Sermonette: The Devotion of the Firstfruits <\/p>\n
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description: (hide) In this offertory message, after explaining the need for offering: (1) maintaining unity,(2)not a slaughter, but an uncomplaining giving of life, (3) determined by the cost to the giver, and (4) the existence of a temple where formal offerings could be made. A totally dedicated life —dedicated to God (burnt offering) and man (meal offering) is a precursor to acceptance by God (symbolized by the offering of the First Fruits). Our offering is determined by our (1) treasure- our resources for giving (2) our heart- our motivation for giving (our vital interests in life), and (3) mammon- what one puts his trust in. We either trust God or mammon. We must be able to distinguish a central focus to a marginal focus, putting God at the center and everything else in the periphery. The giving of an offering determines how closely our focus is upon Him. <\/p>\n
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Sermonette: The Devotion of the Firstfruits Offertory #FT04-02s John W. Ritenbaugh Given 30-Sep-04; 20 minutes listen: description: (hide) In this offertory message, after explaining the need for offering: (1) maintaining unity,(2)not a slaughter, but an uncomplaining giving of life, (3) determined by the cost to the giver, and (4) the existence of a temple where … Continue reading “Sermonette: The Devotion of the Firstfruits”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}