Doing Justice and Loving Mercy: Compassion Ministries, Mentor's Guide, MG16

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D O I N G J U S T I C E A N D L O V I N G M E R C Y : C O M P A S S I O N M I N I S T R I E S

others if we have not yet experienced the grace of God through the Gospel of Christ? Explain your answer.

2. What is the relationship of the kind of care we as believers offer to others and the grace that we ourselves have received as members of the body of Christ? 3. The grace of God empowers the believing community in both its relationship to God and to others. How exactly does the grace of God influence believers and the Church to do good works in their relationship to God, to the lost, and to the body of Christ? 4. What is the role of the Holy Spirit in the creation of good works, i.e., those acts of mercy, love, and justice expressed in the good works of the Church? 5. How did the Old Testament outline the responsibility of Israel to be a sign of God’s rulership and Kingdom? What specific ways were they to demonstrate justice and mercy within their ranks, to the rich and poor, to the vulnerable (i.e., the fatherless, orphan, widow), and to others in need? 6. In what way has now the Church of Jesus Christ become God’s kingdom community in this age, and to what is she called regarding God’s justice and mercy? 7. Describe the relationship between the Great and Second Commandments, and the new commandment given to us by our Lord Jesus Christ. How do these relate to each other, as well as to the call of the Church for justice and mercy? 8. How ought urban churches, as a representatives of God’s covenant people in the city, manifest these understandings of the Kingdom in the communities where they live and serve?

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