The half-brother of Jesus said, "For the man who knows the right thing to do and does it not, to him it is sin." [James 4:17; my paraphrase]
Though James didn't say anything about what it means if he does it, the implication is clear, "To the man who does it, it is righteousness."
Though James didn't say anything about what it means if he does it, the implication is clear, "To the man who does it, it is righteousness."
Dan Haverty is a 50 year-old assistant fire chief in Sacramento; he knew it was the right thing to give half of his healthy liver to 67 year-old William Weigand, Bishop of the Sacramento Diocese ... a man he barely knew.
This is the kind of life threatening sacrifice Jesus had in mind when he taught about living righteously. I guess those who support "the culture of death" would suggest the bishop was too old to waste a good liver on. Who knows?
In the same way Jesus and James were related by half, Weigand says he and Haverty are brothers.
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