04.13.2015 New Testament: Luke 14.12–14

To read the Bible in a year, read Luke 14.1–24 on April 13, In the year of our Lord 2015

By Don Ruhl

Have you examined your motive when you give to people? Why do you give to the people to whom you give? Are you hoping that they will repay the favor? Listen to our Lord,

Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just” (Luke 14.12–14). 

If you truly want the Lord to bless you, then give to those who cannot give back to you. Yet, you shall receive something. Try giving in this manner and find out what you receive in return.