DCLM Daily Manna Monday, August 22, 2022
TOPIC: Poor Saints
TEXT: ROMANS 15:19-29
KEY VERSE:
“For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem”
(ROMANS 15:26).
DCLM Daily Manna Monday, August 22, 2022 OUTLINE
Julian the apostate was the last non-Christian (or pagan) Roman emperor. He acknowledged that the Christians or the “Galileans” as he referred to them, took care of the needy far more than their pagan counterparts, which led to many new converts.
In our text, Apostle Paul informed the church of his general ministry to the gentile world and the success God had given him in pioneering gospel work in many places. He enunciated also, his desire to visit the church in Rome after his trip to Jerusalem.
The trip was to take to the church in Jerusalem, the financial contributions that the churches in Macedonia had made for the “poor saints” there. Paul collected the offerings to meet a real need in the lives of the saints in Jerusalem and to show that the Christian family truly should care for one another.
Today, the prosperity gospel has blurred the spiritual vision of many people who see the poor as those who cannot be true believers. The early Christians witnessed serious economic adversities such that Paul and other people had to raise charity for them. And as Julian acknowledged, early Christians used charity to the poor as a means of evangelism that successfully turned many to God.
READ: Open Heaven Daily Devotional August 22, 2022 – Be Content
You must remember the poor Christians in your congregations and community. You can give them money, food or clothes; do something to alleviate their sufferings. You can make a difference in the lives of fellow believers today.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Remembering the poor brings Christ closer to us!
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