Christian love in action.
The apostle John writes,
"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.”1 John 3:16-18.
The American evangelist Tony Campolo wrote,
"These issues are biblical issues: to care for the sick, to feed the hungry, to stand up for the oppressed. I contend that if the evangelical community became more biblical, everything would change." Tony Campolo.
Campolo was right. Sadly however while there are many churches and Christian organizations out there doing good, helping the poor and feeding the hungry. There are many that could do more.
In helping the poor and feeding the hungry we are showing the love of God in a tangible way.
St. Augustine wrote,
"A Christian is: a mind through which
Christ thinks,
a heart through which
Christ loves,
a voice through which
Christ speaks,
and a hand through which Christ helps"
St. Augustine.
Please think about it.
