- We’re stewards, we need to prove faithful
- God entrusts money to us for His glory, not our comfort
- Give out of certainty of God’s care for us
- Give to grow ministry and staff, so grow the church
- We’re debtors to the past, want to be givers to the future
- Repair and refresh buildings, especially the hall
- We do not lose heart
- Three keys of How he could do it
- The supernatural basis of the ministry
- Understanding the present
- He knew the future
- How Did he go on without loosing heart
- Four basic lessons we can learn
- The Content of The Gospel is all about Jesus
- We Learn about Our Future
- We Learn about our Difficulties in Life, Suffering, Service
- We Learn about our Christian Ministry in the Gospel
- God is hurting his people because they are rebelling
- God hates their hollowed out religion
- What will God do? His Grace will cleanse those who repent
John M. G. Barclay describes in his book Paul & the Gift
Six “perfections of grace”
- Superabundance
- Singularity
- Priority
- Incongruity
- Efficacy
- (Non-circularity)