Week 6 | Developing the Spiritual Gift of Generosity

From 2 Corinthians 8

Growing in Generosity

1. does the .

📖 2 Corinthians 8:1–2 ESV We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, 2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.

Growing in Generosity

2. is an act of .

📖 Matthew 1:19 ESV And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 

📖 Proverbs 19:6 ESV Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

📖 Proverbs 19:17 ESV Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and He will repay him for his deed.

📖 Proverbs 11:25 ESV Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

Growing in Generosity

3. is a spiritual that God can in us.

📖 2 Corinthians 8:7–8 ESV But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you—see that you excel in this act of grace also. 8 I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.

📖 2 Corinthians 8:8 NIV I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

Growing in Generosity

4. is the of the .

📖 2 Corinthians 8:9 ESV For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

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