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NASB | Ruth 2:10 Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ruth 2:10 Then she kneeled face downward, bowing to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes that you should notice me, when I am a foreigner?" |
Subject: What is the Church's responsibility? |
Bible Note: Roger, You've provided some great verses here as to what is the extent of the Church's social responsibilities to the unsaved. preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, (2 Timothy 4:2-3 NAS95) These verses seem to imply a very verbal, albeit essential, ministry which the Church should be engaged in. I'm just wondering what the Church should do (or conversely should not do) towards the unsaved on a more material (non-verbal) level. Please also take a look at this next verse, as both these scripture units are probably best combined together in our actual practice, so as to yield the greatest degree of effectiveness. What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. (James 2:14-17 NAS95) RS |