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