I am asking this question because something came up today in my life that makes me think that Christians can do anything they desire if God's will gets done. I really do not think this is right. What do you think?
2007-01-25 12:22:38 · 10 answers · asked by AdoreHim 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I know that I seem a bit vague but if I say what the issue is, I may hurt someone else. I feel that no matter how much good we do in the name of Jesus if it is done without honesty upfront we are not pleasing the Lord
2007-01-25 12:38:23 · update #1
thanks god's child- love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-25 12:44:09 · update #2
If you ask me, we are not supposed to do Gods work our way, even if the outcome looks good. Hear is more on what I think.
Before we can say how we go about doing God’s work, we have to be clear as to what God’s work is. I imagine there are many definitions, I take mine from the Prophet Micah: “You know what God requires: Do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8). Every moment of our lives we are given opportunities to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly. The jobs we do are simply more of those opportunities. So let’s take up each aspect of God’s work in turn.
Doing justly. No matter what your job, your actions must be just. A recent news story reported a trend among many hospitals to inflate the costs charged to the uninsured sometimes by thousands of dollars. While many who work for such hospitals may say they are doing God’s work— healing the sick, for example— can they say so unequivocally if they are participating in a system that is fundamentally unjust? Doing justly requires that you look not only at your actions, but the system within which those actions take place.
Loving mercy. No matter what your job, your actions must be compassionate. I have met many healers, social workers, and therapists whose job descriptions might lead us to believe they are doing God’s work, but whose attitudes are so lacking in kindness that, by God’s own standard, we would have to challenge that claim. It is not just what you do, but how compassionately you do it that matters to God.
Walking humbly with your God. This is a bit more subtle. Why “your God” rather than simply God? The answer is that God is speaking not about God as God truly is, but about our ideas of God. Each of us has an image of God that we hold true, yet God is beyond imagining. Walking humbly with your God means knowing that your image is only an image, and not God. We don’t like to think of our theologies as idols, but when they are not held humbly, they become nothing less. Walking humbly means walking without idols, trusting in God rather than insisting on our particular image of God. Given this, even clergy who by definition are said to do God's work, may in fact be working not for God but for their cherished idols. Any rabbi, priest, pastor, or imam whose god sanctions injustice and cruelty is not doing God's work, but simply using his or her idol to excuse his or her own fear and violence.
God’s work is done moment-by-moment, at work and at home, in the office and on the roadways, when we meet face to face or over the phone or email. And it is always the same: do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly.
2007-01-25 12:39:50 · answer #1 · answered by gods_child1123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not right. One example would be giving mony to the poor. Would a good way to get be stealing it from someone else. No! Of course not. We can do whatever is within the limits of the commands in the BIble. We do God's work, His way
God Bless
2007-01-25 20:35:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Honestly, you're question seems a little vague, so I'm not really sure what you're asking. But if your heart is telling you something isn't right, I think it's a good idea to trust that.
2007-01-25 20:33:09 · answer #3 · answered by daisyk 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Ends Justify the Means.
2007-01-25 20:29:42 · answer #4 · answered by Holly Marie 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well, I mean my dad is an evangelist and he's taught me almost everything he knows, and I see this as yes, if you do what God tells you to do and you obey then he will surely bless you, but if you do something totally contrary to what he says then you're not doing a very good job.
2007-01-25 20:31:10 · answer #5 · answered by dani 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are correct. Plenty of people do things their way and say it is in the name of the Lord. On order for the will of God to be done, it has to be done his way, and only his way.
2007-01-25 21:25:29 · answer #6 · answered by Special K 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What happened? No one can do whatever they want, there is right and wrong. It does matter how you do things.
2007-01-25 20:30:12 · answer #7 · answered by angel 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
23"Everything is permissible"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible"—but not everything is constructive. 24Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.
2007-01-25 20:32:53 · answer #8 · answered by sdr35hw 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh no, that could be dangerous for other people if "christians" would begin thinking they can do things their way.
2007-01-25 20:31:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you're asking if "the ends justify the means" - not always, but it depends who you ask
2007-01-25 20:32:14 · answer #10 · answered by -skrowzdm- 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋