“Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia . . . . Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him . . . .’ (1 Cor. 16:1, 2)

1. It is built upon God’s grace to us. ‘And now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches’ (v. 1).

2. It is to be a joy, a delight, a pleasure. ‘Their overflowing joy…welled up in rich generosity“ (v. 2).

3. It sees beyond personal or collective hardships with the eyes of faith. ‘Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity’ (v. 2).

4. It can only come through first giving of self to the Lord. ‘But they gave themselves first to the Lord’ (v.5).

5. It is a quality God wants to work in you. ‘See that you excel in this grace of giving’ (v. 7).

6. It grows out of the way Christ gives to us. ‘For your sakes He became poor’ (v. 9).“

[The Vary Idea, Robert Bolling]

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