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OUR EFFORTS TO BRING OTHERS TO CHRIST INCLUDE:
—Housing and comforting the homeless and those being released from prison or otherwise afflicted; —Feeding and clothing the poor; —Assisting the unemployed to find jobs; financially empowering entrepreneurs, primarily those of our communities; —Visiting the sick; —Instructing the uninformed about Christ; counseling the doubtful; —Admonishing sinners in love; bearing wrongs patiently; forgiving offenses willingly; —Aiding the burial of the dead; —In general, helping our brothers and sisters overcome life’s problems, as instructed to do so by Matthew 25: 34- 40: 34 “Then shall the King say unto those on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:” 35 “For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in:” 36 “Naked and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.” 37 “Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?” 38 “When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?” 39 “Or when saw e thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?” 40 “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
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| Last Updated on Monday, 13 October 2008 10:52 |
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