This tract, adapted from Paul David Tripp’s book Redeeming Money, offers a gospel theology of generosity, explaining how Christians demonstrate God’s grace and love through cheerful giving.Living Generously in Light of a Generous StoryIntroductionI do not think that this will be a huge shock to anyone, but human beings are...
This tract, adapted from Paul David Tripp’s book Redeeming Money, offers a gospel theology of generosity, explaining how Christians demonstrate God’s grace and love through cheerful giving.
Living Generously in Light of a Generous Story
Introduction
I do not think that this will be a huge shock to anyone, but human beings are not naturally generous. If sin causes us to live for ourselves—and it does—then one result of this obsessive self-focus is the effect it has on the way we think about and use our money. For most of us, the thing that drives the vast majority of our joys and sorrows when it comes to money is what it is or is not doing for us. When we think of money, we tend to think first of ourselves: What do I need? What do I want? What dream can this money finance? What would I like to do that I have never done before? I am not suggesting that we are never generous; however, for most of us, when it comes to money, generosity is a short frame in a long video of self-interest.
Let me give the punch line of this article first and then unpack it in greater detail: The biblical story is a generosity story. It really is true that the narrative in the Bible is a story of God’s giving, giving, and giving. If we read the Bible through the lens of generosity, we will be blown away by how lavishly generous our Lord is. No words capture the essence of this story better than these: “For God so loved the world, that he gave . . .” (John 3:16). Our hope in life and death rests on the fact that our Lord is a bountifully generous King who sent his Son to set up a kingdom marked by a generosity of love, grace, forgiveness, daily mercy, and the faithful supply of all we need. So, when he invites and calls us to seek his kingdom rather than working to store up earthly treasures, he is calling us not just to value spiritual things more than earthly things but to be a part of his generosity mission on earth...........
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This tract, adapted from Paul David Tripp’s book Redeeming Money, offers a gospel theology of generosity, explaining how Christians demonstrate God’s grace and love through cheerful giving.Living Generously in Light of a Generous StoryIntroductionI do not think that this will be a huge shock to anyone, but human beings are...
This tract, adapted from Paul David Tripp’s book Redeeming Money, offers a gospel theology of generosity, explaining how Christians demonstrate God’s grace and love through cheerful giving.
Living Generously in Light of a Generous Story
Introduction
I do not think that this will be a huge shock to anyone, but human beings are not naturally generous. If sin causes us to live for ourselves—and it does—then one result of this obsessive self-focus is the effect it has on the way we think about and use our money. For most of us, the thing that drives the vast majority of our joys and sorrows when it comes to money is what it is or is not doing for us. When we think of money, we tend to think first of ourselves: What do I need? What do I want? What dream can this money finance? What would I like to do that I have never done before? I am not suggesting that we are never generous; however, for most of us, when it comes to money, generosity is a short frame in a long video of self-interest.
Let me give the punch line of this article first and then unpack it in greater detail: The biblical story is a generosity story. It really is true that the narrative in the Bible is a story of God’s giving, giving, and giving. If we read the Bible through the lens of generosity, we will be blown away by how lavishly generous our Lord is. No words capture the essence of this story better than these: “For God so loved the world, that he gave . . .” (John 3:16). Our hope in life and death rests on the fact that our Lord is a bountifully generous King who sent his Son to set up a kingdom marked by a generosity of love, grace, forgiveness, daily mercy, and the faithful supply of all we need. So, when he invites and calls us to seek his kingdom rather than working to store up earthly treasures, he is calling us not just to value spiritual things more than earthly things but to be a part of his generosity mission on earth...........
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