The Christian Grace of Sharing with Those in Need

For too long Christians have been deficient in showing true Christian hospitality.
Today Romans 12:13 challenges us to so practice the grace of Sharing.

One reason for our negligence is that we have relegated compassion as a responsibility of the government. In the name of compassion, we have released ourselves from getting personally involved. We’ve gladly allowed compassion to be given out with credit going to the USA, rather than the Lord Jesus Christ and His church!

We avoid strangers. In the first century, sharing with your neighbor was a cultural expectation. At some time, you might be the one in need.

Perhaps one of God’s purposes in the economic troubles of the past 2 years is to cause us to once again provide for the needs of one another.

There may come a time in the near future that the Christian grace of sharing once again becomes a daily reality for all of us.

There is a possibility that Christians will once again have to practice the kind of hospitality that every first century Christian understood.

This sermon evalautes Romans 12:13 as a source of encouragement in sharing with those in need.