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Read along with 2 Corinthians 9:1-15.
In this podcast:
1. Anthem of the day: "For the Fruit of All Creation" (Green/McCullough)
2. Sermon
BONUS: "We Give Thee But Thine Own" (because someone forgot to turn the recording off!)
Sermon excerpt:
The word for “cheerful” Paul uses here is “hilaros” in the Greek, which sounds an awful lot like our word “hilarious.” “Hilaros” is an adjective that means joyous, cheerful, propitious, not grudging.[i]
And it is only used this one time in the New Testament.
God loves it when a gift is given “hilaros-ly” because it is a reflection of the way God gives: lovingly, generously, and open-handedly.
Giving “hilaros-ly” is one way of obeying the second greatest commandment (love thy neighbor) which immediately spills into the greatest commandment of loving God, two commandments which are inseparable.[ii] Part of the way we worship God is by giving cheerfully as we are able to the needs of others.[iii] And when others see the way we delight in our giving, so Paul reasons in verse 14, they in turn will praise God.
[i] Strong’s Concordance, “hilaros"
[ii] Best, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Intepretation, p. 86.
[iii] Ibid., p. 87.
10.16.19 Prayer Experiment #1
10.03.19 "Seek the Shalom of the City"
10.06.19 "Something Small and Hidden"
09.22.19 "Loving God & God's People More Than Money"
09.15.19 "Go Find Them"
08.08.19 "Going All In"
07.21.19 By Special Request "Not for Us to Know"
07.14.19 By Special Request This Last Letter
06.30.19 By Special Request: Psalm 42
06.23.19 By Special Request: All About Angels
06.16.19 By Special Request: My Ebenezer
06.09.19 "What Does This Mean?" (Pentecost Sunday)
06.02.19 "Nobody's Free Until Everybody's Free"
05.26.19 Holy Spirit: Travel Agent
A Change in Menu 05.15.19
03.24.19 Lent 3 "And With His Stripes We Are Healed"
03.17.19 Lent 2 "Surely"
03.10.19 Lent 1 "The Suffering Servant"
03.06.19 Ash Wednesday "Behold, the Lamb of God"
Looking for a Fig Tree ("In-Between Time" sermon series) Sun, Dec 2, 2018
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