Why Should Christians Give?

Why Give?

1. Obedience -

On the first day of the week let each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. (1 Corinthians 16:2)

Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crop; then you barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine (Proverbs 3:9-10)

Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need (Ephesians 4:28)

2. Rewards
Give it and it shall be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. (Luke 6:38)

Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness! (Matthew 25:23)

3. Recognition of God’s Ownership
Yours, Oh Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on the earth is yours, Oh Lord, and this is your Kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things. Riches and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and it is at your discretion that you that people are made great and given strength. (1 Chronicles 29:11-12)

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. (Psalms 24:1)

4. To Gain an Eternal Perspective
So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own? No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and dispraise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money (Luke 16:11-13)

Command them to do good, to rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves and a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life. (1 Timothy 6:18-19)

5. Love
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich. (2 Corinthian 8:9)
But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? (1 John 3:17)