How to Be Especially Good – Part 2
UnderDog Report #108
Applying Old Testament Teachings to Giving Today
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How To Be Especially Good – Part 2
A few weeks ago we talked about what it meant to be especially good. We talked about being good to yourself, family, and friends, those in need, and the community. We are to be good to everyone, but then we explored how the Bible tells us to be especially good to the household of faith, which is other Christians:
Galatians 6:10 (NIV) Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
The scriptures say ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’[1]; commended a group for their giving[2]; thanks for supporting the saints [3], and thanking those for giving to those in need [4]. Here are other things that the scripture says about being good and giving:
- You can’t buy your way to God.[5]
- The righteous graciously give.[6]
- He who shuts his eyes will have curses.[7]
- God remembers what we give[8]
- Feed the Hungry with Food and the Word[9]
- Absolutely No Virtue Signaling[10]
- Give Cheerfully[11]
- Don’t Steal, Work so you can give to others[12]
- Give based on your ability without obligation[13]
- It is a FREEWILL offering[14]
In this teaching, I am going to show how we can be especially good and what it exactly looks like.
Why Did the Eldest Son get a Double Portion in the OT?
Below is a detailed chart of how the first born male would receive double portion of an inheritance after their father’s death. He received this over the other male children. This was because the oldest child was responsible for taking care of the business he inherited from his father. His expenses would be greater than the other children and it was his responsibility to keep his father’s business going. For example, it would be responsible for paying for the food for the cattle, upkeep of the property and many other things. This was the responsibility of the oldest male, and this is why God instituted a double portion for the firstborn.
How do we take this Old Testament information and apply to today in relationship to Ephesians 6:10, where we are supposed to be especially good to the householder of faith?
Below is a detailed chart of how we can actually do this (Described in detail in the Video). You can see it doesn’t matter how many Christian organizations or how many secular organizations a Christian wants to give to. In this way this is even simpler than the Old Testament chart.
There is no option for a Christian to only give to secular organizations, they should always be given to Christian organizations or Christian people (This applies to time as well as to money). The bottom line is, all the Christian organizations or people you’re going to give to should be doubled and then divided amongst all these organizations. And all the secular organizations you’re going to give to are not doubled, and then divided amongst all of the secular organizations (See Chart Below). This is a simple way to apply the Old Testament teachings on a double portion to your giving in the modern day.
In the Old Testament, the money was given to the oldest so that he could do the work of his father. In the same way, a double portion should be given to Christian organizations so they could do the work of our heavenly Father.
The Below dollars can also be applied as the time spent volunteering for Christian organizations or people, compared to a secular organization or people.
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] Luke 20:27-28 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.
[2] Philippians 4:15 You yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel, after I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone;
[3] 2 Corinthians 8:4 begging us with much urging for the favor of participation in the support of the saints,
[4] Romans 15:26 For Macedonia and Achaida have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
[5] 1 Corinthians 13:3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
[6] Psalm 37:21 The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous is gracious and gives.
[7] Proverbs 28:27 He who gives to the poor will never want, But he who shuts his eyes will have many curses.
[8] Acts 10:31 …your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.
[9] James 2:16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?
[10] Matthew 6:2 “So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
[11] Romans 12:8 or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
[12] Ephesians 4:28 He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.
[13] 2 Corinthians 8:3 For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord,
[14] Ezra 1:6 All those about them encouraged them with articles of silver, with gold, with goods, with cattle and with valuables, aside from all that was given as a freewill offering.