NOTHING IN RETURN-2

Text:Luke 14:12

Then He also said to him who invited Him, "When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.

Jesus said to the chief priest who invited Him for dinner, "Do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid"

This is a hard saying, because man would naturally like to do good to people they are likely to receive something from.

Look at the people Jesus is asking you not to invite for dinner: your friends, your brothers, your relatives, rich neighbors. These are all the people within your circle. They are the people that are likely to pay you back for every good deeds you do to them one way or the other.

Jesus said, "...when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just." (Luke 14:13&14)

Now, the implication of what Jesus is saying is such that you must give to people without expecting anything in return. When you give money or any favour to people, do not expect any immediate or future returns from them.

One thing is however certain; *there is reward for every good deed you do to others, especially when you do it to people who can't repay you back on this side of eternity.*

Any good deeds you do with an ulterior motive of receiving reward or returns from the person you've done it to, has no eternal reward, but that which is done to an incapacitated person is invariably done to God.

That's the reason you must pay attention to ministering to the poor. When you do you are lending to the Lord.

Proverbs 19:17 says *"He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, And He will pay back what he has given."*

*Bible Reading:*

Luke 14:12-15.

*PRAYER FOCUS*

1.) Father God, please give me the grace to always speak the truth to all without prejudice or fear.

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