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Hello and welcome to the
Middletown Baptist Church podcast,

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where we are proclaiming the
truth to the world.

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In this podcast series, we're
going to be looking into biblical

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words that have great
significance to our faith.

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The name of this series is
called the Word of the Week, where

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once a week we will dive
deeper into these words that we are

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familiar with in Scripture.

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So come along with me.

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Let's study the Word of the week.

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Pastor Josh here.

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The word of the week is gifts.

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Again, we're looking at the
spiritual gifts listed in Romans

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chapter 12.

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We've been going through these
for several weeks now, and I believe

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that this is a wonderful study
for all believers to look into to

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see where God has
supernaturally gifted us to serve

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Him.

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And the Bible tells us in the
book of First Peter, chapter four,

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that these are given to us
with the manifold, the various grace

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of God.

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And we're thankful for how God
has gifted us with these wonderful

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ways that we can serve him for
the purpose of service, for the purpose

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of proclaiming his name, for
the purpose of giving him the glory.

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So last week we looked at the
gift of exhortation.

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And just by way of review,
that gift of exhortation is the gift

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of encouraging, challenging
others, coming alongside of them

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and helping them apply or live
out the truths that are taught and

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preached within the church
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So this week we are looking at
our next gift, and that is the gift

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of giving.

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There In Romans chapter 12, we
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And I think that so many times
we think about the gift of giving

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when it comes to finances, and
that certainly does apply to that

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realm when it comes to giving,
giving gifts to the Lord through

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the way of finances.

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But it means so much more than that.

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You look at Romans chapter 12,
it says in verse number eight, he

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that giveth, let him do it
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That that means to.

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To give in a way that is focused.

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The one who is going to give
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So, so it's not just giving,
but giving with the spirit of generosity.

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And there's a whole passage of
Scripture in Second Corinthians,

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chapter 8, 9, about giving and
what it means to be a grace giver.

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And the Bible does say in
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believe it is verse seven, it
says that God loves a cheerful giver.

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So with our giving, with our
gift of giving, comes joy, comes

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generosity.

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And so I think that that's
important to notice because someone

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that has been given the gift
of giving from the Lord enjoys doing

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it.

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All of us are called to give,
whether we really enjoy it or not.

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But the goal for us, like all
the spiritual gifts, is to grow in

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these capacities to appreciate
what God has given us.

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And the responsibility then
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And so the gift of giving is
the Spirit given grace, desire and

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motivation to serve God in the
body by giving material financial

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needs to people around, having
wisdom in distributing those needs,

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maybe godly wisdom and advice
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to those around them.

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In many cases, the resources,
well, I guess in all cases, the resources

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for this gift are given to
that person who's been gifted with

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the gift of giving.

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Right?

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If God expects us to give,
he's going to give us the necessary

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resources to do that giving.

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And so it's a serving gift
focused on meeting financial or material

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needs within the body.

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Doesn't always have to deal
with financial needs, but in many

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cases it does.

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But it could be a material
need that somebody has in their life.

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And so the person who's
motivated by the gift of giving,

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spirit led, is someone who is
encouraged, encourages others to

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give as well, encourages
others to manage and give effectively.

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And you can see some folks in
scripture that have this gift.

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One that comes to mind to me
is Abraham.

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For the sake of time, we won't
dive into that.

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But you can do character
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and definitely see examples of
these gifts lived out specifically

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with Abraham.

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Just his desire to help in the
financial means to do so.

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And so there's, there's a
strong desire for an individual that

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has this gift to identify
resources and needs that maybe even

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brings in some level of
creativity in this gives, gives them

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a strong desire to save or
invest wisely to.

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So we can lump in the idea of
stewardship with this.

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God gives the gift of
stewardship as he gives the gift

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of, of giving.

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So someone who is guided by
the Spirit in this gift will be someone

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who uses giving as a tool for
the gospel, gospel focused giving,

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giving towards works that are
going to promote the gospel.

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And so as I mentioned before,
all of these spiritual gifts are

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areas that all believers need
to grow in.

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And so you, you might say that
you are not naturally or supernaturally

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gifted in the area of giving.

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And that might be the case.

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But all of us are called to
grow in these areas.

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And so when we look at the
idea of mercy, when we look at the

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idea of exhortation, just
because we are not gifted in that,

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when it comes to being spirit
filled, it does, it doesn't mean

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that we just neglect that.

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So, oh well, I'm not an Exhorter.

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So I can't exhort?

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No, you should still exhort.

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And that comes with the area
of giving, right?

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And so just because we might
not necessarily be gifted in the

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area of giving, we should grow
in that understanding of what it

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means to be someone who is
biblically giving.

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And coming from a spirit of giving.

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God's given us so much, right?

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We know that in the book of
James, chapter one, verse 17, it

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speaks to the idea of every
good gift comes down from God.

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And so as God gifts us, so we
should then see that character trait

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in him.

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He's the great gift giver.

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And we model that character to
those around us.

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And so there, there, there is
a difference between wants and needs.

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And someone that has been
given the gift of giving is going

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to have that discernment to
know the difference between a want

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and a needle.

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There's going to be an
encouragement to others by way of

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example and giving.

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They want to make sure that
the needs are met.

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But you know, obviously that
other people can catch that same

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spirit as well.

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Someone who has the gift of
giving is going to notice and see

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the needs in other people.

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So there takes a sense of
humility in this.

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And the other side of things
with this is that as we know that

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a person can be supernaturally
gifted with a gift, but then be working

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in the flesh.

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And so there is a temptation
with all of these gifts is to use

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an element of pride and
selfishness in this.

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And so, look, I've been given
so much now I'm going to give somebody

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something, but it's going to
be tied to maybe a stipulation or

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maybe I'm going to use my
financial blessing to, yes, bless

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others, but use it for my
good, right?

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I'm going to bless those that
are going to bless me.

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And that's not tied to this, right?

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No ulterior motives.

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So like, if I'm going to give
with that agape, right?

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If I'm going to give with that
sacrificial love, it's going to be

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just that, like, I'm not
expecting anything in return.

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So just as we're called to
love with nothing in return, so we

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are to give with really
nothing in return.

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But, but a carnal or fleshly
giver can become so focused on the

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actual material that they're
giving that they might forget about

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the spiritual connection to this.

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There could be some
manipulation, there could be a focus

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on the financial over the spiritual.

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There can be distractions to
leave some kind of legacy.

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There could be pride tied to
projects instead of people.

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Right.

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So we're focused on projects,
and we miss out on the people that

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are there in front of us.

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And there could be some
unpredictability with that.

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Just kind of all over the
place in my giving.

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And so.

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And I would even say with a
lot of these gifts, the gift of giving

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could also be used as a
justification to not do anything

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else.

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Right.

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Well, I give here, so I don't
need to do this over here.

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And we know that would be a
fleshly way to see these things.

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And so the Bible speaks so
much about the area of giving.

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And again, it's not
necessarily a gift given to everybody,

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but it's an area of capacity
that all of us should grow in.

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And so we go back to second
Corinthians, chapter eight.

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Second Corinthians, chapter
eight gives us the example of the

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Macedonian church and what
they did in their giving.

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And it says that they gave not
out of great abundance, but verse

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2 of 2 Corinthians, chapter 8,
how that in a great trial of affliction,

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the abundance of their joy and
their deep poverty abounded unto

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the riches of their
liberality, meaning they were having.

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They were having a difficult time.

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They were lacking.

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It says verse 3.

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For to their power I bear
record, yea.

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And beyond their power, they
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And so the Bible speaks of
this fact that they went above and

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beyond.

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They gave out of difficulty,
they gave out of poverty, they gave

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out of affliction, but they
did it with joy.

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And that goes back to that
connection between God loves a cheerful

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giver.

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And so Paul was talking to the
church there at Corinth, and he was

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using the Macedonian church as
an example of how they gave.

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And they did it with love,
they did it with joy.

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They did it not necessarily
knowing where the needs would be

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filled, but they did it in faith.

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And so there's an element of
faith to giving, right?

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I don't only give where it
makes sense, but I give where God

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leads.

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I don't give because I can
afford to give, but I give because

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I.

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I can't afford not to give.

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And that's.

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I know it's a double negative,
but you know what I mean by that.

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There's this idea that even
though it might hurt me or I might

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not be able to get all the
things that I want, I'm still able

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to extend this gift because
God has placed this on my heart.

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And you will see in other
passages of Scripture that God doesn't

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expect everyone to give the
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No Doubt there are people that
are going to have different abilities

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to give.

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And so we see that there's
going to be some people that have

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been gifted a lot financially,
and they're going to have predominantly

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more of an ability to give.

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But I think it's proportional, right?

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And there's an apportion.

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There's a.

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There's a proportional element
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And so if God gives someone
immensely, right?

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He's.

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He's looking for us to give immensely.

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But no doubt in my mind, God
isn't expecting somebody to give

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everything that they have, and
they're not able to take care of

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other necessary elements
within their life.

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And I think the Bible speaks
to that with the story of the widow,

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two mites, right?

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I mean, the story sometimes is
seen as the widow with two mites

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is giving everything, and God
wants us to give everything, which

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is.

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Is a.

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Is a great show of sacrifice
in the life of.

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Of the widow.

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But I do believe that that
passage of scripture is speaking

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to the religious leaders of
the day that were abusing the widows

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and lying to them and telling
them that the more that they would

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give, the more attention they.

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That they would receive from God.

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And so I think Second
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give us a great example of
what it means to have that spirit

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of grace as we give.

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I think in Second Corinthians,
chapter 9, verse 7, it says, Every

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man, according as he purposes
in his heart, meaning, this is something

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between you and God.

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This is something between how
God is leading you and not how other

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people are trying to twist
your arm to give.

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And so it's how you decide in
your heart, not as it says here,

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not grudgingly or reluctantly,
nor out of necessity.

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Meaning, like, I've got to
give, man, I have got to give.

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That's the wrong spirit.

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That's the wrong Spirit.

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Why?

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Because it says God loves a
cheerful giver.

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And God is able to make all
grace, verse 8, abound toward you

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that ye always having all
sufficiency in all things, may abound

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to every good work, meaning
God's going to give you what you

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need, and he's sufficient.

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And so don't be afraid of
missing out if God calls you to give.

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And so God's pressing in your
heart to grow in that area of giving,

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whether it be within the
church or helping others around you.

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I would encourage you to
follow that in obedience and be generous

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and be loving and do it with
joy, as we see in Scripture.

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So that is the gift of giving.

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Next week we will come back
with another gift.

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We're going to come back with
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And sometimes not a gift
that's always celebrated, but it's

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needed.

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I mean, we need
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we need delegation.

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And so we're going to look at
that gift the next week when we come

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back.

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Well, thank you so much for
following along in this series.

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I hope that has been
beneficial to you as we've been studying

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these spiritual gifts listed
in Romans chapter 12.

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As we get done with this, we
will definitely move on to a new

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series of words.

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But I think that this has been
at least helpful for me to understand

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how God gifts differently in
different ways, but for the same

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purpose of growing and sharing
the message of Jesus Christ to a

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world that needs his truth.

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And so thank you again for,
for following along.

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We look forward to seeing you
next week or hearing from you at

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some point and make sure that
you are sharing this if you can.

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Well, God bless you.

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You have a wonderful week.

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We will talk.

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Talk to you soon.

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Hey, I really appreciate that
you listen to the Word of the Week

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podcast.

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If you have any questions
about the podcast or about our church,

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Middletown Baptist Church, you
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on Facebook or YouTube or you
can find the podcast on NBCPodcast.org

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you can contact me directly at
Josh Massaro at middletownbaptistchurch.org

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stay tuned for future Word of
the Week episodes where we dive deeper

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into words that impact our
life according to scripture.

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Thank you so much.

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God bless.

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We'll talk to you soon.