The Truth About

Giving

God’s Dare to Give Scripturally

Most people view giving in a negative way

Acts 20:35

The more you give the happier you will be!

One Thing You Lack

Mark 10:17-221. A person can have everything else

in his life completely in line with God’s word, but if his attitude toward money is wrong, he can still be lost.

2. Improper giving is on the same level as murder and every other sin!

God Says Much about Money

The most frequently discussed subjects in all of the Scriptures

There are 89 chapters in gospels and the subject of giving is discussed 123 times.

The Bible talks more about money than it does about faith, repentance, confession, baptism, church organization and qualifications of elders and deacons all combined.

God Says Much about Money

One out of every six verses in the New Testament deals with money, and half of Jesus’ parables discuss the subject.

Money Makes a Miserable Master

Deceptive Dollars

Matthew 13:22Matthew 6:24

I Timothy 6:9-10

Whose MONEY is it?

Alexander Karelin

Rulon Gardner

The First Principle of Stewardship

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

“Paradigm Shift”

EVERYTHING BELONGS TO GOD!

Proverbs 23:7

Psalms 50:9-12

Do Not Forget the Lord

Deuteronomy 8:7-18

We think that we have money because we work hard, invest wisely or are frugal. Do not misunderstand: You will have more money if you work hard, invest wisely and are frugal than you would if you did not do those things. But you must understand that those are not the reasons you have money.

Do Not Forget the Lord

Here is how you can know: Are there people in other countries right

now who work harder than you do?Yet you will earn five times more in one

year than they will earn in a lifetime.Why do you earn more? Is it because you

work harder?No it is because God has placed you in a

position where labor is more financially prosperous

Do Not Forget the Lord

We should remember that with more blessings comes more responsibility, and it is more difficult for a rich man to go to heaven than for “a camel to go through the eye of a needle.”

Don’t Be a Rich Fool

Luke 12:16-21Malachi 3:8

Suppose you went to the bank and deposited $5000. Two weeks later you returned to the bank (after they had been using your money and asked to withdraw $500. The teller smiles at you, explains that the bank used all but $25 of it, and offers to give that to you.

Would you be happy with that kind of stewardship?

Yet that is how we treat God’s money!

How Much DOES GOD

WANT?

Willing To Give It All

Mark 10:17-22

Different Requirements for Different People

Luke 19:1-10

Zacchaeus vs. Rich Young

Ruler

10 Percent?

There is no record in the Bible where God ever accepted less than 10 percent from any of His followers

Abraham (Gen. 14:20)

Jacob (Gen. 28:22)

Israel (Num. 18:24; Ex. 13:11-12; Lev. 19:9-10; Deut. 16:10)