9:6 要記住:少種的少收;多種的多收。
9:7 所以,每一個人都應該按照自己的心願捐助,不猶豫,不勉強,因為上帝喜愛樂意奉獻的人。
9:8 上帝會更加豐富地賜給你們,使你們不但自己充足有餘,還能夠在各樣慈善的事上出力。
9:9 正如聖經上說:他慷慨救濟窮苦人;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 man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written: ‘He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.’
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保羅在此鼓勵信徒奉獻:『少種的少收;多種的多收。』
的確,我們在奉獻的事上要存著希望奉獻,因為上帝樂意我們為上帝國的拓展,奉獻金錢,甚至奉獻全人。好像農夫一般,現在努力,將來收成滿滿,是百倍以上的回收。
沒有一項投資比投資上帝國安全並且高獲利率,所以我們要如保羅說:『每一個人都應該按照自己的心願捐助,不猶豫,不勉強,因為上帝喜愛樂意奉獻的人。上帝會更加豐富地賜給你們,使你們不但自己充足有餘,還能夠在各樣慈善的事上出力。』
因此,聰明的人不僅要為今生的財富投資,更要為永生投資,上帝是不虧待人的上帝!
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