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| Money: Compassion & Integrity Money is powerful. It can bring out the best or the worst in people. In our drive to gain lots of it, or use it for personal comfort and convenience, we can become very cold and unconcerned about others (I Tim. 6:10). But that ought not to be the way for Gods followers. In I Corinthians 16, we see that Paul was conducting a fund-raising drive to help some needy believers. He could have focused on the need of the recipients. They were Christians in Jerusalem, perhaps suffering from persecution or famine. But instead he concentrated on how the Corinthians should initiate a regular pattern of giving to meet the need (I Cor. 16:2). Their participation would be an act of loving worship as they met together on the first day of the week. Paul also pointed out that the transfer of the funds would be carried out by responsible people chosen by the Corinthians themselves (I Cor. 16: 3). That guaranteed reliability and honesty. Apparently Paul faced facts about the human tendency of greed. How are you using you money to alleviate suffering and meet the needs of others? |
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