The Sick, The Hungry The Oppressed
“These issues are biblical issues: to care for the sick, to feed the hungry, to stand up for the oppressed.”
Tony Campolo American Evangelist.
Jesus said,
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”
Matthew 25:34-40.
A true Christian will do these things. More than this however the basic truths that Jesus is speaking of here should be universal.
Just from a humanitarian stand point we should be feeding the hungry, clothing the needy, tending to the sick.
We should even be looking at the world around us and speaking out for those who are wrongly imprisoned for their faith political views or lifestyle.
Those of us who have, should be helping those who have not, be they in our own country or on distant shores.
Albert Einstein wrote,
“Not until the creation and maintenance of decent conditions of life for all men are recognized and accepted as a common obligation of all men and all countries—not until then shall we, with a certain degree of justification, be able to speak of mankind as civilized.”
Albert Einstein.
Please think about it.
“These issues are biblical issues: to care for the sick, to feed the hungry, to stand up for the oppressed.”
Tony Campolo American Evangelist.
Jesus said,
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”
Matthew 25:34-40.
A true Christian will do these things. More than this however the basic truths that Jesus is speaking of here should be universal.
Just from a humanitarian stand point we should be feeding the hungry, clothing the needy, tending to the sick.
We should even be looking at the world around us and speaking out for those who are wrongly imprisoned for their faith political views or lifestyle.
Those of us who have, should be helping those who have not, be they in our own country or on distant shores.
Albert Einstein wrote,
“Not until the creation and maintenance of decent conditions of life for all men are recognized and accepted as a common obligation of all men and all countries—not until then shall we, with a certain degree of justification, be able to speak of mankind as civilized.”
Albert Einstein.
Please think about it.
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