When Jesus walked this earth two major aspects of his ministry were the preaching if the Gospel and his compassion for those in physical need. The whole of scripture speaks of this that our whole life as Christians should preach the gospel and flowing from that the meeting of physical needs. The danger of this comes when we prioritise these two needs incorrectly. As the church, God's gift to the world, we are not to care for the poor and then tag on a gospel message. For what use is it if we help those in need to gain the whole world and at the end they lose their soul for eternity. Instead our priority is the preaching of the gospel and flowing from that the meeting of the physical need... Paul's priority was preaching the gospel to the gentiles, Peter's priority the Jews, but both were concerned for the poor!
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amen!
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