Christian Attitudes Towards Wealth & Poverty
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- Created on: 08-04-15 14:07
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- Christian Attitudes Towards Wealth & Poverty
- A man's life does not consist of the abundance of his possessions
- Jesus praised a rich tax-collector who decided to give half his possessions to charity & to compensate generously to anyone he had cheated
- According to the New Testament, the love of money (not money itself) is the root of all evil
- Nothing is directly wrong with being rich; it is how people use wealth & their attitude to possessions that matter
- Being rich should be seen as an opportunity to be generous rather then a cause for pride
- Christian employers should create good conditions for employment, pay fair wages & must not make profit by unfair means
- The salvation Army & the Church Army provide hostels & drop-in centres for the homeless (soup, runs, shelter, advice, ect)
- Wanting riches falls into temptation & their desires lead them to make foolish choices - people prioritise riches over more important aspects of life
- You can't serve both God & money - your main priority should always be God
- Go sell everything you have & give it too the poor & you will have treasure in heaven
- Greed = one of the seven deadly sins
- Miracle in the Bible - Jesus Multiplies fish for the hungry
- Jesus Spent time with the poor who'd been shunned out of society
- Christians should address social injustice as god is just (fair), so we should follow in his footsteps
- Stewardship - how to look after necessities in a house & the way a person looks after resources so survive (looking after Jesus' world for him)
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