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The Gift God Accepts, July 10
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down,
and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your
bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be
measured to you again.
Luke 6:38
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Let us not complain because we are often asked to give for the upbuild-
ing of the cause. What is it that makes these frequent calls a necessity? Is
it not the rapid increase of missionary enterprises? Shall we, by refusing
to give, retard the growth of these enterprises? ...
All who possess the Spirit of Christ will have a tender, sympathetic
heart, and an open, generous hand.... To us has been entrusted the work
of proclaiming the last message of mercy to be given to our world—the
message that is to prepare a people to stand in the day of God. Do we
realize our accountability? Are we acting our part in the proclamation of
the message? The present time is burdened with eternal interests. We are
to unfurl the standard of truth before a world perishing in error.
The more we bring to God’s treasure house, the more we shall have to
bring; for He will open ways before us, increasing our substance. I have
found this to be true in my own experience. As God multiplies His gifts
to us, we must not grow selfish, and withhold from Him our tithes and
offerings. We each have a part to act in the work of salvation.
Gifts and offerings will not purchase salvation for any of us. The
religion of the Bible is that development of our moral natures in which
the soul holds converse with God, loves that which God loves, and hates
that which God hates. God will not accept your offerings if you withhold
yourself. He asks not only for that which is His own in the means entrusted
to you, but for His own property in your body, soul, and spirit, purchased
at the infinite price of the blood of the Son of God.
It is the humble, grateful, reverential heart that makes the offering as
a sweet-smelling savor, acceptable to God.
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