Givers

Mat 5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.


Give.


Mat 10:8 … freely ye have received, freely give.


Mat 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.


Mar 9:41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.


Mar 10:44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
Mar 10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.


Luk 6:30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.


Luk 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.


Give.


Mat 25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Mat 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Mat 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Mat 25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Mat 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Mat 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.


Rom 12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Rom 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.


1Ti 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
1Ti 6:18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
1Ti 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.


1Jn 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1Jn 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
1Jn 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.


Love NOT in word.
Love NOT in tongue.
But in DEED and in TRUTH.


We can profess our love all we want. We can talk of our love until our throats are dry and we can scarcely speak another word. We can write of our love until our fingers bleed. We can boast of love until people believe it's all we talk about and can't talk of anything else and guess what? All that talk, all that professing of love means absolutely NOTHING! We can say the words 'I love you' a million times and it's worth NOTHING! We can be the world's utmost authority on love and it will mean NOTHING! We are NOT to talk of love, we are to love.


The saying- 'talk is cheap' is very, very true. Talk means very little if our lives don't reflect what we talk about. We call people liars when they talk and talk and talk but never do any of what they talk about. Liars. When our mouths profess love and our actions say otherwise we are LIARS! Why do people think talking about love is good enough? Why do people think that 'people know I love them' when in truth if you are NEVER loving towards them they know no such thing! People want others to believe the love them just because they say they do. People want others to believe they really care with in truth they are anything but caring towards them. People want others to believe they love them when they hug them and kiss them, and yet do little else for them. The showing of affection while never providing for someone's needs means little- hollow affection- words without substance, actions void of truth.


Loving in deed and truth.


Deed-
G2041
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Thayer Definition:
1) business, employment, that which any one is occupied
1a) that which one undertakes to do, enterprise, undertaking
2) any product whatever, any thing accomplished by hand, art, industry, or mind
3) an act, deed, thing done: the idea of working is emphasised in opp. to that which is less than work
Part of Speech: noun neuter
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from a primary (but obsolete) ergo (to work)


Loving in action. Loving in what we DO. Loving in how we live.


Loving in truth- really, really loving as Jesus would have us love, loving as HE loved.


Mar 10:44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
Mar 10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.


Jesus came NOT to be ministered unto, but to minister!
We shall be servants!


Mat 5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.



Minister- give.
Love in deed- give.


Luk 6:30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.


Give.


We can profess Christ and never be Christ's. Christ will not know those who profess him in word but not in deed, they will be complete strangers to the greatest Giver of all.


One who naturally gives has a gift, a blessing, because so many of us are takers more than givers. Those natural givers have something in common with our Savior in a very special way. Is it any wonder Satan will attack the natural givers so horrifically? Being able to give freely is something very, very special.


Jesus would have us LEARN to give because not everyone is a natural giver. Over and over Jesus is revealing Himself to us in His lessons. We are to treat others as Jesus treated us. We are to reveal Jesus through our lives in all ways, not just on the written page, not just by speaking. Don't get me wrong- some people give of themselves in their words I would never say otherwise but those giving in their words need to live giving. We need to be givers in all aspects of our lives and by the grace of God we will be! By the power of the Holy Spirit we will be givers, we will love in deed and in truth!


Givers.


Because He gave.


In His love!