To be a "good" Christian, one must follow the example of Christ, correct?
Then why if Jesus speaks in the Parable of the Last Judgement in Matthew 25:31-46 (New International Version - UK) to those who ask him when did we minister to you does he answer "'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."
Does this not say that those who follow his teachings and minister to those who are hungry by giving them something to eat, or thirsty by giving them something to drink, or inviting the stranger in, or clothing those who need it, or visiting the sick and imprisoned to minister to them ARE the true followers of Christ and not just those who call themselves by His name?
I have found that many Pagans and Wiccans will accept Jesus as a MANIFESTATION of the Divine, so their not accepting Jesus as SOLE Divinity should not negate their works if done as a form of Kharis in the religious sense
2007-09-03
18:23:25
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Anne Hatzakis
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