Matthew 22: 34 – 39; Luke 10:25-28Thou shalt love the Lord thy God…

with everything…all of you

Heart our will, desires, appetites,

affections

Soul our essence, breathe, eternal

identity

Mind our understanding, thinking,

faculties

Strength our bodies, physical self

Generosity is …

1. a matter of the heart

2. showing a readiness to give more of something

than is strictly necessary or expected

3. giving God our first and best

Function Machine

Function Machine

INPUT

X

OUTPUT

Ymx + b

Function Machine

INPUT OUTPUT

1.An input can never have more than one output.

2.Multiple inputs can produce the same output.

Matthew 26: 28For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

1. Complete remission required complete sacrifice

2. Complete authority required complete submission

3. Jesus is the pattern for us

“Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that

ye should follow his steps”

(1 Peter 2:21)

God’s Function Machine

PATTERNOF

LACK

“In all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works”

(Titus 2:7)

LACKOF

GENEROSITY

God’s Function Machine

GODLINESS

SPIRITUAL RESULTS

“Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgment of the

truth which accords with godliness”(Titus 1:1)

FAITH

SPIRITUAL INPUT

TRUTH

GOD’S PROCESS

God’s Function Machine

“Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgment of the

truth which accords with godliness”(Titus 1:1)

TRUTH

GOD’S PROCESS

God’s Function Machine

“Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgment of the

truth which accords with godliness”(Titus 1:1)

TRUTH

GOD’S PROCESS