which makes you a better christian?

Ok, let's make this a bit more black and white: What if the person who's volunteering, not going to church, but the volunteer work is done in the name of God but aren't preaching to anyone or 'leading souls to God.'

 

I'm fairly sure (not completely, but fairly) that Jesus was more focused on the aspect of helping people out than getting people to join his belief system.

 

In response to FreakerSoup: When Christ's disciples asked about a man He healed - wheather his condition stemmed from his parent's or his own sins, Jesus explained that the calamity (and by extension, the healing) was for the sole purpose that man might believe in God.

 

you can not "go to church"!


the "church" is not a building.

the "church" is "the assembly of The Great Spirit".

the "assembly" are those who have been spiritually
reborn and renewed in the image of their Brother,
The Messiah. those who are the Children of The
Only True GOD.

"church", as "known" today, is but another "strong
delusion" that is of "catholicism" and her pagan
"christian" daughters.

yet, while there is breath(spirit) there is hope!

hope that many would "see" the "strong delusion"
that is the religious systems of this world. hope
that many "receive a love of The Truth" and be
set free from such "strong delusion".......

peace, even as war(spiritual and carnal) rages....... francisco
http://ASpiritualJourney.Org

 

He also said, any gathering of 2 or more in my name, God will be there [or something like that, i dont know the verse[...so techniaclly, if at least 2 people handing out food to the needy were doing it "in the name of God" by theory it would be a church

 

Which is a better human being?

 

"there is none "good" but ONE", and HE is The ONLY TRUE GOD,
Father of ALL".......

peace, even as war(spiritual and carnal) rages....... francisco

 

i dont get it. both of them are just as good as each other, i think. think about it, if we chose one of them to be better, aspiring to be that one would imbalance the aspects of a religion. you need both volunteers and church-goers in the world to make a unity, a balance. don't you think?