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Renew ChurchAuthor: Renew Church
Renew Church is a family of missionary servants gathering in Oregon City, seeking to introduce our neighbors all over Clackamas county to Jesus our King. We do this by embracing and embodying the grace, renewal, hope and love of Christ. Language: en-us Genres: Christianity, Religion & Spirituality Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Talkback » 2nd Corinthians 8 (Grace Giving)
Thursday, 21 November, 2024
Welcome to our third ever teaching talkback, where Renew Church is invited to send in questions in response to Sunday's sermon. (503) 765-5785 In this episode Pastor Jeff Patterson is joined by Anna Hunter, our church administrator, to talk about grace giving. Questions: How do we know when God wants us to give, to whom, and how much? Are we required to give to the church first? What does it mean that they gave “beyond their means”? (see 8:3) How do we give beyond our means and how do we determine what we should give? 2nd Corinthians 8:1-9: We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints— and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us. Accordingly, we urged Titus that as he had started, so he should complete among you this act of grace. But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you—see that you excel in this act of grace also. I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. Teaching podcast link: Self-Giving Generosity
