POOR (2)

1. Bible Topic

a) To learn what the Bible has to say on a variety of topics affecting our everyday lives, we may find what we are looking for here.

2. Poor

a) We honor God by caring for the poor. It's in the Bible, Proverbs 14:31, TLB. "Anyone who oppresses the poor is insulting God who made them. To help the poor is to honor God."

b) The church should help to support the poor who have no families. It's in the Bible, I Timothy 5:5-6, TLB. "The church should care for widows who are poor and alone in the world, if they are looking to God for His help and spending much time in prayer; but not if they are spending their time running around gossiping, seeking only pleasure and thus ruining their souls."

c) God promises great rewards for those who help the poor. It's in the Bible, Isaiah 58:7-11, TLB. "I want you to share your food with the hungry and bring right into your own homes those who are helpless, poor, and destitute. Clothe those who are cold and don't hide from relatives who need your help. If you do these things, God will shed His own glorious light upon you. He will heal you; your godliness will lead you forward, and goodness will be a shield from behind… .Feed the hungry! Help those in trouble! Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you shall be as bright as day. And the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy you with all good things, and keep you healthy too."

d) We are to act on behalf of the poor. It's in the Bible, Amos 5:24, TLB. "I want to see a mighty flood of justice—a torrent of doing good."