A passage from Matthews (25: 31-46) about Christians having fed Jesus when they fed other hungry people provoked some interesting responses, during one of the two or three theological discussions that were part of the Guatemala Mission Network gathering. Gerardo said that both words and deeds are important for Christians. By this, I interpreted him as saying that both talking with people about our Christian faith and showing them Christian love by helping care for them are important. Both Gerardo and Pablo also talked about the threat of Hell – for those who failed to feed others/Jesus – that this passage refers to. But then Pablo went on to say that God would like everyone to be saved. It’s up to us to help feed and talk about our faith with other people so that all may be with God, Pablo said. God has the power to help us with these tasks, Gerardo said, and our task, I added, it to trust God that God will enable us to reach people through word and deed.
-Perry
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