1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days. 4 Indeed the […]
5 And I will come near you for judgment;I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers,Against adulterers,Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien—Because they do not fear Me,” Says the Lord of hosts. [Malachi 3:5] God promises to deal with a variety of people including […]
15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? [James 2:15-16] Our churches today are blessed. Our churches today count offerings using […]
6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all […]
…Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward… [Matthew 6:1-4]It’s true Jesus was talking about giving to the poor in this passage. […]
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. [1Timothy 5:8]Some people are Father Christmas in town but armstrong at home. They have more than enough to eat and to spare. However, they prefer to help people […]
23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. [Matthew 5:23&24]Another category of those who offer sacrifice of fools are those […]
6 “A son honours his father and a servant his master. If then I am the Father,Where is My honour?And if I am a Master,Where is My reverence?Says the Lord of hosts to you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’ 7 “You offer defiled food on My altar,But say,‘In what way have we defiled You?’ By saying,‘The table […]
…“And you bring the stolen, the lame, and the sick; Thus you bring an offering! Should I accept this from your hand?” Says the Lord. [Malachi 1:13] Money laundering refers to the various means by which drug money, stolen money and other forms of illicit moneys are washed and brought into the system as clean […]
Giving God that which costs you nothing 24 Then the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God with that which costs me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.25 And David built there […]
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