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3. In your contacts with outsiders

a. Col. 4.5-6

b. Ps. 90.12

c. Matt. 10.16

d. 1 Pet. 3.15-16

III. A Zeal for Good Works: Justice and Mercy on Behalf of the Poor

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A. Why is a zeal for good works so critical for credible urban evangelism?

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1. Treatment of the poor as barometer of spiritual vitality, Isa. 58.5-12

2. A faith that is alive, James 2.14-17

3. As evidence of the indwelling love of God, 1 John 3.16-18

4. As token of the display of religion in its purest form, James 1.27

5. As sign of ministering vicariously to the Lord Jesus himself, Matt. 25.41-46