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    One Good Gift Leads to Another
    2Cor 8:1-12
    Pastor Brown

    The Grace of Giving
    The grace of God is a gift without price tag. If I have to work for it then it is not a gift.

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    The Growth of Giving

  • The abundance of their joy (v1) and out of their deep poverty (v2).
  • 1Kings 17: Check out the generosity of the woman that had only little enough for herself and her son; she still gave all.
  • Luke 21:1-4 the widow's mite

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    The Goal of Giving
    2Cor 8:4 Giving was to the saints.

    The Governing of Giving is strongly "local church"
    v1 the giving to ministry was to the church (in Macedonia) and the church chose how to distribute. 1Cor 16

    The Generating of Giving is well defined

  • v1 the grace is God
  • v11 Readiness
  • v 7,8 love is the motivation
  • 2Cor 9:7 cheerful giving
  • 1Cor 8.4 begging to give
  • v9 motivated

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    v15 As it is written, He that [had gathered] much had nothing over; and he that [had gathered] little had no lack. (Ex 16:18)