Charity Edifieth
1
Corinthians 8:1
1 Corinthians 16:14
...knowledge puffeth up, but
charity Let all your things be done
edifieth. with
charity.
As believers, we have a
responsibility Our father in heaven
desires
to not only edify ourselves but to
edify that we aggressively apply
our neighbors also. The state of
being charity to EVERYTHING that
knowledgeable can open a door to being we do.
At different times in
prideful. our
lives we can develop a
habit of being discriminating
Being charitable is not an act
of taking with the way in which we
something as acquiring knowledge
is, incorporate charity into our
but it is giving to another. Giving
can everyday lives.
only benefit another and not
ourselves.
We
may show charity to some
This assertion completely explains the and
not to others. This biased
actions Jesus took as he came to the process
of showing charity
world, lived his life, then
left. only when we desire is
in
direct opposition to God's ways.
Jesus' actions during his time here on Being
the children of the most
earth were totally unselfish. He did not high
requires us to show
seek his own agenda but totally
lived charity as God directs us and
his life to inform others about the kingdom not
based on our criteria.
of God and why they all needed to be
saved.
Sacrificing his life for us, Jesus represented 1
Corinthians 13: 4-7
the embodiment of charity.
4.
Charity suffereth long, and
As believers, God expects us to know and is kind;
charity envieth not;
live a life of charity. If you seek to
please charity vaunteth not itself, is
God, seek how to express charity. not
puffed up,
5. Doth not behave itself
unseemly, seeketh not her
own,
is not easily provoked,
Peter 4: 8-9 thinketh
no evil;
8. And above all things have fervent charity 6.
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but
among yourselves: for charity shall cover rejoiceth
in the truth
9. Use hospitality one to another
without believeth all things, hopeth
grudging. all
things, endureth all
things
Proverbs 17:9
There
a specific characteristics
He that covereth a transgression seeketh that
define charity that we need
love; but he that repeateth a matter to
be aware of in order to live a
separateth very
friends. life
synonymous with the way
God
expects us to live.
A charitable person will not seek to make
another person feel guilty or squirm due to These
characteristics include
a sin they committed in the past, but will be long
suffering, being kind,
merciful in handling the shameful past of
avoiding envying our neighbor,
someone. Just as God forgives our past loving
the truth, behaving
transgressions and casts it into the sea of manerly,
and seeking to give
forgetfulness, we can do the same to one rather
than taking.
another.
Following
these characteristics
Instead of bringing a past transgression to will
allow us to live a peaceful
light, we should move on and resist and
an abundant existence
mentioning it, unless the person did
not because we will be pleasing
correct the actions which lead to the God,
who blesses those who
transgression. In this instance, speaking follow
his ways.
of the past sin committed to correct or build
another person is a charitable act.
Keeping kindness in mind will help to
avoid using a transgression of another as
a weapon against them.
E-Tracth
Charity Edifieth
By Pastor Nikia Smith
