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The Practice of Giving
It is one of the priorities of the worship gathering
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​ ESV1 We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,
“Grace of God” - Generous NT giving is evidence of the grace of God in your life
It reveals that you have received the gracious gift of salvation through Jesus Christ, that you have experienced his love and can’t help but distribute it to others!
​ ESV2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
3 For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord, 4 begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints— 5 and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.
NT givers are eager to give, not merely out of their surplus but out of their poverty!
- Remember the Widows Mite!
​ ESV41 And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box.
Many rich people put in large sums.
42 And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny.
43 And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box.
44 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
The Power to Give
​ ESV14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
Practical Thoughts
If you’re struggling with worry and trusting God with your money remember.
It’s not your money- it all belongs to him!
Be not conformed to the pattern of this world (temporal/physical-material focus), but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Ask God to make him where your heart is instead of your money
​ ESV5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
But notice what the following verses say.
​ ESV9 Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; 10 then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.
​ ESV25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on.
Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not of more value than they?
27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
28 And why are you anxious about clothing?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
The Big Idea in NT Giving- summed up in
​ ESV6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
​ ESV10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.
The early church continued to experience the Lord’s blessing, because they knew the grace of God and it compelled them to demonstrate it in their giving.
Do you know/experienced the grace of God?
Does it show in your generosity?
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Benediction
2 Cor 9:
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