Introduction
- Proverbs 19:17
- There are many ways that we might give.
Giving helps others.
- Deuteronomy 24:19-22 – The Israelites were to leave some of the harvest for the poor and needy.
- Luke 10:29, 36-37 – Giving is part of a greater effort to love our neighbor.
- II Corinthians 8:12-15, 10
Giving helps me.
- Ephesians 4:28
- Are you a spender or a saver? Spenders usually give more easily. Less so for savers.
- I Timothy 6:18
- It does us good to give!
- II Corinthians 9:7 – Even secular science shows that we don’t receive the good effects if we give grudgingly.
- Ephesians 2:10
- God did not create us to sit around and be selfish!
- People in Alcoholics Anonymous double their chances of success when they help others.
Giving makes us more like God.
- John 3:16
- I John 3:16-18
- Luke 6:35
- II Corinthians 8:9 – Jesus gave up heaven to come and save us.
- If Christ did that for us, what can we give up for our brethren?