2Co 8:1-15; 9:8; 1Co 12:24-26; Eph 4:32-5:2; Rom 12:4-16
JOHN-168-240908 - length: 57:12 - taught on Sep, 8 2024
Class Outline:
They gave money that they needed for their daily bread.
The decision- the willingness, the desire, the resolve to give sacrificially- is ours.
The power and ability do not come from us. They come from the LORD.
They learned the right order!!
Christ first -
then others.
NOT I BUT CHRIST must come first.
NOT I BUT OTHERS will follow.
Death worked in Him so that life could work in us.
We have every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies.
[EPH 1:3]
The riches of the glory of Christ’s inheritance in the saints.
[EPH 1:18]
The surpassing riches of His grace.
[EPH 2:7]
The unfathomable riches of Christ.
[EPH 3:8]
All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are found in Him! [COL 2:2-3]
Truly, through His poverty, we have been made exceedingly RICH!!!
NOT I BUT ONE ANOTHER.
We bless others -
and, in turn and time, we are blessed by them.
And this is certainly the case in the Spirit’s design for our spiritual gifts.
NOT I BUT CHRIST leads to
NOT I BUT ONE ANOTHER.
When we put our eyes off ourselves and onto Christ, we see how magnificent He is.
It’s magnificent that He gave Himself up for us.
We ought to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another.