Monday, May 05, 2008

Feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, and getting people saved is not nessasarily the Gospel

I have communication with missionaries on the ground in Nigeria.
 
There are organizations in Nigeria who feed the hungry, give people a  place to live, put clothes on their back, take care of their medical needs and even go to bat for them in the justice system.  They teach the children.  They become an extended family.
 
As a part of this they preach the salvation message they espouse.
 
If humanitarian efforts were the only qualification for vetting a ministry these folks should get a humanitarian award.  It's a little like the people who point to Trinity and Jeremiah Wright with pontifications on what good they are doing socially as an excuse to overlook what they and he are teaching the people.  
 
Both what Wright and Trinity have done and what this missions group in Nigeria on the face of it are good things.  Jesus even admonishes his followers to do likewise.
 
It's just that the folks in Nigeria are Wahabbi Muslims funded by Saudi Arabia.  Using humanitarianism to mislead people to hell.
 
The parallel with Trinity is striking in my opinion.   

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