The NXR Podcast - January 09, 2023


DAILY TRUTH - What Does The Bible Say About Caring for the Poor？


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00:00:41.680 Jesus said, man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the
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00:00:49.320 now galatians tells us that as often as we have opportunity we should seek to do good
00:00:59.720 toward all but especially the verse continues the household of faith our god is infinite
00:01:08.760 but his church is not our god is infinite he owns the cattle on a thousand hills
00:01:17.280 but the people of God the church of God is finite and therefore its resources are finite
00:01:24.860 and what God demands of us is not reckless generosity but rather what he demands of his
00:01:34.400 people is wise stewardship wise stewardship and in this stewardship that's the overarching banner
00:01:44.380 we find good biblical generosity but as we seek to be generous and the ways that we are commanded
00:01:53.720 we must exercise discernment we must be careful so that the resources that god has graciously
00:02:01.720 blessed us with are actually designated toward those who truly need them that's the primary
00:02:10.180 principle and emphasis of the text today the text the principle the heartbeat of our text
00:02:17.100 is not stinginess it is generosity but it is a generosity that is calculated and wise
00:02:29.180 a generosity that demonstrates good godly stewardship so that those who are truly in need
00:02:37.400 receive the answer to their need one of the reasons why there are people who are truly in need
00:02:45.620 and they don't receive the resources they need that they require is because the people of god
00:02:52.160 are foolish in the way that we serve the poor well what we see in the bible again and again and again
00:02:58.480 is we see a few people given much. 0.95
00:03:04.100 Now what we see in our culture,
00:03:06.220 and sadly even in Christian church culture today,
00:03:10.340 is we see churches not seeking to be generous
00:03:13.560 as the Bible dictates,
00:03:15.780 but we see churches rather pulling PR stunts.
00:03:22.400 Churches taking a page right out of Hollywood
00:03:24.960 rather than the Bible.
00:03:26.080 caring for 10,000 widows
00:03:30.460 with the equivalent of a $50 Chili's gift card
00:03:34.340 doesn't actually help
00:03:38.400 taking a lot of resources
00:03:41.380 but wanting to put up big numbers
00:03:43.760 for the approval of man
00:03:45.260 and so there's just this sprinkling
00:03:48.020 where everybody gets just a tiny crumb
00:03:50.160 and no one's actually really helped
00:03:52.380 see what our text tells us today
00:03:55.140 is that if a church follows God's standards,
00:03:58.740 if a church obeys and submits to God's word,
00:04:02.040 then a local church, perhaps of our size,
00:04:05.380 may have two or three, perhaps given the context,
00:04:08.660 maybe four or five widows 0.96
00:04:10.400 who are not receiving just canned goods, 0.57
00:04:13.380 but are actually on the payroll of that church.
00:04:17.480 Every month, their rent, their medical bills,
00:04:21.260 all of their groceries are paid.
00:04:25.140 See, the Bible dictates real generosity that actually meets real needs.
00:04:34.320 And it must be given to those who are really in need.
00:04:40.660 Not just to anybody who can weave some kind of narrative, some kind of sob story on social media.
00:04:49.240 No, the church must be discerning.
00:04:51.780 We must be wise.
00:04:55.140 We must care more about the approval of our Heavenly Father
00:04:59.500 than the approval of our culture. 1.00
00:05:04.960 Do we actually love widows? 1.00
00:05:07.960 Or do we love PR stunts and the approval ratings that we might gain by them?
00:05:16.900 This text tells us how to actually care for the poor.
00:05:22.500 The real poor.
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