QUALITIES OF AN ACCEPTABLE OFFERING BEFORE GOD

If you are born again, what you will have in your heart is that God should be happy with you.

1John 3:14 says: One way to test your born again is through your attitude towards others. A genuine born again Christian will have the passion for God to love him.

If you are born again and have the holy spirit inside you, you will have the passion to please God above all things.

Galatians 2:10 says: They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.(NKJV)

When you give your life to Christ, your desires dries up. Though this does not happen to every person. As you have the desire of your flesh, you will have another thing pulling you to another direction. If you get born again and you don’t desire to read your bible or fellowship with the brethren, your salvation may not be real because salvation is meant to change you from the inside.

Philippians 2:12 says: Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out YOUR OWN SALVATION with fear and trembling;(NKJV)

The bible cannot deliver you, what delivers you is the word in your heart. God’s word is powerful, when it gets into your heart and come out of your mouth great things happens.

Hebrews 4:12 says: For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.(NKJV)

QUALITIES OF AN ACCEPTABLE OFFERING BEFORE GOD

1. HAVE AN ATTITUDE THAT PLEASES GOD.

Hebrews 11:17 says: By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,(NKJV)

2. Malachi 1:6 says: "A son honors his father, And a servant his master. If then I am the Father, Where is My honor? And if I am a Master, Where is My reverence? Says the LORD of hosts To you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, 'In what way have we despised Your name?'(NKJV)

Malachi 1:7-8 says: "You offer defiled food on My altar, But say, 'In what way have we defiled You?' By saying, 'The table of the LORD is contemptible.' And when you offer the blind as a sacrifice, Is it not evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, Is it not evil? Offer it then to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you favorably?" Says the LORD of hosts.(NKJV)

Can anyone offer a bad gift to someone who helps him or her?  You have to offer to God with reverence. You must offer to God what is prepared in advance because it is an art of worship. A sacrifice is measured by what you kept back to yourself after you gave it.

Malachi 1:14 says: "But cursed be the deceiver Who has in his flock a male, And takes a vow, But sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished-- For I am a great King," Says the LORD of hosts, "And My name is to be feared among the nations.(NKJV)

Proverbs 11:24 says: There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty.(NKJV)

2. GIVE IN THE SPIRIT OF STEWARDSHIP:

What was given to you was given to multiply and glorify God.

There is no law of productivity like the law of ownership. You are going to give account for the words you speak the Bible said. If you are going to give account of the words you speak, what about what was committed to your hands. God has not given us any resource to expend on ourselves.

Psalm 50:6-12 says: Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge. Selah "Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you; I am God, your God! I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices Or your burnt offerings, Which are continually before Me. I will not take a bull from your house, Nor goats out of your folds. For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills. I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are Mine. "If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.(NKJV)

You are just a custodian of what is given to you.

1 Chronicles 29:10-12 says: Therefore David blessed the LORD before all the assembly; and David said: "Blessed are You, LORD God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever. Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, And You are exalted as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all.(NKJV)

This is the secret  of David’s success. David understands that promotion, success and everything comes from God. In other words, giving to God is a privilege. When a believer goes with the world mentality which is get all you can, he misses his direction because this is not the plan of God.

1 Chronicles 29:14-15 says: But who am I, and who are my people, That we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from You, And of Your own we have given You. For we are aliens and pilgrims before You, As were all our fathers; Our days on earth are as a shadow, And without hope.(NKJV)

Everything you have now is to equip yourself for what will come in the future.

Jesus said in Luke 16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true [riches]?(KJV)

3. GIVE JOYFULLY

Deuteronomy 15:7-8 says: If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, [in that] which he wanteth.(KJV)

4. GIVE WILLINGLY:

1 Chronicles 29:9 says: Then the people rejoiced, for they had offered willingly, because with a loyal heart they had offered willingly to the LORD; and King David also rejoiced greatly.(NKJV)

1 Chronicles 29:17 says: I know also, my God, that You test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here to offer willingly to You.(NKJV)

Why is it important to offer willingly? You must offer willingly because that is the way you will get your reward. This is because God checks our heart.

1 Corinthians 9:16-17 says: For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.(NKJV)

Anything you are willing to do will be one of the major things that will ensure you get your reward.

2 Corinthians 8:12 says: For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.(NKJV)

The Bible says there must be a willing mind. If you offer willingly and obediently, you will eat the fruit of the land. If you are willing to give anything to God, it shows you’ve conquered Marmon

5. GIVE SACRIFICIALLY

Give according the size of your vision, according to what you are believing God for.

Psalm 126:5-6 says: Those who sow in tears Shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, Bringing his sheaves with him.(NKJV)

6. GIVE BY FAITH

The bible said it is impossible to please God without faith. You must give by faith and believe God for a harvest. The only investment you have for your future is your seed.