PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Money: Thoughts for God's Stewards
Murray, Andrew, 1828-1917 · 13,316 words · 20 reading sections
Part 1
Transcriber's Note: Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible. Italic text has been marked with _underscores_. Bold text has been marked with =equals signs=. Money: Thoughts for God's Stewards By Rev. Andrew Murray. Authorized Editions, upon which royalties are paid to the author.…
299 wordsSECTION 2AUTHOR OF
"With Christ," "Abide in Christ," "Waiting on God," etc. [Illustration] New York Chicago Toronto Fleming H. Revell Company…
18 wordsSECTION 3MDCCCXCVII
Copyright, 1897 BY FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY…
7 wordsSECTION 4IV. THE POVERTY OF CHRIST 63
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1 wordsSECTION 5CHRIST'S ESTIMATE OF MONEY
"Jesus beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And a certain poor widow came, and cast in a farthing. Jesus called His disciples, and saith unto them, This poor widow hath cast more in than all: for all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast i…
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All my money giving--what a test of character! Lord Jesus! Oh give me grace to love Thee intently, that I may know how to give. _2. Money giving a great means of grace._ Christ called His disciples to come and listen while He talked to them about the giving He saw there. It was to guide their giving and ours. Our giv…
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Christ has immortalized a poor widow's farthing. With His approval it shines through the ages brighter than the brightest gold. It has been a blessing to tens of thousands in the lesson it has taught. It tells you that your farthing, if it be your all, that your gift, if it be honestly given (as you all ought to give t…
570 wordsSECTION 8THE HOLY SPIRIT AND MONEY
When the Holy Spirit came down at Pentecost to dwell in men, He assumed the charge and control of their whole life. They were to be or do nothing that was not under His inspiration and leading. In everything they were to move and live and have their being "in the Spirit," to be wholly spiritual men. Hence it followed a…
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But there is a danger ever near. Men begin to think that money is the great need; that abundance of money coming in is a proof of the Spirit's presence; that money must be strength and blessing. Our second lesson dissipates these illusions, and teaches us how the power of the Spirit can be shown where there is no money…
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Without being exactly guilty of the sin of Judas, or Caiaphas, or Pilate in crucifying our Lord, a believer may yet partake with them in the spirit in which he acts. Even so we may be grieving the Holy Ghost, even while we condemn the sin of Ananias, by giving way to the spirit in which he acted, and withholding from G…
833 wordsSECTION 11THE GRACE OF GOD AND MONEY
"For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich."--_II. Corinthians_, 8:9. In this and the following chapters we have Paul's teaching on the subject of Christian giving. In connection with a collection he wishes the …
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"_Far beyond their power_ gave they of their own accord, beseeching us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift." If this spirit were to pervade our churches and men of moderate means and of large possessions were to combine with the poor in their standard of giving, and the Macedonian example became the law o…
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"See that ye abound in this grace also, for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor." Every branch and leaf and blossom of the mightiest oak derives its life from the same strong root that bears the stem. The life in the tiniest bud is the same as in the str…
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"I say not this, that others may be eased and ye distressed; but by equality, your abundance being a supply at this present time for their want, that their abundance may also become a supply to your want. That there may be equality. As it is written: He that gathered much, had nothing over: and he that gathered little …
573 wordsSECTION 15THE POVERTY OF CHRIST.
"Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might become rich." _II. Corinthians, 8, 9._ "THROUGH HIS POVERTY": what does that mean? That He dispossessed Himself of all heavenly and earthly possessions that the riches of earth an…
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But these reasons are more external and official; _the deeper spiritual significance_ of Christ's poverty will be disclosed as we regard it as part of His training as the Son of Man, and His exhibition of what the true life of man is to be. Christ's poverty was part of that suffering through which He learned obedience…
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With Paul the case appears to have been very little different. Without any express command we know of, the Spirit of his Master so possessed him, and made the eternal world so real and glorious to him, that its expulsive power made every thought of property or position disappear. He learned to give utterance, as no one…
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I have spoken above of the errors connected with the teaching of the Counsels of Perfection. And yet there was a measure of truth in that teaching, too. The error was to say that the highest conformity to Christ was not a matter of duty, but of option. Scripture says, "To him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, t…
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"That ye through His poverty might become rich." HIS POVERTY, not only as an object of our faith, but as a matter of experience and fellowship is the passage through which the fullest entrance is gained into his riches. Let us present together some of the aspects we have already pointed out of the blessedness Christ's …
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I have said that all have not the same calling. How are we to know what our calling is? We may so easily allow ignorance or prejudice, self-indulgence or worldliness, human wisdom or unbelief to sway us, to keep us from the simplicity of the perfect heart, and to blind us to the full light of God's perfect will. Let us…
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.