![]() ![]() Giving money is only one way of showing charity: to give time and toil is far better and (for most of us) harder. 31-46: from which you see that Christ counts all that you do for this baby exactly as if you had done it for Him when He was a baby in the manger at Bethlehem: you are in a sense sharing in the things His mother did for Him. And then, better still, look at Matthew chap 25 v. Then look at a picture of Charity (or Agape) in action in St. Paul says about it in First Corinthians Chap. You see Agape is all giving, not getting. There are people I mustn’t feel Eros towards, and people I can’t feel Storgë or Philia for but I can practice Agape to God, Angels, Man and Beast, to the good and the bad, the old and the young, the far and the near. ![]() So there are 4 kinds of ‘love,’ all good in their proper place, but Agape is the best because it is the kind God has for us and is good in all circumstances. It is called Agape in the New Testament to distinguish it from Eros (sexual love), Storgë (family affection) and Philia (friendship). “Of course taking in the poor illegitimate child is ‘charity.’ Charity means love. ![]()
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