Faptele bune - încununarea colaborării dintre om și Dumnezeu
Good deeds - the crowning of collaboration between man and God

Summary/Abstract: In the present study, I set out to highlight the way in which good deeds, the vehicles of philanthropy, represent a crowning of the collaboration between man and God, a result of synergy, of the cooperation of man's free will with divine grace. To achieve this goal, I treated two of the New Testament parables, namely: "The Parable of the Sower" (Luke VIII; 5-15) and "The Parable of the Good Samaritan" (Luke X; 25-37). I selected these, because I considered them suitable to discuss about the love that should characterize the relationship between man and God, as well as that between man and man. The Holy Apostle Paul states: "faith works through love" (Galatians V: 6), and, according to the Holy Apostle James, "faith without works is dead" (James II; 17, 20). Love, in its deep self, manifests itself through charity, through good deeds, through effective, active participation in the suffering of the other, through sacrifice, following the example of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who, out of love, sacrificed Himself for the salvation of the human race (cf. I Timothy II; 6).

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