Highways to Zion
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Love = Truth and Action
Posted on 10/21/2007 ::: 2 Comments, Leave Some More
There is this passage from the Bible that has haunted me for some time now. It isn't one of those passages that is confusing and you have to wrestle with it academically to find the correct interpretation like Psalmists exultation of smashing the babies of his enemies on rocks (Psalm 137). No this is a passage that is so plain that you can't get around it - and that is the hard part. It so blatantly calls us to something difficult that we often read it and simply ignore it.
We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.-1 John 3:16-18
This is one of those passages that could just be a sermon in and of itself and nothing really needs to be said. So I won't at this time. But I do want to announce a new section of my blog that is dedicated to love in action. Here you will find links to other sites. Some are sources for news that you won't hear on CNN or Fox that are relevant to this dualistic age of hunger and affluence. Some are sites that are dedicated to the eradication of poverty, slavery, or war. On most of the sites you will find links to other similar sites.
One thing I learned from our trip to Catalyst is that people are willing to do good. However, we have lived in the bubble of affluent America so long that we are not aware of the needs of the world or the practical ways we can help. So this addition to the site is primarily for education. If you are a follower of Christ and ignorant of the needs of the world, be cautioned before learning of them because you will be judged for how you respond. So here it is. Do something. Love = Truth and Action.
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#1 On October 31, 2007, Curtis Kiser wrote:
Right on. I was listening to a favorite song of mine the other day that I thought could be applied to Christian action, although it may not have been intended that way. The song: “Wake up” by Rage Against the Machine, it is about learning to open our eyes to the true depravity and inhumanities committed by our government and most of the Western world. Reading this article above I immediately thought of that song and a specific line from…“fist in the air in the land of hypocrisy”. So, do good and raise it high.