Gods Financial Plan

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Gods Financial Plan
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1 Timothy 66-10

• Great gain in godliness with contentment food
  and clothing
• Naked - nothing in, nothing out

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1 Timothy 66-10, cont.

• Desire to be rich results in
• Temptation
• Trapped in senseless desires
• Trapped in harmful desires
• Plunged into ruin
• Plunged into destruction

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1 Timothy 66-10, cont.

• Love of money is root of all kinds of evil
• Some have wandered from the faith
• Pierced themselves with many pains

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1 Timothy 617-19

• Those who are rich are to
• Do good
• Be rich in good works
• Generous
• Ready to share

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1 Corinthians 161-2

• Disciplined (first day of every week)
• Put aside
• Save
• No collections

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2 Corinthians 91-15

• Sow sparingly, reap sparingly
• Sow bountifully, reap bountifully
• As you have made up your mind
• Not reluctantly
• Not under compulsion
• Cheerful

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Matthew 61-4

• Do not let your left hand know what your right
  hand is doing giving should be private
• Your reward will come from God rather than men

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Attributes of a Spirit of Giving

• Generous
• Ready to share
• Disciplined
• Saving
• Private

• Making up your own mind
• Not reluctantly
• Not under compulsion
• Cheerful

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The Widows Mite (Mark 1241-44)

• God is not interested in how much you give
• God is interested in what portion you give
• Put differently, what you give in relation to how
  much you have is more important than how much you
  give

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Tithing

• Tithing began with Abraham 430 years before the
  law
• Tithing a feature of Abrahams relationship with
  God rather than a feature of the law
• See Galatians 316-19 Genesis 1417-20 and
  Hebrew 619-711

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Other Examples of Tithing

• Jacob
• Genesis 2822
• Levites tithed on the tithes
• Numbers 1825-32
• Hezekiah and Israel tithed
• II Chronicles 311-21
• Nehemiah and Israel tithed
• Nehemiah 1037-39 1244 131-14

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Tithing and the New Testament

• Jesus confirms tithing Matthew 2323
• Paul links the OT priesthood with the NT
  ministry as the priests who ministered at the
  altar lived of the altar (tithes), so the
  ministers who preach the gospel live of the
  gospel (tithes)
• Jesus and Paul link Christians to Abraham John
  839 Galatians 36-9

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Newark UPC Giving StructureTithes
One tenth of your personal increase
Tithes Account
One tenth of Tithes Account
Ministry Account
Missions Special Offerings
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Giving Structure, cont.Tithes
Nine tenths of Tithes Account
Tithes Account
Compensation of Ministerial Staff Funding of
Pastoral/Church Vision
Tithes are under the stewardship and oversight of
the pastor. He is accountable to God and the
church for this stewardship.
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Giving Structure, cont.Offerings
Offerings
Church Offerings
Mission Offerings
Offerings specifically designated for a project
are always allocated to that project.
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Giving Structure, cont.Church Offerings
Sunday Offerings (Designated Loose)
General Account
Operations Capital Improvement
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Giving Structure, cont.Church Offerings
Wednesday Offerings (Designated Loose)
General Account Children Youth
Sunday School Save our Children Youth Local
Youth Program Sheaves for Christ
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Giving Structure, cont.Missions Offerings
Missions
Missions Account
Missions (PIMs) Missions Projects