Understanding Our Genetic Code

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Understanding Our Genetic Code

• Giving and Serving

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We Have Covered So Far

• 1. Jesus Christ is Savior and Lord
• 2. We Need the Word and the Spirit
• 3. We Must Repent and Believe
• 4. Forgiveness and Restitution
• 5. Be Fruitful and Multiply
• 6. Evangelism and Discipleship
• 7. Giving and Serving

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Only a life lived for others is worth living

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• Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
• (German born American Physicist who developed the
  special and general theories of relativity. Nobel
  Prize for Physics in 1921.)

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• If a person gets his attitude toward money
  straight, it will help straighten out almost
  every other area in his life.
• Billy Graham

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Martin Luther (1483-1546)

• People go through three conversions the
  conversion of their head, their heart and their
  pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same
  time.

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Right Attitudes About Money

• You Cant Serve God and Money God
• Owns Everything
• Love God Not Money
• You Are A Steward of Gods Stuff
• It Never Satisfies

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How Do We Get Money?

• 1. Work For It
• 2. Save and Invest
• 3. Gifts and Inheritances
• 4. Not from Stealing or Usury

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John Wesley (1703 - 1791)

• Make all you can, save all you can, give all you
  can.

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How We Spend Our Money

• 1. Provide for You and Yours
• 2. Pay Your Debts
• 3. Give!

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• We make a living by what we get, we make a life
  by what we give.
• Sir Winston ChurchillBritish politician/Gangster
• (1874 - 1965)

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Giving before Moses and the Law

• Cain and Abel- Able gave the first fruits of the
  best part of his flock
• Noah- Offered a sacrificial offering first
• Abraham-Gave a 10th of all his spoils to
  Melchizedek King of Salem (Jesus)
• Jacob promised a 10th of successful

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Giving from Moses to Jesus

• The Festival Tithe
• The Poor Tithe
• Required Generosity
• Census Tax for Tabernacle
• Canceling of Debts
• Building Offerings

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Giving in the bible

• New Testament Giving

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Required Giving

• Matt 1724-27
• When they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of
  the half shekel the temple tax went up to Peter
  and said, Does not your Teacher pay the half
  shekel?
• He answered, Yes. And when he came home, Jesus
  spoke to him about it first, saying, What do
  you think, Simon? From whom do earthly rulers
  collect duties or tribute from their own sons
  or from others i not of their own family?

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• And when Peter said, From other people not of
  their own family, Jesus said to him, Then the
  sons are exempt.
• However, in order not to give offense and cause
  them to stumble that is, to cause them to judge
  unfavorably and unjustly go down to the sea and
  throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes
  up, and when you open its mouth you will find
  there a shekel. Take it and give it to them to
  pay the temple tax for Me and for yourself.

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Matthew 2215-22

• Then the Pharisees met together to plot how to
  trap Jesus into saying something for which he
  could be arrested. They sent some of their
  disciples, along with the supporters of Herod, to
  meet with him.
• "Teacher," they said, "we know how honest you
  are. You teach the way of God truthfully. You are
  impartial and don't play favorites. Now tell us
  what you think about this Is it right to pay
  taxes to Caesar or not?"

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• But Jesus knew their evil motives. "You
  hypocrites!" he said. "Why are you trying to trap
  me? Here, show me the coin used for the tax."
  When they handed him a Roman coin, he asked,
  "Whose picture and title are stamped on it?"
• "Caesar's," they replied.
• "Well, then," he said, "give to Caesar what
  belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs
  to God."
• His reply amazed them, and they went away.

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Matthew 2323-26 NLT

• "What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law
  and you Pharisees.
• Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the
  tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you
  ignore the more important aspects of the
  lawjustice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe,
  yes, but do not neglect the more important
  things.

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• Blind guides! You strain your water so you won't
  accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a
  camel!
• "What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law
  and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are so
  careful to clean the outside of the cup and the
  dish, but inside you are filthyfull of greed and
  self-indulgence!
• You blind Pharisee! First wash the inside of the
  cup and the dish, and then the outside will
  become clean, too.

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Luke 189-14 NLT

• Then Jesus told this story to some who had great
  confidence in their own righteousness and scorned
  everyone else "Two men went to the Temple to
  pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a
  despised tax collector.
• The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this
  prayer 'I thank you, God, that I am not a sinner
  like everyone else. For I don't cheat, I don't
  sin, and I don't commit adultery. I'm certainly
  not like that tax collector! I fast twice a week,
  and I give you a tenth of my income.'

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• "But the tax collector stood at a distance and
  dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he
  prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow,
  saying, 'O God, be merciful to me, for I am a
  sinner.'
• I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee,
  returned home justified before God. For those who
  exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who
  humble themselves will be exalted."

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Romans 131-8 NLT

• Everyone must submit to governing authorities.
  For all authority comes from God, and those in
  positions of authority have been placed there by
  God. So anyone who rebels against authority is
  rebelling against what God has instituted, and
  they will be punished.
• For the authorities do not strike fear in people
  who are doing right, but in those who are doing
  wrong. Would you like to live without fear of the
  authorities? Do what is right, and they will
  honor you.

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• The authorities are God's servants, sent for your
  good. But if you are doing wrong, of course you
  should be afraid, for they have the power to
  punish you. They are God's servants, sent for the
  very purpose of punishing those who do what is
  wrong. So you must submit to them, not only to
  avoid punishment, but also to keep a clear
  conscience.
• Pay your taxes, too, for these same reasons. For
  government workers need to be paid. They are
  serving God in what they do.

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• Give to everyone what you owe them Pay your
  taxes and government fees to those who collect
  them, and give respect and honor to those who are
  in authority.
• Owe nothing to anyoneexcept for your obligation
  to love one another. If you love your neighbor,
  you will fulfill the requirements of God's law.

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Why Do we give?

• Freewill Offering or Voluntary Giving

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We Have Received Freely

• "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the
  lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received,
  freely give.
• Matthew 108 NASU

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You Will Be Blessed

• "In everything I showed you that by working hard
  in this manner you must help the weak and
  remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He
  Himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to
  receive.'"
• Acts 2035 NASU

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Its An Eternal Investment

• "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on
  earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where
  thieves break in and steal. "But store up for
  yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither
  moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not
  break in or steal for where your treasure is,
  there your heart will be also.
• Matthew 619-21 NASU

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You Reap What You Sow

• Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also
  reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will
  also reap bountifully.
• 2 Cor 96-7
• "Give, and it will be given to you. They will
  pour into your lap a good measure pressed down,
  shaken together, and running over. For by your
  standard of measure it will be measured to you in
  return." Luke 638

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We Want To Be Faithful

• Luke 1610-15
• "If you are faithful in little things, you will
  be faithful in large ones. But if you are
  dishonest in little things, you won't be honest
  with greater responsibilities. And if you are
  untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will
  trust you with the true riches of heaven? And if
  you are not faithful with other people's things,
  why should you be trusted with things of your
  own?
• "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate
  one and love the other you will be devoted to
  one and despise the other. You cannot serve both
  God and money."

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How Do we give?
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We Give Generously!

• 1 Tim 617-19
• Instruct those who are rich in this present
  world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on
  the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly
  supplies us with all things to enjoy.
• Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good
  works, to be generous and ready to share, storing
  up for themselves the treasure of a good
  foundation for the future, so that they may take
  hold of that which is life indeed.

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We Give Cheerfully!

• Each one must do just as he has purposed in his
  heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for
  God loves a cheerful giver.
• 2 Cor 97-8

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We Give Sacrificially

• 2 Sam 2418-25
• That day Gad came to David and said to him, "Go
  up and build an altar to the Lord on the
  threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."
• So David went up to do what the Lord had
  commanded him. When Araunah saw the king and his
  men coming toward him, he came and bowed before
  the king with his face to the ground. "Why have
  you come, my lord the king?" Araunah asked. David
  replied, "I have come to buy your threshing floor
  and to build an altar to the Lord there, so that
  he will stop the plague."

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• "Take it, my lord the king, and use it as you
  wish," Araunah said to David. "Here are oxen for
  the burnt offering, and you can use the threshing
  boards and ox yokes for wood to build a fire on
  the altar. I will give it all to you, Your
  Majesty, and may the Lord your God accept your
  sacrifice."
• But the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on
  buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings
  to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing." So
  David paid him fifty pieces of silver for the
  threshing floor and the oxen.
• David built an altar there to the Lord and
  sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings.
  And the Lord answered his prayer for the land,
  and the plague on Israel was stopped.

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How Much Do We Give?

• Mark 1241-44
• Jesus sat down near the collection box in the
  Temple and watched as the crowds dropped in their
  money. Many rich people put in large amounts.
  Then a poor widow came and dropped in two small
  coins.
• Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I
  tell you the truth, this poor widow has given
  more than all the others who are making
  contributions. For they gave a tiny part of their
  surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given
  everything she had to live on."

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Where Do We Give?

• All the believers were united in heart and mind.
  And they felt that what they owned was not their
  own, so they shared everything they had. The
  apostles testified powerfully to the resurrection
  of the Lord Jesus, and God's great blessing was
  upon them all. There were no needy people among
  them, because those who owned land or houses
  would sell them and bring the money to the
  apostles to give to those in need.
• For instance, there was Joseph, the one the
  apostles nicknamed Barnabas (which means "Son of
  Encouragement"). He was from the tribe of Levi
  and came from the island of Cyprus. He sold a
  field he owned and brought the money to the
  apostles.
• Acts 432-37