Christians Should Lead Active Lives

Christians Should Lead Active Lives

An active Christian life is where somebody spreads the word of God by

helping others. Their life is not completely devoted to God but they

always make time for God, through prayer. Christians who lead an

active life may argue that it is better than a contemplative lifestyle

because it is the most effective way of spreading the word of God.

They believe actions speak louder than words, so physically helping

the community is better than just praying.

The parable of the sheep and goats applies to Christians who lead

active lives. In the parable it says God divides the sheep and the

goats, the righteous and unrighteous. God gives eternal life to the

sheep because they have fed the hungry, clothed the naked and given

drink to the thirsty. However the goats that have not done any of

theses things are sent to hell.

Active Christians believe they are helping others much like the sheep

in the parable and in doing so will receive eternal life in heaven.

This parable on the other hand can apply to Christians who lead

contemplative lives. They may believe by giving up their possessions

and by living a humble lifestyle they are acting as the 'sheep' also

and they will receive eternal life in heaven for their actions.

Active Christians might argue that an active lifestyle is better than

a contemplative lifestyle because if Jesus had lead a contemplative

life we would never have heard of him or of the things that he did

today. Jesus helped many people during his life, and active Christians

try to follow in Jesus footsteps by helping others in their community,

Christians who lead contemplative lives would disagree with the

statement 'Christians should lead active rather than contemplative

lives' for several reasons. Firstly they may believe that leading an

active life where you help others can lead you to be big headed about

what you have done or lead you to judge others. They might argue that

a contemplative lifestyle is better because you can concentrate all of