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NASB | 2 Corinthians 9:7 Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 9:7 Let each one give [thoughtfully and with purpose] just as he has decided in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver [and delights in the one whose heart is in his gift]. [Prov 22:9] |
Subject: Releases from tithing 10 per cent? |
Bible Note: Johnny, My point is that the new covenant does not start with Matthew 1, but in Acts 1. Religious tradition teaches that the new covenant begins in the gospels, however, Jesus seems to disagree acccording to Luke 22:20 "And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup which is poured out for you is the (new covenant) in My blood". His death on the cross where He shed his blood is the beginning of the New agreement. I will address the other verses that I listed below. Gal 4:4 "But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, Gal 4:5 so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons." Jesus was born under the law and taught the law to unregenerate people. You see they needed to be buried by the law so that they would come to Him for their salvation. (Gal 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.) And guess what it is still doing it today. Johnny, Jesus magnified the law by making it perfectly clear that they would never live up to the perfect requirements established by the law. Jesus often raised standards that where impossible to obtain such as, "therefore you are to be perfect, as you heavenly Father is perfect". He was speaking to people who could not have been born again because He had not gone to the cross yet. Heb 9:15 "For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. Heb 9:16 For where a covenant is, there must of necessity be the death of the one who made it. Heb 9:17 For a covenant is valid only when men are dead, for it is never in force while the one who made it lives. Heb 9:18 Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood" See, Christ's death on the cross was the beginning of the new agreement. Before that glorious moment, Jesus had been intensifying the true meaning of the law and proglaimed the solution to man's problem. That problem is our inability to fulfill the requirements of the written code, Jesus lived it perfectly and, as a result, we can now be identified with that perfection through Him. Rom 8:3 "For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, Rom 8:4 so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit." In conclusion, when we are looking for new testament truth for the believer, we need to look according to scripture written after the cross. The tithing issue is never discussed after the cross, but as 2 cor 9:7 states we are to give freely and generously and with a smile on our face and hearts. Forgiven forever at the cross, Michael |