God’s Cycle of Sufficiency | 2 Corinthians 9:8 | Bible Study
“God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work” 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NKJV)
1. THE POWER OF GOD’S PROMISE
“God is able to make … ” 2 Corinthians 9:8a (NKJV)
“I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you.” Job 42:2 (NLT)
Jesus … said …“With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 (NKJV)
“I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day of His return” 2 Timothy 1:12 (NKJV/NLT)
“Since Christ Himself has gone through suffering and testing, He is able to help us when we are being tested.” Hebrews 2:18 (NLT)
2. THE POTENTIAL OF GOD’S PROMISE
“God is able to make all grace …” 2 Corinthians 9:8b (NKJV)
“Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. They are being tested by many troubles, and they are very poor. But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity.” 2 Corinthinas 8:1-2 (NIV/NLT)
“One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.” Proverbs 11:24-25 (NIV)
“If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord— and He will repay you!” Proverbs 19:17 (NLT)
“You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.” 2 Corinthians 8:9 (NLT)
3. THE PROPORTION OF GOD’S PROMISE
“God is able to make all grace abound toward you …” 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NKJV)
“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10 (NKJV)
4. THE PROVISION OF GOD’S PROMISE
“God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things” 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NKJV)
“God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, He will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.” 2 Corinthians 9:10 (NLT)
“My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 (NKJV)