好管家系列(2.01)

玛拉基书 3:6~12

夺取神的供物(一): 谈奉献

  • 从我们相信主耶稣基督的那一刻开始,我们就进入一个和他相爱的关系里。这个关系是神圣而浪漫的。它并不是一个工作关系,而是一个和上帝相爱的关系。但是有时候爱人之间也会有争吵。一种情况就是其中的一方背叛了另一方。
  • 在玛拉基书3:6-12记录了这样一段爱人之间的争吵。上帝要告他的民夺取了祂的供物。
  • 在申命记14:22-29律法中明确规定了人们要奉献10%。哥林多后书8-9章是新约中最详细、最全备讨论奉献问题的经文。使徒保罗对哥林多教会说:你们需要在这恩惠之事上丰足有余。
  • 上帝要我们这些新约时代的信徒去奉献,把我们的奉献归给神。祂可能对我们说:你们夺取了上帝的供物。我要你们回转归向我。我想我们需要把我们的关系弄对了。你需要从奉献的事情上开始。
  • 上帝要在这个爱人的争吵中采取主动。在玛拉基书3:10-12中,祂告诉以色列人如何解决这个问题:万军之耶和华说:你们要将当纳的十分之一全然送入仓库,使我家有粮,以此试试我,是否为你们敞开天上的窗户,倾福与你们,甚至无处可容。万军之耶和华说:我必为你们斥责蝗虫,不容他毁坏你们的土产。你们田间的葡萄树在未熟之先也不掉果子。 万军之耶和华说:万国必称你们为有福的,因你们的地必成为喜乐之地。

Stealing From God—Offering

  • When we put our faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, we enter a love relationship with him. It’s a sacred romance. It’s not just a working relationship. It is a love relationship with God.
  • But sometimes lovers quarrel. Lovers quarrel when one party in the relationship has committed an act of betrayal.
  • It’s in Malachi 3:6—12 where this lovers’ quarrel between God and his people breaks out. In this case God singles out money. He is accusing his people of robbing him.
  • God gives the answer at the end of verse 8 and in verse 9: “In tithes and offerings.
  • Second Corinthians 8—9 is one of the most complete discussions in the New Testament on giving. The apostle Paul is saying to the Corinthian church: You need to excel in the grace of giving.
  • So God still intends for us, as his people living in this New Covenant age, to give, to bring offerings to the Lord.

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