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_" And he said to him: Friend, how did you get in here, not having a wedding garment? And he was silent."_ *Matthew 22:12*

_" The man who went to the supper without the wedding garment represents the * condition of many today *. * They profess to be Christians * and claim the blessings and privileges of the gospel; * yet they do not feel the need for character transformation *. They have never felt *true repentance* for their sins. They do not recognize the need for Christ, nor exercise faith in Him. *They have not overcome their inherited and cultivated inclinations to injustice.* Yet they think they are good enough in themselves, and they trust in their own merits instead of us of Christ. As hearers of the Word, they go to the banquet, but they have not put on the robe of the righteousness of Christ."_🛐

*Christ's Object Lessons, p. 168*

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Because they had enough material for all the work that was to be done, and there was still plenty of it.
Exodus 36:7

Moses asked the people to bring freewill offerings to the sanctuary, verse 5 says they brought much more than they needed. In verse 6 Moses forbade bringing offerings because there was too much.

Heighted Offering is the same thing as Lifted up, it means an offering to meet a specific need, other than a tithe (tenth part) of your income and possessions. Different from covenant of offerings for common church expenses.

Will man rob God? Yet ye rob me, and say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Malachi 3:8

Let each one give as he has purposed in his heart; not with sadness, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7

We know that nothing is ours, everything we have is from God, Psalm 24, we are stewards. We buy food, materials with the currency of labor. The body being the temple of the Holy Spirit, we are not our own, I Corinthians 6:19,20. So why do we retain what is not ours? Jesus said that the poor would always have with us, to test our character, to measure our selfishness.

Tithe and offering being a matter of worship. Can we go empty handed? If a person has no salary, but ate that week, did he keep some for the needy?

Are we taking an offering to the point of Adventist Social Assistance saying enough is enough, that we have nowhere to put it?

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