Marriage

(continued on marriage)Now it's time for the last principle of giving, ALMS. This type of giving is emphasized in the Sermon On The Mount specifically Matt 6:1-4. There are several points we can derive from this; don't do them before others if your to receive a reward, don't make a big deal about it for when you do you'll have your reward and become a hypocrite, when you do your alms do it secretly and quietly so that the Father in heaven that sees in secret will then reward you openly. The beginning of this verse is with an expectation, not an IF but WHEN. A Godly home will have an alms giving established. The best definition is in Luke 11:41, "But rather give alms of such things as ye have", and also 12:23 "sell that ye have, and give alms," and by doing so you will continually have something to give, a treasure in heaven that cannot fail, thieves cannot reach it and it will not corrupt. The implication is not to wait until you have plenty but do it with use what you have now. What rewards, not only obedience but the blessings that God has promised. Alms are; money, meals, clothing, provisions for a need and no one knows where it came from! Filling someone's freezer with meat, bags of groceries, providing transportation, paying someone's bill all anonymously! Look at Cornelius in Acts 10:1-4 "A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people", vs4 "Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God." God remembers these gifts! This should be something that goes on regularly in a Godly home. Father, mother, children should always be looking for someone and something to give. Tithing, offerings and alms will always be a part of a Godly home!!! YOU CANT OUT GIVE THE LORD NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.