Piles Because they did not love God.
Piles Treatment They were blind to his blessings. They had lost all sense of God's love. They had ceased to love in return; and having ceased to love, they had lost all zest for giving. Love delights to give..
I am sure that this very thing is true with many people in the Lord's church. When one takes his money each week and pays all his bills and notes, spending his money freely and then comes upon the first day of the week and offers to God his leftovers, he has insulted God just as much as if he had taken a gun to get what he wants.
Another way to rob God is to take it out of the collection plate. I was preaching in a revival in a certain town, and one of the brethren said, Brother Black, the most awful thing has happened here. Upon inquiring. I learned that a brother had been stealing money.
When Jesus said that it is more blessed to give than to receive. He did not mean there is no joy in receiving. We all know that we get a Joy out of receiving. We have received gifts all our lives. The conviction of always wanting to be on the receiving end leads to the thieving of the e pickpocket. It is this desire to get something for nothing that makes gambling one of the major curses of our day.
There are two seas, with which we are familiar, in the Bible land. One of these seas looked out one morning and saw a delightful visitor coming. It was the river Jordan, and when it came singing and shimmering and laughing, the little Sea of Galilee was glad.