from a sense of duty or for the sake of reward.
That there will be a reward following the giving we are
also assured by Jesus in a direct promise "Give, and it
shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken
together, running over, shall they give unto your bosom.
For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you
again."
Promises of spiritual benefits and increase of God's bounty
through the keeping of this divine law of giving and
receiving, abound in all the Scriptures. "There is that
scattereth, and increaseth yet more;
And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it
tendeth only to want.
The liberal soul shall be made fat;
And he that watereth shall be watered also himself."
"He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;
For he giveth of his bread to the poor."
"He that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully."
"Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters."
We are living now under larger and fuller blessings from
God than man has ever known. It is meet therefore that we
give accordingly and remember the law of the tithe, for if
a tenth was required under the law in those olden times, it
is certainly no less fitting that we should give it
cheerfully now. One of the greatest incentives to generous
giving is a keen appreciation of the blessings secured to
us through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. "He that
spared not His own Son, but delivered him up for us all,
how shall he not also with him freely give
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