“And He spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?” (Luke 12:16,17).

“Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain” (Philippians 2:16).

“There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty” (Proverbs 11:24).

“To get, we must give.” This is not the world’s method for attaining prosperity, but it is the paradoxical message of our text, as well as that of Christianity in general.

“So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city” (Genesis 11:8).

“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).