SERIES FREE!

SERMON PART 6TO GIVE

PASTOR GREG FAIRRINGTON
AUGUST 3, 2014
John 8:36
Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be
free indeed.
2 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS
ABOUT GIVING
1. THE "GOT-TO-GIVE" APPROACH.
2. THE "GIVE-TO-GET" APPROACH.
Malachi 3:6-12
6
For I am the LORD, I DO NOT CHANGE; Therefore
you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.
7
Yet from the days of your fathers you have gone
away from My ordinances and have not kept
them. RETURN TO ME, and I WILL RETURN TO

YOU, Says the LORD of hosts. But you said, In

what way shall we return?
8
Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me!
But you say, In what way have we robbed You?
In tithes and offerings.
9
YOU ARE CURSED WITH A CURSE, for you have
robbed Me, Even this whole nation.
10
Bring ALL the tithes into the storehouse, that
there may be food in My house, And TRY ME now
in this, Says the LORD of hosts, If I will not open
for you the windows of heaven And pour out for
you such BLESSING that there will not be room
enough to receive it.
11
And I will REBUKE the devourer for your sakes,
So that he will not destroy the fruit of your
ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you
in the field, says the LORD of hosts;
12
And all nations will CALL YOU BLESSED, for you
will be a delightful land, Says the LORD of hosts.
I GET TO GIVE!

Luke 12:48
"...To whom much is given, from him much will be
required"
1. WHEN I GIVE I GROW IN GRATITUDE.
2. WHEN I GIVE I AM TRAINING MYSELF TO
OBEY GOD'S WORD.
James 1:22
"...be a doer of the Word, not just a hearer."

3. WHEN I GIVE I CONNECT WITH GOD'S

HEART AND HIS PURPOSES AT A HIGHER
LEVEL.
Matthew 6:21
For where your treasure is, there your heart will
be also.
4. WHEN I GIVE I'M BUILDING SOMETHING
THAT LASTS FOR ETERNITY.

Matthew 16:18
"Jesus said, I will build my church and the gates of
hell will not prevail against it"
5. WHEN I GIVE I BREAK THE CHAINS OF
GREED AND SELFISHNESS.
6. WHEN I GIVE TO GOD HE EXPECTS ME
TO DO IT WITH JOY.
2 Corinthians 9:7
"God loves a cheerful giver"
7. WHEN I GIVE I PLACE MY POSSESSIONS
UNDER GOD'S PROTECTION.
Malachi 3:11
And I will REBUKE THE DEVOURER for your sakes,
So that he WILL NOT DESTROY the fruit of your
ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you
in the field, says the LORD of hosts;

Matthew 6:31, 33
31
Therefore do not worry, saying, What shall we
eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we
wear?
33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness, and all these things shall be added
to you.
8. WHEN I GIVE IT REMINDS ME THAT GOD
IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.
Philippians 4:19
"And my God shall supply all of your needs
according to his riches in glory"
Luke 6:38
"Give, and IT WILL BE GIVEN to you: good
measure, pressed down, shaken together, and
running over will be put into your bosom. For with
the same measure that you use, it will be
measured back to you.

9. WHEN I GIVE I REFLECT THE IMAGE OF

GOD IN MY LIFE.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him
should not perish but have everlasting life.
10. WHEN I GIVE TO GOD I REALIZE I CAN
NEVER OUT-GIVE GOD.