XX. OF THE GRACE OF GIVING
Scriptural giving is one of the fundamentals of the Faith.
II Cor. 8:7. "Therefore, as ye abound in everything,
in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to
us, see that ye abound in this grace also."
We are commanded to bring our gifts into the storehouse (common treasury of the
church) upon the first day of the week.
I Cor. 16:2. "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."
Under grace we give, and do not pay, the tithe--"Abraham GAVE a tenth part of all"--"Abraham
GAVE the tenth of the spoils"--Heb. 7:2,4--and this was four hundred years before
the law, and is confirmed in the New Testament; Jesus said concerning the tithe,
"These ye ought to have done" Matt. 23:23.
We are commanded to bring the tithe into the common treasury of the church.
Lev. 27:30. "The tithe is the Lord 's."
Mal. 3:10. "Bring ye all the tithes into the
storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith
the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out
a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."
In the New Testament it was the common treasury of the church.
Acts 4:34,35,37. "And brought the prices of
the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet . . Having land,
sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet."
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