What Do You Think? Wednesday

“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.”—James 1:27

In this verse we see three special obligations for Christians: to care for in their affliction orphans and widows, two of the most vulnerable groups there are, and to not allow the world to negatively affect us. When we continue to see what special obligations the Bible details for the Christian, we see just how other-centered, based on being Christ-centered, we should be. This leaves no room for the strong black woman with all her self-prescribed notions. Help me develop this list of special obligations so we are armed with biblical notions of what we should commit our time, talent and treasure to.

So far we have obligations to 1) brothers and sisters in Christ; 2) the Bible; 3) orphans; 4) widows; and 5) righteous living. Won’t you add to the list? Please, tell me what special obligations you think the Christian has.