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Complete Sermon Notes
When You Do Good
WHEN YOU Series pt. 1
Intro: “When you” has instructions and benefits. Motives are the key – why we do something.
The thought of a wrong motive is not yet sin.
Matthew 6 (NKJV) “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
WHEN YOU DO A CHARITABLE DEED its not to be announced.
JAMES 1:27 NASB Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
ALMS – food, money, and provision
2 Thessalonians 3:10, “…If any will not work, neither let him eat.”
We are to err on the side of Grace, but use wisdom. Not doing anything is just as bad as self-promotion.
Sidenote: “keep oneself unstained [unspotted / untarnished] by the world.”
By the way, in case you thought helping others covers it, not so – holiness is important.
Lukewarm believers often help those in need to avoid obedience.
HOW TO DO A CHARITABLE DEED
…when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men.
Do not bring attention to it. If attention finds you, that’s different.
3 But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.
Left and right hand – hyperbole to show the seriousness.
Giving releases me from Idolatry (not Dollar Tree) and releases the blessing. Give food, provision, and things away: It has to hit where it hurts.
Don’t give to others or the church if it belongs at the dump.
Giving time: a listening and supportive ear is often better than a full stomach. Our priorities reveal our heart. Are we always on the run…too busy for others?
THE ORDER OF RESPONSIBILITY: provide for your family and live below your means. From that provision, you then reach out to orphans and widows.
The Old Testament had a tithe and other requirements; the NT is generosity from a cheerful heart to those in need and those who build us up spiritually – from the nursery to serving opportunities – to heating and rent.
We go from a consumer to an investor.
How would God invest His money since it’s all His anyway?
Giving crushes idolatry because it’s the closest thing we have to making...
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Complete Sermon Notes
When You Do Good
WHEN YOU Series pt. 1
Intro: “When you” has instructions and benefits. Motives are the key – why we do something.
The thought of a wrong motive is not yet sin.
Matthew 6 (NKJV) “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
WHEN YOU DO A CHARITABLE DEED its not to be announced.
JAMES 1:27 NASB Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
ALMS – food, money, and provision
2 Thessalonians 3:10, “…If any will not work, neither let him eat.”
We are to err on the side of Grace, but use wisdom. Not doing anything is just as bad as self-promotion.
Sidenote: “keep oneself unstained [unspotted / untarnished] by the world.”
By the way, in case you thought helping others covers it, not so – holiness is important.
Lukewarm believers often help those in need to avoid obedience.
HOW TO DO A CHARITABLE DEED
…when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men.
Do not bring attention to it. If attention finds you, that’s different.
3 But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.
Left and right hand – hyperbole to show the seriousness.
Giving releases me from Idolatry (not Dollar Tree) and releases the blessing. Give food, provision, and things away: It has to hit where it hurts.
Don’t give to others or the church if it belongs at the dump.
Giving time: a listening and supportive ear is often better than a full stomach. Our priorities reveal our heart. Are we always on the run…too busy for others?
THE ORDER OF RESPONSIBILITY: provide for your family and live below your means. From that provision, you then reach out to orphans and widows.
The Old Testament had a tithe and other requirements; the NT is generosity from a cheerful heart to those in need and those who build us up spiritually – from the nursery to serving opportunities – to heating and rent.
We go from a consumer to an investor.
How would God invest His money since it’s all His anyway?
Giving crushes idolatry because it’s the closest thing we have to making...