Giving thru the lens of Justice

Jesus continues his teaching to the crowd. He moves from the radical teaching of love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. He literally connects this behavior to being identified as Sons of God. . Our goal is to stand out on our behavior. Our kindness to others our reactions to others even those who are our enemies. He lets us know that the sun rises on the evil and on the good and it rains on the just and the unjust. What does that mean? It means an evil man can get a tan just like a good man and if you don’t have sense to take an umbrella with you I got news for you! You will get wet I don’t care how righteous are you. I can take it a step further I don’t care how good you are in every life rain will fall. That means you will have some good days and you will have some bad days. Determining who you are determines how you respond.

So Jesus wants us to have some self focus.We must live our lives through the lens of justice. What is justice? Just doing right! So Jesus says, “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. (). King James version says giving alms. Its simply means doing right. When we do right or practice righteousness its not to impress people. If you only do right to impress people then you really are not righteous! Jesus says if you a people pleaser or if you only do good to be seen then you have no reward in heaven. Our actions even our giving must be done through the lens of justice.

As our them says we are require to do justly and walk humbly with our God. Everything we do must be done through the lens of justice. That simply means through the eyes of God! Isaiah reminds us It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: I don’t care how big you get how important you think you are the truth of the matter is you really have an audience of one and its God! We tend to like to try and impress people. We post stuff on Facebook and Instagram hoping get likes. We get caught up with showing off. I am not saying you should not share on social media I’m saying don’t let that be you motive for doing right!

So Jesus warns us of three things:

Practicing Righteousness

Giving to the Needy

Praying

This week I want to look at Righteousness and Giving because the really go hand and hand. :17

17 If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

A righteous man knows how to give and share. Also a righteous man will knows when not to give. …the righteous gives and does not hold back.

Jesus says when we give don’t sound the trumpet! Your giving is not to bring attention to yourself. We have to be careful about trying to get in the $100 line if we only working with a $10 budget. I am not saying not to stretch your faith. Often we are challenged to stretch out faith in giving. Tithing is a test of our faith. That’s why God said try him prove him. Our giving must be a display of our obedience, trust and love for God. So this lesson said don’t sound the trumpet. He call those folk hypocrites. In English New Bible Dictionary a hypocrite is one who deliberately and as a habit professes to be good when he is aware that he is not. The Message Bible sumises this way:

Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don’t make a performance out of it. It might be good theater, but the God who made you won’t be applauding. 2–4  “When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You’ve seen them in action, I’m sure—‘playactors’ I call them. Playactor is how that word hypocrite is translated. We have to stop playing! Tell your neighbor stop playing!

2–4  “When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You’ve seen them in action, I’m sure—‘playactors’ I call them

So we warned to be careful. To be careful of How we Give, Why we Give and When we give!

How do we give

We give secretly. Do let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. We don’t to bring attention to ourselves with making noise like look at me. I giving! If you are who you say you then God will get the glory. Its in Chapter 5 that Jesus says: 14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. (). Give secretly and God will reward you.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). ().

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

Let me we not only need to give secretly we need to give cheerfully.

We are to give cheerfully. For God loves a cheerful giver. Paul told the Corinthians Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. There should be a joy in our giving. If we have the right motives we will have the right joy. The attitude behind it really matters.

There is a huge difference between obligated to, and intentionally (and cheerfully) giving. There should be such a joy to give that it makes you feel some kind of way!

Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you. Then the people rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the Lord with a whole heart, and King David also rejoiced greatly. Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, and there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want. The generous man will be prosperous, and he who waters will himself be watered. Why we Give

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

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Comments📷Joe Plemon says December 24, 2009 at 2:20 pmBob, Thanks for the great list. It is timely and reinforces the true spirit of Christmas. 6, which you listed, is not often thought of as a Christmas verse, but I like to think of it that way, for Christmas is all about God giving us his son. Have a great Christmas! Reply📷Nepho says January 6, 2010 at 6:03 amHave a good day Bob.. Reply📷Philip Darkwa says April 30, 2010 at 12:21 pmThank God for helping to know more about giving I will practice it from now onwers Reply📷Juan Dela Cruz says June 13, 2010 at 8:51 pmThank you Bob for this wonderful set of verses. This’ll help train myself to be a true cheerful giver. 📷 GBY Reply📷munyaradzi cosmas says June 15, 2010 at 7:32 ami find your verses touching and i feel that you continue the good work of the Lord . Give us the important verses of offerings, love and deliverance.Thank you Reply📷Sylvester Igunbor says July 31, 2010 at 9:13 amI love your quotes , I was satisfied Thank you, Keep the Good work up Reply📷doug valentine says November 27, 2010 at 9:22 amBob, I enjoyed your note & I share a lot of your passions. I’m a pastor of a church in Belleville, Mi. Keep up the good work !! Reply📷nina says December 8, 2010 at 12:22 pmVery enlightening! I was a live liver donor on July 15, 2010 to my sister in law’s best friend. I did not know her well. I knew this gift would change both of our lives. And it has. I was asked to be a speaker at a Woman’s Ministry dinner. I found some of the above verses to help put what I did into prospective what God has asked. I will take some of these verses and put into my experience.thanks Reply📷Webster Tarusarira says December 19, 2010 at 12:53 amThank u Bob. I nvr knew the secret behind succes, u brought a change into my life Reply📷Alex Marestaing says December 26, 2010 at 10:21 amThanks so much for posting this. We decided to have church at home today since our kids are absolutely exhausted from Christmas. During our Bible time, I ‘m going to be teaching my kids about giving, and your verses will be perfect. Reply📷jude kepler says January 4, 2011 at 3:05 pmthank you so much for these bibile verses, they really help me in my youth group, Reply📷Chris Myhre says March 23, 2011 at 4:44 pmBob, Thanks for posting this. It makes it easier to give freely when we remember that Christ gave everything for us. We now owe Him everything we have. Since it is not ours anymore we cannot hold tighly to it. Keep up the good work! Blessings, chris Reply📷Christine says April 26, 2011 at 12:38 amThanks for this.. I am the Exhorter at the Youth Service this week..I can use one of this.. STAY BLESSED.. -Christine Reply📷innocent gwebu says August 26, 2011 at 6:00 ami have a problem i cannot give, what can i do.i know to give is good but i fail to give Reply📷Through Love I Live says May 10, 2012 at 3:41 amNext time someone askes you for something, give it to them. Everyone can give, it’s selfless giving that is hard. if someone needs something, give it to them before they ask. Don’t give for what you can get, or to go to someone else to boast about it, but give out of love. the best thing you can do for someone is to let them know Jesus loves them.Start small, and work up to the big stuff. If I was you I would start by giving some of my time to someone, just to be with them, and to listen.📷Juliet Mandinyenya says September 29, 2011 at 8:58 amThnk you so much for the blessing and wise Words. they are all we are holding on to at such a crucial time Reply📷mamello says December 20, 2011 at 5:27 amgood day. M in need of the verse whch talks abt givng one rand a day Reply📷james kamau says December 21, 2011 at 6:00 amThanks so much for the verses, they will be of great help in our church bible study. Reply📷Martin says April 13, 2012 at 1:45 amThank you for the verses! God spoke to me about giving yesterday. I heard…”if you want honey feed the bees!” That was out of this world. I will obey. Reply📷Kagande Skiwaa says May 16, 2012 at 8:25 amNice verses. encourages people to give and one another.(Mal 3:10) Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. Reply📷;Debbie McGee says January 28, 2014 at 12:14 amJesus is asking your, begging you to trust him. Bring him into the storehouse all that you can…….and after you have done that. Then listen to what HE says: ” …and PROVE me herewith, saith the LORD of hosts., if I will not open you the windows of heaven , and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” Jesus is telling you what to do-bring in all the tithes into the storehouses all that you can , that there will be meat in mine house and PROVE me herewith………if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing so abundant , that there shall NOT be room enough to receive it!” Jesus doesn’t lie. He doesn’t exaggerate. He wants this man to test him out-for Jesus to prove him true, that if he will do as Jesus asks, he’ll bless him with more than he can hold !!!!!! And I know you want to bless Mandy with something she is having to rely on others to help her with. “Jesus, we thank you for the graciousness and grace and generosity of these good people that are giving of what they have to help her Lord God with something she cannot help herself with.. We ask your blessings as promised in this verse of scripture, to bless them even more, for their diligence in giving to someone who so desperately needs your (and their) help. We praise you our perfect Lord for loving us, caring for us, forgiving us to create a way back to the Father to live with you and spend eternity with you, the Father and the Holy Spirit now and for eternity. We offer this prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, our great Redeemer. ~Amen.~📷Mrs.Thankam Scott says May 22, 2012 at 5:38 amBob, Thanks for the venture. I would ldd some verses.Lk.12:33 Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approacoth destroys. Mt. 10:42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no eis reward. Acts 2:44,45 Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common.And sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone has need. Reply📷Mrs.Thankam Scott says May 22, 48 amAlso add,1Tim. 5:18 For the Scripture says,” You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain,”and, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.” All the verses are from NIV. Reply📷Emerito Y. Rubio says August 4, 2013 at 10:13 pmThank you Bob for relevant insight about Stewardship and giving.📷Mrs.Thankam Scott says May 29, 2012 at 11:52 pm1 Tim.6:17 – 19 Command those who are rich in the present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. Let them do good, that they be rich in good works,ready to give, willing to share, storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. Reply📷Victor Ibekwe says June 30, 2012 at 6:03 pmYou are wondaful in sorting out this inspirational passages to believers. May God bless you real good. Reply📷Emy says July 8, 2012 at 12:20 amThanks for the verses,it helps a lot..We give back what God given to us.Every time we take out money from our wallet,the more have space of blessing will come. Reply📷chileshe Patricia. says October 30, 2018 at 3:03 amThank u very much for this teaching on giving📷Brandon says July 31, 2012 at 4:18 pmREAD THIS POST!!!!!I do want to make one thing clear. Christmas, even though it is suppose to be about Christ, its more about using religion to make money. Christmas and giving gifts is realistically only about 100 yrs old. This is what corporate America wants you to think, Show your family you love them, buy them gifts for Christmas.Show your wife you love her, by her jewelry for your anniversary.Basically Corporate america is trying to say “Gifts=Love”, in order to get more money in their pockets.You can try to argue about the three gifts given to Jesus, but the thing is, Jesus is Lord, we are not. Christmas is nothing more than a method to make money off of people by the use of religion. Just like anniversary gifts are to make money off of the love you have or your spouse. Reply📷John Frainee says July 31, 2012 at 8:59 pmBrandon, I agree that holidays have been largely commercialized. But, I think giving gifts is actually one way you can say “I love you” to someone. It’s good to not go overboard during the holidays, but it’s also a good thing to show others you care – gift or no gift. Agreed?📷Nikii says December 7, 2018 at 12:58 pmThroughout the Bible God calls his people to remember and celebrate. Christmas is about remembering and celebrating what Christ has done for us. Christ made it clear in His word that we giim, by giving to others (Matt 25 is one example). True, retailers have taken advantage of this, but God doesn’t judge you based on what retailers do; He judges you based on where your heart is. If someone’s heart is into the commercialism of it than they’re not really celebrating Christmas nor honoring Christ (they are literally breaking his Commandments by putting things above him) but if they are giving to truly honor God and to remember and celebrate what he has done for them than they are truly celbrating Christmas. We need to stand up for what Christmas is really about. Stop buying stuff that doesn’t represent the true meaning of Christmas. As long as we buy into it, allowing it to happen, retailers will continue to do it. So if you have a problem with the way Christmas is treated, the solution starts with you. God bless ♡📷PRINCE ASANTE says August 17, 2012 at 5:54 pmi want to know more about BIBLE Reply📷John Frainee says August 18, 2012 at 12:18 amThe best way to learn more is by reading it for yourself! Try this site: http://www.biblegateway.com (NIV and KJV translations are among the most popular). There are also a lot of reading plans at this site: http://www.youversion.com/bible/john.1.kjv God bless!📷Chris Thompson says April 5, 2014 at 1:20 pmMatthew 6:33 Don’t Worry ; Therefore seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.📷F.Jerry Loua says August 18, 2012 at 5:48 amThank You for all the verses its helps a lot for me and my personal study, and now I include you in my prayers! What a wonderful way unite with brothers and sisters of the Lord.Ask and you will be given! Seek and you will find! Knock and it will be open! Reply📷Shirley Stanifer says August 26, 2012 at 1:16 pmI’m looking for a verse that states: when you are giving to others from a free source of food that you may take a portion for yourself. Reply📷Julie Blake says September 16, 2012 at 2:43 pm“If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or toactions and in truth.” -1 John 3:17-18 Reply📷Rampaukai Mpom says October 13, 2012 at 10:02 amThe Bible verses were very useful to me especially for preparation of my references to topics. Thanks Reply📷Kelly in London says October 15, 2012 at 5:02 amHello Bob, Many thanks for this. I’m researching for verses to include in a letter to members of the community for our Love in the Box charity program. Here are two more:Proverbs 11:25 Be generous, and you will be prosperoyou will be helped.2 Corinthians 9:11-15 11 He will always make you rich enough to be generous at all times, so that many will thank God for your gifts which they receive from us. 12 For this service you perform not only meets the needs of God’s people, but also produces an outpouring of gratitude to God. 13 And because of the proof which this service of yours brings, many will give glory to God for your loyalty to the gospel of Christ, which you profess, and for your generosity in sharing with them and everyone else. 14 And so with deep affection they will pray for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown you. 15 Let us thank God for his priceless gift!God bless! Reply📷Marshall magwenzi says November 3, 2012 at 5:24 pmI wld like to thank u for sharing ths kind of gospel wth us may the Lord take u to high places. Reply📷Pamela Nelson says November 9, 2012 at 11:36 amHebrews 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love,which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints , and do minister . Reply📷Felix Bvuta says November 30, 2012 at 11:35 pmThe verses are inspirational and they have enlightened me a lot on giving as an act of love and worship. May the good Lord bless you. Reply📷Richard 5, 2012 at 9:11 amI have used Hebrews 13:16 “Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.” Reply📷Annonymous says December 18, 2012 at 7:28 amThanks for sharing this. My wife, 3 kids (10, 8, and 4), and I are headed out this morning to do some random acts of kindness for people in our town. We encouraged the kids to give what they were willing out of their own money towards the day and adding it to what my wife and I put in the pile. We were amazed at their generosity! We are reading this post and the verses prior to heading out for the day. Thanks again for putting these together! Reply📷Joseph G. Harmon, Jr says January 16, 2013 at 10:12 amO Lord my God… Please give me the grace and wisdom to be a very great and cheerful giver all my life in Jesus name… Amen ! Reply📷sunny says January 29, 2013 at 4:28 amIn Jesus name Amen!!📷Victor by nature says February 6, 2013 at 2:14 pmI thank The Almighty God for his word with which he reveals all these things to us. Reply📷KP says March 12, 2013 at 9:54 amJames 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Reply📷Bill says March 18, 2013 at 10:10 amLuke 12:33 “Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with a treasure in the Heavens that does not fail.” Reply📷ILMA says March 19, 2013 at 11:53 am2 Corinthians 8:11-12 (GNT) On with it, then, and finish the job! Be as eager to finish it as you were to plan it, and do it with what you now have. If you are eager to give, God will accept your gift on the basis of what you have to give, not on what you don’t have. Reply📷Terry Johnson says March 21, 2013 at 1:55 pmBobI’m preparing to teach on Commitment……Wow thanks for your input with these 21 Bible verses on Giving.Terry Reply📷Isaiah Ellison says August 24, 2013 at 9:01 pmThank you and all of the others who contributed to your list of scriptures about giving. I will keep this handy and share it with my family, friends and church members. Thank you again and may God continue to richly bless your Reply📷Adesanya Ahmed says September 21, 2013 at 3:18 amYour scriptural references has assisted me a lot in preparation for a sermon on giving. God bless you abundantly. Reply📷Rolando G says October 4, 2013 at 5:17 amI found this verse:Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. Reply📷agha uche says October 14, 2013 at 5:35 amPsalms 41:1-3. BLESSED is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will consider him in time of trouble. 2. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive: and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou will not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3. The Lord will strenthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou will make all his bed in his sickness. Reply📷Abigail says October 29, 2013 at 1:56 amDeutronomy8 vs 18 says remember the Lord your. God for it is he that gave you power to get wealth. Reply📷Mokete Alfred Seala says November 6, 2013 at 11:43 pmThank You Bob for the verses.We have a small house church and the Lord has blessed us tremendously over the last Eight Years both materially and Spiritually but giving is not acknowledged. So I have started teaching and praying directly concerning giving.Please join us in prayer!Alfred Reply📷Jackie says December 5, 2013 at 12:55 version are you using -specifically for the Proverbs 11:25 verse? Reply📷Moses Y. Wonyon says December 9, 2013 at 10:20 amI try to make giving my life style, because my Lord Jesus Christ give his life in order for me to live. God bless Reply Newer Comments »

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You cant look at this teat and forget to find out why we give. We give to be praised of men but we give to be obedient to God. Now for show or glow but because it is just. Its the right thing. Its so just that the lord blesses the giver. :9He who is generous will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor. :27He who gives to the poor will never want, but he who shuts his eyes will have many curses. “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows. :38Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.

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God have given us so much! He was not sparingly when he gave to us. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him wouldn’t perish, but would have eternal life. Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed. :10Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness; So our giving must be thru the lens of Justice doing what is right.