CHARGE THEM THAT ARE RICH IN THIS WORLD THAT THEY DO GOOD THAT THEY BE RICH IN GOOD WORKS
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
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1 TIMOTHY 6 :17-19
17) Command those who are
rich in this present world not
to be rich arrogant nor to put
their hope in wealth, which is
so uncertain, but to put their
hope in GOD, who richly
provides us with everything
for our enjoyment,
18)command them to do
good, to be rich in good
deeds, and to be generous
and willing to share
19) In this way they lay up
treasure for themselves as a
firm foundation for the
coming age, so that they may
take hold of the life that is
truly life
NINE (9) FOLD CHARGE OF
RICH MEN:
*1.BE NOT HIGH MINDED:
That their riches do not lift
them up into a high pride or
opinion of themselves, which
worldly riches often do
*2. DON’T TRUST IN
UNCERTAIN RICHES:
And that they repose no
confidence in them, making
them their strong
confidence.
3. TRUST IN THE LIVING
GOD
4. THAT THEY DO GOOD:
That is to others, as they
have opportunity
5. BE RICH IN GOOD WORKS
Be plentiful in alms deeds or
more generally in all good
works of compassion to the
Poor
6. BE READY TO DISTRIBUTE
That they be ready give with
cheerfulness to the Poor
7. BE WILLING TO
COMMUNICATE: Having
fellowship with all men, even
the poor
8. Laying treasures in heaven
9. Lay hold to eternal life
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KING JAMES BIBLE
RICH MEN TO TRUST IN GOD
NO IN RICHES
17) Charge them that are
rich in this world, that they
be not high minded, nor trust
in uncertain riches, but in the
living God, who giveth us
richly all things to enjoy
WILLING TO GIVE TO THE
NEEDY
18) that they do good, that
they be rich in good works,
ready to distribute, willing to
communicate
MISSION OF ETERNAL LIFE
19) Laying up in store
treasure for themselves a
good foundation against the
time to come, that they may
lay hold on eternal life
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WEALTHY BELIEVERS TO BE
RICH IN GOOD WORKS:
*By generously sharing their
surplus of financial resources
with the needy, to be ready
to distribute and liberal in
giving
* when wealthy believers
generously share they secure
an assurance Laying up in
store for themselves a good
foundation against the time
to come that they may enter
eternal life (heaven)
THE GIVER MUST TRUST
GOD NOT MONEY
THE STRONG WORD
COMMAND, WHICH HAS
FORCE OF MILITARY is a
command to act exactly how
GOD says Command/ charge
them that are rich,
FIVE STRONG CHARGE ARE
GIVEN TO THE RICH
1.THE RICH PERSON IS NOT
TO BE HIGH-MINDED,
PROUD OR ARROGANT
There is the danger that the
rich man may think too highly
of himself, high-minded
prideful.
That he esteems himself
better than others, and a
reason to downplay and look
down on others because of
riches
*Riches and possessions do
not make a good person;
they do not make a quality
person and do not make any
person better of more quality
that anyone else
2. THE RICH MAN SHOULD
NOT TRUST IN
UNCERTAINTY OF RICHES:
Riches are about the most
uncertain thin in life, The
world economy never
settled.
3.THE RICH PERSON IS TO
TRUST IN GOD,
fix and set his eye upon GOD
4. THE RICH MAN IS TO DO
GOOD AND RICH IN GOOD
WORKS:
*The rich man/person is to
do good and to be rich in
good works or deeds.
*The deed of the rich man is
clearly stated, he is to
distribute his wealth and be
generous in it.
*Millions of people are
ravaged with hunger,
disease, and lack of fresh
water, homelessness and
destitute
*GOD expect the rich to do
to do good and be rich in
good deeds, he expects the
rich to distribute and be
generous and sacrificial in
meeting the needs of the lost
and poor and dying of this
world
THE RICH PERSON IS TO LAY
UP WEALTH FOR LIFE
ETERNAL BY:
By distributing and
giving generously and
sacrificially
By using their wealth
to do good and ready
to share.
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DEUTERONOMY 8:17-18
THE WEALTH OF MAN IS TO
BE USED FOR THE GLORY OF
GOD BY:
Helping the ravaged world of
homeless, hungry and
deceased
DEU. 14:28-28
DEU. 15: 7-11
DEU. 26:12-13
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17) And thou say in thine
heart, my power and the
might of mine hand hath
gotten me this wealth
18) But thou shalt remember
the LORD thy GOD; for it is
he that giveth thee power to
get wealth, that he may
establish his covenant which
he swore unto thy father
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GOD GIVES US POWER TO
MAKE WEALTH
SAY IN THEIR HEART- to
think or imagine, that the
wealthy condition in which
any one is placed was as a
result of their own efforts
All riches are to be ascribed
to GOD’s glorious
abundance, for him comes
the power to make wealth
creativity and must be used
according to GOD’s Purpose
to affect the ravaging world.
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DEUTERONOMY 15:7-11
HAVING COMPASSION FOR
THE POOR AND NEEDY
FIVE COMMANDS TO RELIEF
THE POOR BROTHER
1. If a brother become
poor do not harden
your heart or shut
your door against him
2. You shall open your
hand wide to him and
lend him as much as
he needs
3. Beware that you not
scheme against your
brother or evade your
responsibility of
helping him because
is near the Sabbath
year
4. You shall surely give
to him; and do not be
grieved in your heart
when you do so, for
the blessing of GOD
depends upon your
doing right according
to the Law
5. You shall ever be
ready to help the
poor and needy, for
they will always be in
your land
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7) If there be among you a
poor man of one of thy
brethren within any of thy
gates in thy land which the
LORD thy GOD giveth thee,
thou shalt not harden thine
heart, nor shut thine hand
from thy poor brother
8) But thou shalt open thine
hand wide unto him, and
shalt surely lend him
sufficient for his need, in that
which he wanteth
9) beware that there be not
a thought in thy wicked
heart, saying, the seventh
year, the year of release, is at
hand; and thine brother, and
thou givest him nought ; and
he cry unto the LORD against
thee, and it be sin unto thee
CONDITION OF GOD
BLESSING ATTACHED TO
GIVEN TO THE POOR
10) Thou shalt surely give
him, and thine heart shall not
be grieved when thou givest
unto him; because that for
this thing the LORD the GOD
shall bless thee in all thy
works, and in all that thou
puttest thine hand unto
11) For the poor shall never
cease out of the land;
therefore, I command thee,
saying, thou shalt open thine
hand wide unto thy brother,
to thy poor, and to thy
needy, in the land
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THE POOR MAN:
The poor man that needeth
anything that is around your
town you should give
THE POOR MAN WITHIN
THY GATES: The Poor man of
thine within thy gate or
town
THOU SHALT NOT
HARDENED THY HEART OR
SHUT THY HAND FROM THY
POOR BROTHER:
With in thy gate: thou shalt
not harden thine heart, nor
shut thine hand, so as not to
pity his distress case, and
have no bowels of
compassion for him, but to
feel of his want, and so as to
distribute to his necessities
and relieve him.
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DEUTERONOMY 14:28-29
POOR TITHE TO RELIEF THE
POOR
At the end of every third
year a third tithe will be laid
in the gate(Towns) for the
four class of people:
1. Levite
2. The strangers
3. The fatherless
4. The widows
A charity tithe to relief the
suffering and ravaging
neighbors, which is the only
give on tithe that is attached
with blessing the giver
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CONDITION OF GOD
BLESSING THAT IS
ATTACHED TO GIVEN TO THE
POOR
28) At the end of three
years you shalt bring forth all
the tithe of thine increase
the same year, and shalt lay
it up within thy gates
29)And the Levite, (because
he hath no part nor
inheritance with thee, and
the strangers , and the
fatherless, and the widow,
which are within thy gates,
shall come, and shall eat and
be satisfied; that the LORD
thy GOD may bless thee in
all the work of thine hand
which thou doest
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THE ONLY TITHE THAT IS
ATTACHED WITH GOD
BLESSING:
SPECIAL PROVISION FOR
THE POOR ESTABLISHED BY
GOD
The tithe was created by
GOD to relief the poor not
pastors or church
*Tithe is for the poor not to
fund building and worldly
project that is not connected
to GOD
THE ANNULLING OF
LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD OF
THE LAW
HEBREW 7:18
18) levitical priest hood
that is tied to the Levite has
been annulled with the new
testament , which focus on
giving to the poor not the
church
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ISAIAH 1:17
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17) Learn to do well; seek
judgment, relieve the
oppressed, judge the
fatherless, plead for the
widow
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GODLY REQUIREMENTS
*LEARN TO DO WELL Begin
and season yourselves to live
thoughtfully, righteously and
GODLY
*SEEK JUDGMENT- show
your religion to GOD, by
studying and practicing
Justice to men, and neither
give nor procure any
unrighteous judgment
*RELIEVE THE OPPRESS- be
not only just but be merciful
and compassionate
*JUDGE THE FATHERLESS
defend and deliver them any
where
*PLEAD FOR THE WIDOW
maintain the righteous cause
of the poor and helpless
persons, against their unjust
and strong adversaries,
whereby you will show your
love for justice and mercy
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ISAIAH 25:4
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4) For thou hast been a
strength to the poor, a
strength to the needy in his
distress, a refuse from storm,
a shadow from the heat,
when the blast of the terrible
ones is a storm against the
wall
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THE STRENGTH TO THE
POOR:
For thou hast defended the
poor and helpless people
against the strongest assaults
of their enemies and deliver
them from their oppressors
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PROVERBS 14:31
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31) He that oppresseth the
poor reproacheth his maker;
but he that honoreth him
hath mercy on the poor
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HE THAT OPPRESETH THE
POOR: That used the poor
man hardly, does not only
forbear as opposed to having
mercy reproach GOD
BUT HE THAT HONORETH
HIM: give substance, show
compassion, mercy on him in
his circumstance, will relief
him and do honor to GOD.
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PROVERBS 22:2
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2) The rich and poor meet
together: the LORD is the
maker of them all.
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THE RICH AND POOR MEET
TOGETHER The are together
in world to aid each other for
mutual good
They are created by GOD for
his glory.
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ISAIAH 58:7
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7) It it not to deal thy bread
to the hungry and that thou
bring the poor that are cast
out to thy house? When thou
seest the naked,
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TO DEAL THY BREAD TO THE
HUNGRY: Break or divide
into parts your bread to the
hungry- to support human
life
THAT THOU BRING
Voluntary, without pressing,
invite, encourage, freely
accommodate the Poor,
helpless to get-out of poverty
THAT ARE CAST OUT-And
there become wanderers,
having no abiding place, that
thou be hospitable and make
thou house a shelter to them
that have none
THE NAKED
Either that have no clothes,
or that are so meanly clothed
that they have scarce enough
to cover their nakedness, so
sufficiently cloth them and
defend them from the hash
weather.
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JEREMIAH 9:23-24
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GLORY IN THE LORD THAT
HAVE LOVING KINDNESS
23) thus saith the LORD, let
not the wise man glory in his
wisdom, neither let the
mighty man glory in his
might, let not the rich man
glory in his riches
24) But let him that glorieth
glory in this, that he
understandeth and knoweth
me, that I am the LORD
which exercise loving
kindness, judgment, and
righteousness, in the earth;
for in these things I delight
saith the LORD.
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LET NOT THE RICH MAN
GLORY IN RICHES BUT IN
GOD LOVING –KINDNESS:
*GOD mercy is put in the
first highest place, readiness
to show mercy helping the
poor.
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EZEKIEL 18:7
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7) And had not oppressed
any but hath restored to the
debtor his pledge, hath
spoiled none by violence,
hath given his bread to the
hungry, and hath covered the
naked with a garment
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HATH GIVEN HIS BREAD TO
THE HUNGRY: With
compassion hath given to the
poor according to his ability
HATH COVERED THE NAKED
WITH A GARMENT
Clothing the naked with
garment.
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MICAH 6:8
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8) He hath showed thee, O
man, what is good; and what
doth the LORD require of
thee, but to do justly, and to
love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy GOD
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HE HATH SHOWED THEE, O
MAN, WHAT IS GOOD:
TO DO JUSTLY: To render to
all their dues, to superiors,
equals, to be true to all, and
not to oppress none, in their
property, or reputation; in
our dealings with others.
TO LOVE MERCY: Be kind,
merciful, and compassionate
towards all that needs your
kindness, do not use cruelty
towards any;
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JEREMIAH 48:7
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THEREFORE HAST TRUSTED
IN THY TREASURE
7) For because thou hast
trusted in thy works and in
thy treasures, thou shalt also
be taken; and Chemosh shall
go forth into captivity with
his priests and his prince
together
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ZECHARIAH 7:9
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9) Thus speaketh the LORD
of hosts, saying, execute true
judgment, and show mercy
and compassions every man
to his brother
10) And oppress not the
widow, nor the fatherless the
stranger, nor the poor; and
let none of you imagine evil
against his brother in his
heart
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EXECUTE TRUE JUDGMENT:
God requires judges to give
justice without hatred,
partiality, or bribery but to
give true sentence
SHOW MERCY AND
COMPASSIONS: Be kind and
generous to the needy and
poor ,a heart that feels their
miseries
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MATHEW 6:19-20
THE TREASURE IN
HEAVEN
*Is given to the Poor,
the needy
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19) Lay not up for yourselves
treasures upon earth, where
moth and rust doth corrupt,
and where thieve do not
break through nor steal
GIVEN TO THE POOR
LAYING TREASURES IN
HEAVEN
20) But lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves
do not break through nor
steal
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LAY NOT UP FOR
YOURSELVES TREASURE ON
EARTH
*Do not store up for
yourselves treasure on earth,
where thieves break in and
steal,where
*Consist of houses building,
cars, clothes, gold, silver
Fame, position
* The labors of these men
are shown to be in vain,
which pass not for assured
treasure of everlasting life,
but spend their live on vain
riches
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MATHEW 5:16
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16) Let your light so shine
before men, that they may
see your good works, and
glorify your Father which is in
heaven
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LET GOOD WORK BE SEEN IN
YOU:
The believer is to let light
shine, so that your good
work will be seen in the
world
Believer are to shine their
light through their good
works other to stirs others to
glorify GOD.
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MATHEW 19:21
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21) JESUS said unto him, if
thou wilt be perfect go and
sell that hast, and give to the
poor and thou shalt have
treasure in heaven, and come
and follow me
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IF YOU WANT TO BE
PERFECT:
That is real obey the
commandments and receive
heaven
Denying self by
given/distribute to helping
those who were so
desperately in need:
The hungry, thirsty, poor,
diseased, suffering, orphans,
widows, widowers, empty,
lonely and the lost
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MATHEW 5:42
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42) Give to him that asketh
thee, and from him that
would borrow of thee turn
not thou away
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THE GREAT CHRISTIAN ETHIC
IS TO GIVE
*A believer is to help those
who have need, and always
ready to help there is no
excuse
*A believer must trust GOD
in giving, living for heaven by
helping others
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