Donation and Obligation

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Donation and an oblation aren't the same. When you give something to the Lord, it means an offering, an oblation; it’s called a holy giving and it’s a relation that's in between you and your heavenly Father, it is different from donations. There are different ways that we can make donations; we can make donate to charity organizations, the NGOs, and worthy causes, but if it is God you are giving it to, it is not a donation again; that offerings, and tithes that you do give to the Lord are oblations and have to be hallowed in your heart, and given reverently.

This is necessary because the way that you deal with how you give would determines the outcome you are going to get from God. So, If you give it as a donation, you would get what a donation has as a promises. You didn't donate to God; what you give is an offering, because He is God. As you make offering, it is a testimony that you know , and you honour Him as God, you didn't honor Him a man. At times, donations or contributions may be needed in the church. They could use it for project of church or endeavour, and it could be classified accordingly.

Nevertheless, your tithes and your offerings, like seed offerings, first fruit offerings are not donations or contributions: they are offering to the Lord. Recall, worshipping the Lord have to be according to how He prescribed order or else we won't be giving the blessing He promised. The word of God teaches us that there are blessings in with oblations. Donations and contributions have their blessings as well. For instance, if you give alms to the poor, that’s not an offering; it’s a something to God (Proverbs 19:17); it has its blessings. An offering to God is very different. This understanding is necessary, because when you want to have excellence results from God, you have to do the things of God,of way God