The Cheerful Giver (2 Cor. 9:6-15)

[Sung Psalm: 16]

When we think of Old Testament financial principles we tend to think of the tithe.

But Numbers 18 tells us about several different financial requirements that God gave to Israel: there is the tithe, but there are also the firstfruits, grain offerings, sin offerings, guilt offerings, wave offerings, and redemption offerings – and the holy contributions from the peace offerings.

And that’s just one chapter! So Old Testament financial responsibilities are pretty complicated!

And we can see from Paul’s letters to the Corinthians that Paul does not simply quote OT requirements to explain how Christians ought to give.

Rather, Paul builds on the principles of the Old Testament and applies those principles to help us understand how we ought to give.