Christians in developed countries.

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Naomi Fligg 10W    

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Christians in developed countries feel and believe that they should have reverence for the marginalized and seek not just to improve the condition of these people in life but also to bring about equality and live up to their responsibility of caring for all.

        

We can learn about this from the Old Testament and Jesus’ teachings. In Mt 22.34-40, we learn that the greatest commandment is to,

“love your neighbour as you love yourself.”

Christians try to develop qualities of Christian love, known as agape. They do this by showing compassion towards others, respect and tolerance. They can also do this by reading the bible and following the acts of others, such as Jesus. By doing this Christians hope to become more like Christ. Once confirmed, Catholics have confirmed their commitment and responsibilities to Christ, by doing this they are now official followers of Christ and they believe they should follow in his ways and apply them to daily life and by confirming themselves to Christ, Catholics  mean to serve him and others.

“If one of you wants to be great, he must be servant of the rest, and if one of you wants to be first, he must be slave of all.”

        Request of James And John.        

This passage explains that true greatness is about saving others. This is major Christian responsibility. Christians can do this by putting themselves last and putting the needs of others before their own. Thus, they strive towards equality for all.

In The Good Samaritan, Christians are taught to treat others equally. In it, a question is asked by a teacher of the law, “And who is my neighbour?” Jesus uses a Samaritan to teach that thy neighbour is anyone in need. A priest and a Levite ignore a man in need but in the end help comes from the enemy. This is an example where we can learn; our neighbour is anyone is need, even our enemy. Christians have a responsibility towards all and we know that we are meant to learn from Jesus’ actions because he tells the teacher of the law,

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“Go and do likewise”.

This is saying to Christians that they should treat everyone equally because we are all a part of God and we are made in his image, they

should see each all humans precious in God’s eyes. We can see this in Psalm 139; God has a plan for every one of us.

“When I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of earth. Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance, in thy book were written, every one of them”

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