Solid Rock • Generosity

2023

Nov 20

Teaching Notes

God is the supplier.

For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat.
2 Corinthians 9:10a
The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry.
Isaiah 55:10 NLT

God is my supplier.

In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
2 Corinthians 9:10b
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights.
James 1:17
But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth…
Deuteronomy 8:18
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
Psalm 139:13-14

It’s not all for me.

Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous.
2 Corinthians 9:11a NLT

Our generosity draws people to God.

And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God.
2 Corinthians 9:11b
Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab along with all whom God had gifted with the ability to work skillfully with their hands. The men were eager to get started and engage in the work. They took from Moses all the offerings that the Israelites had brought for the work of constructing the Sanctuary. The people kept on bringing in their freewill offerings, morning after morning.
All the artisans who were at work making everything involved in constructing the Sanctuary came, one after another, to Moses, saying, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing this work that God has commanded us to do!”
So Moses sent out orders through the camp: “Men! Women! No more offerings for the building of the Sanctuary!” The people were ordered to stop bringing offerings! There was plenty of material for all the work to be done. Enough and more than enough.
Exodus 36:2-7 MSG