Psalms 50:12 KJV
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Having to do with sacrifices, God instructs that He owns the goats and the cattle on a thousand hills. He says that the fowl of the air are His as are the wild beasts of the forest. God did not expect that sacrifice to feed Him. He was and is not hungry.
The sacrifice was for the benefit of the giver.
It reminded them of their sin and of the One provided by God to forgive that sin.
The same is true of our offerings today.
While the Lord does use them for the support and operation of His churches, He does not need them. Giving is for our benefit. It reminds us that we rely upon the Lord and that He is our care and giver. It makes us partakers in the great plan of the Lord in this world and opens God's windows of blessing upon us.
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Having to do with sacrifices, God instructs that He owns the goats and the cattle on a thousand hills. He says that the fowl of the air are His as are the wild beasts of the forest. God did not expect that sacrifice to feed Him. He was and is not hungry.
The sacrifice was for the benefit of the giver.
It reminded them of their sin and of the One provided by God to forgive that sin.
The same is true of our offerings today.
While the Lord does use them for the support and operation of His churches, He does not need them. Giving is for our benefit. It reminds us that we rely upon the Lord and that He is our care and giver. It makes us partakers in the great plan of the Lord in this world and opens God's windows of blessing upon us.
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