Under the New Covenant nothing compels a gift: Paul writes instruction, not command, and verse 7 hands the decision to one settled heart at a time, chosen deliberately and in advance rather than under pressure. Pastor Adam makes the case that verse 10 joins provision and righteousness with a repeated “and” rather than offering a choice between them, argued carefully against his own instinct and against a colleague who reads it differently.

Deuteronomy 14 hands generosity a rhythm: a tenth set apart year by year, a feast to rejoice in God’s provision, and a third-year tithe laid up so the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow could eat and be filled. Pastor Adam works through the three shapes of giving under the Mosaic law and makes the case that a settled habit of generosity forms the soul in a way guilty, occasional giving never will.

Before the Law, before the tabernacle, before any command to tithe, two brothers brought God an offering. Pastor Adam opens a new series on giving with Cain and Abel in Genesis 4, and makes the case that provisional giving was worship long before anyone was ever told to do it.