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What’s Your Question? for May 9

Bodily exercise is profitable (1 Tim. 4:8), but it is not the responsibility of the church. The Bible makes a clear distinction between individual and collective responsibilities. The widow to be enrolled in church relief was to have raised children, lodged strangers and washed the saints’ feet (1 Tim. 5:10), but these are not works of the church. When the individual cares for his widow (a good work), the church is not charged (v. 16).

Jesus taught the same. He discussed the action of an individual, a group of individuals and then the action of the church (Mt. 18:15-17). When disciples do not recognize this distinction, they get involved in things God never authorized for churches. Jesus did not die for a ball team, but for a spiritual family!