Wealth and Poverty: deeds

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Saturday, 28 January 2017

NT Guidelines: Give Excellently

Now as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmost eagerness, and in our love for you[a]—so we want you to excel also in this generous undertaking.[b] - 2 Corinthians 8:7

Like piano playing, giving is a skill.

And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds - Hebrew 10:24

Shouldn't we be asking how can we spur on each others giving?

Is my money mine?

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We law-abiding high-living consumers, satisfy our self-indulgent whims and appetites for comfort

or pleasure through clearly superior means--we buy ever-larger houses and fill them with ever-more goodies. "And

where is the harm in that?" we ask, not seeking or wanting an answer. We deny the obvious truth that there is always a

more Christian use for money that is spent self-indulgently. We even have the audacity to tell ourselves and others

that we "earn" or "deserve" the goodies that give us comfort and pleasure. We seem to have little difficulty divorcing

wealth, materialism, and self-indulgent consumption from serious contemplation of Christian morality. Randy Alcorn