Financial Investment in the Kingdom (2 Corinthians 8 and 9)

What does God say about financing the work of his kingdom?

What does he say about local church finance?

What does he say about giving?

1 God works through Leverage.
He works through seed to produce fruit. He operates through the sowing of financial seed.

2 God is Practical, so He uses Money.
God has always expected to pay for his own work.

3 God works through Generosity
Giving ought to be proportionate to one's means.Many people have given beyond their means. First they gave of themselves.Christian giving is done from the heart, not grudgingly.

4 Giving which is Christian seems Expensive
(1) The OT minimum in the Era of the Law was 10% and the first fruits
(2) That related to their gratitude for the Exodus and their choice by God, as a nation, to be the son of the Father: Ex 4 Israel my Son. Malachi speaks of robbing God. It also speaks of the putting to the test of God's promise greatly to bless the faithful tither.

5 Christian Giving works like Farming
The labourer is worthy of his hire. Seeds of generous giving result in a harvest of righteous. Generous material giving leads to spiritual harvest

6 Christian Giving is a Grateful Act of Worship
Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift. Those who are blessed by receiving will have gratitude to God.

7 God's Grace leads to our response of faith. Part of that faith is expressed in giving.
God is into “bungy-jumped” into earth in the person of Jesus, to save us from being condemned for our sin. He achieved this as the Cross. .He has raised us into relationship with him. In al the circumstances of our life he comes with us through the valleys to provide and give new hope.

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