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的加給你們,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。
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.’
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保羅在此談到奉獻或捐獻,有如撒種一樣,『少種的少收,多種的多收』。
其實在每個人的心目中,都期盼會有好收成。也因為如此,我們要敢於奉獻,因為『少種的少收,多種的多收』。更何況奉獻給主,是積財寶於天上。現在雖然好像失去,在將來永恆中,卻是可以享用得到。
當然在奉獻中,也非今是用不到,保羅在此也告我們:『上帝能將各樣的恩惠多多的加給你們,使你們凡事常常充足,能多行各樣善事。』
舊約聖經更是如此的宣告:『他施捨錢財,賙濟貧窮;他的仁義存到永遠。』
所以,只要我們肯奉獻,上帝的祝福是永遠的!
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