Giving : The Best Use of Money

By Ptr Ricky Sarthou

May 22, 2022

Money : Good or Evil ?

CHOOSE WISELY

Treasures : Earthly or Heavenly ?

Perspectives : Man-Centered or God-Centered

Masters : God or Wealth

The Good can be an enemy of the Best.

Who Said It ?

“When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.”

Joseph P. Kennedy (Father of JFK)

“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it”

Charles Swindoll (or Lou Holtz)

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

Winston Churchill

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Jesus (quoted by Paul)

“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.’  ””

Act 20:3 NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/act.20.35.NASB1995

Giving : The Best Use of Money !

1. Giving Honors God.

2. Giving Blesses others.

3. Giving Reaps Rewards.

1. Giving Honors God.

Why should we honor God in the context of Money ?

Because God owns everything.

“The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it.”

Psalm 24: NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.24.1.NASB1995

2 things we absolutely need to survive : Air and Water.

Air is 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 1 % others.

Water is 78% of the earth.

“But you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make
wealth, that He may con rm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.”

Deuteronom 8:1 NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/deu.8.18.NASB1995

God owns everything and He deserves to be given Honor.

9 “Honor the Lord from your wealth And from the rst of all your produce;

10 So your barns will be lled with plenty And your vats will over ow with new wine.”

Proverb 3:9-1 NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.3.9-10.NASB1995

First refers to be “best” and not leftovers.

We cannot out give God.

God will take care of us.

a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In
8 ““Will
tithes and o erings.

9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you!

10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test
Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and
pour out for you a blessing until it over ows.”

Malach 3:8-1 NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/mal.3.8-10.NASB1995

Tithes is 1/10th of the produce or money/income.

O erings are voluntary gifts given for a speci c purpose. (Designated Giving)

God does not need food nor money. It is a privilege to give or bring to God
what belongs to Him.

“‘Thus all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s; it is
holy to the Lord.”

Leviticu 27:3 NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/lev.27.30.NASB1995

18 “And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most
High.

19 He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven
and earth;

20 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” He gave him
a tenth of all.”

Genesi 14:18-2 NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.14.18-20.NASB1995

20 “Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I
take, and will give me food to eat and garments to wear,

21 and I return to my father’s house in safety, then the Lord will be my God.

22 This stone, which I have set up as a pillar, will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I
will surely give a tenth to You.””

Genesi 28:20-2 NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/gen.28.20-22.NASB1995

2. Giving Blesses others.

““Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have
neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are
the things you should have done without neglecting the others.”

Matthe 23:2 NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.23.23.NASB1995

People who Tithed

Henry Crowell - Founder of Quaker Oats Co.

William Colgate

John D. Rockefeller Sr.

6 “Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows
bountifully will also reap bountifully.

7 Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion,
for God loves a cheerful giver.”

2 Corinthian 9:6- NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.9.6-7.NASB1995

17 “Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to x their hope on the
uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.

18 Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to

share,”

1 Timoth 6:17-1 NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/1ti.6.17-18.NASB1995

1 “Now, brethren, we wish to make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the
churches of Macedonia,

2 that in a great ordeal of a iction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty over owed in
the wealth of their liberality.

3 For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord,

4 begging us with much urging for the favor of participation in the support of the saints, and this,
not as we had expected,

5 but they rst gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.”

2 Corinthian 8:1- NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.8.1-5.NASB1995

3. Giving Reaps Rewards

“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.””

Luk 6:3 NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.6.38.NASB1995

Sometimes God’s blessing is not in what He gives but what He prevents.

11 “Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will
your vine in the eld cast its grapes,” says the Lord of hosts.

12 “All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a delightful land,” says the Lord of hosts.”

Malach 3:11-1 NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/mal.3.11-12.NASB1995

“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all su ciency in
everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;”

2 Corinthian 9: NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.9.8.NASB1995

“HE GIVETH MORE GRACE”

By : Annie J. Flint (Excerpt)

Fear not that thy need shall exceed His provision

Our God ever yearns His blessing to share

Oh lean on the arms everlasting , availing

The Father both thee and thy load will upbear

His love has no limits, His grace has no measure

His power no boundary known unto men

For out of His in nite riches in Jesus

He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again

““For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him
shall not perish, but have eternal life.”

Joh 3:1 NASB199

https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.3.16.NASB1995

We don’t have the power or ability to save ourselves, we don’t have the power or ability to earn
our way to heaven. That is one power who don’t have and will never have. God knew that we
are spiritually bankrupt and in deep moral deficit , that is why He gave and He gave, Jesus.