Dear Fellow YouTube Users and YouTube Audience: The Scriptures tell us that faith without works (James 2, especially verse 26) is the opposite a living and an active faith (Romans 12:1-2, Hebrews 4:12), and that one is to go out and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:16-20). They also tell us that one cannot believe in the Gospel if he or she has not heard it, and that whatever we do “the least of these” (Matthew 25:31-46) is what we do to Jesus Himself. “All nations” includes Cameroon, and “the least of these” includes the Cameroonian family whose members are particularly-disadvantaged widows and orphans. In fact, Cameroonian orphans and widows are among—per the Scriptures—the widows and orphans of whom a genuine Christian seeks the wellbeing (James 1:27). In Ashkenazi Jewish tradition, we have the following condolence which we speak to a bereaved Jew: “May God comfort you among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.” As you may be able to tell, I myself am a Jewish believer in Jesus and believe that “Zion and Jerusalem” include grafted-in Cameroonians and other people whom Jesus has chosen among the nations (as, although they physically remain gentiles, they are spiritually among the people of Israel. Romans 9-11). I therefore believe in comforting firstly and foremostly the particularly-disadvantaged Cameroonian widows and orphans whom have placed their faith in Christ. After all, the Scriptures command us to do good to especially fellow believers (Galatians 6:9-10), and doing good to the most-needing widows and orphans among Cameroonian Christians is comforting them. To simply console them is not enough—what good indeed is wishing them warm and well fed without helping them to be such (James 2:14-17)? To gentiles, we condole them with a sentiment like, “May God comfort you among all mourners.” Those gentiles include particularly-disadvantaged Cameroonian widows and orphans whom have either not yet been grafted in to Israel or not even heard that a Root (Romans 11) sustains even the branches which reach into the valley of the shadow of death (Job 29:11-25, Jeremiah 17:7-8, Psalm 23:4). To not have our sentiment be as empty as the clanging of cymbals (1 Corinthians 13:1-3), we must comfort them (Romans 12:15) by both preaching the Gospel to them and by practicing what we preach in meeting their needs. The founder and CEO of Faith in God Charity Missions, Terrence, personally knows the plight of the particularly-disadvantaged Cameroonian widows and orphans whom had yet to place their faith in Christ and have since done so. He himself became a paternal orphan at the age of five, and witnessed as his mother endured the plight of a widow. He subsequently came to the knowledge of and put his faith in Christ at the age of fourteen (Matthew 19:14), and he later founded Faith in God (FIG) Charity Missions to help Cameroonian widows and orphans never have to endure what his mother and he endured. In light of this, Terrence founded FIG Charity Missions to assist the particularly-disadvantagedCameroonian widow and orphan in: 1. Coming to and/or growing in a saving knowledge and faith in Jesus Christ. 2. Providing for themselves and their families. 3. Receiving the education, vocational training, and other resources (including food) that they need to be as self sufficient as possible (as none of us are self sufficient in any way without fist being dependent on Jesus Christ). In Terrence’s own words, “Through comprehensive support programs including food distribution, skills training, educational assistance, and evangelism, we aim to empower vulnerable communities, promote justice, and create sustainable opportunities for a better future.” (Faith In God Charity Missions Website, “Our Mission”, https://www.figcharitymissions.org/about-us) Given this, I ask you to faithfully and prayerfully consider donating to and/or otherwise working with FIG Charity Missions. Please give whatever God compels you to give (2 Corinthians 9:6-15)—for instance, simply an offering of prayer on behalf of FIG Charity Missions, financial assistance to FIG, or volunteer services. Thank you for your time, attention, and faithful and prayerful consideration of assistance to FIG Charity Missions, and comfort and consolation to the Cameroonian widows and orphans whom FIG seeks to help. May God the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ bless and keep you.
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