"Offering" Tagged Sermons
A tithe rightly understood is an acknowledgment that Christ is King over everything a household has rather than a tax, which is also why children need to be taught to give and not just told to. Genesis 14 and Hebrews 7 supply the pattern of giving to a priest-king that the tithe still follows. Christ gave everything, and that example, not a percentage, is the real standard.
Paul’s second missionary journey brought him to Philippi, and there the Philippians began to share in his ministry. Their participation was real, and traces of selfishness showed even in their gift to him. Paul’s gratitude does not require pretending the gift was flawless.
Paul draws the Philippians into his own ordeal, and that shapes how he receives their financial gift. His attitude toward the gift is more complicated than simple gratitude. Paul wants the Philippians to give themselves.
Three reasons explain why God accepts Abel’s offering and rejects Cain’s, and Cain’s falls short in two specific ways. Abel’s faith in the unseen world, as Hebrews 11:1 describes it, is the same faith the New Testament calls for.