MAY 10TH
TEXT: 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 King James Version (KJV)
9. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not
inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with
mankind,
10. Nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the
kingdom of God.
11. And such were
some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in
the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
The word
of God bears record of many who changed their lives and the destinies of many
generations by their obedience to the word of God as touching the principles of
giving. Among such dangerous givers are Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and others. Let’s
consider them one after the other.
Genesis
14:17-20, Abraham gave tithe and in Hebrews the word of God bears record that
the tithe he gave led to the consecration of his great grandson Levi as a
priest unto God. Is that not amazing? He gave to the priest of God and
generations after it was recorded in the favour of one of his great grandsons.
The release of the tithe he paid enacted a covenant between the unborn great
grandson and God Almighty. By one simple
act of obedience, Levi became
consecrated to God. Abraham was such a dangerous giver that he was willing to
offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice to God (see Genesis 22:1-12 ) and he
encountered God as the provider, Jehovah Jirah.
Genesis 26
it was recorded that Isaac paid tithe in a time of great famine and in response
to that the Lord blessed him with an hundred fold blessing. The scripture
records that he grew until he became very great (Gen. 26:12-13).
Jacob
entered into a covenant with God by promising to give God a tithe (Gen.
28:20-22) and in Gen. 30:43 it was recorded that he increased exceedingly.
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