Christian's Beneficence
AnalogyIllustration★★★★The sun is ever pouring his golden light upon numbers of worlds which beg and borrow at his hands. He is ever shedding his genial rays upon mountain summits and wide-spread plains. He is ever sending his influences into the palace of the rich and the cottage of the poor. Were he to cease this work, he would cease to be a sun and hide himself in eternal night. So the Christian’s beneficence should ever shine, or he himself becomes unchristianised and lost in the darkness of this world.
John Bate.
The point
As the sun continuously shines its light and warmth universally, Christian charity should flow constantly—to cease giving is to lose one's Christian identity.
Scripture
Matthew 5:161 John 3:172 Corinthians 9:7
Audience
Adults
Tone
Encouraging · Convicting
To tell aloud
under a minute · 89 words