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Sacred Sunday presents: II Corinthians Chapter 8/Show Me The Money!

Sacred Sunday presents: II Corinthians Chapter 8/Show Me The Money!

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It's Money Time!     Now Paul comes to the important
part—asking for money. It's usually best to leave that until you've
sufficiently praised your audience. Nice work, Paul.
    Though he mentioned it before in 1 Corinthians,
Paul is still after the people of Corinth to open their pocketbooks
for the fund he is taking up for Christians in Jerusalem. Way to
dodge the collection basket, Corinthians. Paul praises the
Christians in Macedonia. It seems even though they don't have a ton
of money, they gave very generously to the collection. Hint, hint,
Corinth. Now, Paul has asked Titus to return to Corinth to collect
some cash. Paul lays it on thick here. The Corinthians are
great at everything: they're faithful, they speak well, they're
knowledgeable, eager, and loving. Now they just have to add
"generous" to that list. Just think of Jesus. In reality, he
was rich, but he gave up everything and became poor so that the
whole world could become rich. Nice guy, huh?
But Paul's not telling the Corinthians that they should give up
everything. Nope. Just that they should give what they can. If
there's money they can spare (and he knows there is) they should
give it. Right now, the Corinthians have a surplus of money.
Other Christians need that money. Paul just wants there to be a
"fair balance." Oh, Paul favors redistribution of wealth,
apparently. So expect Titus, Corinthians. Along with two
other Christian guys (who Paul doesn't name). One of these
guys has been appointed by various churches to act as a kind of
overseer for the fund. That's just in case you were wondering if
Paul's skimming a little off the top for himself. He's not.
So welcome them all. And please, give generously! Thanks to
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