Charity and Christianity

Charity and Christianity

Christians believe that if you have a certain faith you must follow it

with an action, if you don’t follow your faith with an action then

there is no point in having the belief in the first point. Believing

in helping the poor and making people’s lives who are in poverty and

who live in the third world better is what a Christian would believe,

but also to do and actually take an action to improve that would be

considered to follow that fait, like with a sport for instance if you

like and follow badminton and want to play that is good; but only by

taking the action of playing will you be following that sport, in a

way it is the same with religion. As Christians believe to treating

others as they would wish to be treated themselves this is saying that

they should treat people who are less fortunate and who live in the

third world as they wish to be treated, so therefore saying they have

to take action into helping the less fortunate. “In the same way,

faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead” (James

2:17) is backing up what I have said about if you do not follow your

faith with an action then there is no point in having the belief in

the first point.

Many Christians would be encouraged or would want to join an

organization that devotes itself to helping the less fortunate and the

people who live in the third world, trying to improve the standard of

living not just for the short term but for the long term as well; this

is much more important then the short term. Such organizations would

be the Salvation Army or Christian aid; these both dedicate their work

and give help to the poor and l...

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take action this way. Christian Aid focuses more on the long term

projects which the poor and needy will benefit greatly from as that’s

what the poor and needy need. Tear fund does exactly the same as

Christian Aid, yet they also consider and take in the fact that the

education of the poor and needy is very important and so they educate

as best as they can the people living in the third world, so that they

can help themselves have a better future.

There are many ways that offer Christians the opportunity to help the

third world try and recover from the state it is in. It doesn’t matter

where you come from, how much money you have to offer or what age you

are, anyone can do their bit to help them. Whether you join a Charity

or whether it’s just a few pounds a month, every little helps them

improve their life.