Dar
Dar é princípio do Reino de Deus. Jesus deu tudo — até a própria vida. A Bíblia nos ensina que é mais bem-aventurado dar do que receber, e que Deus ama ao que dá com alegria.
Dar com alegria
Deus ama ao que dá com alegria. Dai e dar-se-vos-á. O generoso prospera e quem abençoa será abençoado.
7 Every one according as he has purposed in his heart, ought to give; not with regret, nor by constraint; for God loves a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to make every blessing abound to you; that in everything, always having all sufficiency, you may abound in every good work.
10 Now, may he who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the products of your righteousness.
11 That you may be enriched in everything, for all liberality, which produces, through us, thanksgiving to God.
12 For if there be a willing mind, according to what a person has, he is accepted; and not according to what he has not.
38 give, and you shall get: good measure, pressed down and shaken, and heaped, shall be poured into your lap; for the very measure you give to others you yourself shall receive.
Princípios de generosidade
Honra ao Senhor com as tuas primícias. Não negues o bem a quem o merece. A alma generosa prosperará.
O ensino de Jesus
Quando deres esmola, não toque a trombeta. A generosidade do coração importa mais que a grandeza do donativo.
2 When, therefore, you give alms, do not proclaim it by sound of trumpet, as the hypocrites do, in the assemblies and in the streets, that they may be extolled by men. Indeed, I say to you, they have received their reward.
3 But you, when you give alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand does;4 that your alms may be in secret; and your Father, to whom nothing is secret, will himself recompense you.
8 Heal the sick, raise the dead; cleanse lepers, expel demons; freely they have received, freely give.
21 Jesus answered, If you would be perfect, go sell your estate, and give the price to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven.
30 Give to every one who asks you; and from him who takes away your goods, do not demand them back.
3 And though I spend all my goods in feeding the poor, and though I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I am nothing profited.