Ep 82: No Buts About It

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Topic:

• ​Are we truly the compassionate caring people God expects us to be?

Discussion Questions:

• Who can you help this week that might be in need?
• How does our attitude towards helping others bring glory to God?
• Are we more interested in finding reasons not to help that we are in meeting the needs of others?

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Episode Transcript

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Well, good morning and welcome to the show.
I'm Daniel Dalp and this is for your Sunday morning drive, the
short podcast with the goal of providing some motivation, Dr.
and encouragement on your way toworship and helping you recenter
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Well, let's go ahead and get theshow on the road today.
This is episode 82. No buts about it.
Let's go to church. Are we there yet?

(01:38):
Have you ever been on the receiving end of tremendous
generosity? Maybe it was a time in your life
where you lost your job and yourfamily was in hardship.
Maybe you were a family member, was in the hospital or sick and
needed a bill covered. Or maybe it was when your child
was first born and you and your spouse needed help in those
early days and a brother or sister or congregation stocked

(02:01):
your fridge and freezer full of meals.
You know, I've experienced some of these over the years.
And the church stepped up and did what the church is supposed
to do sacrificially, love its own.
And I've seen them do the same for the stranger.
And it's such a blessing to be able to do that for others.
And as someone who has both sat in many a Pew and stood behind

(02:21):
many a pulpit over the years, I've observed something.
We pray for those opportunities to help.
We might say, Lord, please be with the poor, with the needy,
with the sick, and the less fortunate men.
We also preach on the importanceof showing compassion and love
to those who are in need. We might remind the congregation
about what Jesus says in Matthew25 concerning helping others.

(02:45):
And the assembled might even give a hearty Amen.
Yes, on a surface level, of course we want to help those who
are in need. And we know that we need to help
the hungry and the poor, and we earnestly pray for the
opportunity to do so. And of course, we're sincerely
thankful when others come to ouraid in times of hardship.
However, when the rubber meets the road and our metal is truly

(03:08):
tested and we as an individual or a congregation are presented
with an opportunity to help someone.
Occasionally in creeps a three letter word that can crush the
best of intentions and render promises empty.
But it's such a small word, but I've seen it wielded in such a
horrible way recently. You see, caveat can ruin service

(03:29):
and but is usually the tool thatwe employ sometimes with without
even thinking about it. We say things, think things and
unfortunately post things like well, I hate that that family is
going hungry, but shouldn't theyjust get a job?
Or we might say, well that's a shame that those kids might be
suffering because of this, but that's just how it goes.

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Or that's really too bad that they are going through such hard
times. I'll pray for them, but it's not
my problem. And it goes on and on and on,
but after, but excuse after excuse and caveat after caveat,
to the point where it makes me wonder if we really mean it when
we pray, when we preach, and when we ask for opportunities to

(04:14):
help others, Shouldn't we be putting our money where our
mouth is? Shouldn't we take the needs of
the needy with the utmost sincerity and seriousness?
God certainly does and apparently always has as Moses
lays out instructions for how Israel should live as God's
people in the Promised Land in Deuteronomy 15 starting in verse

(04:35):
7, he says if anyone is poor among your fellow Israelite in
any of the towns of the land theLord your God is giving to you,
do not be hard hearted or tight fisted towards them.
Rather be open handed and freelylend them whatever they need.
Notice no buts. Jesus certainly does.
Look at the length he went to impress the following on the

(04:57):
rich young ruler in Mark chapter10 verse 20.
Teacher, I have kept all of these things from my youth up
and looking at him, Jesus felt alove for him and said to him,
one thing you still lack, go andsell all of your possessions and
give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven, and
come follow me again. No buts.

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And the 1st century Christians also took this seriously and
took care of their own. Acts chapter 434 and 35 For
there was not a needy person among them, for all who were
owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds
of of the sails and lay them at the apostles feet, and they
would be distributed to each as any had need.

(05:40):
Again, notice no buts. You see, God doesn't hand down
his command to be compassionate and caring with a list of
caveats based on our feelings orour judgments.
If we see people hurting, especially now and in the days
ahead, be compassionate. Yeah, in Word, but also indeed,
think about those times that youwere helped by others to God's

(06:03):
glory. Jesus said in Matthew 7 verse 12
what we commonly call the Goldenrule in everything.
Therefore, treat people the sameway you want them to treat you.
Christian, I can't emphasize this enough.
The world is watching both what we do and what we don't.
But more than that, God sees it too.

(06:25):
And the question is, is he pleased with us?
Here's my plea. Stop qualifying who is deserving
of compassion and who isn't based on our own SKU good set of
criteria. Instead, be thankful that when
you were down and out, you were shown mercy by a good God.
And realize that when it comes to compassion, it isn't enough
just to feel it. It must be shown through action

(06:47):
and there's no buts about it. Well, those are my thoughts for
your Sunday morning drive. Now it's time to hear yours.
Our discussion questions for this week are who can you help
this week that might be in need?How does our attitude towards
helping others bring glory to God?
And are we more interested in finding reasons not to help then
we are meeting the needs of others.