Deuteronomy 14-16
Along with regulations concerning the Passover and annual festivals, God expresses His concern for the poor. He states that we will always have the poor, and that we have a responsibility to take care of them. One would think that we wouldn't need an injunction from on high to take care of our fellow man. However, history has proved this to be the case. For reasons beyond my understanding, the poor are often reviled and persecuted. Is it because we fear that we could become as they? Do we somehow see the poor as being undeserving?
Whatever the case may be, it seems clear that if we Christians were truly living out the second greatest command, to love our neighbors as we do ourselves, our government would have no need for a welfare program. Instead of quarreling among ourselves over petty doctrinal opinions, our efforts would be better served by pulling together to fulfill the second greatest commandment. What is clearly impossible to accomplish from our several splintered groups, could become a reality if we would only work together, showing the true love of Christ, as we help the poor.
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