If Jesus had wanted us to help the poor, we would have instructed us to! Instead he said, “The poor you shall always have with you.”
Isn’t that cleat enough? Believe in Jesus. Accept your lot in life, or prosper doing whatever it takes. But who cares about the poor? This life is short, and the lives of the poor are even shorter. If they have believed, a short life means that they will be with Jesus even sooner.
“Compassionate Conservatism” is founded on this truth.
You are being sarcastic, aren’t you?
For believers are told in both the O.T. and the N.T. that we are to take care of our families AND help the poor, the orphans, the widows, etc., both of God’s people who are serving Him, and people who are living in the darkness of their own souls. We are to give of our wealth voluntarily, from the heart, because of who God is first, and because of who we are in Christ.
2 Corinthinans 9 is a passage on giving written through the apostle Paul.
Jesus said that it would be hard for the rich man to enter heaven, not impossible, according to the parable of the rich young ruler (who walked away from Him).
Jesus said we can’t serve the Lord and mammon at the same time.
If you truly believe this you do not understand God’s word or the heart of most conservatives.
Do you REALLY believe that?
If you do, then you totally mis-understand Jesus’ words. When He said we would always have the poor with us, He was contrasting the fact that He wouldn’t always be here with us on Earth. He was not telling us not to help the poor.
Christians should always be willing help the poor, but only as the Lord leads you. If you don’t help the poor simply because “that’s their lot in life”, then I dare say there’s a problem somewhere.