Because God cares for orphans, and one of the ways in which he exercises this care is through his church.
Psalm 68:5 says that God is “Father of the fatherless and protector of widows.” Christians, who are being transformed into the image of Christ live out His heart when they care for orphans. “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction” (James
Because we have been adopted by God.
Jesus left heaven, lived a very humiliating life, ultimately dying for sinners so he could bring people into the family of God and call them his children. Christians, from every tribe, tongue and nation, have been pursued by God and adopted into his family. In the same way we want to pursue those from another nation, not our own, and bring them into our family. We desire our family to be a little picture of this great Gospel.
So that these children will have the opportunity to hear of Christ.
“And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts
Because we have been given so much.
We want to give because we have been given the wealth of
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