Bible Society of South Africa

Grow a Spiritual Garden – Day 4

Cultivate charity.

(Di)temana ya Bibele

MATEU 25

37“Baloki ba tla mmotšiša ba re: ‘Morena, ke neng mo re ilego ra go bona o swerwe ke tlala mme ra go fa dijo, goba o nyorilwe, ra go fa sa go nwa? 38Ke neng mo re ilego ra go bona o le mošele, gomme ra go amogela ka malapeng a rena, goba o hloka diaparo, ra go fa tšona? 39Ke neng mo re ilego ra go bona o babja goba o le kgolegong, mme ra go etela?’ 40Kgoši o tla ba fetola a re: ‘Ruri, ke le botša gore ge le be le direla yo mongwe wa banabešo ba ba nyatšegago ba, le be le direla nna!’

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LUKASE 14

22Ka morago mohlanka yoo a boa, a re: ‘Ke phethile se o rilego ke se dire, morena, fela go sa na le madulo.’ 23Monglapa a re go yena: ‘Eya ditseleng le mebileng o yo gapeletša batho go tlo tsena, gore ntlo ya ka e tle e tlale. 24Gomme ke le botša gore le o tee wa banna ba ba bego ba laleditšwe a ka se latswe dijo tša ka.’ ”

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The minute we forget that all people are created in the image of God, and are not just souls or bodies, we lose sight of the one who is suffering. But if you love your neighbour, as Jesus commands us to do, we cannot help but be concerned about them. We can risk letting people unlike ourselves into our lives, by practising the kind of hospitality that breaks social rules restricting us to our own class because we are doing it as if we were doing it for Christ.

According to our Christian belief every person has an inalienable worth as a person. Man, woman and child have all been created in the image of God. And if you believe this, let it become evident in all you do.

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