Genesis 18:19 explains why God chose the Biblical patriarch Abraham — because Abraham would command his children to keep the Way of God, i.e., to perform charity and justice.
In utter contrast to the Way of God is the Way of Sodom, i.e., a society based on cruelty and injustice and lacking in charity and justice.
“The cry of Sodom is so great, and their sin is so very grave.”1
The Talmud describes how the depraved Sodomites tortured a young girl to death for having given bread to a stranger, something illegal in Sodom.
America at this time is in desperate need of obtaining God’s mercy. By promoting and doing acts of kindness in society, America can merit kindness from God so that He will deliver her from her present travails.
Man has free will to serve God by imitating His path of doing good in the world. God’s ways and traits, that Man should emulate, are kindness, justice, and righteousness, as stated by the Biblical prophet Jeremiah.
“But only in this should one glory: In his earnest devotion to Me. For I am the LORD who acts with kindness, justice, and righteousness in the world; For in these things I delight —declares the LORD.”2
The prophet Micah has also emphasized the proper path for Man to follow in the world:
הִגִּ֥יד לְךָ֛ אָדָ֖ם מַה־טּ֑וֹב וּמָֽה־יְהוָ֞ה דּוֹרֵ֣שׁ מִמְּךָ֗ כִּ֣י אִם־עֲשׂ֤וֹת מִשְׁפָּט֙ וְאַ֣הֲבַת חֶ֔סֶד וְהַצְנֵ֥עַ לֶ֖כֶת עִם־אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃
“He has told you, O man, what is good, And what the LORD requires of you: Only to do justice and to love acts of kindness, and to walk modestly with your God.”3
There are many places in the Bible where we are urged to take care of the poor and do acts of kindness.
“Happy is he who considers the poor, on the day of disaster God will deliver him.”4
There are many ways that we can do acts of kindness in society. Here are just a few acts of kindness that I can suggest:
1. Donate money, clothes or food to needy people: This can be done for people on the street, or one can give charity and/or food and clothes to reliable non-profit charity organizations who will distribute it to the needy.
2. Help an unemployed person find employment: Provide him/her information about job openings, or advise him/her on how to obtain employment in a field you are familiar with, or else hire an unemployed person if you are able to do so.
3. Help an unemployed person to become self-employed: Offer them sound advice on how to start a business, or loan them some funds to go into business.
4. Offer support to a person experiencing a difficult or stressful situation (such as divorce, death in the family, etc.): Call or visit the person experiencing a difficult situation and let them know you care about them and you are available to help them.
5. Offer assistance to a person experiencing illness, or an elderly disabled person: Call or visit an ill or elderly person, and let them know you care about them and you are available to help them.
6. Invite guests for a meal or to stay overnight if they need a place to stay.
7. Assist strangers experiencing difficulties (when safe to do so): Offer help to motorists with disabled cars, or offer directions to people who cannot find their destination.
1 Genesis 18:20
2 Jeremiah 9:23
3 Micah 6:8
4 Psalms 41:2
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