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Charitable Worksthat I will send a famine in theland, not a famine of bread, nora thirst for water, but of hearingthe words of Jehovah ."Acts 3 :2-8 "When he caughtsight of Peter and John . . . hebegan requesting to get gifts ofmercy . . However, Peter said :`Silver and gold I do not possess,but what I do have is what I giveyou : In the name of Jesus Christthe Nazarene, walk!'"Matt . 5 :3, 6 "Happy are thosewho arc conscious of their spiritualneed, since the kingdom ofthe heavens belongs to them .Happy are those hungering andthirsting for righteousness, sincethey will be filled ."To Get Life, Everything Must BeGiven in Wholehearted Devotionto Jehovah1 Cor . 13 :3 "If I give all mybelongings to feed others, and ifI hand over my body, that Imay boast, but do not have love,I am not profited at all ."Luke 18 :18-24 "A certain ruler. . .said : 'All these [commandments]I have kept from youthon .' . . . Jesus said to him : `Thereis yet one thing wanting aboutyou : Sell all the things you haveand distribute to poor people andyou will have treasure in theheavens ; and come be my follower.'"Luke 21 :1-4 "Now as he lookedup he saw the rich dropping theirgifts into the treasury chests .Then he saw a certain needywidow drop two small coins ofvery little value there, and hesaid : 'I tell you truthfully, Thiswidow, although poor, dropped inmore than them all . For all thesedropped in gifts out of theirsurplus, but this woman out ofher want dropped in all themeans of living she had.' "Luke 12 :33 "Sell the things belongingto you and give them60as gifts of mercy . Make pursesfor yourselves that do not wearout, a never-failing treasure inthe heavens, where a thief doesnot get near nor moth consumes ."Matt . 9 :13 "Go, then, and learnwhat this means, 'I want mercy,and not sacrifice."'1 Sam . 15:22 "Behold, to obeyis better than sacrifice ."Prov . 23 :26 "My son, give methy heart."Prov . 21 :3 "To do righteousnessand justice is more acceptableto Jehovah than sacrifice ."Heb . 13 :15, 16 "Through himlet us always offer to God a sacrificeof praise, that is, the fruitof lips which make public declarationto his name. Moreover, donot forget the doing of good andthe sharing of things with others,for with such sacrifices God iswell pleased."Also : Acts 10 :2, 4, 31 ; 1 Pet .2 :5 ; Matt . 19 :21 .The World's SacrificesCondemned1 Cor . 10 :20 "The things whichthe nations sacrifice they sacrificeto demons, and not to God ."Prov . 15 :8 "The sacrifice of thewicked is an abomination to Jehovah."Also : Jer. 5 :26, 28 ; Isa . 1 :4,16, 17 ; ech . 7 :9-11 .True Religion Shows Concernfor the PoorJas . 1 :26, 27 "If any manseems to himself to be a formalworshiper and yet does not bridlehis tongue, but goes on deceivinghis own heart, this man's formof worship is futile . The form ofworship that is clean and undefiledfrom the standpoint of ourGod and Father is this : to carefor orphans and widows in theirtribulation, and to keep oneselfwithout spot from the world ."Also : Jas. 2 :1-9 . 14-17 .