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Current giving statistics.
Context: Paul is talking to the Corinthian church about the practical matter of sending financial support to the Jerusalem church.
He offers the example of the churches in Macedonia to encourage the Greek church be generous.
In the process, he teaches us the true motivation for being financially generous.
Because We Want To
Trying guilt or manipulate or frighten folks into giving nearly always has the opposite effect.
giving is a sacrifice
sacre = sacred.
ficeo = “to make.”
Literally, a sacrifice is “to make something sacred or holy.”
Remember Who We’re Giving To
It’s easy to limit our vision of giving to whether or not we completely approve of the way the money is spent.
(Cause that’s what it’s used for!)
At the same time, we have to balance that concern with the knowledge that God is true owner of the gifts we give.
Do we trust him to direct how those gifts will be used?
Generosity With Excellence
As we chose to give to God, let’s do so with excellence.
Follow Jesus’ Example
There are many ideas about how to give and how much.
Do we tithe (10%)?
Is it on the net or the gross?
Is this a “law?”
Here’s Paul’s advice:
Measure your desire to give against Jesus’ desire to give himself.
And then,
Follow Through
Paul is immensely practice here.
Give eagerly and acceptably, some sacrifice is good but not to the point of impoverishing yourself.
Lose the guilt, put your feet on the path:
Chose to give willingly.
Give yourself to God.
Be excellent in your giving.
Jesus is your metric.
Do it!
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