CREATING A CULTURE … GENEROSITY
2 CORINTHIANS 8:1-9
THE KEY TO GIVING IS NOT HAVING MORE TO GIVE ... IT IS NOT ABOUT RESOURCES BUT A COMMITMENT TO BE A GENEROUS PERSON …
PS. 24:1
MATT. 6:19-21,33
2 CORINTHIANS 8
A PORTRAIT OF GOD’S GRACE, 1
WE GIVE GRACIOUSLY BECAUSE GOD GAVE GRACIOUSLY
GENEROUS – MEANING, SIMPLE, SINGLENESS, LIBERALITY AND IS A STATEMENT OF MOTIVE
IMPLICATION – RESOURCES DO NOT BELONG TO ME, I GIVE BECAUSE GOD FIRST GAVE
SKETCHES OF GENEROSITY,
GENEROSITY IS AN ATTITUDE, 2
“ORDEAL” TESTING METAL IN A FURNACE …
“AFFLICTION” CRUSHING OF GRAPES …
ACCOMPANIED BY JOY …
UNHINDERED BY POVERTY …
“OVERFLOWED IN THE WEALTH OF THEIR LIBERALITY”
GENEROSITY IS ABILITY AND AN ACCEPTING OF GOD’S ABILITY, 3
GENEROSITY IS AN ARRESTING APPETITE, 4
GENEROSITY IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS AUTHORITY, 5
AN ACT OF WORSHIP, 5
AN ACT OF SUBMISSION, 6
AN ACT OF PARTICIPATION, 7
GENEROSITY IS AGAPE, 6-8
GIVING PROVES LOVE
APPLICATION: THE SUPREME ILLUSTRATION OF GRACE AND GENEROSITY, 9
