Giving To The Poor

[Socialite]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

Should there not be some motive that the God that taught us what real love and real compassion are about get the glory for that?

I don't know if others do this but I often think about subjects such as this and I am not making a point... I am thinking about things for which I have no intended end.

But I wonder how much power of the love of God and his people is unseen because it is given to some secular organization rather than a person, a local church, a church community or an organization delivering to this need so that it can be seen that this was the body of Christ that affected this ministry rather than some wider secular entity.

As AQP articulated, the larger orgs have their place as they more faithfully provide services for the poor and needy that I couldn't do on my own. I couldn't provide intensive food and medical treatment to an entire village, but I could send money.

To what you are saying, I think you are on to something. It's not either/or but both/and. We need to, as the Good Samaritan, dirty our hands with the needs in our own city as well. Sending off a check is not our religious duty that has made us righteous, but rather we are living in cities to bring about full redemption and restoration to the death around us. Little drops of love that bring life to an entire city. It's not a ploy to come to your church. It's the byproduct of lives overcome by Grace that have no other choice but to live graciously.