We Are The Church.....

It is we, the Church, who are to feed the hungry, to care for the sick, house the homeless, take care of those in prisons, care for the widows, open our arms....our love for the precious orphans, share our abundance, and to care for the elderly....it is through His Church...His Followers that the world is to learn the Truth....through His Disciples that the lost will be brought to salvation. Not through a government or through a President. It is through the Church!

Just wanted to clarify the meaning of "church"....The "church" is NOT a building. A building is a location where the church gathers ~ we are the ekklesia which means:"the called out ~ we are believers/followers/disciples of Jesus the Christ. We are each, individually, responsible for carrying-out the work that is expected of a Christian. Who are the Christians? The Holy Scriptures tell us that we will be known by the fruits that we bear. "You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act..."Matthew 7:16 We glean from reading Acts 2:47 that God adds the saved to His church. We can not know them by the building they sit in, but we can know them only by their fruits. Therefore, we can not say "the church isn't doing enough" .... "the church needs to be more benevolent" ... and so on. WE ARE THE CHURCH! We must do what each of us can...what we really can do and we must push our limits...give our all. Then, the world will see a change. We can't wait on the next person to take up our slack as they will not be judged for us and we will not receive their rewards. 

The Final Judgment:  Matthew 25:31-46

31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, youcursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ 44 Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ 45 Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Romans 12:2: “offer your bodies as a living sacrifice holy and acceptable to God, your spiritual worship.” As the Lord Jesus offered himself totally for our sake, we are called to lay down our lives for Him and for one another.