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  • Writer's pictureBill Schwartz

2 Corinthians 9


2 Corinthians 9: 1 Now concerning the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you; 2 for I know your willingness, about which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has stirred up the majority. 3 Yet I have sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this respect, that, as I said, you may be ready; 4 lest if some Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you!) should be ashamed of this confident boasting.

5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your generous gift beforehand, which you had previously promised, that it may be ready as a matter of generosity and not as a grudging obligation. 6 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.’ [Psalm 112:9]

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. 12 For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, 13 while, through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men, 14 and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding grace of God in you. 15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

In this world, Yahweh God will supply all of our needs. Daily manna is the example. And our lesson is that we must share with the brethren. This is fully a part of sharing the Gospel. It too makes up our righteous acts. And though the riches will not fill our houses and bank accounts now, if given with a willing heart, they will store up treasure where moth and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal (Matthew 6:19). Even now, as we partake of that new nature, we are given the Spirit as a pledge of the world to come— the the Land flowing with milk and honey. In that Place, there will be abundance of all needful things. As we meditate on Psalm 112, let us claim it now and forever for the New Earth.

"Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in His Commandments. His descendants will be mighty on earth; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches will be in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness; he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. A good man deals graciously and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion. Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous will be in everlasting remembrance. He will not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. His heart is established; he will not be afraid, until he sees his desire upon his enemies.He has dispersed abroad, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be exalted with honor. The wicked will see it and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish." (Psalm 112)

C. H. Spurgeon said of Psalm 112: “The subject of the poem before us is—the blessedness of the righteous man, and so it bears the same relation to the preceding (Psalm 111) which the moon does to the sun; for, while the first declares the glory of God, the second speaks of the reflection of the divine brightness in men born from above. God is here praised for the manifestation of his glory which is seen in his people, just as in the preceding psalm he was magnified for his own personal acts. The hundred and eleventh speaks of the great Father, and this describes his children renewed after his image. The psalm cannot be viewed as the extolling of man, for it commences with ‘Praise ye the Lord; ‘and it is intended to give to God all the honour of his grace which is manifested in the sons of God.”


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