DAILY TRUTH - What Is The Church’s Obligation To The Poor?

Theology Applied

Right Response Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 801 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Just because someone is poor, doesn’t mean that the church should provide for them. The Bible contains strict criteria for who we are obligated to help, and who we should ignore.

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0:39.6	God bless.
0:42.2	Jesus said, man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
0:48.1	You're listening to Daily Truth. Think of Matthew, chapter 25, verse 34 through 40.
0:57.7	It's a common text that many of you are probably familiar with, but there's a phrase in this text that many Christians often gloss over.
1:06.1	It says, the king will say to those on his right.
1:10.6	This is right after Jesus told a parable of separating the sheep
1:14.6	from the goats. Speaking of the final day of judgment, the king will then say to those on his right,
1:21.4	come, you are blessed of my father. Take your inheritance. The kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
1:30.0	For, I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink.
1:37.5	I was a stranger and you invited me in. I needed clothes and you clothed me. I was sick and you looked after me. I was in prison and you came to
1:48.2	visit me. Then the righteous will answer him, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you? When did we see you
1:57.5	thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in
2:04.4	or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?
2:12.6	The king will reply. Truly, I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers
2:21.8	and sisters of mine, you did for me. How often the evangelical church has taken the least of these
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