Matthew 5:16
To Reveal God
Whoever wants others to see their good works so that God, who gave them their good works, may be glorified, their light truly shines before others…. These people don’t do good to be seen, but so that God may be revealed through them….
The Apostle Paul said, “Please all men in all things.” But he didn’t stop there, as if pleasing others was his goal. Otherwise he would have said wrongly, “If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.” Instead, he immediately added why he pleased others. “Not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.”
So then, he didn’t please others for his own profit or fear of not serving Christ, but at the same time he did please others for their salvation’s sake so that he would be a faithful servant of Christ. For him it was enough for God to know His conscience and for others to have something to imitate in him.
Readings taken from Day by Day with the Early Church Fathers
To Reveal God
Whoever wants others to see their good works so that God, who gave them their good works, may be glorified, their light truly shines before others…. These people don’t do good to be seen, but so that God may be revealed through them….
The Apostle Paul said, “Please all men in all things.” But he didn’t stop there, as if pleasing others was his goal. Otherwise he would have said wrongly, “If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.” Instead, he immediately added why he pleased others. “Not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.”
So then, he didn’t please others for his own profit or fear of not serving Christ, but at the same time he did please others for their salvation’s sake so that he would be a faithful servant of Christ. For him it was enough for God to know His conscience and for others to have something to imitate in him.
Readings taken from Day by Day with the Early Church Fathers
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