I don't mean we should get into danger deliberately, but when has Christianity become something about safety?
I've read a few different articles on social action and Christianity. When I brought this up with some Christians about what we can do for marginalised groups, I got responses like "these are work for those specially called by God", "you should not be blaming elders for not caring about these people, after all they need to be concerned about our safety"...
Why "evangelism" is for everyone, while taking care of the poor is for those with special calling??
When were Jesus and the early Christians ever concerned about their own safety?? Prophets in the Old Testament? Martyrs in Christian history??
Why should we?
Some of the articles I read recently
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Yes, if we really go deep into what Jesus and His apostles do, or even what the people in the OT do, we can see they enter into every danger -- dangers of life, acceptance, political issues.. etc.
Just call your friends and read this passage together:
Matthew 25:31-46
Let the Holy Spirit speak to our hearts.
Most of the time we look at what Jesus do, we don't see how radical what he's doing. We're so used to reading the Bible, we think what he did is all normal.
I think it's difficult, it's not just friends, it's mostly senior people in church that resist changes.
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