Augustine—Bishop of Hippo, reflecting on Matthew 25—asks what he has received and what he owes. His accounting is precise. Received bread; will give the Bread of Life. Received shelter; will give a House. Received a visitor in sickness; will give Health. The temporal and eternal are not separate tracks—physical kindnesses received formed the foundation of his desire to serve God and others.
Martin Luther was an early Lutheran theologian. He goes from Christian liberty, to the rule to live in “tenderness and compassion”. Work for others: your spiritual riches already abound.
Cretins would latch on to the idea “VOLUNTARY benevolence,” shut down government programs, then put their feet up, as people starve around them.
How can you live in tenderness and compassion?
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Greg Johnson