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Missions Ready-Part 2: Faith Promise Missions
“Every saved person here today is the result of foreign missions.
We are the product of someone who was the product of someone in times past that was a missionary.”
It was a Jew who brought the Gospel to Rome; a Roman who took it to France; a Frenchman who took it to Scandinavia; a Scotsman who evangelized Ireland; and an Irishman in turn made the missionary conquest of Scotland.
No people have ever received the Gospel except at the hands of a foreigner.
“If someone had not received the call to go, if someone had not sent the missionary, we would not be saved today.”
Men like John Wesley, George Whitfield, and David Brainerd made the trip to the Americas to win the lost, not for a church, or a denomination but for the King of heaven.
Today I want to talk about the importance of what I believe is the best way to accomplish world wide missions, it is called Faith Promise Missions Giving.
First remember we have been commissioned of God to reach the world
To carry the Great Commission, we must do more that reach our city, even our country.
We’ve got to reach the world.
To understand that - we must look at the Macedonians.
I. Consider the Macedonians
2 Cor 8:1-15
Macedonia was country lying north of Greece .
This is the same Macedonia that Paul had the vision of.
His travels in the area are recorded Acts 16:10-17:15.
They were a low condition, and in distress, yet they sent support to others.
A. The grace of God bestowed on them
The Holy Spirit through Paul wanted the church at Corinth to know what was going on at the churches of Macedonia.
1.
To know of their great affliction
The church at Thessalonica suffered much from their countrymen for the profession, by reproaches, persecutions, imprisonment, confiscation of goods.
They were under trying afflictions, which tried their faith and patience.
2. To know of their great poverty
The Macedonians were the poorest of the poor.
The province had already been through harsh treatment from the Romans, and a succession of civil wars.
The Christians, because of persecution, had it worse than any others in the area.
If anyone could have had an excuse not to give, they would have it.
The first thing to go for most Christians when financial strains come is their faith promise, then their tithe.
Then after that they might have to cancel their cable.
Yet in their poverty the Macedonians never went bad on their commitments.
3. To know of their great joy in giving
They did nothing in order to earn their salvation, they did not do this because their pastor made them do it.
They did it because they realized that it was a joy to give.
Someone said “It is more blessed to give than to receive, but it sure costs a lot more.
I never used to realize what a joy it is to give when I was young.
I always thought I liked getting presents.
Now that I am older, I do not want to be a taker anymore, I want to be a giver.
There is much more joy, much more satisfaction.
There is joy in laying up treasures in heaven
the Bible says they abounded unto the riches of their liberality
Abound is defined as - to exceed a fixed number of measure, to be left over and above a certain number or measure: to overflow
The grace that was bestowed upon them was to give to support others.
The Grace was to be involved in giving to others, to see that others might be saved.
The Grace to support families who have sacrificed their homes and country to reach some that you cannot reach.
The Grace to fulfill the Great Commission in their lives.
B. The Inspiration of their story
We see that the Macedonians were an example of giving for all who read the Bible.
Their giving was meant to inspire many others to give.
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To Encourage Faith Promise Giving
In order to encourage faith promise missions to support missionaries as they take the gospel to the world
- literally – to see folks saved around the world
2. Take upon us ministering to the Saints
- literally – to see that the missionaries and their families are taken care of.
we are to make sure the missionaries have the necessary financial support
we are to the missionaries prayer support
we are to seek to encourage and be a blessing to missionaries
II.
Consider what you can give
A. You can give your prayers v.4
B. You can give yourself to God v.5
C.
You can give yourself for others v.5
“Giving is the thermometer of love.”
III.
Consider some other ways we can give
A. Through our time
Writing letters
Going to the mission field and helping for a short time
B. Through our finances
Sending our finances to support them
C. Through ourselves
By surrendering our life to be a full time missionary
IV.
Consider how much you should give v.12
A. There are many ways people give
Some give by there abundance
- most of us have an abundance, most will give out of their abundance, or possibly sacrifice a luxury to support worldwide missions
Just Give no matter how much –
We are not looking a equal giving, but equal sacrifice
Some give of desperation
Some give in poverty
B. The best way to give is by Faith
V. Consider taking the challenge v.7
“God has a challenge for this church today, it is the challenge to be a partaker of this grace also.”
Take a challenge
Be a part of what God is doing
It has been said “Where there is no interest, there in no investment.”
VI.
Consider how beneficial this is
That is what expedient means in verse 10 - beneficial
2 Corinthians 8:10-15
It is expedient for you, your family and your church
Giving to send the gospel around the world is Expedient for the Church as well as the individual v.10
A. It assures the blessings of God
- God has many promises that are fulfilled in giving:
B. It teaches us to be a channel
WE NEED TO BE A CHANNEL – give and it shall be given to you.
a channel directs ships along a certain path to a particular place, the same way, God can use us as a channel of funds to give to missions.
As we continue to give by faith, God re-supplies us.
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