Rev. T. Devaputhiran

KEY VERSE: 1 CHR. 29: 9

THEN THE PEOPLE REJOICED BECAUSE THEY HAD GIVEN

WILLINGLY, FOR WITH A WHOLE HEART THEY HAD OFFERED

FREELY TO THE LORD. DAVID THE KING ALSO REJOICED

GREATLY.

4 KEY PHRASES

1. THEY HAD GIVEN WILLINGLY

2. WITH A WHOLE HEART

3. THEY HAD OFFERED FREELY

4. THEY HAD OFFERED … TO THE LORD

I

THEY HAD GIVEN WILLINGLY

I.E. VOLUNTARILY, NOT GRUDGINGLY

II COR. 9:7 – EACH ONE MUST DO AS HE HAS MADE UP HIS MIND

NOT RELUCTANTLY OR UNDER COMPULSION FOR GOD LOVES A

CHEERFUL GIVER.

PSALM 116: 12, 13 - WHAT SHALL I RENDER TO THE LORD FOR

ALL HIS BENEFITS TO ME? I WILL LIFT UP THE CUP OF

SALVATION AND CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD,

PROVERBS 3: 9, 10 - HONOUR THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH

AND WITH THE FIRST FRUITS OF ALL YOUR PRODUCE; THEN

YOUR BARNS WILL BE FILLED WITH PLENTY, AND YOUR VATS

WILL BE BURSTING WITH WINE.

II

WITH A WHOLE HEART

KJV: WITH PERFECT HEART

THERE IS A LINK BETWEEN THE OFFERING AND THE LIFE OF

GIVER

HEBREWS 11: 4 - BY FAITH ABEL OFFERED TO GOD A MORE

ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE THAN CAIN, THROUGH WHICH HE WAS

COMMENDED AS RIGHTEOUS, GOD COMMENDING HIM BY

ACCEPTING HIS GIFTS. AND THROUGH HIS FAITH, THOUGH HE

DIED, HE STILL SPEAKS.

GENESIS 4: 3, 4 - IN THE COURSE OF TIME CAIN BROUGHT TO

THE LORD AN OFFERING OF THE FRUIT OF THE GROUND, 4 AND

ABEL ALSO BROUGHT OF THE FIRSTBORN OF HIS FLOCK AND OF

THEIR FAT PORTIONS. AND THE LORD HAD REGARD FOR ABEL

AND HIS OFFERING, 5BUT FOR CAIN AND HIS OFFERING HE HAD

NO REGARD.

v. 7 - THE LORD SAID TO CAIN, “WHY ARE YOU ANGRY, AND WHY

HAS YOUR FACE FALLEN? 7

IF YOU DO WELL, WILL YOU NOT BE

ACCEPTED? AND IF YOU DO NOT DO WELL, SIN IS CROUCHING

AT THE DOOR. ITS DESIRE IS CONTRARY TO YOU, BUT YOU MUST

RULE OVER IT.

MATTEW 5:23, 24 - SO IF YOU ARE OFFERING YOUR GIFT AT THE

ALTAR AND THERE REMEMBER THAT YOUR BROTHER HAS

SOMETHING AGAINST YOU, LEAVE YOUR GIFT THERE BEFORE

THE ALTAR AND GO. FIRST BE RECONCILED TO YOUR BROTHER,

AND THEN COME AND OFFER YOUR GIFT.

II COR. 8:5 - THEY GAVE THEMSELVES FIRST TO THE LORD

III

THEY HAD OFFERED FREELY

READ 1 CHR. 29:1-5

2 COR. 8: 3, 4 - FOR THEY GAVE ACCORDING TO THEIR MEANS, AS

I CAN TESTIFY, AND BEYOND THEIR MEANS, OF THEIR OWN

ACCORD, BEGGING US EARNESTLY FOR THE FAVOUR OF

TAKING PART IN THE RELIEF OF THE SAINTS

LUKE. 21:4 – FOR, THEY ALL CONTRIBUTED OUT OF THEIR

ABUNDANCE, BUT SHE OUT OF HER POVERTY PUT IN ALL SHE

HAD TO LIVE ON.

WHAT MADE THESE PEOPLE TO GIVE FREELY?