Oct 1st- Charity

Bible Dictionary

Charity: The highest, noblest, strongest kind of love, not merely affection; the pure love of Christ. It is never used to denote alms or deeds or benevolence, although it may be a prompting motive.


I forgot to post this study yesterday, but I have been thinking alot about charity lately. So, I am devoting this whole week's study to it.

From the Bible dictionary we can see that there are different kinds of love, and charity is the greatest.

I always find this interesting... when you ask in a Sunday school class what charity is, you get many remarks of "actions": serving your neighbor, giving substance to the poor, not fighting with your siblings... etc etc.
However, it says that charity "is never used to denote alms or deeds or benevolence". To denote something is to serve as an indication of, or to represent something. So, charity does not represent alms or deeds or an act of kindness or goodwill.
Charity stands on it's own... "although it may be a prompting motive" to be kind, or to give.

This week I will be studying more on what true charity is.