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1 | Avoiding paritality in soul care | James 2:1 | Hank | 53204 | ||
Mommapbs, yours is a thought provoking question; at least it provoked mine! In the United States there is no official caste system, yet each of us lives within a certain socio-economic biome as it were. That's our comfort zone. To move from one's own stratum, upward or downward, to another stratum is difficult for many people. Difficult, but not a valid reason or a legitimate excuse for failure to reach out with the message of the Gospel and the compassionate Christ-like love and caring for people in all walks of life. Jesus was able to minister with consummate skill to prince and pauper alike. Paul was effective in his ministry to the Athenian philosophers and to the Philippian jailer. I believe that when Christians truly are zealous about their faith, the Spirit will empower them and enable them to cross all societal boundaries and minister effectively to everyone with whom they come in contact. If every Christian alive today had half the zeal and dedication that Paul had, it would be impossible to calculate what an enormous impact it would have on our world! For far too many of us, living the Christian life means attending a church service on Sunday morning, making some effort to stay awake during the pastor's sermon, putting a few bucks in the collection plate at the close of the service, and dashing out to our cars as soon as the final "Amen" is sounded so that we can beat the Methodists and Presbyterians in the line at the cafeteria. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Avoiding paritality in soul care | James 2:1 | justme | 53248 | ||
May I say Hank so thoughtfully has given a great answer. I would like to add, I am a nam of no great substance, in looks, intellengence, or tallent. However I am friendly and I make it a point to say hello, and try to say something when I am on a plane, train, store, in other words, my daily traffic patter of life. No matter what a person looks like or seems to be, I try to open doors of being friendly. I have led janitors to Christ, a shepard boy in Bolivia, a very wealthy business man , and people from all walks of life. I don't keep count, Jesus does that. I can tell you I have felt try to be friendly, and let the Lord open the door, I will share Christ, and the results are in the persons hands as the Holy Spirit trys to open their heart. This has been my blessing to introduce several hundred people to Christ. Others planted the seed, someone elsed watered, still who knows who has prayed for these people. Many are waiting for us to just speak in love as a potential friend to them about Christ. The fields are white and ready. I do not care about a persons, color, clothes, wealth, or their illness, if I can be a part of spredding The seed or watering, or praying, I pray that somehow the Lord will direct me. I hope this encourages you. agape, justme |
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