We tend to focus on sins of commission<\/i>\u2014the wrong we do. But what about sins of omission<\/i>\u2014the good we fail to do? In Christ\u2019s parables, when someone was condemned, it was often over a sin of omission. A man was put out of a wedding because he had no wedding garment (see\u00a0Matthew\u00a022:12). Five virgins were excluded from the wedding party because they\u2019d no oil in their lamps (see\u00a0Matthew\u00a025:3\u201311). A servant who buried his talent in the ground instead of using it, forfeited it (see\u00a0Matthew\u00a025:25\u201328). A rich man who failed to care for his neighbour was condemned for it (see\u00a0Luke\u00a016:19\u201324). A barren fig tree that failed to produce fruit was cursed and died (see\u00a0Mark\u00a011:20\u201324). <\/p>\n
You say, \u2018But I\u2019m interested in a deeper spiritual life.\u2019 Well, the deepest spiritual life is one spent doing good to others! And it\u2019s the basis on which you\u2019ll be judged and rewarded. \u2018Then the King will say\u2026 \u201cI was hungry, and you didn\u2019t feed Me. I was thirsty, and you didn\u2019t give Me a drink. I was a stranger, and you didn\u2019t invite Me into your home. I was naked, and you didn\u2019t give Me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn\u2019t visit Me.\u201d Then they will reply, \u201cLord, when did we ever see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help You?\u201d And He will answer, \u201cI tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these My brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help Me.\u201d\u2019<\/i> (Matthew\u00a025:41\u201345\u00a0NLT) <\/p>\n
So when you\u2019ve a chance to do good\u2014do it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We tend to focus on sins of commission\u2014the wrong we do. But what about sins of omission\u2014the good we fail to do? In Christ\u2019s parables, when someone was condemned, it was often over a sin of omission. A man was put out of a wedding because he had no wedding garment (see\u00a0Matthew\u00a022:12). Five virgins were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}