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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.
05.20.18 Irrational Hope (Pentecost)
05.13.18 Power for a Fragile Community (Ascension)
04.29.18 The Heart of Life (series on 1 John)
04.22.18 What is Love? (series on 1 John)
04.15.18 What We Will Be (series on 1 John)
04.08.18 Walking in the Darkness (series on 1 John)
04.01.18 Easter Surprise
03.30.18 Good Friday
03.25.18 The Palms and the Passion
03.18.18 Covenant 5: Renewing Wedding Vows
03.11.18 Covenant 4: Ordination
03.04.18 Covenant 3: Church Membership
Covenant 2: Remembering Our Baptism
Covenant 1: Profession of Faith
02.17.18 Saving What We Love
02.11.18 Spiritual Geography: The Mountaintop (Transfiguration)
02.04.18 Spiritual Geography: The Wilderness
01.28.18 Spiritual Geography: The Capernaum Synagogue
01.21.18 Spiritual Geography: Sea of Galilee
01.14.18 What Does God's Voice Sound Like?
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