Hi,
giving to the poor is one of the fundamental teachings of the church. I try to give as much as I can to the poor. God does not want us to give away everything, he actually wants to bless us so we can bless others.
2Co 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
Mar 10:29-30 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
The verses about giving show the attitude we are to have toward money, that it is a tool to help the poor. God expects very few people to leave everything, he has only ever said it to one person in the past. Every one else should see their money as a tool for helping the poor, and Gods power and provision as the method for increase to be able to help.
giving to the poor is one of the fundamental teachings of the church. I try to give as much as I can to the poor. God does not want us to give away everything, he actually wants to bless us so we can bless others.
2Co 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
Mar 10:29-30 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
The verses about giving show the attitude we are to have toward money, that it is a tool to help the poor. God expects very few people to leave everything, he has only ever said it to one person in the past. Every one else should see their money as a tool for helping the poor, and Gods power and provision as the method for increase to be able to help.
