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461 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 336.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God's plan for the support of His service. Numerous gifts and offerings were divinely specified. Under the Jewish system the people were taught to cherish …
462 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 337.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… that God was the proprietor of their fields, their flocks, and their herds; that it was He who sent them the sunshine and the rain that developed and ripened …
463 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 337.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… not God's purpose that Christians, whose privileges far exceed those of the Jewish nation, shall give less freely than they gave. “Unto whomsoever much is …
464 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 338.1 (Ellen Gould White)
As God's work extends, calls for help will come more and more frequently. That these calls may be answered, Christians should heed the command, “Bring ye all …
465 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 339.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… to God, and this spirit is as abhorrent to Him now as when through His prophet He sternly rebuked His people, saying, “Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed Me. But …
466 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 339.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… until God ceases to bless His children will they cease to be under bonds to return to Him the portion that He claims. Not only should they render the Lord the …
467 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 340.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… . When God's ministers are encouraged, His cause is greatly advanced. But when, through the selfishness of men, their rightful support is withheld, their hands …
468 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 340.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… in God's service, should receive for their self-sacrificing efforts wages sufficient to support themselves and their families.
469 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 341.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God give cheerfully and liberally. A solemn responsibility rests upon ministers to keep before the churches the needs of the cause of God and to educate …
470 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 341.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… to God. They are to be sharers of the grace of Christ by denying self to help those whose need is more pressing than their own. The poor man's gift, the fruit of …
471 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 342.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God. Christ called the attention of the disciples to this woman, who had given “all her living.” Mark 12:44. He esteemed her gift of more value than the large offerings …
472 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 342.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God. Often he exhorted them to the exercise of liberality. In speaking to the elders of Ephesus of his former labors among them, he said, “I have showed you all …
473 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 343.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… for God and His truth, and they gladly gave for the support of the gospel. When general collections were taken up in the Gentile churches for the relief of the …
474 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 343.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God, they “first gave their own selves to the Lord” ( 2 Corinthians 8:5 ), then they were willing to give freely of their means for the support of the gospel. It was …
475 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 344.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… .” “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: ... being enriched in everything …
476 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 344.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God in vain. What could produce such liberality but the sanctification of the Spirit? In the eyes of believers and unbelievers it was a miracle of grace …
477 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 344.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… to God, and from that moment it bears His inscription. It is sealed with His immutability.
478 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 345.1 (Ellen Gould White)
God declares, “Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters.” Isaiah 32:20. A continual imparting of God's gifts wherever the cause of God or the needs of humanity …
479 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 346.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God, and while he claimed for himself as a minister of the gospel the “power to forbear working” ( 1 Corinthians 9:6 ) at secular employment as a means of self-support …
480 The Acts of the Apostles, p. 347.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God.” 1 Thessalonians 2:6, 9. And again, in his second epistle to them, he declared that he and his fellow laborer while with them had not eaten “any man's bread …