The document discusses the biblical principle of giving, emphasizing that generosity will lead to blessings as highlighted in Luke 6:38 and 2 Corinthians 9:6-11. It explores what it means to be a giving person, focusing on sharing, doing good for others, and the importance of sacrificial giving. It also speaks about the spiritual rewards of giving and the idea of storing treasures in heaven rather than on earth.

1. GIVE AND IT WILL BE
GIVEN TO YOU

2. 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.”

3. GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN
A. ARE YOU A GIVING PERSON?
B. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A GIVING PERSON?
C. SAME MEASURE(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."

4. GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN
D. REAP AS SOW (2 Cor 9:6-11) But this I say: He who sows
sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows
bountifully will also reap bountifully. {7} So let each one
give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of
necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. {8} And God is
able to make all grace abound toward you, that you,
always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an
abundance for every good work. {9} As it is written: "He
has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His
righteousness endures forever." {10} Now may He who
supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply
and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the
fruits of your righteousness, {11} while you are enriched
in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving
through us to God.

5. GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN
E. GOD WILL MULTIPLY THE SEED WE HAVE SOWN - (2
Cor 9:7-10) So let each one give as he purposes in
his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God
loves a cheerful giver. {8} And God is able to make
all grace abound toward you, that you, always
having all sufficiency in all things, may have an
abundance for every good work. {9} As it is written:
"He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever." {10} Now may
He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for
food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown
and increase the fruits of your righteousness,
F. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A GIVING PERSON?

6. I. GIVING AS SHARING WITH OTHERS
A. EQUALITY (2 Cor 8:13-15) For I do not mean that others should
be eased and you burdened; {14} but by an equality, that now
at this time your abundance may supply their lack, that their
abundance also may supply your lack; that there may be
equality. {15} As it is written, "He who gathered much had
nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack."
B. SHARE (1 Tim 6:17-19) Command those who are rich in this
present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches
but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
{18} Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready
to give, willing to share, {19} storing up for themselves a good
foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on
eternal life.
C. SACRIFICIAL SHARING (Heb 13:16) But do not forget to do
good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
D. GIVE/LOAN (Mat 5:42) "Give to him who asks you, and from
him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.

7. II. GIVING AS DOING GOOD AND
SHOWING CONCERN
A. DO GOOD TO ALL (Gal 6:10) Therefore, as we have
opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are
of the household of faith.
B. CONCERN FOR OTHERS (Phil 2:3-4) Let nothing be done
through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind
let each esteem others better than himself. {4} Let each of you
look out not only for his own interests, but also for the
interests of others.
C. SEEK OTHER'S WELL BEING (1 Cor 10:24) Let no one seek his
own, but each one the other's well-being.
D. MEETING NEEDS (Rom 12:13) distributing to the needs of the
saints, given to hospitality.
E. ELIMINATES LOVE SELF/MONEY (2 Tim 3:2) For men will be
lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

8. III. GIVING AS DOING GOOD
WITHOUT PRAISE OF MEN
(Mat 6:1-4) "Take heed that you do not do your
charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them.
Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in
heaven. {2} "Therefore, when you do a charitable
deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the
hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets,
that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to
you, they have their reward. {3} "But when you do a
charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what
your right hand is doing, {4} "that your charitable deed
may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret
will Himself reward you openly.

9. IV. GIVING AS DETERMINED BY WHAT
YOU HAVE LEFT AFTER GIVING
A. LIBERAL IN POVERTY (2 Cor 8:1-5) Moreover,
brethren, we make known to you the grace of God
bestowed on the churches of Macedonia: {2} that in
a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy
and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of
their liberality. {3} For I bear witness that according
to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they
were freely willing, {4} imploring us with much
urgency that we would receive the gift and the
fellowship of the ministering to the saints. {5} And
not only as we had hoped, but they first gave
themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of
God.

10. IV. GIVING AS DETERMINED BY WHAT
YOU HAVE LEFT AFTER GIVING
B. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU GIVE BUT HOW MUCH YOU SACRIFICE
THAT MATTERS
1. (2 Sam 24:24) Then the king said to Araunah, "No, but I
will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offer
burnt offerings to the LORD my God with that which
costs me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor
and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
2. (Mark 12:42-44) Then one poor widow came and threw
in two mites, which make a quadrans. {43} So He called
His disciples to Himself and said to them, "Assuredly, I
say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all
those who have given to the treasury; {44} "for they all
put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty
put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.”

11. IV. GIVING AS DETERMINED BY WHAT
YOU HAVE LEFT AFTER GIVING
C. Young boy asked Santa for 2 trucks, 2 teddy
bears, 2 video games, 2 remote control cars.
Santa asked why he wanted 2 of everything and
the boy said, "so I can share."
D. Is that the way we think? "if I had more than I
could use, I would give more!

12. V. GIVING AS A WAY OF LAYING UP
TREASURE IN HEAVEN
A. TREASURE ON EARTH (Mat 6:19) "Do not lay up for
yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust
destroy and where thieves break in and steal;
B. TREASURE IN HEAVEN (Luke 12:33) "Sell what you
have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags
which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens
that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor
moth destroys.
C. RICHES KEPT HURT (Eccl 5:13) There is a severe evil
which I have seen under the sun: Riches kept for
their owner to his hurt.

13. HOW IS YOUR GIVING?
A. IS GOD MULTIPLYING YOUR MONEY SO THAT YOU
WILL HAVE EVEN MORE TO GIVE.
B. IF NOT, IT MAY BE THAT YOU ARE SELFISHLY USING
YOUR MONEY ON YOUR OWN DESIRES - (James 4:3)
You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss,
that you may spend it on your pleasures.
C. GOD HAS PROMISED, IF WE GIVE MUCH WILL BE
GIVEN TO US.
D. IF YOU GIVE GOD YOUR LIFE, HE WILL SEE THAT YOU
HAVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE - (John 10:10) "The thief
does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to
destroy. I have come that they may have life, and
that they may have it more abundantly.

15. TONIGHT’S SERMON
I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU IGNORANT