In terms of finance, this verse is an absurd proposition. It seems highly unlikely that any finance expert or someone with average skill with numbers would admit that the more one gives, the more one will have. It is common sense that the numbers will be negative if the outflow exceeds the inflow. However, the Bible teaches that the more a person gives, the richer he becomes. The converse of this theory is that the one who withholds will be the loser. In other words, generosity never makes a person a pauper, but the opposite happens. Jesus affirmed this principle: “Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you” (Luke 6:38 ). Paul quotes Jesus as saying, “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35 ). Human Generosity is rooted in God’s character. Apostle James describes God as someone who “gives generously to all those who ask h...
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