I am going to address this question in a different way,
instead of money or things along the same line.
Do we not have the Holy Spirit living in us and does it not make us the
Temple of the Holy Spirit. Does not Paul tell us that our body is a temple
of the Holy Spirit and we were bought at a price, therefore we are to honor God
with our bodies.
What is an offering and our worship, but making a
sacrifice to our God. Paul tells us to offer your
bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual
act of worship. Are we not told that to
show love towards God is to obey His commands.
We are told to love God with everything we have and to love our fellow
mankind. How by serving others.
Paul
tells us to serve one another in love and Peter tells us to serve others by the
gift that we receive from the Holy Spirit.
Jesus tells us to let our light shine so our good deeds may be
seen. All this comes down faith needs to
be accompanied by action and is justified by what we do. Blessing
Stephen
(1 Cor 6:19-20 NIV)
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in
you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; {20} you were
bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
(Rom
12:1 NIV) Therefore, I urge you,
brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy
and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship.
(Mat
5:16 NIV) In the same way, let your
light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your
Father in heaven.
(James
2:17 NIV) In the same way, faith by
itself, if it is
not accompanied by action, is dead.
(James
2:24 NIV) You see that a person is justified by what
he does and not by faith alone.
(Gal
5:13 NIV) You, my brothers, were called
to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature ; rather, serve one another
in love.
(1
Pet 4:10 NIV) Each one should use
whatever gift he
has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace
in its various forms.
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