the believers were not to make only occasional offerings, they were to give regularly, every Lord’s day: “Upon the first day of the week.”“Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come” (1 Cor. 16:2).
2. Who is to give? “Every one of you.” The instruction is clearly stated. But why would God expect the poor to give as well as the middle class and the rich? Paul deals with this same offering in another passage and gives two strong reasons why everyone is to be involved in meeting the needs of the world (2 Cor. 9:12-14).
a. Giving stirs people to praise God. Praising God...
· excites and motivates people.
· pleases God.
b. Giving builds a strong fellowship among believers (2 Cor. 9:14).
“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully” (2 Cor. 9:6).
“For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men” (2 Cor. 9:12-14).
“But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased” (Hebrews 13:16; cp. Proverbs 11:25; Proverbs 22:9; Isaiah 58:10; Luke 6:38).
How is the offering to be given? By laying “in store,” that is, by laying aside one’s offering. This could not mean that a person is to keep his offering “stored up” or set aside for long periods of time before giving it. Paul explicitly says that it is to be given to the church every week so that there will be no need for a special offering when he comes to the church. Therefore, to lay “in store” must mean...
· to put the offering in the storehouse, that is, the treasury of the church.
· to lay the money aside at home during the week so that the person will not spend the offering.
4. Why are believers to give? Because God has prospered them. God looks after His people; He blesses them. The Lord Jesus clearly taught that all the necessities of life would be given to His people. Therefore, God expects believers to give as He has prospered them.
K. The Right Motive for Giving, 6:1-4
(6:1-4) Motive: what a man does matters greatly to God. God expects men to be kind and to do good in the world: to help others both through personal involvement and through giving generously and sacrificially. But there is something else that God expects, something of critical importance: God expects a man to have the right motive. Just why a man does good and shows kindness matters greatly to God. It matters so much that a person’s eternal fate is determined by his motive. Because of this, Christ warns us about right and wrong motives.

1. Alms—doing good and giving (v.1).
2. The wrong motive (v.2).
3. The right motive (v.3-4).
4. The reason (v.4).

Christian, Duty
1. (6:1) Alms— Service— Giving: there is the giving of alms—doing good and giving
to others. The word “alms” means righteous acts; giving in order to meet the needs of the poor. To the Jew, giving alms and righteousness meant the same thing. Giving alms was the greatest thing a Jew could do; it was the first act of religion. It was considered to be the very embodiment of righteousness, so much so that the two words began to be used synonymously. Giving alms merited and assured one of righteousness and salvation.
(See note 5—§Matthew 5:6.) Christ warned there is great danger in giving and doing alms. Take heed and guard yourself. Do not give for recognition or you will lose your
reward. There are two important lessons in this verse.

Man must guard and be alert to the deception of giving and doing good before men. A person’s heart can be deceived. The sin creeps up on man; it is insidious and subtle. It will keep a person from receiving anything from God.

A person must give alms and do good. It is a duty of the Christian. In this
passage alone Christ says four times, “Do alms.”
(6:2) Motive: there is the wrong motive for doing good. Christ takes for granted that the believer gives and does good. What Christ strikes at is the motive of the human heart for giving and doing good.
1.Giving for recognition is the wrong motive for giving. Recognition is said to be sought by blowing one’s own horn in two places: (1) in the synagogue before religious
people, and (2) in the streets before the public.
There are several wrong motives for giving and doing good.

1. A person may give for recognition and prestige: to be praised by men during life and to be remembered by men in death. A person may desire the applause of men: their thanks and appreciation, honor and praise, esteem and glory.
2. A person may give for self-applause, self-satisfaction, and self-admiration: to
   feel comfortable with what he has done and to see himself at his very best. He may wish to boost his ego and to glory in himself.
3. A person may give out of obligation: to fulfill his sense of duty.
4. A person may give to secure the recognition of God: to feel that God is pleased and favors him because he has done good. It is not always wrong to give alms when men see us. This cannot always be helped. It is wrong to give alms so that men may see us. The point is not that a person should hold back from doing good, but he should guard against how he gives and does good.
   Giving for recognition is characteristic of hypocrites. Giving out of the wrong motive is hypocritical. The word “hypocrite” (hupokriteôs PWS: 2055) means an actor who puts on a show, who plays a part on stage; a mask, a fake picture; appearing to be something one is not. a.It is “sounding a trumpet” before oneself (Matthew 6:2): blowing one’s own horn for self praise.
   b.It is “sounding a trumpet” in the synagogue: blowing one’s own horn in the church and before the religious; it is seeking the praise of the religious
   (Matthew 6:2).
   c.It is “sounding a trumpet” in the streets: blowing one’s own horn before the public, seeking the praise of the public (Matthew 6:2).
   3.Giving for recognition is rewarded on this earth only. A person receives the recognition of men only. There are two rewards for a wrong motive: the recognition of men and temporary self-satisfaction. Note the words, “they have their reward.” This is an accounting statement: it means just what it says—payment has been made in full. One has received his payment and reward; he has received all he will ever receive. There is to be no reward—no reward whatsoever—from God (see note—§Matthew 6:4).