
The Problem in All of Us

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Avoiding Sloppy Worship
Malachi 3: 7-12
The ROOT of the Problem
- Failure to TRUST God
- FAILURE to Obey God
- Failure to focus on ETERNITY – Acts 7: 51-53
- Why do we regularly fail to trust and obey God? We love the world and the things that belong to the world- we lose eternal perspective. 1 John 2: 15-17; 2 Corinthians 4: 18
The FRUIT of the Problem
- We keep what BELONGS to God
- The high cost of DISOBEDIENCE – Deuteronomy 28: 15-19
- The TITHE belongs to the Lord – Leviticus 27: 30-32
The SOLUTION to the Problem
- OBEY God
- TRUST God
Biblical Principles of Giving:
- EVERYTHING we have belongs to God – Psalm 24: 1-2, 50: 10-12
- God gives us the ABILITY to earn a living – Deuteronomy 8: 16-18
- God commands us to HONOR Him with our possessions – Proverbs 3: 9-10
- God delights in GENEROUS giving – Proverbs 11: 24; 2 Corinthians 8: 1-5; Luke 21: 1-4
- God delights in CHEERFUL giving – 2 Corinthians 9: 6-7
- God will use our gifts for His GLORY among the nations – 2 Corinthians 9: 11-13
Conclusion:
- We give God’s tithe and our offering as a TANGIBLE expression of the Gospel of Jesus Christ – 2 Corinthians 8: 7-9
- Our GIVING or lack of giving reveals our understanding or lack of UNDERSTANDING of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
- Giving back to God a small portion of what He has given us is a issue not a monetary issue