It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.
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… We are in our final week of a series that we have called Lasting Legacy. Our key verse in this series has been Psalm 112, verses 5 and 6, which says, It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with biblical generous justice. For the righteous will never be moved. He will be remembered forever. Let me tell you something that you may not have heard talked about in church before, and that is that God put into you a desire to be remembered, a desire to have eternal significance, a desire for your life account for something beyond itself. Ecclesiastes says that God put eternity into our hearts, which means that that desire for a lasting legacy, that's from him. In this series, what I've tried to show you, what we've looked at together is how you can have that kind of eternal legacy, what you and I can do right now so that we can be remembered literally forever. Now, I realize that whenever we talk about generosity, people get nervous. …
Here's a good example. Psalm 112, verse five to nine. Good will come to him. Let me stop right there. Everybody who's listening to me right now, do you want good or bad to come to you in life? Well, I want good to come to me. Okay, here's how you have good come to you. Good will come to him who is generous. Such people lend freely In other words, hey You need my car? Take my car You need a place to stay tonight? Stay at my place You need some money for food? Here Here's some money for food You need a babysitter? Let me babysit for you What do you need? You need me to drive you to the doctor? Let me take you to the doctor You need me to bring over a meal Your family's sick tonight? Let me Generosity in every area Your time, your talents, your treasure Your money, your motivations Generous with your praise Not stingy with praise Generous with compliments Not stingy with compliments Good will come to him who is generous Such people lend freely They conduct their affairs honestly They will never be shaken They don't fear bad news Because they trust the Lord to care for them They are confident and fearless You want to be confident and fearless Become more generous Man, I love hearing Pastor Rick. …
… See, last year we introduced something to you called the legacy lanes. We took that language, by the way, from Psalm 112, verses 5 and 6, which says, it is well with the man who deals generously, for the righteous will be remembered forever. Remembered forever, that's legacy. By the way, that's the very passage Paul quotes in 2 Corinthians 9, 9, if you look at it. Paul says, because of your generosity, quote someone 12, people will give thanks to God forever. We have five legacy lanes at this church where we give in ways, mostly outside the walls of this church, that increase thanksgiving to God. Those five lanes are international missions, leadership multiplication, local outreach, domestic church planting, and triangle gospel expansion. At our church, at Summit Church, we have structured our budget so that 35% of everything we receive automatically goes into one of those five lanes. For those of you that are slow at math, that means 65% run all the ministries of the church. …
… that this is such a simple lesson tonight but it's so profound that i don't want you to miss the profundity because of this simplicity go to psalm 112 the 112th psalm psalm 112 verse 5 out the message bible says this the good person is generous and lends lavishly no shuffling or stumbling around for this one the good person is generous and lends lavishly literally you if you are a good person if you're a person that's living morally and ethically you don't mind being generous and lending lavishly i'm trying to tell you tonight that there's some blessings in this go to luke chapter six we read this all the time we quote this all the time but i want to read it out of the message bible and give you another look at it luke chapter six verse 37 through 38 watch this jesus is talking and he is in the middle of telling people hey look at yourself now you've got to love your enemies check yourself first look at this don't pick on people verse 37 don't pick on people jump on their failures criticize their faults unless of course you want that same kind of treatment that's where we get the scripture don't judge unless you want to be judged in the king james version but he keeps on going he says don't condemn those who are down that hardness can boomerang oh lord this is another lesson this is another lesson whatever you give whatever you do to others is coming back don't be don't pick on people don't jump on their failures don't …
… SOMEBODY HAS A GENUINE NEED. YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO GIVE WISELY. PSALM 112 VERSE 5 SAYS, A GOOD MAN SHOWETH FAVOR AND LENDETH, HE WILL GUIDE HIS AFFAIRS WITH DISCRETION. YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T, IF A DRUNKARD ASKS YOU FOR MONEY FOR, UH, MORE ALCOHOL, YOU DON'T GIVE IT TO HIM. IF A ATTIC ASKS YOU FOR MONEY FOR MORE DOPE, YOU DON'T GIVE IT TO HIM. IF A PROFESSIONAL BEGGAR IS ASKING, YOU, YOU DON'T HELP THAT PROFESSIONAL BEGGAR BY GIVING HIM, AH, AH, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE HIM IN BEGGING. JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY ASK. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU NECESSARILY ARE TO GIVE. YOU'RE TO GIVE WITH DISCRETION. BUT WHAT OUR LORD IS SAYING IS THAT YOU GIVE, YOU GIVE TO THOSE THAT HAVE NEED. DON'T JUST SIMPLY PAY YOUR BILLS. GO THE SECOND MILE. GO THE SECOND MILE, HE'S SAYING, WHEN YOU'RE MISUSED AND ABUSED. LOOK IN VERSE 43. I, I CAN IMAGINE THEY'RE LISTENING TO EVERY WORD THAT JESUS IS SAYING HERE, YOU'VE HEARD THAT IT HATH BEEN SAID, THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AND HATE THINE ENEMY. BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU, DO GOOD TO THEM THAT HATE YOU, AND PRAY FOR THEM WHICH DESPITEFULLY USE YOU AND PERSECUTE YOU." YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU GET EVEN? …