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Pender Growth Fund Provides Financial Highlights and Company UpdatesArticle content Bill Federer’s book, Silence Equals Consent: The Sin of Omission – Speak Now or Forever Lose Your Freedom , describes sins of indifference, commission and omission. Indifference is turning a blind eye to the less fortunate, changing TV channels when scenes of hunger and disease fill the screen, taking another path at the sight of panhandlers and the homeless. Indifference occurs when we say, “That doesn’t regard me; it’s not my business; it’s society’s problem.” But, “He who has a chance to do good and does not do it, commits sin.” The daily prayer, “I have sinned in what I have done and in what I have failed to do,” warns us of indifference and omission. Christians have a history of political indifference and now, more than ever, Christians must engage with the world. Indifference to the needs of others around you is described in the parable of the well-dressed and well-fed rich man’s indifference to the hungry leper Lazarus every day at his gate. A peasant’s meal would be a monotonous diet of bread, vegetables and rarely meat, compared to this man’s. Omission occurs in the parable of a rich man who built more barns to store his harvest for retirement and omitting to share it with the poor. Sins of commission result from exercising of vices; sins of omission derive from the neglect of virtues. Sin is not necessarily theft, greed, violence, slander and infidelity. It comes from doing nothing. Despite their affluence, both rich men did nothing wrong. They did nothing, precisely, to lessen suffering. They were self-absorbed and apathetic; they were indifferent. The blindness to suffering all around us is much worse today with so much technology to distract us. Between the rich and poor lies a vast desert of indifference, apathy, unconcern and coldness. Why do Christians stay silent in the face of evil? They have been deceived by “be in the world, but not part of it.” They think that disengaging from the world will keep them safe. “Silence Equals Consent.” Christians must engage with the world to preserve religious freedom. What’s happened in this era of no religion is Christians are afraid to speak up and lost any influence in society. As freedom hangs in the balance, will Christian step up? Jesus says, “Truly I tell you that, just as you did it to one of the least of these, you did it to me.” These least are the hungry and sick, the stranger and the prisoner, the poor and the abandoned, the sufferers who receive no help, the needy who are cast aside. On their faces we see Jesus’ face and hear his words: “This is my body.” Jesus separates the sheep from the goats at the Last Judgment. Those condemned (the goats) are not identified by deliberate actions against the least who are hungry, thirsty, strangers, naked, sick, or in prison. Instead, the condemned have only one thing in common: one or more sins of omission, commission and indifference: failing to recognize women, men, and children in great need as people loved by God. In the poor, we find Jesus, who, though rich, became poor. Reach Gene Monin at adios43@yahoo.com Share this Story : GENE MONIN: Sins of indifference, commission and omission Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr

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