Skip to main content

HIS POVERTY LED TO YOUR RICHES [Pt 2]- Min. Awe Hilary

The church in Macedonia was exhibiting clear acts of grace which they received from God, in finding it essential and of utmost priority to make provisions for the church in Jerusalem even when they did not have much.

2 Corinthians 8:1 [AMP]:

Now, brothers and sisters, we want to tell you about the grace of God which has been evident in the churches of Macedonia [awakening in them a longing to contribute]

They were in a season of their lives where they suffered a great distress whose culminative effect led to financial hardship, yet their joy was not diminished even in their poverty. 

2 Corinthians 8:2 [AMP]:

for during an ordeal of severe distress, their abundant joy and their deep poverty [together] overflowed in the wealth of their lavish generosity.

This overflowing joy within them, gave them the mentality to look beyond the surrounding circumstances that have befallen them, to see the need to make provisions for others. Their circumstance defined poverty, but they did not allow the definition of their circumstance to affect their mentality. The book of Proverbs gives us the insight and differentiation between the mentality of the rich and the poor;

Proverbs 11:24 [AMP]:

There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more; And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.

Furthermore, their acts of generosity as a church gave to them an account of wealth in their liberality, even when their physical conditions suggested differently. Paul the Apostle testifies that they gave according to their abilities and beyond it, which was of their free will.

2 Corinthians 8:3 [AMP]:

For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave voluntarily,

The life style of the Macedonian church towards their fellow brethren in Jerusalem, reflects the life of Jesus Christ, which Paul the Apostle couldn't help but referenced it as thus;

2 Corinthians 8:9 [AMP]:

For you are recognizing [more clearly] the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [His astonishing kindness, His generosity, His gracious favor], that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that by His poverty you might become rich (abundantly blessed).

However, the church in Macedonia made great provisions which exceeded the expectations of Paul the Apostle and the church leadership, which they could have kept for themselves and for their pleasure, but chose to give it out freely on their own accord even when they were physically poor, that through the abundance of their provisions, their brethren in Jerusalem might be blessed.

THINGS TO NOTE:

1. Wealth is not in how much you have stored up for yourself and family, but how much you have given out for the welfare and benefit of others.

2. The lifestyle of giving is a path of blessings.

3. Giving should be done out of freewill not under compulsion or through manipulation. Jesus Christ gave His life freely for us, and the churches in the New Testament just like the Church in Macedonia exhibited this trait also.

..... To be continued.

Min. Awe Hilary 

#TheMessenger



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

PRAY AGAINST AN IMMINENT TERRORIST ATTACK IN GERMANY - PROPHET TB JOSHUA

PRAY AGAINST AN IMMINENT TERRORIST ATTACK IN GERMANY - PROPHET TB JOSHUA “Good morning, my viewers all over the world. I want you to join me in praying against an imminent terrorist attack in the nation of Germany, particularly Thursday and throughout this week. I am saying this because I have seen it three to four times in a vision.  I was supposed to mention this during the last Sunday Service, but I thought it was something I could pray for on my own. However, the vision continues repeating. The Government and people of Germany should be vigilant and guard against this. It is very imminent. We are on our knees praying for the nation and people of Germany."
1 comment
Read more

ACTIVATING THE FIRE FOR THE RACE (1) ~ Joshua Talena

Monday 25 February 2019 ACTIVATING THE FIRE FOR THE RACE (1)  (JEREMIAH 20:9) “Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing and I could not stay. Child of God for you to run through this year, the very race which the Lord has set before you and win, you need the fire that will keep you consistent in what you are doing. Where there is no fire, men lack the passion to be consistent in what they do, and without consistency vision will be crippled and mission will be aborted in life. Even your services to God become burdensome to you where the fire is lacking.  As you go through this year, ensure you carry enough fuel for the race. Fire is divine stamina or fuel given to a man for conquest and accomplishment of destiny mandate. As you run through this year I want you to know you are like a double exhaust car, don’t carry only fire ...
Post a Comment
Read more

THE BATTLE FOR ETERNITY

Life is a battle ground, and we are all soldiers on the field. It presents no option for exceptions, as every living soul is compelled to face the battle by reason of birth into this world. The bible in the book of Mathew 11:12 makes us to understand that, from the days of John the Baptist until now that the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence and the violent take it by force. This is the battle for eternity which is no respecter of social class, educational background, nationality, gender, as all have been condemned to this battle by reason of the fall of man as recorded in the book of Genesis 3:1-24. This war unlike other conventional battles, have proven to be more dangerous because it is a war for the souls of men. The battlefield is filled with ravaging, fierce and sadistic enemies with unconventional weaponry with the sole resolve of bringing the souls of men to eternal ruin and damnation. The greatest asset of a man is not his fancy car, mansion or several ch...
13 comments
Read more