THE MOTIVATION FOR GIVING
Christ’s words in Matthew 10:8 should inspire us to pour out our lives like drink offerings for the rest of our days. “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.” The word for “freely” is dorean, meaning “freely, gratis, as a free gift.” I think you might be very interested to see another way this same Greek word is translated into English.
In John 15:25 Jesus said, “They hated me without reason.” The phrase “without reason” is translated from the same word, dorean. What does that tell you about the things we’ve received from Christ? Unreasonable grace! Nothing is reasonable about the love of God or the gifts He so freely gives! Like me, I know you’ve received freely from God in ways you can’t begin to count, but has that unreasonable grace caused you to freely give of yourself to others recently?
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