Wednesday, 26 November 2008

Practicle Christianity

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This is Christianity in practice, from the man himself Jesus Christ. I do not understand your problem.

Whoever loves God must also love his brother
(1 John 4: 20-21).

Therefore, I say to you all:

Feed the hungry.
Give drink to the thirsty.
Clothe the naked.

Shelter the homeless.
Visit the sick.
Visit the imprisoned.
Bury the dead.

Counsel the doubtful,
Instruct the ignorant,
Admonish the sinner,
Forgive injuries,
Bear wrong patiently,
Pray for the living,
Pray for the dead.

Love your enemies; pray for those who persecute you; do good to those who hate you. If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good. (Rom. 12:17-21).

Do not return evil for evil, or insult for insult. Return a blessing instead.

Get rid of all bitterness, all passion and anger, harsh words, slander and malice of every kind. In place of these, be kind to one another, compassionate, and mutually forgiving, just as God has forgiven you. Do nothing to sadden the Holy Spirit with whom you will be sealed for your day of redemption (Eph. 4:29-32).

Rather, encourage one another. Live in harmony and peace with one another, and the God of love and peace will be with you (2 Cor. 13:11).

All of you should be like-minded, sympathetic, loving toward one another, kindly disposed, and humble (1 Pet. 3:.

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Jesus said to His disciples:

You shall love the Lord your God
with your whole heart,
with your whole soul,
and with your whole mind.
This is the greatest and first commandment.

The second is like it:
You shall love your neighbour as yourself.

On these two commandments the whole law is based, and the prophets as well (Matt. 22:37-40).

If anyone says, 'I love God,' yet hates his brother, he is a liar. One who has no love for his brother whom he sees cannot love God whom he does not see.

Let me solemnly assure you: when the Son of Man comes in His glory escorted by all the angels of heaven. He will sit upon His royal throne and all the nations will be assembled before Him.

Then He will separate them into two groups, as a shepherd separates sheep from goats. The sheep he will place on His right hand and the goats on His left. Then He will say to those on His right: "Come! You have my Father's blessing! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you. For

I was hungry and you gave me food;
I was thirsty and you gave me a drink;
I was a stranger and you welcomed me;
I was naked and you clothed me;
I was ill and you comforted me;
I was in prison and you came to visit me."

Then the just will ask Him, "Lord, when did we do such things to you?" And the Son of Man will answer them: "I assure you, as often you did any of these things for the least of my brothers, you did it for me."

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