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Christ’s commission to all His true ministers is, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations ... Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you” (Matt. 28:19-20). And, referring to our day, He said, “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end [of the age] come” (Matt. 24:14).
Jesus Christ came to qualify to replace Satan as the Ruler of this world. And He came to train messengers who would proclaim to the world His return to restore the government of God on earth. Christ personally chose His original twelve apostles, or ministers, to carry on the work of preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. Today, the true ministers of Jesus Christ are fulfilling that commission on a worldwide scale!
As the end of this age approaches, the true ministers of God are fulfilling Christ’s commission with the support and POWER of God’s Holy Spirit! They are making plain the GOOD NEWS of the soon-coming Kingdom of God. They are explaining the laws of that Kingdom, as well as making plain the hundreds of prophecies referring directly to this end time.
In these chaotic days approaching the end of the age, just before Christ’s Second Coming, the work of God’s true ministry faces a challenging effort to reach multitudes of people. It is a huge undertaking, requiring the use of highly advanced technological tools for proclaiming Jesus’ Gospel of the Kingdom of God “unto all nations” (Matthew 24:14)!
Today, God has provided for the financing of His powerful spiritual ministry by the same system He has used for millennia—the tithing system.
6. Does the Bible show that both nations and individuals can literally steal directly from God? Mal. 3:7-12. COMMENT: For those whom God calls at this time, tithing is the way God has provided to finance His Work
and His ministry.
Those who faithfully give God His tenth find that what is left seems to go further than the full amount of their income ever did before. Many tithers have remarked that there seems to be an unwritten law that cannot be put down in a budget—a law that causes their money to always stretch further when they tithe faithfully. (Read the following scriptures in connection with this principle: 1 Kings 17:8-24; 2 Kings 4:1-7, 42-44; Prov. 11:24-25; Matt. 14:17-21; 15:34-38; Heb. 13:8.)
7. What should our be attitude in giving God’s Church the tenth of our disposable or net income that belongs to Him, and even an occasional offering, as we are able? 2 Cor. 9:6-7.
COMMENT: A generous attitude is foundational to God’s “give” way of life. God is a generous giver! He wants His children to reflect a similar generosity, within their restricted means. The Apostle Paul made this crystal clear: “The point is this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do as he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Cor. 9:6-7, RSV).
The giving principle is elsewhere stated in the pages of the Bible. Jesus showed that a giving spirit brings an automatic boomerang-like effect. “Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back” (Luke 6:38, RSV).
Solomon reiterates the very same truth in his writings: “Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days” (Eccl. 11:1-2, RSV). God’s blessing WILL come in God’s own time and God’s own way. Again: “One man gives freely yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. A liberal man will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered” (Prov. 11:24-25, RSV).
These verses repeat in different words the time-tested principle found throughout the Bible: You reap what you sow (Gal. 6:7).
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