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<div class="SSN_title">"SACRIFICIAL GIVING"</div>
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<div class="SSN_intro">Intro: David's sin in numbering the people, present day reluctance, God's choice of punishments; 7 years famine; 3 months in hands of enemies; 3 days pestilence. The choice and reason, the plague... the plague stayed.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. GIVING TO GOD AN ACCEPTED OBLIGATION.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Why should I give to God?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Not to benefit or enrich Him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. He created all things to begin with.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. He can create anything He might presently need.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Don't let any man tell you that God's program depends on your giving.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. I give to express appreciation.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. David saw the plague stayed, Jerusalem spared.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. I appreciate what God has done for me.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. I give to show love.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Love is often measured by its gifts.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level5">1. "For God so loved..."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. It is the nature of love to give.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. What should I give to God? <a onClick="return mV('Psa',116,'all');">PS 116</a>.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Praise.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Time.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Energies. These all an expression of my love...</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Money. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God..."</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. GIVING TO GOD IS A PRIVILEGE.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Since He really is not dependent upon us or our gifts.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. He could remove us in a moment and still carry on His program very well.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Giving is a privilege.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. He is allowing you to invest with eternal dividends.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. LOOKING AGAIN AT GIVING.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. David said: "I will not offer unto the Lord that which cost me nothing."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. How much sacrifice involved?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. How much did it cost you to give?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. What could God give to show true love?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Not gold or silver or diamonds, they cost Him nothing.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Sacrifice must be involved.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. A taking away of something from myself.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. God so loved that He gave a planet of gold.<br>God so loved that He gave an angel...<br>God so loved that He gave an only begotten Son...</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. How much did it cost God to give?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Priceless.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. When does giving really start to count?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. When it starts to cost.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Taking girl friend a glass of water.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Time, bored, don't know what to do with myself.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. So often God gets only leftovers.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. If I have time, I will be there.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. If I'm not too tired, I will help.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. I would like to give more but I can't afford it.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. What does it cost me to give to God?</div>
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