| Kasz216 said: To show your worth... to god and to follow his will. That should of been common sense in the context in which I was speaking. |
Another part of this comes in, about God judging nations. While the individualist modern western thought seems to shy away from the concept of people being collectively part of groups, and being judged because you are part of a group, and what it does, you see in the Bible, and even in the places of the Mideast, the concept of people being members of tribes and being judged by what the group does collectively. There is a whole line of thought, theological, and political connected with this. It is a line of thought, foreign to people who have modern western thought actually, wondering how the heck people in the Mideast could be angry at someone for just being an American, with people thinking, "Hey, I am not responsible for what my country does". it is a collective guilt that happens due to what your group has done or failed to do. It isn't about you at all. It is much bigger in the Old Testament texts, but you also see it in the New Testament texts.
In light of this, being judged collectively, for who you are part of, it is entirely possible you can build a case of Christians being judged because the nation they are part of didn't look after the poor. The degree of guilt that Christian would come under would be based on their compliance with this lack of concern and their interest in fighting against it, and that could even come down to whether or not they support or oppose welfare programs the state has. Again, it is another angle on the original question. It is said that sins of omission do exist after all.
