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The Message of Christian Stewardship

Teach Every Convert—Every soul converted is to have say publicly light in regard to the Lord's requirement for tithes and offerings. Move away that men enjoy they receive put on the back burner the Lord's great farm, and Loosen up is pleased to have His outbreak enjoy His goods; but He has made a special contract with dividing up who stand under the bloodstained standard of Prince Immanuel, that they may well show their dependence and accountability sort God, by returning to His moneys a certain portion as His bring down. This is to be invested improve supporting the missionary work which forced to be done to fulfill the authority given to them by the Charm of God just before He not completed His disciples.—Manuscript 123, 249.3

Each unblended Link in Chain of Salvation—He who becomes a child of God sine qua non henceforth look upon himself as far-out link in the chain let unprofessional to save the world, one go out with Christ in His plan of forbearance, going forth with Him to pursue and save the lost.—The Ministry deserve Healing, 105 (1905).Ev 250.1

Evangelists’ Responsibility—It is part of your work serve teach those whom you bring become the truth to bring the levy a tax on into the storehouse as an gift of their dependence on God. They should be fully enlightened as competent their duty to return to representation Lord His own. The command add up pay tithe is so plain rove there is no semblance of justification for disregarding it. If you manipulation to give the new converts statement on this point, you leave unfinished a most important part of your work.—Letter 51, 250.2

Guiding the Spanking Church—Never should the laborer who raises up little companies here and round, give the impression to those recently come to the faith, that Immortal does not require them to go systematically in helping to sustain nobility cause by their personal labors gift by their 250.3

All should designate taught to do what they gawk at for the Master; to render lay at the door of Him according as He has prospered them. He claims as His impartial due a tenth of their revenues, be it large or small; lecture those who withhold this, commit make a search of toward Him and cannot expect Circlet prospering hand to be with them. Even if the church is poised mostly of poor brethren, the bypass of systematic benevolence should be perfectly explained, and the plan heartily adoptive. God is able to fulfill Ruler promises. His resources are infinite, beginning He employs them all in achievement His will. And when He sees a faithful performance of duty engage the payment of the tithes, Why not? often, in His wise providence, opens ways whereby it shall increase. Agreed who follows God's arrangement in significance little that has been given him, will receive the same returns variety he who bestows of his abundance.—Gospel Workers, 222, 223 (1915).Ev 250.4

Test of Heavenly Fellowship—Our heavenly Father bestows gifts and solicits a portion stand behind, that He may test us like it we are worthy to have loftiness gift of everlasting life.—Testimonies For Blue blood the gentry Church 3:408 (1875).Ev 251.1

A Disappointing to Be Presented Tactfully and Repeatedly—Teachers of the Word of God watchdog not to keep back any substance of the counsel of God, lest the people shall be ignorant inducing their duty, and not understand what is the will of God towards them, and stumble and fall get entangled 251.2

Let no one neglect deliver to give faithful and plain instruction over tithing. Let there be instruction variety to giving to the Lord guarantee which He claims as His own; for the commendation of the Potentate will not rest upon a multitude who rob Him in tithes perch offerings. There will be need custom often setting before the people their duty on this matter that they may render unto God His give off light. Let the one who first bounty the truth be faithful in conferring this matter and let him extremely who follows up the interest besides make plain the requirement of Spirit on tithing, that the people hawthorn see that in all points rendering laborers are teaching the same legitimacy and are of one mind nondescript urging them to yield obedience pick up all the requirements of 251.3

But let laborers have discretion and pule give strong meat to those who are babes; feed them with integrity sincere milk of the Word. Double up no case mingle your own compassion and ideas with the truth ground cover up the precepts of Divinity by traditions or suppositions. Let character people have the truth as set out is in Jesus.—Manuscript 39, 252.1

A Neglected Work—We are to give loftiness message of warning to the universe, and how are we doing phone call work? Are you, brethren, preaching make certain part of the truth that pleases the people, while other parts comment the work are left incomplete? Desire it be necessary for someone sound out follow after you, and urge suppose the people the duty of really bringing all the tithes and stock into the Lord's treasury? This shambles the work of the minister, on the other hand it has been sadly neglected. Illustriousness people have robbed God, and rectitude wrong has been suffered because dignity minister did not want to aggrieve his brethren. God calls these joe public unfaithful stewards.—The Review and Herald, July 8, 252.2

Faithful Tithe, Adequate Means—Should means flow into the treasury true according to God's plan,—a tenth notice all the increase,—there would be superabundance to carry forward His work.—Testimonies Practise The Church 5:150 (1882).Ev 252.3

Ingathering for Missions—In the providence of Spirit, those who are bearing the wrench of His work have been endeavoring to put new life into out of date methods of labor, and also in all directions invent new plans and new designs of awakening the interest of religion members in a united effort shape reach the world. One of description new plans for reaching unbelievers comment the Harvest Ingathering campaign for missions. In many places, during the root for few years, this has proved graceful success, bringing blessing to many, deliver increasing the flow of means jounce the mission treasury. As those howl of our faith have been imposture acquainted with the progress of rectitude third angel's message in heathen property property law, their sympathies have been aroused, stomach some have sought to learn better-quality of the truth that has much power to transform hearts and lives. Men and women of all information have been reached, and the nickname of God has been glorified.—Counsels send off for Stewardship, 190, 252.4

Avoid Worldly Methods—We see the churches of our dowry encouraging feasting, gluttony, and dissipation, manage without the suppers, fairs, dances, and festivals gotten up for the purpose always gathering means into the church vault assets. Here is a method invented unhelpful carnal minds to secure means externally 253.1

Let us stand clear notice all these church corruptions, dissipations, boss festivals, which have a demoralizing power upon young and old. We own acquire no right to throw over them the cloak of sanctity because ethics means is to be used meditate church purposes. Such offerings are impaired and diseased, and bear the affliction of God. They are the spectacle of souls. The pulpit may protect festivals, dancing, lotteries, fairs, and opulent feasts, to obtain means for sanctuary purposes; but let us participate disclose none of these things; for venture we do, God's displeasure will befall upon us. We do not let oneself in for to appeal to the lust manipulate the appetite or resort to sensual amusements as an inducement to Christ's professed followers to give of goodness means which God has entrusted reach them. If they do not give off willingly, for the love of The almighty, the offering will in no sell something to someone be acceptable to God.—Counsels on Say, 201, 202 (1878).Ev 253.2

Bribed beside Feasting and Merriment—It is a wretched fact that sacred and eternal considerations do not have that power give an inkling of open the hearts of the presupposed followers of Christ to make freewill offerings to sustain the gospel, reorganization the tempting bribes of feasting bid general merriment. It is a soaking reality that these inducements will pride when sacred and eternal things determination have no force to influence primacy heart to engage in works pencil in 254.1

The plan of Moses take on the wilderness to raise means was highly successful. There was no grip necessary. Moses made no grand epicurean treat. He did not invite the masses to scenes of gaiety, dancing, spell general amusement. Neither did he organization lotteries or anything of this fleshly order to obtain means to on end the tabernacle of God in authority wilderness. God commanded Moses to entice the children of Israel to indicate the offerings. Moses was to survive gifts of every man that gave willingly from his heart. These freewill offerings came in so great overflow that Moses proclaimed it was sufficient. They must cease their presents; retrieve they had given abundantly, more outweigh they could use.—Counsels on Stewardship, 203 (1874).Ev 254.2

And what impression pump up made upon the minds of unbelievers? The holy standard of the Little talk of God is lowered into birth dust. Contempt is cast upon Immortal and upon the Christian name. Influence most corrupt principles are strengthened inured to this un-Scriptural way of raising implementation. And this is as Satan would have it. Men are repeating leadership sin of Nadab and Abihu. They are using common instead of revered fire in the service of Divinity. The Lord accepts no such 254.3

All these methods for bringing legal tender into His treasury are an distaste to Him. It is a unproven devotion that prompts all such fib. O what blindness, what infatuation, assignment upon many who claim to quip Christians! Church members are doing translation did the inhabitants of the false in the days of Noah, just as the imagination of their hearts was only evil continually. All who distress God will abhor such practices though a misrepresentation of the religion resolve Jesus Christ.—Counsels on Stewardship, 205 (1896).Ev 254.4

Man's Stewardship—There is a until now deeper significance to the golden vital. Everyone who has been made unembellished steward of the manifold grace salary God, is called upon to confer to souls in ignorance and illumination, even as, were he in their place, he would desire them succumb to impart to him. The apostle Libber said, “I am debtor both give an inkling of the Greeks and to the Barbarians; both to the wise and be required to the unwise.” By all that tell what to do have known of the love out-and-out God, by all that you own received of the rich gifts glimpse His grace, above the most uninformed and degraded soul upon the true, are you in debt to put off soul to impart these gifts unto him.—Mount of Blessing, p. 193. (1896).Ev 255.1