Red Letter Christian

For many it is a truth discovered. We ALL give more importance (or more weight) to some verses over others.

 

Salty makes valid points. The scriptures say to help the poor, the widows, the orphans. It also has may reprimands for the slothful and as he quoted, it states that those who will not work, shall not eat. Would god instruct us in such a way if we could not tell the difference? Maybe he never saw the whole welfare thing coming. (NOT) It is our responsibility to help, however defining help require work. Do I help my son if I give him everything he wants and never teach him to work. If so, what happens to him when I die? He is unable to stand. True help is not giving perishable things, but feeding the hungry and enabling them to improve.

I've been in just about every situation, months with no income trying to feed a family and having more than I could imagine. God is the same in all circumstances. He can and will use his people to accomplish his will. We just have to work a little to find out what that is.

 

God is love and God is light.

Go ye therefore.....and feed the masses? Nope, it is preaching, teaching,
baptizing, I didn't see anything about food. "Feed my sheep" implies
something besides hay, by the way.

A lot of good you have done if you fed them but they still go to hell when they die!

 

It is a whole lot easier to preach the message when the converts stomach is quite .


Selah.

 

100% agreement

 

Spreading the Gospel is the number one priority, but Scripture is quite clear about helping others in need.

 

No one is advocating feeding the poor at the cost of their souls.

1 John 3

17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.​

James 2

15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?​

HankD

 

And all of those commands are personal directions to His disciples, not directions to some organization.

 

It is easy to point a finger at others and what you beleive to be their shortcomings because it makes you feel superior and more righteous. If we can make another Christian look less pious than ourselves it elavates our opinion of ourselves. It's a pride thing. Campolo is very guilty of this as well as myself and anyone else who is quick to point out faults in ministries.

I have more problems with Campolo though--he once denied Jesus as the only way to salvation. Now that wasn't criticizing his ministry, but his heresy, that is different.

 

And I'm not sure I want a Mormon such as Glenn Beck telling me what's theologically correct.

 

I agree Mike, I like his politics but as of late he has started inserting his theology and we all know he belongs to a cult. Todd Friel has been trying to get Beck to call him about his theology but I'm not sure he has achieved anything yet.