Grace Fellowship Church
Pastor/Teacher
Jim Rickard
Thursday,
November 1, 2012
www.GraceDoctrine.org
Doxology
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.—
Amen.
The Book of Proverbs
Chapter 3
Prov 3:9-10
Giving Unto the Lord!
The Fifth Command, Vs. 9
“Honor” ‫ כָּבֵ ד‬KABED,
Piel Imperative.
The command to,
“honor or glorify” God,
often, consistently, habitually.
Num 18:12,
“All the best of the fresh oil
and all the best of the fresh
wine and of the grain, the first
fruits of those which they give
to the LORD, I give them to
you.”
The mentality we must have
when giving our offerings is
not giving it to a man, or a
church, or a cause, or a
program, but, “I am giving to
my LORD.”
“Wealth” ‫ הֹון‬HON,
“wealth, riches, or substance.”
It means money, materialistic
things.
“First” ‫אשית‬
ִׁ ‫ ֵר‬RESHITH,
“beginning or first.”
The first products of a
harvest, “first fruits”,
e.g., Lev 2:12; Num 15:20;
Deut 26:2.
“Produce”, ‫ְּתבּואָּ ה‬
TEBUAH, “produce, product,
or revenue.”
The law of “first fruits”
required all Israelites to
present a sample of their first
crop to the Lord in token of
their redemption from Egypt,
Ex 23:19; 34:26; Lev 23:9-14;
Deut 26:1-11.
Their failure to do this would
lead Isaiah to condemn them,
Isa 43:23.
“First fruits” was a reminder
that what they reaped was the
gift of God. It represents the
mental attitude believer’s
should have when giving unto
the Lord.
Our attitude should be to
honor, glorify and thank God
for all that He has done for us,
by giving back to Him the first,
highest and best of all that He
has given to us. Cf. Ex
23:19a; Deut 18:4; 2 Cor 9:13.
Deut 18:4,
“You shall give him the first
fruits of your grain, your new
wine, and your oil, and the
first shearing of your sheep.”
2 Cor 9:13, “Because of the
proof given by this ministry,
they will glorify God for your
obedience to your confession of
the gospel of Christ and for the
liberality of your contribution to
them and to all.”
It is a way of expressing
gratitude to God for His
provisions, Deut 26:1-3, 9-11,
and acknowledging His help,
Prov 3:6.
In return, God, cf. v. 4,
promises to fill our “barns”
(with grain) and the
“vats…with new wine.”
The Fifth Blessing, Vs. 10:
“They will be filled”
‫ ָּמלֵ א‬MALE
Niphal Imperfect,
“To be filled or be satisfied.”
Our materialistic blessings
will be continually given to us
by God when we have a
generous heart in giving to
Him.
“Plenty” ‫שבָּ ע‬
ָּ SABA,,
“plenty, abundance or
satiation.”
You will not have any want.
All will be provided.
Psa 23:1,
“The LORD is my shepherd,
I shall not want.”
Psa 34:9,
“O fear the LORD, you His
saints; for to those who fear
Him there is no want.”
Psa 34:10,
“The young lions do lack and
suffer hunger; but they who
seek the LORD shall not be in
want of any good thing.”
Prov 11:24,
“There is one who scatters
(gives), and yet increases all
the more, and there is one who
withholds what is justly due,
and yet it results only in want.”
“Overflow” ‫ פָּ ַרץ‬PARATS,
“To break through, breach,
burst, etc.”
God will increase and
multiply what you have if you
give graciously and of your
first fruits to Him.
“New Wine” ‫ִׁתירֹוש‬
TIROSH, “grape juice.” A
picture of blessing, Joel 2:24;
Yet scanty supplies are an
element in Divine judgment,
Isa 16:10; Jer 48:33; Hos 9:2;
Hag 2:16.
Joel 2:24,
“The threshing floors will be
full of grain, and the vats will
overflow with the new wine
and oil.”
Hos 9:2,
“Threshing floor and wine
press will not feed them, and
the new wine will fail them.”
cf. Mal 3:7-12.
Mal 3:10,
“Bring the whole tithe into the
storehouse, so that there may be food
in My house, and test Me now in
this,” says the LORD of hosts, “if I
will not open for you the windows of
heaven and pour out for you a
blessing until it overflows.”
The normal routines of life
will be blessed so that the
righteous do not go hungry,
Prov 10:3.
Prov 10:3,
“The LORD will not allow the
righteous to hunger, but He
will reject the craving of the
wicked.”
Cf. Prov 3:2; Deut 28:1-14;
Mat 6:33.
Mat 6:33,
“But seek first His kingdom
and His righteousness, and all
these things will be added to
you.”
Luke 6:38,
“Give, and it will be given to
you. They will pour into your
lap a good measure—pressed
down, shaken together, and
running over.”
Grace Fellowship Church
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Tape # 12-125
Proverbs Chapter 3
Giving Unto The Lord
Prov 3:9-10; Duet 18:4; 2Cor 9:13 Joel 2:24
James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2012