Good works really help!

The word 'love' isn't just a noun, it's a verb (an action word). Love is not demonstrated simply by what we say but by what we do.

In a small Jewish town in Russia, there's a rabbi who reputedly doesn't show up for several hours every Friday. His followers claim that during this time he goes up to Heaven and talks to God. A stranger moved into town and was sceptical about this, so decided to check things out. He hid and watched. The rabbi got up in the morning, said his prayers, then dressed in peasant clothes. He grabbed an axe and went and cut firewood in the woods, which he took to the outskirts of the village where an old woman and her sick son lived. He left them enough wood for a week, then crept back home. After seeing the rabbi's behaviour for himself, the newcomer became his disciple. Now when the villagers say, 'On Friday morning our rabbi ascends all the way up to Heaven,' he quietly adds, 'If not higher.'

We can't earn salvation through doing good works, but if we're truly saved, our actions and attitudes will prove that. Paul wrote these two Scriptures to Titus: 'In everything set them an example by doing what is good' (Titus 2:7 NIV); 'Those who believe in God will be careful to use their lives for doing good. These things...will help everyone' (Titus 3:8 NCV).



So what now? Jesus in you gives you a heart to do good for others. Have fun showing people that you love them.





— SCRIPTURE —

'You show love for others by truly helping them.' 1 John 3:18 CEV
— SOULFOOD —

Jer 10-13, Mark 15:33-47, Ps 17, Pro 14:13-16