From today’s Epistle (James 2:14-18, emphasis mine)
Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.
To my mind, provision of health care to all in our society is a moral imperative, and one that God clearly expects from us. The current for-profit system has clearly not been able or willing to do so, to the shame of those who support the status quo and call it “the greatest health care on earth” (for those who can afford it). To Christians I would say that, if we want to dare call ourselves a “Christian nation,” but do so only based on our “faith” and not our “deeds,” then we are being the very hypocrites that James condemns.
If this be “socialism,” make the most of it.
(I’m not one for arguing from Bible verse, but can do so if that’s the only way to get the message across to the target audience.)
Preach it, brother! I still do not quite understand when we are supposed to WWJD. Is it when Jesus threw the money changers out of the temple? Or when he healed folks? No one has given me a clear guideline on this, but I think there are times that some people want to do what Jesus did and times when they want to ignore Jesus’ example.