All wisdom, all the benefits of wisdom, divine wisdom, all righteousness, all of that is found in Christ.

Everything is found in Christ.

Welcome to Grace to you featuring the Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Even the most seasoned Christians and certainly new believers will come across Bible questions that they don't know how to answer.

Maybe it's a practical question, like,

how can I live a more Christ exalting life? Or it could be a question about current events around the

world and how the Bible can help make sense out of what's happening. Well, today on Grace to

you, John MacArthur will answer some challenging questions from his local congregation,

maybe some that you have had. So follow along as John begins the Q&A session. My name is Roxanne

Bartouche, and the question I have is Matthew 542, give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.

Does that mean we give to everybody that asks of us?

I think that's a general principle, yes. Give to him who asks of you. The assumption is that he's not

trying to take advantage of you. The assumption is that the need is real,

that the need is genuine. What you're really asking is, if I see a beggar, do I give money to a

beggar? That's not the point. There's a general principle, and that is the principle that when

someone has need, legitimate, genuine need, and they come to you and ask for that need to be met, and you have

the resource to do that, then you should do that. Let me just say this. One of the principles

that I operate on as I travel around the world is never to give any money to a beggar. None. Because when

you do that, you make begging successful.

And when begging is successful, it becomes a career.

When we're in India, for example, little children come up and literally hang on your clothes,

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