Caring for the Poor

Notes

God cares for the poor and needy. God’s people are called to join with him in meeting poverty needs and restoring people’s lives.

2 Corinthians 5:16-20; Psalm 72:13; 1 John 3:17; 1 Corinthians 8:9

2 Corinthians 5:16-20

16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.

Psalm 72:13

He will take pity on the weak and the needy
    and save the needy from death.

1 John 3:17

17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?

1 Corinthians 8:9

9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.