caspromotions.blogg.se - What does giving grace mean

God's grace in giving among the Israelites And as we think about this whole matter of grace in giving it will be God's grace in giving as among the Israelites, God's grace in giving among the Macedonians, and then what its implications were to the Corinthian church and to us. The sermon that we are giving this morning is not a sermon about the amount that we ought to give it is a sermon on grace from beginning to end. And because of that, we can take that example and apply it to our lives.

So you can see that this passage rides on the word "grace." This is an extremely valuable passage to the serious Christian because it gives and example of how it was done by the churches in Macedonia.

Verse 7: "so that you also excel in this grace of giving.".

The word "privilege" in verse 4 is actually the word "grace.".

I'd like you to take note of that because I want you to see how the whole thing rides on the matter of grace. In fact, in the first nine verses it occurs five times. In fact, the Greek word for grace occurs ten times in chapters eight and nine. It is a matter of the grace of giving from beginning to end. And that is what this section is all about. In other words, God's grace has been poured into them and so they responded in kind by their giving. Verse 1 "And now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given to the Macedonian churches." Now, the grace that he's talking about, and of course it's defined by the context, is the grace of giving-the inclination, because of God's grace, to graciously pour out what one has to God and to others in giving. And his words are ever so gentle and beautiful.

What he did is, he sited the remarkable giving of their sister churches in Macedonia. When Paul addressed the matter of giving to the Corinthian church in his second letter to them, he did so with model tact.