Our Neighbors’ Keeper – A Kingdom Catechism

Our Neighbors’ Keeper

A Kingdom Catechism

We are the keepers of our neighbors’ well-being.

Q 97: How do the redeemed of the Lord protect and care for their neighbors?

A 97: The redeemed of the Lord protect and care for their neighbors by carefully considering their interests and concerns, guarding against any actions which might bring them undue harm, and going beyond what may be required to love their neighbors as themselves. (Deut. 19:1-10; Deut. 24:6; Deut. 22:8; Matt. 5:38-42)

Christians must not look out only for their own interests, but for the concerns and well-being of others (Rom. 12:3-9; Phil. 2:4-11). Such duty begins in prayer, especially in guarding one’s own affections against murder or covetousness. But it also extends to taking an interest in our neighbors and being available as needed or able to contribute to their well-being, whether by word or deed, at every opportunity, and to protect their names, property, and health insofar as we able to do so.

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.