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 Is doing good to others a higher priority than religious duty? Some Christians are very diligent to be at every church meeting, but are rarely found doing good in the community. In Matthew 12, religious leaders asked Jesus if it was lawful to heal a man with a non-life-threatening ailment on the Sabbath day. Jesus replied that even on that day of worship, a farmer was permitted to rescue an animal from danger. Human life is far more valuable than that of an animal.
Doing good to fellow human beings was a higher priority for Jesus Christ than a worship day. Showing love to others is after all, a Great Commandment of Christianity. Religious duties are supposed to remind us of that, not be a substitute for doing good to others. 12:9 And he went from there into their Synagogue: 12:10 And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him. 12:11 And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back? 12:12 Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day. 12:13 Then said he to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and it was made as well as the other. 12:14 But the Pharisees went out and made designs against him, how they might put him to death.
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| Grant, please pray for me, or rather, my lower back. I spent the last two days "doing good" in my neighbor's field. It needs to be cleared, and they don't have the money to hire someone to do it. It's a huge job, and I feel like we're shooting at an elephant with a bb gun. But we're still trying to do what we can. Sometimes "doing good" is nothing more than showing our willingness to do it. Thanks for the blog, on the money once again! |
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Grant |
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March 31, 2008 at 4:15am |
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Wow! Suffering for doing good, eh? Take it easy buddy. |
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Wow Good word Grant. Yes sometimes doing good means giving up something you don't really want to like time and energy. I can remember teaching my daughter to shovel snow for the neighbor lady who had MS. At first I had to bribe her with money then she started to do it on her own.
Ouch Mike. I know what it is like to clear woods... me and hubby were doing that quite a bit here lately. I will pray too. |
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March 31, 2008 at 6:04pm |
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VERY Good word, Grant.
"If we don't show that we care. . . " as the expression goes. It isn't that good works are critical, it's that they are evidence of the spirit within.
Mike, I'm praying for you! |
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Grant |
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March 31, 2008 at 8:10pm |
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 Thanks everyone! So, how's your back today Mike? Thanks Becky. Good to see kids get the point and grow, isn't it. Thanks, Doyle. Gene, so you are saying that it isn't critical evidence? ;) |
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Grant, thanks for asking! 50% better, an answer to prayer. |
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Gene |
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April 01, 2008 at 3:50pm |
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| It's the attitude behind the works that's critical. people who feel obligated to do good because its what they're supposed to do are not reflecting the Spirit within. Like Paul said, "I will show you my works BY my faith" - not the other way around. |
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Grant |
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April 01, 2008 at 5:36pm |
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What version of the Bible do you have Gene? 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
2:18 But some one will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith.
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Gene |
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April 01, 2008 at 6:05pm |
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NOTA
(None Of The Above)
NIV
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Grant |
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April 01, 2008 at 6:49pm |
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 James 2:18 (NIV)
But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. |
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Gene |
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April 01, 2008 at 7:57pm |
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Doh!
I transposed the words. Oh, dopey me! |
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