That there are athiests who reject the church's lies and hypocrisy but still serve God without realizing that they are doing so and that there are Christians who think that they are serving God but are really serving a lie?
Matthew 25:37-40 (King James Version)
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37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40And 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.
Matthew 7: 22-23 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23) And then I will profess to them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity
2007-10-21 11:43:52 · 13 answers · asked by Guardian 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As for Mt 25, those buying into L/R division end up
being scape-goats & dumb-sheep get same thing.
There's no "respect of persons" is mentioned often.
As for Mt 7:23, you seem to have it twisted,
for in my Holy Bible it says "will I", not I will.
Grace with you all. Amen.
2007-10-21 15:59:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I seem to have missed something here...
Remind again the name of the atheist group which does the same work as the Salvation Army in caring for the needs of the hungry and sick.
Who founded the atheist group that works alongside Mother Teresa's Sister of Mercy in India's slums?
Where can I find information on atheist organization which run orphanages in third world nations?
Where is the soup kitchen and clothing giveaway run by atheist in the inner cities?
Have you notice that such groups do not exist? That is why the atheist fail when they are tested by this scripture, and the church passes.
Read Matthew 7:22-23 in context sometime. Jesus was NOT talking to Christians or his disciples/followers when he made that statement. Has no application to his church today.
2007-10-21 12:02:39 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Matthew 25 only means that if you have done good things to your neighbor it is as if you have done them good things to God himself. and the word brethren pertains to believers Matthew 7 says that you will not get into heaven from works alone it means that even thought you had done all these good things it was all in vain because you had not truly believed in Jesus Christ our savior. but to answer your question sometimes God does use atheist to do his work i heard a story where a believer told a bunch of unbelievers the Gospel when he was doing a speech about something that was totally not on that subject,it did not make a lot of the unbelievers believe but they unbelievers did spend a lot of time talking about it how it was supposedly out of place . but i think the unbelievers spread the Gospel around a lot faster than that one believer could all by himself
2007-10-21 12:02:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the key word here is inquity,there were practitions of magic,and Jesus never said do this in His Name .Jesus was
doing these things to glorify His Father.
2007-10-21 12:01:53 · answer #4 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry but no. If you do not accept Jesus then nothing you do is to serve Him. The best person in the world if they are not a Christian can only go to Hell after death.
2007-10-21 11:50:30 · answer #5 · answered by Bible warrior 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Religion is a killer.Having a personal loving relationship with Jesus you receive love and you do help people .You feed them.You visit the sick.You have compassion and love for people because Jesus lives in you.Not religion.
2007-10-21 11:51:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Impossible!
2007-10-21 12:04:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know of one single atheist that I could go to if my child was hungry, or thirsty, or homeless, or in prison, who would help me, knowing that I am a Christian.
I don't know very many "Christians" I could go to in those circumstances, either...maybe three out of all of the hundreds of Christians I have known personally would help me without judging me.
Pretty sad state of affairs, huh?
My answer to you would be that, while it is true that faith without works is dead faith, works without faith are dead works.
2007-10-21 12:03:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We are to do good onto each other. If you are going to learn that much then you should also Know that God is telling us we do not get to heaven by works alone. We get to heaven through Jesus. Love God more then yourself, love your neighbor as yourself.
2007-10-21 11:52:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is obvious, from the text, if you do not do those things, you will be told to depart and go to hell for all eternity. These works are NOT OPTIONAL, THEY MUST BE OBEYED!!
so much for the once saved always saved bologna. you get saved as you fulfill the works of Christ and obey his will in ALL things.
2007-10-21 12:00:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋