A Biblical Model for Giving

We should view our giving as an instrument God uses to minister to the hurting in our midst and in our communities. As we come to the text of 2 Corinthians 8
the issue here is meeting the needs of poor saints. The issue here is not supporting the leadership; the issue here is meeting the needs of the poor saints. And, in fact, it
has to do not with the Corinthians meeting the needs of poor saints in their own church, apparently they were already doing that, but the Corinthians meeting the needs of
poor saints in other churches. In fact, in one particular church and that is the church at Jerusalem. In chapters 8 and 9 Paul is endeavoring to get the Corinthians to make
significant generous gifts toward the poor saints in the Jerusalem church. That's the issue here. But what comes out of this is a general pattern for all Christian giving.
It wouldn't matter what the issue was, or what the request was, or to what church the money was directed, or for what purpose. These verses provide for us a biblical model
for giving.