Charity begins at home - Christians should only support charities in their own country
'Charity begins at home'
Christians should only support charities in their own country
Charity can be defined as giving voluntarily to those in need or distress, so love of others. It can also be an organisation for helping those in need. 'Need' can be life's basic requirements, whether they are spiritual, like care, love, family and faith, or material, like food and drink, shelter, employment, education etc. These definitions help to make clear what exactly is meant by charity and it beginning at home.
The Christian teaching on charity comes from the Bible and what Jesus has taught us. The Bible is strongly in favour of the poor and so helping them should be a priority.
In 2 Corinthians 9:7 it says 'Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver' and in 1 John 3:17 'If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?' we are told we need to be filled with God's love and compassion when we give money to charity or to help others, and not do it for our own praise and our motives should not be self centred.
Christians should only support charities in their own country
Charity can be defined as giving voluntarily to those in need or distress, so love of others. It can also be an organisation for helping those in need. 'Need' can be life's basic requirements, whether they are spiritual, like care, love, family and faith, or material, like food and drink, shelter, employment, education etc. These definitions help to make clear what exactly is meant by charity and it beginning at home.
The Christian teaching on charity comes from the Bible and what Jesus has taught us. The Bible is strongly in favour of the poor and so helping them should be a priority.
In 2 Corinthians 9:7 it says 'Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver' and in 1 John 3:17 'If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?' we are told we need to be filled with God's love and compassion when we give money to charity or to help others, and not do it for our own praise and our motives should not be self centred.