Everything we have belongs to God. We are stewards of His goods. There were three attitudes in the parable of the "Good Samaritan." The priest and the Levite had the attitude, "What's mine is mine and I'm going to keep it!" The thieves had the attitude, "What's your is mine, and I'm going to get it!" The Samaritan had the attitude, "What's mine is yours, and you can have it." There is another attitude that should permeate our thinking, even above the commendable attitude of the good Samaritan. That is, "Everything we have belongs to God and we are stewards of his goods. God owns the entire world and its substance. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof (Ps. 24:1).
Behold, all souls are mine (Ezekiel 18:4). The silver is mine, and the gold is mine (Haggai 2:8). It is God who gives us the power to obtain wealth (Ecclesiastes 5:19). Why should we begrudge God the ten percent, when actually everything belong to Him? If it were not for Him, there would be no land, no seed, no strength, no income, and no life. GIVE GOD HIS DUE!
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The Parable of the Good Samaritan:
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" "What is written in the law?" he replied. "How do you read it?" He answered: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and , Love your neighbor as yourself." "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live." But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. Look after him, he said and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have. Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers? The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise." (Luke 10:25-37 NIV)