NOTE: Parts I through VI are from the previous two sermons. Lesson 1: The New Testament commands giving: (Part I) From the heart (2 Cor 9:7a; Matt 6:1-4).
(Part II) What you decide (2 Cor 9:7b).
(Part III) Despite hardships (2 Cor 8:1-2a).
(Part IV) Cheerfully (2 Cor 8:2b, 9:7).
(Part V) According to your income (2 Cor 8:3a, 12; 1 Cor 16:2; Luke 12:48 ; Matt 16:21 ; Deut 16:10 , 17; Rom 8:32 ).
(Part VI) Sacrificially (2 Cor 8:3b; Mark 12:41-44; 1 Sam 16:7).
(Part VII) __________________ (2 Cor 8:3c-8, 9:5-7). Lesson 2: ____________ ________________ our relationships with the Lord (2 Cor 8:5; Matt 6:21 ). Lesson 3: In the Old Testament: (Part I) God ________ ______________ giving willingly (Exo 25:2, 35:4-5, 21-29; Deut 15:10 , 16:10 ; Pro 11:24 ).
(Part II) __________ demonstrates giving unwillingly (Gen 28:20-22).
(Part III) ______________ demonstrates giving willingly (Gen 14:18-20). Lesson 4: ________________________ produces better giving than ______ (Exo 36:3-6; 1 Chr 29:5-17). Lesson 5: __________ __________________ gave more than a tithe (Lev 1:4, 9, 13, 17 cf. Eph 5:2).