Diaconal Service Is Designed to Display God's Gracious Work in the Heart

At the outset of Israel as a church, the Lord made a great contrast between what Israel was like in the flesh, and the generosity that He is able to work in the heart. This was a great emphasis of the Spirit's in His account of the collection and construction for the tabernacle. Diaconal service is designed to display this contrast, unto the praise of the heart-changing Redeemer.