Summary: An outline emphasizing the responsibility of giving as worship and service to God.

THE STEWARDSHIP OF GIVING TO GOD - The Responsibility of being faithful in material things

2 Corinthians 8 … 8 Lessons:

2-3 - GIVING IS NOT A FINANCIAL DECISION

4 - GIVING IS A SPIRITUAL DECISION

5 - GIVING IS THE VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF AN INVISIBLE COMMITMENT

7 - GIVING IS A NECESSARY PART OF A BALANCED CHRISTIAN LIFE

9 - GIVING IS MOTIVATED BY THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST

11-12 - GIVING IS MEASURED BY THE WILLINGNESS OF OUR HEART, NOT THE SIZE OF THE GIFT

13-15 - GIVING IS MUTUAL … EACH WITH AN OPPORTUNITY, EACH WITH A NEED

24 - GIVING IS DIRECTED THRU THE CHURCH (1 Cor 16:1,2)