13 MIKE MAZZALONGO Concerning the Collection Paul Reviews

13 MIKE MAZZALONGO Concerning the Collection

Paul Reviews Certain Matters • Treat young men gently with respect • Prepare for Apollos’ visit • Guard against division • Respect missionaries • Various greetings

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so do you also. - I Corinthians 16: 1

On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save, as he may prosper, so that no collections be made when I come. - I Corinthians 16: 2

3 When I arrive, whomever you may approve, I will send them with letters to carry your gift to Jerusalem; 4 and if it is fitting for me to go also, they will go with me. - I Corinthians 16: 3 -4

Procedure for the Special Collection 1. Lord’s day meeting 2. Set money aside on Lord’s day

Procedure for the Special Collection 3. No special collection when he was there. 4. Specially appointed men will handle the money.

Procedure for the Special Collection 5. Give according to wealth.

This example gives us a “pattern” of conduct by the Apostles and early Christian that guides us today.

Pattern 1. They met regularly on the Lord’s day.

Pattern 1. They met regularly on the Lord’s day. 2. They contributed to the work of the church.

Pattern 1. They met regularly on the Lord’s day. 2. They contributed to the work of the church. 3. They were concerned about quantity and orderliness.

Methods that the Bible Teaches Us 1. Command

Methods that the Bible Teaches Us 1. Command 2. Examples

Methods that the Bible Teaches Us 1. Command 2. Examples 3. Conclusions / Inferences

History confirms and clarifies the information we already have in the Bible.

Applying the Rules: the Collection 1. No direct commands

Applying the Rules: the Collection 1. No direct commands 2. There is an example

Applying the Rules: the Collection 1. No direct commands 2. There is an example 3. We can infer that there was a regular collection

Applying the Rules: the Collection 1. No direct commands 2. There is an example 3. We can infer that there was a regular collection 4. History confirms the early church’s pattern of regular collections

Applying the Rules: Salvation 1. Command – Mark 16: 16; Acts 2: 37 -38

Applying the Rules: Salvation 1. Command 2. Example – Acts 2: 40 -42; 47 – Acts 8: 26 -39

Applying the Rules: Salvation 1. Command 2. Example 3. Conclusions / Inferences – Acts 16: 30 -34

Applying the Rules: Salvation 1. Command 2. Example 3. Conclusions / Inferences 4. Historians confirm: – “Baptism in the Early Church” Everett Ferguson

Concerning the Collection • The response to God’s offer of forgiveness through Christ: – Believe/Confess Jesus as the Son of God – Repent of our sins – Baptized (immersed in water)