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Charitable WorksJohn 3 :16, 17 "God loved theworld so much that he gave hisonly-begotten Son ."Rom . 11 :35 "Who has firstgiven to him, so that it mustbe repaid to him?"2 Cor . 9 :15 "Thanks be to Godfor his indescribable free gift ."Rom . 6 :23 "The gift God givesis everlasting life by Christ Jesusour Lord ."Acts 17 :25 "Neither is he attendedto by human hands as ifhe needed anything, because hehimself gives to all persons lifeand breath and all things ."Also : Eph . 2 :4, 8 ; 4 :7, 8 ; Ps.136 :25 .Give Freely, Without Show,to Honor GodMatt . 6 :1-4 "Take good care notto practice your righteousness infront of men in order to be observedby them ; otherwise youwill have no reward with yourFather who is in the heavens .Hence when you start makinggifts of mercy, do not blow atrumpet ahead of you, just as thehypocrites do . But you, whenmaking gifts of mercy, do not letyour left hand know what yourright is doing, that your gifts ofmercy may be in secret ; thenyour Father who is looking on insecret will repay you ."Matt . 5 :46 "If you love thoseloving you, what reward do youhave? are not also the tax collectorsdoing the same thing?"Also: Mark 12 :38-40 ; Luke5 :12-14 ; 8 :49-56 : 20 :46, 47 .Gifts Selfishly Given Bring NoFavor from GodMark 7 :11 "But you men say,'If a man says to his father orhis mother, "Whatever I have bywhich you may get help fromme is corban, (that is, a giftdedicated to God,) " you men nolonger let him do a single thingfor his father or his mother .' andthus you shove the word of Godaside for your tradition whichyou handed down."58Acts 5 :1-5 "A certain man,Ananias by name, together withSapphira his wife, sold a possessionand secretly held back someof the price, his wife also knowingabout it, and he brought just apart and deposited it at the feetof the apostles . But Peter said :`Ananias, to what end has Satanemboldened you to play falseto the holy spirit and to holdback secretly some of the priceof the field? . . . You have playedfalse, not to men, but to God .'On hearing these words Ananiasfell down and expired ."John 12 :4-6 "Judas Iscariot,one of his disciples, who wasabout to betray him, said : 'Whywas it this perfumed oil was notsold for three hundred denariiand given to poor people?' Hesaid this, though, not because hewas concerned about the poor,but because he was a thief andhad the money-box and used tocarry off the monies put in it ."Organized Giving Voluntary, butDirected by Congregation'sGoverning Body1 Cor . 16 :1-4 "Concerning thecollection which is for the holyones, just as I gave orders tothe congregations of Galatia, dothat way also yourselves. Everyfirst day of the week let eachof you at his own house setsomething aside in store as hemay be prospering, so that whenI arrive collections will not takeplace then . But when I get there,whatever men you approve of byletters, these I shall send to carryyour kind gift to Jerusalem ."2 Cor. 9 :5, 7 "I thought it necessaryto encourage the brothersto come to you in advance andto get ready in advance yourbountiful gift previously promised,that thus this might beready as a bountiful gift and notas something extorted. Let eachone do just as he has resolved inhis heart, not grudgingly or undercompulsion, for God loves acheerful giver ."