What Did Jesus Say? --- What Did Jesus Do?
What Jesus Said About:
- Helping Those in Need
- Reaching out to Those Who Are Different Than Us, (especially people who are frequently looked down on, despised and rejected)
| Matthew 5:16 | "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." |
| Matthew 16:27 | "For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done." |
| Matthew 25:31-46 | "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?' The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.' Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." |
Giving of the rich versus the poor: Here Jesus contrasts the giving of the rich and the poor
Giving out of Love and not out of duty:
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| Luke 8:21 | "But He answered and said to them, 'My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.' " |
| Luke 10:25-28 | "On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. 'Teacher,' he asked, 'what must I do to inherit eternal life?' 'What is written in the Law?' he replied. 'How do you read it?' He answered: ' "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind" '; and, ' "Love your neighbor as yourself." ' 'You have answered correctly,' Jesus replied. 'Do this and you will live.' " |
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| Acts 26:20 | "First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles also, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds." |
| Romans 2:6,7; 13 | "For he will repay according to each one's deeds. To those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; for it is not those who hear the law who are just in the sight of God; rather, those who observe the law will be justified." |
Romans 2:16 | "on the day when, according to my gospel, God, through Jesus Christ, will judge the secret thoughts of all." |
1 Corinthians 7: 19 | "Circumcision means nothing and uncircumicsion means nothing; what matters is keeping God's commandments." |
1 Corinthians 13:2-3 | "And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing." |
1 Corinthians 13:13 | "And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love." |
2 Corinthians 5:10 | "For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done is his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." |
Philippians 2:12b-13 | "Work out your salvation with fear and trembling, For God is one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work." |
1 Timothy 4:16 | "Attend to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in both tasks, for by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you." |
1 Timothy 6:18-19 | "That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life." |
Hebrews 10:24 | "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds." |
James 1:22 | "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says." |
James 2 (excerpts) | "... What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? ... Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? ... Ye see then how that by works a man is justified." |
James 2:24 | "You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone." (This is the only time the phrase "faith alone" appears in the Scriptures.) |
1 Peter 1:17 | "Now if you invoke as Father him who judges impartially according to each one's works, conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your sojourning." |
1 Peter 2:12 | "Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation." |
1 John 2:3-7 | "We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. The man who says, 'I know him,' but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard." |
Revelation 2:23 | "Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds." |
| Revelation 14:12-13 | "Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and hold fast to the faith of Jesus. And I heard a voice from heaven saying, ‘Write this: Blessed are the dead who from now on die in the Lord.’ ‘Yes,’ says the Spirit, ‘they will rest from their labours, for their deeds follow them.’ " |
Revelation 20:13 | "All the dead were judged according to their deeds." |
Revelation 22:12 | "Behold |
, I am coming soon. I bring with me the recompense I will give to each according to his deeds."
Luke 10:30–37, World English Bible
Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho,
and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him,
and departed, leaving him half dead.
By chance a certain priest was going down that way.
When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him,
passed by on the other side.
But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was.
When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,
came to him, and bound up his wounds,
pouring on oil and wine.
He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn,
and took care of him.
On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii,
and gave them to the host, and said to him,
'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'
Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?"
and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him,
and departed, leaving him half dead.
By chance a certain priest was going down that way.
When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him,
passed by on the other side.
But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was.
When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,
came to him, and bound up his wounds,
pouring on oil and wine.
He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn,
and took care of him.
On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii,
and gave them to the host, and said to him,
'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'
Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?"
He said, "He who showed mercy on him."
Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
Jesus's Approach to Those Concerned About Material Possessions
From Matthew 6:24–33 (King James Version "KJV"):
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
