AGuest said:
Since we are to follow him... and performing acts of mercy is what HE did... feeding someone hungry... regardless of why they are hungry... would be "reasonable", IMHO.
On this we can agree. I could never walk past someone hungry and not offer them food. But I would go purchase it for them and give to them.I've seen too many times people gave to the poor money for food that was used to buy alcohol or gambled it away hoping to win the big one. As I stated earlier, to me the good samaritan did the wisest thing...take care of the expenses himself to make sure they went where they were supposed to go.
here was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sales and lay them at the apostles' feet, and they would be distributed to each as any had need."
You in my opinion underlined the wrong word...to me instead of any being underlined you shoulda underlined need (not wants)
Sorry, but I just don't "get" that. It SMACKS of WTBTS teachings...
Umm your judgmental almost self-righteous attitude lately is whats been reminding me of the WTBTS. When on other thread I saw where you supposedly could read hearts and telling others they had a dark heart.....I was like this don't sound like the same AGuest I used to read her threads. Something changed.
Anywho peace right back at ya..
StoneWall...not a slave of no one or anybody or any organization...but a free man in Christ and all things.
John 15:14-15 "YOU are my friends if YOU do what I am commanding YOU. I no longer call YOU slaves, because a slave does not know what his master does. But I have called YOU friends, because all the things I have heard from my Father I have made known to YOU.
John 8:31,32 "And so Jesus went on to say to the Jews that had believed him: “If YOU remain in my word, YOU are really my disciples, and YOU will know the truth, and the truth will set YOU free.