2 Corinthians 9:6-15

The Principle Vs6

Paul draws from a farming anology here

-He does so to illustrate the principle that “The more a person gives, the God gives back”

-It makes sense in this anology

-The more seed that is sown, the more harvest that can be reaped.

-If you sow seed sparingly, then you will reap sparingly

-If you sow see bountifully, you will reap bountifully

bountifully - eulogia - means abundance…but could also be translated blessing.

Even though our motivation in giving should never be to get something back, that does not render the principle false.

-The fact still remains that those who gives to God generously will be rewarded hamsomly by God in blessings.

-It is true what they say, “You cannot out give God”

-If this principle is true, the adverse is true…that if you withhold giving generously to God, then you will reap sparingly in blessings from Him.

THe Promises Vs 7-15

God’s Love vs 7

The promise of this text is this....GOd loves those who give with gladness in their heart.

-To give cheerfully, means that your heart is in the right place in giving.

-It starts in the heart…internally.

-While giving as a beleiver is not a legalistic expression of religion

-and its not use trying to buy our way into the kingdom

-not use trying to buy God’s affection

-It is us willfully and voluntarily purposing in our heart that we will give to God

-It is not us going on snap, the offering plate is coming around…let me see what I have to put in…and this rummaging through our pockets and pulling out a winkled dollar bill and tossing it it.

-What is being talked about here is a predetermined decision…that is purposed in the heart of the believer…prayed about…thought about…considered…and given with gladness in the heart.

2. God’s Generosity 8-11a

-When you give away your money, then you have less money

-If you give away $10, then you have $10 less dollars than you had before you gave.

-That is how the world’s economy works.

-But that isnot how God’s economy works.

You see, God is able to make all grace about to you...

He has the power to do that

-That is the wisdom of God, not the wisdom of man.

-Hording money is what the worldly economy teaches....

-If you want to be wealthy, then you must hoard your money. Cling to it and trust it.

-You funds, no matter the ammount are not all sufficient…not in all things at all times..

-But God is....GOd is sufficient in all things at all times.

3. God’s Glory 12-13

4. God’s People 14

5. God’s Gospel 15

-inexpressible.

-Words can never do it’s magnitude justice

-Other gifts can be describe in terms of a dollar amount…worth…value

-Words fail to do justice concerning the value of salvation

-So many people run around looking for a blessing form God, when God has already given us moe than we could ever hope for or imagine in CHRIST