哥林多後書9:6-11

 

9:6 「少種的少收，多種的多收」，這話是真的。
9:7 各人要隨本心所酌定的，不要作難，不要勉強，因為捐得樂意的人是　神所喜愛的。
9:8 　神能將各樣的恩惠多多地加給你們，使你們凡事常常充足，能多行各樣善事。
9:9 如經上所記：他施捨錢財，賙濟貧窮；他的仁義存到永遠。
9:10 那賜種給撒種的，賜糧給人吃的，必多多加給你們種地的種子，又增添你們仁義的果子；
9:11 叫你們凡事富足，可以多多施捨，就藉著我們使感謝歸於　神。

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written: ‘They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.’ Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

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    我們常常害怕窮乏而不願意奉獻或是幫助窮困的人，甚至想盡各種辦法賺錢，好讓財富越來越多，絕得如此越有安全感。因而，我們一有錢就覺得自己高高在上，就覺得自己有穩固保壘，就忘記倚靠上帝。

    其實上帝賜給我們錢財的用意是：『上帝能將各樣的恩惠多多地加給你們，使你們凡事常常充足，能多行各樣善事。』

    上帝要我們用錢財去行各樣善事，就是要我們去賙濟窮人，讓窮苦人感受到上帝的慈愛，當我們願意如此行上帝應許我們：『那賜種給撒種的，賜糧給人吃的，必多多加給你們種地的種子，又增添你們仁義的果子；叫你們凡事富足，可以多多施捨，就藉著我們使感謝歸於上帝。』

    這是多麼美的應許，你願意遵行麼？你願意領受這祝福嗎？