Are We Participants or Spectators? Lesson 6: "Intentional Giving" Michael Lewis November 12, 2006
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ARE WE SPECTATORS OR PARTICIPANTS
Lesson Six: “Intentional Giving”
By
Michael L. Lewis
Dalton Gardens Church of Christ

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

FIRST – The Bible teaches that generosity is B L E S S E D.

Deut. 15:10; Prov. 11:25; Prov. 19:17; Mal 3:10; Matt. 19:29; Luke 6:38; 2 Cor. 9:6

Four Qualifiers:

1. Reward is not always an I M M E D I A T E return.

2. The reward is not always given in D O L L A R S.

3. Reward is not divorced from A T T I T U D E.

4. Reward is not so we can stockpile R I C H E S.

SECOND – Giving to the Lord is not a debt we pay but S E E D S we S O W.

THIRD – We also reap spiritual rewards of Spiritual G R O W T H.

1. Blesses us with a spiritual P E R S P E C T I V E of life.

2. Reminds us what really M A T T E R S.

3. Gives us a sense of true P R I O R I T Y.

4. We reap the joy of S E R V I N G others.

5. We encourage others to P R A I S E  G O D.