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I was talking to someone yesterday from church. They had mentioned that because I have a wicked sinful heart, that any and all external acts of benevolence to others was for nothing, and that I was still a terrible person at heart. The idea is that I am over compensating for being a terrible person by appearing to be nice. Essentially, his argument was that even though I had to be nice to him, I should never assume that the generosity will be recognized or awarded. This made me think, clearly me helping others is falling on deaf ears, which then makes me think why should I bother?

I was talking to someone yesterday from church. They had mentioned that because I have a wicked sinful heart, that any and all external acts of benevolence to others was for nothing, and that I was still a terrible person at heart. The idea is that I am over compensating for being a terrible person by appearing to be nice. Essentially, his argument was that even though I had to be nice to him, I should never assume that the generosity will be recognized or awarded. This made me think, clearly me helping others is falling on deaf ears, which then makes me think why should I bother?

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Depends on why you help people. Can't earn heaven it's a gift. If you think you can do enough good things to earn it you are wrong. If realizing you have received that gift makes you happy you may be inclined to share the happiness and gift others.

Ultimately we are to love our neighbors because they are made in Gods image and likeness. Love doesn't mean be nice. If your kid is taking hard drugs love would.mean do whatever it takes to get them to stop including not being nice.