Part 7 | How God Gives When We Give
From 2 Corinthians 9
A. God’s commands are for .
📖 Deuteronomy 10:12–13 ESV And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good?
B. God’s commands are for .
📖 Psalm 19:7–8 ESV The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; 8 the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
📖 Proverbs 3:1–2 ESV My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, 2 for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.
📖 Deuteronomy 28:1–2 ESV And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God… 2 all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you.
C. God’s commands me to God’s .
📖 Acts 20:35 ESV It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Big Idea: God commands for .
📖 2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
1. When we give, God .
📖 2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
📖 Proverbs 11:24 ESV One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
📖 Luke 6:38 ESV “Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
2. When we give, God .
📖 2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV 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.
3. When we give, God .
📖 2 Corinthians 9:9 ESV As it is written, “He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.”
4. When we give, God .
📖 2 Corinthians 9:10–11 ESV 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. 11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.
Sermon in a Sentence:
God never commands to me—He commands to my life.
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