The Importance of a New Form of Giving in the Coming Kingdom

In a society where the exchange of gifts and invitations to feasts was the basic currency by which you secured your social standing, jesus radical practice would be seen as reckless. Staining from social jockeying in a society where so much depended upon one's honour and status is a very costly act of faith. Jesus doesn't utterly reject the underlying logic of the gift society, but rather completely transforms its functioning,. revealing that god is the guarante of all gifts and debts. If we give in faith to the poor and to those without the capacity to repay, we will receive a bountiful reward at the resurrection.