新约圣经对奉献的指引，帮助我们对抗物质主义的吸引The New Testament offersguidelines for giving that can help us fight the pull of materialism
作者: Randy Alcorn 译者: Duncan Liang
1. 奉献。奉献确认基督的主权。奉献将我从宝座上赶下来，让祂高居宝座之上。奉献打破奴役我的玛门枷锁，把我生命的忠心转移到天堂。
Give.
Giving affirms Christ’s lordship. It dethrones me and exalts Him. It breaks the
chains of mammon that would enslave me and transfers my center of gravity to
Heaven.
2. 慷慨奉献。多少才算慷慨？没有标准答案。如果你从未试过十一奉献，可以以此为起点，然后扩展你的慷慨。
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generously. How much is generous? There’s no one-size-fits-all answer. If
you’ve never tithed, start there—then begin to stretch your generosity.
3. 固定奉献。作主的管家，这不是一年才思想一次的事情，而是一周接一周、一月接一月的委身，这要求我们有操练和坚持。
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regularly. Stewardship is not a once-a-year consideration, but a week-to-week,
month-to-month commitment requiring discipline and consistency.
4. 刻意奉献。有意识地努力，反复进行的奉献是最好的。
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deliberately. Giving is at its best when it’s a conscious effort that’s
repeatedly made.
5．自愿奉献。当我们得见神的恩典，我们的奉献就超越仅仅是本份的地步。
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voluntarily. When we catch a vision of God’s grace, we will give beyond our
duty.
6. 牺牲地奉献。我们不喜欢有风险的信心，我们喜欢脚下铺设一张安全网。但这样我们就错失了那冒险之旅，看到我们真正尽力奉献时神的供应。
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sacrificially. We don’t like risky faith. We like to have our safety net below
us. But we miss the adventure of seeing God provide when we’ve really stretched
ourselves in giving.
7. 卓越地奉献。保罗说：“你们既然在信心、口才、知识、热心和待我们的爱心上，都格外显出满足来，就当在这慈惠的事上也格外显出满足来。”（林后8:7）
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excellently. Paul says, “See that you also excel in this grace of giving” (2
Corinthians 8:7).
8. 乐意地奉献。如果我们奉献不乐意，问题出在我们的内心，解决之道在于改变我们内心的方向，而不是停止奉献。
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cheerfully. If we’re not cheerful, the problem is our heart, and the solution
is redirecting our heart, not withholding our giving.
9. 以敬拜的心奉献。我们的敬拜是对神恩典的反射性回应，并非出于我们的利他主义——奉献出于基督在我们身上改变我们的工作。
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worshipfully. Our giving is a reflexive response to God’s grace. It doesn’t
come out of our altruism—it comes out of the transforming work of Christ in us.
10. 收入越多，奉献越多。记住：神让我们兴旺，不是让我们提高我们的生活水平，而是为了提高我们的奉献水平。
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more as you make more. Remember: God prospers us not to raise our standard of
living, but to raise our standard of giving.
11. 安静奉献。奉献时炫耀，这总是不切当的（但有时我们的义行会被人看见，甚至应该被人看见）。
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quietly. Showiness in giving is always inappropriate. (But sometimes our acts
of righteousness will be seen by men and even should be.)
