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2 Cor 37
2 Cor 37
Grace Giving
1. 9:6 - Reaping and Sowing
a. (5) Paul takes care for the gift to be of bounty (freely given, abounding) ...
i. ... NOT covetousness (forced, reluctantly, greedily, for shame).
b. (6) “BUT ...” Remember this (not quoting law), Paul says, “I say”
c. The principle: you reap what you sow; responsibility/reward; action/consequence
i. Not 700 club, or Creflo Dollar, but a law in God’s creation.
ii. Applicable to sin, work, food, money, skills, health, relationships, time, etc.
iii. Work required & slothful a shame -Gen 3:19, Pro 13:14,20:4,21:25; Rom 12:11
iv. This “law” can be affected by God’s intervention (e.g judgment, provision)
v. Jesus taught covenant reaping & sowing - Mt 6:20,26, Jn 4:36
d. In this dispensation of grace (not under covenant) we work - 2Th 3:10, Eph 4:28
e. Paul says, work leads to return in kind Gal 6:7-8 - value 1Cor 9:11 - quantity 2Co 9:6
i. What are they reaping? 2 Cor 7:7, the blessing of Acts 20:35
9. 1-2% first fruit as an offering to the priests – Exo 25:1-2, Exo 29:27-28
10. 10% First Tithe to the Levites (Lev 27:30-34), from which the Levites tithe 10% to
the priests – Num 18:21-32, Num 10:38
11. 10% Second Tithe for Feasts in years 1,2,4,5 taken to Jerusalem and spent on food
and drink- Deu 12:6-7, Deu 14:22-26
12. 10% Poor Tithe in years 3 and 6 given to the Levites and the poor at home – Deu
14:27-29, Deu 26:12-13
13. 10% Tithe of the King to provide for his officers and servants - 1 Sam 8:15-17
Beyond these tithes, first fruits (Lev 23:10; Deu 12:7), free will offerings (Lev 1:3; Neh
10:35-37), temple fees, and sacrifices were given. There were 5 sacrifices: burnt, sin,
meal, trespass, peace.
=>10% extra goes to charity (according to modern tradition and for atonement)