6/ Consider this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
7/ Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
8/ Moreover, God is able to make every grace abundant for you, so that in all things, always having all you need, you may have an abundance for every good work.
9/ As it is written: "He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."
10/ The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
11/ You are being enriched in every way for all generosity, which through us produces thanksgiving to God,
12/ for the administration of this public service is not only supplying the needs of the holy ones but is also overflowing in many acts of thanksgiving to God.
13/ Through the evidence of this service, you are glorifying God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your contribution to them and to all others,
14/ while in prayer on your behalf they long for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.
15/ Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary: 2 CORINTHIANS 9: 6-15...
Money bestowed in charity, may to the carnal mind seem thrown away, but when given from proper principles, it is seed sown, from which a valuable increase may be expected.
It should be given carefully. Works of charity, like other good works, should be done with thought and design. Due thought, as to our circumstances, and those we are about to relieve, will direct our gifts for charitable uses.
Help should be given freely, be it more or less; not grudgingly, but cheerfully. While some scatter, and yet increase; others withhold more than is meet, and it tends to poverty.
If we had more faith and love, we should waste less on ourselves, and sow more in hope of a plentiful increase.
Can a man lose by doing that with which God is pleased? He is able to make all grace abound towards us, and to abound in us; to give a large increase of spiritual and of temporal good things. He can make us to have enough in all things; and to be content with what we have. God gives not only enough for ourselves, but that also wherewith we may supply the wants of others, and this should be as seed to be sown.
We must show the reality of our subjection to the gospel, by works of charity. This will be for the credit of our profession, and to the praise and glory of God.
Let us endeavour to copy the example of Christ, being unwearied in doing good, and deeming it more blessed to give than to receive. Blessed be God for the unspeakable gift of his grace, whereby he enables and inclines some of his people to bestow upon others, and others to be grateful for it; and blessed be his glorious name to all eternity, for Jesus Christ, that inestimable gift of his love, through whom this and every other good thing, pertaining to life and godliness, are freely given unto us, beyond all expression, measure, or bounds.
To me, charity is much more than sharing money, it is sharing time, LOVE, spreading HOPE, and, encouragement, and, just BEING the kind of person people can turn to! There is GREAT reward in being charitable, caring, and, sharing; perhaps more so in the core of the being, and as illustrated above, by *GOD*!!!
Being free with your gifts, talents, heart, and, assistance is HEALTHY TO the spirit, and, fosters the likelihood of a chain reaction! Doing so INSPIRES HOPE, kindness, compassion, and, other favourable behaviours! BEING an example of THE MOST HIGH LORD, is mostly about walking the walk, without much talk, leading us to be TRIUMPHANT in HIS GLORY!!!
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