Jesus was the only human to ever match GODS level of love because his GOD and FATHER created him this way. Jesus told us that his FATHER did all the works that the people of his day witnessed him doing . Human love is not the same kind of love as GODS love. In the worlds churches only human level love is practiced. The false churches plan giving events, like feeding the poor. They plan the entire thing by putting an ad in the local paper announcing the event and church members prepare the food for the appointed day. Everything they have done was planned by them not by GOD. True giving is unplanned, it is like what the Good Samaritan did, it comes like a bolt out of the blue and places you in a situation where you are totally reliant on GODS love to be the force, power and motive behind your actions to help those in whatever need they may have. In this way your works do not enter and are assured to be GODS work in you. You cannot plan for something that takes you by surprise. Only in this sense scripture calls these works your works, but it is well known that the true source of the works was GOD. GOD motivates HIS people with HIS love both to love HIM and their neighbor. Without this GODLY Love all types or forms of kindness, giving and compassion are operating in human love only. When true Christians give their left hand doesn’t know what their right hand is doing. It’s not a physically planned thing. True Christians operate towards the carnal world under GODS direct motivation but within the true church it is different because it is true Christians giving to other true Christians and under these circumstances the act of giving and the plan to give are both driven and motivated by GOD. An example of this was Paul’s collection for the saints in distress. What makes the difference between the church and the world is that Holy Spirit is present in the true church while absent in the false churches. People in these false churches will not be able to discern the difference and will indeed credit GOD for their giving but in truth it was all their own work based entirely on human love. Usually these false churches brag about the things they do in their communities and around the world. You have seen their commercials on TV and their asking for money for some kind of event they have planned. You have seen the write ups in the local paper, “Church feeds over 100 people” or something similar. They have their reward in this world but none with GOD.
I hope this article has shown the difference In giving between GODLY motivation or human planning. Paul said, “it is GOD who works in you both to will and to do HIS good pleasure” , so then, in this sense faith is shown by GODS working in us because faith without GODS works in us is dead. Therefore, the faith of the world’s churches is dead because their works are their own and not GODS.
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