No doubt because Bernie Sanders is making a serious run for the presidency in the United

States.

This question is on the minds of some podcast listeners, want a listener named Christian

writes in to ask of this, hello, Pastor John, how should Christians view socialism?

Would you say Pastor John?

Well, I suppose I should put all of my misgivings up front to say, I'm no expert in political

science or economics, so take it for what is worth.

Here we go.

I think the first thing I should say is that the church, the church in the church, no

one should go hungry, no one should be without a place to stay, no one should fail to get

the healthcare they need, no one should go without a job if it's possible for believers

to help them find one and so on.

And all of this should happen through the free and uncoerced help of other believers.

When Luke writes in X244, all who believed were together and had all things in common,

they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all as

any had need.

What he means is that every need was being met by other believers, even if they had to

sell things that they owned in order to help meet them.

And this was done freely.

It didn't remove, but rather presumed the ownership of property, indeed, all of the

Bible, all the New Testament assumes both the legitimacy and I think necessity of personal

ownership.

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