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GIVING is an expression of worship that commemorates God's grace. Grace is all that God can do for man and still be consistent with His own character. We are saved by grace, we live by His grace, and we give by His grace. Grace giving meets divine standards and glorifies God. Grace giving requires the filling of the Holy Spirit and reflects grace orientation, Bible doctrine resident in the soul, and virtue love. Without these spiritual motivations, giving has no spiritual value. All too often Christian giving is coerced by guilt, emotionalism, or peer pressure. Two chapters in 2 Corinthians are the most extensive passages of Scripture on the concept of giving. This book focuses on these chapters which present aspects of God's grace, define correct motivation and mental attitude for giving, and illustrate grace giving in the early church.

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奉獻是崇拜神的表現、紀念他的恩典。恩典是所有神能為人做的事、也可以保持他自己性格的一致。我們得救是本乎恩、我們靠著他的恩典來生活、我們也靠著他的恩典來奉獻。感恩奉獻符合神的標準和榮耀神。感恩奉獻需要聖靈的充滿、反映以恩為本、居留在魂裡的聖經教義、和美德的愛心。沒有這些屬靈的動機、奉獻便沒有屬靈的價值。很多時候基督徒的奉獻是被內疚、激動的情緒、或同儕壓力的脅迫之下進行。哥林多後書裡有兩章經文是對奉獻的概念叙述得最為廣泛。這本書焦點集中在這些章節上、它表達神的恩典的各方面、定義奉獻的正確動機和心理態度、並且舉例說明早期教會的感恩奉獻。