March 9, 2025 Sermon Notes and Questions

Posted on March 6, 2025 Posted By: Jenni Nikolakakis Categories: Message Notes, Weekly Program

2 Corinthians: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

WK 10: “Liberals vs. Conservatives”

2 Corinthians 8:1-12

March 9, 2025

Justin Scarberry

Message Notes

_________________ is the area we would call Northern Greece

and a famous person from that area was ____________________.

Grace: Greek: ________________

Definition: ____________________________________

Giving in the church should be:

_____________________
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Tithing means _____________________.

There were at least ____ tithes in the Old Testament.

4-Minute Challenge!!!!

Set a reminder on your phone for a part of the day when you are usually free and spend 4 minutes in the Word

Dan Hall is the transition team lead. Please contact him with any questions.
Areas the church needs your help with:
- Tech—Audio/Video and worship lyric technician.
- IT/Hardware—manage the various connections of the service IT components/internet/wifi, etc.
- Worship team/leader—play an instrument? Able to carry a tune? Ready to use that gift for God?
- Donut & Coffee Ministry—bring in donuts and make that oh so important drink for many of us, coffee!

A Search Team will be put together to start the process of finding a new pastor.
The typical time to replace a Pastor is 12-18 months. Please wait on the Lord with us!
The team will update the church regularly

Prayer is a critical part of this process! Please pray continually for the board’s guidance in seeking God’s will.

Refresh Woman’s Bible Study

Series on “Personal Growth” continues this week. This week: Chapters 9-12 of 1 Corinthians. Come out on Tuesday at 2:00 PM at the church all ladies are welcome!

Also Wednesday night group 7:00 PM at the church, continuing to go through the “New Believers Guide”.

Zelle

Zelle is up and running! Zelle is a digital option for giving your tithes or offerings to support the church to fulfill the Great Commission.

If you would prefer to give digitally:

Go to your bank app on your phone or computer. Go to the payments section. Go to the Zelle payment option. If available, scan the link below in the payment section that lists Zelle as an option. There should be an icon asking to “scan the pay” or something similar.

Zelle Link

Account email is: accounting@thebridgespanishsprings.com for the Account “The Bridge Church Spanish Springs”. As a security measure, your bank may want to send you a text to verify your first payment.

Read 2 Corinthians 8:1-3, what is grace? Where does grace come from? What is the Biblical definition of grace?
Where is Macedonia? What are some of the towns that Paul spead the gospel message to that were in Macedonia?
Do you think giving in the church is a touchy subject? Should it be? What are some scriptures that give us guidance on giving to the church?
Read Philippians 4:19, what are some of your needs that God has met? Are there any needs that God has not met in your life? How can we tell what we need vs. what we want?
Read 2 Corinthians 8:4-7, how do we give ourselves “first of all to the Lord”? What is meant by “grace of giving” in verse 7?
Read 2 Corinthians 9:7, what is meant by “God loves a cheerful giver”? Is there any issues if we are not giving cheerfully?
Read Matthew 6:21, what are some things we treasure in this life?
Read 2 Corinthians 8:8-12, what is meant by “finish the work” in verse 11? What are some things in our Christian walk that God wants us to “finish the work” in?
Are there wrong ways to give to the church?
What is tithing? Is it Biblical? If it is in the Bible, should Christians be tithing? Why or why not?
Have you been looking for a way to help out in the church but are unsure of where you might fit in? Please reach out to Justin.