We all as Christians have a duty to strive for the common good. Christians in developed countries should have reverence for the marginalised and seek not just to improve to improve their condition but to bring about equality to those in developing countries.
The laity (priests) are travelling messengers of Christ. The teach Christians to make good use of what god has created. Spread the word to everyone. Spread the word every Jew they see in the street. Offer services to parishes. All of these are some of their responsibilities. All Christians should be charitable and give some of their prized possessions up.
When Christians here ‘go help your neighbour’ they think ‘who is my neighbour?’ Jesus, the early church, and the modern church explain this. But who is my neighbour?
My neighbour is my fellow man. Whether it is a Jew or Hindu they are my entire neighbours. Just like in the Good Samaritan as I stated earlier.
Everybody has responsibilities to others. As a member of the church the Christian is part of the family of God. We all have our own responsibilities to other members. It is like being part of a physical family. When one is born he becomes part of a family (mother, father, brothers and sisters) to whom he has different responsibilities to others in that physical family. In Barnabus and the Early Church (Acts 4:32-37) they all shared everything they had. They sold there fields and houses and handed the money to apostles for them to hand it to the needy. They all helped others in need of some help or money. Jesus recognises this as a good deed and rewarded what they did. Likewise we are never strong enough that we can’t benefit from the caring of others. St Paul, tells his friends that he is comforted by their faith, as his comforts them. (Romans 1:12).
The Methodist church believes Christians have the responsibilities to spread the good news, caring for those in need, being alongside the poor, but most of all they believe Christians should help the developing countries of the world. They believe it is key because we need keep a good, strong partnership between countries so wars don’t start and cause more poverty in the developing countries.
The Anglican Church believes that Christians have responsibilities to respond to God’s call to work for justice in the world, Christians have a responsibility to be at the forefront of moves to transform the world, rid all of its poverty and make it more just an equal place for all place. They believe this can be done through prayer and raising money just for the developing countries.
In conclusion I think Christians have a responsibility to his fellow man and to help those in need. I think the people whop need the most help are those in the developing countries.
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