Tag: Love is an action

Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him. Proverbs 14:31.

“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. “The time came when the beggar died…

Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed. Proverbs 19:17. “Much of our philanthropy is simply the impulse to save ourselves an uncomfortable feeling. The Spirit of God alters all that. As saints our attitude towards giving is that we give for Jesus Christ’s sake,…

If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 1 John 3:17. “The use of money without aiming to glorify God with it is embezzlement.” – John Piper.

You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 19:34. “Love is not an affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as…