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A MODEL FOR CHRISTIAN CHARITY JOHN WINTHROP
A MODEL FOR CHRISTIAN CHARITY: JOHN WINTHROP

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3 TOPICS: THE DOUBLE LAW OF NATURE AND GRACE
LOVE IS THE BOND OF PERFECTION
THE APPLICATIONS IN SECTION 2 OF PERSONS, WORK,END, AND MEANS.

THE DOUBLE LAW IS USED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SPECIFICS OF EACH SITUATION. LIKE SHOWING MERCY ON A RICH MAN IN A CRISIS SITUATION. MORAL LAW TELLS US THAT MERCY SHOULD BE SHOWN TO THOSE WITHOUT, NOT THOSE THAT HAVE. BUT THE LAW OF THE GOSPEL TELLS US TO SHOW MERCY TO EVERYONE THE WAY HE SHOWED MERCY TO US. OR SHOWING GRACE TO A POOR MAN ON ISSUES OF MONEY OWED. MORAL LAW TELLS US EVERYONE MUST PAY HIS PRICE OF LIVING. BUT GOD' S LAW TELLS US TO HELP THOSE LESS FORTUNATE OR IN NEED.

HE TALKS ABOUT "LOVE BEING THE BOND OF PERFECTION" WHEN DESCRIBING THE LOVE OF CHRIST, THE LOVE WE ARE TO SHOW OTHERS. HE USES IT IN DESCRIBING THE PARTS OF THE BODY AND HOW THE BOND OF ALL THE PARTS MAKES THE BODY PERFECT. HE USES THIS ANALOGY ALSO TO DESCRIBE CHRIST AND THE CHURCH BEING ONE BODY. HE MAKES THE STATEMENT THAT APART FROM CHRIST, WE ARE ALL A MESS. BUT WHEN CHRIST COMES IN AND KNITS US ALL TO HIM AND TO EACH OTHER, WE ARE THE MOST PERFECT BODY IN THE WORLD.

IN THE SECOND PART, HE DESCRIBES THE PERSONS AS ALL OF US, NO MATTER HOW FAR THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, ANNOUNCING OUR CLOSE KNITNESS TO CHRIST AND TO EACH OTHER. ALSO NO MATTER WHAT RELIGIOUS PRACTICES WE USE, IF CHRIST IS AT THE CENTER OF IT, WE'RE ALL THE SAME IN THAT ASPECT. AS FAR AS THE WORK, I THINK HE IS REFERRING TO FINDING A WAY TO LIVE AS CHRIST IN A WORLD THAT'S CHRISTLESS. WE HAVE TO SHOW RESPECT AND TOLERANCE TO THE LAWS AND WAYS OF THE WORLD AROUND US WITHOUT FALLING PREY TO THEM. THE END IS REFERRING TO LIVING OUR LIVES TO SERVE GOD AND HIS PURPOSE. TO BEAR WITNESS TO THE LOST FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE BODY OF CHRIST. THE MEANS HE TALKS ABOUT REFERS TO THE WAY WE GO ABOUT GETTING THE THINGS DONE WE NEED TO DO TO FURTHER THE LORD'S KINGDOM. IT

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