False Dichotomy

As Matthew 6:1-4 and Romans 12:6-8 tells stated, we all have different gifts from God and we should use them no matter what it is. One of the gift everyone has is giving. Everyone has this ability and power to give, even the poorest one. Give to the needy without announcing it. Do it with love and not wanting yourself to look like a kindest person in the world. It is so much better to be someone who can give rather than being someone who receives and the one that you give will eventually give you back when the time comes. In the time of need, if you never give anything, you will most likely not get any help from anyone. It’s more blessed to give than receive. God has given us the opportunity to be a blessing to someone. The bible tells us that when our heart is set on blessing others, God will bless us in the process.(biblereasons.com) One of the easy ways that can make people to start giving is to not think of yourself more highly than you ought. Matthew 7:1-2 made it clear that if you judge other people, you too will also be judged. Romans 12:3-5 also stated that through Christ, we all belong to each other. However, the verse is not telling you to not judge, but to make evaluations, to be discerning and to even make a judgement.(“Don’t Judge?” Greg Laurie) "Don't you realize that someday we believers will judge the world? And since you are going to judge the world, can't you decide even these little things among yourselves?"(Corinthians 6:2, NIV) If we stop to think of ourselves more highly than others, we can easily start to give to others without thinking much and the world will be so much

So giving to God what God gave me was never an issue for me. My dad also taught us that we have to give one by tenth of everything most importantly the time. We have 24 hours given by God in a day so 2.4 hrs. belongs to God. When we learn to give that time to God sharing our gifts and talents in our vocation, at home, at college, at school, he believed giving money automatically falls into its place.

In warning about the evils of greed, Jesus used a parable: “There was a rich man blessed with [fertile land.] He thought to himself, ‘What will I do? I have no place to keep all my crops.’ “Then he said, ‘I know what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger barns! I will put all my good things together in my new barns. Then I can say…Rest, eat, drink, and enjoy life!’“But God said to that man, ‘Foolish man! Tonight you will die!... Who will get [your things] now?’ This is how it will be for anyone who saves things only for himself. To God that person is not rich.” (Luke 12:13 21)

The lack of generosity that plagues the body of Christ is an attribute that must be detached from the Christians ethos. The very essence of greed is something that must not be named among the body of Christ. It is an antithetical to what God has called the church

Acts 20:35 says, “ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, it is more blessed to give than to receive.”

“What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul” (NIV Matthew 16:26).

Many people have a different perspective on things or on many things, people may have a different outlook on something like giving away something to give to a homeless person or any person in your community. Many people that came from the Mayland may think that they are losing or depowering you in some way, but the people that came from a small town or places that less population think that that give things to the community is a way to succeed, we give out our things to help make the community a way to succeed and in empowering people an idea that Anaru Paine has. (This came from the video Western vs. Indigenous Perspective, GIVING). The thinking was influenced by the culture that some small island nations have with their culture in where everyone has done their part to

As common knowledge might state, there are different types of problems with different, varying natures. The most common problems are of emotional or spiritual, meaning sadness and depression are common challengers of the clergy's faith. However, clergies combat this with their belief that the Bible is the inherent word of God, meaning every word is both of literal and contextual truth in relation to humanity and their existence. This being so, the purpose of the Bible is to lead people to the best thing ever: a relationship with God, and would be done so by it's teachings reiterated through clergies, in fact, the bible is studied many years by most clergies in order to ensure a doctrinally sound foundation to better, and more accurately help people with spiritual problems. Running parallel to feeding the metaphorical mouth of spirituality is the literal one; clergies help people with physical needs as well as emotional. An example of this can be seen in the Haitian earthquake of 2010, in which a multitude of clergies rushed to the sene in order to provide food, shelter, medical care , and comfort for those affected. This can also be seen through certain organizations like Light house ministries and Feeding children everywhere where they feed and send supplies to people in local areas. All in all, clergies help people with any necessity that may be

When talking about Christ and his teaching he talks about how Jesus taught that, “If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor,” and then Russell says, “That is a very excellent maxim, but, as I say, it is not much practiced,” which is true for some, but he needs to stop grouping us all together, we are not all the same. I know many people who don’t have a lot but give whatever they may have, even if it is just a dollar, to the church or to shelters to

Paul sums it all up in this phrase: A confession of the Gospel of Christ. For that is the source of all good gifts: Jesus Christ has made peace with God our Father, justified the whole world in His death, and atoned for all your sins. It is freely given apart from the Law, out of Fatherly divine goodness and mercy, without any merit, or worthiness, or thankfulness in you, but purely on account of His Son. Purely on account of His love that declares the unlovable to be lovely by washing you in the blood of Jesus. As it is written, He has distributed freely, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever. And that is the righteousness He gives freely, graciously, as a gift. St. Paul calls this enduring mercy and favor a surpassing grace of God upon you. It surpasses our lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride. It surpasses our idolatry and even our thanklessness. Your life does not consist in the abundance of your possessions. It consists in being possessed by Him, a recipient of His mercy that covers all your sin and that overcomes all

However when the rich are charitable they often are still rich, whilst the poor who are charitable are often still poor afterwards. Though there are many ways in which the lord may work, it seems that wealth redistribution is not one of them. This plays into the reimbursement of the charitable as one does not always know the true needs of the recipient. A modern day example is the homeless man who drives home in a Mercedes-Benz around the corner. Often times however helping the truly needy is the case with charity and as often promoted in various forms media when the needy are able to support themselves, they give back to their community in response to their personal experience.

Of the many opinions towards the poor, many took the stance that alms and sympathy should’ve been given to the poor. A Catholic priest during a sermon in France (1) stated that in heaven, it is worth more for every penny you give to charity when you are healthy, then when you are sick or dead. Giving charity

Numerous times throughout the Bible, people encounter Jesus and offer their finest feasts for him. In return, Jesus works miracles and displays generosity when he heals a man with leprosy and makes the blind see. In addition, when three men showed up to Abraham’s home, Abraham didn’t necessarily know the men, but he offered them a meal. This great generosity comes from God teaching people to accept everyone and put others before themselves. Generosity can be viewed in today’s society as volunteer work or donating money, but of course is not limited to these

Many modern believers have conformed to the thoughts of the rest of the world and believe that their main concern should be themselves. This self minded thought process has led to many conflicts within modern churches that might have otherwise been avoided. The early church took the second commandment “love your neighbor as yourself” at face value (Lev. 19.18). Luke writes that “There were no needy people among them, because those who owned land or houses would sell them and bring the money to the apostles to give to those in need” (Acts. 4.34-35). Rather than take care of themselves, those in the early church sold their own possessions to help meet the needs of others. Since the early believers acted out of love there were few, if any, conflicts that came

Unfortunately often times within the church some mistakes are made regarding the gifts, qualifications of a gift, and the proper use of the gifts. 1. A spiritual gift is not a place of service. The gift is the ability, not where that ability is used. 2.