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Generosity
Luke 9:24,25 / Php 2:5-9/ 2 Cor 8:7-9
Review
Introduction
- Jesus call to his followers: want to keep it? Give it away
- Zero-sum games: based on scarcity
The Motivation: God’s generosity toward us
- God is a giver, not a taker (John 3:16, James 1:16)
- God not lonely gives lavishly but continually (Lam 3:23)
The Example: Jesus (Php 2:5)
- Divested, what would you have me
- The Macedonians. (2 Cor 8:1,2)
The Measure: grace and joy (2 Cor. 8:7-9)
- Without any external compulsion
Excel in the Grace of Giving
- Excel – lit. “to pick up speed”
- Priority vs leftover Mt 6:33
Be a generous giver
- How to catch a monkey illustration
- In what way should I be generous with my treasure, with my time, with my talent?