13. The Bible and the Spirit of prophecy clearly define temporal and spiritual blessings resulting from faithful stewardship.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:8.TithPG 13.7

Deuteronomy 28:1-13; Malachi 3:10-12; 2 Corinthians 9:8-11.TithPG 13.8

“Whenever God’s people, in any period of the world, have cheerfully and willingly carried out His plan in systematic benevolence and in gifts and offerings, they have realized the standing promise that prosperity should attend all their labors just in proportion as they obeyed His requirements.” Counsels on Stewardship, 347. “...The spiritual health and prosperity of the church is dependent in a great degree on her systematic benevolence. It is like the life blood which must flow through the whole being, vitalizing every member of the body...” Testimonies for the Church 3:405.TithPG 13.9