13我们必须看见,每逢我们来到聚会中,每逢我们来敬拜神,我们不该空手而来。我们来的时候,必须双手满带着基督的出产。……我们不能仅仅有一点点的基督来满足自己的需要。我们必须出产祂够多,才能有富余留给别人,给穷人,给缺乏的人。“原来那地上的穷人必不断绝,所以我吩咐你说,总要向你地上困苦穷乏的弟兄松手。”(申十五11)并且也应该有富余来应付祭司和利未人的需要:“祭司从百姓所当得的分乃是这样:凡献牛或羊为祭的,要把前腿……给祭司。初收的五谷、新酒和新油,并初剪的羊毛,也要给他。”(十八3~4)并且在这一切之上,富余中最好的必须保留给神。……他们收割田地的出产时,要把初熟的果子保留给神。当牛羊生产时,头生的要归给神。我们必须殷勤经营,不仅出产够自己的需用,还有富余可应付别人的需要,更把最好的保留给神。这样我们就在神面前蒙悦纳,祂也必喜悦我们。 13We must realize that whenever we come to the meetings, whenever we come to worship the Lord, we should not come with our hands empty. We must come with our hands full of the produce of Christ…We need more than just a little of Christ to satisfy our own needs. We must produce enough of Him so that there will be a surplus remaining for others, for the poor and for the needy: “You must open your hand to your brother, to the poor one with you and to the needy one with you in your land” (Deut. 15:11). There must also be a surplus to meet the needs of the priests and the Levites: “This shall be the priests’ rightful due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether an ox or a sheep: They shall give the priest the shoulder…You shall give him the firstfruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your fresh oil, and the first shearing of your sheep” (18:3-4). And above all, the best of the surplus must be reserved for the Lord…When they harvested the field, they were to reserve the firstfruits for the Lord. When the cattle were brought forth, the firstborn were for the Lord. We must labor diligently, not only to bring forth enough to satisfy our own needs but also to acquire a surplus to meet the needs of others, with the best reserved for the Lord. Then we will be acceptable to the Lord, and He will be pleased with us.