(Mission Cast) Words And Deeds Of Love (Isaiah 11:4; Matthew 11:4 5 ) (Judgment)
Jeff and Mim discuss how the Messiah (Jesus) will judge with righteousness and equity for the poor and the oppressed (cf. Isaiah 11:4). This will be light and truth (Lux et Veritas) The statistics regarding the poor are staggering: 8.5 percent of the world’s population (ca. 700 million people) live is extreme poverty on less that $2.12 USD per day. Another 17.5 percent of world’s population (ca. 1.1 billion people) live in acute multidimensional poverty — half of whom are children. Truly, as Jesus said, “The poor you will always have with you” (Matthew 26:11). But what is our response? When we serve the least of these, we also serve Jesus himself (cf. Matthew 25:31-46). Jeff mention’s the Cape Town Commitment (2010) from the Lausanne Movement for World Evangelism, where the church is tasked with integral mission — to proclaim both the truth of the gospel and to show the truth through loving care and actions.
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