1. How must every offering be offered to God? ((Gen. 4:3-5, Heb. 11:4) Heb. 11:6)

 

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  1. Have people ever tried to give God less offerings than he required? (Malachi 1:8, 13, 3:8-9, Haggai 1:3-5)

 

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What were the results? (Haggai 1:6, 9-11, Malachi 1:14)

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  1. How can these results be reversed? (Malachi 3:10-11, Proverbs 11: 24-25, II Cor, 9:6, Luke 6:38)

 

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  1. What should the attitude of the giver be? (II Cor. 9:7)

 

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  1. What is more important than offerings? (Micah 6:6-8, Matthew 23:23)

 

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  1. Why did Abraham and Jacob tithe? (Genesis 14:20, 28:22)

 

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  1. Why did Israelites tithe? (Leviticus 27:30-34)

 

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  1. Abraham and Jacob ________________ tithes. Israelites ___________ tithes.

 

  1. Why did Jesus require the Pharisees and Scribes in Matthew 23:23 to tithe?

 

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  1. Why are Christians not required to tithe? (Galatians 3:24-25, (Romans 8:14, Gal. 5:18), Romans 6:14)

 

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  1. Concerning the amount of offerings, what is required of us? (I Cor. 16:2, Romans 12:8)

 

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  1. What does the example of the first Christians teach us? (Acts 2:44-45, Acts 4:32-35, II Cor. 8:13-15)

 

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  1. What giver attracts the attention of Jesus? (Luke 21:1-4)

 

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Memory Work:  Acts 20:35 – “ It Is More Blessed to give than to receive.”