Almsgiving

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Quote (942767 @ Mar. 24 2008,21:28)

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 25 2008,15:00) Hi94, God is yes, yes and yes. So should we be as His reborn children. We should shine as lights set on a hill so men will give glory to God. Hi Nick: I have done the work of an Evangelist on the street for the past 13 years.  Many times on the street as I evangelized, I have been asked by those staying at the homeless shelter for money.  Should I give them money when I know that they are going to buy drugs or alcohol or cigarettes with it?

If your heart is not right in giving then you should not give.

Refusing to give when you can afford to do on a mere assumption, whether or not you are probably correct, is not the issue. The issue is, one, if your heart is right, then the alms that depart from your hand are going to 'Elohim and not a mere beggar. Two, if he misshandles the alms, that is between 'Elohim and himself.

The crux is the heart.

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Quote (Samuel @ Mar. 24 2008,22:11)

James 2 15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? This is the thoughts of the world. I hear people all the time…”Ah…go get a job you bum!”   What if that was an angel of the Lord testing you? …what then? Or, someone at work that you know needs $20.00 for gas or food till they get paid. Or …what ever…Trust me you'll know it.  Because once you turn them away… You'll hear that voice of convection in your heart. You'll feel about 2 inches tall…sort of like how Peter might have felt that day maybe? Luke 22 55And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. 56But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. 57And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. 58And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. 59And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean. 60And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the #### crew. 61And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the #### crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 62And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. Can you imagine making such a mistake while the Lord Looks right at you?  Do you know that every time you turn the poor and needy away, that the Lord is most likely looking right at you at that very moment? Anyway, on Alms giving… I love to take stuff right from the Bible.   You can't argue with the flat out truth…but some people do.  Thats why we have so many religions now.  One person did not want to believe the truth so they made it “Mean” something else.  Now we have a host of “Devils” influenced by Satan all over this world convincing people that GOD is not real or that his word “Means” something else, other than what it actually says…?  What lies! Lies from the pits of Hell…and one day they will see just how big those lies really are. Alms giving… Matthew 6   Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Obviously this scripture clearly states to not go around “Flaunting” “Boasting” or as we say in modern day times…”Bling Blingin'” around about what you did or how you did it. Matthew 6 2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. Alms are supposed to be done in secret…as well as praying… Matthew 6 5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11Give us this day our daily bread. 12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. And…fasting… Matthew 6 16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. See…people don't read their bible, but they are super quick to tell you what they think it means…and they've never even read it…lots of people just go to church once a week on Sunday…So that they might be seen by men in the church.  And, thats usually the only time you ever see them with a bible…or praying, or fasting, or giving, or having  anything whatsoever to do with the name of the Lord thy GOD!. They go about whipping around $100.00 bills flashing them around before they chunk them in the offering plate…They never pray at home…unless they are sick and are about to die…or have a loved one that is about to die.  Never give anything to anyone unless it is a chance for them to look good in front of their friends. You want to know some good places you can really have church? The Prison…and the E.R room. Oh yeah …people will pray with you then.  ( I know…I've been there, and been the one doing the praying, the Lord learned me something…that night ). “Oh GOD! I'll never do it again…Just get me through this one”  …then they don't talk to him again till they are having another visit to the E.R. or something. We are a people that really needs to wake up… Especially America… People running around saying “Well America don't really have nothing to do with the end times, we really ain't going to have anything to worry about.” Thats a LIE from the pits of HELL! We are having something to do with it right this very second and don't even know it. You heard that song by Casting Crowns?   “Will you be sleeping?” People say well “Those Pentecostals don't do this, and they don't do that.”  “I want something real” There just might come a day when they say ” I wish I would have listened to those Pentecostals about that Holy Ghost…and GODS word” I get so heated at Satan…when I go to a church and the service is ok, and the message is ok and then the “alter-call” is not even an “alter-call” at all.  Its a pre-made prayer “The sinners” prayer…not that a prayer like that would not work if spoken “By the actual person and was really meant”  Rather than  “Repeat after me”  You don't   have to come down here and “Nail” your sins to the cross…or get embrassed by all your friends for Jesus' Name…just sit right there in your chair and say this…then your saved….OH GOD!   Jesus died for you?  but you can get up out of your chair and walk down to an alter and kneel in an air conditioned building thats completely comfortable and no discomfort at all…and tell him that your thankful for that?   And the worst is the part where they try to tell people that you don't get no Holy Ghost feelings like some religions do.   I'm here to tell yo u right now…if you had what I had on me the other night for just a split second…you'd not only run around the church…you'd probably run through the wall…I felt like at least trying it out…Praise GOD! You just do not have any Idea what you are missing…if you have never had the Holy Ghost get a hold of you…I'm telling I was upset set cause I actually thought I was in heaven …then I found out I wasn't. I'm not sure if you actually need to feel that to get to heaven…but I can put it to you like this.   If you don't ever get to experience this…imagine it like this…Its like Going to Red Lobster…and never getting the Lobster. (or the shrimp scampi, which is actually better)   Its like going to your favorite place to eat…and never ever getting that favorite dish that you so very much like when you go there…Its actually Joy unspeakable and full of GLORY! No one can describe it …because there are no words in any language known to man to describe it with….at least that I know of anyway. There is a thousand reasons why you NEED the Holy Ghost…it empowers you to WITNESS! for one. I super sure sign you got it is not talking in tongues…you might not even know you were even talking in tongues…(I didn't). But you'll want to tell EVERYBODY! You want be able to stop telling people about it. You'll know for sure you got it then.   These people are right about one thing…they do need something REAL …and they don't have it….can't find it…and probably would not know what it was if it was in their very face… John 1:10   He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. I don't mean to get on here and “Preach” to anyone …but sometimes a fire just burns in my soul and it feels like I have to say some things that need to be said where some people can hear them.  I don't know who needs to hear this or who its for …but someone does or I would not have been moved to say it.

Now that was from the heart, well spoken Samuel!

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Quote (Nick Hassan @ Mar. 25 2008,01:12)

Hi 94, It does not say give money.

And a pebble turns into a boulder.

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Quote (Samuel @ Mar. 25 2008,05:48)

It don't matter if your giving money or food… or whatever it is that you want to give… What the bible says about it is do it in seceret. Thats what the scripture says… It is written.

Samuel, Seems 'Elohim has his hand on you.

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Hi,
Satan offered Jesus the world's glory and power and he still does give it to those who worship him.
The poor have the gospel preached to them.

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Hi,
You can never be sure that those who ask are not of the brethren of Jesus.
Use the mammon to make eternal friends.

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Hi,
Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

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Hi,
Jas 5
5 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

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Hi,
Matthew 6:3
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

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