2006-09-30 18:41:13 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why does it matter to you?
2006-09-30 18:43:12 · answer #1 · answered by Wise ol' owl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Doing good is both for the Lord and for goodness' sake, but especially for the Lord.
In any case, we wouldn't have known it except the Lord reveal it to us. So, it is done more so for the Lord than for the sake of doing it.
2006-10-01 01:53:10 · answer #2 · answered by RealArsenalFan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question and it goes to the heart of the difference between Christians and athiests. Athiests may choose to do something good for the sake of goodness. Christians, though, do good in response to the love which has been shown them by God. We love because He first loved us. Christians do good out of thankfulness.
2006-10-01 01:49:50 · answer #3 · answered by yagman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well -- yes and no. Christians try to goodness, remembering only the Lord is good, to make things better on earth and to lay up treasures for themselves in Heaven.
2006-10-01 01:44:16 · answer #4 · answered by waytooeasy67 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good Christians tend to be nicer than many people you might meet. However, being nice will not save a person. God wants everyone to love Him and worship Him. A nice person who thinks he can live without God is in as much need of saving (maybe even more so) than a person that is cruel. It's easy to ignore God when everything in life seems to be going well.
2006-10-01 01:45:48 · answer #5 · answered by MJQ 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nope. At least not the ones I have known. They do things the way that appeals most to them and throw in bible verses to justify it.
2006-10-01 01:46:01 · answer #6 · answered by munkees81 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both. Good works set an example and glorify God.
2006-10-01 01:47:28 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I am helping somebody out, it is because I want to be doing the same thing that Jesus would do: caring for other people enough to help them out.
2006-10-01 01:43:37 · answer #8 · answered by ironchain15 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't God the source of all goodness, at least in the view of believers?
2006-10-01 01:43:32 · answer #9 · answered by Kuji 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it is what the Lord would have us do. also, because we care about others.
2006-10-01 01:57:53 · answer #10 · answered by GoAskAlice 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do it so that their neighbors can see them and say, "oh, he/she is SO holy."
Most people only do goodness so others will see it. Kudos to the few who don't.
2006-10-01 01:44:46 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋