What the bible says about begging

The first type are those who generally solicit alms publicly, and often go from door to door.  In God’s word these are generally frowned on.

The first reference is in 1S 2:6-8  “The Lord kills and makes alive;  He brings down to the grave and brings up.  The Lord makes poor and makes rich, He brings low and lifts up.  He raises the poor from the dust.  And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes, And make them inherit the throne of glory.

Ps 37-25  I have been young, and now am old;  Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread.

Ps 109-10  Let his children continually be vagabonds, and beg;  Let them seek their bread also from their desolate places.

Pr20:4  The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

The second type talked about is those that cannot work to earn their bread because of some type of disability.  Following are the verses:

Mark 10-46   Luke 16-20   John 9-8  Acts 3-2

Now with all this said, I would like you to pay particular attention to Acts 3:1-9 where Peter and John healed the lame man begging at the temple door called beautiful.  Peter said; “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you:  In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”

You will find written in the bible about the apostles of Jesus Christ.  They didn’t beg, all they had in material possessions was the rags on their backs.  They were not lazy, even it talks about Paul a learned man, having been trained a Pharisee by Gamaliel.  He was not too good to work.  When he needed to he resorted to making tents.

Ambassadors of Christ should not beg, especially those that preach the gospel of Christ.  Christians, especially those in leadership positions should set good examples.  Yes, God is faithful to provide our needs, and yes, He wants us to be very rich, in spirit that is; And not in material wealth.  Sometimes we as Christians try to do things on our own merits, and forget that our little strength comes from Christ.  I don’t know a single person that lives in Christ, that does not have problems on occasion.  But when we are having our faith tested, the thing we should do is accept what the Lord is giving to us with joy, peace, and happiness; knowing that this is the Lord’s doing’s, and praise God it is a sign from God that we are being pruned to bear more fruit for Him.

We should all seek to glorify, and magnify God, forget and give to God our problems, take up our cross and follow Him.

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 Source: Larry Lakey