Sunday Re-cap (01st October, 2006)

Do You Really Know God
Bro. Daniel Jacob

Gen 19:1 -15 ~ Sodom & Gomorrah were punished.
Gen 18:20 – Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed because of their sin. Ezekiel 16:49 says their sin was that they did not help the poor, were haughty and did detestable things.
The main reason God destroyed them was because they did not help the poor and the needy.


Gen 18:20 – Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed because of their sin. Ezekiel 16:49 says their sin was that they did not help the poor, were haughty and did detestable things.
The main reason God destroyed them was because they did not help the poor and the needy.

Gal 2:9-10 ~ The Apostles and Paul had the same desire that is “to remember the poor”.

Jeremiah 22:16 ~ To have compassion on the poor. That compassion must do something, and
not just having good intentions but without actions. The Bible says that Jesus was moved by
compassion to do something.

Lev 19:1-10 ~ The Lord told how the harvesters must consider the poor & needy by leaving some at the edge, whatever falls don’t pick up, so that the poor may collect them.

We have to heed the call of the poor and needy.
Pro 21:31~ Don’t shut the cry of the poor and remember what we sow is what we will reap.
Mt 25:31-46 – Jesus mentions that whatever we do to the least of the brethren, we do it unto Him.

Eph 2:8 By grace we have been saved through faith. James says ‘Faith without works is dead”. If we have faith, the natural result is action to do something.
We become selfish and self centred if we do not give or help the poor. When we are insensitive to something, we are oblivious to the problems around.

Poor are those who due to circumstances in life are not able to help or fend for themselves due to ill health, death of sole provider, lack of opportunity, oppression from outside.

We should proactively want to help the poor & needy.
Pro 22:9 – Generous giver will be blessed.
Deut 15:10 – Give without grieve and God will bless all your works
Pro 19:17 – He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD…

You can give without loving but you cannot love without giving!
So to what extend do we help the poor & needy? The picture of a true Christian is one who blesses the poor.

Conclusion: God is interested in people, especially people in difficulty. Give without expecting anything in return!