2 Corinthians 6:9-11 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. As it is written, “He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.” 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. You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. ESV
Paul’s Basis For His Call to a Generous life:
A. The Reality Built into Nature: Sowing and Reaping
B. Principle: To the degree one sows, one also reaps.
C. The Secret of the Cheerful Giver
The Nature of What God has Promised
A. God is Able:
B. The Promise of Sufficiency (vs 8b):
C. The Purpose of Abundance:
The Nature and Call of at the Cheerful Giver
A. The reality of Paul’s teaching.
B. The Motivation of the Cheerful Giver
C. The Practice of the Cheerful Giver: Tithing
D. The Difference Between Seed and Bread (vs 10)
E. Other Spiritual Practices: Simplicity and Generosity