Caring
November 3, 2024 / Fellowship Bible ChurchBig Idea: We must care for the vulnerable because, by His grace, He came into our brokenness and brought us into His family.
“God in his holy dwelling is a father of the fatherless and a champion of widows. God provides homes for those who are deserted.”
Psalm 68:5-6a
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1. God rescues and protects the helpless and hopeless.
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.”
2 Corinthians 8:9
“The Lord is near the brokenhearted, he saves those crushed in spirit.”
Psalm 34:18
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2. What touches God’s heart must touch ours.
“And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”
Ephesians 5:2
“Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.”
Hebrews 13:16
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3. The care of widows and orphans is among the highest expression of our faith.
“Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.”
James 1:27
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4. The gospel is the solution . . .
. . . to the crisis of our souls.
“For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
Romans 8:15
“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.”
Ephesians 2:19
. . . to the crisis of those in need.
“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”
1 John 3:16-18
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5. We must live to bring the mercy of God to those He loves.
“Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.”
Micah 6:8
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