WHY SHOULD WE HELP?
15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?
James 2:15-16 NKJV
17 But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
1 John 3:17 NKJV
He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and He will pay back what he has given.
Proverbs 19:17 NKJV
2 Corinthians 9:10-15
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10 Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, 11 while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God. 12 For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, 13 while, through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men, 14 and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding grace of God in you. 15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
James 1:27 NKJV
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
Deuteronomy 15:11 NKJV
For the poor will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.’
Psalm 82:3-4 NKJV
Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy;
Free them from the hand of the wicked.
Proverbs 22:9 NKJV
He who has a generous eye will be blessed,
For he gives of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs 31:9 NKJV
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And plead the cause
of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 24:11-12 NKJV
11 Deliver those who are drawn toward death,
And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?
TIME TO WAKE UP
The Lord has a special care for the needy, the oppressed, the captives, the poor, the maltreated....
He has made it very clear in His Word what is our responsibility towards them, while we are "passing through" here on earth. The Church is NOT the building, WE ARE the Church. Therefore, wherever a son or daughter of God is, he or she is an Ambassador from Heaven, representing Jesus.
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We are praying for a worldwide revival. We are thrilled to see multitudes come to Christ, humbled, repentant and regenerated. However, revival must begin in us, in our hearts, overthrowing all the idols that still dominate us, among them, selfishness, lack of empathy with those who suffer, religiosity that dresses up as justice.
We forget that the Earth is a passing place as "pilgrims and strangers", a forgetfulness that has comfortably accommodated us to this world and that does not allow us to detach ourselves from that with which we could bless those who are in need...
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And we hide behind verse 33 of Matthew 6 "But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." When God works miracles, He doesn't need us. When God provides, he doesn't need us. When God heals, he doesn't need us. When God delivers and rescues, He does not need us.... He is God... He does not need us. Many times, we could be the miracle in answer to the prayers of those who cry out for help; just as we pray for the Lord to send laborers into His harvest and call ourselves to do the work....
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The ancient world, knew the Gospel and Salvation through the One Savior and Lord: Yeshua, HaMassiah, because the generosity and liberality that began with the Primitive Church contributed to the spread of the Good News. Inospitable places. Missionaries who gave everything for the sake of the Gospel, often received support and help to continue, because some widows or charitable souls, attentive to the voice of God, received from the Holy Spirit, the restlessness to give in obedience to the Lord and with joy.
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Today, there are still missionaries risking their lives and those of their families, in countries where they are exposed to death, torture and imprisonment, but very little is heard of those who were attentive to the heart of God, to supply "the needs of the saints". Church! God has always kept a remnant throughout the ages! "Return to the old paths..., and bend not your knees to Baal" Amen!