A different thought on the following:
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Originally Posted by aron
God doesn't need our $165 Billion; He needs us to "infect" our neighbor with the divine fire.
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No. God doesn't need our $165 billion. But he will use it if it is there.
But the calling was not to infect our neighbor with any kind of fire. Just love them as we love ourselves.
It was not to be odd for odd's sake. It was not to say a lot of stuff to them about Jesus (not that there is anything wrong with that). It was not to help them with a tag attached to the help that says "this was provided by the _____ [Christian group or whatever]."
It was just to love them. To live righteously in everything we do. The infection comes when they take note, follow, and meet Jesus. When they ask and we reply "come and see." We don't even need the words. Just the love. If they want, they will seek and find.
I am not dismissing any kind of evangelistic efforts, events, activities, etc. But if we are not living that life, all the evangelistic things we do will be a problem. They will be hollow replacements for actual obedience.
And no matter how much we like the old-school view of grace, if you don't obey, there is a problem. Obedience seems to come ahead of so many of the "spiritual" things that the Bible talks about.