"What does it profit, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has not works? Can his faith save him? If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, be warmed and filled,' without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit? So faith itself, if it has no works, is dead" (James 2:14-17).
As I was reading an Israeli news service this morning, Arutz-Sheva, a column by Jeff Jacoby* caught my eye. I want to share a blurb from that column because it demonstrates how faith in God is a blessing to the world.
"The Los Angeles Times reported last year on research showing that people without faith were less likely to help a poor or homeless person than religious believers. While both were equally likely to describe themselves as 'good citizens,' their charitable practices were strikingly different. Americans of no faith donated an annual average of two hundred dollars to charity; active-faith adults typically contributed fifteen hundred dollars. Even when church-based giving was subtracted from the mix, religious Americans donated twice as much to charity as the nonreligious."
The political liberals believe that taxes are a form of giving, and while legislating them for everyone else, will enact special privileges for themselves to avoid paying their fair share. While people of faith, after being over-taxed, will dig down and give more to those in need. See how faith and love make a difference?
Grace&Peace,
Tom
*Jacoby is a columnist for the Boston Globe.
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