Cheerful Giving 2 Corinthians 9:6-13 Cornel Rasor, Pastor

1Sa 2:7 "The LORD makes poor and rich; He brings low, He also exalts. Pro 21:5  The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, But everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty. Ecc 11:6  Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good. Pro 20:13  Do not love sleep, or you will become poor; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food. Pro 14:23  In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty. Pro 28:19  He who tills his land will have plenty of food, But he who follows empty pursuits will have poverty in plenty. Ecc 11:1-2  Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.  2  Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth. 1Sa 2:7  "The LORD makes poor and rich; He brings low, He also exalts. © Kootenai Community Church | Adult Sunday School: 2 Corinthians | Series taught by Cornel Rasor, Pastor | Any unauthorized alteration of this material is prohibited. kootenaichurch.org

Luk 9:58  And Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." Mar 14:7  "For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me. 1Co 4:11  To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed, and are roughly treated, and are homeless; Mar 4:19  but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 1Ti 6:9-10  But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.  10  For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. Pro 23:4-5  Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration of it.  5  When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. © Kootenai Community Church | Adult Sunday School: 2 Corinthians | Series taught by Cornel Rasor, Pastor | Any unauthorized alteration of this material is prohibited. kootenaichurch.org

Pro 11:24-25  There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.  25  The generous man will be prosperous, And he who waters will himself be watered. Pro 19:17  One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the LORD, And He will repay him for his good deed. Mat 10:41-42  "He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.  42  "And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward." Luk 14:13-14  "But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,  14  and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." © Kootenai Community Church | Adult Sunday School: 2 Corinthians | Series taught by Cornel Rasor, Pastor | Any unauthorized alteration of this material is prohibited. kootenaichurch.org

1) singleness, simplicity, sincerity, mental honesty liberality ἁπλότης, ἁπλητος, ἡ, singleness, simplicity, sincerity, mental honesty; the virtue of one who is free from pretence and dissimulation (so in Greek writings from Xenophon, Cyril 1, 4, 3; Hell. 6, 1, 18 down): ἐν ἁπλότητι (L T Tr WH ἁγιοτητι) καί εἰλικρίνεια θεοῦ i. e. infused by God through the Spirit (Winer's Grammar, § 36, 3 b.), 2 Corinthians 1:12; ἐν ἁπλότητι τῆς καρδίας (לֵבָב יֹשֶׁר, 1 Chronicles 29:17), Colossians 3:22; Ephesians 6:5 (Wis. 1:1); εἰς Χριστόν, sincerity of mind toward Christ, i. e. single-hearted faith in Christ, as opposed to false wisdom in matters pertaining to Christianity, 2 Corinthians 11:3; ἐν ἁπλότητι in simplicity, i. e. without self-seeking, Romans 12:8. openness of heart manifesting itself by benefactions, liberality, (Josephus, Antiquities 7, 13, 4; but in opposition see Fritzsche on Romans, vol. iii., 62f): 2 Corinthians 8:2; 2 Corinthians 9:11, 13 (τῆς κοινωνίας, manifested by fellowship). Cf. Kling under the word 'Einfalt' in Herzog iii., p. 723f. ἁπλότης haplotēs 1) singleness, simplicity, sincerity, mental honesty 1a) the virtue of one who is free from pretence and hypocrisy 2) not self seeking, openness of heart manifesting itself by generousity haplotés: singleness, hence simplicity Original Word: ἁπλότης, τητος, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: haplotés Phonetic Spelling: (hap-lot'-ace) Definition: singleness, simplicity Usage: simplicity, sincerity, purity, graciousness. 572 haplótēs (from 1 /A "not" and from pel-, "fold," cf. DNTT, 3, 572) – properly, "singleness, without folds, like a piece of cloth unfolded" (WP, 1, 56), i.e. not compounded or over-complicated (needlessly complex); "single-threaded" (versus "multi-threaded"); "without folds, simplex" (J. Thayer), used of "unworldly simplicity" (as in the papyri, MM). © Kootenai Community Church | Adult Sunday School: 2 Corinthians | Series taught by Cornel Rasor, Pastor | Any unauthorized alteration of this material is prohibited. kootenaichurch.org

Jas 2:14-18  What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?  15  If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,  16  and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?  17  Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.  18  But someone may well say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works." © Kootenai Community Church | Adult Sunday School: 2 Corinthians | Series taught by Cornel Rasor, Pastor | Any unauthorized alteration of this material is prohibited. kootenaichurch.org