{"id":377,"date":"2018-12-05T09:46:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T17:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/migrate.bettersermons.org\/?p=377"},"modified":"2020-06-01T11:39:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:39:32","slug":"hypothetical-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/hypothetical-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Hypothetical Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hypothetical Faith<\/span><\/div>\n

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“Working for justice, peace, and dignity (by fighting oppression, poverty and corruption) is just as certainly a spiritual discipline as are prayer and fasting. Perhaps more.”<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

–Chris Blake<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Jesus made it clear that we are not to spend our time building\u00a0a hypothetical faith\u00a0and think that by doing so we have somehow “practiced” religion. The parable of the sheep and the goats forcefully illustrates the mandate for\u00a0Christ’s followers to be personally involved in helping others.<\/p>\n

Question:<\/b>\u00a0Should we do it even if our motives are selfish?<\/p>\n

Do we do it because\u00a0Jesus said to, or because we are motivated by His love? It doesn’t matter. It’s not about us, but about the people out there and around us who need help.<\/p>\n

Sometimes the\u00a0cart may have to come before the horse.
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