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 As a Metaphysician with a Christian religious background and Philanthropist, I understand the practice of charity goes back bibically serving those in need. However daily people close their eyes not to address issues such as the tragic Haiti earthquake psychological effects years later or perhaps a church member suffering, very often the poverty and oppression are over looked, but the Bible reminds us that they are always on GOD mind, The Bible passages demonstrate various of concerns with the poor or suffering that a few of the 300 passages can be found on a Meet The Poor Blog http://www.zompist.com/meetthepoor.html:p

1.         Consequences of not serving the poor, there are blessings for those who serve the poor, there are consequences for those who oppress them... or who simply ignore them.

Is. 10:1-3. "Woe to those who enact evil statutes and to those who continually record unjust decisions, so as to deprive the needy of justice, and rob the poor of my people of their rights... Now what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the devastation which will come from afar?"

2.         Blessings on those who serve the poor, serving poor may be The Right Thing to Do; but the Bible also associates it with material and spiritual reward. Here we'll look at the benefits promised to those who serve the poor; in the next section we'll examine the consequences of not doing so. Prov. 22:9 He who is generous will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor.

3.         God's commands concerning the poor this section collects some specific commands from Old and New Testaments on serving the poor.

Deut. 26:5-9. The Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us. Then we cried to the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders; and He has brought us to... this land flowing with milk and honey

                           Deut. 15:7. If there is a poor man among you, one of your brothers, in any of the towns of the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand to your poor brother; but you shall freely open your hand to him, and generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks.                                         

References

1The Bible on the Poor. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.zompist.com/meetthepoor.html

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