GOD’S ANTIDOTE TO A SERIOUS PROBLEM

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Week 6

Tim Bycroft, Lead Pastor

THE POINT EXISTS TO WELCOME THE UNCHURCHED TO BECOME FULLY DEVOTED FOLLOWERS OF JESUS.

Pointing People to God

Pointing People to Jesus

Pointing People to Community

A church characterized by Love, Acceptance, and Forgiveness.

I. THE PROBLEM: MATERIALISM

2 Corinthians 8:7 & 10-11, “Since you …The Point Church… excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us — I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.”

“Here is my advice: It would be good for you to finish what you started a year ago. Last year you were the first who wanted to give, and you were the first to begin doing it. Now you should finish what you started. Let the eagerness you showed in the beginning be matched now by your giving.”

Luke 12:15, “Be on your guard against all kinds of greed.”

1 Timothy 6:10, “The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.”

THE PHILOSOPHY OF SELF-INDULGENCE

II. THE MACEDONIANS’ EXAMPLE: GENEROSITY

2 Corinthians 8:1-2, “Now I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, what God in his kindness has done through the churches in Macedonia. They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity.”

2 Corinthians 8:3-4, “For I can testify that they gave not only what they could afford, but far more. And they did it of their own free will. They begged us again and again for the privilege of sharing in the gift for the believers in Jerusalem.”

2 Corinthians 8:12, “The gift is acceptable according to what one has.”

III. THE CHRISTIAN’S MOTIVATION: JESUS

2 Corinthians 8:9, “Though He (Jesus) was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.”