A Good Deed Fairly Explodes around the World
This thought grew out of many conversations with Reuben.
If I were to feed a starving person (inclusive language!) and they were to ask me as to the reason for it, what should be my response? Am I to respond along the lines that I am a Christian? Or should I say that once I was starving and a rich man took pity upon me and gave me food. And when I could stand upon my own two feet again I went to repay him. Yet he refused. He said that he already had in abundance and did not need any more but the gift that I offered him should be given to someone who needed it (I am the Bread of Life). If I should give a drink to the thirsty should it not be because I was once thirsty (the Living Water). If I clothe the naked should it not be because I was once naked (clothed in whitest garments).
As I write this I am beginning to understand what Jesus meant when he said "do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid." (Luke 14:12). Do not give unto God because He already has more than we could ever offer Him. If we truly desire to give unto Him then give unto His children; those he made in His image. We see Christ in the hungry, the poor, and the naked, and yet we do nothing.
"Zeal for your house will consume me." --John 2:17
If I were to feed a starving person (inclusive language!) and they were to ask me as to the reason for it, what should be my response? Am I to respond along the lines that I am a Christian? Or should I say that once I was starving and a rich man took pity upon me and gave me food. And when I could stand upon my own two feet again I went to repay him. Yet he refused. He said that he already had in abundance and did not need any more but the gift that I offered him should be given to someone who needed it (I am the Bread of Life). If I should give a drink to the thirsty should it not be because I was once thirsty (the Living Water). If I clothe the naked should it not be because I was once naked (clothed in whitest garments).
As I write this I am beginning to understand what Jesus meant when he said "do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid." (Luke 14:12). Do not give unto God because He already has more than we could ever offer Him. If we truly desire to give unto Him then give unto His children; those he made in His image. We see Christ in the hungry, the poor, and the naked, and yet we do nothing.
"Zeal for your house will consume me." --John 2:17
3 Comments:
I was thinking about that recently, and I regard it as a golden opportunity to say:
I am doing this because there once lived a man who did this, he inspired me to do likewise, and his name was Jesus.
what religion are you with?
We're both True Christians(tm).
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