1. What is significant (in regard to the topic of giving) about 2 Corinthians 8:5?
2. According to the apostle Paul’s command in 1 Corinthians 16:1-2, when are Christians supposed to give to the Lord of their financial means?
3. In this lesson, the statement is made, “Giving does not begin with our pocketbooks.” Where, then, does giving begin?
4. According to 2 Corinthians 8:3-5, there were some Christians in Macedonia who had given of their finances to help spread the Gospel. How much had they given, according to verse 3?
5. What is “proxy giving”? Is it authorized in the New Testament?
6. What were the people of Malachi’s day doing that drew a divine condemnation from God?
7. In this lesson, the following statement is made: “When it comes time to give, we are not supposed to reach into our pockets and give what is left over.” What, then, are we supposed to give?
8. In this lesson, the following statement is made: “For the faithful Christian, it is never a matter of what I ‘have’ to give.” Then what is it a matter of?
9. According to 1 Corinthians 16:1-2, what is giving—an option or a command?
10. Paul taught in 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 that God loves a certain type of giver. What type?
11. What principle is contained in Luke 6:38?
12. What is tithing?
13. Is tithing commanded or authorized in the New Testament?
14. According to 2 Corinthians 9:6-7, how are Christians to give?
15. What point was Paul striving to get across in 1 Timothy 6:17?
16. What is the main point of Christ’s statements in Matthew 6:19-21?
17. According to 1 Timothy 6:10, what is the love of money?
18. According to 2 Corinthians 5:14, what should compel us to give?
19. What point was Jesus making when He said, “For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you” (Lk. 6:38)?
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