MEMORY WORK
Read all of 2 Corinthians chapters 8 and 9 and select and internalize 2 or 3 verses from this section that you never have before.
PRINCIPLES OF GIVING
Here is the list of Thad’s notes from which he read:
Principles of giving (non-exhaustive):
- Jesus is paying attention to our giving
- Mark 12:41-44
- Be Kingdom minded in your heart leading to your investing
- Matt. 6:19-21
- Our first goal should be to honor God in our giving
- Gen. 14:18-20 – (10 = complete)
- Prov. 3:9
- We are never more like God than when we are giving…
- John 3:16
- Always give
- In poverty – 2 Cor. 8:2
- In abundance – Corinth
- But measured with this: as you are able not as you are not able…
- 2 Cor. 8:12
- Deut. 16:17
- Giving is a tool of evaluation and Jesus is the example.
- 2 Cor. 8:8-9
- Give as you have purposed in your heart
- 2 Cor. 8:10-11
- 2 Cor. 9:7
- You will receive as you give.
- 2 Cor. 9:6
- Luke 6:38
- Prov. 19:17
- Prov. 11:24-25
- Deut. 15:10
- Give sacrificially but don’t give yourself into poverty. Don’t set yourself on fire so everyone else can be warm.
- David (2 Sam. 24:18-25)
- 2 Cor. 8:13-15
- This is not a call for a redistribution of wealth.
- It means that no one should do without as long as any of us have.
- 1 John 3:17-18
- Giving in the Kingdom should have a high level of integrity attached to it…
- 2 Cor. 8:16-23
- But don’t over do it. Paralyze you and make you unreceptive to HS.
- Cheerful generosity
- 2 Cor. 9:5
- 2 Cor. 9:7
- 1 Chron. 29:9
- Giving is another case of dispensing God’s grace…
- 2 Cor. 9:8-11a
- Ps. 50:10
- Giving from a heart that pleases God brings Him glory and honor.
- 2 Cor. 9:11-15