GeoFee ------your quote ---I wonder if you would say a few words about the difference between charity and justice in the biblical narratives?
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Actually in my opinion charity and justice are 2 aspects that we are called to by Jesus -----We are to love God and we are to love our neighbour like God loves us ---so the 2 come out of our love for God and wanting to please him and do what we are called to do -------and what we are called to do as far as serving goes is to sever God by serving our neighbour ----
works of charity can express itself in may ways ---donating time ---money ---serving in soup kitchens etc ----we do it because of our Love for God
works of justice are a tad harder to accomplish as we must keep a check on ourselves and make sure that what we do is right and just in the eyes of God ----so we stay out of sin ----that is why it is so important to Have the Holy Spirit and call on Grace and know God's word ----to make sure God gets the Glory for all we do ---
Jesus said I am the bread of life ---and in John 10:10 -He says this
ERV
A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy.
But I came to give life—life that is full and good
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So when we do acts of charity and justice we are at one with God's creative purpose for us -----
But here is the thing GeoFee ------doing any acts of charity on our own power without the Holy Spirit is not justice in God's eyes ----why do I say that cause the word says so -----now I know you will not agree but this is what I believe -----and what the word says ----
Isaiah 59New Life Version (NLV)
Sin Keeps One from God
59 See, the Lord’s hand is not so short that it cannot save, and His ear is not closed that it cannot hear. 2
But your wrong-doings have kept you away from your God. Your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. 3 For your hands are sinful with blood, your fingers with wrong-doing, your lips have lied, and your tongue talks about sin.
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Isaiah 58 ---in my view this shows both charity and justice this shows how people were angry that God wasn't paying attention to their fasting and then it shows what they should be doing -----
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Bible Gateway passage: Isaiah 58 - GOD’S WORD Translation
Isaiah 58GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
Worship the Lord as He Wants to Be Worshiped
They want God to be near them.
3 Why have we fasted if you are not aware of it?
Don’t you see that on the days you fast,
you do what you want to do?
You mistreat all your workers.
4 Don’t you see that when you fast,
you quarrel and fight and beat your workers?
The way you fast today keeps you from being heard in heaven.
Why have we inflicted pain on ourselves if you don’t pay attention?
This is the kind of fasting I have chosen:
Loosen the chains of wickedness,
untie the straps of the yoke,
let the oppressed go free,
and break every yoke.
7 Share your food with the hungry,
take the poor and homeless into your house,
and cover them with clothes when you see them naked.
Don’t refuse to help your relatives.
8 Then your light will break through like the dawn,
and you will heal quickly.
Your righteousness will go ahead of you,
and the glory of the Lord will guard you from behind.
9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer.
You will cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am!”
Get rid of that yoke.
Don’t point your finger and say wicked things.
10 If you give some of your own food to feed those who are hungry
and to satisfy the needs of those who are humble,
then your light will rise in the dark,
and your darkness will become as bright as the noonday sun.
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Don't know if this is what you were asking for but did my best to respond to your request -----
