Truth Exposed: The Poor
In Galatians 2:9-10, we read where Paul is going to the Gentiles, but he is encouraged to “remember the poor.” Don’t all missionaries go to minister to the poor and downtrodden? Isn’t that their job? What James, John, and Cephas were asking Paul was that he not forget the Jewish poor in his zeal to minister to the Gentiles. And not just keep them in mind, but to do something about it. Remember the Sermon on the Mount? Matthew 14:13-21. 5,000 + were eavesdropping on the teachings; Jesus let them listen in. They were being fed from the bounty of heaven, but also from the bounty of the earth. Remember the poor in the natural, but especially the poor in spirit.
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