Thursday, October 27, 2011

Stewardship preaching. Not seeker friendly?


For a Jew to give more under the law in a simple tithe than a Christian gives under grace is a disgrace to grace. If Jesus exceeded the law in everything he said, taught, or did, how can it be that this includes everything except the most important thing in the Christian life—the stewardship of our possessions?

On what basis do I say our relationship to money may well be the most important thing in the Christian life? For starters, Jesus said, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matt. 6:21).

The two are inseparable. You cannot love God with all your heart and not love Him with all your treasure. Two entire books of the New Testament, 1 John and James, were written to say that our actions validate the reality of our profession of faith. To read more, click here.

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