这个世界上有一种无私就是不求任何回报的给与。那么给与的动力在哪里呢?为什么要给与呢?而且要甘心乐意的给与。这和当下的社会人性中普遍的自我中心观念多么的冲突啊。既然是神的话那就是真理,但祂没有站在制高点去要求人如何做,只是说照着各自心里定好的不要勉强。
本人坚持十分之一当纳,无论收入多少。根据自己的经历我觉得给与和奉献的动力在于信心,爱心,感恩,怜悯,恩慈,无私有关,和钱多钱少没有必然关系。但是有一点需要明白,就如经上说“要给人,就必有给你们的……” 所以,所有甘心乐意的付出不是白白的浪费,也不是无人纪念,起码上帝在纪念,祂知道众人的心思动机,也知道我们的行为。所以,上帝应许说:“我们用什么升斗量给人,祂就必用什么升斗量给我们。”
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正如经上所说:
又有这话:播撒吝啬的人,也收获吝啬;播撒祝福的人,也收获祝福。 每个人要照着心里预先定好的,不要为难,也不要勉强,因为神喜爱那乐意给与的人。 神能使一切的恩典丰丰富富地临到你们,使你们总是在一切事上都能知足,在一切美善的工作上充实满溢。 正如经上所记:“他施舍,赐予穷人;他的义行永远常存。”供应种子给撒种的,又供应粮食给人吃的那一位,将要供给并增加你们的种子,而且增多你们义行的果子, 使你们在一切事上都得以富足,以致十分慷慨,就藉着我们生出对神的感谢之心。 ( 哥林多后书 9:6-11 标准译本 )
Now I say this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously. Each one must do just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace overflow to you, so that, always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed; as it is written: “HE SCATTERED ABROAD , HE GAVE TO THE POOR , HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURES FOREVER .”Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness; you will be enriched in everything for all liberality, which through us is producing thanksgiving to God. ( 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 NASB )
要给人,就必有给你们的;并且要用十足的升斗,连按带摇,上尖下流地倒在你们怀里;因为你们用什么升斗量给人,就必用什么升斗量给你们。” ( 路加福音 6:38 新译本 )
Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”( Luke 6:38 NASB )
