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“Helping others is the most important thing a Christian should do”.
In this essay I am going to discuss whether helping one another is the most important thing a Christian should do; I am going to discuss both sides of the argument and I will discuss what the strongest arguments are to conclude.
Firstly, some people may agree with the statement because people like Christians believe in the 7 principles of catholic social teaching and it educates that human dignity can be protected and a healthy community can be achieved only if human rights are protected and people do their role. They believe we should have self-love and good quality of life, “we all have a right to freedom and necessities of life”, we should care towards others and uphold these rights for human life. The first catholic social teaching, dignity of each human person, calls us to value human life as it belongs to God.
Nevertheless, some people may disagree because they may believe, the other 9 commandments, might be equally or more important. Out of the two great commandments the Lord gave us, the first one was to, “love the Lord, with all your heart, mind, and soul”, (Matthew 22:35-40) therefore, it could be controversially more important than helping one another. The Lord is the center stone of the Christian faith, therefore that may have more significance than, ‘people’, and showing acts of kindness towards other humans.
Also, some people may agree with the statement because we are all, “created in the image and likeness of God” (Genesis 1:26-28) and therefore every individual has a right to life and should be respected, we should help one another as God calls us to “love thy neighbor as thyself”. Matthew 22:35–40, - one of the two greatest commandments. Part of loving others is to aid and help others. Therefore, it has prime value in the Catholic church as God calls us to support others, and this comes under human dignity. The Mater et Magistra (Mother and Teacher) Papal encyclical teaches us that we should follow the three instructions of: see, judge, act. It permits us to judge the influence of our n actions when we aim for equality.
The people affected by the unjust circumstances are the main situations we act to bring change. If we observe others in need, we should act, helping them becomes our responsibility as a follower of Jesus. When it came to the time of judgement, Jesus said “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat…”, implying Jesus asks us more importantly, to serve others, as when we serve others, we are serving Christ.
In contrast, some people would also disagree because people like, terrorists and people who cause damage and destruction to the world, helping them, that would not be justice. You could argue not everyone requires respect and aid from others, therefore it may not be the ‘most’ important thing. In Galatians 6:10, it talks of how “we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers”. Therefore, you could argue we should put other Christians before the public and therefore it is not the most important thing to serve others.
In conclusions, I believe the strongest argument are those, agreeing with the statement as loving others helps us in loving the lord, it helps us grow as a Christian and it can be called the most important thing a Catholic should do, as if we serve others, then we are following both the great commandments, as Jesus tells us, “whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me”.
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