448. Why Is Liberality to Be Commended?<\/p>\n
It is pleasing to God. He never forgets it Christ set an example of it and it is characteristic of Saints (2Co_9:7; Heb_6:10; 2Co_8:9; Psa_112:9). This good quality should be exercised in the service of God towards all men, such as saints, servants, the poor, strangers, and towards enemies (Exo_35:21-29; Gal_6:10; Rom_12:13; Deu_15:12-14; Lev_25:35; Pro_25:21)'. It should be demonstrated by lending to those in want, in giving alms, relieving the destitute, and in rendering personal services (Mat_5:42; Luk_12:33; Isa_58:7; Php_2:30). In practice, however, we should be guided by these restrictions. We should be liberal without ostentation, with simplicity, should be willing and give abundantly (Matt. 611-3;Rom_8:2; Deu_16:10; Mat_6:1-8; 2Co_8:12; 2Co_8:7). Its exercise provokes others to like goodness whereas the want of, while bringing to many a curse, is proof of not loving God, and of not having faith (2Co_9:3;Pro_28:27; 1Jn_3:17; Jam_2:14-16). Liberality is highly commended, blessings are connected with it and promises are given to those who practice it (Luk_3:11, Luk_11:41; 1Co_16:1; Psa_41:1; Psa_112:9; Pro_11:25). God's people were always noted for having this virtue, as see Prince of Israel, Num_7:2; Boaz, Rth_2:16; David, 2Sa_9:7-10; Zacchaus, Luk_19:8; First Christians, Act_2:45; Barnabas, Act_4:36-37; Cornelius, Act_16:2; Lydia, Act_16:15; Paul, Act_20:34.<\/p>\n
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448. Why Is Liberality to Be Commended? It is pleasing to God. He never forgets it Christ set an example of it and it is characteristic of Saints (2Co_9:7; Heb_6:10; 2Co_8:9; Psa_112:9). This good quality should be exercised in the service of God towards all men, such as saints, servants, the poor, strangers, and towards … Continue reading “448 – Why Is Liberality to Be Commended?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}