I don’t want you to read this as an order. It is only my suggestion, prompted by what I have seen in others of eagerness to help, and here is a way to prove the reality of your love. 2 Corinthians 8:8 J.B. Phillips
“It is clear that Paul is not ordering the Corinthians to send money to those who are suffering want, but encouraging them to do so, demonstrating that they have the right attitude toward God and other people. In return for that they will undoubtedly receive a reward.”
Ambrosiaster sometime between 366-384 in Commentaries on Romans and 1 & 2 Corinthians trans and ed. Gerald Bray (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2009) 237.
I am sharing a devotional from 2 Corinthians 8-9 this morning at my meetings in the Washington D.C. area and so I read Ambrosiaster for edification. I love how he basically says that generous sharing with those who are suffering is what God’s people do! It is the proof of our love.
As others look at your life and mine, what does our generosity prove?