Biola staff members from left to right are Mrs. Leona Carr, housemother, Miss Margaret Kilmer, Assistant Dean of Women and housemother, Miss Margaret J. Hart, Associate Dean of Students, and Mrs. Leona Iverson, housemother. from the top of the purse, but from the bottom of their hearts.
We should like to think now on a very timely subject, which we are en titling “Storehouse Tithing.” How does this matter of “Storehouse Tith ing” fit in with what we have been considering? In recent years we have been hearing much of what is called “Storehouse Tithing.” Is it Scrip tural? Is it applicable to believers today? Certain ministers and Chris tian leaders are stating that store house tithing is for our day and time, and is absolutely binding on every be liever. In the first place, the phrase “store house tithing” is not found anywhere in the Bible and is of recent origin. The theory holds that the child of God owes a tithe of his income to the Lord, but this tithe must be paid to the local church where he belongs. The church, according to this view, is to be the sole distributor and dispenser and sole channel of all the funds of its members. Now, what’s wrong with this view? Will jrou remember that we saw in I Corinthians 16:2 that Chris- 19
Now consider the reward of giv ing, Acts 20:35: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” II Corin thians 9:7: “God loveth a cheerful giver.” Hebrews 13:16 indicates God is well pleased with the communica tion of our means. In Matthew 6:20 we read that when we do give, we are laying up “treasures in heaven , where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.” Two friends were talking. One told the other of a good man who died and left thirty thousand dollars. Said the other one: “What a pity that was that he left it behind, when he might have sent it on ahead. He’s not likely to ever hear of it again.” May God grant that shall not be true of either you or me. May we never be said to have left anything behind. •Let us use it for God, and then we shall be sending it on ahead, laying up treasures in heaven.
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