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MANY YEARS
WITH PEOPLE’S QUESTIONS
PART III
SPIRITUAL AND GENERAL QUESTIONS
By
H. H. POPE SHENOUDA III
[ 30 ]
EVERYONE WHO HAS WILL BE GIVEN
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Question?
What is the meaning of the verse: " 'For to everyone who
has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but
from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken
away. " (Matt. 25:29) What does it mean that one does not
have yet it will be taken from him?
Answer:
It means that to anyone who has faith, and a love for doing
good work, or to anyone who does good, God will give a
blessing, in order to increase that person's faith or good
works, or both.
But anyone who does not have faith, and whose actions are
carried out without faith, will have those actions taken away
from him, and they will have no value because they were not
done in faith.
The same goes for a person who doesn't do good works, and
whose faith is without works, to which one could apply the
123
words: "Faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead."
(James 2:17) This 'dead' faith will be taken away from that
person. This faith which is just in name, or just something
intellectual, or formal, will be taken away from him.
You can find the book from
http://saint-mary.net/books/
MANY YEARS
WITH PEOPLE’S QUESTIONS
PART III
SPIRITUAL AND GENERAL QUESTIONS
By
H. H. POPE SHENOUDA III
[ 30 ]
EVERYONE WHO HAS WILL BE GIVEN
MORE
Question?
What is the meaning of the verse: " 'For to everyone who
has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but
from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken
away. " (Matt. 25:29) What does it mean that one does not
have yet it will be taken from him?
Answer:
It means that to anyone who has faith, and a love for doing
good work, or to anyone who does good, God will give a
blessing, in order to increase that person's faith or good
works, or both.
But anyone who does not have faith, and whose actions are
carried out without faith, will have those actions taken away
from him, and they will have no value because they were not
done in faith.
The same goes for a person who doesn't do good works, and
whose faith is without works, to which one could apply the
123
words: "Faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead."
(James 2:17) This 'dead' faith will be taken away from that
person. This faith which is just in name, or just something
intellectual, or formal, will be taken away from him.
You can find the book from
http://saint-mary.net/books/